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Week 34 - 5/8/2020
Week 34 - Teacher Appreciation Week!
Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! A huge THANK YOU to all of the students and parents who reached out to appreciate our awesome teachers this week! Your messages of thanks, love, and support mean the world to our educators!
Amazingly, we have been in virtual learning mode for 8 weeks, with only a little more than 3 weeks remaining in the 2019-20 school year. (Teachers will stop creating lessons on June 1 to focus on administrative end of year tasks.) I am so impressed at the consistent participation and work being completed - great job to the students doing the work and the parents who are running their own school at home. Happy PARENT APPRECIATION WEEK as well, since you are all honorary COVID-19 teachers this year! The partnership between teachers and parents has never been more essential, and the parents of Manassas Park have been fabulous. Thank YOU for your hard work at home as well!
MPMS Weekly 5C Challenge
Have some fun & practice using the 5 C's (critical thinking, creative thinking, communication, collaboration and citizenship skills) in these weekly challenges!
How It Works:
Challenges will be posted every Friday in the Manassas Park Middle School Newsletter. You'll have until the following Thursday to complete the challenge. To submit into the challenge, you can tweet your submission using the hashtag #MPMS5cchallenge OR you can submit it to the library’s Canvas account in the discussion board. All submissions will be reviewed by the end of Thursday, and the winner will be featured in the school newsletter that Friday.
THIS WEEK'S CHALLENGE
It's time to celebrate the special and important women in your life and show them some appreciation! Your challenge is to make an extra special card for a woman (could be your mother, sister, grandmother, aunt, any woman that has shown you a lot of love and care) that is extra special to you and let her know how much you appreciate her!
Once you have successfully created your card, take a picture and remember you can tweet your photo using the #MPMS5Cchallenge, or you can submit it to the library’s Canvas account in the weekly discussion board.
Do you need high speed Internet at Home?
Some families have expressed that they may not have high-speed internet access at home. If you have a cell phone, your carrier may have provided you with additional hotspot data for free, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Please check with your cell phone provider to see what options are available to you.
Verizon Wireless - https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/covid-19-faqs/#hotspot
AT&T - https://about.att.com/newsroom/2020/att_consumer_connected_together.html
Sprint - https://www.sprint.com/en/landings/covid-19.html
T-Mobile - https://www.t-mobile.com/support/account/covid-19-updates
Cricket Wireless - https://www.cricketwireless.com/newsroom/blog/cricket-health-and-safety-update.html
Algunas familias han expresado que no tienen acceso a internet de alta velocidad en casa. Si usted tiene un teléfono celular, es posible que su proveedor le haya proporcionado datos de puntos de acceso adicionales en forma gratitua, con respeto a la pandemia de COVID-19. Por favor consulte con su proveedor de celular para ver qué opciones tienen disponible para usted.
Verizon Wireless - https://www.verizonwireless.com/support/covid-19-faqs/#hotspot
AT&T - https://about.att.com/newsroom/2020/att_consumer_connected_together.html
Sprint - https://www.sprint.com/en/landings/covid-19.html
T-Mobile - https://www.t-mobile.com/support/account/covid-19-updates
Cricket Wireless - https://www.cricketwireless.com/newsroom/blog/cricket-health-and-safety-update.html
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Registration/Withdrawal for 2019-2020 School Year
Are you moving out of Manassas Park? Or brand new to Manassas Park?
If you wish to register or withdraw your child for the current school year (2019-2020)
please call
571-428-2828
and leave a message.
You will be contacted to schedule an appointment.
You Can Check out eBooks from the MPMS Library!
Click this link to go directly to the Library Catalog. Click the Catalog tab at the top, then click Destiny Discover on the left side. Your log-in will be your MPMS network username and password.
We have lots of eBooks that you can read online, whether or not you have print books checked out. Just remember the URL destiny.mpark.net. You can download the Destiny Discover app on your phone, too.
The slide show below shows how to access our eBooks.
If you checked out a book before we closed, don't worry! There are no penalties for overdue library books. Please continue to enjoy the books you have until they can be returned later.
Want Parent Access to Canvas? Use These Directions!
MPCS Food Services Continue! Tuesdays ONLY
The MPCS School Nutrition Program is providing prepackaged grab-and-go meals at no charge to all children ages 18 and under on Tuesdays at the main entrance of Manassas Park High School between 4 and 6 pm. Please note this is a location change from in front of the Middle School to the High School.
In order to minimize the number of times parents must bring their children to the distribution site, a weekly set of prepackaged breakfasts and lunches will be provided on Tuesdays. All meals will be the same regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service.
Safe social distancing practices will be in effect. As the meal distributions will be set up as a grab-and-go, attendees should follow volunteer direction to ensure safe vehicle traffic and open vehicle trunks for expedited delivery.
Keep updated while we are out!
-http://www.mpark.net will always be the most up to date source for all MPCS information.
-On twitter, follow @MPCSmcdade, @MPCSVA, @MPMiddle, and @MattSieloff
-Follow Manassas Park City Schools on Facebook
-Directly email teachers or Mr. Sieloff or Ms. Tickle (you can also email through Canvas!)
Dr. Matt Sieloff, Principal
Email: matt.sieloff@mpark.net
Website: mpark.net
Location: 8202 Euclid Avenue, Manassas Park, VA, USA
Phone: 703-361-1510
Twitter: @MattSieloff