The Ram Report

If you have access to the internet at home, here is things that your child can access at home. All they have to do is log into their portal by clicking here or going to the website below.

https://myapps.classlink.com/home

Reading

Amira Learning

Classworks

Epic

Beanstack

Read Theory (Grades 3-5)

Mathematics

i-Ready (Fluency Flight)

Did you know regular school attendance is key to your child's academic success and future opportunities? This fall, any student with perfect attendance along with tardies/late check-ins AND no early check-outs will receive a sweet treat AND be entered into a drawing for a grand prize!

Hispanic Heritage Month, observed from September 15th to October 15th, is a time to recognize and celebrate the contributions, culture, and history of Hispanic and Latino Americans. For our Rams, it's an opportunity to engage children in learning about and appreciating Hispanic heritage through various activities and resources. Here are ways that we will get involved at Mt. Carmel by:

• Exploring History: We will introduce children to important historical figures and events in Hispanic history via our WRAM news.
• Creating Crafts and Art: In art, students will create art projects inspired by Hispanic traditions.
  
• Engaging in a Community Event: We plan to hold our annual Hispanic Heritage festival on October 11th. Parents are welcome to attend.
• Reading Children Books: This month, we will share children's books written by or about Hispanic authors

Take a moment to enjoy the story, Too Many Tamales, by Gary Soto. This story teaches a lesson about honest and good times.

Our product sale fundraiser is in full swing, and hopefully your student has been selling items to family and friends and scoring some of our awesome Dude Perfect keychains! As students sell items, they can fill out tickets (found in their fundraising packet), bring them to their teacher and earn the keychain that same day. Thank you for your support!

Take these three easy steps to help our school:

1. Register your student at www.fundshoppe.com to get your own personal shopping link. (Use our school ID# 102533)

2. Share your link with family and friends via email, text and social media using the share wizard tools on www.fundshoppe.com.

3. Shop for yourself and your family. Consider any upcoming holidays or birthdays you might need a gift for and make it a double bonus! There are hundreds of high-quality items to choose from, so there’s truly something for everyone!

Thank you for helping your student and our school reach our fundraising goals!

All forms and funds need to be returned to Mrs. Lisa Harrison by noon.

We are excited to invite you to become a part of our Parent-Teacher Association (PTA)! Your involvement can make a significant impact on our school community, and together, we can create a nurturing environment for our children.

To make this even more fun, we’re hosting a friendly competition! The class with the most registered parents between October 11th and November 1st will earn a delicious pizza party. What a great way to celebrate our collective efforts!

Joining the PTA is a fantastic opportunity to meet other parents, stay informed about school activities, and contribute to important decisions that affect our kids. Whether you have a little time or a lot, there are plenty of ways to get involved.

Let’s work together to support our school and have some fun along the way! We can’t wait to see you join us.


To join PTA, use the link below: https://jointotem.com/ga/douglasville/mt-carmel-es-pta/join/register

We are excited to invite you to a special Parent Night on October 29th at 5:00 PM . This event is a great opportunity to learn about the new math standards that will shape your child’s learning this year.

In addition to the informative session, we’ve planned a fun treat for the students! Children are encouraged to wear their Halloween costumes, and we’ll have a session of spooky stories to enjoy. Plus, there will be candy for all the kids who participate!

Here’s what you can expect:

• A detailed presentation on the new math standards, how they will benefit your child, and ways you can support their learning at home.
• Spooky story time and candy for students while parents attend the presentation.
• Students can wear their Halloween costumes for added fun!
• Time for questions and answers with teachers and staff.
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We hope this will be both an informative and enjoyable evening for parents and students alike. Snacks and refreshments will be provided for everyone.

Yearbooks are on sale!

Don't miss out on the opportunity to savor your child's best school year yet. Order your yearbook today! Click here to order your MCES Yearbook for the year 2024-2025. Don't delay - the deadline to order a yearbook for this school year is March 31, 2025.

Fifth grade ads will be available until March 1, 2025. Do not miss the opportunity to give your 5th grader a shout out in the yearbook.

The school code is 722925.

Congratulations to our Students of the Month for September. These students portrayed one of the following character traits: Self-Control or Tolerance during the month of September.

Congratulations to the following students:

What is character education? Character Education is a learning process that enables students and adults in a school setting to understand, care about, and act on core ethical values such as honesty, respect, and responsibility for self and others. Below are the weekly character traits for the month of October.

Week of October 7, 2024 | Self-respect: Pride and confidence in oneself; feeling that one is behaving with honor and dignity.

Week of October 21, 2024 | Thoughtful: Being sensitive, thoughtful, subtle and considerate, having understanding.

Week of October 28, 2024 | Considerate: Careful not to cause hurt or inconvenience to others.

To ensure that you have all the important dates for this year, be sure to visit our school website to access our year at a glance calendar. Click here to access our school calendar.

Important Dates

October 1-2 Fall Data Presentation

October 4: PINK OUT-Wear pink today.

October 10 Fall Data Presentation (Repeat Session) Click the link here to access.

October 14-18 Fall Break (No School)

October 21-Fundraiser Ends

October 23-Red Ribbon Week Begins

October 29-Fall picture make ups and Holiday Pictures

October 29-Monster Math Night @ Mt. Carmel Elementary

October 30-Trunk or Treat @ Lithia Springs High School

October 31-Halloween

November 1-Chuck-E-Cheese Spirit Night (Wear your costumes)

As school we want to get better at improving our school culture and get a pulse on the issues that matter to you. We've signed up to a new service that will send you regular, short, anonymous surveys making it quick and easy to get your voice heard.

