Week of Monday, Jan. 27th - Friday, Jan. 31st
Middlesex Elementary
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Weekly Message:
Thank you all for working so hard on Friday. I love being so confident you are working everyday that I can invite anyone to visit our campus! You make me so proud!!! Keep up the great work!
We have a lot of events coming up so please make sure you read this newsletter and mark your calendars. Make sure you know February 20th we will have a data notebook night. Please make sure the students data notebooks are up to date and they are able to share and discuss their goals with their parents.
Have a great weekend!
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Vision: Middlesex Elementary School is focused on preparing ALL students for bright futures by providing rigorous and global instruction in every classroom.
Mission: Middlesex Elementary School mission is that we will maintain highly rigorous instruction to support growth for 100% of our students.
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Coming Up
Tuesday, January 7th - Friday, January 31st- mCLASS/Star MOY Testing Window
Monday, January 13th- Friday March 14th- ACCESS Testing Window
Monday, January 27th- Knapp's Class goes swimming
Thursday, January 30th- Knapp's Class Field Trip (Bowling)
Thursday, January 30th - Kindergarten's Field Trip (Marbles Museum)
Friday, January 31st- 2nd Term PBIS Celebration
Monday, February 3rd - Friday, February 7th- ELA/Math NCCI Testing Window
Thursday, February 6th - NCPS District Spelling Bee at Word Tabernacle
February 10-11 - Teacher Workdays
Tuesday, February 14th- 3rd Grade Field Trip
Thursday, February 20th- Data Notebook Night
Friday, February 21st - Progress Reports go home
Monday, February 24th- CogAt Testing Window Opens (2nd Grade Only)
Monday, February 17th- Friday, February 21st- Science NCCI Testing Window
Friday, February 28th- 5th Grade Dance
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Week at A Glance
Daily:
All staff present by 7:15 AM (In the classroom or duty location)
Students may begin entering at 7:20 and will report to the cafeteria.
At 7:40, all students will report to HR class.
Any student arriving between 7:40-8:00 will eat breakfast in the cafeteria before class.
Monday, January 27th
Knapp's Class goes swimming
Finish any mCLASS testing that has not been completed
3rd grade and 4T students need to complete the STAR reading assessment if they have not already done so.
Tuesday, January 28th
Class Pictures
Wednesday, January 29th
Regular School Day
Thursday, January 30th
Knapp and Kindergarten field trips
Friday, January 31st
PBIS Celebration
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School Closed vs. Remote Learning
Remote Learning:
Teachers will send out information through the app. There will be an assignment for students and office hours for the teacher.
Teachers will be on Google Meet during his/her office hours to answer any questions you or your child may have.
Attendance for Remote Learning:
Students will be counted present in the following ways:
They join Google Meet during the teachers office hour or you receive a message on through the app.
Student completes the assignment and turns it in within 4 days.
If a student does not join Google met at the designated office hour times OR does not complete and turn in the assignment within 4 days, they should be counted absent for the remote learning day.
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Important Reminders:
**The leadership team met and decided to have teachers wipe down tables and sweep floors in the cafeteria. This will allow the custodians to be in the rooms, vacuuming and pulling trash. Please make sure this is in your sub plans so substitutes are aware. Also, make sure NO student is wiping tables, but students can sweep.
For the most part, the tables and floors are being cleaned. A few classes have left, and the floor hasn't been swept. Please don't forget to sweep before leaving (and a student may do that).
** Have your lesson plans in your folder by Thursday at 5:00.
**Grade 5 Science NC Check-In (Life Science) window has been moved to 2/17-2/21.
**Please ensure you have contacted parents and scheduled parent-teacher conferences. These conferences are an excellent opportunity to get parents of struggling students to sign at-risk retention letters in person. Retention should not surprise parents at the end of the school year. Please document all teacher conferences.
** Complete your PDP if you have not already done so.
Pierce Group Information- Click Here- Benefits Open Enrollment
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NCPS Strategic Plan Staff Survey
You can access the survey by clicking the links below:
Teachers (Anonymous) - Teachers and Teachers Assistants
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/nashcountync/winter2025-teacher/surveys
Select your school from the dropdown menu. No access code is needed
School Staff (Anonymous) - Principal, Assistant Principal, clerical, transportation, school support staff, social workers, counselors, etc.
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/nashcountync/winter2025-staff/surveys
Select your school from the dropdown menu. No access code is needed.
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NCPS Master Calendar
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Certified Transportation Promotion Information
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Team up with Malcolm Mitchell, Super Bowl Champion, and train to compete in the January 2025 READBowl with a fun, free Marathon of reading minutes!
Sign up your class for FREE and participate in the 26.2 day
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Staff Duty Information
Cafeteria morning duty:
Students arriving at school before 7:40 will report to the cafeteria.
