Meridian Newsletter

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Dear Families,

Last week, we saw many of you on Thursday night at our Fall Festivals at each campus. The night was filled with games, fun, and fellowship, and I know that we all appreciated the opportunity to get to know each other and spend time together outside of the school day. Thank you so much to everyone for your continued support and for coming out! We hope to continue to see everyone at our other family engagement events throughout the year.

I also want to remind everyone that next week on Tuesday, November 8 is Election Day. Meridian is closed that day, but if you are able to vote, then we encourage you to do so. Make sure your voice is heard by our elected officials!

Have a wonderful week and I look forward to seeing you soon.

Meridian is excited to announce the selection of Mr. Dejon Tucker as our new middle school assistant principal. Mr. Tucker has been a part of the Meridian family since last year and came to us as our ELA coach. A native of Belize, Mr. Tucker has deep knowledge and experience across multiple grade levels, and is an outstanding addition to Meridian's middle school leadership team. We appreciate his dedication to our community!

Tuesday, November 8th - School Closed for Election Day

Friday, November 11th - School Closed for Veteran's Day

It is with great honor that the Attendance Team is bringing back The Migrating Owl Trophies. These trophies are adorable stuffed owls who every week like to migrate to homerooms that have the best attendance. We would like to congratulate last week's winners!

For Early Childhood, it is a first-time win for Ms. Miles and Ms. Jones! Ms. Gibbs' class was in striking distance, so let's see if they can catch up next week!

For grades K-2, congratulations go to Ms. Lewis and Ms. Thome for a repeat win! They improved on last week's attendance and went up to 93%. Ms. Saunders' class was very close to capturing the trophy this week though.

For grades 3-5, the owl made its 3rd-grade debut - congratulations to Ms. Daniyan's homeroom. With an attendance rate of 93%, they were the close winner this week to second place 5C.

You can still join basketball tryouts! Please complete the authorization form linked below to participate.

Parent/guardian authorization for afterschool programs SY22-23 (Basketball)

Autorización para programas después de clases (baloncesto)

Join our after-school clubs run by Meridian teachers and staff! Please complete the digital registration form below to sign-up:

For Elementary School:

English: https://forms.gle/2xM3ib1iyVVHxvJn7

Spanish: https://forms.gle/UYhrhWTQTLTkv42W7

For Middle School:

English: https://forms.gle/FB1hp7dioUXY6fib7

Spanish: https://forms.gle/q1P1nmqxkUJqdX8i8

Meridian is proud to be continuing our partnership with Higher Achievement, who is offering tutoring at our Middle School for students in grades 5-7. This service is offered Monday, Tuesday, and Thursdays after school until 6:30 PM.

Higher Achievement’s work includes tutoring, homework assistance, mentoring, and help with the high school application process. Students will go on field trips including visits to high schools and colleges!

All of Higher Achievement’s services are FREE of charge and can accommodate the schedules of scholar-athletes.

To apply or to learn more, visit: higherachievement.org/for-families-scholars/. Applications are available in both English and Spanish. If you have any questions about Higher Achievement, please reach out to Tiffany Garcia, Ward 1 Learning Director, at garcia@higherachievement.org or call her at (202) 544-3644.

Meridian staff has been prioritizing our use of learning targets in the classroom. Learning targets are the foundation of a student-engaged assessment system. Learning targets help guide the learning for the lesson, unit, or case study. They engage students in their learning, allow them to be leaders of their learning and support them in knowing where they are going.

The additional resource we have been using this year to evaluate the quality of our learning targets is the learning target rubric.

Criteria for Quality Targets:

• Begins with “I can”. Such as "I can multiply decimals by using a model."

• Verb makes clear to students the intended learning

• Contains only one verb

• It is a learning target, not a doing target

• Contextualized to the specific topic, text, or task in the lesson

• LTs across a unit fall into a variety of categories on a cognitive rigor tool

• LTs use student friendly language

• LTs help ground and focus students

In the next newsletter issue, we will focus on how to unpack learning targets.

Established in 1919, Children’s Book Week is the longest-running national literacy initiative in the country that takes place twice a year. This fall's celebration from Nov 7-13th marks the 100th anniversary of this fun and important holiday that gives us a chance to celebrate books for children and also appreciate how wonderful it is to read!

Over the next few weeks, we will continue to share free resources, downloadable materials, and ideas that can will help to encourage the joy of reading at home. To start, try out "How Do You Book? Challenge" from Every Child a Reader which asks young readers to explore what they read, how they read, and where they read.

How to facilitate the challenge:

• Talk to kids about the what, where, and how of reading. In this challenge “book” is a verb.
  • What do you book? — Mystery? Books about science? Picture books?
  • Where do you book? — In your room? On the beach? In the car?
  • How do you book? — Upside down? Laying on the floor? In your favorite chair?
• Take a look at the various activities. Which ones look challenging? Which ones look like fun? Which ones encourage exploration of something totally new and different?
• Help kids complete one or more of the activities that stand out to them. They can complete as many as they want to create their How Do You Book Declaration!
• Take a look at the declarations of others by following #HowDoYouBook on social media.
• Have a printer? Download our challenge certificate.
• Create! Kids can create a physical representation of their How Do You Book Declaration. It can be a drawing, poem, short story, clay model, video, photo, or any other visual representation of how they book.
• Share! Share declarations and visuals by posting online using #HowDoYouBook and tagging Meridian on Instagram at @mpcs_dc or on Facebook at @mpcsdcOWLS

Our Lost and Found has been filling up for some time now. Stop by the Elementary School Family Center to claim your lost items. For any questions, please email hmarquez@meridian-dc.org.

You're invited to The Big Build, a FREE hands-on festival at the National Building Museum exploring a wide variety of unique, interactive activities with roofers, plumbers, home remodelers, construction workers, carpenters, designers, and artisans. The Big Build celebrates the world we design and build and fills the Museum’s Great Hall with interactive booths including a nail driving contest and a structural engineering station with an earthquake simulation to discover how buildings can be built to be more stable.

BUILD a bridge

DISCOVER eco-friendly design

EXPLORE home remodeling

JOIN story time featuring A House That She Built

VISIT all Museum exhibitions for free

On Monday, Nov. 14, DC Public Library is adding 15 more hours of operation at libraries across the District, increasing opportunities to visit the library in the mornings and evenings.

Neighborhood Libraries

Monday-Wednesday: 10 a.m.-9 p.m.

Thursday: 1 p.m.-9 p.m.

Friday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday: 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Libraries located with a recreation center (Deanwood, Northwest One, Rosedale)

Monday-Wednesday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Thursday: 12 p.m.-8 p.m.

Friday-Saturday: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.

Sunday: 1 p.m.-5 p.m.

Breakfast

Lunch

Snack

• SY2022-23 Family Calendar in English - bit.ly/2223MPCScaleng

• SY2022-23 Family Calendar in Spanish / Calendario Escolar Familiar - Ciclo Escolar 2022-2023 - bit.ly/2223MPCScalspa
• SY2022-23 Family Calendar in Amharic / የ 2022-23 የቤተሰብ ትምህርት ቤት የቀን መቁጠሪያ - bit.ly/2223MPCScalamh

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Website: www.meridian-dc.org
Location: 770 Kenyon Street Northwest, Washington, DC, USA
Phone: 202-793-2667