Staff Stuff

If any staff member is without electricity, you are welcome to stay at my home. We have two bedrooms with their own bathrooms that are not used. Do not hesitate to call me at (678) 346-0727. We say that we are family...now is the time to demonstrate it. Let's help each other out during this stressful time.

I hope all is well with you and your family. MPES fared well with minimal damage given the amount of large trees surrounding our campus.

The area pictured below is on our playground. I have notified the maintenance shop and they will repair ASAP. Until then, we will block this area off from students. Please make sure you are closely supervising them during recess and notify the front office if you notice any additional concerns while you are outside.

As we prepare to return to school (hopefully on Wednesday...), I am postponing some of our upcoming events. Being aware of these changes today will give you time to prepare for any impact this may have on childcare, college classes, staff development, etc.

Everyone needs to attend this meeting that will begin as soon as the last bus leaves. I will briefly walk through the changes to the RBES requirements and then Dr. Seymour will prepare us for CogAT testing next week.

Parent Math/Literacy Night will be held Tuesday, September 19, from 5:30 PM - 7:00 PM.

This will give you more time to prepare for what needs to be a special night where parents should walk away with great strategies to support their child's learning at home.

As you reflect and prepare for your conversation with parents, I would ask, "What is your 'I can' statement for parents?"

Example "I can" statement:

After this parent session, I can help my child become a better reader, writer, and mathematician because of the strategies provided for me to work with my child at home.

Thank you in advance for the preparation that I realize will go into making this a wonderful night for our parents.

The induction ceremony scheduled for Thursday at 5 PM will be postponed to Tuesday, September 19 @ 5 PM to coincide with our Parent Night. The ceremony will be held in the cafeteria. FIfth-grade teachers, please notify your students of this date change.

Our first meeting, originally scheduled today, will be held on Friday, September 18 @ 8 AM. This should only impact faculty who are on our school council.

As you prepare to share information about Constitution Day and, in remembrance of the attacks on 9/11/2001, I thought you might want to also share this patriotic singing of our National Anthem. If you haven't seen this, I will not spoil it for you...enjoy.

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