September, 2018

Email: CMScommunications@gocreek.org
Website: https://gocreek-coy.edlioschool.com
Location: 1786 Dayton Xenia Road, Xenia, OH, USA
Phone: 937-429-7577
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Jacob-Coy-Middle-School-1766395443580198/?rf=1399007200320313
Twitter: @COYprincipal

We have had a great start to the 2018-2019 School Year! In my 16th year in education and my first year as Coy's building principal, this was the most exciting start of the school year yet! A new year is a chance for new friends, new goals and better grades. A chance to make better choices knowing we are a little older and a little wiser than last year. We have such amazing students, staff and families! Please know; you are valued, you are appreciated and it is an honor to be your principal.

Throughout the first few weeks, students have been learning all about our building expectations that are framed by the acronym PRIDE. We expect our students to be Problem solvers, be Responsible, have Integrity, be Dependable, and have Empathy. Students can earn tickets for going above and beyond these expectations and cash these tickets in for a chance in our weekly drawings or items from our school store.

Stay up to date on school happenings by checking out our website. Daily announcements are listed under "News and Announcements" or under the "Parents" tab on the Coy website.

Thank you for all of your support in making Coy a great place to learn and grow!

Hello Coy families! I currently reside in Kettering with my wife Katie of 9 years, and our daughters Audrey (age 5) and Anna (age 3). Prior to joining Coy Middle School, I taught in the Centerville City School district for ten years as one of the district band directors. In Centerville, I taught various music courses and instrumental ensembles in grades 6-12 at Centerville High School and all three Centerville Middle Schools. I also served as the principal designate of the East Unit at Centerville High School for five years. Before teaching in Centerville, I taught grades 5-12 instrumental music for the Greeneview Local School District.

I am a graduate of Wright State University where I earned my bachelor’s degree in Music Education. I completed my master’s degree in Educational Leadership and obtained my K-12 principal’s license through the University of Dayton. In 2015, I was named the outstanding alumni of Wright State University’s School of Music and in 2017 I was named the Centerville Education Foundation Outstanding Teacher and Hall of Fame Inductee. I am a lifelong learner and am constantly looking for ways to improve educational experiences for students. In my spare time, I enjoy being with my family, traveling, and listening to music. I am very excited to be a part of Coy Middle School and look forward to working with our incredible staff, students, and parents!

As we start the new school year, our office staff members are also beginning new roles in the building. Julie Miller is beginning her new role as building secretary after previously serving as our Building Office Assistant. Jennifer Mann is now serving as our full-time building and financial secretary and Jaclyn Stubbs is new to our team, serving as our Building Office Assistant. Coy is very fortunate to have such a great team of welcoming and helpful people in our office that serve our students, parents, and staff every day!

Jennifer Mann

Position: Building/Financial Secretary

Hometown: Bellefontaine

College: The Ohio State University for undergraduate and graduate school

Prior Work: Franklin County Children's Services, Air Force (Retired)

Family: Husband, John, and two daughters Reagan (Senior at OSU) and Ryann (Senior at BHS)

Jackie Stubbs

Position: Building Office Assistant

Hometown: Born in Pennsylvania, grew up in Carmel, IN

College: North Carolina State University

Prior Work: Store Manager at Bath and Body Works, Substitute Teacher at Trebein

Family: Husband, John and son Johnathon (3rd grade at Trebein) and Julia (5th grader at Trebein)

Hobbies: Tennis, going to baseball games, traveling, and playing with her Yorkies, Belle and Teddy.

Emily Tinch

Position: Intervention Specialist in MD Classroom

Hometown: 2014 graduate of Beavercreek

Colleges Attended: Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Bowling Green State University.

Hobbies: Playing the drums and an avid sports fan

Family: Enjoys attending Friday night football games where she watches her brother Connor play football.

Mariah Strickland

Position: Coy Middle School Band Director

Hometown: Rochester, New York

College: Moved to Ohio to attend THE Ohio State where she was in the Symphonic and Marching Bands

Prior Teaching: For the past 5 years, she has taught instrumental music in the Southeastern and Clark-Shawnee Local School Districts

Family: I live in Kettering with my husband, Marlyn, and our 2 cats.

Hobbies: Traveling - went to Ireland this summer!

Andrew Morter

Position: Intervention Specialist, 6th grade

Hometown: From the Beavercreek area and excited to teach where he grew up!

