Friday Flyer - February 24, 2023

Upcoming Events:

2/25 - Yearbook price goes up from $30 to $35! Order now and save!
2/26/23 @ 11:59 p.m. - ordering deadline for breakfast / lunch for week of 3/6/23 (Reminder- NEW Sunday-based deadline from Revolution Foods)
Spring Parent - Teacher Conference Sign Ups continue through 3/2 (please see article below with sign up instructions); link here: https://www.canyoncreeksoftware.com/scheduler/ca/mariamontessori/
2/27/23 - February Board of Directors Meeting, 6:00p (agenda here)
2/28/23 - Boys’ Basketball home vs. Colfax, 3:45p
3/1/23 - Boys’ Basketball VAR playoff tournament, details TBA
3/6/23 & 3/9/23 - Girls’ VB Clinics
3/9/23 - Annual Mock Disaster

Welcome back 6th & 7th graders from Sly Park! And a BIG THANK YOU to our parent chaperones for Sly Park this year - Jami Barrett, Aimee Shaw, Martin Curle and Casey Rivara - our teachers said each of you were FABULOUS!

Girls’ Volleyball Season Coming up! Heads up: With our girls’ VB season coming up, we are going to host two clinics before our tryouts. The dates/times for the clinics are as follows: Monday, 3/6/23 from 2-3p and Thursday, 3/9/23 from 12:30p to 1:30p. Tryouts will be the following week (dates/times TBA). Our Annual Teen CERT Mock Disaster is Thursday, March 9th and we NEED HELP! On Thursday, March 9th, we’re going to be doing a ‘full’ mock disaster with our Teen CERT program and we need your help! Parents - Please sign up to volunteer at our Mock Disaster. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B4AA4A62EA1FF2-mock1 Teen CERT is a program we do with our 7th and 8th grade students that teaches leadership and communication skills during emergency situations. Our students have been training 90 minutes every Friday since September to respond to natural disasters and other emergencies in their school. The Teen Community Emergency Response Team (Teen CERT) educates students in disaster preparedness for hazards that could affect their school and trains them in basic response skills including fire safety, light search and rescue, team organization, triage and first aid. Teen CERT students learn how to be first responders at a school disaster scene, and then transfer command over to better-trained authorities when they arrive. The program culminates in a student exercise of a mock disaster, with several regional fire, police and emergency response personnel participating in the drill as well. MMCA Teen CERT Mock Disaster Schedule: Thursday, March 9th, 2023 Moulage 7:30-8:45AM in the Multi Purpose Room Victim Placement 8:45-9:00AM Mock Disaster Response Begins: 9:00AM Mock Disaster Ends: 10:00AM Victim Debrief:10:00-10:15 Photo Ops: 10:15-10:30 Teen CERT Debrief/Graduation: 10:30-11:00AM End Event Returning Student Re-enrollment for 2023-2024 Re-enrollment confirmation will be done electronically this year. For all returning students, please click on this LINK to complete the form. Completion is due by 3/2/23. As long as the re-enrollment form is completed, existing students are guaranteed their spot for the next school year. The enrollment lottery for next year will be conducted in early March and we will be filling all spots for the 2023/24 school year at that time. GARDEN HELP NEEDED! The MMCA Garden could really use some help! We are in need of a parent to implement the monthly garden lessons for the Garden Docents. You do not need experience with creating or implementing lessons as most are already done for you and Kristin Thomas will train and support you every step of the way. If you have any questions or are interested, please contact Kristin Thomas at kthomas@mmcharter.org. Online Yearbook Ordering is Available NOW!!! Each year, our parent volunteer led Yearbook Committee, in partnership with Jostens, produces a GREAT yearbook for the students commemorating the school year. The early order for our yearbook at the discounted price of $30 is available NOW at this link: https://jostensyearbooks.com/?REF=A01106053. The price will be going up to $35 tomorrow! Please retain a copy of your payment for proof of purchase.

COVID-19 Update

Cumulative Case count (since 1st day of school): (23)

Cases within the last week: (1)

COVID-19 rapid read antigen tests available

The state has provided us COVID tests for +/- all of our students and staff. If you’d like a free COVID test, please feel free to stop by the front office and pick one up.