Tell me something good about CMS... (schools, move, teachers)

[businessperson]

Originally Posted by RobertBallard

If you are an illegal immigrant CMS will still educate your child and in his/her first language at that!

So will any other public school in the nation.

[jp03]

Originally Posted by RobertBallard

Some people consider it a positive. I know that full instruction in a native language is a rarity but the fact that North Carolina taxpayers are willing to shell out money to hire ESL teachers when that money could be used to reduce class size really speaks to NC values.

How EXACTLY IS THIS POSITIVE?

[businessperson]

Originally Posted by miklaur

I think there was another recent thread that had some of CMS high schools (??) listed as some of the best in the US.

Yes. Newsweek Magazine's "Best High Schools in the Nation". CMS had 12 or 14 listed. Myers Park is #29, Providence and several others made the list.

[megassel]

What's most important to me: my daughter got a lot of one on one attention, she had fun, and she loved going to school. Can't get much better than that.

On the academic front, her school segmented the literacy program, so all the first graders were assigned a skill based literacy group and went with that group for reading and writing.

[3johnsons]

My son is finishing kindergarten at Lake Wylie Elementary in SW Charlotte. His teacher and teacher's aide could not have been any better! They are very attentive, focused on learning, and challenge their pupils to excel and learn things *I* never learned until well into first grade and beyond. My five year old can read, thanks to his kindergarten teacher, and he LOVES books!

[marvinnative]

From the Charlotte Observer, Monday, May 28:

Championship Odyssey

Charlotte-area Odyssey of the Mind teams that placed at the world championships in East Lansing, Mich., this weekend. The teams qualified through state competitions to reach the world event:

• Alexander Graham Middle School, Charlotte, 1st. (CMS)

• Charlotte Latin School, 3rd in middle school division; 8th in elementary. (Prep Private)

• Myers Park High School, Charlotte, 4th in one category, 22nd in another. (CMS)

• Unionville Elementary School, Monroe, 4th. (Union)

• Harris Road Middle School, Concord, 5th. (Cabarrus)

• Olde Providence Elementary School, 6th. (CMS)

• Mount Pleasant Lion's Club team, Midland, 6th. (Cabarrus)

• Mount Pleasant High School, Mount Pleasant, 6th. (Cabarrus)

• Central Academy of Technology and Arts, Monroe, 29th. (Union)

• Morning Star Academy, Charlotte, 30th. (Christian Private)

Full article:
Charlotte Observer | 05/28/2007 | Odyssey team takes top prize (http://www.charlotte.com/217/story/138228.html - broken link)

[Miker2069]

I had to delete the last several posts as they were not within the scope of the OPs topic (so don't be alarmed, the thread went off topic early in the day and I missed it).

Note: There are plenty of threads dealing with CMS issues- this however isn't one of them.

[marvinnative]

Originally Posted by marvinnative

From the Charlotte Observer, Monday, May 28:

Championship Odyssey

Charlotte-area Odyssey of the Mind teams that placed at the world championships in East Lansing, Mich., this weekend. The teams qualified through state competitions to reach the world event:

• Alexander Graham Middle School, Charlotte, 1st. (CMS)

• Charlotte Latin School, 3rd in middle school division; 8th in elementary. (Prep Private)

• Myers Park High School, Charlotte, 4th in one category, 22nd in another. (CMS)

• Unionville Elementary School, Monroe, 4th. (Union)

• Harris Road Middle School, Concord, 5th. (Cabarrus)

• Olde Providence Elementary School, 6th. (CMS)

• Mount Pleasant Lion's Club team, Midland, 6th. (Cabarrus)

• Mount Pleasant High School, Mount Pleasant, 6th. (Cabarrus)

• Central Academy of Technology and Arts, Monroe, 29th. (Union)

• Morning Star Academy, Charlotte, 30th. (Christian Private)

Full article:
Charlotte Observer | 05/28/2007 | Odyssey team takes top prize (http://www.charlotte.com/217/story/138228.html - broken link)

Hey, someone gave me negative rep and said this post is "Off Topic." First of all, I started this topic. I'm pretty sure I understand what the OP wanted.

To clarify my point, this post includes a link to a newspaper article that gives credit to a CMS middle school for coming in FIRST place a the WORLD Odyssey of the Mind competition. Someone at CMS must be doing something GOOD. And, I didn't think it hurt to pass the compliments around to all the local districts who placed.

[CharlotteAgent]

Originally Posted by businessperson

I got deleted for being off topic and I was only defending CMS policy of serving all the students, just like all other public schools do. Go figure????

Sometimes post get deleted when you reply to an off topic thread. I wouldn't take it to personally.

[businessperson]

Originally Posted by CharlotteAgent

Sometimes post get deleted when you reply to an off topic thread. I wouldn't take it to personally.

Well thanks for clarifying that. It just makes you wonder what you did wrong?