MCMS Update- August 13, 2023

Good Afternoon MCMS Families!

We hope you and your family are staying cool in this summer heat!  It was a great first week of the 2023-2024 school year.  Students quickly got back in the school routine and settled into their new classes.  It was great having the energy and excitement from our students back in the building for the launch another great year at MCMS!

Each week you will receive this update to keep you informed and aware of what is going on at MCMS.  We will send additional reminders for special events and other important information for parents to know throughout the week.

Our new school motto "Student Focused, Community Driven," is a great representation of who we are as a school.  To help improve on our school and the work we are doing, we need your help. We are looking for support from parents and community members in two areas, our SIC and PTO.  We appreciate those parents who signed up for the SIC and PTO at Open House, we will be in contact with you soon.  We need additional parent nominations for the following parent support groups:

• MCMS School Improvement Council Nominations for Parent Representatives
• MCMS PTO Nominations for Parent Representatives

Thank you to those parents who signed our "Good Luck" banners in the Media Center during Open House.  We displayed those banners outside the cafeteria for our students to see as they left lunch or transitioned between classes.  They loved the messages!

Please read below for your MCMS Update for August 14th - 18th, please reach out to the main office (803-364-3634) if you have any questions.

MCMS Schedule- August 14th - 18th

• Monday (8/14)
• Volleyball Practice
• Football Practice
• Tuesday (8/15)
• Volleyball Practice
• Football Practice
• Wednesday (8/16)
• Volleyball Practice
• Football Practice
• Thursday (8/17)
• iReady ELA Testing
• Volleyball Practice
• Football Practice
• Friday (8/18)

Headphones Needed for iReady Testing on Thursday

Your child will be taking the iReady fall benchmark assessments starting this Thursday (August 17th) with ELA.  This assessment is given to students three times a year (Fall, Winter, and Spring) and helps provide key data for teachers to monitor your child's academic growth.  For Thursday, your child will need a pair of Headphones for testing.

Checking Grades

We encourage all of our parents to stay current with their child's academic progress by monitoring your child's grades on the Parent Portal.  Our teachers will update grades weekly to make sure you and your child are receiving valuable feedback.

MCMS Athletics

Good luck to our MCMS students competing for the middle school and high school this fall.  We are proud of the hard work you are putting in the classroom and on the field or court.  If you have any questions about MCMS athletics or your child's athletic participation, please reach out to our Athletic Director, Coach David Meetze (dmeetze@sdnc.org).

Thank you for your support of our school and we look forward to another great week of learning at MCMS!

Have a great day!

Dr. Paul Dobyns

Principal

Mid-Carolina Middle School

pdobyns@sdnc.org