If your child will be absent from school for any reason, please send an email to camsattendance@classicalacademy.com to let us know. If you will be picking up your student early, you can also email the attendance line with the time and date, and we will get your student an early release slip. This way, they are ready for you in the front office when you come to get them.

If your child misses class due to an absence, please make sure they complete their assigned work when they feel better. Do not hesitate to contact your cohort or their classroom teacher. They will be more than happy to provide you with the necessary materials and support to help your child catch up. Giveaway Bianca

Monday, Feb 2nd - Thursday, Feb 26th - Humane Society Donation Drive
Friday, Feb 6th - Boys Soccer/Girls Basketball @ Grace Christian (1:30pm)
Monday, Feb 9th - Office Hours (9:00am-10:30am)
Monday, Feb 9th - Board Meeting @CAV (3:30pm)
Thursday, Feb 12th - Boys Soccer/Girls Basketball @San Pasqual Union (2:00pm)
Friday, Feb 13th - Monday, Feb 16th - Presidents Day Holiday
Thursday, Feb 19th - Shakey's/Family Movie Night
Friday, February 20th - Boys Soccer/Girls Basketball @Calvin Christian (1:45pm)
Monday, February 23rd - Office Hours (9:00am-10:30am)
Wednesday, February 25th - Morning Mingle (8:30am-9:00am)
Monday, March 2nd - Office Hours (9:00am-10:30am)
Thursday, March 5th - History Fair (3:30pm-4:30pm)
Saturday, March 14th - Super STEM @ CSUSM (10:00am-4:00pm)

CLICK HERE for the 2025-2026 Academic Calendar

Hello Parents and Welcome to Second Semester and Unit 4!

We enjoyed a quiet week on campus. It was a pleasure to connect with families and students during conferences. The highlights of the week included some awesome kindness rock art and the ASB Leadership Retreat at Disneyland!

I hope that your child is recharged and pumped up to have an amazing second semester!

As we are halfway through the year, it’s a great time for some campus reminders:

Make sure your child has all required school supplies with them every school day: Plenty of lined paper, pencils and pens, and THEIR PLANNER! Planners are used throughout the day for bathroom passes, WIN time, recording assignments, and as part of classroom discipline. If your child has lost his or her planner, we have a small number of planners still available for purchase in the office.
Please place your child’s name on all jackets, water bottles, and lunch sacks.
School Rules and Expectations – Our rules are simple: Be Kind, Be Respectful, Be Responsible. School rules are in place to keep our campus safe and to ensure high levels of learning can take place in our classrooms.
Dress Code – Please take a moment to review the dress code with your child. (pg. 40-41)
Click HERE to review our Parent Student Handbook:

We look forward to seeing students back on campus on Tuesday! Second semester is going to be AMAZING! We have lots more learning and fun in store!

Thank you for your partnership!

Jennifer Morrow, CAMS Principal

Re-Enrollment Information

Priority Re-Enrollment for Current Students Has Concluded

All Priority Re-Enrollment was due on Friday, January 30th at 3pm.

If you have any questions regarding re-enrollment for your student please contact the school for more information

8th Grade Priority Enrollment into High School

Please reach out directly to the high schools with any questions regarding enrollment.

CAMS Family Movie Night

Join us on campus for our FREE family movie night. Students MUST be accompanied by a chaperone at all times in order to attend.

Movie: Cars

When: 7:00pm - 9:30pm February 19th

Where: CAMS

See flyer for more info

Family Movie Night 2526.pdf.pdf

CAMS Career Day

CAMS is excited to announce our upcoming Career Day! To make this event possible, we are looking for parent/family friend volunteers who would be willing to share their careers and inspire our students toward their futures!

See attached flyer for more info

If you are interested or want more information, please complete the form linked HERE.

Career Day Flyer with Link.pdf

CAMS Yearbook

The yearbook is available for pre order in the CAMS front office for $55.

Unsure if you already purchased a yearbook? Give the CAMS front office a call 760-520-6800

Volunteer Opportunities

Are you interested in volunteering at CAMS? This is a great opportunity to connect with other parents, check out our amazing campus and make an impact on our CAMS community.

We will have several opportunities throughout the year, click the link below to find out more!

Volunteer Opportunities

Extracurricular Contact List (click for more info)

CAMS offers several school sponsored activities that students can sign up to participate in. If you would like to learn more about these activities check out the attached spreadsheet for meeting dates, locations, and contact information.

