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IN THIS UPDATE
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PRINCIPAL
ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
9th Grade
10th Grade
11th Grade
12th Grade
ADMIN ASSISTANTS
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President
Barbara Halbert:
miltoneaglespto@gmail.com
Follow us on
Facebook & Twitter: @miltonealgespto
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2021
01/18: MLK HOLIDAY
01/19: F2F Resumes
01/26: PSAT for 9-11 Grade
02/09: SGC MTG. 7:15AM
02/12: TEACHER WORKDAY
02/15: PRESIDENTS DAY
03/12: TEACHER WORKDAY
03/15: TEACHER WORKDAY
04/05-09: SPRING BREAK
04/13: SGC MTG. 7:15AM
05/04-15: AP TESTING
05/11: SGC MTG. 7:15AM
05/21-26: FINAL EXAMS
05/26: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
*=NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS
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MILTON'S PARTNERS
IN EDUCATION
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DUAL ENROLLMENT INFO NIGHT
The Dual Enrollment Information Night presentation will be published to the Milton Counseling Department's YouTube page the evening of Tuesday, January 19. This will be a pre-recorded session that can be viewed at families' convenience. We will cover an overview of the dual enrollment program, the application process, and college-specific information provided by dual enrollment admissions representatives. The link to the Counseling YouTube channel is here: www.bit.ly/mhscounselingchannel.
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SENIOR TRANSCRIPT UPDATE
ATTENTION SENIORS: Updated Mid-Year College Report Information: Fulton County Schools grades will be finalized on January 15th. Grades will not be posted to transcript until JANUARY 22. Milton High School is unable to send final grades or a mid-year transcript to colleges until after January 22. Colleges are aware that some school districts may finalize grades after the spring semester has begun, and they will accept mid-year reports after their requested date, once the school district is able to provide a final grade report for the fall. This will not impact your acceptance to the college. Mid-year reports will be sent by counselors to all Common App schools through Naviance; mid-year reports must be requested by the student through Coalition Application. For a mid-year report to be sent to any non-Common App or Coalition college, please contact your assigned counselor. Please allow 7-10 business days after January 22 for these mid-year reports to be sent to the colleges.
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AP EXAM REGISTRATION
NEW AP STUDENTS THIS SEMESTER
AP EXAM - LATE REGISTRATION
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iREADY DIAGNOSTIC INFORMATION
During the month of January, Milton High School students with be taking the i-Ready Diagnostic in their English and Math courses. The i-Ready Diagnostic is an adaptive assessment that adjusts its questions to suit your child's needs. Each item a student receives is based on their answer to the previous question. For example, a series of correct answers will result in slightly harder questions, while a series of incorrect answers will yield slightly easier ones. The purpose of this is not to give your child a score or grade but to determine how to best support their learning. The diagnostic assessment provides us with valuable data that we can use to identify areas where support may be needed.
What can I do to help?
To help prepare your child for the i-Ready Diagnostic, encourage them to:
- Try their best on each question and try not to rush.
- Try not to worry about questions they do not know-remind them that it is expected they will get only about half of the questions correct.
- Use paper and pencil to show work for math questions.
Thank you for your continued support and for being a partner in your child's learning!
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REGISTRATION FOR 21-22 SCHOOL YEAR
Registration for the 2021-22 school year will begin January 25. Please see the timeline and steps below for the full anticipated schedule for registration:
Jan 20: Rising 9th Grade Virtual Information Night
Jan 25-29: Academic teachers make recommendations for students' 2021-22 academic courses
Feb 1: Virtual Elective Fair
Feb 1-5: Students choose electives through Infinite Campus
Feb 8: First verification form given to students
Feb 11: Requests for changes due through Microsoft Form
Feb 19: Final verification form given to students
Feb 22: Deadline for final changes due through Microsoft Form
Please check the Milton HS website in late January for our course catalog, further details, and step-by-step instructions for elective registration.
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WORK-BASED LEARNING (WBL) INFO
Attention rising Juniors and Seniors!
You are now possibly eligible for Work-Based Learning (WBL). The WBL Program includes:
- Traditional Off-Campus WBL
- Teacher Assistants
- Medical Interns (specialized program for medical students only)
The WBL Application for 2021-2022 is the same for all areas with the launch form open from January 21 through February 4 at NOON. Applications are not accepted at any other time of the year. Please make sure to use your FCS login to access the launch form that begins the online process. The application process will determine if students meet the guidelines for the WBL program. Please contact Dr. Wagner (wagners@fultonschools.org) for any questions related to WBL.
