McMillan Monthly

McMillan Monthly is a newsletter for our community that will feature McMillan news, events, what's happening, and items to look forward to. Surveys for students and families along with testing are a focus right now in our school! If you would like to contribute to this Monthly Newsletter written by Dr. Andrew Walters, Principal at McMillan, please submit your ideas to andrew.walters@ops.org. Submissions to the Newsletter will be at the discretion of our district.

Our school values open communication with the community we serve. We work to communicate with you in ways that meet your expectations. Please share your feedback with us by completing this link or use the QR code to the left. Improving your satisfaction is one of our 4 School Improvement Plan goals!

• Survey's with Links for families.
  
• Happening at the MAC
• Middle School Matters and PTO engagement!
  
• STRIVE FOR 95 Attendance Challenge!
• April through July at a Glance
• From the Sports Desk with Mr. Curran
  
• Who Should I Contact? (Grade-level counselors and administrators)
• Strive for 95 - Let's do this!
  

Recently, your family received a message from Omaha Public Schools Chief Academic Officer Susan Christopherson. If you missed that email, we’ve posted it here.

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Omaha Public Schools and McMillan Middle are always learning and growing, just like the students we serve. Through our Strategic Plan of Action, Omaha Public Schools invested in early literacy across elementary schools and expanded access to high-quality options in high school. Reflecting on a student’s middle school experience is our next step to improve.

We invite you to the McMillan Middle family engagement meeting, where we will discuss our school’s strengths, our vision for an ideal middle school student experience and how we can get there, together.

Our family engagement meeting will be:

Wednesday, April 19th, 2023

5:00 PM to 6:00 PM

McMillan Magnet Middle School Auditorium

Your input is an important part of the work to come. Thank you for your support.

Attendance matters! Students who maintain the STRIVE FOR 95 goal are more likely to be on or above grade level academically, be socially and emotionally connected to the school and staff, and remain on track to high school graduation. Between now and April 15, McMillan is doing a STRIVE FOR 95 Attendance Challenge, with SWAG-BAGS and prizes handed out for improved attendance. See Mr. Chipps in the office for details!

Student Responsibilities

•Establish bedtime and morning routines

•Understand the importance of STRIVE FOR 95 and why attendance matters

•Arrive on time

•Attend school the entire day

•Miss less than 9 days of school throughout the year

Parent/Guardian Responsibilities

•Establish bedtime and morning routines

•Ensure your child(ren) arrive to school on time

•Encourage and acknowledge the importance of STRIVE FOR 95

•Schedule any medical or other appointments after school or on non-school days

•Report any absences to the school attendance secretary

Teacher Responsibilities

•Create a positive classroom culture of why attendance matters

•Encourage and acknowledge the importance of STRIVE FOR 95

•Set and progress monitor attendance goals with students

•Collaborate with school staff to address attendance concerns

•Celebrate students who are meeting attendance goals

Administrative and Support Staff Responsibilities

•Create a positive school culture of why attendance matters

•Encourage and acknowledge the importance of STRIVE FOR 95

•Set and progress monitor attendance goals with staff, students and parent(s)/guardian(s)

•Collaborate with school staff and families to address attendance concerns

•Celebrate students who are meeting attendance

April 2023:

• April 3 to 7: Assistant Principals and Paraprofessionals Recognition Week!
  
• April 3 - Nesah Ahamed and family recognized at the OPS BOE meeting for the Board Spotlight for the Spelling Bee with Mr. Costanzo
  
• April 5 - Track at LC vs. Bryan
  
• April 11 - Girls Soccer at Beveridge
  
• April 11 - Boys Soccer vs. Beveridge
  
• April 12 - Track at Norris vs. LC
• April 13 - Boys Soccer at King
• April 13 - Girls Soccer vs King
  
• April 14 - No School, Teacher Planning Day
• April 15 - State Science Olympiad - UNL - All Day
  
• April 17 - No School, Articulation Day
• April 17 - School Transfer Requests (STR) process for 23-24 begins. Please note that these requests are processed at TAC
• April 18 - Boys Soccer vs. Buffett
• April 18 - Girls Soccer at Buffett
  
• April 19 - Track at Buffet vs. Marrs
• April 19 - Middle School Matters Parent Session Night at McMillan - 6 to 7 PM
  
• April 20 - Nebraska Jr. Academy of Science Fair - Nebraska Wesleyan
• April 20 - Boys Soccer vs. Hale
• April 20 - Girls Soccer at Hale
  
• April 25 - Boys Soccer at Monroe
• April 25 - Girls Soccer vs. Monroe
• April 25 - North High School Jazz Band Performance at McMillan for band students
  
• April 26 - Home Track vs. Hale and Morton at Omaha North
• April 27 - Boys Soccer at Lewis and Clark
• April 27 - Girls Soccer vs. Lewis and Clark
  

May 2023:

• May 2 - Boys Soccer City Semifinals
  
• May 3 - Home Track vs. Bryan and King Science at Omaha North
• May 4 - Boys Soccer City Finals
  
• May 10 - Spring Music Concert, 6:30 PM
  
• May 12 - Track City Finals at Bryan HS
  
• May 15 - Committees
• May 16 - McMillan Honors Night. 5:30 line-up, 6 - 7:00 program.
  
• May 25, 26 – FINALS

Summer 2023:

• May 30 - No School Teacher Planning, McMillan Retirement Tea at 10 AM
  
• June, July 2023. Construction resumes at McMillan on the roof, HVAC, and gym
  
• June 6 to July 14 - Next Level Learning for McMillan at Benson High School
• July 28 - 6th Grade Welcome camp at McMillan

McMillan is excited to bring back a tradition that has been absent since COVID; an 8th grade celebration on the last day of school, Friday, May 26th from 10:00 am to 1:30 pm. Students will be traveling to Maplewood Lanes by school bus during the school day with McMillan staff as chaperones.

Students will experience unlimited bowling, a pizza lunch, and fun to celebrate the end of their middle school experience. This will be free of charge to students. Students may bring money to purchase concessions while at Maplewood Lanes.

We are asking for family support as we look at students' academic and behavioral performance as a motivation toward success. The expectation of all 8th grade students wanting to attend is to have no Fs on their progress reports, checked on May 12th. Grades of an F and suspensions from school may impact a student’s ability to attend this fun day celebration.

Thank you for your support as we work to celebrate students, celebrate the middle school experience, and have an enjoyable event for them at Maplewood Lanes!

Spring sports will get underway starting with our first Track meet of the year on April 5! All track meets will be on Wednesdays.

Boys and Girls soccer starts their contest season on April 11th! All soccer games will be on Tuesdays and Thursdays. We encourage you to bring your own chair for viewing purposes.

We are in the process of revamping our sports fields and currently do not offer seating to these events.

We look forward to seeing you around the metro supporting our Monarchs! Any questions about sports or events happening at McMillan please reach out!

Go Monarchs!!

Email: andrew.walters@ops.org
Website: https://www.ops.org/mcmillan
Location: 3802 Redick Avenue, Omaha, NE, USA
Phone: 531-299-3923
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McMillanMagnetCenter/
Twitter: @OPS_MacPrncpl