CAMS Extracurricular Contact List

CAMS Sports

For sports Schedule and updates, please check out our CAMS Sports Page

Weekly Events & School Info

Each week, we are recognizing students who go ABOVE and BEYOND in demonstrating one of the 8 Keys of Excellence. Students who are recognized as going above and beyond get to put a star up on our Above & Beyond wall, and get to be celebrated in front of the whole school during morning announcements. We want to develop a school culture where students are kind, determined, have a growth mindset, have integrity, help others, speak with good purpose, take ownership, make the most of opportunities, etc., so we want to celebrate students when we see them doing those things.

What's This.....

Congratulations! You have found the hidden giveaway in the Buzz! The first student who sends Mrs. Bianca the correct answer on Schoology will win a prize!

I am from Montana, but my name is not Hannah. I always have Mochi at night, and I'm not talking about the dessert. Which CAMS staff member am I?

*Hint: The answer to the question can be found by reading the staff bios that are hanging around campus.

School Info & Resources

Helpful Info For 2025-2026 (Click for more info)

In case you missed it, here are several links to resources shared at our various meetings.

Parent Orientation Zoom Recording: Covers morning drop-off and afternoon pickup procedures, dress code, cellphone rules, and more! You can also view the Parent Orientation Slide Deck.
Parent Packet from Breakdown: Includes Bell Schedule, Calendar, FAQ's, and Student Signon Information
Parent Bootcamp Slidedeck: Mrs. Morrow & Mr. Powell's presentation during our CAMS Parent Bootcamp. Includes tips to support your role as the home educator.
Parent Bootcamp Schoology Training Slidedeck: Includes how to view assignment calendars, set up the weekly email digest, view the grade book, and more. **I will be offering 1:1 parent training starting in September. Be on the lookout for when I post more information on that!**
TCALearn.com/SchoologyParentTutorials: How to navigate schoology and support your student at home.
TCALearn.com/AccountDetails: Digital account details and technical support.
CAMS Carpool List: Looking to set up a carpool for your student? Check out our carpool list to connect with other parents about setting up carpools for your students.
1:1 Schoology Training: with CAMS Program Coordinator, Chrissy Klein (Link coming soon!)

School Meal Program (click for more info)

The Classical Academies is pleased to offer every student one free breakfast meal kit, and one free lunch meal kit each workshop day they are on campus. Both meals must be pre-ordered through the forms linked below and are available for pick up at the Snack Shack.

When students are on campus during a breakfast or lunch period, they will be able to choose from the available pre-packaged breakfast kit or pre-packaged lunch kit at the scheduled appropriate meal time. Breakfast is scheduled during the morning break from 10:03-10:17 and lunch is scheduled from 12:27-12:57.

Each pre-packaged breakfast kit includes breakfast cereal, dried fruit, unsweetened regular applesauce, graham crackers, and low-fat milk. Each pre-packaged lunch kit includes an entree like chicken salad, Wow Butter cup, or hummus, along with sides like sunflower kernels, cheese stick, or soy nuts. It also includes unsweetened regular or flavored applesauce or dried fruit, a vegetable juice blend, crackers/chips, and low-fat milk.

Our meal program is available to all students, regardless of eligibility status, who are on campus longer than two hours for an educational purpose. All kits must be pre-ordered online. A link to the order form is available below.

Questions? Speak to your school’s front office or email us at meals@classicalacademy.com.

Use this link to order your student’s breakfast kit: Breakfast Kit Order Form

Use this link to order your student’s lunch kit: Lunch Kit Order Form

Cell Phone & SmartWatch Policy (click for more info)

Hello Awesome CAMS Parents!

One of the things I have most appreciated about CAMS as a parent, teacher, and administrator, is the commitment to having students engaged in class and with each other during breaks instead of their cell phones or smartwatches! Yes these devices can serve as excellent vehicles for communication and learning; however, especially in the junior high setting, they often prove far more distracting and problematic on many levels.

The expectation for students is:

Any time on campus 8am - 3:15pm: cell phone and SmartWatch are turned off and in backpack
Student may text or call ONLY with staff approval in front office

If you need to get in touch with your student, please call our front office at 760-520-6800. We are very happy to deliver a message, have them come to the office to talk, etc.

If your student does not keep to this policy we will begin the following process:

1st Offense: Email home to you - phone/smartwatch held in office and student may pick it up at the end of the school day.

2nd Offense: Email home to you - phone/smartwatch held in the office and a parent or guardian must pick up the phone at the end of the day.

