Week of Monday, May 12th - May 19th, 2025
Middlesex Elementary
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Weekly Message:
Good afternoon Cougar family!
We only have 15 days left of this school year! Please do not stop holding high expectations for yourself as well as your students. We have worked so hard to be a "B" school and we are almost there. We CAN do this!!! We are so very close!
I want to thank the 3rd-5th grade teachers for embracing the new schedule to make sure students are getting everything they need to be successful. This was a big change from what they had planned, but I truly know this will give us the final push we need.
Please make every effort to come to school every day. Although we have some wonderful subs at MES, they can't replace YOU!
I hope you all have a great day and I'll see you tomorrow!
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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
May 12 - K-2 Math district PLC(moved to May 29th with ELA)May 14 - Early Release - meetings after students leave
May 21 - mClass and STAR assessment closes (3rd grade)
May 23 - Science EOGMay 26 - Memorial day
May 28 - R/M EOGMay 29 - R/M EOGMay 28 - Science EOG
May 29 - R/M EOG
May 30 - R/M EOG
May 29 - K-2 ELA and Math virtual district plc
June 3 - K-2 awards (5-6)
June 3 - RtA (for 3rd grade)
June 5 - 3-5 awards (5-6)
June 5 - Class celebrations (be consistent)
June 6 - Last Student Day
June 9 - Remediation (not sure who)
June 10-13 - Additional opportunity testing
June 9-12 - Mandatory workdays
June 13 - optional workday (UW day if you worked in the garden on March 21)
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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, May 12th
Regular Day
Tuesday, May 13th
Regular Day
Wednesday, May 14th
Early Release
Meetings after school (an email will be sent as to who and what times)
Thursday, May 15th
Regular Day
Friday, May 16th
Regular Day
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NCPS Master Calendar
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Important Reminders:
** Have your lesson plans in your folder by Thursday at 5:00.
** Please continue to communicate with parents of students who are at risk of being retained. If you have not communicated with parents, it will be difficult to hold them to our expectations! Retention should NOT be a surprise!
mCLASS Reminders:
Testing window opens on Wednesday, April 30th.
Continue with instruction and test during cougar focus time.
Start with testing students who are currently above grade level.
Continue to provide instruction to students who are still performing below grade level. Test them later in the testing window.
There has been a slight change and the window will now close on May 20th instead of May 21st.
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Certified Transportation Promotion Information
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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!!
We do not have any birthdays recorded for the month of May! If your birthday is in May and we missed that, please let the office know.
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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 3rd-5th grade teachers for embracing the new idea for our final push.
Shout out to Mrs. Bone for a great Spring Concert!
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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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Tech Tips
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The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) would like to make you and your teachers aware of an opportunity to apply for a NCCAT Honored Educator Scholarship (HES) honoring Mabel Roberson McIntyre. Preference for this scholarship is given to teachers in Nash or Wilson Counties.
Honored Educator Scholarships (HES) provide an opportunity for selected teachers to attend an NCCAT seminar of their choice. An HES covers all costs associated with participation in a five-day NCCAT seminar, including program materials, instruction, food, lodging, transportation, and substitute teacher. The honored educator also receives $250 for use in the classroom.
Please let your teachers know of this opportunity, and feel free to ask qualified individuals to apply. The application period closes on April 30th. Here is a link to the application page: https://www.nccat.org/programs/honored-educator-scholarship-application
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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