Magee Parent Newsletter April 2024
April 2024
Important Dates
Important Dates
3/30: Odyssey State Competition @ CDO HS
4/1: AASA Assemblies
4/2: AASA Writing
4/4: AASA ELA Pt 1
4/5: AASA ELA Pt 2
4/8-4/10: Talent Show Tryouts (Lunch)
4/11: AASA Math Pt 1
4/12: AASA Math Pt 2
4/19: Talent Show
4/24: OMA Ancient Worlds Night
4/25: Odyssey Gaslight Theater Night
4/30: Advanced Drama Performance "Cinderella Wore Combat Boots"
5/17: 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony @ Magee MS 9AM
AASA State Testing
Parents, we need your students at school ready to do their best for state testing. Testing dates are listed above. Please do not check your student out early before noon on testing days.
- Students need to be at school on-time.
- They need to bring their Chromebook and charger. We do not have many extra devices.
- Finally, we expect students to behave appropriatly in the testing rooms so everyone has a calm, distraction free classroom.
Help Magee by Completing our Parent Survey!!
TUSD 2024 Parent SQS Web Links by Language
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PB8DMXP (Arabic version)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PGGLS5H (English version)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZTPJ5T (Kinyarwanda version)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PH2HZTS (Spanish version)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/YZFP9FJ (Swahili version)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PPYF26S (Vietnamese version)
Free After School Program Up and Running!
The Magee 21st Century Club is resuming after Fall Break. We will offer a host of after school activities in addition to tutoring. Please contact Mr. Miller or Ms. Seamans for more information.
Contact Ms. Nickerson or Mr. Miller for more information.
Promotion Ceremony Information
This year's 8th grade promotion ceremony is set for Friday, May 17th. The ceremony will take place at 9AM and will be on the Magee campus.
Register Now for the 2023-2024 School Year!!!
Stay on top of the registration process by getting a jump on next year. Simply sign into your Parent Vue account and select the 2024-2025 school year when making your selection.
YEARBOOKS ON SALE NOW!!!
Students and staff can purchase a yearbook on line at ybpay.com order deadline is March 29th, 2024.
Yearbook ID Code: 14960924 $35 for softcover and $40 for hardcover
Odyssey of the Mind State Finals
Good Luck to Magee’s Odyssey of the Mind teams as they head for STATE FINALS, competing with the top teams from around Arizona this Saturday, March 30th.
Magee will compete in the Technical, Classics, Structure, and Drama Performance problems. The public can watch State Finals and cheer for Magee at Canyon del Oro High School Saturday. Remember, any teams who finish with top scores at STATE will advance to WORLD Finals, held in late May at Iowa State University.
Magee schedule 3/30 – arrive EARLY to find parking and performance venues:
8:40 Drama Performance team, CDO Band Room
9:40 Classics team, CDO Auditorium
12:40 Tech team, CDO Gym, Weight Room
3:00 Structure team, CDO Small Gymnasium
Magee Has Talent!! Talent Show Information!!!
Magee is hosting it's first talent show in many years!
Tryouts will be during the lunch period on April 3rd-5th. Students can perform all sort of acts...including lip syncing. Judges will help screen the acts to ensure they are appropriate and ready for the actual performance.
The final show is scheduled for April 19th at 5PM.
- Acts must be 1 minute minimum...3 min 20 sec maximum
- Groups of up to 10 may team up for a performance
TUSD Adopts New Reading Curriculum for Upcoming Years
TUSD has adopted a new reading curriculum for the upcoming school year. The governing board adopted the materials after several months of open public review and comments. An overview of the curriculum can be found at the following website below.
Savvas Learning: My Persepectives English Language Arts website
Digital Demo Login
Username: ELAearlyReview
Password: Welcome!
Help your child with their IReady Goals!!!
Parents,
Help your children meet their IReady goal and they get their picture with Rocky the Roadrunner in the hallway!! We run the report at the end of every month to see which students have met their goals.
The month of November had over 90 students meet their IReady goals!!! Thank you parents!!!
Good luck Roadrunners!!
Parents Canvas Access
Magee teachers have placed their class syllabuses some assignments on their CANVAS accounts. Each student and parent can also access their accounts. Magee is in a multi year process with other TUSD campuses to slowly integrate learning materials online. Directions to access your child's CANVAS accounts can be found here...
Canvas_ Parent_Guardian Access_.pdf
Important Note: Select Tucson Unified School District when the site asks for your school.