Sixth Grade Welcome Letter 2023-2024

Parents, you can use this link to get information on the summer reading and math projects, service as action hours, and school supply list.

Schedule Change requests SemesterS 1 & 2 

Closed

Middle School Planning Guide

2023-2024 CMS Middle School Planning Guide English

Contacts:

Classroom concerns, grades, progress reports, etc…

Contact your child’s teacher directly http://schools.cms.k12.nc.us/piedmontMS/Pages/FacultyAndStaff.aspx

Changes in your child’s behavior

Marie Delaney: 6th Grade Counselor marie.delaney@cms.k12.nc.us

Glennise Clyburn-Johnson: 7th Grade Counselor glennise.clyburn@cms@cms.k12.nc.us

Lisa Case: 8th Grade Counselor lisa1.case@cms.k12.nc.us - On Leave until August 2019

Attendance/Schedule Team Parent-Teacher Conferences 

Tiffany Mungo Student Services Office Manager tiffany@cms.k12.nc.us

6th grade meets at 12:30 on Tuesdays (SeaDawgz) and Wednesdays (Beastly Bucks & Jolly Rogers) during planning. This is either in person or via Teams.

EC/IEP Contact

Jyothi Maria:  EC Teacher jyothi1.maria@cms.k12.nc.us

Andrew O'Neill:  EC Teacher andrewd.oneill@cms.k12.nc.us

Diondra Evans:  EC Teacher Evans diondra1.evans@cms.k12.nc.us

Tiffany Howard: School Psychologist tiffanyr.howard@cms.k12.nc.us

Health Contact

Brenda Austin-Johnson: brenda.austin-johnson@mecklenburgcountync.gov

Bus/Transportation Contact

Please contact your grade level administrator.

Volunteer Concerns/Visiting The Classroom/Power School Parent Log In Help

Eloisa Perez:  Main Office Secretary eloisa1.perez@cms.k12.nc.us

Leslie Perez-Gomez: Main Office Secretary leslie1.perezgomez@cms.k12.nc.us

Please make sure that you are signed up as a CMS volunteer with Piedmont checked off.

You may contact your grade level admin for visiting the classroom procedures - 980-343-5435

• Please note that if you are visiting your child for lunch, you will be asked to eat with your child as a separate table off to the side

Bullying/Harassment - Bullying and harassment must be reported to administration in the main office

Mission Statement

The Piedmont Middle School Professional School Counseling Department will work together with all stakeholders to meet the needs of all students. We will ensure that Piedmont Middle School is a safe and nurturing environment where grow and experience success in the academic, career, and personal/social/emotional domains.

Listed are some of the techniques that may be utilized to provide our students with the maximum support to foster academic, career, and personal/social development: Classroom Guidance Lessons, Individual Student Planning, Community Resources, Responsive Services, Parental Support, PLC Collaborative Support, Small Group Services, System Support.

The Counselors

• Ms. Delaney is the counselor for all 6th grade students only.

• Ms. Clyburn-Johnson is the counselor for all 7th grade students - Seventh grade concerns should be directed to her.

• Ms. Case is the counselor for all 8th grade students - Eighth grade concerns should be directed to her.

• We are happy to discuss your concerns regarding your child. Please email your grade level counselor with concerns. Due to the nature of our position, we are serving children and are often not in the office. If you would like to meet with your child’s counselor, please email her to set up an appointment to ensure that time is set aside in order to fully attend to your needs. If you have an emergency please contact the main office.

At Piedmont, we meet as teams as needed, should you child have an academic concern. When a meeting is scheduled, you will meet with your child's core teachers (LA, Math, Sci & SS). If you have a subject specific concern and you would like to meet with an individual teacher, please contact the teacher directly.

Please contact your counselor and administrator to schedule to schedule team conferences. 

In addition, we often correspond by email as teams. Do not be surprised if you see all of your child's teachers, counselor and administrator on email correspondence.

• We look forward to getting to know all Piedmont students and helping them have successful and rewarding middle school years.

• All parents have signed a magnet compact and Piedmont’s IB contract. Please remember that IBMYP is an accelerated program.  Parents and students are expected to monitor grades via Power School.  Progress reports are sent home for students receiving grades of D or F. Students must pass Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies (Individuals and Societies), Health & PE, and an Elective (Encore) in order to be promoted to the next grade and remain at Piedmont. Students must pass World Language, complete the required Service as Learning (Community Service hours/Community Service Project), and demonstrate continuing acquisition of technology skills in order to remain in the IB program.  Failure to meet the IB Magnet requirements will result in removal from the program and return to the home school. Transportation is in accordance with magnet procedures.

• All students need to meet CMS standards in order to be promoted.

• The high school registration process begins in early spring. Students will receive specific information second semester from Ms. Case.