Trojan News
Monroe Clark Middle School May 18-22, 2020
May’s Key of Excellence: Balance
Live your best life! Be mindful of self and others while focusing on what’s meaningful and important in your life. Inner happiness and fulfillment come when your mind, body, and emotions are nurtured by the choices you make.
This week's mindset quote:“Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” – Thomas Merton
May 18-22, 2020
This Week: Week 7 Distance Learning
May 20: quaranTIME hang out Zoom with 8th graders (see counseling corner)- SAFE Game Club at 3:30 pm Zoom Link to Game Club (info below)
May 21: Electives class form due and Hybrid PE forms due
May 22: NO SCHOOL
May 25: Memorial Day NO SCHOOL
Best Wishes and Happy Retirement to Ms. Losasso:
Item Drop Off and Pick Up:
Messages from CMS Counselors
Elective class form for the 2020-2021 school year for current 6th and 7th graders is available to students on the counseling PowerSchool page. The link is also here – Elective class request form. The deadline for students to submit the form is Friday May, 22nd.
Hybrid PE: This class is available to 20-21 7th and 8th graders. To learn more or to apply to Hybrid PE click on the link 2020-2021 Hybrid PE Form
Counseling Lesson: This week’s lesson focuses on balance and managing stress. Here is the link to the Counseling lesson for week of May 18th.
It’s quaranTIME to hang out with the 8th graders! We will be hosting a trivia game zoom meeting for 8th graders on Thursday, May 21st from 2:00-2:30!
Meeting ID: 732 9189 6045
Meeting Password: 8re2F9
Invite Link https://us04web.zoom.us/j/73291896045?pwd=YjJ3YnNQd0hpdFdNOEkySzZhUjhDUT09
The Weekly Link:
Dear Parents,
Week 6! Done! Congratulations, and once again, we thank you for partnering with us to advance your child's education during distance learning.
This week the district announced we are ending school July 21st. While this is a welcome change for many of us, it is also another change.
We have asked students to make multiple shifts this year, and they have rallied and done a remarkable job, as have parents. This new shift brings positives and negatives to many of our students. Excitement to end the school year early is tempered by disappointment of cancelled summer plans and uncertainty about the coming school year.
Letting go of expectations, accepting new models, adjusting to change, learning to be flexible, are all life skills we want our children to have. Never before have we had such a real world opportunity to teach our children these important life skills. They are watching us, and they are learning from us how to handle these waves of change.
This week’s weekly Link is to Change to Chill. The primary purpose of this site is to help teens become more aware of the things that stress them out, and give them tools and resources to better many stress, so they can live a happier, more resilient life. The site is great for anyone working with a preteen/teen and is full of resources. We hope you find it helpful as you and your family continue to navigate our changing world.
https://www.changetochill.org/
Until next time, we wish you well.
Ms. Cantor, Ms. Sandubrae, Mr. Medina and Ms. Maches
MCMS Counselors
PowerSchool
Parents: Please be sure you are logging into PS under YOUR account and setting up notifications so you don't miss an email. Your child should also have notifications set up. Use these tutorials below.
- Student login tutorial handout-Synergy and PowerSchool
- Parent login tutorial handout-Synergy and PowerSchool
- Parent video tutorial for using PowerSchool
- Student video tutorial for handing in an assignment in PowerSchool
- Student video tutorial for turning on notifications in PowerSchool
- Parent video tutorial for turning on notifications in PowerSchool
Technology and Support
Chromebooks and Tech Support: Hoover High will have office hours on Mondays and Wednesdays from 10-am- 12 pm. Students without access to a device should fill out the Chromebook Device Request
GRAB-AND-GO MEAL SERVICE
Grab-and-Go Meal Service at Monroe Clark Middle
When: Monday - Friday
Location: School Parking Lot
Distribution Time: 11:00AM - 1:00PM (while supplies last)
Families with children 18 and under will be able to pick up free lunch meals via curb-side pick-up. Students who are receiving meals are encouraged to be physically present at the time of pick-up. All meals will be distributed curb-side to decrease the risk of exposure. Only those in cars will be served meals during this pick-up time, no walk ups or bicycles allowed in order to maintain social distancing.
While the program was designed to serve the neediest families in our community, children are not required to be students of Monroe Clark Middle School. This is free for all children, regardless of meal status - please spread the word!