Good Evening Mayfield Intermediate School students and families!

Today marks the completion of the first quarter of the school year. We are proud of our student's accomplishments during the first ten weeks of the school year. Teachers and students have been working hard, setting up routines, focusing on building foundational skills in reading and math, and showing great character. We love the school that everyone has worked towards putting together.

We look forward to the next quarter of the school year and seeing all the incredible growth that awaits.

Please log in to your Parent Portal Account to check your child's grades. We have over 95% of our parents with Parent Portal Accounts. The next important step is to ensure that we are updating and monitoring our student's grades throughout the quarter.

Always Learning,

Dr. Donald Frischkorn

Principal

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#NoStudentLeftUnknown

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We want to remind all families that next week's schedule includes an early dismissal day on Thursday, October 20, and a Student Holiday on Friday, October 21st, for Parent/Teacher Conferences. Our teachers have been busy contacting parents and setting up times to discuss student progress. Please contact your child's teacher if you still need to schedule a conference time and would like to discuss your child's progress.

• Thursday, October 20: Early Dismissal at 11:20 AM

• Friday, October 21: No School for Students and Parent/Teacher Conference Day

Our 6th-grade students were special guests of the Manassas Ballet Theatre and the Hylton Performing Arts Center Wednesday morning. The students were able to watch the Legend of Sleepy Hollow. The Manassas Ballet Theatre allowed our students to ask questions after the show. The field trip was an excellent experience for our students to see an incredible performance inside a venue as lovely as the Hylton Performing Arts Center.

Thank you to Sarah Weaver, Coordinator of Elective Instruction for Manassas City, Mrs. Brooks, MCPS School Board Member and part of the Manassas Ballet Theatre, and Mr. Wolfe, Manassas City Council Member and Artistic Director and CEO Manassas Ballet Theatre, for supporting our Mayfield Bobcats and helping us be part of this event.

Additionally, the Manassas Ballet Theatre and the Hylton Performing Arts Center are providing our students with a voucher for 1 free ticket to the performance The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

On Monday, our students transition during their Bobcat Block (1:40 PM to 2:10 PM) and receive additional support with their literacy scores. All 850 students are assigned to an educator who will focus on supporting students based on academic needs. Our literacy focus will be to support students who need additional help with phonics and word knowledge. Our reading support teacher, Amanda Kirkpatrick, has created lessons that deliver targeted support to improve their reading skills.

Student attendance is one of the essential factors in determining student success. At Mayfield Intermediate School, we want to support our students and family with how vital daily attendance is for our students. Missing 1 to 2 days of school per month will lead to a child being considered chronically absent. Chronically absent students tend to struggle academically, socially, and emotionally.

Attendance Works, a non-profit organization that supports building attendance awareness in communities, states, "Every day a student is absent is a lost opportunity for learning. Too many absences can affect achievement for the absent student and disrupt learning for the entire class. While teachers play a key role, everyone in the school building— from the principal to the front office to the cafeteria— can teach attendance!"

Thursday evening inside the Mayfield Gym, our 6th grade basketball season concluded thrillingly with the team coached by Mrs. Knapp taking home the championship. We saw so much growth among the students participating in this year's program. Congratulate the following players for their win!

• Caiden Keith

• Devin Murray

• Andre Marshall

• Michael Romero

• Efrain Mancha

• Mohammad Habib

• Romeo Acevedo

• Christian Williams

• Trent Robinson

Thank you to Mr. Krizmanich for organizing this great program and all our volunteer coaches.

• Ms. Lewis

• Mrs. Heffley

• Mrs. Knapp

• Mr. DeEmilio

• Mrs. Preidis

• Ms. Torres Gonzalez

Also completing their fall season this past week was our Mayfield Intermediate School Dance Team. The students participating in this club have worked for the past month learning new dance moves and working as a team. The team put on an amazing performance during the Championship game on Thursday infront of classmates and family. Thank you to Mrs. Harris for sponsoring this club and coaching the students. They did an amazing job!

As we shared in previous newsletters, we are fortunate to have many outstanding educators at Mayfield Intermediate School. If you know a teacher you would like to nominate for the Virginia Teacher of the Year Award; please complete the form below.

Students at Mayfield Intermediate follow the same Student Code of Conduct that ALL students in Manassas City Public Schools follow. Students and parents must read and review the Student Code of Conduct Regularly. We keep the Student Code of Conduct attached as a file at the bottom of every Mayfield Messenger that we send.

Email: DFrischkorn@mcpsva.org
Website: https://www.mcpsva.org/mayfieldis
Location: 9400 Mayfield Court, Manassas, VA, USA
Phone: 571-377-6600
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