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AP CAPSTONE INFORMATION
AP Capstone Diploma Program Parent Meeting 21-22 Please join your Milton AP Capstone teachers, Mrs. Kristen Carwile and Dr. Marianne Campbell for an informational meeting about the benefits of taking the courses needed to achieve the AP Capstone diploma. This meeting will take place via ZOOM on Thursday, January 21 and is specifically for rising 10th and 11th grade parents and their students. We will discuss the pillars of the program, the AP Seminar and AP Research courses, credits received, and benefits of taking each course. It will last about an hour, with a College Board Power Point and a chance to ask questions at the end of the presentation. We look forward to speaking with you about this exciting program for students! Here is the Zoom information: Kristen Carwile is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Topic: AP Capstone Parent Meeting 2021-22
Time: Jan 21, 2021 06:30 PM
Meeting ID: 850 4201 9725
Passcode: cMwRN5
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MHS 100th ANNIVERSARY
Milton HS was founded and the original building and campus was constructed in 1921 in downtown Alpharetta. The building was opened for classes in January 1922. The first graduation in May of that year had two graduating students: Mary Clyde Andrews and Kate Walker. Each week during our 100th anniversary year, we'll be featuring some of our alumni. We're starting this week with our first two graduates. Thank you to Connie Mashburn, MHS Class of 1959 and the city of Alpharetta Historian, for providing this week's alumni information.
Mary Clyde Andrews was born in 1903 in Alpharetta. She was the third of six children of Arthur and Veola Andrews. Clyde grew up on the family farm just outside the Alpharetta city limits. After graduation from MHS she moved to Atlanta. At age 19 Clyde married Rufus Gilstrap also of Alpharetta. She worked for several companies in clerical positions during most of her adult life. Clyde and Rufus had two daughters, Nell and Jean. Clyde outlived her husband by 35 years. She passed away in 1988 at age 84. She was buried alongside her husband at East View Cemetery in DeKalb County. A grandson said that Clyde was a very intelligent woman and mentioned that she had been a member of Woodland Hills Baptist Church for over 40 years. Her grandchildren called her "Mamodie."
Kate Walker grew up in the family home on Canton Street in Alpharetta. She was the daughter of Golson and Vada Walker. Her father was an attorney and mayor of Alpharetta. After graduation from MHS, Kate attended nursing school at Grady Hospital in Atlanta. She married Samuel Arthur Wilbanks. The couple had no children. During her nursing career Kate did hospital work as well as private duty nursing. According to Kate's niece Virginia Walker Nickerson, Kate took great pride in her nursing skills and was pleased to be referred to as a nurse. Her private nursing patients included former Atlanta mayor William Hartsfield, former Atlanta Falcons owner Rankin Smith, and Dr. Leila Denmark. Kate was born in 1904 and died in 1984. She is buried in the Walker family plot in Resthaven Cemetery on Milton Avenue in Alpharetta across the street from the original Milton campus.
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SECOND SEMESTER UPDATE
Well, 2nd Semester has started - the 1st Semester is in the books and in the rear-view! It is time to forge the path forward and focus on what we do to make this semester the best semester it can be! There have been a number of key changes implemented for 2nd Semester. Please read this update carefully, think about each of the changes, and make sure you understand what it all means for your student. Talk to your student about these changes and make sure they understand their impact.
BELL SCHEDULES
Milton will be observing the following bell schedules:
GRADING CATEGORIES & WEIGHTS
Please refer to the link below for each department's grading categories and weights for those categories. At the end of the day, everything counts. ALL assignments carry some weight and will influence a student's grade. I will repeat that. ALL assignments carry weight and influence a student's grade.
FINAL EXAM EXEMPTION POLICY
The Exemption Policy is very simple. It has only two criteria:
- Pass the class! A grade of 70 or higher BEFORE the final exam.
- Do all of the work. We stress, ALL of the work. Simple, right? Just to dive in on the work completion piece. A student must complete ALL of the work in the class, both formative and summative. Anything less and they take the final ... period.
