Meadowbrook Weekly Update
January 14, 2024
Important Dates
January 15, 2024 - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School
January 19, 2024 - Last day for 6th Grade Camp Forms & Payment
January 19, 2024 - Trimester 2 Progress Notices posted to ParentVUE
January 23, 2024 - MBMS P.R.I.D.E. Core Values Lesson
January 26, 2024 - Last day to Personalize a Yearbook
January 29, 2024 - Professional Growth Day - No School
February 1, 2024 - Last day for 8th Grade Yearbook Memory Ads
February 2, 2024 - Winter Semi-Formal Dance Party
Student Drop Off & Pick Up Safety Reminders
6th Grade Families: Reminder your completed registration paperwork and payment or financial assistance form are due on Friday, January, 19th. If you have not already turned in your paperwork and payment please plan to do so immediately. Paperwork can be turned into Ms. Erica in the AP Office.
If your student needs to take prescription medication(s) to camp, please refer to the MBMS 6th Grade Camp Newsletter. Staff will be available to accept forms and answer any questions in the main office from 7:30 to 8:30 am.
If you have any specific questions about camp, please contact our School Secretary, Erica Lozada at elozada@powayusd.com or (858) 748-0802 x2115.
Winter Semi-Formal Dance Party: Tickets on Sale Now
Congratulations Science Olympiad
Congratulations to our Science Olympiad teams! Over break 30 teams participated in the Troy Invitational Tournament. Medals were awarded to the top 6 places in each event.
Congratulations to Titanium Team Air Trajectory and Roller coaster teams!
- Air Trajectory - 2nd place
- Roller Coaster - 4th place
6 other events which scored:
- Roller Coaster - 7th place
- Meteorology - 8th place
- Microbe Mission - 8th place
- Road Scholar - 9th place
- Optics - 9th place
- Wind Power - 10th place
Good job team! Thank you Coaches and Parents for all your support. Go Mustangs!
Curious to learn more about Science Olympiad club email us @ meadowbrookso.org@gmail.com or check out https://www.meadowbrookscience.org/
Progress Notices
The 6-week grading period ended Friday, January 12th, 2024. Progress reports will be available for viewing in Synergy Friday, January 19th, 2024. For specific questions related to your student’s progress report grades, please contact your student’s teachers.
How to check Student's Assignments, Progress and Grades
The Synergy ParentVUE gives parents access to grades and assignments.
- Parent Access to Student Progress
- Synergy ParentVUE app (iTunes) (Android)
If you do not know your username and/or password, you can visit https://password.powayusd.com to retrieve your login credentials.
Yearbook
8th Grade Families: Order your 8th Grade Memory Ads! Add a personalized page to celebrate your student’s journey and milestones.
Important Dates:
- Last day to personalize a yearbook is January 26th
- Last day to order 8th Grade Memory Ads is February 1st
MBMS Info Night for Incoming 6th Graders & New Students
Health Office Corner
MBMS Peer Tutoring—Tuesdays & Thursdays
Attendance Corner
ATTENDANCE HOTLINE: To report an Absence, Tardy or Student Leaving Early…Call our Attendance Hotline at (858) 679-2610. It’s available 24/7. Leave the information needed and attendance will be updated.
STUDENTS LEAVING EARLY?
If your student is leaving early, please call our Attendance Hotline at (858) 679-2610 and Press 2 for Early Release. This will allow our Attendance office to prepare a student pass in advance. When you arrive, enter the main office and provide a photo ID. Only authorized parents or guardians will be allowed to pick up students. If a student is in band or P.E., this process can take up to 15 minutes. Please be patient and plan accordingly.
MBMS News
Meadowbrook Education Foundation Donation Drive
The Meadowbrook Educational Foundation is making a difference on campus. So far this year we have supported the Science Department with a new curriculum, the Arts Department will receive a new kiln for their ceramics program and the Music Department will receive a new bass drum.
We have had over 100 families participate in our donation drive and 100% of your donation goes back to the school. To help us continue to support our school, click here
Thank you for your support!
Mustang Discount Card
It's not too late to order your own fabulous Mustang Discount Card and start enjoying discounts to many local restaurants and businesses.
One card is just $15, and two cards are $20. With all the possibilities of discounts it will pay for itself in no time. Mustang Discount Cards make great gifts or even stocking stuffers and the discounts apply to the end of July 2024.
To order a Mustang Discount Card, click here
Item Drop Off Policy
Meadowbrook is dedicated to the instructional time of every student. Please be conscious and plan ahead with your student daily.
No personal items will be delivered to the classroom.
PE Clothes: clean loaner clothes are available.
Food & Water: free breakfast and lunch is provided daily.
Textbooks: your child has access to the classroom set.
Thank you for your cooperation in protecting the instructional time at MBMS.
MBMS Spirit Days
College Thursdays
AVID College Thursdays! Represent your favorite local or distant college with us each Thursday.
Spirit Fridays
More Than A Meal
- Discounts for passes on public transportation
- Discounts on home internet costs
- Discounts on fees for SAT, ACT, AP tests
- Discounts on application fees associated with colleges and universities
- Our district can receive increased funding to support students
Volunteers
New PUSD Volunteers—will need to complete the steps for a Level 1 Volunteer.
If you have volunteered at other PUSD schools and have been cleared for their campus, please stop by our MBMS office to complete the process for Meadowbrook.
Parent Academy
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Nondiscrimination Philosophy and Policy Statement
The Poway Unified School District (PUSD) is an equal opportunity employer/program and is committed to an active Nondiscrimination Program. PUSD prohibits discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived race, color, ancestry, national origin, nationality, immigration status, ethnicity, ethnic group identification, age, religion, marital or parental status, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, or gender expression or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. For more information, please contact: Title IX/Equity Compliance Officer, James Jimenez, Associate Superintendent of Personnel support Services, Poway Unified School District, 15250 Avenue of Science, San Diego, CA 92128, 1-858-521-2800, extension 2121, jjimenez@powayusd.com. For students, you may contact Title IX Coordinator/504 Coordinator Jamie Dayhoff, Director of Attendance and Discipline, Poway Unified School District, 1-858-521-2840, jdayhoff@powayusd.com.