College: Wright State University

Prior Work: Spent several years working in the 401k industry as an Operations Specialist

Family: His father and sister both work for St. Luke

Hobbies: Enjoys spending time with his 6 month old nephew and loves to play golf!

Kaley Moss

Position: 7th Grade ELA

Hometown: Urbana, Ohio.

College: Ran track and field on a full scholarship at Wright State (hurdles and pole vault)

Prior Work/Teaching: While at WSU, she served as a Resident Assistant and the Director of Student Wellness on our Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Student taught at Shaw, coaches track for the high school, and taught summer school this year.

Hobbies: She enjoys reading, spending time with family and friends, and doing activities outdoors, especially sand volleyball!

Brian Stevenson

Position: PLTW, Grades 6, 7 ,8

Hometown: Cleveland, Ohio.

Colleges Attended: John Carroll University, Drexel University

Prior Teaching Experience: Taught 7th and 8th grade science for his first two years in the Mentor Ohio. More recently has taught 8th grade science for 6 years at Northwestern Local.

Family: He and his wife just celebrated their first wedding anniversary this June.

Hobbies: He enjoys reading, running, fishing, and watching Cleveland sports.

Melissa Dewitt

Position - ISS/Study Hall Monitor

I graduated from Stivers School for the Arts, and currently attend Eastern Gateway College, pursuing an Education Degree. I've been with Beavercreek City Schools for 9 years as a Bus Assistant and Cafeteria Monitor. I have two children who are active in baseball, football and cheerleading so we spend lots of time at the fields! I'm looking forward to a great new year with Coy Middle School.

Jason Streiff

Position: 6th Grade ELA and Design Lab, 8th Grade Science

Hometown: Beavercreek Alumni, Class of 97

Colleges: Wright State and UD

Prior Work: For the past 8 years he has worked at STARBASE Wright-Patt, where for the past 4 years he has led the program. Of his many career accomplishments, he is very proud of having co-created the STEM Aerospace Camps with the AF Museum.

Family: Married with 3 children

Hobbies: Avid Star Wars Fan, keeping up with STEM curriculum and soccer

Layla Besson

Position: ESL Teacher

Hometown: Yellow Springs - Yes, she knows Dave Chappelle

Colleges: University of Southern California, Ohio State...holds many licenses and degrees including her PhD in Special Ed Leadership

Prior Work: She has worked as an intervention specialist, gifted educator and special ed administrator in numerous districts, including at Ferguson Middle School 10 years ago. Having moved around due to her husband’s job, she is excited to be back in Beavercreek to stay!

Family: Married with 3 children - all boys

Hobbies: Home renovations - right now replacing all of her carpeting with real hardwood floors. She loves to talk about her other projects and new table saw, a genuine Stop-Saw, for those in the know. Coy will be the first air-conditioned building in which she has ever taught!

Stephen Moore

Position: 7th Grade Social Studies

Originally from: Reynoldsburg OH

School: University of Dayton

Career/Educational Highlights: Being the winningest head ultimate coach in BHS history! Personal Information: I love the Steelers and I'm pretty good at ultimate frisbee

Braden Short

Position: 8th Grade Algebra 1A

I am from Marysville Ohio, just northwest of Columbus. I graduated with my bachelor degree In Middle Childhood Education, with concentrations in Math and Social Studies from the University of Dayton in 2013. I am entering my 6th year of teaching, having taught algebra for the last three years at Ferguson Hall. Also, I coach boy's basketball at the high school and am the head boy's JV coach. I enjoy sports, staying active, spending time with my family and friends, grilling out, spending time outside, and going to country concerts.

Jenny Jones

Position: Technology Literacy, Coy and Ankeney

Hometown: Beavercreek

College: University of Dayton, Kent State University

Prior Work: Wright State University Dunbar Library, Preble County Schools

Hobbies: Reading, Gardening, Photography, and Travel

Justine Haynes

Hometown: Lexington, KY

College: Undergrad - University of Kentucky, Masters - Wright State

Prior Work: 4th year in Beavercreek, taught in an early education music and movement school for 8 years

Family: Married, Jared Haynes. Two kids, Ryleigh (9) and Savannah (6)

Hobbies: Reading, singing, playing violin

Matt Schmidt

Position: Health and PE, Grades 5-8 Trebein and Coy

Hometown: Beavercreek

College: Wright State University

Prior Work: Beavercreek High School

Family: Wife - Emily, Daughter -Megan (Junior at BHS), Son - Jacob (5th grade at Fairbrook)

Hobbies: Assistant Director of Coaching - CUSA soccer club

Heather Howell

Position: Special Needs Assistant

Hometown: Fairborn

Family: Husband - Steve, Two kids, Hayden (14), and Sawyer (10).

