Parkland Magnet Middle School

Thank you to all families that were able to join in-person or virtually. Please use the links below to see the slide from the Principal's Coffee presentation. Topics covered are:

• Communication Methods by the School
• MAP Testing Information
• Math IXL Program Information
• Grading Policies for 2024-2025 School Year
• Future Events

Tryouts for Boys and Girls Softball and Co-ed Cross Country will be on Tuesday afterschool. Please use the link below to learn how students can sign up and how families can provide all the required forms.

• Meningococcal (MCV4)
• Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis/whooping cough)
• Please turn in all vaccination forms, if you have not already done so, into the main office.

Does your child like to build things? Are they interested in learning to program? Applications for Parkland's FTC Robotics club are available now. Please MAKE A COPY of the application link here or send your child to Ms. Reitman's door (1142) to pick up an application.

They are due back on Thursday, September 12 at 3:10pm, so don't delay! Email Ms. Reitman (Laurel.Reitman@mcpsmd.net) if you have questions after reading the application information.

We have our first PTSA Meeting on Tuesday night starting at 7:00 pm in the school cafeteria. More information can be found in the PTSA Newsletter using the link below.

Please use the links below to learn more about after school clubs and activities and other important information.

Families, please hold Thursday, September 19 as we will be having our annual Back to School Night from 6:30-8:30 pm. Families will have the opportunity to follow their child’s schedule and meet their teachers.

8th Grade students who are interested in applying for the National Junior Honor Society should use the link below to apply and read full information and details. Please note that there is a selection criteria which are:

• Scholarship: 3.5 or higher cumulative grade point average (GPA)
• Service: 20 or more SSL Hours (by September 6, 2024)
• Leadership: as demonstrated in school and outside activities
• Character: as demonstrated in your class, club, and other school activities
• Citizenship: as demonstrated by activities and teacher evaluations.

Please also take note of the following dates and deadlines:

• Application deadlines and decision process:
• Application Deadline: September 6, 2024 by 3pm.
• Acceptance Notices will be sent September 17, 2024
• Acceptance Confirmation notice due by September 24, 2024
• First Meeting before Acceptance Ceremony: Tuesday October 1, 2024

Our grade level team leaders shared a Smore Newsletter with you earlier this week to share information related to each grade level.

Are you interested in bring part of Parkland Drama Production? Please sign up below!

Our Montgomery County Maryland chapter works with partner organizations like Holy Cross Hospital, Children's Hospital, A Wider Circle, and the Montgomery County Department of Social Services (among many others) to distribute blankets to children who are in the hospital, homeless, in foster care, in shelters, and in other situations where just a small comfort can make a major difference. All these blankets are made by volunteers. For specifics, please see our local chapter's website at www.tinyurl.com/projectlinusmcmd.

Middle and high school students can earn SSL hours with Project Linus in 2 ways:

1. Attending one of our monthly meetings and helping us to make blankets. Our first meeting of the year will be Monday, September 9. We meet once a month, on the 2nd Monday of the month, from 6:30-8:30 PM in the cafeteria of Wood Middle School in Rockville. For our friends who live further north, on November 18 and December 16, we will have additional meetings, located at Baker Middle School in Damascus. All the meeting dates are listed on the attached flyer. Please do note that we provide all the necessary supplies and our adult volunteers supervise the blanket making activities. No special skills or experience is required. No pre-registration is required -- just show up and have fun. We provide completed SSL forms at the end of the meeting.

2. Students can also earn SSL hours by making blankets outside of meetings, provided that pictures and documentation are provided. We ask that students making blankets at home first attend one of our meetings, or contact us at projectlinus.mc@gmail.com, to make sure they are following the proper instructions.