Crittenden Middle School

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Crittenden Middle School is in Mountain View, California, USA and it part of the Mountain View-Whisman School District. It is the home of the Panthers. It serves a highly diverse population of sixth, seventh, and eight grade students. It has two baseball fields and a sports pavilion. Crittenden Middle School is located in Mountain View, a suburban community of 70,700, in the heart of Silicon Valley, approximately 35 miles south of San Francisco. It is part of the Mountain View-Whisman School District, which serves seven elementary schools (K-5) and two middle schools (6-8). Crittenden serves a highly diverse population of sixth, seventh, and eight grade students.

The Crittenden Middle School Community believes in providing a high-quality program in a positive, safe, and supportive environment that will foster academic, emotional and social success for all students. We are committed to preparing our students for a lifetime of learning.


This school has 3 values: respect, responsibility, and readiness to learn.

Mission Statement

The Crittenden Middle School represents a community of students, staff, and families which appreciates and celebrates our diversity. Our dedicated and caring staff believes our students deserve equal access to a rigorous academic program, and utilizes a variety of teaching and learning approaches to support the unique needs of adolescents.

We support the success of the whole child by increasing academic achievement, fostering a student's sense of self, and creating opportunities for positive interactions with the community. Our students and staff will strive for both personal and academic excellence through their experiences at Crittenden.

Crittenden Values

Respect

  • Demonstrate good manners and courtesy
  • Use appropriate language and behavior
  • Behave in a manner that does not disrupt learning
  • Respect the property of the school and others
  • Keep your hands to yourself
  • Resolve conflicts peacefully

Responsibility

  • Maintain good attendance
  • Use crosswalks and obey traffic signals
  • Help keep a safe, clean campus including reporting activities that violate school rules
  • Behave appropriately during school activities, and when traveling to and from school
  • Successfully complete any assigned consequence, such as detention, work detail, "Tuesday School", etc.
  • Help create an honest academic climate
  • Abide by all state, county, district and school policies, rules, laws, and regulations
  • Keep food and drink in the assigned are

Readiness to Learn

  • Participate actively in your own education
  • Be in your seat or on your roll call number when the second bell rings
  • Be prepared with required materials, including sharpened pencils, paper, binder/notebook, textbooks, etc.
  • Complete and turn in homework on the date and time it is due
  • Dress in a manner that is safe and does not disrupt learning

Rigor

  • Maintain high expectations for academics, citizenship, and attendance.
  • Take advantage of opportunities to excel in personal and academic areas

Attendance

On all days except Wednesday, students should be on campus when the first bell rings, at 7:55 a.m. Students who are not in the classroom by 8:00 a.m., when the second bell rings will be considered tardy. We will have a late start on Wednesday, with the first bell for students at 9:18 and the tardy bell at 9:23. School ends at 3:00 p.m. every day. On minimum days dismissal time is 12:23 p.m.

  • Regular attendance at school is required by law.
  • Absences are excused for student illness, medical or dental appointments, or funerals of immediate family members.
  • Parents/guardians must verify all absences by calling the school either the evening before on the morning of the absence and stating the reason for the absence.
  • If calling before or after school hours, parents/guardians may leave a telephone message by calling:

650-903-6945 Ext 6.

  • If a student is late to school for any reaason, he/she must report to the school office before attending class.
  • A student must obtain an admission slip from the office before class on the day he/she returns to school after an absence of one or more periods.
  • Detention or Tuesday School will be assigned for repeated tardies. Attendance will be taken every period and referral to SARB will be made where there are excessive unexcused absences of 30 minutes or more.
  • Students who do not attend their assigned class or activity or who are habitually tardy will be considered truant. (Education Code §48260.)
  • Students with patterns of unexcused absences and/or habitual tardies will be referred to the School Attendance Review Board (SARB) for discussion and/or disciplinary action

Student Recognition

Crittenden students are outstanding young people with a great variety of talents and strengths. It is our goal to recognize students for their good work and to reinforce those behaviors which contribute to a positive learning community. It is our hope that a student leaving Crittenden has benefited academically, has developed a positive self-concept, and has become a contributing member of our community.

Honor Roll

Honor Roll of Merit GPA: 3.80 - 4.00 Blue Honor Roll GPA: 3.4 - 3.79 Honor Roll of Merit GPA: 3.00 - 3.39

Panther Pride Award

Throughout the year, students who follow the Crittenden Values may be given a Panther Pride Award. Any staff member may recognize a student's positive behavior. When this happens, students are given a coupon to enter a weekly drawing for prizes.

Panther Paws

The Panther Paw Program acknowledges students who excel in various ways at Crittenden. Students earn a Panther Paw by accumulating sixty Panther Points during their time at Crittenden. Once a student has earned a Panther Paw, a star will be awarded for each additional fifty points earned. Students are encouraged to wear their Paw on Spirit Days and at graduation.

Points are awarded for achievement in: Trimester Awards

  • Attendance
  • Academics
  • Citizenship
  • Community Service
  • Fine Arts
  • Honor Roll
  • Leadership
  • Music
  • Sports
  • Student Government *Honor Roll
  • Accelerated Reading
  • Most Improved GPA
  • Most Improved Citizenship
  • Other Grade-Level Awards

Crittenden PTA Goals 2007-2008 To increase parent participation and presence on campus To cooperate with student council to increase student involvement in planning and implementing activities To create a friendly, positive campus climate which creates a stronger more diverse community of parents, teachers and students To create effective channels of communication with parents and teachers Support Crittenden Middle School! It's as Easy as ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!

Crittenden PTA makes a difference in our kids' middle school experience by supporting:

  • athletics * dances * assemblies * graduation festivities * library purchases

To continue these programs and add more support for grade-level activities, lunch-time activities, and extra-curricular activities, we need your support in these four ways:

ONE : Become a member . For only $5 you can add your name to the list of parents who support education at Crittenden and can vote on PTA issues. With more members, Crittenden will have a stronger voice in local, state and national decisions about education. Our goal this year is 200 members. When we reach this goal:

• The whole school will celebrate with an OTTER POP party!

• Crittenden PTA members will be entered in periodic raffle drawings-the sooner you join, the more chance you'll have to win!

Membership dues cover local, state, and national PTA fees and do not add to the Crittenden PTA budget. To support programs at Crittenden, PTA asks for direct donations and holds fundraisers.

TWO: Make a direct donation . By donating money now, you will help to assure that old programs can be continued without a break and that new programs can be started sooner. The advantages of a direct donation are:

All of your money will go to PTA activities, not to the fundraising vendor The money you donate is 100% tax deductible You don't need to worry about selling or collecting money for fundraisers Although we will be doing some fundraisers, they require that PTA spend money and volunteer time that could be put to better use. Our goal is to raise $15,000. Please consider giving $100 per child or any amount that you can afford.

THREE: Volunteer . Students benefit from having parents involved in their school. PTA has many volunteer opportunities that can be done after school hours, in the evenings, or on your own schedule. Learn more about volunteer activities and find one that suits you, so that you can be part of the Crittenden team. Being involved keeps you up-to-date on school activities and on the life of kids in middle school.

FOUR: Give us your ideas . What can PTA do to make Crittenden better? What activities or events would your child like to add to his or her middle school experience? What do you as a parent want to see for you or for your child? Whether or not you can do any of the first three things, please give us your ideas.