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Scholastic Recognition/Honors Night

During a regular school year, our final academic recognition is our annual Scholastic Recognition/Honors Night ceremony, typically held in the Performing Arts Center at Bradley HS. At that ceremony we recognize our students who earned cumulative Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude through the third nine weeks of  the school year as well as 8th graders who achieved Summa Cum Laude for their two years in middle school. Again, with the closure of school we were unable to have this ceremony.

To recognize those students, we have compiled a video tribute with a scrolling list of all 370 of these students, as well as picture tributes to those 8th graders who achieved two years of Summa Cum Laude status.  We are proud of these students and truly wish we could have recognized them in person.  Congratulations!

Certificates, as well as a copy of the program we would have used, will be mailed home to each student.

A huge thanks goes out to Mr. Barton, Mrs. Brown, Mrs. Shiffer and Mrs. Anita Collins for all their work on the certificates, programs, awards and the video.

3rd Nine Weeks Honor Roll

This coming week we will be mailing out certificates to all students who earned Academic Honors (Cum Laude, Magna Cum Laude and Summa Cum Laude) for the 3rd nine weeks.  Due to the school closure we were unable to recognize those students during school but their names are posted on the MMS website.

Jag Pride Award

Each  MMS Staff member was given the opportunity  to choose one student to receive a Jaguar Pride Award for the 2019-2020 school year.  We asked the staff member to think of one student who,  in their opinion, best showed what Jaguar Pride is all about.

Jaguar Pride can mean many things.  It could be someone who has consistently exhibited our PBIS characteristics of Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe.  It could be a student who consistently has shown R Factor skills.  It could be a student that exhibits our CLAW characteristics of Character, Leadership, Attitude and Will.   It could very simply be a student who has consistently exhibited traits staff members feel need to be recognized.  This award doesn’t necessarily go to someone who is on Honor Roll or who is Student of the Month, but it could be.  Overall, the recipients of this award are students that our individual staff members feel represent the characteristics  we want Memorial Middle School students to exhibit.

In a normal school year, we would have had a reception before school and have each teacher present a certificate to the student they chose.  Obviously that is not possible this year.  In some cases, the staff member will be making arrangements to deliver your certificate to your home.  In the other cases, the certificates are being mailed home.

We are very proud of our Jag Pride Award recipients.  We are appreciative of their efforts this year, as well as the kind of people they  are.  We thank them for being a great representative of MMS.

The Choir teachers at MMS are excited to share with you their “Social Distance Choir”-its not quite the virtual choir you have seen circulating, but the music you will hear was recorded by each of our singers remotely in their own homes and then edited together by Ms. Burkett.  Big thanks to Ms. Burkett’s friend Bobby Phillips for recording the guitar!

Dear Memorial Middle School Families, We hope all is well with you and your families. We miss you all. The end of the school year is quickly approaching. As students and teachers finish eLearning for the year, we are making plans to conduct our end-of-year wrap-up in a way that ensures the safety of everyone. Student owned items from the school must be returned to our students (locker contents and other personal items from classrooms). District-owned materials must be returned by students. These items include iPads, library books, athletic uniforms and equipment, musical instruments and practice books, and other items. Please begin to locate and gather those items for return in the next few weeks.

Locker Clean Out: Our custodians have cleaned out all items from student lockers in both the hallways and the locker rooms. Those items were placed in plastic bags with the locker number written on the bags.

Pick-Up/Drop-Off Schedule (May 26-29th): To accomplish the task of distributing materials to students while maintaining health and safety guidelines, we will be conducting a curbside pick-up/drop-off the week of May 26-29th. No student or family will be permitted to enter the building. We have listed a schedule below organized by date, grade level, and alphabetical by last name. MMS staff members will help facilitate the curbside process.

Dates and times:

• If your child believes they may have items in the school Lost and Found or have items from the Phys ED/Athletic Locker rooms, please plan on coming during the Friday, make-up time slot. Arrangements will be made by MMS staff members on duty for you or your child to search through those items at that time.

