January 2021 - Posts
Dear Parents/Guardians, Important happenings at the MHS: (2/1/2021)
Report cards for marking period two will be available this week. I will send a notification once they are on Parent Access.
Parent Teachers Conferences are set for 2/10/21 and 2/11/21; both will be short session days for our students. You may login to Parent Access to schedule a conference with any of your child’s teachers at this time. Please do so by this Thursday, 2/4/2021, so our staff can prepare. This is important: each teacher will send you an email for the virtual meeting. The email will be sent to you, using the email address we have in Genesis, as well as your child’s school email address. The teacher will send you a Google Meet link in the email. You will click on that link at the date and time of the meeting using your child’s email address. Please do not use your own email address. Our system will only work with school email addresses. The link will allow you, in essence, to enter the teacher’s room. The teacher may have a meeting before yours and a meeting after. If you arrive early, the teacher will be notified, kind of like knocking on the door, but he/she will not allow you entrance until the specified time. Once he/she is available, you will be admitted to the meeting. Once your time is complete, each meeting is five minutes, you will leave to allow another parent to have his/her meeting with the teacher.There is a one minute break in between each meeting time.
Parent/Teacher Meetings, what should I ask? There are a multitude of questions a parent might ask; here are some simple guiding questions I recommend:
Is my child performing at grade level?
What are my child’s strengths? Weaknesses?
What can my child do to improve academically?
What can I do to help my child improve academically?
Athletics: A reminder that our South Amboy MHS website is your one stop for all sports related inquiries and correspondence. Here is the link for your reference: http://mhs.sapublicschools.com/athletics If you visit the site and still have a question, please call the school so we can assist you.
Covid Questionnaire: although we are not yet returning to in person instruction, the district requests all parents to complete these daily.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Parent Access regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
The PTO Virtual Book Fair is coming on 2/22/2021. More details to follow as the date approaches.
Looking ahead:
2/10/21: short session - evening parent/teacher conferences
2/11/21: short session - afternoon parent/teacher conferences
2/12/21 to 2/15/21 - schools closed for President’s Weekend.Please reach out to the school if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay well,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians of Eighth Graders,
Eighth grade cap and gown photos are in. You can pick them up at the main office of the Middle/High School.
Please contact the main office for more information.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians,
We were notified late last night by Wardlaw-Hartridge School that they will not be playing our JV boys today at 4:00 pm, they had to cancel.
The varsity boys basketball game scheduled for 5:30 pm today being held at the MHS gymnasium against Wardlaw-Hartridge is still on.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians, Important happenings at the MHS:
Athletics: A reminder that our South Amboy MHS website is your one stop for all sports related inquiries and correspondence. Here is the link for your reference: http://mhs.sapublicschools.com/athletics If you visit the site and still have a question, please call the school so we can assist you.
Photos for The Yearbook: Please consider sharing your memories from this year; it was certainly different. We are looking for special, unique memories our school community might like to have considered for inclusion in our yearbook. Please see the attachment that was included with my weekly email for uploading directions.
Yearbook Photos for Grades 9, 10, and 11. Please schedule your child now!!!. LifeTouch will be taking yearbook photos for our high school underclassmen on Thursday, 1/28/21, (between 1pm and 7pm) and Friday, 1/29/21, (between 8am and 2pm). Parents please go to Parent Access and use the conference scheduler to select a time to have your child’s photo taken. Each time slot of photos is three minutes long. Our Nurse will be present and greet all students while ensuring all necessary precautions are taken. Covid forms should be completed ahead of time online. Parents scheduling their children understand that he/she will be traveling to the Middle/High School and back. Students will enter via the auditorium entrance. Students should come at the specified time. Once we complete the high school underclassmen, we will schedule grades 6 and 7.
Marking Period Three starts on Wednesday.
