Mooresville Middle School
Community Newsletter -- May 5th, 2023
A Message from Mr. Kosal:
Together we make a family!
Here's what you'll find in this week's newsletter:
- EOG testing information
- Feed NC change fundraiser
- Athletics information for next year
- Cheerleading tryouts coming next week!
- upcoming Alino's PTSO spirit night
- end-of-year Promotion Ceremony information
- PTSO announcements
- Rising Red Imp night for next year's 6th & 7th graders (5/17)
- View your student's Exact Path progress
- free online tutoring for 8th grade Math / Science
- Mental Health Awareness month (May)
- MHS Switzerland field trip meeting
- CTE summer camp information (rising 9th graders)
- basketball camp at MHS this summer
- and more!
Thanks for reading, and I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Mr. Kosal, MMS principal (pkosal@mgsd.k12.nc.us)
Ms. Brown, 7th grade assistant principal (kbrown@mgsd.k12.nc.us)
Ms. Richardson, 8th grade assistant principal (tabitharichardson@mgsd.k12.nc.us)
Mr. Kuhn, assistant principal (gregorykuhn@mgsd.k12.nc.us)
Mr. Miller, assistant principal intern & MMS media center coordinator (justinmiller@mgsd.k12.nc.us)
Ms. Clark, MMS Athletic Director (annclark@mgsd.k12.nc.us)
Mr. Dan Miller, Selma Burke Middle School principal (danielmiller@mgsd.k12.nc.us)
EOG Information for Red Imps
Thursday, May 11th -- 8th grade Science
Tuesday, May 16th -- 7th & 8th grade Reading
Wednesday, May 17th -- 7th & 8th grade Math
Here are some important things for students & parents to know about what testing will look like this year:
- The testing sessions begin around 8:00am and will last approximately 3 hours. Unless there is an emergency, please do not plan for any early dismissals during this window of time. We need students to be on time for school during these days (7:20am).
- No phones, smart watches, airpods, etc. may be used during the testing session at any time.
- Students will be expected to have their hoods down during the testing session.
- Laptops should be charged overnight so they're ready to be used during testing. Spare chargers and loaner laptops are extremely limited.
- Students will eat lunches in the classrooms on their grade level's testing days.
- Water in a sealable container is the only acceptable food / drink during testing.
Summer School Notices Coming Soon
Summer school hours are 9:00am - 1:00pm. It runs from Mon - Thurs during the week of June 12th & Tues - Thurs during the week of June 20th.
Notify Assistant Principal Kim Brown (kbrown@mgsd.k12.nc.us) with questions.
Athletics Information + Cheerleading Tryouts
Also, if your student is interested in playing Fall Sports at either middle school next year, please read the information below for details you and your child both need to know:
Mooresville Middle Athletic Information
Alino's MMS Spirit Night -- Tuesday, May 9th
Please join us for our final MMS PTSO spirit night of the school year: Tuesday, May 9th at Alino's Pizzeria from 5:00 - 8:30pm. Please note that in order for us to receive credit you must order in person at the counter. Take the night off from cooking and enjoy a delicious dinner!
Feed NC change donation drive
The 8th grade Junior Excel Club is sponsoring a penny fundraiser for Feed NC. We have water jugs in the cafeteria, the front office, and the media center. If everyone can contribute a little we can help a lot of people get the food they need! This money stays local and helps the Soup Kitchen and local outreaches for those who need assistance.
Please encourage your students to clean out the family spare change stash and help others at the same time! May 12th is the final day to bring in some of that extra spare change. Thank you!
