Coleman Connection

English:

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Spanish:

https://vimeo.com/712014185

Hello Parents and Guardians,

I hope you and your loved ones are doing well.

It is hard to believe that the 2021-2022 school year is almost over! We are going to miss our students over the summer! Please take note of what will be happening during the last 3 days of school:

• 5/23: PBL Building and Rehearsal & 8th Grade End of the Year Awards
• 5/24: PBL Showcase (Please encourage your student to dress for success!)

• 5/25: Field Day with many fun activities and last day of school (Please encourage your students to wear athletic/outdoor attire - dress code applies- They can also bring money as we will have concessions with snacks, drinks & ice cream, and a dunk tank with some teachers and the principal as volunteers! They should also bring their yearbook if they would like to have it signed).

Thank you,

Dr. Hernandez

Do you know somebody who has a student interested in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and/or the Arts? Let them know about Coleman Middle School! Permissive Transfers can be filled out in their home school.

• Please click here to review Gwinnett County Public Schools' Middle School latest promotion criteria (Any updates to the promotion criteria will be sent via email).
• An email and letters were sent for those 8th graders who must attend summer school to meet promotion criteria.
• Summer School will be offered from June 13 to July 1st at Coleman Middle School. The summer’s learning experience for Gwinnett elementary and middle school students will offer enrichment and acceleration opportunities as well as support for our students who did not meet requirements for promotion to the next grade.

If you have any questions about promotion or summer school, please contact your grade level Assistant Principal:

6th Grade: Jennifer Dunn

jennifer.dunn@gcpsk12.org

7th Grade: Kim Booth

kim.booth@gcpsk12.org

8th Grade: Jamie Larkin

jamie.larkin@gcpsk12.org

The process of application for Carnegie Units for 8th grade students opened on May 9, 2022. Please review the following information about this process:

• Parents must log in into the parent portal on the PARENT VUE mobile app to make their selections. Use this LINK for directions.
• If you do not have a parent portal account or you are having technical difficulties, contact our registrar, Michelle Popa: michelle.popa@gcpsk12.org for assistance.
• Direct questions about Carnegie Units to the high school your student will be attending. Here is the Rising 9th Grade page for Duluth High School: https://www.gcpsk12.org/domain/10627

Greetings parents and guardians,

You may know that Gwinnett County Public Schools has been accepted to be part of The School Superintendents Association's Learning 2025 Network of demonstration districts. Please use this LINK if you want to learn more about Learning 2025.

Thank you,

Dr. Hernandez.

Use the following link to access the informational flyer and link to sign your student up.

Use este enlace para acceder al volante con informacion y el enlace para apuntar a su estudiante.

-Visit the GCPS website for updates on school closings: https://www.gcpsk12.org/

-In the event school being canceled due to inclement weather students will follow our plan for digital learning found below.

Throughout the pandemic, GCPS has made adjustments to its mitigation strategies as circumstances have changed, and does so again, based on new guidance and the prevention steps announced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday, Feb. 25. As part of the announced changes, the CDC is dropping its recommendation for universal school masking and instead will recommend masking only in communities at a high level of risk.

We continue our committment to maintain in-person instruction. However, in the event that there is a need to temporarily pivot to digital learning we want to be certain that each student has access. Our teachers and students are ready IF we need to make this change.

In the event we temporarily transition to digital learning, Coleman Middle will implement our typical digital learning day plan and schedule.

As a reminder:

Teachers will post a lesson for students to complete in Google Classroom - Humanities, Math, Science, and Connections. Students may log on at any time during the day to complete the lessons posted in Google Classroom; live instruction will not take place.

Teachers will be available via Zoom (Zoom link found on every teacher's eCLASS page) at the following times to answer questions:

6th grade - 10:15 - 10:45

7th grade - 11:00 - 11:30

8th grade - 12:30 - 1:00

Connections - 1:15 - 1:45

Beginning on 1/6, homeroom teachers surveyed students to determine if a device would be needed for digital learning. If your student still needs a device, please tell her/him to speak to their homeroom teacher or call the front office at 678-407-7400.

Please remember that students and families will be responsible for lost or damaged devices.

Greetings,

The students, faculty, and staff of Coleman Middle School are so excited to be able to host our first community showcase since the end of 2019! We believe input from our stakeholders is an integral part of "The Coleman Experience" for our students. We will host a showcase fair for all grades on Tuesday, May 24, 2022, from 10 am - 11 am.

We hope you will be able to attend and provide feedback to the students and their projects. I have included the grade level driving question along with locations. Please feel free to invite any of your colleagues, family, and friends. I will be hosting a "Need to Know" session prior to the showcase in the media center. This session will be useful if you have not attended a showcase before or if you would like to know how to give meaningful feedback to students. Please follow the link below to sign-up for the showcase and "Need to Know" prior to attending on May 24.

8th Grade Driving Question:

How can we, as beverage entrepreneurs, develop and market a unique drink that creates a social impact in our community?

Location: Bus Lanes in front of the school

7th Grade Driving Question:

How can we improve habitats for animals?

Location: 7th grade hallways, classrooms, breezeways and sidewalks

6th Grade Driving Question:

How can we use art to propel us into space?

Location: 6th grade hallways, classrooms, breezeways and sidewalks

Sign-up Link:

https://forms.gle/bG4YmJ2arNJhGGCa9

PBL showcase think abouts

Please feel free to contact me with any questions.

Thank you for your continued support of Coleman Middle School!

Ms. Harmony,

STEAM Coordinator

sheila.harmony@gcpsk12.org

To ensure that your student is successful in Algebra I, the Math Department has developed an Algebra I Prep Course. This online course will help strengthen the essential prerequisite content knowledge for students enrolled in Algebra I during the 2021-2022 school year.

This course will become available to Coleman students on April 15 on eClass.

Click here to access the Flyer directions on how to access the course (English and Spanish).

Coleman Middle School has been awarded STEAM Recertification by the Georgia Department of Education! Read our letter to the community HERE.

We are excited to announce that End of the Year Awards will take place in-person this year with no restrictions on the number of parents participating at 6 PM in the Theater at Duluth High School.

Dates are as follows:

8th Grade: 5/23

Invites to 8th grades have been sent to parents. If you have questions, email our administrative assistant, Ms. Majid, at samirah.majid@gcpsk12.org

Thank you to our students and their teacher Ms. Landress for their hard work and an amazing production.

Our Pre AP Research students presented their mini-dissertations this week! Thank you to our students and their teacher Dr. DeMent!

Thank you to our students and their teacher, Ms. Seo!

Coleman Middle School Cafeteria Staff earned a 100% on their inspection report!

We are very proud of our Head Custodian, Ms. Valle, who received a Custodian of the Year Award for the 2021-2021 school year!

Thank you Officer Fritz for always being here for our students, parents, and our Faculty and Staff.

Please return any devices your student may have checked out during the year to the front desk.

All medications need to be picked up by an adult at the end of the school year. Students are not allowed to transport medication. Clinic will remain open on the 26 and 27 of May.

Thank you,

Angeles Stamm, RN, CPN

Coleman Middle School / Clinic

Office - 678-407-7410

Fax - 678-407-7436

Angeles.stamm@gcpsk12.org

All Coleman Library Books are due back to the media center!

You can see what your student has checked out by checking on the parent portal. If your student has lost or damaged a book please have them come talk to the media center staff. All books NOT returned by May 23rd will be marked lost and a charge will be added to the students MyPayments Plus account until the book is returned or paid for.

Use this LINK to access your pictures!

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

https://high.org/camp//tab/Grades%207%E2%80%938

In partnership with the Gwinnett County Public Library (GCPL), GCPS provides Tutor.com as an online tutoring resource for students. Live tutoring support is available daily from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. In addition, students can receive “drop-off support,” 24-7, by uploading a document for tutor feedback that will be reviewed and returned at a later time.

For more information visit:

https://www.gcpsk12.org/site/default.aspx?PageID=26020

Are you interested in becoming a School Nutrition Worker at Coleman Middle School?

Hourly rates are from $12.50 to $17.96, 30 hours a week.

Apply online on the GCPS website!

Business Partnerships

Do you know of a business that might be interested in becoming a business partner? Business Partnerships begin at $100.

Partnership proceeds go directly to the classroom to support PBL projects, technology initiatives, and other innovations!

Please contact me at gypsy.hernandez@gcpsk12.org if you are interested. We appreciate your support and generosity!

Academic Center for Excellence

Rabia Shahbaz

3195 Buford Hwy Duluth GA 30097

Phone: 678-878-4999

E-mail: rabia677@gmail.com

Apex Eyecare

3694 Club Dr, Unit 101

Lawrenceville, GA 30044

Phone: 678-395-7262

https://apex-eye-care-eye-care-center.business.site/

Amy Fuchs, Keller Williams Realty

Family Homes GA

Amy@FamilyHomesGa.com

Phone: 404-439-1031

Indigo Trade Paper Co., LLC

500 Pinnacle Court

Suite 125

Norcross, GA. 30096

770-446-6077

www.indigotradeco.com

Mike Collard

Virtual Properties Realty

770-480-0848

mike@vpradmin.com

The Tutoring Center, Duluth GA

Email: DuluthGA@tutoringcenter.com
678-629-3227

www.Duluth.tutoringcenter.com

If you want to learn more about how my personal and professional background connect to Coleman Middle School, and you did not have the opportunty to watch it during the holiday break, click this link for my introduction video message.

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

Principal: Dr. Gypsy Hernandez

gypsy.hernandez@gcpsk12.org

School Hours: 9:20 AM - 4:00 PM

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