OUR VISION

• Lilburn Middle School will become a Professional Learning Community committed to working collaboratively to engage students in learning in order to actualize student potential.

OUR MISSION

• Lilburn Middle School is committed to engaging all students in learning the Academic Knowledge and Skills through research-based best practices with mastery being measured by local, state, national, and world-class standards and re-teaching/reassessing students as needed to actualize their potential.

OUR VALUES

• We use research-based best practices to engage students in learning.

• We build healthy relationships with our students, parents, and community members.

• We provide appropriate interventions to support students in actualizing their potential.

• We collaborate with our colleagues toward building a Professional Learning Community.

Quality Plus Teaching Strategy: QPTS Gone Digital (Repeat because there is a lot here to examine)

• This week’s Edition 3 – QPTS Highlight Series Gone Digital is a repeat from last week. There are many resources here and I want to give you additional time to examine this document. This doc models strategies to support teaching in-person and digital students (Concurrent Teaching). Take a look at how digital tools can support effective classroom structures, and the SEL Considerations that engage students in their classroom social awareness (click on the image to get the link to the document).

• Guidance on Instructional Learning Preference Changes: 1^st Semester – 9 week Mark

1^st nine weeks ends on October 7 - 2^nd nine weeks begins on October 13

• • Prior to school starting, we asked families to make a commitment for the entire first semester.

  • This decision allowed us to better plan for staffing and scheduling for students.

  • Changing circumstances meant parents asked schools to make changes after making their initial commitment.

  • LMS has allowed changes well into the beginning of the school year.

  • On September 2, 2020, we began communicating to parents that changes for individual students may be considered after the first nine weeks, if needed to better serve the students.

  • Here are the things to consider when granting an instructional learning change for a student:

    • • Grades

      • Attendance/Class Participation/Engagement

      • Teacher recommendation based on Grades/Class Participating/Engagement

      • Parent request based on experience, change in work structure

      • Changes after the start of the 2^nd nine weeks (October 13) should only be considered on a case-by-case basis.

      • All parent requests must be forwarded to the grade level administrator who will work with Dr. Irish to make a final decision

2^nd Semester – Begins January 6

• • • • The district will communicate to families the information regarding instructional learning preference selection for 2^nd semester during the week of October 26^th.

      • Parents will be given a deadline for making a decision for the entire 2^nd semester.

      • While changes may be made during 2^nd semester, there will not be a 9-week mark for making changes.

      • Any changes that are requested after the start of 2^nd semester will need to be on a case-by-case basis.

Mustang Mastery Intervention Program:

• • As mentioned in the staff meeting, we have a number of students who are struggling to demonstrate completion of assignments and/or mastery of concepts. We recognize that there is a need for intervention at this time. A planning team is meeting to discuss and finalize a school-wide plan for academic intervention and grade recovery. The details about this plan will be shared with you soon.

Attendance Protocol

• Please review this protocol to obtain guidance on accurately marking students' attendance.

PLC Schedule:

• https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1wlYcUsPfE41WDhokn4GymRaz46I_jv_qA5WyXheKMWo/edit?usp=sharing

School Nutrition Program

• The federal waiver for school meals allows for free meals and curbside pickup. This will be offered 5 days not 4 as originally offered (put on GCPS website)

• The F and R lunch forms should still be completed- the deadline for renewal was September 23. The families have lost their label if they didn't apply

• The waiver ends at the end of the calendar year (Dec 2020)

• We are serving about 80,000 meals a day in GCPS- we need 100,000 meals a day to break even as a district

Lost Keys

• Losing your assigned keys brings a security risk to the school and an added expense. Please be aware that there is a $15 fee to replace each key that you lose. You will need to let Mrs. Markitan know if you need to discuss a lost key.

Brief Observations

• All certified staff will receive two 10-minute Brief Observations during the 1st semester and two 10-minute Brief Observation during the 2nd semester. Administrators can rate and provide feedback on any of the 10 Performance Standards. Each Brief Observation will receive ratings and feedback on at least 1 to 4 of the Performance standards.

Dress Code

• Please remind student of our school dress code that is in place. If students are out of dress code, please remind them of the appropriate dress code and follow through the disciplinary process.

• Now that students are back in the building, we return to our professional dress. All LMS staff should adhere to the school dress code policy that is outlined in the Staff Handbook. This includes making sure that clothing are the appropriate length, transparency, and fit and that professional attire is worn each day. Spirit wear may be worn with jeans on Fridays. This includes "LMS" or "Mustang" specific clothing, not just clothing that is within school colors.

Morning arrival

• To ensure that we have adequate supervision, teachers should plan to be at their door greeting students. This can be done safely by reminding students to use the directional traffic flow and by keeping a safe distance as students arrive.

HR Compliance

• If you have not completed your HR Compliance videos, LMS Sign-Off, and Safety Awareness Training, please complete these required tasks ASAP.

Tutoring

• • The return of students to the building means that we will need to resume our tutoring. We will continue to offer tutoring at 8:10AM. The following days are still assigned for each content:

Tuesday: Connections

Wednesday: MA/SS

Thursday: LA/SC

For cyber security training, go to Portal and Follow these links:

Have a MIGHT MUSTANG Week!