Parent/Teacher Conferences: we will have evening conferences on 2/10/21 and afternoon conferences on 2/11/21; both days will be short sessions for our students. We will open the conference scheduler the week of 2/1/21. I will send out a notification when the conference scheduler is available in Parent Access.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Parent Access regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
Looking ahead:
Week of 2/1/21: marking period two report cards will be available.
2/1/21: Schools scheduled to begin in person instruction following the Purple and Gold Day schedule.
2/10/21: short session - evening parent/teacher conferences
2/11/21: short session - afternoon parent/teacher conferences
2/12/21 - 2/15/21: schools closed for President’s Weekend.
Please reach out to the school if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay well, Dr. McCabe
pmccabe
Dear Parents/Guardians of 9th, 10th and 11th Graders: Yearbook Photos for Grades 9, 10, and 11!!!
LifeTouch will be taking yearbook photos for our high school underclassmen on Thursday, 1/28/21, (between 1pm and 7pm) and Friday, 1/29/21, (between 8am and 2pm).
Parents please go to Parent Access and use the conference scheduler to select a time to have your child’s photo taken. Each time slot of photos is three minutes long. Our Nurse will be present and greet all students while ensuring all necessary precautions are taken. Covid forms should be completed ahead of time online. Parents scheduling their children understand that he/she will be traveling to the Middle/High School and back. Students will enter via the auditorium entrance. Students should come at the specified time.
Please help us get these photos taken. We want to include everybody.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians, Important happenings at the MHS:
Schools Closed 1/18/2021 as we honor the memory of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Spirit Run on Friday! A thank you to all who came out and cheered us on. We enjoyed seeing you.
Athletics: A reminder that our South Amboy MHS website is your one stop for all sports related inquiries and correspondence. Here is the link for your reference: http://mhs.sapublicschools.com/athletics If you visit the site and still have a question, please call the school so we can assist you.
Photos for The Yearbook: Please consider sharing your memories from this year; it was certainly different. We are looking for special, unique memories our school community might like to have considered for inclusion in our yearbook. Please see the attachment I included with my weekly email for directions to upload.
Yearbook Photos for Grades 9, 10, and 11!!! LifeTouch will be taking yearbook photos for our high school underclassmen on Thursday, 1/28/21, (between 1pm and 7pm) and Friday, 1/29/21, (between 8am and 2pm). Parents please go to Parent Access and use the conference scheduler to select a time to have your child’s photo taken. Each time slot of photos is three minutes long. Our Nurse will be present and greet all students while ensuring all necessary precautions are taken. Covid forms should be completed ahead of time online. Parents scheduling their children understand that he/she will be traveling to the Middle/High School and back. Students will enter via the auditorium entrance. Students should come at the specified time. Once we complete the high school underclassmen, we will schedule grades 6 and 7.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Parent Access regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
Looking ahead:
1/25/2021: 8th Grade Cap and Gown photos - last opportunity
1/27/2021: first day of marking period three
1/28/21: 1pm to 7pm underclassmen photos
1/29/21: 8am to 2pm underclassmen photos
Week of 2/1/2021: marking period two report cards will be available.
2/10/21: short session - evening parent/teacher conferences
2/11/21: short session - afternoon parent/teacher conferences
Please reach out to the school if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay well, Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians and Students:
We miss you!
While we see your faces online, it is not as good as seeing you in person.
We are making a run!
The Middle/High School staff are having a Spirit Drive (Car Parade) on Friday, 1/15/2021, at 2:00 pm led by the South Amboy Police Department.
We will be driving around the town, making noise, beeping our horns, looking for you!Please come out and wave, cheer, and say hello.
Here is our route: We leave the MHS at 2:00 pm and make a right on to O'Leary Blvd.
We will go past the YMCA to Broadway.
We will take Broadway straight and make a left onto Main Street.
We will take Main Street and make a left onto South Feltus.
We will take South Feltus across Bordentown Avenue and make a left onto Portia Street.
We will take Portia Street and make a left onto South Pine Avenue.
We will take South Pine Avenue and make a right onto John Street.