Notice to Car Rider parents
7th & 8th grade promotion ceremonies (May 2023)
Two ceremonies for each grade level will occur; start times are based on each student's first core teacher (1st period for 7th graders; 4th period for 8th graders). Here are the teams / times for each grade level:
current 8th grade -- Tuesday, May 23rd
8:00am - Team Thunder (Peterson, Kraftchick, Luffman, Pendleton, Woodring, Eyer, Plemons, Davis-Vickery)
10:00am - Team Lightning (T. Fulton, Mentzer, Wright, Orlando, Cook, Wilson, Ketchie, Groves, Hildebran)
current 7th grade -- Wednesday, May 24th
8:00am - Team Spinners (Davis, Coker, Sos, Buchanan, Durham, Barbee, Fandrey, Hamilton, Kaiser)
10:00am - Team Copperheads (Foushee, Coffey, Thornhill, Zocchi, McAllister, M. Fulton, Alvord, Hamm, Roseman, Hildebran)
Info on Mooresville High School Trip Abroad
There will be a meeting for those interested in traveling to Switzerland and Italy during spring break 2025. The meeting will be held on May 9th at 7:00pm in the MHS cafeteria. This event will be open to the current 7th and 8th graders -- please bring your questions and hear about the experience!
Notes from our PTSO:
Our last PTSO meeting for this school year will be on Wednesday, May 10th from 8:30 - 9:30am at MMS. We hope you can join us!
Help us celebrate our teachers and staff during Teacher Appreciation Week (next week: May 8 - 12)! On Friday, May 12th the MMS PTSO is sponsoring a nacho bar and we need your help to make this event successful. If you can help supply items for the nacho bar please sign up and bring your items to the front office by drop off time on Friday, May 12 (Nacho bar sign up) No time to shop?... No problem! Make a monetary donation and we'll do the shopping for you: Donate for staff appreciation
We have MMS and Mooresville items for sale in our online square store. Items will be given to your student at school. Contact us via email redimpsptso@gmail.com to purchase with cash. Thank you for supporting and showing off your red imp spirit! PTSO store
Both MMS PTSO and the new Selma Burke MS are seeking volunteers for next school year. If you want to get involved please email us at redimpsptso@gmail.com and specify which school your student will be attending next year.
Please join our PTSO facebook group. This online community is for parents/guardians of MMS students and MMS staff. We will share information from the PTSO, MMS and MGSD. It is also a place for you to connect with other parents/guardians and the PTSO. We hope you'll join us! Follow us on Facebook!
Thank you for your support! Questions for the PTSO? E-mail us at redimpsptso@gmail.com
National Mental Health Awareness Month (May)
May is National Mental Health Awareness Month! The Center For Safe Schools is inviting all NC Public schools to wear green in solidarity with them to spotlight mental health awareness on Tuesday, May 16th.
Visit https://mhanational.org/mental-health-month for more information and a toolkit of additional activities and resources.
Free Online Tutoring for Students
When they sign up, they will get an email from NCVPS with the link for their session, and a link to cancel or reschedule if needed. Please reinforce to students that they should be respectful of tutors' time and not be "no-shows" if they sign up for a time.
Students who do not have Internet access at home or need a quiet place to attend tutoring are welcome at the Selma Burke Community Center.
We hope your students will take advantage of this "EDvantage"!!
Exact Path progress viewing
Parents and students alike can also view ongoing Exact Path progress and diagnostic reports at any time by logging in through the student account. You can view written directions for that here and a screen recording below:
Viewing Exact path Written Directions
Viewing Exact path Screen Recording
Please email Ms. Anne Allen (anneallen@mgsd.k12.nc.us) or Mr. Justin Miller (justinmiller@mgsd.k12.nc.us) if you have questions about the Exact Path diagnostic.
How to alert MMS of a student absence:
The email address for parents to alert MMS about student absences is: MMSAttendance@MGSD.k12.nc.us
Parents can upload doctor's notes as well. We hope this process will be easier on everyone instead of always sending a note with the student that gets lost so easily!
MMS Social Media Handles - follow us!
Facebook: @mooresvillems
Instagram: mooresvillems
Twitter: @mooresvillems
Website: https://mms.mgsd.k12.nc.us/
Don't forget to thank a teacher next week!
Please show our Red Imp teaching staff that they are appreciated!
And always feel free to contact Principal Kosal if you have questions or concerns.
Email: pkosal@mgsd.k12.nc.us
Website: https://mms.mgsd.k12.nc.us/
Location: 233 Kistler Farm Road, Mooresville, NC, USA
Phone: (704) 658-2720