Manning Oaks' New Assistant Pricipal's Letter to the Community

Mr. Wright's Letter to the community

Dear Manning Oaks Community,

I am excited to share that at this evening’s FCS Board of Education meeting, Mr. Patrick Wright was named as Manning Oaks’ new assistant principal!

Many of you already know Mr. Wright. He has been the Curriculum Support Teacher at Manning Oaks for the past several years. Please read the attached letter from Mr. Wright which will tell you more about your new assistant principal.

Mr. Wright will schedule a virtual meet and greet in the near future, so everyone has a chance to meet and/ or congratulate him!

Thank you for your support and patience as we navigated through the candidate selection process. I’d like to give a special thanks to the assistant principal hiring committee for their support during the assistant principal search.

Congratulations Ms. Wright!

Once again, it’s time for the annual Young Georgia Author’s Writing Competition sponsored by the Georgia Department of Education. The purpose of this competition is to encourage our K-12 students to develop enthusiasm for and expertise in their writing, provide a context to celebrate their writing success, and recognize student achievement in the arts and academics. All of your schools have worked diligently to improve writing instruction and implementation of the Writing Workshop framework over the past few years. Let’s encourage all of our students to participate in this amazing opportunity and showcase their writing talents across our district and throughout the state.

WHAT TO WRITE

Unlike many writing competitions, the YGA does not provide a prompt to which students must respond or provide any other boundaries to their genre choice or creativity beyond a 1900-word limit. (if typed, double-spaced Times New Roman is preferred).

Entries may include:

• Short Stories
• Poetry
• Essays/Literary Criticism/Analysis
• Journalism
• Academic/Research Reports
• Personal Narratives
• Any Other Original Student Writing

We would love to have as many students submit entries as possible. We will choose one entry per grade level to submit for the metro/state level. Submission Due Date: Feb 1 to classroom teacher or Ms. Rhodes-Pittman, Literacy Coach. If you have any questions, just contact Ms. Rhodes-Pittman at pittmanL@fultonschools.org.

Please click the link below for Official Rules and Entry Form:

Young Georgia Authors Competition FY22 FINAL.docx.pdf - Google Drive

.PDFs with information from the ESOL/ACCESS informational night

ESOL Access Workshop for parents 2021-22

Taller Informativo para Padres - ESOL ACCESS 2021-22

Parent Information

Parent Meeting - Curriculum Night-

Reunion para Padres - Noche de Curriculo - Espanol

STAFF SNACKS

Out of an abundance of caution, parents will not be able to have lunch with their child until further notice. If you pack lunch for your child, we ask that you send lunch to school with your child. If your child forgets lunch, you still are welcome to drop lunch off. If anything changes, we will let you know.

Por precaución, los padres no podrán almorzar con sus hijos hasta nuevo aviso. Si usted empaca el almuerzo para su hijo, le pedimos que envíe el almuerzo a la escuela con su hijo. Si su hijo se olvida del almuerzo, todavía puede dejar el almuerzo. Si algo cambia, se lo haremos saber.

*Correction: Parents, we are reinstating the policy requiring the handwritten notes for any dismissal changes - we cannot accept faxes, emails or phone calls, in order to ensure the safety of our students. If teachers are unable to check their email or if they are absent, they might not receive the communication. Please continue to send in hand written notes if your child needs to change how he/ she is going home. In cases of emergency, please contact the front office.

*Corrección: Padres, estamos restableciendo la política que requiere las notas escritas a mano para cualquier cambio de salida - no podemos aceptar faxes, correos electrónicos o llamadas telefónicas, con el fin de garantizar la seguridad de nuestros estudiantes. Si los maestros no pueden revisar su correo electrónico o si están ausentes, podrían no recibir la comunicación. Por favor, continúe enviando notas escritas a mano si su hijo necesita cambiar su forma de ir a casa. En casos de emergencia, por favor, póngase en contacto con la oficina principal.

To ensure students’ safety, please remember the following:

• Please do not get out of your car. A staff member will assist your child getting in/ out of the vehicle.
• Please do not pull around other cars unless directed by a staff member.
• Please do not park and get out to come and get your child. We know wait times have been longer than usual. Thank you for your patience as we work to improve our process.
• Please do not honk at other cars. Thank you for modeling patience and kindness for our kids.
• Please do not park or drive in the bus lane to pick up car riders.

• Please pull all the way up even if you see your child. 😊

Manning Oaks' Fall 2021 Media Center Book Orders 

The attachment below will show the collection development orders for Manning Oaks Elementary School. 

August 2021 Collection Development

Please read the information about the Talented and Gifted Screening and Referral Process

Notification to Parents of the Screening and Referral Process for Gifted Students 2021-22

Our school now has a subscription to myON. This is a county approved personal digital library that we will be using in place of Epic! Many teachers have already shown their students how to use myON, but we wanted to pass the information along to you as well. To access myON, simply click on the Language Arts-Reading folder and then the purple myON icon on your child’s Classlink page, and it will automatically log your child in.

The first log in will require your child to select a language, complete an interest survey, and take a short placement quiz. If your child has not completed the quiz yet, please let him/her do it independently as myON is trying to find books on your child’s just right reading level. Once logged in, your child can search by topic, guided reading level (if you need help with this, you can contact your child’s teacher), and other areas. Teachers also have the ability to assign books for students to read. We are so excited for our students to have access to this wonderful program, and we know they will increase their time reading because of it! Please note that your children will also continue to have access to myON over the summer!

Happy Reading!

MyOn Handbook

Nuestra escuela ahora tiene una suscripción a myON. ¡Esta es una biblioteca digital personal aprobada por el condado que usaremos en lugar de Epic! Muchos maestros ya han mostrado a sus alumnos cómo usar myON, pero también queríamos transmitirle la información. Para acceder a myON, simplemente haga clic en la carpeta “Language Arts-Reading” y luego en el icono púrpura myON en la página Classlink de su hijo, y automáticamente iniciará sesión en su hijo.

El primer inicio de sesión requerirá que su hijo seleccione un idioma, complete una encuesta de interés y realice un breve cuestionario de colocación. Si su hijo aún no ha completado el cuestionario, por favor déjelo hacerlo de manera independiente, ya que myON está tratando de encontrar libros sobre el nivel de lectura correcto de su hijo. Una vez que haya iniciado sesión, su hijo puede buscar por tema, nivel de lectura guiada (si necesita ayuda con esto, puede comunicarse con el maestro de su hijo) y otras áreas. Los maestros también tienen la capacidad de asignar libros para que los alumnos lean. ¡Estamos muy emocionados de que nuestros estudiantes tengan acceso a este maravilloso programa, y sabemos que aumentarán su tiempo de lectura debido a ello! ¡Tenga en cuenta que sus hijos también seguirán teniendo acceso a myON durante el verano!

¡Feliz lectura!

MyON Handbook

Teacher Recognition Form

Provide positive reinforcement to teachers by completing a MOE Staff Roars compliment sheet through this Form! Teachers who receive one of these will be celebrated