Prior Work: YMCA of Greater Dayton and Pre-K room at BCLC.

Coy Middle School Guidance Office

Welcome back to school!! We are so excited to see all of our students’ smiling faces in the building. We wanted to take this opportunity to introduce ourselves and what we do here at Coy.

As counselors we work directly with students, staff and parents. Our primary goal is to advocate for and support Coy's students. We consult and collaborate with teachers, administrators and families to enable our students the opportunity to achieve success in school and become responsible and productive members of society.

Mrs. Mann works with students with last names beginning with the letters A-K, as well as IEP students.

Ms. Siders works with students with last names beginning with the letters L-Z, as well as SAT and ESL students.

This year we are lucky to have a school counseling intern in our office, Miss Hamilton. She will be working alongside us and we are thrilled about the opportunities she will be able to provide our students.

Please see below for upcoming classes offered by TCN Behavioral Health that are offered free of charge!

Over the summer, 7th grade students had the opportunity to choose from 3-4 different novels as their summer read. When they returned, the 7th grade ELA team implemented the "Book in a Bag" project. This project asks students to briefly summarize their novel and illustrate an aspect of the story for the outside of their bag/box. Then, what goes inside is the best part! They were to choose several objects that represent elements of their story in some way and describe that on a notecard, using examples from the story itself. To finish, many shared with their peers in their classrooms, showing what they learned about the book they enjoyed over the summer!

Our CMS Custodians worked tirelessly to prepare our building for our staff and students throughout the summer. We are so grateful for our building custodians who keep our building clean and safe for all of us throughout the year!

We love seeing our Coy students at school! We understand there are circumstances when your student will have to miss school, but please follow our Attendance Procedures to ensure that you are complying with House Bill 410 to have your student properly excused. Please account for your student every day by emailing or calling the office to notify us of any absences, late arrivals, or early dismissals.

Parent/Guardian may submit 10 parent notes (or phone calls) documenting an Excused Absence reason. After the 10 notes are exhausted, medical notes will be required for absences to be excused.

Reasons for Excused absences include illness, death in the family, pre-approved family vacations (up to 5 days), observation of a holiday, etc. (other reasons may be included). Medical appointments are always Excused with a medical note. Medical notes must be provided within 3 days of absence. After 3 days they will be marked Unexcused.

An absence is Unexcused if your student overslept, missed the bus, running late, car trouble, family vacation without approval (or over 5 days), or student refusal to go to school (other reasons may be included).

Please check out all attendance procedures at coy.gocreek.org. Information and forms can be found under the Parent tab, Attendance Information.

From House Bill 410: "It is important for every student in Ohio to attend school every day. Missing too much school has long-term, negative effects on students, such as lower achievement and graduation rates."

Thank you for your support!

Make sure to check your student’s lunch accounts to ensure they have sufficient funds. You can access your student’s lunch account and deposit funds via https://www.spsezpay.com/BCmeals/login.aspx.

Please call Cindy Steeley at 458-2531 if you have any questions.

We really enjoyed the opportunity to meet parents during Open House! Thank you for sharing what makes you proud of your children! We are proud of them too for such a great start to the year!

One of the foremost advances in schoolwide discipline is the emphasis on schoolwide systems of support that include proactive strategies for defining, teaching, and supporting appropriate student behaviors to create positive school environments. Instead of using a piecemeal approach of individual behavioral management plans, a continuum of positive behavior support for all students within a school is implemented in areas including the classroom and non-classroom settings (such as hallways, buses, and restrooms). Positive behavior support is an application of a behaviorally-based systems approach to enhance the capacity of schools, families, and communities to design effective environments that improve the link between research-validated practices and the environments in which teaching and learning occurs. Attention is focused on creating and sustaining Tier 1 supports (universal), Tier 2 supports (targeted group), and Tier 3 supports (individual) systems of support that improve lifestyle results (personal, health, social, family, work, recreation) for all children and youth by making targeted behaviors less effective, efficient, and relevant, and desired behavior more functional.

For more information, visit: www.pbis.org

WE ARE OFF TO A GREAT START!

