MCP - LRN Weekly Bulletin

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 9:

Strand 3: Speaks up for what is right in a respectful manner

Hello Elementary Climbers,

“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.” – Martin Luther King Jr.

I want you to take a moment to think about a time you asked for something or was told to do something by your parents. Maybe you did not receive the desired response or you simply did not see the value in what you were asked to do. In some instances, you may have been able to ask why or why not and in others you just unwillingly accepted the no or did what you were told. Many times we asked or tell scholars to do things without giving the why and we are not always receptive when asked why. This week I want us to focus on giving scholars the tools/language to respectfully disagree or respectfully question.

Emotional Consistency

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

Strategies to connect with scholars

Spotlight: Fourth Grade Team

The fourth grade team and scholars were the talk of the elementary and middle school scholars. The anti-bullying posters created by the scholars and their teachers were lit , literally and figuratively. The scholars held those posters with so much pride, and the had every right to do so. THANK YOU fourth grade for your ENTHUSIASM!!!

Check out the pictures below

Attendance

Congratulations to TSU (Mr. Weber/ Ms. Fore) for having the highest class attendance

K4 – 82.61%

K5 – 89.6%

1st – 92.47%

2nd – 92.5 %

Shout out to 2nd & 3rd grade for having the highest attendance

3rd – 92.5 %

4th – 89.64%

MindUP / TRECK Lessons & Links

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

• Proactivity: Courage Lesson Plan

• Mind-Up lesson

Upcoming Dates

March 16: 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

Greetings Middle School,

Stomp Out Bullying Week was a success! Big thank you to you all for participating and showing enthusiasm and energy! I loved collaborating with elementary school and watching our teachers and scholars show class spirit. It is times like these that make me love what I do. This week’s challenge: encourage a scholar to do something courageous. Let me know what you did and which scholar(s) you chose. You will receive a raffle ticket. I will be doing a teacher raffle at Friday’s Assembly.

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

*Please ensure you have the correct Treck Value posted. COURAGE

*Monday is Dress Down Day and TRECKO

TRECKO will be held in the cafeteria from 2:30pm to 3:00pm

*Tuesday we will have visitors from other schools coming to observe Pride Lessons. All Pride Groups will be observed.

*Wednesday’s Circle will be back to normal in the cafeteria, please be there by 8:05am/Wednesday is also the hockey fieldtrip.

*Thursday is the fieldtrip to City Hall. There will be 23 middle school 7th and 8th grade girls invited to attend Women's Career Day *This Friday is Assembly at 2:30 in the gym. We will do a data winner, discuss our middle school March Madness competition, and engage in a courage activity

*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 are still being dismissed without supervision. 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.

*Data (daily attendance, LW, uniform)

We had 8 full withdrawals, 7 of those were restored. We also had 2 suspensions this week.

*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)

A WONDERFUL WEEK is AHEAD!!

THAT'S THE WAY WE SPELL SUCCESS! Shout out to the K5 and 1st Grade EA team for working so diligently on administering the IA #2. Our scholar's growth is amazing to see! I can't wait to dig into the data and create fun and engaging reteach lessons. Reteach Week is March 24th-27th.

Forward Prep Week One:

• No Wit and Wisdom lessons, teaching TDA criteria by modeling and guided work to develop each paragraph, Forward Item Sampler questions, IT IA research questions, Language Screener questions, and Listening quizzes via Listenwise or Illuminate
• Click for link to Forward Prep folder

Upcoming Report Card Timeline:

• Thursday, March 19th - Quarter 3 ends, Pep Rally at 1:30 p.m.
• Friday, March 20th and Monday, March 23rd - Records Days (teachers work from home and don't report to school)
• Tuesday, March 24 - All grades and comments need to be completed by the end of the day

ELA Planning Meetings:

• Tuesday: Ms. Davis, Mr. Melville
• Thursday: Ms. Forte

As we move closer to the Forward Exam, it is extremely important that we take time to address misconceptions that we find via assessments and exit tickets. Where do we find the time? Either in do nows the next day or immediate after the exit ticket. Because of our pacing we have limited time, but in that time we must use every minute and every second to teach. NO WASTED TIME!

Grade Level Meetings:

We have discussed pacing, scholars who need designated supports for Forward and goals. Please use your time this week to update your gradebook, prepare lessons/anchor charts, and update boards and exit ticket trackers. I will be meeting with 4th and 8th grade scholars to set goals for Forward beginning this week.

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- ZAM FEST Hockey Game and Forward Staff meeting

March 17th/18th- Math PD

March 19th- Forward Pep Rally

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

The week of March 16th - 18th we will be focusing on our "MCP Safety Week", it is designed to build awareness and motivate key school safety education for scholars, staff, families and our community. School safety concerns can include everything from keeping campuses free of crime to protecting us from severe weather conditions. During Safety Week we will focus on:

Fire Drills

A few things to remember:

• When the alarm sounds, everyone should evacuate immediately.

• Teachers in charge of classes should guide scholars along the nearest evacuation route to the assembly point. We must keep everyone calm and orderly to ensure the evacuation is as safe and quick as possible.

• Staff not in charge of a class should keep an eye out for any scholars that are on their own, such as those exiting bathrooms, and guide them to the assembly point.

• Once everyone reaches the assembly point, scholars should line-up as instructed so teachers can take a roll call. If anyone is missing, it's crucial for the teacher to signal the Safety Team or Admin. Team by utilizing the classroom Emergency Safety Package.

Tolorno Drill (procedures - to follow by email)

• Tornadoes in Wisconsin... Over 1,500 tornadoes have hit Wisconsin since 1950 - over 20 a year. These have caused nearly a hundred deaths and over 1,600 injuries. In a typical year there will be millions of dollars in damage to property and crops.

• 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