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Attention Parents:  The Visual Art Department needs your help!!

1. Please donate tin containers that you no longer need, such as the kind popcorn gifts are given in and cookies are exchanged in.  Mrs. Bryant needs them for a project students are working on in art.
2. Also, clean, empty water bottles will be need for a project beginning after the holidays.  Please begin saving them now.  

The art department would greatly appreciate your help!  Send items to the art studio in room 213.  Thank you!!

Tonight, November 19, 6-7pm – Prospective Parent Night

Know anyone interested in learning about our great school for next school year 2014-2015?  Invite them to Creswell this Tuesday!  

●Come learn about I.T. Creswell Arts Magnet

●Ask Questions

●Take a Tour

●Light Refreshments

November 20 – Progress reports issued

November 25 - December 13 – We will be hosting a Food and Clothing Drive here at Creswell.  More details to come.

November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Holidays

NEW DATE:  Tuesday, December 17, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.  - Closing Reception for “Through Our Eyes:  I.T. Creswell Students Tackle Social Ills” at the Metro Arts Gallery, 4th Floor, Metro Office Building Fulton Complex.  This event includes an artist panel discussion, live performances, and refreshments.  It was noted in a recent Tennessean article about Creswell.  You can read here.  http://events.tennessean.com/event/detail/441799431

Tuesday, December 3, 6:30 pm – PTSO Monthly Meeting

Corrected Date:   Thursday, December 6 – Winter Dance Showcase

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Dear Parents,  

Tonight 5-6pm – Gradespeed Training and Other Ways for Parents to Stay Involved in the Middle School years.  Don’t miss this great training opportunity from Parent University!  Learn how to log on to Gradespeed tonight in the library!  Light refreshments will be served.  

Tonight 6 – 8pm – Instrumental Concert in the theater.  

Tuesday, November 19, 6-7pm – Prospective Parent Night

Know anyone interested in learning about our great school for next school year 2014-2015?  Invite them to Creswell this Tuesday!  

●Come learn about I.T. Creswell Arts Magnet

●Ask Questions

●Take a Tour

●Light Refreshments

November 20 – Progress reports issued

November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Holidays

NEW DATE:  Tuesday, December 17, 2:30 – 4:30 p.m.  - Closing Reception for “Through Our Eyes:  I.T. Creswell Students Tackle Social Ills” at the Metro Arts Gallery, 4th Floor, Metro Office Building Fulton Complex.  This event includes an artist panel discussion, live performances, and refreshments.  It was noted in a recent Tennessean article about Creswell.  You can read here.  http://events.tennessean.com/event/detail/441799431

Tuesday, December 3, 6:30 pm – PTSO Monthly Meeting

Thursday, December 6 – Winter Dance Showcase

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The deadline for the PTSO fundraiser “Joy of the Season” has been extended until Wednesday, November 13.  Purchase gift items, wrapping paper, magazines, cooking products, etc.  The school will receive 40% of the profits.  Products WILL arrive before Christmas.  

Tonight, November 7 – CMT Academy of Digital Design and Communications will host the 4th Annual Film Festival and Red Carpet Event in the McGavock High School Auditorium. The red carpet begins at 6:30 pm, and the show begins at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 6 p.m. – 8th Grade Parent Night

Eighth grade parents; come learn about your child’s options for high school next year.  A representative from Pearl Cohn and Nashville School of the Arts will be there to explain what each of their schools has to offer as well as answer your questions.  Don’t miss it!

We have just received word that the Opening Reception for “Through Our Eyes:  I.T. Creswell Students Tackle Social Ills” originally scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 14, 2:30 p.m. at the Metro Arts Gallery has been POSTPONED!!  This is due to construction at the Gallery.  Please keep watching your Eblasts.  We will update you as soon as we have a new date for this fantastic event.  http://events.tennessean.com/event/detail/441799431

Thursday, Nov. 14, 5-5:40 p.m. – Creswell Connections, GRADESPEED TRAINING

You asked…we listened!!  Come get hands-on training on Gradespeed.  The training will be held in the Creswell library where you can practice logging in and using Gradespeed.

Thursday, Nov. 14, 6 – 7 p.m.  Dr. Register's District Parent Meeting at the Martin Teachers Center.

Thursday, Nov. 14, 6-8 p.m. – Instrumental Concert

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Dear Parents,  

Here are a few important events and announcements at Creswell:

Tonight, Nov. 5, 6:30 p.m. – PTSO Meeting in the library

Congratulations to our own Glenda Thompson in the main office who was recently recognized as OUTSTANDING from a Customer Care mystery shopper.  Customer Care mystery shoppers have contacted more than 130 schools as part of the district’s ongoing focus to provide quality customer care. 

The Metro Arts Center is showcasing our student’s work!  It was noted in a recent Tennessean article about Creswell.  You can read here.  http://events.tennessean.com/event/detail/441799431

Thursday, November 7 – CMT Academy of Digital Design and Communications will host the 4th Annual Film Festival and Red Carpet Event in the McGavock High School Auditorium on Nov. 7, 2013. The red carpet begins at 6:30 pm, and the show begins at 7 p.m.

Friday, Nov. 8 from 8 a.m.-3p.m. - Annual Parent Engagement Summit

The Metro Schools’ Department of Family & Community Partnerships will be hosting its second annual Parent Engagement Summit Friday, Nov. 8, from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. at Martin Center.  This year’s keynote will be delivered by Eileen Kugler, author of Innovative Voices in Education: Engaging Diverse Communities.  This great event is an opportunity for the district and community to come together to learn ways to work together and engage families in their children’s educations.  You can register by going to https://familymattersmnps.eventbrite.com.  Space is limited, so if you would like to attend, please register early. 

Tuesday, Nov. 12, 6 p.m. – 8th Grade Parent Night

Eighth grade parents; come learn about your child’s options for high school next year.  A representative from Pearl Cohn and Nashville School of the Arts will be there to explain what each of their schools has to offer as well as answer your questions.  Don’t miss it!

Thursday, Nov. 14, 5-5:40 p.m. – Creswell Connections, GRADESPEED TRAINING

You asked…we listened!!  Come get hands-on training on Gradespeed.  The training will be held in the Creswell library where you can practice logging in and using Gradespeed.

Thursday, Nov. 14, 6-8 p.m. – Instrumental Concert