MCP - LRN Weekly Bulletin

Each day is precious. Value, savor and enjoy every minute. This weekend a 6th grade scholar lost their father and a 2nd grade scholar's grandfather passesd away. As educators our hearts, arms, eyes and ears must be open to to these scholars and filled with empathy and compassion. We also must do the same for each other. As we march into a new month, take time to focus on making our campus, our community and our city a better place. We can do it...TOGETHER!!!!!

TRECK to EXCELLENCE

Our TRECK Value this month is COURAGE

Courage Definition:

Doing what is right in the face of difficulty.

Strand for the Week of March 2:

Strand 1: Takes healthy risks to uplift others.

Hello Elementary Climbers,

“Our reaction to a situation literally has the power to change the situation itself.”

– Abha Thakur

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If you are “feeling it”, the scholars are as well. A gentle word turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger. We have to be conscious of our responses to scholars and one another. It is alright to take a moment before responding.

Emotional Consistency

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7xfs73n5sw

Spotlight: Ms. Heckman and Mr. Jones

MCP what time is it? It's time yo get loud, it's time to represent!

If you see a scholar wearing an over sized Notre Dame (Irish) Jersey take a moment to congratulate them. A scholar has to exemplify Knowledge plus Character in and outside of the Irish classroom to wear this jersey. Check out Isis Manning below.

Strategies to connect with scholars

Attendance

Congratulations to TSU Tigers (Mr. Weber/Ms. Fore) for having 100% class attendance

K4 – 93.91%

K5 – 97.66%

Shout out to K5 for having the highest overall attendance last week

1st – 96.95%

2nd – 96.97 %

3rd – 93.39 %

4th – 95.46

MindUP / TRECK Lessons & Links

Brain breaks / breathing breaks should continue on in each class daily.

• Proactivity: Courage Lesson Plan

• Mind-Up lesson 10 : Perspective taking

Upcoming Dates

March 2 - March 6 - Stomp Out Bullying Week

March 6 - Spirit Day (Blue and Boots) & the kicking bullying out of our school kickball game

March 9: Dress Down Day and TRECKO

Few Reminders:

Morning Arrival

• In the morning there are too many scholars in the hallway. Please remind your scholars to go to breakfast or remain in the classroom. This is NOT the time to visit other classrooms.
  

Success Plans

• If you have scholars with success plans, it is imperative that it is followed with fidelity. a copy of the trackers should be sent to parents and a copy should be kept for our records. The trackers will be reviewed when making the decision about next steps.

Full Withdrawals

• When a full withdrawal is given, parent contact should be made.

• Full withdrawals should be restored within 24 hours.

• Please contact Ms. Tatum (414-534-7238) if you need assistance with restorations

• Once the restorative conversation is held please send by text or email a copy of the completed restoration

Lunch Duty

• Actively monitor scholars in the cafeteria by circulating the tables of your scholars
• Make sure scholars clean up their table areas
  

Thanks for everything you are doing to maintain excellence at MCP! We are better together! #TogetherWeClimb

Mighty Middle School,

Kudos to you all, Ms. Urban, and Mr. Tyler for an awesome ending to February with an absolutely amazing, hype, and educational Black History Program!!! Every class came through!!!! This week is Stomp Out Bullying Week. We will be focusing on

Prides (Tuesday/Friday)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Dw8HWzKBSv7PTl-zLgHrqjdcTX6Z-MSRwhNiNpq_crA/edit#

MindUp (Thursday)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LDq-7hjKAR0R68nHihQchVCEzQztB-Gr9bKIzGD3SJA/edit#heading=h.kl06gwoggm3q

TRECK to Excellence...….Continue to highlight the positive through public praise, positive phone call, & TRECK Credits. Please give special recognition/duties to Scholar of the Week

Friendly Reminders

*Our TRECK value has changed. We are now focusing on Courage! Please update your boards and have conversations with your scholars about taking healthy risks to uplift others.

*Scholars should NOT be dismissed to walk to any class independently. All classes must be escorted by an adult to their next destination. If you have another class, please text admin for support. If you have prep, please take scholars to their next class. Thank you Ms. Ward for always ensuring an adult is present before leaving scholars.

*Full withdrawals are not working when the procedure is not being followed!! Please make sure you make parent contact and find time to restore with the scholar! It is essential that we remember in the moment that "we are the adults". Going back and forth with scholars is not beneficial for you, the scholar, or the other scholars around.

