MMS Principal Newsletter
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Youth Violence Prevention Week
MMS recognizes this week with No One Eats Alone activities in the MMS cafeteria on Wednesday, October 17, 2018. We will also have "Hello Day" on Friday, October 19, 2018. Everyone will wear a name tag so that we can work on learning each other's names!
The Wizard of Oz
Greetings and Updates from Ms. Gronau
Happy Monday MMS Families,
As we think about Youth Violence Prevention Week, our focus is on preventing social isolation and helping kids to connect meaningfully to one another. We also want to ensure that each child has a trusted adult at MMS. Please help us by asking your child who that adult is. If someone doesn't come to mind, let us know! This is our most important work with your child.
*Encourage your child to join a club to foster these connections!
Highlighting an MMS student club: The MMS Student Council will welcome their new members on Monday, 10/15 and will have their first meeting on Thursday,10/18! Updating the Waffles Broadcast is still an area of focus this year and we're so grateful for all the support of the community that helped to fund our grant last year.
Best,
Ms. Dara Crocker Gronau, Maplewood Middle School Principal
(973) 378-7660 X3001
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Advisory starts 10/26/18
Combined Title I Info Night
The 5 Keys to Middle School Child Resilience and Success
The 5 Keys to Middle School Child Resilience and Success
The MMS faculty and staff ask that you support our work with your child in the following ways:
1) Encourage a Growth Mindset-Having a growth mindset fosters resilience. Use the language of yet. I don’t understand this “yet.” Emphasize the importance of hard work as opposed to innate intelligence. “I did well because of my effort. I’ll do better next time.”
2) Encourage 1-2 Good Peer Relationships-Friends should be a source of support. Often our middle schoolers try to maintain large groups of close friends and that is challenging for anyone of any age! Encourage your child to have 1-2 solid and supportive peer friendships and keep it light and simple with the larger groups.
3) Ensure 9-11 Hours of Sleep Please! Sleep is the best way to foster resilience. Research shows that kiddos this age need 9-11 hours to be at their best. When your child is well-rested, everything is better. Technology is the #1 enemy of sleep! As a school community, we recommend that you keep technology out of your child’s bedroom at night to encourage healthy and consistent sleep.
4) Encourage Coping Strategies-Coping is personal. Everyone does it differently. Encourage your child to think about healthy ways to relax and give them permission to do it!
5) Facilitate Time/Connection with a non-familial adult-Good connections with non-familial adults are very important for your child. They hear things differently from non-familial adults. Encourage your child to participate in a club or activity. Children need our perspective. They are always changing and growing. As adults we can attach a growth mindset to their personality development and their peer interactions.
Maplewood Middle School Remind App Code @k92d29
This year, the MMS Principal has added a school-wide "Remind App" as another way to communicate with families. Many of your child's teachers will share Remind class codes for you and your child to stay up to date about class events and assignments. As needed, the MMS Principal will periodically use the Remind App to share important info with our school community. Our Maplewood Middle School school-wide code Remind code is listed above (@k92d29). The link below explains how to begin getting notifications. It's a simple way to stay in touch. Join us!
https://help.remind.com/hc/en-us/articles/203179887-How-do-I-join-a-class-