Week of Monday, Dec. 2 - Friday, Dec. 6
Middlesex Elementary
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Weekly Message:
I hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving Break and were able to get some much deserved rest!
We now have 15 school days before Winter Break. Please continue to work hard to move students academically. They deserve the best you got!
Mrs. Gonzalez and I will start our second round of observations during the next 15 days. Please make sure your lesson plans are uploaded into the google drive so we will be able to review those as we plan our observations.
Please read through the information in the newsletter below and let us know if you have any questions or concerns!
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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
Monday, December 2nd - Friday, December 6th - Science Check-In Testing Window
Monday, December 2nd - Friday, December 20th - Exact Path Diagnostic Window for 4th and 5th grade
PTO Santa Shop - December 2nd - 6th (schedule included in newsletter)
Tuesday, December 3rd- Progress Reports
Wednesday, December 4th - Staff meeting
Monday, December 9th - School level Spelling Bee in the gym for 3rd-5th grade, and parents will be invited.
Wednesday, December 11th- Early Release Day
Wednesday, December 11th- MES Winter Concert - parents invited
Saturday, December 14th - Middlesex First Baptist Church give-away
Monday, December 18th- AIG 5th Grade STEM field trip
Monday, December 23rd- Friday, January 3rd- Winter Break- School Closed
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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.
Reminder:
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 are able to sweep.
For the most part, the tables and floors are being cleaned. There have been a few classes leave and the floor hasn't been swept. Please don't forget to sweep are before leaving (and a student may do that).
Monday, December 2nd:
Science Check-In Testing Window
Exact Path Diagnostic Window for 4th and 5th grade
Tuesday, December 3rd:
Science Check-In Testing Window
Exact Path Diagnostic Window for 4th and 5th grade
Progress Reports go home
Wednesday, December 4th:
Science Check-In (Small Group)
Exact Path Diagnostic Window for 4th and 5th grade
Staff meeting
Thursday, December 5th:
Science Check-In (Whole Group)
Exact Path Diagnostic Window for 4th and 5th grade
Friday, December 6th:
Science Check-In (Make-ups)
Exact Path Diagnostic Window for 4th and 5th grade
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NCPS Master Calendar
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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 READMarathon that begins October 8, 2024.
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Field Trips
Deadline has now passed. If you are planning a trip and did not submit paperwork, please let administration know ASAP.
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Message From The Nurse
All North Carolina public, private, and religious schools are required annually to report on the immunization status of all students in kindergarten, seventh grade, and twelfth grade (G.S. 130A-155(c)).
Families are strongly encouraged to obtain required immunizations for their children as early as possible. However, due to Executive Order 319, an extension has been authorized for compliance and reporting, as outlined in this State Health Director's Memo. The time period from the first day of attendance through October 31st, 2024, will not count toward the 30-day grace period for students to comply with immunization requirements. The 30-day grace period will start November 1st, 2024, and the exclusion date is December 1st, 2024.
Kindergarten/ New Enrollments
Exclusion date: December 1st for students without immunizations and/or physicals
Students with upcoming appointments
If a student has an appointment for PHYSICAL they are allowed to remain in school until the appointment date. Let parents know that if not turned in after the appointment they will be excluded.
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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
Middlesex Elementary School HUB 24-25
Please make sure you sign up for a committee by Friday. If you do not sign up, you will be assigned a committee.
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Happy Birthday!!
Happy Birthday to all the staff members who celebrate a birthday this month!!
December
5- Ginger Carey
11- Yolanda Odom
21- Gale Thorne
23- Brenda Jenkins
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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.
Shout out to Mrs.Boykin who had helped the whole team of 4th and 5th grade in the process of infinitive campus.
Shout out to Mrs. Brown’s unwavering commitment to do what it takes to help anyone. She really demonstrates “all gas, no breaks”!
Shout out to Mrs. Kues for always going above and beyond! She helps, encourages and inspires us all!
Shout out to Mrs. Tant! She jumps right in to ensure student success every time she is in the classroom!
Shout out to Mr. Pearce! He always has a smile on his face! He is always so encouraging to our kiddos!
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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
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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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Important Reminders:
If you still need to do so, please....
Have your lesson plans in your lesson plan folder by Thursday at 5:00.
If you have not already done so, complete the survey: Help Us Shape the Future of NCPS! https://www.ncpschools.net/forms/all-staff-survey-for-nash-county-public-schools-employees-hr-marketing-campaign-input
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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