We will take John Street down and make a right onto O'Leary Blvd. and back to the MHS.
A thank you to our staff for volunteering to come out and to the South Amboy Police Department for their support.
Thank you, Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians, Important happenings at the MHS:
Reminder: we will be returning to in person instruction on 1/19/2021. We will be following the Purple and Gold Day format. Students scheduled for a specific day, Purple or Gold, will attend on those days. Students scheduled for remote only will remain on remote instruction.The period schedule will not change.
Student Cameras: I want to thank our community for supporting us having students keep their cameras on during instruction. We will continue to require this of our students. Students not wanting to keep his/her camera on may be excluded from the class meetings.
Parent questions: if you have a question or concern, please make the classroom teacher your first point of contact.
Midterms and Benchmark Testing - will begin on 1/11/2021. High school students have midterms. All math and LAL classes, Middle and High, will have benchmark testing.
Eighth grade cap and gown photos makeup photos on 1/25/2021. Please log on Parent Access and select a time using the conference tab. This is only for those eighth graders who have not had a photo taken or need a retake.
Homeroom Screenshots! On Thursday of this week, we will be taking homeroom screen shot photos. Students are asked to be present and on time for their first period - which is also their homeroom - so we can include them in the photos.
Community Service: this is a yearly requirement for graduation for our high school students. Due to the present situation in our nation and the need for social distancing, we will be waiving the requirement this year.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Parent Access regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
Looking ahead:
1/18/2021: School closed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King.
1/19/20201: return to in person - Purple and Gold Days.
1/25/2021: 8th Grade Cap and Gown photos - last opportunity
1/27/2021: first day of marking period three
Week of 2/1/2021: marking period two report cards will be available.
Please reach out to the school if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay well,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians,
I emailed all of my students the below notification this evening. I want to make sure you are aware. I am seeking your support to ensure all of our students are doing their best while on virtual instruction.
If you have any questions, please reach out to me.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
Dear Students,
I enjoyed seeing working, smiling faces during my class visits this week. It is a lot more enjoyable than being by myself in my office in a mostly empty school.
However, it has come to my attention that many students are not turning their cameras on while in class. This was something I noticed when making my visits. When we first began virtual instruction, our notification to you (here is a link to the notification: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CAYWLIKy6GizzuFgvXAgUaRnW3k1PQMjSbFn2JhUoAE/edit?usp=sharing ) included instructions to keep your cameras on while in class. There are many reports from the community that our students are actually logging on, keeping their cameras off, and doing other things not related to classwork. This needs to stop immediately.
As of Friday, 1/8/2021, if your camera is not on, you will be marked absent. Mr. Zalocki and I will be visiting classes and ensuring students have cameras on.
A big thank you to all of the students who are doing their best; I appreciate it. We need to all be doing the best we can during this unusual time.
Thank you,
Dr. McCabe
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Dear Parents/Guardians, Important happenings at the MHS:
Welcome back and Happy New year!
Eighth grade cap and gown photos makeup photos on 1/25/2021.
Underclassmen Photos: we will be working with LifeTouch Photographers to schedule dates for grades 6,7,9,10 and 11 to have photos taken. Our priority was to ensure 8th and 12th were completed; they take the longest. The scheduling of photos is more involved now given the pandemic and the precautions we must take to keep everyone safe.
Please check your email often. Emailing is how we will reach out to you most of the time. Teachers will use this as a first line of communication regarding your child’s academic progress. If you receive an email, please reply so the teacher knows you have read the email. If not, the teacher will need to then call you.
Check Parent Access: please check your child’s progress in Genesis regularly and email his/her teachers if you have any questions.
Looking ahead:
Week of 1/11/2021: Benchmark testing and high school midterms begin.
1/18/2021: School closed in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King.
1/25/2021: 8th Grade Cap and Gown photos - last opportunity
Please reach out to the school if you have any questions.
Thank you and stay well,
Dr. McCabe
pmccabe
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