3rd Offense: You will receive a phone call from me to discuss/strategize on how we as a parent/admin team can partner together to keep this from continuing to happen.

Again, thank you for your support on this important piece of our school culture of student learning, focus, safety, and engagement!

Mr. Powell

Math Helpline (click for more info)

Math Helpline for 4th-8th Grade Students

The Classical Academies will be offering live online math help for students and parents! Come and work on current, recent, and approaching lessons with Ms.Aguilar!

The Helpline is available Monday through Friday. Click below to learn the times available.

Join by checking your Schoology math course or tcalearn.com/mathhelpline

Permission To Walk Off Campus (click for more info)

Is your student going to be walking off campus after school? If so they must have a permission to walk/bike off campus form filled out and turned into the front office. The form can be found HERE

Back to School Flyer in Green Red and White Doodle Style (6 × 4 in).jpg

Parent Training (click for more info)

Need help with schoology? Sign up for 1:1 support with our Program Coordinator Chrissy Klein.

Click HERE to sign up

See attached flyer for more information.

Badger Gear Store (click for more)

Medication Policy for 2025/2026 school year (click for more info)

If your student will require medication at school, at any time during the year, please print the required medication form here and turn it into the front office. We are not able to administer any medication (prescription or over-the-counter), without a doctor's signature, and the medication must be in the original container. Additionally, if your student will be carrying medication, you still need to fill out the medication form, have it signed my a doctor, and your student also needs to fill out the self-carry medication form. If your student requires an EPI PEN to be used on campus the following form must be filled out and returned to campus. This will better allow us to assist your student with possible reactions and side effects of your students allergies and gives us an action plan to care for your student properly.

Please note: We cannot accept any medication form for the 2025-2026 school year if it is dated before July 1, 2025. All forms must be signed & dated by your doctor after this date to be active for the school year.

CLICK HERE to read the medication policy TCA schools put into effect for the 2025-2026 school year.

25-26 Tiered Reengagement Notification (click for more info)

As a California independent study school, we are required to offer synchronous (live) instruction opportunities for students. This provides a chance for students to connect with a credentialed teacher in real time for academic support.

At Classical Academy Middle School, school hours are Tuesday - Thursday 8:25 a.m. - 3:15 p.m.

Additional synchronous (live) instruction opportunities are offered through office hours or by appointment. If you would like more information about times available to your student, please reach out to their teacher(s) directly.

Thank you for your continued support.

Counselor's Corner

Hello Badger Families,

Our character focus for the month of February is about Kindness!

During this month, we hope to help our students to see and experience the value that kindness brings to others and to a community.

We will be launching our "Kindness Clip Project" an initiative led by ASB to encourage acts of kindness across campus. For our Kindness Project, we are partnering with the local organization "Be A Rosie" to honor the legacy of Rosie, a kind and compassionate young girl whose life continues to inspire others through acts of kindness after her passing in the summer of 2025. To learn more about Be a Rosie, click here to view their website!

We will start by having 100 students receive a kindness clip to wear for the day. The following day, students are encouraged to “pay it forward” by completing a simple act of kindness, such as offering a compliment or a kind greeting, and passing the clip to another student.

The goal of this project is to spread positivity and help students see how small acts of kindness can make a meaningful impact on others. We appreciate your support in encouraging conversations at home about kindness, boundaries, and the importance of giving back to our school community!

As well, during the week of February 17th, ASB has planned a fun and exciting Kindness Week! We will have spirit days, fun games at lunch, and a Kindness Pep Rally! See the flier below for more information about what we have going on at school that week!

Lastly, if you would like to incorporate and focus on kindness in your own home, please see the Random Acts of Kindness Bingo Sheet and Kindness Challenge Worksheets below!

Kindness Challenge Worksheet A Kindness Challenge worksheet B Kindness Bingo

If you have questions about our campaign or would like further resources, please email me at aatkins@classicalacademy.com

If you would like to refer your child for counseling, please fill out and submit my referral form!

CAMS Counseling Referral Form

Alissa Atkins School Counselor

Need A Break?

Sometimes life can be challenging and stressful. This Virtual Calm Room was created to serve as a break and to help you find new ways to identify & manage strong emotions and build your resilience. These resources will hopefully allow you to reset back to a calm state of mind and body.

Virtual Calm Room

Classical Academies AB 748 Compliance Poster (1) (1).pdf

Kindness Week!.pdf

CAMS Carpool

Are you looking to set up a carpool for your student? Fill out this form and we will post contact information here for you to connect with other parents. Your information will be shared here for the duration of the school year. If you would like your information to be removed from the Buzz please contact the front office.