Now, there are a handful of exceptions to the Exemption Policy. For the following courses, the final cannot be exempted: Dual Enrollment, FVS, and GAVS.
RECOVERY Recovery is for Summatives only. Students can recover any Summative once IF they score 79 or lower. The highest grade for the recovery is 79. This process is time-bound. A student has until the NEXT Summative (in that specific class) to schedule their recover/redo/retake.
ATTENDANCE Teachers will now take attendance for all students, F2F and remote. Obviously, for F2F, this is easy, for the most part. They're either physically in class or they are not. One difference ... the county is allowing F2F students up to 5 days of virtual learning. Mr. Spierto is developing a process for tracking that process. Stay tuned. For Remote Learners, they should be logging into their classes synchronously (on-time and when they are scheduled) OR engage in asynchronous as defined by the teacher for those days.
In essence, all students need to show up for class when it is scheduled and participate.
PLEASE NOTE: On remote learning days for F2F students. This is not a pass to take exams remotely. If you are a F2F student, you take your exams F2F. GENERAL INFORMATION The grading and exemption changes were locally decided, but are very much in line with our neighboring schools. They were done with the desire to get students more engaged and make it worth their while to engage in all parts of school. Despite these changes, it is still very easy for the remote learners to slip and dig an academic hole for themselves. As a school, we have tools to help monitor this. And, we have staff that engage with the student to get them to show up for class and do their work. But, we need you to be an active partner as well. And, most importantly, we need to be proactive and tackle this on the front end, not in April and May. Thank you for your continued support as we navigate the second semester!
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STUDENT SUCCESS SKILLS
STUDENT SUCCESS SKILLS (SSS)
SSS has started and will run through the end of 2nd semester during your student's Advisement Period. A different bell schedule will run EVERY WEDNESDAY (see image & link below) for the remainder of the semester. Student Success Skills Program Fulton County Schools is excited to partner with Rethink Ed to implement Student Success Skills. Student Success Skills will be taught in all schools, by all teachers, to all students. FCS has developed specific standards to ensure all students engage and master Social Emotional Learning and beyond. Rethink Ed will be the aligned curriculum used to teach Student Success Skills. Click here for more information about the Student Success Skills Program.
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F2F/REMOTE HARDSHIP
Learning Environment Hardship Form
The district gave parents the option to elect whether their students would attend face-to-face or remotely for the first 9 weeks of this semester. Parents that wish to make a change from this election must fill out the linked Learning Environment Hardship Form. The form requires approval from the Zone 7 Superintendent. The form must be completed and returned to the school.
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SAT/ACT PREP PROGRAMS
MHS is excited to offer our students several SAT and ACT Prep programs with Applerouth. Take a look! Review the flyer and course descriptions linked below for detailed information. Register with the event codes and registration link posted on the flyer. NOTE: Space is limited, and additional test prep opportunities will come out late January/early February.
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COLLEGE PLANNING WORKSHOP
Peachtree College Planning will be hosting their fourth virtual workshop, College Planning 101, on January 21 at 12:00PM & 7:00PM. Open to all students and parents! See/CLICK ON the flyer below for details and a link to register.
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SIGNS OF SUICIDE
Signs of Suicide (SOS) Training Is Coming Up
Please check your student email and parent email(s) listed in Infinite Campus for important information about a SOS Training coming up at the end of the month. We will be working with the Biology classes for Freshmen on 1/19 & 1/20. We will be presenting a refresher course to the rest of the student population on 1/27 during their Study Hall courses. In the email we will provide a letter to opt-out of the training. We will also be putting this information out to the MHS community through Blackboard.
Thank you! MHS Counseling Department
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A2 ONLINE MARKETING
Are you a small business owner in need of Social Media and Digital Marketing help? Want to ensure your platforms reflect your personal business voice? A2 Online Marketing is the perfect extension to your business, offering custom content creation and taking the task off your plate. Every business needs a consistent online presence in today's market. Let's discuss your 2021 goals and how we can help. renee@a2onlinemarketing.com - (404) 510-5365 - www.a2onlinemarketing.com
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INTERACT CLUB INFORMATION
Want to make a difference in your school and community? The Interact Club led by senior Dean Homcy is looking for Milton students of all grades who are interested in projects like a food drive. Contact Dean for further details at dhomc21@gmail.com.
