The Academy of Alameda Charter

The Academy of Alameda Charter petition was approved in December by the Alameda Unified School Board. This petition was written as the plan for Chipman Middle School to meet the requirements of No Child Left Behind. If you want your child to attend this new school you must complete an enrolment application. Applications are available on line or in the Chipman office. The enrollment form can also be found here or in the Academy of Alameda locker. To get more information about the charter school, you can also visit the Academy website at www.theacademyofalameda.org. If you have questions about the charter you can contact Sylvia Kahn or Lori MacDonald via email or at (510) 748-4017 ext 2102.

Progress Reports

Encinal 8th Grade Information Night

Encinal High School’s 8th Grade Information Night and Open House will be held on Wednesday, February 3, 2010. At this event you will get to learn more about the high school with information coming directly from the administration, counselors, and faculty. In addition, you will have the opportunity to hear from some of Encinal’s finest students and their testimonials about sports, clubs, academics, and all around student life at EHS. The event will begin at approximately 6:50pm in the EHS cafeteria, however, we encourage you to come early to see our Open House beginning at 6pm and ending at 8:30pm. The complete letter regarding the information night can be found in the homepage locker or here.

Basketball Season

Girls Inc

Girls Inc. of the Island City has announced their spring programs for 2010. Please see the flyer for programs and contact details.

Flu Season Updates

Please review the AUSD letter regarding district procedures in response to cases of H1N1. The letter can be found here or in the home page locker. On December 5 and 12, 2009, the Alameda County Public Health Department is providing no-cost H1N1vaccinations to uninsured residents who are at highest risk of complications from exposure to the H1N1 virus. The most current information on times and locations can be found at: www.acphd.org.

AUSD Master Planning Process

If you have not been able to attend any of the community workshops for the AUSD master planning process, you can go online to www.alameda.k12.ca.us and review the materials. Give your input to the process and the ideas presented by completing the online surveys which can be found here.

Please sign up for weekly newsletter updates from Superintendent Vital by registering on the RSS feed on the district site.

Early Dismissal Wednesdays

CMS Students are not to visit other AUSD school campuses on Wednesday after early dismissal at 12:09 PM. An announcement is made to CMS students every Wednesday reminding them of this procedure.

CMS Health Clerk Office

Parents/guardian if your child uses an inhaler or any other medication we need to have authorization signed by their doctor and in our files for your child to take their medication at school. Please see the Health Clerk, Ms. Carlisle to obtain this form

Nurse's Notes Hello everyone and welcome back to another exciting and hopefully healthy school year. As you probably know all know the H1N1 flu is expected to make a comeback this fall. You can read all about what the district is doing to keep us all healthy on our website at www.alameda.k12.ca.us. We will update this information regularly. If you do not have internet access a handout that covers the information will be available at your school office. Other good sources of information will are: Centers for Disease Control www.cdc.gov, Alameda County Public Health Department www.acphd.org or phone 510-267-3200

What can you do to help! The most important thing you can do to prevent the spread of the flu is WASH YOUR HANDS AND COVER YOUR COUGH. If all of this does not answer all your questions or if you have another health related question you can email me at rklein-man@alameda.k12.ca.us, or call me at 510-337-7118.

Stay healthy, Rens Kleinman, District Nurse

CMS Schoolloop Procedures: 

Follow these steps to register for school loop access.

You will need to know your students ID number prior to registration. You can get this by calling the school or looking at your student's ID card.

1. On the Chipman Website click on the "Register" link directly below the login box in the upper left corner.

2. Click on Parent

3. Have your email, a login name, your students ID number, and a password ready.

4. Follow the instructions on the registration page.

5. Once registered, you can return to the Chipman site and log in with the your new login name and password.