Please click the link below to sign up https://app.satchelpulse.com/parents?country=us

Please use the school ID (code) 615702 when prompted to join the school.

Student handbooks are updated and distributed to families electronically at the beginning of each school year. For questions or information concerning the handbooks, please contact Dr. Boone.

MCES 24-25 Handbook

DCSS 24-25 Handbook (English | Spanish)

Parents, grandparents, guardians, and other family members are always invited to eat lunch with their children. Prior to arriving for lunch, you will have to notify the teachers with a 24 hour notice that you would like to join your child/children for lunch. This will help us to streamline the process and be sure that we have adequate space for visitors.

When planning to eat lunch with your child, please DO NOT bring any food from outside vendors, fast food lunches or carbonated drinks to cafeteria. Be sure to bring proper identification and sign into the front office before going to the cafeteria.

Also, please adhere to our café expectations & procedures as follows:

a. Everyone is to stay in his/her seat.
b. No talking, if the cone at your child's table is turned to red.
c. Clean up your area when you are finished eating.

Grade Level Lunch Times

10:15-10:50 Kindergarten

10:35-11:15 2nd Grade

10:55-11:30 3rd Grade

11:15-11:55 1st Grade

11:35-12:10 4th Grade

11:50-12:30 5th Grade

School Lunch Menu

Click here for the school breakfast and lunch menu.

Nutritional Analysis

Click here for the nutritional analysis of the items that are on the menu.

Cost for meals for guests is $2.00 for breakfast and $4.00 for lunch (be sure to have exact change).

This year, all students (K-5) will use agendas in conjunction with AVID Elementary. Through the implementation of AVID Elementary, students develop the academic habits they will need to be successful in middle school, high school, and college, in an age-appropriate and challenging way. Children learn about organization, study skills, communication, and self-advocacy. AVID Elementary students take structured notes and answer and ask high-level questions that go beyond routine answers.

AVID states that “ When students effectively manage their time, it helps them to meet classroom deadlines, increase the quality of their work, reduce their stress, and accomplish their goals, while also helping to ensure that they have time for other interests and passions.”

All agendas are $7. To purchase your child's student agenda, please use the link below

https://mces.revtrak.net/student-fees/#/list

Parents are required to complete a Free and Reduced Meal Application in order to qualify for free or reduced meals. Meals will no longer be free. Parents will be required to send money for breakfast and lunch until the free/reduced meal application is approved. You can use schoolcafe.com to load money to your child's account or send cash for meals.

Note: If you receive notice that your child has a negative balance, please contact Mrs. Muhammad at 770-651-4201. She will be able to provide you more information on the balance.

Note: If your child has a negative lunch balance, they will not be accepted into any MCES extracurricular activities until that balance is cleared.

We do not allow whole birthday cakes or any birthday treats that are not individually wrapped. We enjoy

honoring our students on their birthday. We announce the birthday child’s name on the morning announcements and allow families to bring in treats within the guidelines below.

▪ Snacks must be store bought AND prepackaged/individually wrapped. [No exceptions!]

▪ Cupcakes must be individually packaged in container or prepackaged wrapping. [No exceptions!]

▪ Any treat should be served during recess.

▪ No invitations to birthday parties should be sent to school unless an invitation is available for every student in the class. A list of student names will not be permitted to be sent home.

When buying treats, please be sure to speak with your child's teachers. Some students have food allergies. Also, you may want to think about non-food items. The items listed below will still make your child feel special and they will last a lot longer than a food item.

• A game for the classroom
• A classroom book (A nice touch would be having your child pick it out, sign it, and date it.)
• A classroom set of items for each child to keep such as pencils, pens, erasers, markers, etc.

Above is an image of what is defined as individually wrapped cupcakes.

All afternoon dismissal and transportation changes must be made in writing. Also, if there is someone other than yourself picking your child up from car riders, please email the name of the person AND provide them with either your child's car rider number or the car rider tag. If he or she does not have the car rider hang tag, please let them know that we will ask to see their license prior to releasing any student. This is to protect the safety of your child. Please make all transportation changes no later than 1:30 PM.

Click here to make a transportation change.

There are some days that your child's bus may be late due to busses being combined or a substitute bus driver driving a new route. If you would like to know if your child's bus will be late, you may locate that information here. This information is updated each morning and each afternoon.

Here Comes the Bus is available for parents and students to download now. The highly-rated free app currently has over a million users. To sign up, visit the Apple or Android store, or visit www.herecomesthebus.com. The code needed to complete the registration process is 79003. Students are still encouraged to arrive at their stop five minutes early and to follow any additional instructions given by drivers.

As your children board the bus each morning, please help us and remind them of our bus rules. Students should stay seated in assigned seat, there is to be no eating or drinking on the bus and students should use their inside voices. Students should also keep their hands and other objects to themselves while riding the bus.

School bus transportation is a privilege afforded pupils by the Board of Education. It is not a right. To protect the safety and well-being of all involved, pupils must adhere to established bus conduct rules. Bus transportation privilege may be revoked if the pupil does not observe bus conduct expectations.

Ms. Lizzy Kilgore is our District Bilingual Liaison. Please contact her if you need help with translating or interpreting.

Phone: 770.651.2223

Email: lizzy.kilgore@dcssga.org