Coleman Connection

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The Georgia Parent Survey is designed to give parents an opportunity to share input with the Georgia Department of Education. It contains 24 questions. Parents may complete the survey using a personal computer, smartphone, or

tablet. If you do not have access to the Internet, contact Ms. Rojas and she will make arrangements for you to take the survey at our school.

The data parents provide by completing this survey will be used as part of the calculation of the School Climate Star Rating. Survey responses are anonymous and will be submitted directly to the Georgia Department of Education for analysis. Individual data results from the Georgia Parent Survey will not be available to system or school personnel or the public and will not be posted online.

Please provide your voice for Coleman MS and Gwinnett County Public Schools by clicking HERE and completing the survey!

Coleman will be administering the student part of the survey during homeroom on Friday, November 10,2023 *Directions for opt out can be found here. Form to me mailed to Jamie.Larkin@gcpsk12.org

Our theater teacher, Ms. Weisheit, has been nominated as Best Performer in a Non-Professional Musical by the 2023 Georgia Broadway Awards! What an HONOR for Coleman MS. It does take votes to win. As of right now Ms. Weisheit is in 4th place out of all Georgia and with more votes she could win. Please use this LINK and help us select Ms. Weisheit for this great honor.

Use this LINK to access this school year's calendar.

Click HERE for GCPS news.

As part of our culture of providing our students voice and choice, during student panel week, students from each homeroom come to their teacher planning meetings and share feedback, ideas, and questions about their PBL.

After Parent Teacher Conferences, we received feedback from our teachers that some parents asked how they can provide additional academic support at home in these areas.

If your student has been assigned to Reading and Math academic support during CATS, they can accelerate their progress by practicing at home if this works with their afterschool and other family activities. Students should have remote access to their Math or Reading digital tool and even 15-20 minutes could be helpful! Please contact your student's homeroom teacher if you need any further information.

Click HERE for access.

Our two PTA Presidents Ms. Ballantine and Ms. Witucki presented Coleman MS with a check for $10,200 collected during the Boosterthon fundraiser. This money will go towards field trips and PBL supplies. They also donated many gifts to the PBIS store. Thank you to our PTA co-presidents and other parent volunteers for their help and those of you who contributed with your donations!

Due to popular demand and conflict with the basketball schedule, the International Night has been rescheduled for Thursday, March 21st! More information coming next semester.

Please help support our Athletics by shopping at our online store. A portion of all sales will be donated back to help support our young ladies and gentlemen basketball and cheer teams throughout this season. Ordering Closes on November 15th at 11:59pm. Please don't miss out on the opportunity to support your favorite ​home team.

Below is the link to our online store:

COLEMAN MIDDLE SCHOOL

Please use the QR Code below to donate through our Amazon Wish List Fundraiser or feel free to drop any items to our PBIS Coach, Nicole Burch if you would like to make a donation.

If your student is missing the 7th grade vaccines, Tdap and MCV4, you have the opportunity to get these two vaccines on November 29th at Duluth High School between the hours of 4:30 to 6:30 PM. These two vaccines are mandatory to attend Gwinnett County Public School.If you have any questions, please get in contact with Coleman Middle School Clinic at 678-407-7410."

A BIG THANK YOU to Coleman Families - You all helped us raise $10,264 for Coleman Middle School!

On Thursday, November 9th, the Coleman PTA Board presented our Principal, Dr. Hernandez, and the entire Coleman Middle School Family with a $10, 264 Check from our Boosterthon Fall Fundraiser! All these funds will be used toward Field Trip Funding and PBL STEAM supplies. Thank you to all the Coleman Families, Administrators, Staff, and Teachers who donated! We especially thank the Top 4 Donating Classes in the Entire School: 1st Place - Clement ($2050), 2nd Place - Zickefoose ($1961), 3rd Place - Nguyen ($1850), and 4th Place - Ramsay ($1833). We also give a huge shout out to the Top Donating Classes in each Grade Level: 6th Grade - Clement ($2050), 7th Grade - Mullins ($1600.95), and 8th Grade - Parkman ($880.95). Last but not least, we give a big round of applause to the Administrators, Support Staff, and Connections Teachers who worked tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure everything ran smoothly! Since there were lots of leftover Boosterthon prizes, the Coleman PTA donated all prizes to our Schoolwide PBIS store. Our Coleman Students will have amazing, fun, new prizes to earn! Thanks again for being so generous by giving your financial resources to support Coleman Middle School! We are so proud of our Coleman community!

