MCMS Tuesday Staff Update- October 10, 2023

Good Afternoon MCMS,

Happy Tuesday!  By this time tomorrow, we will be done with the first quarter of school!  As we prepare to move into the next quarter, I encourage you to reflect on the academic progress of your class.  You all have many areas of success with your students and your instruction, You may also have a few possible growth areas.  Here are a few questions to ask yourself as you reflect:

• What are the trends with your class data? Strengths and Weaknesses
• What areas do you need to review or provide supplemental resources to increase student understanding or mastery?
• How can you utilize the support of the content leads or administration to help in your classes?

We would like to congratulate Hannah Nichols and Lauren Flynn on being our Teacher of the Month and Support Staff of the Month for September!  We appreciate your hard work and service to our school.

Mid-Carolina 2022-2023 SC School Report Card Release - The 2022-2023 SC School Report Cards were released today and MCMS earned an overall GOOD rating!  Congratulations on the work you put in to grow our students and seeing them succeed!  We are able to celebrate several areas that were above the state and district average.  Our biggest growth came with the percent students who were Meets or Exceeds in SC READY ELA!  Thank you to our ELA teachers and everyone else who continue to put literacy as a focus for our students.  Your dedication to the growth of our students is unmatched, I look forward to our continued progress in preparing our students for a successful future.

Here is the link for the MCMS 2022-2023 School Report Card.  Congratulations again on a job well done!!

Continue to check the 2023-2024 MCMS Calendar for up-to-date information.  Please check frequently for any changes.

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 Playoffs AWAY
• Wednesday: Leadership Team Meeting @ 3:30 PM in the Media Center
• Wednesday: Duty Free Lunch!
• Wednesday: Football HOME @ 6:00 PM
• Thursday: Positive Behavior Celebration during RA
• Thursday: SGA Meetings @ Lunch
• Friday: No Students - Parent/Teacher Conferences

• Happy Birthday! We wish a very happy birthday to those who celebrate this week!
• Kalinda Waldrup (10/9)

• Duty Free Lunch Logistics:  We are excited to offer teachers a Duty Free Lunch tomorrow, Wednesday, October 11th!  This is a small gesture to show you how much we appreciate your hard work each day.  We have several amazing parents volunteering to assist in coverage for tomorrow.  We hope you all enjoy a quiet and restful lunch! 
• All Grades - Teachers will drop your classes off at the cafeteria or recess field (whatever your first location of the lunch period) and leave
• 7th Grade - teachers will not need to return at the end of lunch, students will be dismissed to RA at the conclusion of lunch
• 6th and 8th Grade - Please return to the cafeteria or recess field to pick up your classes at the end of the lunch period
• Report Card Reminders:  Please look over Jared's email for report card information reminders.  Report cards will be given to parents on Friday at conferences.  The remaining report cards will be sent home on Tuesday. 
• United Way Campaign: Please consider giving a contribution to the United Way!  You received donation information in your boxes last week.  This great organization helps many people in our community.  The United Way Campaign ends on October 26th.  We hope to get 100% participation from MCMS staff.
• Substitute Information: If you have a planned absence, please make sure you communicate with your Related Art faculty member to help cover HR.  Please contact Mrs. Whitley about Enrichment coverage.  We have less staff availability during that time but we will make sure it is covered.  Please let me know if you have any questions or if we can help you in any way.
• Facility Needs:  Thank you for letting us know about ongoing facility issues, we appreciate the communication.  If you have any other facility needs, email Eric, Katie, and me.  If you need desks, please let us know today.
• Next Week:
• Monday: Fall Break - No School!
• Tuesday: Academic Awards, Team Meetings @ Planning - Behavior Review, RA classes Rotate, SIC
• Wednesday: Professional Learning @ 3:30 PM - IDM
• Thursday:  Earthquake Drill, Football Away
• Friday: 6th Grade Anti-Bullying Assembly (Enrichment), Worth the Wait Boutique

Employee To-Do Reminders:

• Below are the Ellevation Training modules you will need to complete this school year:
• Semester 1: Pathway- Understanding Multilingual Learners: 
• Intro to LTELs (Q1)
• Intro to Multilingual Learners (Q1)
• Intro to Newcomers (Q2)
• Intro to SIFE (Q2)
• Semester 2: Pathway- Developing Academic Language (4 modules in this pathway):
• Intro to Develop Academic Language (Q3)
• Develop Academic Language with Meaningful Messages (Q3)
• Develop Academic Language with Strong Sentences (Q4)
• Develop Academic Language with Weighted Words (Q4)
• If you have any questions, please reach out to Mrs. Carpenter for more information.

We hope you have a great rest of the week, let us know how we can help you!

Have a great day!