• 98% of our students have had no major infractions!
• 64% decrease in August infractions from last year!
• Eighth graders are proving to be the true leaders of the school with the fewest number of infractions for the month of August!

President’s Message

Hello! My name is Jenny King and I am the new PTO President this year. I’m only one of many awesome folks who have come together to contribute to our amazing school. We’d love to have you join us. There are so many ways to contribute, both great and small. Teacher Assistants are a huge help to our educators and spend time once a week grading, sorting, and copying papers. There are also several one-time events where we can use an extra pair of hands: kiosk duty, chaperones to our dances, and various other events during the year. Stay connected by joining our Facebook page and sign up your phone for Remind to receive text reminders. Come to our monthly PTO meeting and share your ideas. Together we can make this one of the best years for CMS and our kids. Thank You!

PTO Board Members

President Jenny King Vice President Available Treasurer Kristen Kindle Secretary Michelle Vidikan Fundraising Angie Langely Events Coord. Jodie Gervais Volunteer Coord. Kristin Horton Historian Available

Save The Date!

19 SEP Spirit Night @ Chick-Fil-A

20 SEP PTO Meeting, 7pm

08 OCT NO SCHOOL

18 OCT PTO Meeting, 7pm

19 OCT Monster Mash Dance

19 OCT EARLY DISMISS @ 2:45PM

30 OCT Spirit Night @ Rapid Fired Pizza

26 OCT NO SCHOOL, Conferences

26-31 OCT Fall Book Fair

31 OCT Halloween

PTO Meetings are held on the 3rd Thursday of the month at CMS in the IMC (Library). We discuss upcoming events and Mrs. Ferguson and Mr. Baker shares updates concerning our school and students.

Stay connected with the CMS PTO!

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CoyMiddleSchoolPTO/

Remind: Text @COYPTO to 81010

Questions? Contact us at CoyPTO@gmail.com

Yearbook at CMS is gearing up for another fun year of making the 2018-2019 Yearbook for our students! We began a new tradition last year, and we want to keep it going, but we need your help! We loved seeing all the fun summer activities our students and their families enjoyed over the summer, and we want that to be included in the yearbook once again! Please send any summer photos of your child's adventures to the following email: rebekah.young@beavercreek.k12.oh.us.

When sending your photo, make sure it is in a jpeg format, and have the photo save with the student's first and last name, so they will be tagged in the yearbook! I need all pictures sent to me by September 21!

This year in the Kiwanis Student Council Builder’s Club our focus group will be Bridges of Hope. Bridges of Hope is a non-profit organization in Xenia that helps those that are experiencing poverty, homelessness, and consequences of addictive behaviors. Throughout the year our club will be doing fundraising, item collections, and service projects. Some of the events we will be doing include spirit days, homecoming, and the popular haunted hallway will return during the dance. We hope everyone will help us raise money and items for Bridges of Hope.

We are excited to announce this year's Character Education Service Project named "UpLIFT: Support, Serve, Celebrate". Coy is excited to partner with Bridges of Hope located in Xenia. Be on the lookout for upcoming information about fundraisers and volunteer opportunities throughout the year. More information coming soon!

September 4 - 7th/8th Grade Girls Orange Volleyball vs. Miamisburg

September 5 - 7th/8th Grade Football vs. Fairmont

September 5 - Band/Choir Fundraiser Money Due

September 6 -MUSE Maching In-School Assembly

September 6 - 7th/8th Grade Girls Orange Volleyball vs.Lebanon

September 7: Grade Level Assemblies

September 10 - 7th/8th Grade Girls Black Volleyball vs. Springboro

September 12 - 7th/8th Football vs. Lebanon

September 13 - 7th Grade Football vs. Cincinnati Hills

September 13 - Girls Volleyball vs. Springboro

September 18 - Girls Black Volleyball vs. Lebanon

September 19 - Dine and Donate at Chic-Fil-A

September 19 - 7th Football vs. Springfield

September 20 - 7th Grade Football vs. Miamisburg

September 20 - PTO Meeting

September 25 - Picture Retakes

September 25 - Girls Volleyball vs. Kettering

September 25 - Winter Sports Parent Meeting, 6:00 PM

September 27 - Girls Volleyball vs. Kettering

September 28 - 8th Grade Band Night with BHS Marching Band

September 29 - MVDSA Buddy Walk for Down Syndrome