August 26, 2022

Hello Mustang Families!

Thank you all for a wonderful first week of school. It has been exciting to see all of our new and returning students' faces back on the campus. We appreciate your support and are ready to provide high-quality STEAM instruction to all of our students. Thank you for your patience with arrival and dismissal. For our returning families, arrival and dismissal is taking a little longer than last year due to us having more students on campus. Please continue to be patient as we get faster each day.

As a reminder, our campus is a uniform campus. ALL students are to be in the correct school uniform each day. Khaki bottoms are our only allowed bottoms, not blue or black. Jeans are not allowed on Friday unless an announcement is made for a special dress day event. Masks will continue to be optional in accordance with district protocols. We are looking forward to another great week at Marsalis before we head into Labor Day Weekend! Please let us know if you have any questions.

Welcome to Marsalis! I am excited about this school year and am enjoying meeting all of our new and returning students and families. In the first weeks of the school year, I am focused solely on student safety. In my observations over these first two weeks, I want to remind everyone of the following:

- Please follow the school zone speed limits when traveling Marsalis Avenue in front of our campus.

- Please follow our crossing guard's directions and allow her to escort your child safety across our main streets.

- Please refrain from turning around in the middle of the street to ensure that no child is injured when they are getting dropped off or picked up.

Lastly, Scottsboro Drive is our bus zone area and is also a ONE-WAY street during school hours. We are requesting that you do not double-park in our loading zone areas or obstruct our buses ability to exit the campus safely in the afternoons.

Please share with your child(ren) the importance of bus safety. Students are to wear seatbelts, if applicable, obey the bus drivers' directives, keep their hands and belongings to themselves and most importantly, stay seated while on the bus. Parents, also remember to be at the appropriate bus pickup locations on time. Our bus drivers routes do not service Marsalis only and must stay on schedule.

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One of our STEAM Academy commitments is to the social and emotional learning of our students. Each morning our students participate in a "SEL MEET UP" with their homeroom teachers and fellow classmates. This daily activity is the building block for our classroom communities.

Our SEL focus for August includes:

1) Demonstrating an awareness of one's emotions, thoughts, and values

2) Considering the well-being and safety of self and others when making decisions