January 11th – Weekly Update…

Good afternoon.  We are about halfway through January.  The second marking period will be ending in 12 school days.  That is an amazing thought.  This year has flown by for me.  It is amazing that we have already begun planning for CMT’s, we are having meetings about high school scheduling for our 8th grade students, and we are beginning to focus on work for the 2013 / 2014 school year.  What I don’t want to do is lose sight of all of the great things that have gone on and are going on this year.

  • I want to thank Keri Carbone for putting together the ’26 Acts of Kindness’ display in our main hallway.  It is a great daily reminder of all of the fantastic things that our staff and students are doing for others.  I especially liked Ms. Pucciarello’s idea to donate 20 children’s books and 6 adult books to her local library.  Thank you, Mrs. Carbone.
  • Our custodial staff did a fantastic job over the winter break getting the building back in September form.  The gymnasium floor was shining as was the main hallway.  Please take a minute to thank Mr. Irish and the guys for their work.
  • Thanks to Jim Andreson, Moran Middle School will have the privilege of hosting the Mock Trial Quarterfinals for our region on February 5th.  Also, the JV Mock Trial competition between Dag and Moran will be on Monday (14th) starting at 3:00 p.m.  Please stop by and support our students if you have the opportunity.  Thank you, Mr. Andreson.
  • Thank you to Mrs. Martin, Mrs. Santiago, and Ms. Somers for livening up the main office.  It was great to see all of your family portraits over the years.  What a great atmosphere it was to walk into.

As you know, this time of year tends to get tremendously busy.  Below are just a few of the events that we have coming up:

  • OLSAT testing in January – 7th grade
  • CMT’s – March 1st and beyond
  • 8th grade high school scheduling
  • ELA will begin with their Common Core units in early February
  • Mindset Madness in March

Some business items that I want to address:

  • Please take the time to look at our school web-site.  It has been updated with some useful information and pictures. (www.wallingford.k12.ct.us/moran)
  • Please remember the Mindset challenge from the Wallingford 100.  A lot of work will be done with that in the month of March.  It is important that we act as educational role models for our children.  There is a lot of Mindset information on our web-site listed above.
  • As the marking period closes, please get in touch with teachers regarding your child’s progress for the year.  Please access Parent Portal as often as possible.
  • Please communicate all student absences as soon as you can to our main office.  If you know that your child is going to be absent, call it in immediately so we can log it in.

I encourage all of you to help your children keep that focus and drive that they began this year with.  Your students need you.  The Moran staff needs you.  Moran is headed in a great direction and that is a credit to all of your hard work at home.  I want to once again thank you for everything that you are doing this year.  You all have made our transition go so smoothly.  The welcoming atmosphere and the feeling of community has been exemplary.  You are all a credit to Wallingford and I am proud to be working with you.  Keep up the fantastic work!

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