Our Coleman Restaurant Spirit Nights are BACK! The November Coleman Spirit Night is at Papa Johns, November 13th-16th:

Order pizza from Papa Johns on the app, by phone, or online any night from November 13th through November 16th and use the School's Promo Code: COLEMAN20. Twenty (20%) percent of your purchase price will be donated to our Coleman PTA. This deal is valid only at the following Papa John's location: 3570 Peachtree Industrial Boulevard, Duluth, 770-495-4600, PAPAJOHNS.COM.

Volunteer Opportunity - NOW through November 17th - Help sell snacks and treats to students during their lunches by clicking on the following links. Please see Ms. Nunez or Ms. Rojas upon arriving to school for help in getting set up in the cafeteria.

6th Grade Lunches - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ACAB2BA13-45429652-help#/

7th Grade Lunches - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ACAB2BA13-45430756-help

8th Grade Lunches - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ACAB2BA13-45430480-help#/

Treats for the Sweets, Friday, December 1st:

Let's spoil our Coleman Teachers, Administrators, and Staff with some Holiday goodies served at lunches. The treats may be store bought or homemade. Please place desserts in disposable containers with any needed disposable serving utensils. Please remember to indicate if the goodies contain nuts or are gluten free. Please list ingredients for all homemade treats. You can drop off your donations at the Coleman Front Office the morning of the event, Friday, December 1st, but no later than 10AM. Please click on the following link to sign up to bring a treat! Thank you for honoring and supporting our Coleman Staff! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090E44ACAB2BA13-44791438-treats

Online Spiritwear Deal - Buy a pair of socks and a shoe charm, get a FREE pizza gift card (Value $9):

While supplies last, buy a pair of socks and a shoe charm on our Coleman PTA Givebacks Online Store and receive a FREE pizza gift card (Value $9). Click on the following link to take advantage of this offer: Givebacks.

New Spiritwear Gear - Wildcat Blankets: Purchase a Soft Mircroplush Blanket, 50" x 60", for only $25 by clicking on the following link: Givebacks. The blankets will arrive at school either the end of November or the first of December.

If you have questions or concerns about anything, please email us at colemanwildcatspta@gmail.com.

See you soon!

The Coleman PTA

Coleman Middle School is excited to have a tree at this year's Duluth Fine Arts League Festival of Trees, which will be open to the public from 11/18/23 to 1/2/24. Please look for our tree when you visit the festival.

• For information about the Festival of Trees, use this LINK.
• For information about the Southeastern Rail Museum, where the Festival takes place, use this LINK.

Teens Lures will be offered in the months of October 2023 through January 2024. Please review our parent letter and feel free to email our counselors if you have any question.

Email Ms. Stone at kimberly.stone@gcpsk12.org

The GSMST lottery registration window opens on November 1, 2023, and it will remain open until January 19, 2024.

Since a number of our students walk after school, the City of Duluth wanted to share this letter with our parents. Please use this LINK to access the letter.

As an additional safety feature this year, all staff have been provided a crisis alert badge and training to make a call for immediate assistance at a school or district wide level, this last one including SROs, law enforcement, and emergency personnel.

PBIS or Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports focuses on sharing, teaching, practicing, and acknowledging the behaviors we want students to display and provides interventions and supports that are consistent throughout each classroom and the school.

