Announcements

MESSAGE FROM UNION COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS 

Thank you all for your feedback and questions. We are doing our best to address your concerns. Principals will be sending out communication very soon to address specific questions about instruction, schedules, protocols, etc. at their schools. We appreciate your patience and cooperation as we all work to navigate these uncharted areas and unprecedented times in our school system.

MESSAGE FROM UNION COUNTY GOVERNMENT 

Help Slow the Spread: Stephen Keener, Medical Director of Union County Public Health, strongly encourages residents to help protect the people around you. Wearing a face mask, staying 6 feet apart, and washing your hands will help slow the spread of COVID-19.

MEDIA CENTER BOOK NOTICES EMAILED TO STUDENTS
Email notices have just been sent to all students who currently have books checked out from the media center.  We will have a bucket in front of the main entrance every Wednesday for anyone who forgot to return any school library books, textbooks or class novels. Please check with your student to see if he/she received a notice in his/her school email.
If you feel that you have lost a book and need to pay for the book(s), please click below to use our online payment option.

Peachjar Digital Flyers

We have launched a new electronic flyer communication tool called Peachjar. To view school-approved digital flyers, simply click the Peachjar button on our website.

UCPS ONLINE BOOK FAIR MAY 11TH THROUGH AUGUST 14TH

UCPS is currently hosting an online book fair with Scholastic!  Explore thousands of best-selling books, collections, new releases, educational toys, games, appropriate for all grade levels. Link to Access Online Book Fair is below.  All orders will ship to student homes. 

Click Here To Access Online Fair 

JUST BECAUSE WE CAN'T GO TO THE LIBRARY DOES NOT MEAN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ACCESS TO THOUSANDS OF GREAT READS!
Visit CMS Destiny to find links to all the different platforms where you can access thousands of popular e books, audio books, interactive books, as well as screencasts from Mrs. Bost on how to use each resource! #HappyReading

CLICK TO ACCESS DESTINY 

HOW TO ACCESS THOUSANDS OF EBOOKS AND AUDIOBOOKS THROUGH CLEVER

This is just one of the places students can read for free. Find ALL of our place students can read for free in Destiny, which can be accessed from the student startup page. Click below to view a screencast on how students can access thousands of e books and audiobooks through Clever!

LIBRARY DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOMS

Try to see if you can escape!  Enjoy these Library Digital Escape Rooms! 

HOGWARTS DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM 

NIGHT AT THE LIBRARY DIGITAL ESCAPE ROOM 

NEED A NEW BOOK TO READ DURING THE SCHOOL CLOSURE?
Discover NC Kids Digital Library!
You are in luck! All UCPS students have access to NC Kids Digital Library through the Union County Public Library.

Click Below To View Video Tutorial on How To Use This Tool

How To Access NC Kids Digital 

NEED A NEW BOOK TO READ DURING THE SCHOOL CLOSURE?
Discover Overdrive For Kids! All UCPS students have access to Overdrive for Kids through the Union County Public Library System.
Click below To View Video Tutorial on How To Use This Tool.

How to use Overdrive for Kids 

CHROMEBOOK HELP DESK FOR STUDENTS

Technology Services staff is available to support students and employees during the school closure. A hotline has been organized by cluster to provide assistance. Our cluster number to call is 704-292-7953 Monday-Friday 9AM to 12PM Tickets can be entered any time to the help desk.

CHROMEBOOK HELP DESK

CMS COUNSELORS CANVAS SITE
Below is the link to the CMS Counselors Canvas Site for any students in need of Social Emotional Support.

CMS COUNSELORS SITE 

STUDENT CHROMEBOOK ISSUES?
Please click BELOW to access Technology Services Helpdesk for students. Students can access 24/7.

Student Help Desk

2019-2020 STUDENT HANDBOOK 
Please click below to access the current 2019-2020 Cuthbertson Middle School Student Handbook

2019-2020 Student Handbook 

FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK AND TWITTER 
If you have a Twitter account and are currently not following us, please check us out

@CuthbertsonMSNC and also on Facebook. We send updates throughout the year on both accounts.

