Engagement Plan

Maury Middle School 2023-2024

 

Maury Middle School will foster a welcoming, cooperative, and mutually supportive climate for all families.  We seek high quality, effective communication with parents and families through the following avenues:

      Parent and Family/School/Student Compacts, which outline responsibilities for each party in the process of achieving success for students

      "Blackboard" phone system, to send parents, families, students, and staff messages via phone and email

      Parents and Families can receive information through Facebook and Twitter    

      The MMS website, is found at http://mms.jc-tn.net/; contains all faculty email addresses, school information and activities 

       Parent and Family-Teacher Conferences during fall and spring semesters

      Student planners contain handbooks with school rules and procedures

      Open-door policy for parent and family concerns via phone, email, or team meetings

      School marquee displays important upcoming events

      PTO-established a PTO membership drive to foster parent and family participation; they hold a

monthly meeting

      Hornet PRIDE athletic organization for extra-curricular parent and family participation

      School counselors, teacher teams, and administration keep in contact with parents and families regarding social, emotional, or academic concerns

      Report cards every 9 weeks and mid-terms between each 9 week reporting periods; parents have

access to Aspen (web-based grading system used by teachers); Student academic progress is

viewable to parents and families through Aspen

    

Maury Middle School will establish multiple activities designed to celebrate and involve family- community-school partnership:

      Open House is held within the first two weeks of school in order for students, parents and the community to meet and greet faculty. MMS establishes diverse and flexible volunteer opportunities for parents and potentially community members to serve within the school

      MMS trains volunteers on discipline and FERPA along with health and safety measures

      MMS hosts a Night of the Arts in December to exhibit student talents in singing, playing instruments, creating artworks, and acting

      Veterans are invited to MMS for refreshments and performance by the band/music students on Veteran’s Day

      The school library sponsors two Book Fairs a year. Students purchase books and win books throughout the week. The Book Fair is open one evening for Family Night. Parents and families are invited to assist in the library during this time

      MMS participates in a food drive each year for Christmas in Jefferson County. The canned foods that are collected from various schools are put together for families in need

At Maury Middle School, we will support the academic interests and address the academic needs of all students; we will meet the broad array of social and health needs of our we will continuously work together to support student learning both at home and school:

 

      Administration, teachers, and counselors meet with parents and guardians to discuss student

academic, attendance, and behavioral concerns.

      Teachers, parents and families use daily planners for communication between home and school

      Teachers utilize communication apps to easily pass along information to families

  Aspen is utilized by faculty to communicate grades, assignments, and important events

      School counselors provide individual, small, and large group sessions to meet social, academic, and career needs

      MMS has a full-time nurse on site to attend to student needs

      EMED is available as an online medical option accessible to students and staff

      Families online and at school site for mental health issues

      MMS has an attendance intervention plan to increase student graduation rate and post-secondary  

        success

      All students are issued personal laptops for school use

Parent and family signature: __________________________________Date: _____________________                                                                        

 

Student signature: __________________________________________Date: ______________________