The Academy at Middle Fork Memo Blog

  Together: "Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved." - Mattie Stepanek I. Praise and Thanks:  Mr. Garcia would like to thank the following teammates for exemplifying excellence from our Portrait of a Lab School Team Member/Educator: Thank you Dr. Snow, Mrs. Reynolds, and Ms. Britt for making the effort to order Hispanic Heritage Month decor for our school.   Thank you Ms. Clayton, Ms. Martinez, and Ms. Stemper for helping me put up these decorations around the building. II. This Week's Events: Monday, October 2: ORANGE COLOR DAY: KINDERGARTEN 8:15 a.m.-Leadership Team Planning Meeting Tuesday, October 3: PURPLE COLOR DAY: KINDERGARTEN 9:00 a.m.-Chancellor Everts/Mr. & Mrs. Baker Visit 3:00 p.m.-SIT Meeting Wednesday, October 4: BROWN COLOR DAY: KINDERGARTEN 8:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.-K-1 Farm Field Trip  9:30 a.m.-Care Team Meeting 3:00 p.m.-Curriculum Coaches' Meeting Thursday, October 5: PINK COLOR DAY KIN...

  Together:  "The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team." — Phil Jackson I. Praise and Thanks:  Thanks to everyone on for exemplifying a big part of our Portrait of a Lab School Team Member during this past Curriculum Night: " Be a team player who is committed to doing what is best for students." I appreciate the collective effort from everyone to work together as a team in getting input from our parents/caregivers for the Title I Parent Compact. Please send me names of those who are demonstrating excellence with our Portrait of a Lab School Team Member/Educator and I will make sure to highlight their efforts here. II. This Week's Events: Monday, September 25: BLUE Color Day: Kindergarten DIBELS BOY Ends 8:15 a.m.-Leadership Team Weekly Planning Meeting Tuesday, September 26: RED Color Day: Kindergarten 3:00 p.m.-Faculty/Staf Meeting-Media Center Wednesday, September 27:  GREEN Color Day: Kindergarten 9:30 a.m. ...

  Together:  The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall." — Nelson Mandela I. Praise and Thanks:  Learning Lab is happening! You are making it happen! Thanks for taking intentional steps to uphold one of the elements of our Portrait of a Lab School Educator: " Work in collaborative teams and take collective responsibility for student learning." Who else at the Academy is upholding that element in the Portrait of a Lab School Educator? Send me an email or text so I can spotlight those individuals in The Academy Weekly Memo or one of the Morning Memos. II. This Week's Events at a Glance: Monday, September 18: 8:15 a.m.-Leadership Team Weekly Planning Meeting Tuesday, September 19: 10:00 a.m.-Mt. Airy City Schools Team Visit the Academy at Middle Fork 3:00-4:00 p.m.-Design Team Meetings I: Curriculum/Academics with Amie Snow Culture & Climate with Darron Daniels Personnel/Human Capital with Sean Gaillard Wednesday, Sep...

  Together:  "Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean." - Ryunosuke Satoro I. Praise and Thanks:  Matt Cooke wants to send a shoutout to all those impacted by the phishing email and following the right steps. Thanks also to Matt for fast action in keeping our technology safe and secure!  II. This Week's Events at a Glance:  Monday, September 11: 9/11 Day-Patriot Day & National Day of Remembrance and Service Tuesday, September 12: BOG Testing Begins 3:00-4:00 p.m.-Faculty Meeting: Parent Bill of Rights Overview Wednesday, September 13: BOG Makeup Testing 10:00 a.m.-Care Team Meeting 3:00 p.m.-Curriculum Coaches' Meeting 3:00 p.m.-Beginning Teacher Monthly Check-In Thursday, September 14: 8:00-8;15 a.m.-Schoolwide Morning Meeting via Zoom 3:00-5:00 p.m.-AMF Advisory Board Meeting via Zoom 3:00 p.m.-Mentor Check-In  Friday, September 15: First Day of Hispanic Heritage Month Enrichment Friday 8:30-9:45 a.m.-4th & 5th PLT 9:30-10:15 a.m....

  Together:  "No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it."  - H.E. Luccock I. Praise and Thanks:  We successfully completed our first week Together  with students at The Academy. Thanks to everyone for the full team effort to make good things happen for our mini-Mountaineers!  I am also grateful for everyone taking good steps forward with our new Academy Innovative Schools Model. It takes an amazing team to do innovative things together for the first time.  Blog Note: When there are individuals who demonstrate one of the elements of our Portrait of a Lab School Team Member/Educator and you would like them highlighted in the Weekly Memo Blog, then please let me know. II. This Week's Events At A Glance DIBELS BOY OPENS THIS WEEK Tuesday, September 5: 3:00 p.m.-SIT Meeting Wednesday, September 6: Picture Day  7:15 a.m.-Interventionists' Meeting 10:00 a.m.-Care Team Meeting 3:00 p.m.-Curriculum Coaches' Meeting Thursday, Sept...