Carpool Contact List (click for more info)

Parent Name: Nadia Ladygina

Parent Email: nadia.ladygina@gmail.com

Location: Kit Carson Park

Parent Name: Julie Laux

Parent Email: julielauxspeech@gmail.com

Location: Rancho Penasquitos, near 56 East and 15 North

Parent Name: Aileen Holbrook

Parent Email: baybrook2008@gmail.com

Location: San Marcos

Parent Name: Heidi Smith

Parent Email: heclark22@yahoo.com

Location: San Marcos / border Escondido nearch Woodland Park

Parent Name: Jessica Skakalska

Parent Email: jessica.dexter11@gmail.com

Location: South Poway, near Hilleary Park on Community Rd

Parent Name: Karlyn Dagraedt

Parent Email: JustDandyCreations@yahoo.com

Location: West Valley Parkway behind Home Depot and Albertsons area/ off Hale Ave

Parent Name: Stephanie Kempel

Parent Email: stephanie.kempel21@gmail.com

Location: Valley center on Lilac rd

Parent Name: Areli Quinones

Parent Email: areli.026@hotmail.com

Location: Mission ave across from mission middle school

Parent Name: Betsy Server

Parent Email: mtbbetsy121@gmail.com

Location: Rancho Bernardo East of 15, off Pomerado Rd

Parent Name: Steve Croll

Parent Email: iamcroll@gmail.com

Location: 4S Ranch

Parent Name: Carina Gregg

Parent Email: carina.gregg@gmail.com

Location: Valley center off Cole grade

*The information in this section is provided as a convenience and for informational purposes only. It is independent of Classical Academy Middle School and is not affiliated with, sponsored or endorsed by The Classical Academies. Please contact the service provider directly with all questions or concerns. *

Community Food Assistance Resources

San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) has compiled a list of local organizations offering free or low-cost food assistance across San Diego County. Please contact the sites directly for more information.

211 San Diego: Go online or call 2-1-1 to connect with food pantries, meal programs, and essential services.

San Diego Food Bank: Find a nearby food distribution site.

Feeding San Diego: Explore countywide food assistance options.

San Diego County Food Pantries: Visit for a list of regional food pantry locations gathered by SDCOE.

FCA Community Huddle - Tuesdays 3:15-4:15

Presented by Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)

FCA invites local students, parents, teachers, and staff to participate in a community-led huddle. This free huddle encourages and challenges all individuals to live and grow in both their faith and campus life.

Location: Classical Academy Middle School

144 Woodward Avenue, Escondido

Program Schedule (All Sessions 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM)

FCA meets almost every Tuesday through May 26th

FCA will NOT meet on the Tuesdays listed below

- - 11/25, 12/23, 12/30, 1/27, 3/31,

For more information, please visit our website or email nbentz@fca.org.
North San Diego Inland FCA

Math & Science Tutoring for Students (Grades 6-12)

Presented by Emmanuel Faith:

Starting in October, we will host a weekly Math & Science Club on Monday nights from 5:30–7:30 PM at Emmanuel Faith Community Church. This is a free program for students in grades 6–12 that offers:

One-on-one and small-group tutoring in all levels of math and science
Support from retired/current teachers and professionals in STEM fields
Dinner and engaging activities each week

You can sign up through this link. The program begins Monday, October 13. We’re also exploring transportation options if needed.

Math Tutor Flyer.pdf

Free Transit Passes For Students

Free Transit Passes for Students - Unlimited Rides on Bus, Trolley, COASTER & SPRINTER

SANDAG's Youth Opportunity Transit Pass allows anyone 18 and under to ride San Diego transit (bus, trolley, Coaster, and Sprinter) for free. There are several ways children and families can take advantage of this opportunity, such as using their existing online bus pass or getting a hard copy card through SANDAG.

In order to take advantage of the free pass, riders must have a Youth PRONTO app account or card. Riders who do not have a Youth PRONTO pass may either download one on a smartphone or pick up a free card from the MTS Transit Store, NCTD Customer Service Centers or select community organizations. For more information, visit the SANDAG website.

Comments, Suggestions, Great Ideas….

Do you have a comment, suggestion, idea to share? We have a special email address just for you, https://www.classicalacademy.com/contact. Your partnership is valued. Your ideas strengthen our programs. We look forward to hearing from you soon.

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