Tiger Times

Welcome to the 2024-2025 school year! As we start the new school year together on Monday, August 26, 2024, the staff at Martin Boulevard looks forward to welcoming back returning students and families and eagerly awaits meeting newly enrolled students and families!

Here are few additional calendar items to keep in mind:

• The first full day of school for students in 1st - 5th grades is Monday, August 26.
  

• PreK and Kindergarten students will begin on a gradual entry schedule which will be mailed to all families during the week of August 12.

• Kindergarten’s first full day is August 28.
• PreK’s first full day is August 29.

Ashley Mancuso - 1st grade teacher

Stephanie Buhrke - 4th grade teacher

Perry McAlister Jr. - 4th grade teacher

Norelle Oliver - Special Ed. Inclusion teacher

Claudia Enders - Special Ed. Inclusion Teacher

Brandi Mellott - Paraeducator

Jessica Ferges - Part-time School Counselor

Taneeka Johnson - Part-time ELD teacher

Vickie Jankowiak - Math Content Specialist

Tracy Putzel-Bischoff - Reading Resource Teacher

Angela Regensburg - Itinerant Occupational Therapist

Leah Street - Part-time School Social Worker

Christy Talmadge - CARE Liaison

We wish the following staff well as they begin a new adventure or enjoy retirement! -

Mrs. Liz Westendorf, Mrs. Joanna Jones, Mrs. Jenny Foltz,

Mrs. Lauren Guadalupe, Mrs. Marissa Johnson

Students will practice with AMIRA online in Grades K-3. Students in Grades 1-3 will be assessed regularly with AMIRA online. More information coming soon!

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Parent Access to Focus and Schoology

Parents are able to log in to Focus, BCPS’ Student Information System, and Schoology, BCPS Learning Management System. Parents will need to create a parent account with the same e-mail address they provided to their school to sign up. Parents must be marked in Focus as having educational access to gain access to their student’s information. It will take up to 30 minutes to gain access to Focus and up to 48 hours to access Schoology. There is a link within Focus that will take parents directly to Schoology. If a parent clicks the Schoology link before the connection is established, the parent will receive an error message. Parents can contact their child’s school to resolve any issues with this process.

For directions on how to access the parent FOCUS portal please click: https://baltimore.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus

The directions for creating a parent account if you have not already done so can be found here:

https://www.bcps.org/tech_support/creating_a_parent_account_for_focus__schoology

All potential volunteers, whether they be family, community members, or staff, must complete the volunteer application and participate in an orientation/training session annually beginning on July 1st. All volunteer training expired on June 30th.

Please visit BCPS website for application and training information.

https://cos.bcps.org/departments/communications/family_and_community_engagement/b_c_p_s_volunteers

Parent University offers resources, videos, workshops, and system updates to support the needs of your family. Our program goals align with the BCPS Compass: Our Pathway to Excellence - Focus Area 4 - Community Engagement and Partnerships. Visit bcps.org/parentu for more information.

We even have our own Newsletter! Follow this link https://www.smore.com/g5tn6-partnerships .