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GRADUATION 2021 INFO
Reminder: The first deadline for paying the graduation fee is January 31st. On Feb. 1st, a late fee of $25 is added to the grad fee. See below for more details and payment instructions.
As we are into second semester, still in the midst of the pandemic, the school district's graduation plans are still uncertain. HOWEVER, we do know that the Class of 2021, the 100th MHS graduating class, will have a celebration! Regardless of what the celebration looks like, graduates will wear their caps and gowns, receive their diplomas, get their pictures made, and be celebrated by families, friends, MHS staff, and PTO. In order to start the preparations, it's time to pay the graduation fee and place orders. The mandatory graduation fee this year is unchanged from last year: $80. This includes the cap, gown with 100th anniversary embroidered patch, 2021 tassel, special 100th anniversary diploma cover, and small MHS administrative fee. Our graduation business partner, GA Balfour, collects the fee for us and fulfills the orders. Please see the flyer for ordering details and instructions. The minimum that must be chosen for graduation is Option A - Grad Fee Only. Graduates are free to choose one of the other options offered by Balfour which will cover the mandatory grad fee plus some extra optional items. Act now-the first deadline with the lowest fee is January 31, 2021.
*This fee is specific to graduation and is different from the PTO Senior Dues.
If financial assistance is needed, please email the senior's counselor OR the school social worker (Patrick Hartigan) at hartigan@fultonschools.org General graduation questions should be sent to Jackie Angel at angel@fultonschools.org
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TEMPLATE
See e-mail for Pool Company Flyer (not sure how you can fit it)
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COVID REPORTING PORTAL
As students in Fulton County Schools (FCS) have begun returning to face-to-face instruction, a number of changes were implemented to ensure the health and safety of students, staff, and visitors. Among the most vital of these changes is the development and introduction of a new electronic FCS COVID-19 Reporting Portal for parents (and students). This electronic reporting process will allow for a more direct reaction from primarily the Fulton County Board of Health (FCBOH) with support from FCS to promptly respond and address student/family cases of COVID-19. 
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MILTON PTO
We are working diligently to fulfill the needs of our staff and students!
Check out our Facebook Page @miltoneaglespto to see pictures of your contributions in action!
Also, we welcome donations of any amount at:
PARTNER WITH THE PTO
Have a business? Please consider partnering with the PTO! Your support helps us enrich the learning and working environment at Milton. We are looking to strengthen our bond with the community and we will build a mutually beneficial partnership.
To view our agreement and join us, please go to:
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PTO PREMIER PARTNER
PEACHTREE YARD CARDS
Our Community Partner, Peachtree Yard Cards, delivers personalized yard signs for any occasion in Milton, Alpharetta, Johns Creek and Roswell. They also deliver to portions of Cumming, Dunwoody and Sandy Springs. With every sign they deliver, Peachtree Yard Card's mission is to make people smile! So for your next milestone event, skip the card and decorate the yard! Check out their website at: www.peachtreeyardcards.com
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EAGLE PRIDE VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS
Congratulations to AP Art student, Sloan Salinas, for acceptance into the 2021 National Art Honor Society (NAHS) Juried Exhibition. From a total of 1,187 submissions, 93 works representing 49 schools from 20 states will be on exhibit. Juror selections were guided by scoring in 5 categories: Visual Communication, Execution, Formal Elements, Originality, and Artist Statement. The exhibition showcases the work of talented student artists who are members of NAEA's NAHS/NJAHS programs.
Congratulations Milton Theatre Company - Runner-Up in the 2021 GHSA Regional One Act Competition for "Over The River and Through the Woods"
Best Actor
Filipe Costa
Best Scenic Design:
MTCo
All-Star Cast:
Elizah Dunbar & Parker Mitchell
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ATHLETIC SCHEDULE
MON 1/18: Boys Varsity Basketball v Pace 7:00PM
WED 1/20: Boys BBall 9th@4:30/JV@6:00/Var@7:30PM
FRI 1/22: BBall v Alpharetta VG@6:00/ VB @ 7:30PM
AWAY EVENTS
TUE 1/19:
SAT 1/23: Co-Ed Comp Cheer v Creekview 10:00AM
SAT 1/23: Swimming v at Dynamo 7:30PM
SAT 1/23: Wrestling Sectionals TBA
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