MCMS Staff Update- September 18 - 22, 2023

Good Afternoon MCMS,

Happy Friday and I hope that you are having a great day!  Today marks the first day of Hispanic Heritage Month.  Please let us know if you are doing any activities related to this month, we would like to highlight those.  We have approximately 250 grandparents registered for our Grits for Grands next Thursday.  We will provide more details on the logistics of this day but it will be great having so many visitors on campus!

Next week will be a busy week at MCMS!  Make sure you are looking over the 2023-2024 MCMS Calendar for current activities and events on campus.  If we have any changes to the calendar, we will make sure to let everyone know.  

Below are updates and reminders for this coming week, September 18 - 22. Please let me know if you have any questions about this email, upcoming events, classroom supplies, or anything else.  We are here to support you!

Content Team Update

• With the change in our 7th grade ELA classes beginning next week, we are also changing the overall schedule for the content team.
• Moving forward, the content team will have two 7th grade core classes and one 6th grade core class.
• Everyone except Lori, will still have designated time in the schedule to assist in co-teaching, small group pull out, or any other instructional support.
• Please reach out to Honey, Brady, and Daniel, they here to support you and your students in any way you need

Enrichment Rotations

• Thank you for letting us know of any issues your had with your enrichment groups.
• Next week, we will have mindsets in our HR on Monday and then start our regular Enrichment Rotations.
• Thank you for your work and planning for this valuable time.
• Reach out to Jared if you have any questions or needs.

Grading and Parent Communication

• Thank you for having those individual conversations with students about their progress in your classes, it is important for us to keep students on track during this time of the year.
• Continue to encourage students and parents to check Schoology and Parent Portal for grade information.

Instruction

• Next Wednesday we will have district office personnel on campus for Instructional Rounds.  We look forward to them seeing your high level instruction and student engagement.
• Our daily student objectives should be clear and concise, make sure they are standards based.
• Let us know if you have something exciting going on in your classroom, we would love to visit!

Ellevation Training

• Below are the modules you should complete during the 1st quarter of school:
• Pathway: Understanding Multilingual Learners: Intro to LTELs (Q1) and Intro to Multilingual Learners (Q1)
• If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Carpenter for more information.

Teacher Absences

• Thanks to everyone for your absence preparation and making sure your classrooms have what they need for the day.
• If you have a planned or unplanned absence, email Ms. Whitley and me.  Ms. Whitley is the main contact for getting class coverage.
• If you have a planned or unplanned absence, please have work posted in Schoology for students to complete.  Take time with your classes to go over your expectations of them if you are out.  Having posted work for your students is very helpful for the substitute and if your classes have to be split.

Facility Updates/Needs 

• With cooler temperatures on the way, please let us know if your HVAC unit needs any adjustments.
• We have some small group desks in the Multipurpose Room available for teachers. Take a look to see if they will work for you, let Ms. Lisa know and she can move them to your room.
• Please let us know if you have any additional classroom needs.

MCMS Schedule- September 18th - 22nd

• Monday (9/18)
• Janet Planets (7th Grade) Big Gym - 8:00 - 10:00 AM
• CSI (6th Grade)
• Volleyball Practice
• Football Practice
• MCMS PTO @ 5:00 PM
• SDNC Community Forum @ 6:30 PM in Big Gym
• Tuesday (9/19)
• Team Meetings @ Planning
• CSI (6th Grade)
• MCMS SIC @ 5:30 PM
• Volleyball AWAY @ Pelion
• Football Practice
• Wednesday (9/20)
• Instructional Rounds
• CSI (6th Grade)
• Professional Learning 3:30 PM - Cafeteria
• Football AWAY vs. Gilbert
• Volleyball Practice
• Thursday (9/21)
• CSI (6th Grade)
• Volleyball HOME @ 5:30 PM vs. Gilbert
• Football Practice
• Friday (9/22)
• Hispanic Heritage Month Assembly
• CSI (6th Grade)

Sneak Peek at 9/25 - 9/29:

• CSI (6th) (9/25), Team Meeting, CSI (6th), and VB Home (9/26), CSI (6th), Professional Learning, and VB Away (9/27), FB Away (9/28), (9/29)

7 Mindsets Schedule

• Thank you for starting our students off with our 7 Mindsets Curriculum, we are excited to jump into Everything is Possible this week.
• 7 Mindsets Schedule 2023-2024

Please let me know if you have any questions about this week's updates or any other topic.  

Have a great day!

Dr. Dobyns