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Week 17: 1/15/2021
Time Flies - Semester 2 is almost Finished!
Monday is Martin Luther King Day and school will be closed. There is no bookmobile next week due to the holiday, and the Monday grade level newsletters will be emailed out on Tuesday evening. Lastly, there will be no Canvas assignments on Monday due to the holiday.
If you would like an opportunity to cheer for former MPMS student (currently MPHS 9th Grade student) Myles Lanier, he is competing in the MLK Oratorical Program on Monday. Myles won the middle school speaking contest last year and is speaking again this year. It is being streamed on youtube at 11 am on Monday. Anyone can watch - enjoy! https://tinyurl.com/yyfmy2on
Have a wonderful 3 day weekend!
MPMS Spelling Bee is HERE! Sign up NOW!
I am excited to announce that the MPMS Spelling Bee will still happen! All students who wish to participate must sign up using the links/instructions below:
Here’s the link for parents (or students directly can as well) to register: https://online-test.spellingbee.com
Here is an instructional video for registering in case you need it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ThKRsffiFc
Dates:
1/25 through 2/5: Registering and students can take the qualifying test
2/8 through 2/12: Qualifying students will take the final test to determine the school champion
3/9: Regional Spelling Bee at George M. Hampton Middle School in Prince William County
Once registered, study lists will be sent to all students who wish to compete. May the best Speller win!
2021-2022 Course Requests for Current 8th Graders Coming Soon!
It is hard to believe that planning for the 2021-2022 school year has begun and course selection for rising 9th graders is here! Please see details below for selecting courses for the 2021-2022 school year.
- January 25th: Rising 9th grade course selection opens for all current 8th grade students. Students will visit the course selection resource site listed below and submit course selections via googleform.
- Course selection site: https://bit.ly/mphscourseselect
- MPHS Course Catalog: https://bit.ly/mphscourses
- January 25th-February 5th: School Counselors will hold office hours on Mondays/Wednesdays/Fridays for course selection support. Zoom links can be located on course selection site.
If you have any questions, please contact your child's high school counselor:
Ms. Quinones (jasmin.quinones@mpark.net) A-GOM
Mr. Gillespie (bradley.gillespie@mpark.net) GON-PAC
Ms. Watson (cindy.watson@mpark.net) PAD-Z
Want to Remember 2020-21? Purchase a MPMS Yearbook!
This is a school year unlike any other! Be sure to remember it with a 2020-21 MPMS Yearbook! For only $30, you can have a memento of this school year.
Need Tech Support?
If your child is experiencing any technology trouble, please email it.support@mpark.net. They will assist with any technology needs and repairs.
If you need a Wifi hotspot, they are available! Please email it.support@mpark.net to arrange a pick up at MPMS.
Check out some Student work from this week!
Ms. Miller's Marketing Students!
Meet a New Face @ MP Middle School!
Ms. Rachel Shriver is our new permanent substitute teacher, who will be working as a long term substitute teacher in the ESOL department. She is coming to Manassas Park from her hometown of nearby Manassas, VA!
Quick Facts about Ms. Shriver:
-Attended the Pennsylvania State University!
-Majored in Secondary Education: English, Teaching English as a Second Language certificate
-Likes to learn languages! Connecting with others motivates her!
-Enjoys writing thank you cards and learning abut human rights.
-Loves to meeting new people! She is a huge extrovert!
When you see her in the middle school or in the community, please welcome Ms. Shriver to Manassas Park Middle School!
8th Grade Watercolors from Ms. Pemberton's Art Class
Keep your MP Device up and running!
If your device isn't working well or needs a physical repair, email it.support@mpark.net to schedule a repair with our IT team.
Don't delay - we want to make sure everyone is ready to learn every day!
Any finally, if you have any tech questions at all, email the IT team at it.support@mpark.net at any time. They will be happy to help you!
MPMS School Counselor Update!
Words of Wisdom from MPMS Students!
This year, we want to promote the amazing ways that each of you has been overcoming the challenges of this school year and the pandemic. Many of you have been struggling with classes, family concerns, and mental health. At the same time, many of you have amazing ways that you work through these challenges.
The counselors have created a new page on our canvas titled: Words of Wisdom from Middle Schoolers.
If you want to see the post from last week, Check out our page here: Words of Wisdom from Middle Schoolers.
We'll be posting in the announcements and on the page weekly, so be sure to check it out! If you'd like to submit a word of wisdom OR ask a question to your fellow middle schoolers, fill out this form.
Our next piece of wisdom comes from a 6th grader:
Challenges this year: Covid-19
Words of Wisdom: "That if we all stick together, we will get through this together."
Have a great week MPMS!
The School Counselors
MPMS Multicultural Night!
As a standing tradition, we will be having the annual Multicultural Night… VIRTUAL style 😊 We are excited to announce that we will be compiling a video, made by all of you, as something we can share with the school and community here at Manassas Park. Although we recognize that this is an event that brings people “together” with different performances, cultures and food, we hope to make it interesting and an experience that will not be forgotten. Please feel free to think about what interests you and fill out the google form if you are wanting to participate and show off a preview of your life. We look forward to receiving videos from you all in the upcoming weeks. For now, think about what type of video you are going to create and more instructions will be out in the upcoming News Letters.
Thank you,
MPMS School Counselors
MPMS Library Updates!
You can get print books from our library! Here’s how:
- Log in to the library catalog (http://destiny.mpark.net) and put the book on hold BEFORE 9:00 am Monday morning.
- WAIT for an email from Mrs. O’Connell telling you that your book is ready. The email will tell you which Bookmobile location has your book.
- Pick up the book from the Library Bookmobiles on Monday from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
- Manassas Park City Library
- Manassas Park Community Center
Our Winter Book Fair Is Coming February 1st! More news soon...
Food Distribution - Pick up a WEEK's Worth of FREE Food each Monday!
Now you can pick up 5 lunches and 5 breakfasts at a time for your child(ren) for FREE!
This drive-thru style pick-up will be held at FOUR locations every Monday.
***Please note the time adjustment at CES and MPMS, if that is your preferred pickup site.
From 9:00 to 11 am at Cougar Elementary via Cougar Court
From 11:30 am to 12:30 pm at the MP Community Center/Dog Park
From 1:30 to 2:30 pm at Sandstone Way & Manassas Drive
From 4:00 to 6 pm at Manassas Park Middle School
Meals are limited to one set of meals per child, per week.
Proof of enrollment, or bringing a child(ren) to pick up, is required for parents to pick up meals. Proof of enrollment can include a student ID card, report card, or any other school communication containing the students name(s). If you need assistance with providing proof, the food services department can make an ID badge which you can use for future visits.
If your children are not school aged, our food services team will work with you to provide a proof should you wish to pick up without children in the future. Please talk to them during the pick-up time slots noted above.
We hope that replicating our Summer Feeding Program and adding an additional pick up location and window will permit more families to take advantage of this FREE service.
Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to serve as many people in our community as possible.
Sign up for a Manassas Park City Library Card!
In addition to your school library, you can get two public library cards to access even more resources. For the new Manassas Park City Library, sign up with your parents present by clicking here https://manassasparkcitylibrary.org/get-a-library-card/. Use your home (not school) email address. If you do not have a Prince William County Public Library card, you can sign up here as well https://www.pwcgov.org/government/dept/library/Pages/How-To-Get-A-Library-Card.aspx.
Middle School Sports!
Once we get closer to a opening sports season, additional details will be shared. No final decision has been made about rescheduling fall sports to the Spring at this time.
If your child is getting an annual physical with their pediatrician and plans to play a sport this school year, please have your doctor fill out the sports physical form (link below.)
Sports physicals are good for the entire school year, so any completed this fall will still be valid for a potential winter or spring sports season.
Please Make Sure All Debts are Paid!
Please pay and settle all outstanding fines (technology obligations, library fines, etc.) as soon as possible. Payments can be made by cash or check or online at myschoolbucks.com. If you are paying for a technology obligation by check, please make checks payable to MPCS.
If you have any questions or need to know what your student owes, please contact Mrs. Wence, the Bookkeeper, in the front office. 703-361-1510, x17102 or via email at kim.wence@mpark.net.
Thank you for your assistance.
Can't Come to a School Board Meeting? Watch from Home!
Connect with us on Twitter!
If you want to be the first to know about any school delays or cancellations, follow our Superintendent @MPCSmcdade
There are also a number of teachers who are showing off what's going on in class on Twitter. If you like their tweets above, follow them!
Check us out!
Matt Sieloff, Principal
Email: matt.sieloff@mpark.net
Website: mpark.net
Location: 8202 Euclid Avenue, Manassas Park, VA, USA
Phone: 703-361-1510
Twitter: @MpMiddle