MCMS Tuesday Staff Update- September 12, 2023

Good Afternoon MCMS,

I hope everyone had a great day and a good start to your week!  We are officially halfway through the first quarter of the year and the calendar is moving quickly.  Thank you for providing engaging instruction with rigorous assessments.  Challenging our students at an appropriate level is important for student growth.  I encourage you to build time in your instructional plan that will allow you to conference with students about grades and overall content understanding.  That time will be important for you to check for any gaps in understanding and areas of remediation.  Thank you for maintaining that growth mindset!

We have several upcoming events this month, continue to check the 2023-2024 MCMS Calendar for up-to-date information. 

Please review the reminders and updates below.  Please let me know if you have any questions about anything in the email or need any type of assistance.
Tuesday Updates and Reminders:
  • This Week: 
    • Today: Volleyball HOME vs. Sandhills at 5:30 PM
    • Wednesday: Early Release at 1:00 PM
    • Wednesday: Professional Learning @ 1:30 PM - Cafeteria
    • Wednesday: Football AWAY vs. Lakeside
    • Thursday: Volleyball HOME vs. Newberry at 5:30 PM
    • Friday: Fall Picture Day
    • Friday: Fall Faculty Family Tailgate
  • Happy Birthday! We wish a very happy birthday to those who celebrate this week!
    • Coach Schaeffer - 9/11 (Happy Belated Birthday!)
    • Deborah Wessinger - 9/13
  • Professional Learning Wednesday (9/13): We will meet at 1:30 PM in the Cafeteria tomorrow for our Professional Learning time.  We will have two guest speakers, Hannah Dickert from Mental Health and Virtual Job Shadowing.  The meeting should conclude by 2:15 PM.  If you are involved in a district Wednesday meeting, you are welcome to leave by 2:00 PM due to travel time.  If you do not have a district meeting tomorrow, you will have time to work on your SLO, plan for instruction, or collaborate with other staff after our meeting.
  • Faculty Family Tailgate- Friday, September 15th: We are excited to host a family tailgate, next Friday evening before the MCMS Varsity Football game.  Our sunshine committee has been busy planning and it will be a great event.  Please RSVP to Mrs. Coleman as soon as possible, we will be having Barbeque and Fried Chicken!  Bring the whole family!
  • Enrichment Time/Groups: Please let Jared know if you have any questions or issues with your enrichment groupings.  This week we will finish our OBOS assignment.  Next week we will move into our traditional enrichment time and activities.  Thank you for working with our students during this time.
  • SLO/Formal Evaluations:  Look for sign-up information for pre-conferences from Dr. Dobyns, Mrs. Joiner, or Mr. Thompson in the next couple of weeks.  Please let Dr. Dobyns know if you have any issues setting up your SC Lead account or initial SLO.
  • Substitute Information: Thank you for communicating with us about your absences and planning ahead.  Ms. Whitley is doing a great job securing subs and getting classes covered.  If you have a planned absence, please make sure you are communicating with your Related Art faculty member to help cover HR and Enrichment.  We know unexpected absences occur and we will gladly help those.  Please let me know if you have any questions or if we can help you in any way.
  • Facility Needs: If you have any facility issues, please let us know.  We are putting in work orders daily and hope that we are making progress to a more permanent resolution.  If you have any other facility needs, email Eric, Katie, and me.  If you need desks, please let us know today.
  • Next Week:
    • Monday: CSI (6th Grade), Janet Planets (7th Grade), MCMS PTO, SDNC Community Forum
    • Tuesday: Team Meetings @ Planning, CSI (6th Grade), MCMS SIC, MCMS Volleyball AWAY
    • Wednesday: Instructional Rounds, CSI (6th Grade)  PL begins @ 3:30 PM, MCMS Football AWAY
    • Thursday: Beta Club Meeting, Grits for Grands at Lunch, CSI (6th Grade),  MCMS Volleyball HOME @5:30 PM
    • Friday: Hispanic Heritage Month Assembly, CSI (6th Grade) 
Employee To-Do Reminders:
  • Login and sign your Orientation in sclead.org
We hope you have a great rest of the week, let us know how we can help you!
Have a great day!

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