November 20th, 2020 Good Morning Mustangs! Happy Friday! Today is November 20th and it is an A Day at Monroe Middle School. Today's Lunch Options: General Tso Chicken with Steamed Brown Rice and a Tea Roll Cheese Pizza Hoagie Sandwich Announcements: Smile! School pictures will be taken for in person students today (11/20) (yellow group). Remote students may get their picture taken after school at Monroe from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm on November 20. There are no paper picture packets. All order forms need to be completed online. Teachers are teaching to both students in class as well as to students who are learning remotely... Students with last names starting with A-K (Light Blue) will come Monday's and Tuesday's Students with last names starting L-Z (Yellow) will come Thursday's and Friday's Groups will alternate Wednesdays When you are not in person at Monroe, you will be expected to participate in Remote Learning on your device at home. Attendance will be taken EVERY DAY! Below is this week's schedule for in person learning: Monday, Nov. 16th Light Blue A-K Day Tuesday, Nov. 17th Light Blue A-K Day Wednesday, Nov. 18th Light Blue A-K Day Thursday, Nov. 19th Yellow L-Z Day Friday, Nov. 20th Yellow L-Z Day The late bus is running for students who are participating in athletics or MAC. ONLY students who currently ride buses 5, 29, 35, 130, and 155 are eligible to sign up for the late bus. The bus leaves Monroe at 5:30 PM. Please email Ms. Uher at brandi.uher@ops.org if you want to sign up for the late bus!! Upcoming Sports: 7th and 8th grade students, beginning Nov 16th-Dec 11th we will be offering a volleyball and boys basketball skills development clinics. Volleyball will run Monday's and Thursday's and boys' basketball will run on Tuesday's and Friday's. No clinics will be held on Wednesdays. In order to be able to participate students must: Have a current physical on file with the nurse Have a sports packet on file with Mrs. Thomas, Athletic Director Have passing grades in all classes Students can only participate on the days that you are already scheduled to be in school per the 3/2 model. Coaches will be providing information about sign-up days soon. Any 7th or 8th grade boys interested in participating in the basketball clinic set to start on November 17th will need to sign-up on the attached document by the end of the day on Monday. November 9th. If you do not sign-up by then to at least let us know that you are interested you will not be considered for participation. Please just fill out the form with your last name, first name, grade and what color day you attend school. Thanks! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=tm3mWBshN0q36A72lnQgwf8daKIkIYZFvlCrNM2O5bhUQTJOOUxSTTlTMU1IVU5GSTY3REVROEIzQi4u Any 7th or 8th grade girls that are interested in participating in a volleyball skills camp needs to sign up in class with Mrs. Rosenthal or email her at Ann.rosenthal@ops.org You must be attending school in person. If you have any questions, see Mrs. Rosenthal. Extracurricular Opportunities: Hello Students, I am Ms. Darchel Amos, the After-School Program Director. If this is your first year at Monroe and you would like to sign up for after-school programming; I will be in the Commons on Tuesday November 10th at 3:05pm to give you a packet to take home to your parent/guardian. If you are a returning student, meaning you were in the after-school program last year or the year before, we have your information; therefore, you are cleared to return to program. However, please stop by the Commons and let us know if you plan or attending. If your parent(s) have any questions, they can reach me by email or phone. Please see the information below: Email= darchel.amos@urbanleagueneb.org Phone= (402)718-5017 The following students have been chosen for induction into Monroe's Chapter of National Junior Honor Society. Since we haven't had a chapter in some time, this is especially a big deal. Please congratulate each the following students for their hard work: Aniya P., Asmina G., Ava R., Cho Cho Than, Eh Buit Soe, Eh Tha Dah Soe, Lore'za F., NaSchelle M., Pan Kmwee, Peyton C. & Seng Moon Pan We have maxed out our Quiz Bowl code again. Please share the new code with students and let's see how many we can get to play. This week is a little easier and has a Thanksgiving theme. No Quiz Bowl next week due to the short week. The new code for this week is...EZJ5X. Students interested in AIM Trio Talent Search Program, please complete the following form, save it and email it back to me - https://t.co/Cys1hyZwaa! This program is a free college and career prep program - through this, you will have unique opportunities! Students interested in history (particularly African American history) - join Mr. Moore in representing Monroe Middle School for the African American History Challenge. Email Mr. Moore at matthew.moore@ops.org if you would like to be a part of this! Join Manga Club! Share community with other students that love Manga and Anime during morning office hours (days TBA). Join us by going to Teams, clicking on the Teams tab at the bottom Clicking on the two people and a + sign at the top left above your list of teams. Select "Join a Team with a Code" Put in this code "fqc9x1q" Once you are in, follow the directions on the General Posts page. 🙂 I hope you are able to join us for another year! Monroe Meal Information: Students please make sure your parents/guardians know that if you did not complete a lunch application yet, you will be returning to full pay. Even though some are remote right now and others will be starting in-person learning, it is possible that we may switch back to all in person learning in the future - and this could be an unnecessary cost for your family. This can also affect families participating in the Meals2Go program - you will go to full pay if your lunch application has not been completed. Families can apply online in the OPS website or can stop by school and pick up an application (see below for more information). Are you interested in getting breakfasts and lunches from school? OPS has the Meals 2 Go Program up and running! Meals will be picked up from 8:30-9:30 am on Monday (for Monday and Tuesday meals) and Wednesday (for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday meals). Families can pick up from any location that would be easiest for pick up (could be an elementary school down the street instead of Monroe). World of Remote/Helpful Information: Students, we are NOT cancelling your classes - this is either a glitch or something that we are not fully understanding on our end. If you are seeing that a class is not available or cancelled, please attempt to find it through Teams/Outlook. If you cannot find your class, contact your teacher or counselor for help. Each day you have PE, you should have 5 classes; on days without PE, you should have 4 classes. Office hours are optional and are for you to speak to teachers/counselors, if needed. Please remember, while in Remote Classes, refrain from overusing or using the chat feature for personal conversations during class. This is intended for appropriate classroom discussions. If you have any problems with or questions about your schedule, please email your grade level counselor: 6th Grade - mary.feldman@ops.org 7th Grade - karina.loder@ops.org 8th Grade - laura.haynes@ops.org Schedules to Follow: