Coleman Connection

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Video – https://vimeo.com/875257623

Web Story – https://www.gcpsk12.org/Page/37600

Information about GCPS prooram high schools is available now! Scroll down to the Community Update section.

Hello Parents and Guardians,

As part of Gwinnett County Public Schools measures to increase safety in schools, all schools have now a vestibule with 2 locked doors to gain access to the reception and to the building.

We ask you to please review our news procedures as we will start enforcing them immediately:

• You will ring the bell in the front office as usual and our reception staff will unlock the door, as usual.
• With the new system, you will only gain access to the vestibule.
• Once in the vestibule, find the small table and do one of the following:

1. Place your identification under the green document camera if you want to go into the reception area. Our reception staff will communicate with you via phone to give you further instructions, and unlock the area to the reception.
2.Place your identification in the black device if you are visiting the building. Our reception staff will communicate with you via phone to give you further instructions, and unlock the area to the reception.
3. If you are only dropping off something for your student, use a sticky note and pen to write down his/her name, leave it in the vestibule, and you can exit. Our reception staff will retrieve your student's belonging.

The Georgia Student Health Survey (GSHS) is an anonymous, statewide survey that offers a primary source of student data on topics related to school safety and wellbeing, including school climate, graduation, school dropouts, alcohol and drug use, bullying and harassment, suicide, nutrition, and sedentary behaviors. The survey is required for all GA Public Schools and is used to calculate School Climate Star Ratings.

Coleman will be administering the survey during homeroom on Friday, November 10,2023

*Directions for opt out can be found here. Form to me mailed to Jamie.Larkin@gcpsk12.org

Use this LINK to access this school year's calendar.

Click HERE for GCPS news.

Join us in welcoming Ms. Brandel, former 7th grade Math teacher as our new STEAM Coordinator!

Join us in welcoming new School Resource Officer, Officer Fortson, to the Coleman MS community!

Please use the QR Code below to donate through our Amazon Wish List Fundraiser or feel free to drop any items to our PBIS Coach, Nicole Burch if you would like to make a donation.

Click HERE for access.

Teens Lures will be offered in the months of October 2023 through January 2024. Please review our parent letter and feel free to email our counselors if you have any question.

Halloween is celebrated on Tuesday, October 31st. Please review the guidelines below regarding costumes:

• Costume is optional!

• Costume must be safe for student to engage in all daily activities
• Costume must not cause learning distractions
• Costume must follow guidelines in the school dress code and code of conduct
• Student’s full face must be visible
• Leave props at home
• Shoes must be worn

Our International Night will take place on Thursday, November 16, 2023 from 6-8PM in the Coleman Café. Please come wearing traditional clothes from different parts of the world and/or taste delicious recipes from all over the world! Use this LINK to learn more about that night and sign up to bring a dish.

*Students attending must be accompanied by a parent.

Attention Coleman Middle School Band and Orchestra Students:

Please help support your Band and Orchestra by purchasing hoodies and tees through October 31st. Please click on the following link to place your order: ColemanMiddleMusic.

Join in on the Fall and Halloween festivities called "Wildcat Tober" at Duluth High School on Saturday, October 28th:

2:30-4:30PM Cow Patty Bingo - These tickets are pre-sale only.

3:30-5:00PM Trunk or Treat - This event is FREE!

4:30-6:00PM Enchanted Theater - Tickets are $5 for adults. Kids are free with a paying adult.

7:00--9:00PM Haunted Theater - Tickets are $5 per tour.

There will be Bouncy Houses, Fall Weather, and Yummy Treats! See you there!

Volunteer Opportunity - NOW through November 17th - Help sell snacks and treats to students during their lunches by clicking on the following links. Please see Ms. Nunez or Ms. Rojas upon arriving to school for help in getting set up in the cafeteria.

6th Grade Lunches - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ACAB2BA13-45429652-help#/

7th Grade Lunches - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ACAB2BA13-45430756-help

8th Grade Lunches - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ACAB2BA13-45430480-help#/

Online Spiritwear Deal - Buy a pair of socks and a shoe charm, get a FREE pizza gift card (Value $9):

While supplies last, buy a pair of socks and a shoe charm on our Coleman PTA Givebacks Online Store and receive a FREE pizza gift card (Value $9). Click on the following link to take advantage of this offer: Givebacks.

Our Coleman Restaurant Spirit Nights are BACK! The November Coleman Spirit Night is at Papa Johns, November 13th-16th:

Order pizza from Papa Johns on the app, by phone, or online any night from November 13th through November 16th and use the School's Promo Code: COLEMAN20. Twenty (20%) percent of your purchase price will be donated to our Coleman PTA. This deal is valid only at the following Papa John's location: 3570 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Duluth, 770-495-4600, PAPAJOHNS.COM.

If you have questions or concerns about anything, please email us at colemanwildcatspta@gmail.com.

See you soon!

The Coleman PTA

Email Ms. Stone at kimberly.stone@gcpsk12.org

This annual contest was established to encourage young people to think creatively about our nation's great history and learn about history in a new light.

• This year's topic is "The Stars and Stripes Forever."
• The contest is open to all students in grades 6-8.

• Deadline: October 27

Please tell your student to talk to their Humanities teacher if he/she is interested in participating!

Staff, students, families, and Gwinnett community members are invited to review and provide input on proposed instructional resources for select grades and courses in Mathematics, ESOL, and World Language. Before adopting instructional resources for classroom use, Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) holds an extensive review. Multiple committees involving various stakeholder groups reviewed resources submitted by publishers for alignment with the school system’s Academic Knowledge and Skills (AKS) standards. During the ongoing review process, selected resources are piloted in GCPS classrooms. Data from the reviews and pilots will be considered in making adoption recommendations to the Board of Education in early 2024.

This year’s virtual public review is open now through October 31st.

What: Instructional Resources Public Review Opportunity

When: October 1 - 31

Parents and guardians of students enrolled in a health course will have the opportunity to "Opt Out" of the Sex Education portion of the course through a link they will receive via Parent Square. On September 15th, the link will go to all parents and guardians of student’s grades (4-12) enrolled in health this semester; however, only parents or guardians wishing to opt out will need to complete the form.

Parent informational meeting on 11/6 at 5PM

The GSMST lottery registration window opens on November 1, 2023, and it will remain open until January 19, 2024.

Since a number of our students walk after school, the City of Duluth wanted to share this letter with our parents. Please use this LINK to access the letter.

As an additional safety feature this year, all staff have been provided a crisis alert badge and training to make a call for immediate assistance at a school or district wide level, this last one including SROs, law enforcement, and emergency personnel.

PBIS or Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports focuses on sharing, teaching, practicing, and acknowledging the behaviors we want students to display and provides interventions and supports that are consistent throughout each classroom and the school.

As part of PBIS, here at Coleman we have:

• First 20 day lessons to teach students expected behaviors.
• A table displaying expected behaviors in each classroom and the school. You can use this LINK to see our Behavior Matrix.
• Daily morning meetings and weekly advisement lessons to build classroom community.
• Behavior rewards such as weekly "Brain Breaks" and "Golden Tickets", monthly access to our PBIS store where students can redeem "paw points" they earn daily from teachers and staff, and quarterly Walk & Talks.
• A 9-step discipline process and behavior log for each student. Click this LINK to review the 9-steps.

More information will be shared during curriculum night.

This week administrators and teachers shared with all students our expectations for them to power down phones and keep them in their backpacks, as well as using any other smart devices appropriately, here at Coleman MS. We also shared that these expectations help them build community with teachers and peers, and be ready to collaborate and communicate more effectively during our Project Based Learning units, which are a fundamental part of our STEAM program.

You can use this LINK to review the expectations with your student. They have also been included in the student agenda. These expectations include also an outline of our 3-step discipline procedure when students do not meet expectations.

Please review the Dress for Excellence section in our Student and Parent Handbook. Students not following our dress for excellence recommendations will go to our grade level office where one of our office clerks will give them options in private to either change to an item of clothing in their backpack, an item of clothing from donations from our community, or from their parent delivery to the school.

• School hours are from 9:15 AM to 4:00 PM. Students are marked tardy after 9:15 AM.
• Students must be dropped off in the back at car rider lane. Doors open at 8:50 AM. Students who are late must be dropped off at the front entrance.
• Do not use the bus lanes before 9:30 AM or 4:30 PM. You can park on Main St. for drop off or pick up at these times.
• Students go directly to breakfast from car rider and bus lane. To protect learning time, students have grab-and-go lunch available after 9:10 AM.
• It is very important that you review the Coleman MS procedures for arrival and dismissal on this LINK and watch the video included for car riders.

• Car rider procedures are the same in the morning and afternoon. Morning procedures start at 8:50 AM.
• Make sure you visit our website, including a picture and a video of our car rider pick up procedure. Please be respectful of our procedures. They have been put in place to protect our students' safety.
  
• Write your student's name on a paper and place it on your dashboard the first few weeks.
• Student will dismiss from the gym on days of inclement weather. Please have their names displayed on your dashboard.
• Be patient until our new 6th graders learn. Build some time on your schedule because the first few days will be slower, but it gets better.
• Be courteous and respectful to our teachers and staff on duty.
• Remind your children to look for their car, and remember, everybody is trying to pick up their child and get to your next family activity!

Due to additional reimbursement funding from the Georgia Department of Education, here are some changes coming this school year:

• Free and Reduced-Price students will receive breakfast at no charge. Students with Full Pay eligibility will be charged $1.50.
• Free and Reduced-Price students will receive lunch at no charge. Students with Full Pay eligibility will pay $2.25/$2.50 for lunch.

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

Make sure you visit My Payment Plus (MPP) to review the Student & Parent Handbook, access forms that need to be signed, and pay for contributions.

• Coleman's and GCPS' Parent and Student handbooks will included on My Payment Plus for your review and signature.
• If you need assistance with you MPP account, email our parent liaison, Lorena Rojas at lorena.rojasrojas@gcpsk12.org

Use this LINK to access the district virtual backpack with timely school information and forms.

• 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

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 to Coleman 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

Your Principal,

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