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Monroe Messages

A Newsletter of Monroe County Schools

Parents and Students:

The school system has received confirmation from the United States Department of Education and the Georgia State Department of Education that Georgia Milestones Assessments will be administered this spring. As you remember, Georgia Milestones Assessments were not given last spring because all Georgia public schools were closed for face-to-face instruction due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Moving forward, assessment data will be extremely important, especially at the elementary and middle school levels, where students are learning foundational skills for future learning. This student performance data will be helpful as we work to ensure all children are learning and progressing as expected.

Students in the following grades or content areas will be administered the assessments listed below:

3rd Grade- English Language Arts/Math

4th Grade- English Language Arts/Math

5th Grade- English Language Arts/Math/Science

6th Grade- English Language Arts/Math

7th Grade- English Language Arts/Math

8th Grade- English Language Arts/Math/Science/Social Studies

High School- Algebra I

High School- American Literature

High School- Biology

High School- United States History

Students attending face-to-face instruction will be required to take Milestones as prescribed and scheduled in our school district.

As communicated by the Georgia Department of Education, all full-time virtual learners will have the opportunity to take the Georgia Milestones Assessments. Parents of full-time virtual students will not be required to bring their children to school for the sole purpose of testing. Due to the secure nature of the Milestones, all tests must be administered at the school buildings.

Individual schools will contact parents and students in the coming weeks to communicate testing schedules for this spring. Schools will develop a testing schedule for face to face students and virtual students.

If you have any questions regarding the Georgia Milestones Assessments, please contact your child’s school. Thank you for your continued patience and understanding as we work through this most unusual school year.

The Monroe County School District posts a daily report of Covid-19 statistics on its system website. The report is updated by 5 p.m. each school day in the Monroe County Schools COVID-19 Information Toolkit located off of the district's home page. Data points reported are statistics as available and processed for that day.

In addition to the daily report and existing weekly update, there are many other resources available on the Covid-19 Information Toolkit.

Click Here for a PDF of the Addressing COVID-19 Protocols for Monroe County Schools

Kindness Shirts For Sale

The MP counseling department will be selling shirts this spring in an effort to promote Kindness. The shirts are thick, white spun cotton with the following logo. All proceeds will help economically disadvantaged students with items such as cap/gown orders, clothing, personal items, etc.

Short Sleeve $15 (additional fee for extended sizes)

Long Sleeve $20 (additional fee for extended sizes)

Orders will be taken through March 10th. See any of the counselors to make a payment. They can also be ordered directly by clicking here, or by completing the Google Form here.

DECAL and Georgia’s Pre-K Program are partnering with the Path2College 529 plan, the official college savings plan for the state of Georgia, to sponsor this year’s This is My Life’s Dream Challenge.

Families can submit an original work describing their child’s life dream and enter for a chance to win a $1,529.00 contribution to a new or existing Path2College 529 plan.

Please share the attached flyer with your Georgia’s Pre-K families. Families can also follow this link for additional information and to fill out the entry form.

This Is My Life’s Dream Challenge : Path2College 529 Plan

The deadline to enter is March 15, 2021.

Please see the Official Rules. Sponsored by the Path2College 529 Plan

Monroe County School Nutrition Program is excited to offer meal pickup service on WEDNESDAYS (5 lunches and 5 breakfasts) 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM for A/B SCHEDULE and VIRTUAL LEARNERS ONLY. These meals will be provided to your student for a limited time at no charge as a result of the extended waiver under the Seamless Summer USDA Meals Program. This program will be for Monroe County Schools A/B SCHEDULED STUDENTS and VIRTUAL LEARNERS. Student lunch number will be required at pick up. Student will not need to be present for pick up, but you may be asked to show confirmation of this form completion to the School Nutrition Employee providing the meals.

The exclusive location for this pick up will be the Samuel E. Hubbard Elementary School bus loading/unloading area. This form is due every Thursday by 3 p.m. in the week prior to pick up.

SmartBus Wifi Provided by Monroe County Schools and Southern Rivers Energy:

Available 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.

Look for the SMARTBUS sign in the window of the bus.

Supporting Online Learning

Click here for a list of community locations which are providing wifi services to students and SmartBus locations. Please contact the community organization if you have questions.