ARRIVING ON TIME TO SCHOOL 

Students who arrive after 8:42 are tardy and will need to receive a pass from the front office. Due to the volume of parents driving students to school in the morning, please allow yourself extra time so that your child will make it in the building on time and not be marked tardy. We appreciate your help with this.

CHROMEBOOK CASES 

Parents please talk with your students about not removing the protective case on their laptops. If the protective case is removed and damage occurs the insurance will not cover the cost.

PLEASE PICK UP STUDENTS IN CAR RIDER LINE 

Parents: For safety reasons please pick your children up in the car rider line, please do not pick students up in the teacher lot or on the road parallel to Cuthbertson Road.

ATTENTION PARENTS:  STUDENT APPOINTMENTS DURING THE DAY 

Please send a note in with your child if you will picking them up for an appointment during the day. By sending in a note your child will be in the front office waiting for you when you arrive this will help to limit the interruptions to our instructional time. The last early dismissal is at 3:00.

STUDENT ITEMS FORGOTTEN AT HOME

Students will not be called out of class for any items they forget at home. A note will be placed on the message board and it is the students responsibility to check the message board for any forgotten items. Cell phones will NOT be accepted as a drop off in the front office.

POWERSCHOOL PARENT PORTAL 
The Powerschool parent portal has now been turned
on and parents should be able to access student grades. Progress reports will be sent home early this week.

PTSO FUNDRAISER GO FOR THE GOLD

Our PTSO conducts one fundraising event each year. The campaign is named Go for the Gold and all proceeds benefit CMS (visit the CMS PTSO Website to see a listing of all that we support). Attached is a flyer for details on the giving levels and the gifts for each. Please consider supporting CMS and going for the Gold this year!

GO FOR THE GOLD FLYER 

STUDENT PUBLIC LIBRARY ACCOUNTS AND ACCESS

This is a reminder on the UCPS partnership with the Union County Public Llibrary System. Student accounts are now active! . To access the digital resources, students use their UCPS ID number for the login and the PIN or password is the year of their birth. Click below to view a brochure which lists all the library locations, the digital resources, and the check policies for all UCPS students! #LEAP #LibraryLife

Public Library Brochure 

NO TECHNOLOGY FEES THIS YEAR

Please remember that students ARE NOT required to pay the twenty five dollar Technology fee this year.

UCPS PROMOTES TECH HEALTHY FAMILIES

LAPTOP/CHROMEBOOK SLEEVES NOT REQUIRED THIS YEAR

Remember that the new Chromebooks (Lenovo Chromebook N23S) have an Extreme Hard Shell protective case and additional sleeves will not be required in grades 6-12.

HERE COMES THE BUS APP 

Know the real-time location of your child's bus at your fingertips! Download the FREE Here Comes the Bus app tonight. You will need your child's student ID number to register and this can be obtained from your child's school. #UCPSBTS

Please click on the links below for recommended school supply list by grade level. 

• 6th Grade Supply List
• 7th Grade Supply List
• 8th Grade Supply List

The UCPS Athletics mobile apps are available through iTunes or Google. Union County Athletics is the go-to source for all schedules, scores, news, photos and more. Now you can access photos, videos, comments, stats and live scores on your device.

Here Comes the Bus App

Union County Public Schools (UCPS) announced the launch of UCPS Snapshots, an e-newsletter that will provide community members with timely information about district programs and the great work that staff and students are doing in the school district’s 53 schools.

Subscribers will also learn about literacy initiatives, resources for college and career readiness, the district’s new strategic plan as well as ways community members can volunteer and get involved in our schools.

To sign up, click here or text UCPSNEWS to 22828. 

2017 - 2018 Registration Information

UCPS has PowerSchool Parent Portal for parents to check students' academic progress. If you are new to UCPS, legal parents or guardians may obtain parent access codes for CMS students by bringing a photo ID to the front office during normal business hours.