Calendar at a Glance:

August

School Hours
9:15 – 4:15

Announcement:

Bus Routes:

Please look for a notice coming home with your child from bus transportation concerning bus route changes the week of August 23, 2010. Bus route pickup times will be adjusted by Thursday, August 26, 2010 to make sure students arrival time at Mabry is optimum!

Pinnacle Internet Grade Viewer-
because of scheduling complications and the leveling of classes, the go live date will now be approximately August 30. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause and we appreciate your patience.

German Class offered:

A German Language class will be offered for 8th grade students at Mabry beginning August 30th before school from 8:00-8:50. The class will meet each day and the instructor will be Rich Mays. If you are interested, please read and download the attached letter and registration form - Form. Mr. Mays contact information is richmond.mays@cobbk12.org

Mabry Supply Lists and Reading Lists for 2010 -2011

6th Grade

7th Grade

8th Grade

Summer Reading List

From Your School Social Worker…

Welcome Back! Mabry decreased its number of 15 day absences by 25 percent for the 2009/2010 school year. Outstanding! I look forward to the opportunity to support and assist you in providing your student with opportunities for academic and personal success. My objectives s are to: • Assist students and parents in alleviating barriers to academic and personal success. • Support our SIP of encouraging academic proficiency by creating opportunities for academic success through family support. • Encourage and support academic success while enforcing the Georgia Compulsory School Attendance Law.

Please note that students need to be in their seats by the time the bell rings at 9:15 a.m. and ready for instruction. Any student entering the classroom after that time is tardy. Students who are in their seats on time alleviate the need for teachers to stop classroom instruction to assist their late arrival.

For your information: Checking in by 12:45 (no later) from morning appointments and checking out after 12:45 (no earlier) for afternoon appointments will allow your student to be counted as present for the entire day. Keep in mind that it is often difficult to re-gain lost instruction time. Please keep lost instruction time to a minimum. Remind students to provide medical excuses to the attendance office upon his/her return. It will be helpful for their attendance records and if he/she should receive a referral for attendance later in the school year. Please feel free to contact me with questions or concerns at 770) 591-5055.

Jacqueline Fross School Social Worker Lassiter Cluster http://www.cobbk12.org/centraloffice/studentsupport/socialworkers/

Peachcare - We have learned from GaDOE that the Peachcare brochures have been printed and shipped by DHR but a they will not be here in time to be placed in the student folders. If you would like to fill out an application please click on the Peachcare link: http://www.peachcare.org/

Enrollment Information:

Visit the Cobb County District Web site for information concerning enrolling your student at Mabry Middle School.

Student Transfer Information:

Please visit the following link for Cobb County information concerning student transfers: http://www.cobbk12.org/generalinfo/transfers/

Bus Pass -

Budget information: School District budget overview video available here: http://www.cobbk12.org. Click here to download accompanying information sheet: Budget information Flyer

Crct scores:

CRCT scores were mailed home with report cards on May 27th, 2010.

Parking Lot Helpful Hints:

Hot or cold temperatures and precipitation result in more parents driving their children to school. This means increased traffic during the morning and afternoon drop-off and pickup times. To ensure that all students are safe, please adhere to the following procedures:

• Upon entering school property, continue down the drive to the turn-around circle. This increases the number of cars which can que in the drive of the school, alleviating traffic on Jims Road. This procedure should be followed in the morning and the afternoon.
• The upper parking lot should be used when there is a need to park and come into the building.
• Do not double park in the parking lot.

Thank you for your assistance!

School Closing Updates:

For information about school closings, please go to http://www.cobbk12.org.

Dominos Pizza Night:

Mark Your Calendars - Mabry Middle School Spirit Nights with Domino's Pizza! Delivery or Carryout = 20% back to Mabry. Please see the attached flyer for details and dates:

Domino's Pizza Dates - Flyer

Domino's Pizza receipt to give to Domino's - Receipt

Joe's Crab Shack

Mabry Fund Raiser night at Joe's! Visit Joe's the first Thursday of each month, from 5 - 9, and mention Mabry Middle School and a percentage of your check will benefit the school!

Second Step

At the beginning of the 2008-2009 school year, Mabry Middle School began piloting the Second Step© Anti-Violence program along with best practices in bullying behavior as a proactive measure. All students participated in lessons to develop our definition of bullying behavior. Our school wide definition for bullying is:

Bullying is when one or more people repeatedly harm, harass, intimidate, or exclude others. Bullying is unfair and one-sided.

If you would like more information about our program, feel free to contact Tammy White or Cindy Jackson in the counseling department.

Be There Campaign:
Cobb County has teamed up with thirteen other metropolitan school districts to promote the Be There campaign sponsored by WSB-TV.

The purpose of this campaign is to promote parent involvement in school. Studies have shown that when you connect with your child everyday, your child benefits for life. When he or she knows you care and are concerned about education, the following occurs:

• Achievement in school improves; students earn higher grades and test scores and enroll in higher-level programs
• Children want to go to school
• Courses are passes, credits earned and students are promoted to the next grade
• Self-confidence improves

To learn more about the Be There campaign, please visit their site:

Mabry Blogs:

Parents, to access teacher blogs please click on Faculty and Staff and click on the teachers name. If you have problems downloading and printing PDF documents, make sure you have adobe Reader installed and follow these directions if you have problems printing - Click here for directions.

Pinnacle
Grade and Attendance Software

Pinnacle Internet Viewer (PIV) will replace i-Parent for internet access to student grades and attendance PIV will be available beginning Monday, August 24, 2009. Access PIV from the CCSD web site at: http://www.cobbk12.org or from our web site on the Pinnacle button.

New PIV users are required to present proper ID and sign a CCSD PIV User Agreement to obtain a user ID and password. Please bring your ID to and this filled out agreement to request an account on the open house dates - August 24 and August 25.

If you have an existing PIV account through another student, you DO NOT need to obtain a new account. You many utilize your existing account and select the appropriate student to view.

To complete the form to gain access to Pinnacle, please download the form below. Fill the form out and return the form to the school with proper I.D. on your child's designated open house date.

Pinnacle Agreement - Download Now

Pinnacle Quick Reference- Download Now

Congratulations Mabry Middle School for being recognized as a 2008 No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. To read more about this prestigious award please click here.

Congratulations to Mabry's Teacher of the Year for 2010 Kelly Moncrieffi and to Mabry's Classified Employee of the Year - Diane Ostereld. We appreciate your excellence and your contribution to our great school.

Procedures:

Information about Procedures for morning drop off and dismissal.

To read more about Mabry's Film Festival, click the image below.