MacMillan International Academy

📣🎉📣 Happy Thursday, Mariner Family!!!

✅️👀Check out this information that will helps us ensure a SMOOTH SAILING, AMAZING start to the new school year!!!

📝Student Registration: https://www.mps.k12.al.us/page/how-to-enroll

📞Rooms App: It's NEW!!! Stay on top of information throughout the year! We are implementing the ROOMS app for all teacher-to-family communication this year. Note: We are no longer using any other two-way communication tools. Click the links below⬇️⬇️⬇️
✨️Apple Users: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/montgomery-public-schools/id6453560303

✨️Google Users:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.apptegy.montgomeryal&hl=en_US

🚍🚍Transportation (My Ride K-12 / Transversa App): This will help our bus rider families track routes and transportation data.
Click the links below⬇️⬇️⬇️
✨️Apple Users:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/my-ride-k-12/id6443848115

✨️Google Users:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tylertech.myridek12&hl=en_US

📲MPS Mobile App: We encourage families to download the main MPS Mobile app to stay connected ALL YEAR LONG!

🎉🎉Here's to a wonderful preparation to an OUTSTANDING YEAR!❤️⚓️💙

📣📣 To all our Future Mariners, let's get our registration requirements complete this week! Please call the school if you need assistance.❤️⚓️💙

📣📣Happy HumpDayyy!!! Our summer learning is off to a wonderful start! 🌞🔥

From taste testing to math relays, fractions and counting...AND a glow dance.. these learners definitely have their BRAINS ON!!!📝✅️✨️

😁The BEST part of it all...there's soooo much more fun in store!!!

📣📣Summer Learning is loading!!!!💥🌞🔥

✅️Mariner Families, if your child is registered to attend our Summer Learning Adventure, please CHECK YOUR EMAIL!✅️

See you soon!

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📣🎉📣 A STANDING OVATION for our amazing PTA!!!!

They hit the ground running, supporting, and loving on our school community. We are truly grateful for their partnership at MIA!!!!!

Check out their accomplishments because of YOU!!! ❤️⚓️💙

We officially completed our last PTA duty for the school year yesterday. With just a few behind-the-scenes things to finalize, we’re proud to say we worked all the way until the very end. 💙❤️

Now that the year is wrapping up, we wanted to share one of our achievements…our PTA certificates finally came in! 🏆✨

Early Bird Award:
Certificate awarded to all PTAs reporting 50% of the previous year’s membership.

Gold Leaf Award:
Certificate awarded to all PTAs equaling or surpassing the previous year’s membership.

Oak Tree Award:
Certificate awarded to all PTAs reporting a 20% increase over the previous year’s membership.

Golden Apple Award:
Recognizing 100% faculty PTA membership participation

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As we recognize Mental Health Awareness Month, we’re also encouraging families to keep reading all summer long. 💚📚

The National PTA shared these wonderful children’s books that help start important conversations about emotions, mental wellness, kindness, and resilience.

Take a look at these 13 book recommendations and consider adding a few to your family’s summer reading list! ☀️✨

https://ptaourchildren.org/13-childrens-books-about-mental-health/

📣🎉📣 Start brainstorming NOW!!!💙⚓️❤️

🎨✨ Calling All Creative Students! ✨🎭

We are getting ready for the 2026–2027 Reflections Competition, and this year we want EVEN MORE participants! 💙❤️

This summer, start thinking about your ideas and begin working on your projects for the National PTA Reflections program. Students can participate in six exciting categories:

📸 Photography
🎬 Film Production
🖼️ Visual Arts
💃 Dance Choreography
✍🏽 Literature
🎵 Music Composition

This year’s theme is:
🌍 “What My Culture Means to Me” 🌍

We can’t wait to see our students use their creativity, talents, and voices to bring this theme to life. Start brainstorming, creating, and expressing yourself all summer long! ☀️🎨

📣🎉📣 Congratulations to our very own, Ms. Tempero!!!!! We are so very proud of her for this accomplishment!!!!✨️🎖

Way to gooooo!!!❤️⚓️💙