Students arriving at school after 7:40 may go to the cafeteria to eat breakfast or go straight to class.
As they enter, they go through the line, get breakfast, and sit down where directed. As the table fills up, move to the next table.
monitor at the entrance as students will try to wait to sit with friends
Students should not sit down and then decide to get up to eat. Warn them several times and then inform an administrator if they still do not follow these expectations. Do not deny them breakfast! We will work to get them to follow the policy.
Students should sit quietly…eat, throw trash away, and wait to be dismissed
Dismiss students by tables, regardless of grade
monitor in the halls as students will try to wait to walk with friends
Monitors will be on duty in the cafeteria each morning to assist students…be on time!!!
Cafeteria lunch:
Teachers are expected to follow the lunch schedule as closely as possible, be on time, and leave at the designated time.
Monitor the classes while they are in line and while they are eating to ensure that students are not making excessive noise.
Each class should be seated at adjoining tables to be more easily supervised.
During lunch, the teacher or assistant must accompany the students to the cafeteria, remain in the cafeteria during the scheduled lunch, and escort them back to class.
There should be absolutely no talking for the first 10 minutes. If students get too loud, warn them to lower their voices. If they do not comply after a warning, they should not talk for the next 5 minutes.
Teachers should assign students the responsibility of cleaning the tables and floors, as needed, before leaving the lunchroom to avoid leaving an unclean area for the next class. Cleaning tables means picking up trash and wiping their crumbs on plates. Students may sweep but are not allowed to use the spray and wipe table.
Dismissal:
All teachers should have students packed up and ready to be dismissed by 2:55.
Dismissal begins at 3pm
Mrs. Yebra/Mrs. Elder/Mrs. Jones will go through the line and enter the information into PikMyKid
teachers should have an interactive panel logged into PikMyKid (see email)
Students' names will pop up on the screen
Send them out
Dismissal staff will be at cones to assist
cones will now be numbers (1, 2, 3, 4), not colors
At 3:30, all car riders will go to the front office.
At 3:30, all K-2 bus rider students will go to Mrs. Holley's room for September.
Classroom:
Must be posted on the board (daily):
Clear learning purpose
I do, We do, You do (alone/together)
Orderly, neat, and student-centered
Attractive and interesting to students
Students should be assigned tasks to straighten and pick up the room daily.
Rooms should always be left orderly, with materials put away.
When leaving school, you should be sure windows and/or doors are locked, and the lights turned off.
It is the job of all members of Middlesex Elementary School to keep our school clean.
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Middlesex Elementary School HUB 24-25
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Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday to all the staff members who celebrate a birthday this month!!
January:
02- Cessy Flores
20- Rhonda Jones
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Shout Outs
Shout outs come from different staff members. Please click on the image to send a shoutout to a staff member.
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Resources and Inspiration
Introduction Math Lessons & Google Slide Links
ROOMS: Campus Message Portal within Infinite Campus will not replace Rooms. Please continue to use ROOMS. Click on the link to view teacher expectations.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1HE-BoKKChcyi-TWE2CtkjNrTZNzlSw6r?usp=drive_link
Rooms Central https://info.apptegy.com/rooms-central
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Greetings from Infinite Campus Training,
For live webinar training event of the 2024 - 2025 Yearly Event Series, Adventures in Ad Hoc & Core Reports! To view and sign up for live sessions please visit our YES: Session Registration Grids webpage.
This year we are also introducing prize drawings where learners will have a chance to win an Infinite Campus YES Yeti tumbler! Learners who attend at least 3 sessions during the event and anyone who submits feedback for the sessions that they attend will be entered for a chance to win!
Can't attend live? No problem! Sessions will be recorded and available to review all year long. You will receive an email notification the week of September 23rd with instructions on how to access the recordings for each session.
Thank you,
Infinite Campus Training
Questions?
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Opportunity Culture
We are part of a national community of Opportunity Culture schools committed to reaching every student with excellent teaching consistently. You can read more about this on OpportunityCulture.org.
The cornerstone of an Opportunity Culture school is the Multi-Classroom Leadership model: small, collaborative teaching teams led by teachers with leadership skills and a record of high-growth student learning. Schools and districts around the country have joined the national Opportunity Culture initiative, and research shows that MCL teaching teams produced strong learning gains for students.
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NCPS Traditional Calendar 2024-2025
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Contact Us
Principal: Ginger Carey
Email:glcarey@ncpschools.net
Assistant Principal: Lorena Gonzalez
Email: lgonzalez@ncpschools.net
Middlesex Elementary School
13081 West Hanes Avenue
Middlesex, NC 27557
Phone: (252) 462-2815
Fax: (252) 235-5216