Coleman Connection

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👉Student/Parent handbook & school reminders posted at the bottom of the newsletter!

Please visit this LINK for Georgia Milestone Public Information.

Click HERE to access GCPS promotion criteria for Middle School.

Students who are not meeting promotion criteria and did not participate in our Academic Assistance Program, may have to attend Summer School. Invites will be sent out soon. Please contact your grade level Assistant Principal if you have any questions.

6th Grade: Dr. Tookes- cynthia.tookes@gcpsk12.org

7th Grade: Ms. Booth- kim.booth@gcpsk12.org

8th Grade: Ms. Larkin- jamie.larkin@gcpsk12.org

Dear Parents,

We have had a few incidents during some of our after school events at Coleman MS and Duluth High School and we want to make sure our performing students and families enjoy these opportunities to showcase and enjoy the result of long hours of learning and practice. We expect students to be accompanied and supervised by a parent during after school events, with the exception of their grade level socials.

Moving forward, unsupervised students won't be allowed to remain at the event. The student will be escorted out of the event, parents will be called for pick up, and any ticket money will be reimbursed.

As a general reminder, district and school code of conduct applies during any school- sponsored event, regardless of location and time, and students not meeting school expectations may receive consequences.

Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Dr. Hernandez

Your Principal

Use this quick access LINK showing you the different ways you can get information about your student, our school, and our district.

Click HERE for GCPS news.

Use this LINK and scroll down on the page to access next year's calendar.

GCPS 2022-2023 school year calendar

Greetings,

The students, faculty and staff of Coleman Middle School are so excited to be able to host our final community showcase of the 2022-2023 school year! We believe input from our stakeholders is an integral part of "The Coleman Experience" for our students. We will host a showcase fair for all grades on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, from 10 am - 11 am. We hope you will be able to attend and provide feedback to the students and their projects. I have included the grade level driving question along with locations. Feel free to invite any of your colleagues, family, and friends. Please follow the link below to sign-up for the showcase prior to attending on May 23.

8th Grade Driving Question:

How can we as beverage entrepreneurs, develop and market a unique drink for a target demographic?

Location: Bus Lanes in front of the school

7th Grade Driving Question:

How can we protect the balance of Georgia's ecosystem from invasive species?

Location: 7th grade hallways and classrooms

6th Grade Driving Question:

What innovative product will people of the future need to live in space?

Location: 6th grade hallways and classrooms

Sign-up Link:

https://forms.gle/sTSMAVJRfPUueau16

Show your teachers some love...

Chick Fil A Biscuit Sales, LAST ONE of the SCHOOL YEAR - TODAY, Friday, April 28th:

Ready to treat your student or teacher to a yummy breakfast? The PTA will be selling Chick Fil A Biscuits for $5 in the Front Lobby by the bus lanes on Friday, April 28th, beginning at 8:15AM until we run out of biscuits! We accept Cash, Card, or Cash App ($ColemanPTA). This day is the last chance to buy Chick Fil A Biscuits at Coleman for the rest of the school year!

Attention 8th Grade Families: The 8th Grade Dance is TONIGHT, Friday, April 28th, from 6PM to 8PM:

Get ready for an enchanted evening of dancing, food, drinks, a live DJ, photo booth, and friends! Dressy attire is requested. Drop off and pick up are in the front of the school. Please check your student name on the Administrative Guest List at the Check In Tables.

Chaperones, please click on the following link for last minute instructions: https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ACAB2BA13-chaperones2__;!!PrnngaAx4byl!zRv9jiDexmIeKclL8MkavZIQC7CDs32UxFn6RKCf9xwV2tNhvMRiShfvj27Msll5-jpT4_KeoN_ZcNLj0-vXg7w1XOK0uGI$

Another Exciting Opportunity for 8th Grade Families: Order a Personalized Coleman Middle School Yard Sign for your 8th Grade Graduate:

The yard signs are $22 each. Use the link to pay and enter the student's name to be printed, Please proof carefully. It is your choice to print a first and last name, or just a first. Please include your student's homeroom teacher for delivery. The last day to order is Friday, May 5th. Click on this link to order: https://www.smore.com/app/reporting/out/nmub4?u=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fcmswildcats.memberhub.com%2Fstore%2Fitems%2F841857__%3B!!PrnngaAx4byl!xqYblz6-BTkq4d7GI6QBr0MTiRIjfCRMhAyAUeyUuCpDaZKWpfvkO1EHkCMRu7eu2fT5GuStmsEPxm1Vlp67V40LMhPosevm2g%24&t=MemberHub&w=w-3072620538&i=&l=l-9848321256

