Manatee Musings, 9/30/2024

Week of 9-30 to 10-4

Checking In for the Week

We want to continue to support you in any way we can. Please consider “checking in” to let us know how you are feeling about the week ahead! New this week—we want your input on how to best address the later bus issues so that some staff are consistently having to stay later than others to support a bus that is late.

The Week Ahead

Updates & Information

iReady PD For Teachers

Schedule time with the iReady Expert team, to really dig into your data through analysis and establishing priority domains.  Allow us to help you kick-start your year by showing you how to align the "Universal Screener Data" with your upcoming instruction and small group supports.  

Click here to review dates and times to sign up.

Resources and Supports for CMS Staff Members

Did you know that there are several resources and supports available to all CMS employees at no cost? Two specific resources are below:

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Supporting the PTA

Please consider signing up for the PTA. Not only does your membership provide funding to the PTA, it also helps show that our staff supports the PTA, an organization that supports every MHES teacher and student. Your $10 membership is an investment in our continued success. Let’s come together again this year to make an even greater impact. All staff members signed up by 10/5/2024 will be entered to win a paid lunch and coverage for enough time off campus for an extended lunch.

Capturing Kids Hearts Start Strong Survey

The Start Strong Survey experience is designed to give schools insight into the frequency and fidelity of CKH implementation.

The four fundamental questions in the Start Strong Survey experience help answer the following questions on our campus:

1. Do I greet my students/staff daily?

2. Do I invite my students/staff to share Good Things?

3. Have we posted a Social Contract and do we refer to it?

4. Do I dismiss my students/staff with a Launch?

Please take a moment to complete your survey, accessible on the CKH.org homepage upon logging in, or by selecting "My Surveys" under their account menu.

Good Things!

Way to go, Mint Hill ES Ron Clark Academy Team! This group, along with several other staff members, provided our students in select classrooms with some amazing House Sorting Day experiences! We look forward to fun, engagement, and some friendly competition throughout the year as the other houses compete for second place, as everyone knows House Rêveur will also be in first place!

Congratulations to Haley Hutchens and Liz Jenkins on their engagement! After meeting at UNCC 5 years ago, they got engaged on September 21!

Keep up the great things for students! We enjoyed seeing great things happening in our classrooms, during planning, and throughout the building! The only way to Be Greater is to #SW1MGreater!

October 1 in Room 233

October 10 in Room 116

School & District Resources

MHES Resources
CMS Resources