Parents Guide to the CMSD Website A CYC Elective

Outcomes Increase parents awareness of the resources and information available on a school districts website Teach parents how to bookmark important links for easy retrieval Teach parents how to search for school information

Getting Started Successful school website navigation starts with understanding how to use bookmarks – Allows you to quickly find resources that are important to you – Helps you organize all of the information and resources you find on school websites

Bookmarks or Favorites Saves the address of a favorite Internet site in a file in order to revisit that site in the future. Explorer: favorites

Firefox: bookmarks Bookmarks or Favorites

Search Successful school website navigation is assisted by utilizing search tools. Two methods – Search using the CMSD Schools Search – Search using Googles Advanced Search Tools

CMSDnet.net Search Searching using the School Websites Search tools Navigate to Enter search words into the search field at the top of the page and hit return on your keyboard

Google Advanced Search Navigate to – Enter in site or domain: – Enter your search in all of these words: – Click on Advanced Search Button

District and Phone Phone (main Administration Building)

School Communication Links to individual schools (which list phone numbers) School Administrators link provides phone and addresses of principals.

More School Communication Office of Family and Community Engagement Office of Family and Community Engagement CMSDs Ombudsman – a person who investigates and attempts to resolve complaints & problems. sman/ CMSDs Ombudsman sman/ Parent Mentors – Serve as advocates for parents of special needs students. cademicsDept/SpecialEducation/ParentM entors.aspx Parent Mentors cademicsDept/SpecialEducation/ParentM entors.aspx

More School Communication

CMSD Frequent Contacts

Communication – Social Media Follow CMSD on Facebook Follow the CEO, Eric Gordon on CMSD YouTube Channel CMSD SchoolTube Channel

Communication - Calendars District Calendar

Search Activity Search for the following: – Scholarships – Summer school programs – Homework help – Athletics – Kindergarten registration – Graduation requirements – Transcript

Parent Engagement CMSDs Parent University CMSDs Parent University CMSD Parent University provides information through workshops on a variety of topics such as: computer basics, reading at home, advocacy for students and college readiness, which will help parents and caregivers increase their ability to advance student learning and promote academic success. CMSD Parent University is free to all parents and caregivers of CMSD students.

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