4th Walk and Talk - Spring Good Behavior Celebration - Friday, May 5th:

The PTA supports the school by seeking 3 volunteers per time slot in selling refreshments. Please consider signing up for a time slot on the following link: https://www.smore.com/app/reporting/out/nmub4?u=https%3A%2F%2Furldefense.com%2Fv3%2F__https%3A%2F%2Fwww.signupgenius.com%2Fgo%2F20F0D4DADAA2AA2F85-walk6__%3B!!PrnngaAx4byl!xqYblz6-BTkq4d7GI6QBr0MTiRIjfCRMhAyAUeyUuCpDaZKWpfvkO1EHkCMRu7eu2fT5GuStmsEPxm1Vlp67V40LMhMA5GB1MQ%24&t=Walk%20and%20Talk&w=w-3072620538&i=&l=l-0016758377

Announcing our New Slate of Candidates for the 2023-2024 Coleman PTA Executive Board:

We are excited to announce our new slate of candidates for the 2023-2024 Coleman PTA Executive Board. Join us at our Last PTA General Membership Meeting to vote in the candidates on Wednesday, May 10th, at 5:30PM in the Coleman Cafe. This very brief meeting will be held at the beginning of the 7th and 8th Grade Spring Band Concert.

co-President Susan Witucki

co-President Jen Ballantine

co-Vice President Kelli Tyler

co-Vice President Holly Williams

Secretary Cathy Purdy

Treasurer Chris Bailey

Parliamentarian Elizabeth Dixon

PTA Sponsored Teacher Appreciation Cookout, Thursday, May 11th:

The PTA is hosting the Teacher Appreciation Cookout on Thursday, May 11th from 11:15AM to 2:00PM in the Coleman Cafe.

Please click on the following link to donate food or drink: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4EA5AD23A4FA7-food

Please click on the following link to chaperone the students while the teachers enjoy a duty free lunch: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0D4EA5AD23A4FA7-chaperones

If you have any questions, please feel free to email us at colemanwildcatspta@gmail.com.

Enjoy your weekend!

Your Coleman PTA

We will be hosting our next new student orientation next Friday. Passes will be sent to homeroom teachers.

8th grade students will have the opportunity to participate in a celebration at Main Event on 5/12 from 9: 30 AM - 1:30 PM. Parents will be able to pay the $35 fee including ticket and transportation on My Payment Plus, starting on Monday, 4/17.

Please encourage your student to meet behavior expectations. Students with minor infractions assigned by their teachers or administrative referrals starting on Monday 4/17 won't be able to participate.

We will be collecting student Chromebooks on 5/23 for inventory and maintenance purposes. Please help us by making sure your student has the device in school that day.

Use this LINK to access information about Dual Enrollment opportunities for students. Have questions? Contact our counselor, Ms. Parker at dianne.parker@gcpsk12.org

Parents, please use this LINK to share pictures with Yearbook!

One of our 6th grade students is planning to apply for a booth at the Duluth Fall Festival for her crafts and is looking for another student who might want to share the space. Email Ms. Nunez at angelica.nunez@gcpsk12.org if you are interested!

If you want to support students Maymoona and Madeline with a school project, please see flyer below and use this LINK.

Do you like Baseball? You can listen to Grayson Scheinbaum on Baseball Podcasts Are Fun, available on Spotify and his YouTube channel of the same name!

Project Pipeline Architecture Camp, a national program established by the National Organization of Minority Architects (NOMA), introduces middle to high school students to a talented group of architecture and design professionals. The students have the opportunity to learn, collaborate, and develop design solutions to community-focused issues throughout a three-day hands-on activity that builds creativity and design innovation. Pipeline students are asked to think creatively about the spaces around them and are given the opportunity to investigate how they can best influence those spaces. Each day consists of various hands-on activities and learning sessions designed to encourage students to synthesize and interpret new information as they design a new building for their city to engage with. By the end of camp, Pipeline students have created the building that would fit within their city blocks for a better city and designed a community that reflects their academic, cultural, and design interests!

Registration Includes: all program supplies, as well as light breakfast, lunch, and snacks.

As we are heading into summer 2023, we wanted to reach out to the prospective Project Pipeline Campers and extend a personal invitation to attend this year's summer camp. This year’s Project Pipeline will be hosted by NOMATLANTA in-person!

The program this year will be hosted at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Design on July 26th -July 28th, 2023. More information to be shared!

