See the amazing things your students are doing. Click on Mrs

Mrs. Michelle Gerbrick, Principal
March 2015
Board of Education
Matthew Sorrick, President
Debra Soltisz, Vice President
David Becker
Bonnie Lovejoy
Todd Monroe
Walking Club is held every
Wednesday and Friday at CIS
from 7 to 8 AM. We welcome
and encourage our community
to come in and exercise.
See the amazing things your students are doing.
Click on Mrs. Gerbrick's Twitter link for CIS updates. No Twitter account needed.
https://twitter.com/mgerbrick
February Conference Times
We held our first round of parent teacher conferences last week. March 5 is our next one. Conferences start at 4:30
pm, with the last available slot at 7:45 pm. The purpose of these conferences is to provide you with the opportunity to
discuss your student’s growth thus far. We hope that this conference will be viewed as an effective and valuable
method of communication between the school and home. This teamwork is crucial to ensuring progress and success.
Please complete the online sign-up for the time that you are requesting. Each conference will be scheduled for 15
minutes with your student's teacher(s). Please note that comments are visible to everyone who accesses this site.
March 5 Sign Up - http://tinyurl.com/palp3ms
3rd GRADE CHARGE PRESENTATIONS: AREN’T THEY ADORABLE!
A special thank you to all of parent
volunteers who contributed and
organized our Valentine Parties.
The students had a fabulous time.
Another thank you to all of our parents
who contributed to our staff dinners for
Parent/Teacher Conference Night. Our
staff really appreciated the dinners and
loved the yummy food!
We love our parents!
Student Fees/DONATIONS
Virtual Principal Coffee Talk
Please join us for our next principal coffee talk on
April 2 from 11:30-12:15. Grab your cup of
coffee from home or during lunch hours at work
for this next one. I have set up a virtual room so
families are free to interact with Mrs. Gerbrick via
a back channel. This is a great time to ask
questions through this interactive chat. Simply
click on the link below and join our conversation.
No need for an account. Yes. It is that easy!
Looking forward to collaborating with everyone.
https://todaysmeet.com/PrincipalCoffeeTalk
If you haven’t done so already, we ask that you
please pay your student fees for the year. These
fees are used to purchase resources for our
students such as agendas, workbooks…
We have had two school fundraisers this year.
One being the “Walk a Thon” and recently the
magazine fundraiser. We have had families ask
if they can send in donations to the school
instead of partaking in the fundraisers. The
answer is ABSOLUTELY. The money goes
towards funding field trips, technology, prizes for
the kids, resources and much more. We
appreciate any and all donations. Thank you!
LOOKING AHEAD
March 2: Crestwood Intermediate PTO Meeting 6-7 pm: CIS Library
Board of Education Meeting 7-9pm: Crestwood High School Library
March 5: Parent/Teacher Conferences 4:30-8:00 pm
March 10: Join our Renewal Levy team at Max Doogans in Aurora 5:30-7:30 pm
March 14 and 21: Art Field Trip to Cleveland Museum of Art (Details Forthcoming)
March 26: 3rd Marking Period Ends
Crestwood Intermediate Fourth Grade Spring Musical 6:00-8:30 pm
(Franks/Patton/ Miller Homerooms at 7pm) (Swarlis/Engelhart/Vick Homerooms at 6pm)
March 27: Professional Development Day for Staff – No school for students
March 30: 4th Marking Period Begins
April 2: Interactive Coffee Talk with Mrs. Gerbrick 11:30-12:15 pm: https://todaysmeet.com/PrincipalCoffeeTalk
Report Cards go home.
April 3: Good Friday – No school
April 6 – April 10: Spring Break – No school
We made it through our first week of testing. A special thank you to Mr. Traveny and Ms. Strenk for all of
their hard work in organizing this huge task. Below is the schedule for the remaining of the year
assessments. We ask parents to have their children on time at school on these days as we start the testing
first thing in the morning.
Please note that the new tests are broken into multiple shorter units. All assessments will be in PAPERPENCIL format. There will be NO ELECTRONIC state testing this year. Please mark these dates on your
calendar to be sure students are well rested, well fed and on time to school.
Grade 3
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Part II (End of Year Tests)
April 21 – 3rd Grade Reading OAA
April 22,23 - Math
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Grade 4
Grade 5
Part I (Performance Based Assessments)
Part I (Performance Based Assessments)
March 4 – Social Studies
March 4 – Science
Part II (End of Year Tests)
April 15 – ELA
April 22,23 – Math
May 5 – Social Studies
Part II (End of Year Tests)
April 15 – ELA
April 22,23 – Math
May 5 – Science
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Crestwood Schools will be on the ballot on Tuesday, May 5, 2015 for a Tax renewal, 4.8 mills, 4 years,
emergency needs
Talking Points – Emergency Levy Renewal
 This levy is not a new Tax – the taxpayer will continue to pay the same amount
 This levy is a renewal of an existing levy
 This levy is considered an emergency levy
 This levy is a fixed sum levy versus a fixed rate levy
o Fixed sum levy – we are asking the taxpayers for a certain dollar amount each year
o Fixed rate levy – we are asking the taxpayers for a certain millage each year
 This levy was originally passed in November 2012
 This levy was for a period of 4 years
 This levy was for the dollar amount of $1.4 million dollars per year
 This levy will continue to generate $1.4 million dollars per year if passed
 The original 2012 levy will end, if not renewed, in the Fall of 2016
 This levy will begin, if renewed, in the Spring of 2017
 See the chart below:
Property Value
$75,000
$100,000
$125,000
$150,000
$175,000
$200,000
$225,000
$250,000
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Millage
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
4.8
Annual Taxes
$113.40
$151.20
$189.00
$226.80
$264.60
$302.40
$340.20
$378.00
Half Yr Taxes
$56.70
$75.60
$94.50
$113.40
$132.30
$151.20
$170.10
$189.00
The District is asking for the same dollar amount on this renewal that it asked for in 2012. Inflation rates per month have averaged
between 1% to 2.1% since the inception of this levy, however, the District will be operating on the same tax revenue for a period
of 8 years.
This information does not take into account the state revenue the District receives and the possible pending decrease in state
revenue.
March 10: Join our Renewal Levy Team at Max Doogans in Aurora 5:30-7:30 pm