Week of Monday, February 10th - Friday, February 14th
Middlesex Elementary
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Weekly Message:
We hope you all have a great weekend!
We have started with the new I/E groups. Please make sure you have been in contact with your MCL if you do not know your groups. Our next district visit will be on February 13th to observe our I/E. This is a great opportunity to make a huge impact on student performance. If you need any assistance, please let your MCL's know.
Tutoring for our 3rd and 4th grade "bubble" students started last week. I am excited for this opportunity for our students! This should help us met our goal to be a 'B' school...WE CAN DO IT!!! Let's make NCPS history by being the first elementary school to achieve this school grade!
Middlesex Elementary School received a $2,500 WOO grant. This grant will be used to beautify our school with gardens, SEL areas, and seating areas outside. You should start seeing some great things when the weather decides to stay warm.
I pray we all have a great week! Please keep up the wonderful job you guys do every day. Keep student expectations high and they will rise to meet them!
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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
February 10-11 - Teacher Workdays
Wednesday, February 12th - 100th Day of School
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
Monday, February 26th - Pink out day to take a stand against bullying...if you wear pink you may also wear jeans
Friday, February 28th- 5th Grade Dance
Friday, February 28th- Special Olympics Polar Plunge (Ms. Knapp's Class)
Tuesday, March 4th- All County Chorus (4th and 5th grade selected students)
Friday, March 7th- 2nd Grade Field Trip
Wednesday, March 19th- Early Release/ End of 3rd Term
Thursday-Friday, March 20th - 21st- Teacher Workdays
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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, February 10th
Optional Teacher Workday
Trade day if you donated $100 to United Way
Tuesday, February 11th
Mandatory Workday
ALL mid-year PDP's should be completed
Wednesday, February 12th
100th day of school - Have fun and dress like a 100 year old!!!
Thursday, February 13th
Central Office will be on campus observing interventions
PTO will go to 3rd grade classes to sell Valentine gifts
Wear yellow to honor our bus drivers.
Friday, February 14th
3rd grade field trip
PTO will go to all grade level classes to sell Valentine gifts
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Important Reminders:
** 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 intent form by February 28th: Employee Intent to Return/Transfer Request Survey Form for 2025-2026
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Please register again, as some sessions were changed due to rescheduling the event.
Registration Link
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Submit your proposal here: March Madness 2025 Call for Proposals
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NCPS Master Calendar
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Certified Transportation Promotion Information
Please feel free to express your appreciation for our wonderful bus drivers!
Please join us in wearing yellow on Thursday, February 13th to honor our bus drivers.
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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!!
February:
3- Ashley Flythe
3- Tammy Royster
5- Angie Reed
19- Bobbi Jo Bone
23- Christian Solano-Veloza
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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 Ms. Brown for all her help last week for PBIS!!
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Resources and Inspiration
This Valentine's Day, let's spread the love for learning and stay safe online! Here are some tech tips to keep your heart (and data) secure:
Be cautious with emails : Watch out for phishing messages disguised as love notes or special deals. If a message asks for personal info or contains suspicious links, swipe left and delete it immediately .
Engage with Diffit : Create meaningful lessons to build reading, writing, and vocabulary skills tailored to your students' needs. No Cupid required!
Explore with Britannica School : Dive into trusted resources with engaging articles, interactive features, and citation tools. Students will love how simple and exciting it is to discover new knowledge!
Get creative with Canva : Use Teacher Work Kits to make lessons more engaging and interactive. Designed to spark creativity and deepen learning!
Stay safe, and happy learning!
With kind regards,
Lindsay Jones
Digital and Learning Coach
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