Summer Information

The summer is an important time to spend time with friends and family, but also a time to get ready for the next school year. Students in most grades do have reading and math review to compete over the summer break. Please check out the information below regarding everything to prepare for the upcoming school year.

Uniforms

Student dress should reflect the professionalism that comes with being at one of the top charter schools in New Mexico, and one of the top schools across the country. The Cottonwood polo, and all other recognizable symbols of our school, serve as a reminder of our common identity, and these communicate our values to those outside of our school.

No clothing, including masks, will depict ideology contrary to CCPS philosophies and policies, whether stated or implied. Clothes should not be a delivery system for offensive messages. To that end, clothing must be appropriate and not distracting^ to the learning environment.

Dress Expectations will be gender neutral for all students and will be equally enforced unless there has been an exception for medical, cultural, or religious reasons made by the administration.

Please view all of our dress expectations here.

Purchase Uniforms

Jump Start

Please see the chart below for when incoming students will be required to attend Jump Start Day. Students will receive valuable information on the upcoming school year at these events.

Name	Date	Time
6th Grade- Last Name A-F	Jul 18, 2022	8am-12noon
6th Grade- Last Name G-L	Jul 18, 2022	1pm-5pm
6th Grade- Last Name M-R	Jul 19, 2022	8am-12noon
6th Grade- Last name S-Z	Jul 19, 2022	1pm-5pm
7th-12th Grade – All; any 6th grade students unable to attend previous week’s Jumpstart	Jul 29, 2022	12noon-3pm

Summer Reading and Math Packets

Summer Reading

6th Grade: No summer reading

7th Grade: Please read one of the books found on this document.

8th Grade: A World Below by Wesley King

9th Grade: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton

10th Grade: Banned Book Club by Kim Hyun Sook

11th Grade: Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

12th Grade: No summer reading, please work on your Extended Essay

Math Packets

New students may be on a different path than current Cottonwood students. If you are going into 9th grade and have not taken Algebra 1 in 8th grade, please complete the Algebra 1 math packet. If you have questions about which packet to complete, please reach out to Ms. Geerts.

Summer Mental Health Support

If you need support or are experiencing a mental health emergency please use one of the following resources:

NM Crisis and access line at 1-855-NMCRISIS (662-7474)
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline- 1-800-273-8255
Crisis text line- 741741
UNM Behavioral Health
Presbyterian Behavioral Health – Child/Adolescent Behavioral Health: (505) 291-2540

For ongoing support:

UNM School Based Health Centers

Here are also some Distress Tolerance resources that can help to reduce distress in a moment: