Coleman Connection

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Spanish:

https://vimeo.com/760257260

Use this LINK to review the calendar options and share your feedback.

Hello Parents,

We are proud to announce that Coleman MS has been selected as a finalist to the Saint-Gobain Sustaining Futures, Raising Communities Grant Finalist! This $10,000 grant will help us buy the latest robot models for our Robotics, Engineering, and Computer Science Programs.

To select the winner of this grant, communities have to vote! Please mark your calendars, and share with others in our community.

Voting will begin next Tuesday, October 4th on this LINK.

Thank you,

Dr. Hernandez

You can use this LINK to review our 2022-2023 Local School Plan for Improvement.

*Google Translator HERE.

Use this quick access LINK showing you the different ways you can get information about your student, our school, and our district.

Click HERE for GCPS news.

Coleman MS is on GCPS News!!! Use the links below to read the press release dedicated to our STEAM Recertification:

English

Spanish

Use this LINK to access the GCPS 2022-2023 school year calendar.

Thank you parents who came out to support our students for the quarter 1 PBL showcase. Presenting to parents and community members is a source of pride to boost their confidence, but also an opportunity to grow their public speaking and presentation skills!

Parents, please use this LINK to share pictures with Yearbook!

PTA Fall Fundraiser:

AWESOME NEWS....Our parents, students, teachers, staff, and community members helped raise a GRAND TOTAL of $1515.27! Thanks again to everyone who contributed money for teachers to purchase instructional supplies and technology for their classrooms and clubs. Each grade level will receive $505.09 and collaborate as a grade level in what to purchase for use with their students!

Calling Parent Volunteers to Serve in the Coleman Media Center:

Our Coleman Media Center Specialist, Shelley Winkler, would like parent or grandparent volunteers on Tuesdays and Thursdays to help with reshelving books, checking in and checking out books, and helping with tasks, such as bulletin boards, book cataloging, book weeding, and laminating. Please fill out the Google Form to indicate your availabilities by clicking on the following link: CMS 22-23 Media Center Volunteer Form.

Papa John's Pizza Nights:

Get ready for a Pizza Night! Support your Coleman PTA by ordering Papa Johns on any of the following four days: October 17th - October 20th. Enter your school's Promo Code, COLEMAN20, and 20% of your purchase price will be donated back to your local school. The Promo Code must be used when ordering on the app, by phone, or online for the school to receive credit. This fundraiser is valid at the following location: 3570 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard.

Fall Break, October 6th - October 10th:

We hope every Coleman Family had a fun, relaxing Fall Break!

Questions/Concerns:

Please email us with any questions or concerns at colemanwildcatspta@gmail.com.

See you soon!

Your Coleman PTA

The Duluth Middle School girl’s fastpitch softball team won the GWINNETT county championship! The team is made up of students from Coleman and Duluth Middle Schools.

Abigail R

Julia C

Mackenzie D

Maddux F

Makayla G

Navaeh A

Phoebe H

The PTA Fall Fundraiser brought in $1515.27!

Thank you to our amazing PTA board for organizing the fundraiser and volunteering their time to collect the money and to our parents who made a contribution. This money will go directly to our teachers!

Congratulations to Mr. Bertram, Music Technology teacher, Ms. Herman, our Engineering teacher, Ms. Sinclair, 7th grade Science teacher and 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year who were winners of DCSF grants!

Do you like Baseball? You can listen to Grayson Scheinbaum on Baseball Podcasts Are Fun, available on Spotify and his YouTube channel of the same name!

Are you interested in Science? You can listen to Akshay Jayaraman on Spectacular Science or visit his website: www.spectacularsci.com

Basketball tryouts will be the week of October 10th, immediately after Fall Break. Students should have their basketball packets submitted by the 6th of October. It will be on Tuesday-Friday for boys and girls. Girls will tryout each day from 4:30-5:30pm. Boys will try out from 5:30-6:30 each day. Students will go home with a letter welcoming them to the team or thanking them for trying out.

December 3 – Girls on the Run 5K

Girls on the Run 5K registration for Running Buddies and community participants will open later this month, and stay tuned for an announcement on the new 5K location!

The 21st annual Metropolitan North Georgia Water Planning District Middle School Essay Contest is now open. Sixth, seventh, and eighth graders in Bartow, Cherokee, Clayton, Cobb, Coweta, DeKalb, Douglas, Fayette, Forsyth, Fulton, Gwinnett, Hall, Henry, Paulding and Rockdale counties are invited to participate in the annual essay contest. Use this LINK to access more information.

On August 18, 2022 the Gwinnett County Board approved Policy JCDI - Board's Theory of Action for Change to Improve Student Behavior and Outcomes. You can use this LINK to review the new JCDI policy.

To accommodate the new tenants of Policy JCDI, a new Parent & Student Handbook has been released. You can find the new 2022-2023 GCPS Student Conduct Behavior Code and 2022-2023 GCPS Handbook for Students and Families on this LINK.

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Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) invites GCPS families, Gwinnett county residents, students, and GCPS staff members to participate in the school district’s review of the Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) curriculum by Oct. 6. The public may review proposed standards online, offering feedback on AKS that have been developed to align the curriculum with the Georgia Standards of Excellence (GSE) and/or Georgia Performance Standards (GPS).

Access this LINK to review the AKS and share your feedback.

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The School Nutrition Program will now transition to pre-pandemic operations. Meals are no longer available at no charge to all students.

Use this LINK to review information regarding GCPS nutrition program and to have access to the Free and Reduced Lunch application.

Review Coleman MS procedures for arrival and dismissal on this LINK, -Including a video for procedures for car riders.

For question, concerns, and dispatch services about buses, call transportation: 770-513-6686.

• Parents please be advised that during morning drop off and dismissal, Coleman Middle School will provide student supervision while students are on school property only.
• No students should be dropped off and/or picked up on any of the immediate streets surrounding Coleman.
• Riding with parents or the bus ensures a safe and secure arrival and dismissal for students at Coleman Middle each day.
• We do not provide supervision once students are off campus.

• First come first serve, 6 spaces
• Located on the side parking lot (Across Parson's Alley)
• Cost $600
• Money goes back to our STEAM program!
• Contact our bookkeeper Monique.Young@gcpsk12.org

Review the different business partner levels on this LINK. Contact Dr. Hernandez if you are interested at gypsy.hernandez@gcpsk12.org

Thank you to our 2021- 2022 business partners for your support!

For current information about COVID-19, please use this LINK to visit the GCPS COVID-19 Information.

Hello Coleman Middle School Parent or Guardian,

If you would like to learn more about how my personal and professional background connect to Coleman Middle School, and you did not have the opportunity to meet me during my transition on December 2021, please feel free to click the link below to watch my introduction message.

English:

https://vimeo.com/728568833

Spanish:

https://vimeo.com/728568860

At your service,

Dr. Hernandez.

Gwinnett's flagship STEAM school & GA Department of Education STEAM-certified school

Principal: Dr. Gypsy Hernandez

Summer School Hours: 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Regular School Hours: 9:15 AM - 4:00 PM

Email: gypsy.hernandez@gcpsk12.org
Website: https://www.gcpsk12.org/ColemanMS
Location: 3057 Main St, Duluth, GA 30096, USA
Phone: 678-407-7400
Facebook: facebook.com/colemanms546
Twitter: @colemanms546