They will travel to Upperman Middle School in Baxter, TN, on Thursday, February 2. Go get 'em Royals! We know you will bring home the win!

Congratulations to the MLK Kungfu Fan Dance Team who presented a fantastic performance at the Lunar New Year celebration event in Centennial Park on Saturday, 1/28/2023. They received great compliments from the audience. We thank them for their efforts and service to the community.

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Center front: Carmelina (Millie) Peterson; from Left: Sophia Tran, Colin O'Neill; Calista Pointer, Maria C Puac-Liberato; Blessing Kosia.

The Martin Luther King Magnet School swim team competed in the Regions High School championship meet and the Middle School championship meet this past weekend, led by Coach Cassidy Davis. Each swimmer had to have qualification times in order to participate. This season there were 38 swimmers who swam for our team, and we had several more swimmers qualify for these championship meets compared to last year. Everyone on our team has worked extremely hard and have represented the MLK community extraordinarily well!

The following swimmers from MLK competed between both championship meets:

Aurora Brame-Goldthwaite

Sophia Brame-Goldthwaite

Brady Douglas

Marianny Duronslet

Sam Ewing

Zahid Garba

Evatt Howerton

Gabby Havron

Lucy Hernandez

Emma Claire Jones

Kaiden Khan

Spencer Nicholas

Leif Noes

Isabel Romero

Josephine Seiters

Leah Shepherd

Meg Tennent

Charlie Tennent

Jackson Wang

Liam Whitis

Lilly Zhang

Our wrestling team had their senior night last week during a home meet against Hume Fogg, Pearl Cohn and Glencliff High Schools. Our team was victorious in all their matches and 4 seniors - Gregory Gomez, Michael Cloud, Ar-Raniry Ar-Rasyid, and Josh Inso were honored.

Way to go, Royal wrestlers!

Southern Word is partnering with Urban Word to launch the Tennessee Youth Poet Laureate program. Over the past fifteen years, Southern Word has worked with youth across the state to develop the spaces and skills for them to share their story. As part of that journey, Southern Word has lead the effort to identify Nashville youth voices as part of the Nashville Youth Poet Laureate program for the past nine years. We have seen Nashville Yout Poet Laureates represent young people in front of thousands of Nashvillians, council members, mayors, and other policymakers as well as national civil rights leaders and award-winning authors. They've published books, posted spoken word videos, appeared at the Library of Congress, and released spoken word albums. We want to ensure that all Tennessee teens are given the same opportunity to have their voice heard.

Today, we are excited to announce the application for youth across the state to serve as the first-ever Tennessee Youth Poet Laureate. The Youth Poet Laureate program celebrates our nation’s top youth poets who are committed to artistic excellence, civic engagement, and social impact. Teen writers (ages 13-19) interested must submit a portfolio of their original poetry and a CV that showcases their artistic excellence and community impact. The Tennessee Youth Poet Laureate will represent youth voice across the state.

In Peace and Poetry,
Southern Word

Go to our website calendar: Calendar - Martin Luther King Jr. School (mnps.org)

The 2023-24 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) opened on Oct. 1 for current seniors who will begin college in the Fall of 2023. Some states and schools have limited funds, so we do not want students to delay; the sooner it is completed, the better!

Additionally, for TN Promise eligibility, the application MUST be completed and submitted by March 1. The application and more information can be found here.

MLK Tour Tuesdays run through March 21st. If you know someone who is interested in applying to MLK for the 2023-2024 school year, please direct them to our website Visit MLK - Martin Luther King Jr. School (mnps.org) or send them this link to sign up for a tour.

MLK Tour Sign-Ups

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For middle school the schedule is from 3:15-4:15, Monday-Thursday.

• Monday-Math---Dr. Poston

• Tuesday -Science --Mrs. Abernathy
• Wednesday-Science --Mrs. Taylor
• Thursday -ELA-Mrs. Ellis
• Also Ms. Agee, a high school teacher, has Math tutoring Mon-Thursday. Middle schoolers can attend.

More information

• High School - Contact Ms. Agee, Teresa.Agee@mnps.org
• Middle School - Contact Mrs. Taylor, Carlene.Taylor@mnps.org

A Note about grades: Parents are encouraged to monitor their students' grades using Schoology or Infinite Campus. Schoology is the best place to look for grades because it is updated more often, and it is the only place where you can see materials and assignments. Teachers will transfer grades from Schoology to Campus at least twice a week. Grades for each quarter are finalized officially in Infinite Campus at the end of the nine weeks. Infinite Campus rounds grades using a different number of decimal places, so you might notice a discrepancy of 0.01% between Campus and Schoology. The final grade in Infinite Campus is the OFFICIAL grade.

Campus Portal Login (mnps.org)

Log in to Schoology

988 has been designated as the new three-digit dialing code that will route callers to the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (now known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline), and is now active across the United States.

When you call, text, or chat 988, you will be connected to trained counselors that are part of the existing Lifeline network. These trained counselors will listen, understand how their problems are affecting you, provide support, and connect you to resources if necessary.

The previous Lifeline phone number (1-800-273-8255) will always remain available to people in emotional distress or suicidal crisis.