We will have four drop off/pick up zones at MMS (See map above). Parents will enter from the Walker Road main entrance and be directed around to the back of the building, where they will loop through the bus turn-around and enter the first zone.

Zone 1 – iPad and library book drop off, will be at the back door, entrance C6. MMS staff will be assisting in placing Ipads in zip locked plastic bags at turn in. Instructions for preparing iPads are listed in this message. Please place library books in plastic bags prior to turn-in, if possible.
**There will also be a designated area in this zone to drop off any books/materials that need to go back to the Innovation Campus. (ILC/HUB)

Zone 2 – athletic uniform drop off, will be by the first door across from the stadium, entrance D13. Please put items in a bag and label with first and last name, sport, and items enclosed. Coaches will give more information to individual sports.

Zone 3 – instrument and music book drop off, will be by the music hall door across from the stadium, entrance D14.

Zone 4 – all pickup of student items (locker contents, Art Projects etc.), will be at the front door of the building, entrance A1.

Our goal is to have a continuous loop for parents to travel, while avoiding a long line of cars that potentially would stretch on to Walker Road.

Some things to keep in mind regarding this schedule:

• If you have more than one child in the building, you will be permitted to drop off/pick-up all siblings belongings in one trip if you would like. Simply let the staff member know when you arrive, and they will retrieve all student items.
• You will only be permitted to pick up items for your child.

Along with your iPad turn in, remember to bring back all text books, library books, sports uniforms, musical instruments, and any other school issued items. Our staff has put together student personal items and will distribute when you return school issued items.

Over the next week all students are being asked to take some important steps BEFORE dropping off their district iPad for summer check-in. We are asking our parents to check with students to be sure this is completed. You and the student can follow these steps before your turn in appointment.

1. View End-of-Year iPad presentations and follow the steps to prepare the iPad for summer storage. Grades 6-8 Backup Your Data and Erase Your iPad 2020
2. Here is a Video Tutorial for more help and a Video Tutorial to show you how to erase your iPad.
3. It is important that we can see the entire iPad inventory sticker on the back of the iPad. If the inventory sticker cannot be fully seen, we ask families to write down the number on a sticky note or piece of paper and turn it in with the iPad at Collection. This will keep us from having to remove the iPad from the case and slow down the collection process.
4. Grade 7 – Keep your charging brick and cable at home for the summer (unless you are withdrawing from the district). If you are withdrawing from the district over the summer, please turn in your charging brick and cable with your iPad. Grade 8 – Please turn in your charging brick and cable with your iPad (you will be receiving a new iPad, charging brick and cable in the fall).

Please know that safety is a priority as we work through this end-of-year process. Feel free to reach out to your child’s teachers, school counselor, or administration with any questions you may have. Teachers will continue to be available for academic support through May 22nd, as class assignments continue to be completed.

Even though the end of this school year will look different, we are looking forward to seeing the students (even if it is through a car window). We would like to thank all of you for your patience and understanding during our eLearning experience. Thank you for working with us to ensure this process runs smoothly while keeping our Jaguar students, parents, and staff safe.

Hello 7th Graders,

Are you interested in increasing your leadership skills, do you want to help our school, are you ready to make MMS better?  The challenges of this school  year will require an online application.  If you are ready to make MMS a better school please complete the application below.

JAG AMBASSADORS 2020-2021:

Jag Ambassadors are an example of a great students both in and out of school.  Jag Ambassadors make a difference and use actions and words to lead their peers, family, and community.  Jag Ambassadors are willing to improve themselves, the school, the community, and the world.   Jag Ambassadors are able to respond and make a difference and be leaders of the #JAGFAM.

Complete the online application for the 2020-2021 school year.

JAG AMBASSADOR APPLICATION

Once the selection is complete a list of Jag Ambassadors will be posted on the school website. Please contact Mr. Way with any questions.

The Guidance Department is open! In fact, they are debuting their brand new website.

Check it out!

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