June 4, 2024
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--This week's Spirit Week Days are:
Wednesday: Sports Day
Thursday: Western Day
Friday: Hawaiian Day
--Please see this ATTACHMENT for information regarding voluntary workout and install sessions for middle school football this summer.
--Make sure you check the lost and found in the lobby before you leave for the summer. All items will be donated over the summer.
--Students: If you are a 6th or 7th grader and know you aren't returning to Cityside next year, please leave your Chromebook AND charger with Mrs. Nelson before you leave for summer break. If you are an 8th grader and know you won't be at Zeeland East or West for high school, same plan: leave your Chromebook AND charger with Mrs. Nelson before you leave for the summer. You will be charged if we don't receive your Chromebook AND charger before you leave. Thanks so much!
--Also, students, if you are using one of the loaner chromebooks from the CBC, you must bring it to Mrs. Nelson in the CBC before you leave for the summer; they may not be taken home for the summer. Thanks!
--Attention 8th grade girls soccer players!!! Please turn in your uniform to Coach Gordillo's room ASAP! Thank you.
--Students you have until tomorrow to return your library books before bills are sent home. If your library book is currently in the building, please get it RIGHT NOW and bring it to Mrs. Vredeveld in the media center!
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--If your Chromebook does need to be repaired, please bring it to Mrs. Nelson in the CBC by 9:00 in the morning so it can be sent off to the technology office the same day. Just a reminder: Mrs. Nelson does NOT have any loaner Chromebooks or charging cords. Please make sure you are charging your Chromebook fully at night and make sure you take it to school every day. If you forget it, you will need to call home to have someone bring it to you. If you forgot to charge it, bring your cord from home. Please completely shut down your Chromebook at least once a week to install any updates that are out there and please remember to fully charge it at home each night.
--Students: You must use a crosswalk when crossing the road at any time. There have been too many near accidents, and we care about your safety. State law requires you to ONLY cross at a crosswalk. It is illegal and unsafe to cross anywhere else. Please make sure to find the closest crosswalks and use those to get where you need to go before or after school. Thank you!
--If you leave school early for any reason, you MUST go through the office and let them know you are leaving. Thank you.
----A quick reminder about Success Time: If you have been assigned success time or lunch detention, first drop off your assignments and Chromebook (if needed to complete your assignment) to the LGI room and then grab your lunch so you're ready to get to work right away. If you've turned your assignments in and have a signed slip, you have 3 options:
1. Hand your signed slip to Mrs. DenBoer in the LGI on your way to lunch.
2. Put your signed slip in the folder on Mrs. DenBoer's office door in the Media Center.
3. Put your signed slip in the Success Time Folder on the front desk in the Main Office.
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--GRASP is a summer math and reading program used throughout the U.S. to help students retain math and/or reading skills learned during the past school year. Students finishing Kindergarten up to 8th grade will receive a packet of materials with a booklet containing 9 units of review exercises. Students complete one unit a week or work at their own pace as long as they are in by the deadline. You can register by mail, fax, or online at grasp.grps.org. You can find an informational flyer at this link: GRASP Flyer as well as the enrollment forms: English GRASP Registration Form and Spanish GRASP Registration Form. Enrollment and payment are the responsibility of the parent.
--TRANSPORTATION NEWS! Now is the time to fill out the online transportation form for the 2024-2025 school year. Please complete the form for each child in your family by the end of this school year. Students need to keep their bus tags until the end of this school year. At the end of this school year we will NOT be collecting the bus tags at school or on the buses this year. Parents/guardians may properly dispose of the bus tags at home once this school year has ended. Please keep the blue lanyards or black/red fobs at home too. You may reuse those for the next school year. Thank you!
--Parents, please make sure you have an Infinite Campus Parent Portal account set up. You will be able to check your student's bus schedule, grades, attendance, etc. with the Parent Portal. If you have any questions, please contact Marie Geerlings in the technology office at mgeerlin@zps.org.
--If your child will not be in school, for any reason, you MUST call the attendance line at 748-3205. Thank you!
--If you are picking your child up from school for any reason you must call the office before we will let them go. You may also call their cell phone in addition to the office, but the office must hear from you. 616-748-3250. Thank you!
--ZPS utilizes the School Messenger system to deliver text messages straight to your mobile phone with important information, including school
closings, safety alerts, and more. You can participate in this free service just by sending a text message of "Y" to our school's short code, 67587. See this informational FLYER for more details.
--Any message needing to get to a student must be received by 1:20 pm. We call students down at the beginning of their last hour during announcements so we are not disturbing classroom instruction time.
**Our Miles of Smiles (MOS) mobile dental unit is scheduled to be in Ottawa County Schools during the 2023-2024 school year. Our mobile dental unit provides no cost, preventive and restorative dental services for financially-qualifying children. Unfortunately, MOS will not be visiting your school this year. However, we want parents to know that they can schedule their child to be seen on our mobile unit when we locate at another Ottawa County School. Miles of Smiles can be accessed by using the following informational application link: MILES OF SMILES
--Please do not have lunch food delivered from area restaurants to our students for lunch. We aren't allowed to sign your credit card receipts, and often the order only comes with a student's first name on it making it very difficult for us to know who it is for. Students often don't know a lunch is being delivered for them, so they don't come to pick it up and the food goes uneaten. Thanks for understanding!
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--SPORT SIGN-UPS: FINAL FORMS REGISTRATION IS NOW OPEN FOR THE 2024/2025 SCHOOL YEAR! Please see the CITYSIDE ATHLETICS WEB PAGE for information on signing up student athletes. All registration and sports sign ups will be done online in the Final Forms website for the 2024/2025 school year. Drop in locations for sports physicals are also listed on the athletic web page. If your student is planning to participate in any sports during this 2024/2025 school year, please remember that they must have a new sports physical that is dated AFTER April 15, 2024. Please bring sports physicals to Mrs. Nelson in the CBC or upload a PDF into your student's Final Forms record.
--Hey Chix Families! Have you heard the big news in athletics? For the first time ever, the Zeeland Athletic Boosters are allowing you to directly support our Cityside athletics the next time you volunteer! New to Cityside or new to our Athletic Boosters? No problem! Everyone is encouraged to volunteer! The Zeeland Athletic Boosters are our biggest partner when it comes to supporting our athletes. From purchasing equipment or jerseys, to providing scholarships to our Senior Athletes, our Boosters help support athletic excellence at Zeeland Public Schools. The next time you volunteer, just write “Cityside” for the team/program you would like to sponsor. By doing this, the funds you raise will go directly to our Cityside Athletics account. Workers earn $10/hour at any ZPS athletic event! Sign up here! Go Chix!