*Data (daily attendance, LW, uniform)

We had 11 full withdrawals, 9 of those were restored. We also had 3 suspensions this week. Scholars and teachers are feeling the" Spring Break itch". Please continue to hold scholars accountable but also seek to understand as decisions and consequences are being made. Let's focus on the "Do not Engage" strategy. Alot of times we get caught up in the moment of a desired outcome and forget that we are the adults in the situation that are supposed to be the example.

*Mandatory Lifework scholars are: Chris Fortenberry (7th), Keairra Baggett (7th), Jenina McCullom (7th), Kyle Riley (7th), Darius Little (8th), Donte Finch (7th), Melvin Willis (7th), Dallas Ellis (8th), Kimani Nash(6th), Jonae Jackson (7th), Jerry Bradley (7th)

*This Friday is a dress down day to end Stomp Out Bullying Week...the theme is "

"Blue n Boots"....Yes scholars can wear jeans!

*This Friday is a special Stomp Out Bullying Kickball Game in the gym.

5th & 6th grades meet in the gym at 1:30-2:00 Side A of the gym

7th & 8th grades meet in the gym at 1:30 -2:00 Side B of the gym

(kickball with boots on, this will be interesting!!)

*ClimbTime Lit is Friday!!!!!!! Details and room assignments will be handed out.

Let's Have a WONDERFUL WEEK!!

-DIBELs Progress Monitoring: Friday 3/6 (Given by lead teachers during Knowledge lessons).

-Thursday March 5th--K5 & 1st grade PD

-IA #2 Assessment Window: March 9th-13th

-IA #2 Data Dig: March 16th

-Wednesday March 18th--Primary Collaboratives

-Reteach Week: March 24th-27th

Six Flags Read to Succeed Incentive

If interested in implementing the Six Flags reading incentive in your classroom, please email me. I will drop off handouts this week.

Upcoming ELA Planning Meetings

Tuesday: Mr. Melville, Ms. Heckman

Wednesday: Ms. Felder

Thursday: Ms. Forte, Ms. Sutherland

Friday: Ms. Davis, Ms. Ward

Grades

As Quarter 3 is quickly coming to a close, please ensure that you are entering grades weekly for multiple categories in the grade book. Quarter 3 closes in 3 weeks.

Dibels Interventions

Progress monitoring for Dibels Intermediate occurs this week. Please ensure that these interventions are being delivered by your educational assistant 3 times a week.

What a great BLACK HISTORY PROGRAM! Kudos to all of you! I know this took time outside of music class to ensure its success! Thank you for all of time and effort put in! A special thank you to Ms. Urban and Mr. Tyler for their leadership! It was simply AMAZING!

Let's keep our focus on STANDARDS MASTERY! How often are you looking at your classroom data? This is a DAILY practice! We just can't keep piling concepts when previous ones haven't been mastered.

Grade Level Meetings:

All Math and Science teachers have grade level planning this week. We will be digging into classroom data and setting/reviewing goals for the rest of the year.

Focus of the week:

Strand 2 Teacher Action 8: An appropriate amount of time is allocated for each lesson portion to ensure students have enough reps, both guided and independently, to master the content.

Strand 2 Teacher Action 9: Teacher frequently and strategically checks for understanding and that data is used to make appropriate adjustments to instruction.

Notes:

March 10th- Last Progress Report of Quarter 3

March 11th- Forward Staff meeting

March 17th/18th- Math PD

March 19th- Forward Pep Rally

March 24th-Forward begins for 4th and 8th grade

• Ms. Kanika A. Burks - Principal
• Mr. Darryl Hodges - Director of Operations
• Dr. Tasha Johnson - Middle School Dean of Students
• Ms. Mary Tatum - Elementary School Dean of Students
• Ms. Micaela Williams - 2nd - 8th Grade Academic Dean: Math/Science
• Ms. Jenna Garstecki - 2nd - 8th Grade Academic Dean: ELA/Social Studies
• Ms. Erica Badger - Primary Teacher Leader (K4 - 1st grade)

Email: kanika.burks@milwcollegeprep.com
Website: www.milwcollegeprep.com
Location: 1350 West North Avenue, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Phone: 414-264-6600