As part of PBIS, here at Coleman we have:

• First 20 day lessons to teach students expected behaviors.
• A table displaying expected behaviors in each classroom and the school. You can use this LINK to see our Behavior Matrix.
• Daily morning meetings and weekly advisement lessons to build classroom community.
• Behavior rewards such as weekly "Brain Breaks" and "Golden Tickets", monthly access to our PBIS store where students can redeem "paw points" they earn daily from teachers and staff, and quarterly Walk & Talks.
• A 9-step discipline process and behavior log for each student. Click this LINK to review the 9-steps.

More information will be shared during curriculum night.

This week administrators and teachers shared with all students our expectations for them to power down phones and keep them in their backpacks, as well as using any other smart devices appropriately, here at Coleman MS. We also shared that these expectations help them build community with teachers and peers, and be ready to collaborate and communicate more effectively during our Project Based Learning units, which are a fundamental part of our STEAM program.

You can use this LINK to review the expectations with your student. They have also been included in the student agenda. These expectations include also an outline of our 3-step discipline procedure when students do not meet expectations.

Please review the Dress for Excellence section in our Student and Parent Handbook. Students not following our dress for excellence recommendations will go to our grade level office where one of our office clerks will give them options in private to either change to an item of clothing in their backpack, an item of clothing from donations from our community, or from their parent delivery to the school.

Students attending afterschool events at Coleman MS or off campus, must be accompanied by a parent or adult.

• School hours are from 9:15 AM to 4:00 PM. Students are marked tardy after 9:15 AM.
• Students must be dropped off in the back at car rider lane. Doors open at 8:50 AM. Students who are late must be dropped off at the front entrance.
• Do not use the bus lanes before 9:30 AM or 4:30 PM. You can park on Main St. for drop off or pick up at these times.
• Students go directly to breakfast from car rider and bus lane. To protect learning time, students have grab-and-go lunch available after 9:10 AM.
• It is very important that you review the Coleman MS procedures for arrival and dismissal on this LINK and watch the video included for car riders.

Parents, if your student is a car rider and they are arriving after 9:10AM, we encourage you to provide breakfast at home, to avoid that they are late to interventions and homeroom morning meetings.

• Car rider procedures are the same in the morning and afternoon. Morning procedures start at 8:50 AM.
• Make sure you visit our website, including a picture and a video of our car rider pick up procedure. Please be respectful of our procedures. They have been put in place to protect our students' safety.
  
• Write your student's name on a paper and place it on your dashboard the first few weeks.
• Student will dismiss from the gym on days of inclement weather. Please have their names displayed on your dashboard.
• Be patient until our new 6th graders learn. Build some time on your schedule because the first few days will be slower, but it gets better.
• Be courteous and respectful to our teachers and staff on duty.
• Remind your children to look for their car, and remember, everybody is trying to pick up their child and get to your next family activity!

Due to additional reimbursement funding from the Georgia Department of Education, here are some changes coming this school year:

• Free and Reduced-Price students will receive breakfast at no charge. Students with Full Pay eligibility will be charged $1.50.
• Free and Reduced-Price students will receive lunch at no charge. Students with Full Pay eligibility will pay $2.25/$2.50 for lunch.

Use this LINK to review information regarding GCPS nutrition program and to have access to the Free and Reduced Lunch application.

Make sure you visit My Payment Plus (MPP) to review the Student & Parent Handbook, access forms that need to be signed, and pay for contributions.

• Coleman's and GCPS' Parent and Student handbooks will included on My Payment Plus for your review and signature.
• If you need assistance with you MPP account, email our parent liaison, Lorena Rojas at lorena.rojasrojas@gcpsk12.org

Use this LINK to access the district virtual backpack with timely school information and forms.

• First come first serve, 6 spaces
• Located on the side parking lot (Across Parson's Alley)
• Cost $600
• Money goes back to our STEAM program!
• Contact our bookkeeper Monique.Young@gcpsk12.org

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 to Coleman 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

Your Principal,

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