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got hope???

You may have heard that there is a t-shirt sales campaign going on at McClure and not know the background of the ”why”.  At McClure, we have several students dealing with significant medical issues (among those cancer and organ transplant needs).  We as a school community wanted to reach out to help those families and to show our support for them financially and visually.

Each advisement group was asked to develop a theme – one line – that would show visual support for these students as we wear the shirts, but also generate conversation about why we are wearing them.  Each advisement group submitted suggestions and the student body as a whole chose the winning theme “got hope?”

We are currently selling the t-shirts for $10 or a bracelet that says got hope? for $3.  You can purchase both as a set for $12.  All proceeds from the shirts will be given to these families to meet the additional financial needs that they are incurring.  The families may choose to give the funds to the charity of their choice if they personally don’t need the funds.  One of the families has been assisted tremendously by the Rally Foundation and may earmark the funds they receive for that organization.

This is a time where we can all step out and make a personal difference to students at our school.  We hope that you will purchase a shirt and talk to your friends and neighbors about purchasing one as well to help these families!  The shirts are on sale for the next few days and are available in black with white print, black with hot pink print and brown with turquoise print.  Checks may be made payable to McClure Middle School PTSA.

Thanks for your support!

Susan Wing, Principal

I am trying something new in how we structure the classroom. There are several factors.

Each student has a folder in the room. These do not leave the class room. All daily classwork will be kept in these. As students finish assignments, there next one is in their folder. I am doing this for several reasons. It allows those who are quicker and accurate, to continue on to other assignments without waiting. It keeps papers from leaving the room when a student has done some work on it. It allows me to have access to their progress and to keep the papers for grading. It makes the students more independent.

Daily schedule: They come to class and get their folder. Their warm up sheets are in there and they begin. These are graded while they do them and then reviewed as a class. We begin a group lesson. Any notes or sheets they need will be in their folder. After instruction, they have a classwork sheet to do. I will modify some sheets to allow some students to challenge themselves, and for others it will have reduced problems, or require more basic math skills. There is a minimum they need to complete each day.

Rewards: I will be giving out Maverick Money to be used in my class. They get one for completing their assignment for the day, one for behavior if their name was on the board, but only checked once, and another if their name was not on the board. Friday will be reward days. If they have their week’s worth of work completed, they can turn in their money for their reward. This can be use of their i-pod (with earphone), candy bar, coke, letter of praise to parent, free time at their desk, etc. It is an individual reward. At this point it will require 10 maverick dollars to earn a reward.

My goal is to reward those students whose behavior is good, and to encourage them to complete work in class. If they have not completed daily classwork, they cannot have their reward. They must complete their unfinished work first. Hopefully, this will allow for less zero grades in class as well.

This processes is just beginning, and is subject to modifications. We are in a trial period. Let’s see how this goes and hope for good results.

CRCT Parent Night

How Can I Help My Child Exceed Standards on the CRCT?

We hope that you will join us on Tuesday night, October 27^th at 7:00 PM in the McClure Theater for CRCT Parent Night.  We want to focus on ways that we can work together to ensure that your child not only “meets” standards on the CRCT this spring, but that they exceed standards in all areas possible.

An overview session for all parents will be held in the theater from 7:00-7:20.  Parents will then have the opportunity to attend three mini-sessions of their choice to enhance their child’s success on the CRCT.  The schedule is listed below:

We hope that you will be able to join us for this important evening.  We are asking parents to RSVP so that we can have a copy of your child’s CRCT scores here for you so that you can refer to them during the presentation.  Light snacks will be provided.  Please RSVP to susan.wilson@cobbk12.org by noon on Tuesday, October 27^th  indicating your name and the name and grade level of your child.

   7th grade event information                      Rocktoberfest[1]

RED RIBBON WEEK

Wear a red shirt on Tuesday and Friday. The homeroom with the most red shirts gets a cookie cake. Crazy sock day on Wednesday.

The following link gives a detailed list of needs.

clarkdale needs

http://www.cobbk12.org/McClure/downloads/cookbook%20order%20form.doc

Cook Books are available for sale. These include recipes from students and staff. The proceeds go towards our Reneaissance activities.

Also, Olympic T-shirts will still be availble for sale on Tuesday and Thursday for $6.oo. Each team receives their own color and country. Show your Olympic spirit with your TEAM.