Program Sessions are from 10:00am -12:00pm EST and 1:00pm-3:00pm. Check-in from 9:30am-10:00am! Student Registration is open now! Registration fee $35 If interested in joining us this summer, please use the link to register:

https://form.jotform.com/nomatlanta/2023-project-pipeline-student-regis

In addition to registration, a required student participation release form must be signed and returned via email to: projectpipeline@nomaatlanta.org

Greetings Wildcat Family!

On May 13th, Duluth High School will be holding its annual Wildcat 5k! We encourage you all to join us for a fun morning of community and fellowship. All proceeds go towards supporting Duluth High School Athletics. We’re hoping to continue growing this event bigger and bigger each year, so please consider signing up and even bring a friend or two! Go to www.wildcat5k.com to register before April 20th to guarantee a 5k T-Shirt!

Thanks, and hope to see you all there!

Sincerely,

Darren Sbraga

Duluth High School, GA

Special 10 AM matinee for Duluth Cluster Schools!

Reserve your seats now: https://forms.gle/mzQwGfh1hXjpRH476

$3 per person attending. Reservations are first come, first serve. Please make checks payable to Duluth High School.

In the memo, please type Theatre.

If you are not able to bring students, we would still love to have you join us for a show!

Friday or Saturday evening, April 27 & 28, at 6 PM.

...will be a cast member in the upcoming production of Guys and Dolls at the Eagle Theater in Sugar Hill. Tickets are on sale now!

Looking for a fun summer activity to keep your swimmer strong and in shape? Come join the Berkeley Hills Barracudas Swim team located conveniently in Duluth and affordable for all! Registration is now open here. Get a spot before they fill up. This team will help to prepare you to be a member of the Wildcat Swim Club here at Duluth Middle in the fall!

Click HERE for more information.

Upcoming Events

April 16 | Hops Into Spring

Join the Girls on the Run Young Professionals Board (YPB) for an afternoon of family fun at the second annual Hops Into Spring fundraiser from 12 – 3 pm at Wild Heaven-West End Brewery and Gardens.

April 19 | Office Volunteer Day

Office volunteers are needed from 9 am – 12 pm to help with organizing and labeling 5K Coach gifts.

April 29 | Spring Girls on the Run 5K Celebration

Join us for the Girls on the Run 5K at Center Parc Stadium (formerly Georgia State Stadium) and be a part of our end-of-the-season celebration!

May 3 & 5 | Office Volunteer Days

Individual volunteers or volunteer groups are needed from 9 am – 12 pm to help with our post-5K clean up and organizing fall season supplies.

May 6 | Spring Fitness Series – Strength Training

Join us on Saturday, May 6 for a Strength+Sculpt class at Two Urban Licks and enjoy a complimentary mimosa or bloody mary after class.

May 20 | Spring Fitness Series - Yoga

Join us on Saturday, May 20 for a yoga class at Steady Hand Brewery, enjoy a complimentary pour of beer, and hang out at the brewery after class!

• In order to maximize our students' opportunity to participate in Morning Meetings and CATS time in the mornings, we will start accommodating grab-and-go breakfast after spring break for students riding late buses. The grab-and-go breakfast will include cereal, fruits, and other choices of dry breakfast items included on the weekly menu, that students can eat in their homeroom
• beverages are not allowed in classroom, so avoid dropping them students late with an open drink as this will further affect their start time.

Review Coleman MS procedures for arrival and dismissal on this LINK, -Including a video for procedures for car riders.

For question, concerns, and dispatch services about buses, call transportation: 770-513-6686.

• Parents please be advised that during morning drop off and dismissal, Coleman Middle School will provide student supervision while students are on school property only.
• No students should be dropped off and/or picked up on any of the immediate streets surrounding Coleman.
• Riding with parents or the bus ensures a safe and secure arrival and dismissal for students at Coleman Middle each day.
• We do not provide supervision once students are off campus.

Hello Coleman Middle School Parent or Guardian,

If you would like to learn more about how my personal and professional background connect to Coleman Middle School, and you did not have the opportunity to meet me during my transition on December 2021, please feel free to click the link below to watch my introduction message.

English:

https://vimeo.com/728568833

Spanish:

https://vimeo.com/728568860

At your service,

Dr. Hernandez.

Gwinnett's flagship STEAM school & GA Department of Education STEAM-certified school

Principal: Dr. Gypsy Hernandez

Summer School Hours: 7:30 AM - 3:30 PM

Regular School Hours: 9:15 AM - 4:00 PM

Email: gypsy.hernandez@gcpsk12.org
Website: https://www.gcpsk12.org/ColemanMS
Location: 3057 Main St, Duluth, GA 30096, USA
Phone: 678-407-7400
Facebook: facebook.com/colemanms546
Twitter: @colemanms546