Mustang Minute

Mustang Minute 4/18/25

Happy Friday Morse!

I hope everyone is able to enjoy some extra time with your Mustang this weekend. Wishing a joyful Happy Easter and Happy Passover to all who celebrate!

As we head into this busy spring season, we’re beginning MSTEP testing for our 3rd through 5th grade students starting Monday. Testing will take place on and off over the next few weeks, with our final scheduled day on May 7th.

To help your child feel prepared:

Please ensure their iPad is fully charged each day and brought to school.

If your child prefers to use their own wired headphones, they’re welcome to bring them. We do have classroom sets available as well.

Encourage your child to do their best—these tests aren't graded, but they provide us with valuable insight. While we don’t want students to feel stressed, it’s important they try their best, especially since these scores are one of the few data points visible to the public.

As Autism Acceptance Month continues, we will celebrate with spirit days across the district. You can find the flyer with daily themes linked below.

We’ll close out the week with our Autism Acceptance Walk on the Morse track this Friday, from 9:45–11:45 AM. If you'd like to attend, please:

Reach out to your child’s teacher later this week to find out their class's time slot.
Check in at the front office for a visitor sticker before heading out to the track.

TSD Art Show

The 2025 TSD Art Show will be on display at the Troy Community Center from April 16th through May 14th, 2025. The Artists reception to celebrate our featured artists is on Monday April 21, from 5:30-7:00pm. Congratulations to the following artists who have art hanging in the show!

5th

Haasini Kunda

Charles Matthews

Apuroopa Ravula

Peyten King

Summer Orange

4th

Jana Zidan

Nidhi Nair

Aadya Solige

3rd

Archit Sinha

Sai Nivan Chanda

Athena Semrau

Jiani Wu

Alisya Dahal

James Kohler

Avi Braun

Rafaela Chirinos

2nd

Lev Rohovets

Prisha Ramya

1st

Vivan Lokhande

Eeshan Jonnalagadda

Sarah Fernandes
Reyansh Kunda
Michael Wiegers

Anxious Generation Book Study

As some of you may remember, a group of Morse teachers and parents joined me in reading The Anxious Generation by Jonathan Haidt. As a district that went 1:1 with student devices during the pandemic, we’re continuing to reflect on and learn about the impact of technology—especially social media—on our children.

This book offers eye-opening insights into the risks of overexposure to digital technology (especially social media), and I highly recommend it to all parents. I understand time is tight, so I’ve created a short video overview and included helpful links below. One of those is a community survey—we’d love your input as we work to better understand our community’s perspectives on technology and social media use in our children’s lives. The video, ppt, Padlet notes, and survey are linked below.