Greetings MCAA Families,

Our recent Fall Festival was a tremendous success, bringing our community together for a night of fun and festivities. We are so grateful to our PTA for such a great night! We've had a few weeks of celebration at MCAA. We celebrated our ribbon-cutting ceremony, marking our newly renovated building and 20 years of excellence. Our Teacher of the Year, Mrs. Nelson was celebrated with a hand-print ceremony and pep rally! This week Georgia's State Superintendent Richard Woods awarded MCAA with ribbons for academic excellence in all grades in both reading and math!

As we wrap of conference week, I share a heartfelt thank you to all of our families for your continued support - your involvement makes all the difference. Please know that our teachers and myself are always accessible to you should you have questions, concerns, or needs.

~Mrs. Woods

*Follow us on Instagram @mcaarockets for glimpses into our days at MCAA!

Join us tomorrow in celebrating the brave who have fought or are continuing to fight cancer or other medical challenges. Students who make a donation of $2 can wear a cape. Don't have a cape? For a donation of $5 or more, we will provide a cape. Proceeds will be donated to CHOA through our PTA. Let's honor and celebrate the strong and resilient patients facing illnesses and injuries at CHOA.

Our wonderful student council has been hard at work. They are wrapping up their Sock-Tober Drive collecting socks for Must Ministries. Please consider donating new socks to this worthy cause! They will continue collecting socks through next week.

We will host our Title 1 parent meeting on October 28th via zoom at 12:00 noon. Mark your calendars for a lunch and learn! We will inform families about school programming and ways to be involved in their child's education. We will also cover our school improvement plan, annual parent compact, and solicit participant feedback.

Students can dress as their favorite book character on October 31. We can't wait to see their wonderful ideas. Students may not wear masks and costumes should be comfortable enough to wear all day and not interfere with classroom activities.

In preparation for Veteran's Day, we will create a slideshow that honors the family members of our students and staff who have served and are currently serving in the military. If you'd like to participate, please send the following to amcdaniel@marietta-city.k12.ga.us by October 30th. If you participated in the past, you don't need to resend.

• A picture of any of your family member(s)- a picture in uniform is preferred, but not required.
• The family member(s) name(s)
• Relationship with MCAA student/staff member
• Branch(es) of the military
• Conflict(s) served/active duty

We will host a breakfast for our Veterans on Monday, November 11 @ 9:30am.

In November, the media center will highlight and celebrate the following:

• Indigenous People of the Americas
• Presidents and branches of government
• Veteran's Day
• Diwali
• Thanksgiving

Our Literati Book fair is November 11-18th. You will have three ways to shop. You can place an order online, shop in person anytime between 8:30-3:30 or shop at your designated time before or after Thanksgiving lunch (see flyer).

It’s time for the annual PTA Reflections program! Do your students enjoy art, music and dance or have an interest in writing, producing films and taking photos? Then join us and help your students in unleashing their inner artist with PTA Reflections! Our theme this year is Accepting Imperfection! Your student can participate in the program in one of three ways. Pick up submission guidelines

and an entry form today at the front desk.

All entries will be judged based on interpretation of the theme, originality, technique, and creativity. The deadline for submission is November 1st, 2024. Reach out to Tolu Deitz at ptamcaa@gmail.com for more information or download the entry from and guidelines here. For inspiration, you can visit the Reflections virtual art gallery and learn more about prizes and scholarships at PTA.org/Reflections/Awards.

When making transportation changes please be mindful of a few important things!

• Only day of transportation changes should be emailed to mcaatransportation@marietta-city.k12.ga.us. Pre-arranged or permanent changes should be shared with the classroom teacher.
• When emailing mcaatransportation@marietta-city.k12.ga.us please include student's full name and homeroom teacher.