Mabry MS: Principal's Update

Hello, Mabry Middle School Families!

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Please mark your calendar for Friday, May 23! This day will now be a full day of school to meet the specific requirements for missed school days!

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If you have any questions regarding your child's academic or socioemotional progress, please do not hesitate to reach out to their teachers. You can find their email addresses using this link:

Staff Contact Information.

If you ever have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact us at the school at 864-472-8402 or contact me via email at dj.brown@spart1.org.

Best regards,

DJ Brown, Ed. D.

Principal

Mabry Middle School

“South Carolina Compulsory Attendance Law requires that a parent or guardian shall require his child to attend regularly a public or private school or kindergarten of this State which has been approved by the State Board of Education, a member school of the South Carolina Independent Schools and Association, a member school of the South Carolina Association of Christian Schools, or some similar organization, or a parochial, denominational, or church-related school, or other programs which have been approved by the State Board of Education f rom the school year in which the child is f ive years of age before September f irst until the child attains his seventeenth birthday or graduates from high school.”

DID YOU KNOW?

Students who fail to attend school could be truant. Truant A child age 6 to 17 years meets the

definition of a truant when the child has three consecutive unlawful absences or a total of five unlawful absences.

Habitual Truant

A “habitual” truant is a child age 12 to 17 years who fails to comply with the intervention plan developed by the school, the child, and the parent(s) or guardian(s) and who accumulates two or more additional unlawful absences. This child may need court intervention and an initial truancy petition may be filed.

Chronic Truant

A “chronic” truant is a child age 12 to 17 years who has been through the school intervention process, has reached the level of a “habitual” truant, has been referred to Family Court and placed on an order to attend school, and continues to accumulate unlawful absences. Should other community alternatives and referrals fail to remedy the attendance problem, the “chronic” truant may be referred to the Family Court for violation of a previous court order.

Lawful Absences

• Absences caused by a student’s own illness and whose attendance in school would endanger his or her health or the health of others,

• Absences due to an illness or death in the student’s immediate family,

• Absences due to a recognized religious holiday of the student’s faith, and

• Absences due to activities that are approved in advance by the principal.

Unlawful Absences

• Absences of a student without the knowledge of his or her parents, and

• Absences of a student without acceptable cause with the knowledge of his or her parents.

Are you interested in joining the Mabry MS PTO?! We look forward to working in collaboration with our parents to organize various events for our students and recognize our teachers! Our PTO requires no fees or dues, just your partnership to support our teachers and students! If you would like to join our PTO, please contact the following individuals:

Ashley Hauck: aawill83@gmail.com

Heather May: ladymay.hm@gmail.com

Ashley Speight: aspeight@swaimbrown.com

The school day starts at 8:00AM. All students not in class by 8:00AM are considered tardy. All morning car riders should be dropped off at the Mabry Park parking lot near the baseball fields. The entrance to the Mabry Park parking lot is located off of N. Main St. We want to encourage all morning cars dropping off at Mabry Park to make a RIGHT TURN when exiting Mabry Park in the mornings. This will assist in the flow of traffic during the morning hours.

Dismissal is at 3:00PM. Any 7th Grade car rider should be picked up at the front of the school near the front office. The entrance to the front office is located off of Park Rd. across from Inman Elementary School. Any 8th Grade car rider should be picked up at the Mabry Parking parking lot near the baseball fields. The entrance to Mabry Park is located off of N. Main St.

May

19: 7th Grade Field Day / 8th Grade Yearbook Day

20: 8th Grade Field Day / 7th Grade Yearbook Day

22: 🎊END OF YEAR AWARDS DAY 🎊; 7TH GRADE (8:30AM); 8TH GRADE (10:00AM)

23: Last Day of School For Students (Full Day)

Website: https://www.spart1.org/o/mms
Location: 35 Oakland Avenue, Inman, SC, USA
Phone: 864-472-8402