Family and Community Engagement - MPS

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MPS Parent Engagement Lounge Click on an image for links to resources. Click HERE to complete the feedback survey after you check out the page or scan the QR code. Click Here First Parent Tip of the Week 8/22/22 Get the scoop. Attend the school’s open house or orientation to learn expectations and meet the teachers and staff.

It's that time again! The Tie and Doll Stuff the Truck Food Drive to help reduce food insecurities for families at a local school. One can or a case-everything helps!

OPPORTUNITY: Please read and share the valuable information below regarding the Alabama Power-Trenholm State Lineworker Program 2023.

This is a great opportunity for many in our community and there are scholarships available for minorities and women.

Links to each school’s website to apply for the Lineworker Program are listed below:
· Bishop State Lineworker Program
https://www.bishop.edu/programs/workforce-development/line-worker-program

· Jeff State Community College Lineworker Program
https://www.jeffersonstate.edu/lineworker/

· Lawson State Line-Worker Application - Formstack
https://lawsonstate.formstack.com/forms/lawson_state_line_worker_application

· Line Worker Training | Trenholm State Community College
https://www.trenholmstate.edu/programs/technical/line-worker-training/

Stop by and see what resources and services various community agencies and organizations have to offer. Register to vote; sign up for tutoring programs; join Girl Scouts; improve your health and wellness; receive info for expecting and new parents; and so much more including free school supplies while they last!

The Wellness Coalition will provide vaccines (Johnson & Johnson, Moderna, and Pfizer) to anyone ages 6 months and up.

Boosters are available for those who are eligible.
Please bring your vaccination card.
Adults are required to have an ID.
No insurance necessary

$25 Visa gift cards for the first 15 people!

Tomorrow is the last day to sign your child up for summer learning. Check with the school for more information. Don’t delay!

Make sure you sign your scholar up for our Summer Learning program! Contact your school for additional details.

Keep Your Child Learning During Summer Break
Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at 10 am CDT

Click Here to Join: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/9219063472889556239

The Alabama Parent Education Center knows that many parents think about summer vacation coming with anxiety and dread. Parents worry about what their child is going to do over the summer. Listen in for some great tips on helping your child prepare for the change in his/her routine, and get some ideas on fun and interesting activities to prevent the dreaded summer “brain drain.” Also plan to visit the MPS Summer Resource Fair for additional options. Planning extra early is the key to success!

Have you heard that your child is taking the ACAP, but you aren't sure what it is all about? Join in on this informative zoom session to find out from the MPS Director of Assessment and Accountability, Tracy L. Williams. Be an informed parent and help your child have success on this test.

Attention: Parents, and Education Stakeholders
Happening Tomorrow!

Lessons from the Field
Staying in School in Person in 2022:
Test to Stay and Other Strategies

Wednesday, February 9, 2022 | 3:00 - 4:00 PM ET


The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a webinar series to support educational settings in safely sustaining in-person instruction. The series features lessons learned and best practices from faculty, staff, schools, districts, institutions of higher education, early childhood education providers, and other places of educational instruction, describing approaches to operating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

On behalf of the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Elementary and Secondary Education’s Office of Safe and Supportive Schools, the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE) invites you to join the next webinar, Staying in School in Person in 2022: Test to Stay and Other Strategies.

Please join us for important information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the U.S. Department of Education addressing ways to sustain in-person instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. Discussion of Test to Stay efforts and strategies for staff and community communication in support of sustained in-person instruction will be addressed. A panel discussion with practitioners from the field will follow information shared by federal agency staff members.

Speakers/Panelists
Hayley Meadvin: Senior Advisor, Office of the Secretary of Education, U.S. Department of Education
Miguella Mark-Carew: Field Epidemiologist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Neha Cramer: Guidance and Technical Assistance Lead, STLT Support Task Force, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kristine Orr: Superintendent, South Glen Falls School District (NY)
Kristen Howard: Epidemiologist, Saratoga County Public Health Services (NY)

Related Documents
This event will reference the following resources, which we encourage you to access in advance of the webinar to inform participation:

U.S. Department of Education Resources
2022: Staying In School In-Person
Safer Schools and Campuses Best Practices Clearinghouse
CDC Resources
Overview of COVID-19 Quarantine for K-12 Schools | CDC
Overview of COVID-19 Isolation for K-12 Schools | COVID-19 | CDC
School Testing for COVID-19 | CDC
Questions & Answers on School Testing | CDC
Sample Letters for Schools | CDC
Evaluation of Test to Stay Strategy on Secondary and Tertiary Transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in K–12 Schools — Lake County, Illinois, August 9–October 29, 2021 | MMWR (cdc.gov)
Evaluation of a Test to Stay Strategy in Transitional Kindergarten Through Grade 12 Schools — Los Angeles County, California, August 16–October 31, 2021, | MMWR (cdc.gov)

For your reference, slides for this presentation will be posted on the event webpage on the day of the event. The recording and other webinar materials will be posted the day after.

You must register to participate in this presentation.
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Know before you go. Stop the spread. Keep students in school.
You can pre-register at https://www.easytesting.com/eastdalemall but it is not required.

MONTGOMERY, Alabama State University (ASU), and Montgomery Public Schools (MPS) will host its second COVID-19 vaccine clinic for students ages 5-11 on Friday, Jan. 28, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The vaccine clinic will be held in Lockhart Gymnasium on the ASU campus.

Parents must accompany children to sign consent forms and bring government-issued identification. Children should wear comfortable clothes that provide nurses with easy access to their upper arms.

Videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=peAWNWyP540

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC6ktZB3H-0

ASU President Dr. Quinton T. Ross on vaccine clinics

FREE BOOKS FOR FAMILIES OF YOUNG CHILDREN

Sign up form open for families to build home libraries
This winter, NCFL and Toyota are teaming up to highlight the importance of families coming together to read by offering 85,000 free books to 2,000 families nationwide. The books are free of charge and are mailed by Unite for Literacy. They are nonfiction, one-word picture books best for emerging readers. Families will receive bundles of 4 physical books each week for 10 weeks plus have access to an online library of free digital books that can be read aloud in 50 languages! Families only need to provide their name and mailing address. Unite for Literacy will not share families’ contact information.

Please share this opportunity with families with whom you work. The opportunity is available to the first 2,000 families to sign up. Families can sign up by completing this form: uniteforliteracy.com/corp/ncfl_toyota

Unite for Literacy library Unite for Literacy provides free digital access to picture books, narrated in many languages. Literacy is at the core of a healthy community, so we unite with partners to enable all families to read with their young children.

Storytelling is magical. It transports us — together. We build our relationships with our children. We spur on their imagination. We share traditions and rituals. All while strengthening the muscles they need to succeed in school.

So as we enter the winter break, here are a few story starters that will be the perfect little gift to stay engaged with your child during the break and keep those literacy skills going.