Family Mustang Memo
Parent/Guardian Newsletter January 16-31
In This Issue....
- Calendar of Upcoming Events
- Conferences
- 8th Grade Baby Pictures - DEADLINE IS JANUARY 21
- Covid Test
- Play Information
- Volunteer at MGMS
- Teacher/Staff Wish List
- PACT Meeting is Monday, February 14 - more information below
- Book Fair
- Yearbook Orders Due February 28
- What to Do When Your Student is Absent or Has an Appointment
- Schoology Information
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UPCOMING DATES
- A LOOK AHEAD
- January 17 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day (NO SCHOOL)
- January 19 - 6th Grade Band Concerts 6 & 7 PM - POSTPONED
- JANUARY 20 - VIRTUAL PARENT CONFERENCES 3:30-7:00 PM
- January 20 - 6th Grade Orchestra Concert - 7:30 PM - POSTPONED
- JANUARY 25- VIRTUAL PARENT CONFERENCES 3:30-7:00 PM
- January 31 - Online Learning Day for Students - Licensed Staff Workshop for Staff
- February 10 - 6th Grade Choir Concert 6:30 & 7:45
- February 14 - PACT Meeting - VIRTUAL
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Conferences
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8th Grade Baby Pictures Needed
Attention 8th Grade Parents,
We need baby pictures of our current 8th grade students for the 2021-22 yearbook. Please take a picture of your favorite photo upload it to the link below.
https://forms.gle/HQtZJ9HFmj3TYqUeA
If the file is to big, please email it to DornA@district279.org
Submission deadline is FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 2022.
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Covid Test
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Play Information
There is another option for auditioning, you can email the director and do it virtually. The director will email the link if you want this option. Please check your student's Schoology account for audition material.
Callbacks will be on Wednesday, January 26. For those selected there will be a parent meeting on Thursday, January 27 from 4:30-5, right after the first rehearsal.
If you have any questions, please contact our director Josee Axberg at AxbergJ@district279.org.
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YOU WANT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, GET INVOLVED: Be a Volunteer at MGMS!!
Whether you can commit to a weekly volunteer opportunity, or occasionally, we appreciate your presence at school. Please click on the link for more information.
We have some upcoming events that we need help with. Please sign-up on the links below.
Mustang Mart --- We have a Mustang store every other Friday that is open before school. Students can purchase pencils, candy, gum etc. with cash or their Mustang Pride tickets that they earned. We need help staffing this. Please sign up at:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0944ACAC2CA3FB6-mustang2
The Closet
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/70A0944ACAC2CA3FB6-closet1
If you have not completed an online volunteer application, please click on the link below. You will receive weekly Friday emails on all the different opportunities MGMS has for you.
ENGLISH APPLICATION:
https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/Nzg0OmVuLVVT
SPANISH APPLICATION:
https://apps.raptortech.com/Apply/Nzg0OmVzLVVT
Please feel free to reach out to me at dorna@district279.org with any questions you may have regarding volunteering at Maple Grove Middle School.
Thank you,
Andrea Dorn
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Teacher & Staff Wish List
A parent on our PACT committee put together a wish list of items based on teachers input. Click on the words below, "Teacher/Staff Wish List" to gather some ideas. In addition, some teachers have included links to their Amazon wish lists. If you are interested in sending a gift card or any items to the teacher, please send it to their attention at the school address listed below.
Maple Grove Middle School
7000 Hemlock Lane
Maple Grove, MN 55369
The Amazon lists should already have the address pre-filled. If you know of any staff that didn't get a chance to add their information, they can email Andrea Dorn.
Thank you in advance for spreading some kindness.
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PACT
Hello MGMS Mustangs and Families,
Our PACT meeting is Monday, February 14th and will be virtual
Time: 6:30-8:00pm
The Virtual Meeting will be hosted on the Zoom Platform. If you are on a mobile device, it works best if you first download the Zoom app to your phone. If from a desk top, there is no need to download an app. Log on to: www.zoom.us. Click “join a meeting”. Enter the meeting ID: 952 929 0098. We look forward to seeing you there!
If you questions on how you can participate and get involved, always feel free to reach out to Andrea Dorn, MGMS Volunteer coordinator, at: dorna@district279.org, or PACT President, Kamyn Nelson at karmynnelson@gmail.com.
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Scholastic Book Fair is Coming
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What To Do...
ABSENCES
If your child is going to be late or absent from school, please call the school with the reason for the absence. The telephone call eliminates the need to send a note with your student when he/she returns to school. We would appreciate having the call between the hours of 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM. Excused absences consist of illness, medical appointments, and family emergency situations such as a funeral. Oversleeping, missing the bus, or skipping school are not excused and are considered truancy.
MGMS 24 Hour Attendance Line: 763-315-7603.
APPOINTMENTS/EARLY RELEASE - HERE IS WHAT YOU DO
1. Send a note with your student in the morning
2. When the student gets to school they go to Student Services to get a white pass
3. At the stated time on the pass, your student leaves class and comes to the office with the white pass and signs out in the main office
4. The person picking up can wait in the car (very helpful on cold winter days)
If you didn't send a note, you will need to come in with a mask and your driver's license and we will call your student down when you arrive.
This procedure is in place to ensure student safety.
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Schoology Information
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WHO TO CONTACT
School Phone: 763-315-7600...............................Website: https://mgms.district279.org/
Attendance: 763-315-7603………………………………..Transportation: 763-391-7244
6th Grade
Patrick Smith, Principal………………….Email: SmithPatrick@district279.org
Caleb Willis, Counselor 6th Grade.......Email: WillisC@district279.org
7th Grade
Jennifer Hinker, Assistant Principal.....Email: HinkerJ@district279.org
Kaia Paquin, Counselor 7th Grade.......Email: PaquinK@district279.org
8th Grade
Cedric Fuller, Assistant Principal……..Email: FullerC@district279.org
Katie Gerdts, Counselor 8th Grade......Email: GerdtsK@district279.org
Student Management Specialists Assist With All Grades
Nathanial Davies – Email: DaviesN@district279.org
District Tip Line.........763-391-8660