Good Evening Mayfield!

We have one week of school to continue learning and celebrating how much our students and our staff have grown. It's hard to believe that this is the last Mayfield Messenger of the school year. This time next week, our students and staff will be home and enjoying the start of their well-deserved summer break. I want to reflect on the three hashtags I have included in my signature line throughout the school year.

#MayfieldISProud

We have used the #MayfieldISProud hashtag since I started here as the principal of Mayfield Intermediate School on July 2, 2018. This entire year solidified why I am proud to be your principal and serve the community of Manassas. We started planning for students to return for in-person learning in July 202; there was still a lot of uncertainty due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Our staff returned and welcomed our students and their return to the school building. It was their first time in the building for many of our students since March 13, 2020. How would the students respond, help support our students who need more help with their reading and math skills, and how will we help students if they need to miss school? We answered these questions throughout the year, and our students thrived from being here in the building. We witness all our students increase their academic achievement over the year and make up for some lost learning. I'm so proud of the growth that our students and staff displayed over the year.

#ReturnStronger

Our students and staff returned this year stronger than ever. We learned so much from our year of virtual learning, and we understood what our students needed when they returned to in-person learning. We missed the daily interactions with our students, and we were committed to making sure that our students would have the opportunity to collaborate and work with their peers. Every day our staff would reflect and look for ways to grow so that we were better for our students the next day when they returned to the class. Our students were reflective, and we preached to our students that each day was a new opportunity to learn and grow.

#InspireInnovation

The goal of our school is to help students become active citizens within our community and be able to communicate, collaborate, and think critically. When our students graduate from Osbourn High School in 2028 and 2029, we hope that they are ready to solve the issues affecting our community. We need our future graduates to be outside-the-box thinkers that can make our community a better place. This year the students at Mayfield showed resilience and the ability to adjust and find new ways to learn and grow. We hope they continue this as 6th graders and Metz Middle School students!

Thank you to all our students, parents, and community members for your support throughout the school year. I'm excited about our future here at Mayfield Intermediate School and all the schools in Manassas City.

Your Proud Principal,

Dr. Donald Frischkorn

Principal

#MayfieldISProud

#ReturnStronger

#InspireInnovation