Coweeman Middle School

The normally hardworking Human Resources, Payroll, and Business departments have been especially busy since the school closure in March. Read about these #FrontLineHeroes https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/hr-payroll-business

When the school closure happened, our Teaching and Learning team found themselves having to reimagine education. Read about these #HiddenHeroes https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/teaching-learning--35

Coweeman community, This is week 8 of distance learning. All work must be turned into Google Classroom or dropped in the mail no later than this Friday, June 12th. Please make sure you are looking at missing assignments and not just the final grade. Next week is our Final week of distance learning and the only assignment due is the Time Capsule. Please submit it via Google classroom or mail it in no later than June 19th. More details coming soon regarding our virtual awards ceremony. We miss you and hope everyone is doing well. Please email if you have questions/concerns. All our contact info can be found on the Kelso App or our webpage https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/coweeman-ms

A Re-Opening Task Force of more than 20 stakeholders has been convened to develop a fall model that fits Kelso kids, families, and staff based on data, feedback, and state agency requirements. Read about these #FrontLineHeroes https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/re-opening-task-force

Our counselors and administrators collaborate to ensure seamless transitions for students from one school to another, and have been working on the process since the school closure began. Read about these #HiddenHeroes https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/transition-team

Coweeman parents and Guardians, Please click the link below to view an important update concerning Yearbooks. https://drive.google.com/open?id=19hyvMhOmdwTaN37FHGA5pL-0f4h6afoF

Google Classroom Make sure you’ve added the newly created Google Classroom for your graduating class. We only have about ½ our students per grade level who have joined. CMS2024 (that’s all you 8th graders) CMS2025 (that’s all you 7th graders) CMS2026 (that’s all you 6th graders) Remember you need to be logged into your Kelso.wednet.edu Google account to have access to your grade specific classroom.

What Kali Dalton has done with senior scholarships has been pretty incredible. Since school closure, she has moved what was once a paper process to be fully digital. Read about this #HiddenHero https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/kali-d

In addition to working on normal repairs and maintenance, our Maintenance and Grounds staff is making sure everything is ready as the county moves into Phase 2. Read about these #FrontLineHeroes https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/maintenance-heroes

Rain or shine, this dedicated team of KHS staff were out several hours each day, every day for a week distributing caps, gowns and lawn signs to our seniors. Read more about these #FrontlineHeroes https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/cap-and-gown

To get online registration up & running in the district is no easy feat. There are 135+ fields to manage. After weeks of tweaking & triple checking, thanks to Kelly and Molly, online registration is now available. Read more about these #HiddenHeroes https://bit.ly/2WWNaY5

Staff from every school collected, sorted, bagged & handed out students' belongings. Apprx 176 teachers & staff spent 215 hours in the process & got belongings back to 2,000+ students. #FrontlineHeroes Read more: https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/belonging-collection-teams

These #HiddenHeroes have not stopped serving the kids of Kelso since the closure announcement on 3-13 . #WeAre #InThisTogether Read more about them: https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/ap-and-college-in-hs

"The school closure is hard on all students, but for students with special needs, the sudden transition to a new form of education has been particularly difficult..." Great article in The Daily News on special education efforts during COVID-19: https://bit.ly/2Lytpjc

They didn’t get a pandemic preparedness class before graduating college. But these 4 first-year Kelso teachers said they’ll be stronger teachers for it, even though they miss their students and wrestle to explain subjects by phone & internet. #WeAreKelso https://bit.ly/3fUGilg

KELSO Chico Huntington, GR 11 #WeAre #InThisTogether #KELSOstrong

Our Interpreters & EL Team have worked tirelessly behind the scenes to keep our 2nd language learners and their families connected to our schools and community resources. Read more about these #HiddenHeroes here: https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/interpreters-and-el-team

We want to recognize and honor the amazing construction teams at our Lexington and Wallace building sites. Read more about these #FrontLineHeroes here: https://www.kelso.wednet.edu/o/ksd/page/construction-team

L is for Letters Letters made out of Carrolls Elementary kids: Samson grade 5 Rowan grade 3 Rayla grade 1 #WeAre #InThisTogether #KelsoStrong

E is for ESSENTIAL WORKER Madison Forsberg, GR 12 #WeAre #InThisTogether #KelsoStrong