Family Newsletter 3/27/23
Hello Maverick Nation!
Ramadan
Ramadan Mubarak to our Muslim community and students!! We have many students, families, and staff, who participate in the spiritual month of Ramadan beginning, March 22nd. McClure has set up a room where students can go to pray during the school day. If you would like your child to have access to the prayer room, please email Principal Conner to give permission for your McClure student to be on the list. We will need your student’s name, and approximate time of day to use the space. School staff will then issue a pass to your student and show them you where to go.
Teacher Learning Walks:
Thought I would just share with you some details about our professional development this year. Our teachers have had a few iterations of Learning Walks last year and this year with the intention of getting used to being in each others’ classrooms and learning from one another. It is a high leverage and research-based practice that has shown to support schools’ academic and climate success across the country/world and across the decades. Our focus this year is on student engagement and our on-going professional development and learning walks have emphasized this. We are upping our Learning Walk “game” in the next few weeks and I am so excited! Each department member will be observing members of their own department and presenting a lesson to their own students while their departmental peers observe; each McClure department is focusing on a common engagement strategy that they want to improve. They will take notes, collaborate before and after and then make some decisions as a department as to how to hone this strategy to better engage our scholars. Just thought you would like to know how awesome our staff is and their growth mindset in ongoing improvement for our kids!
Film Screening and Community Discussion: Beyond Black and White
What: Film screening and discussion of Roosevelt High School: Beyond Black and White
When: Friday April 21 from 7:00-8:30pm
Where: Ballard High School auditorium (1418 NW 65th St; enter the auditorium from NW 67th St)
Who: Everyone is welcome! Ballard PTSA DEI committee invites you to join us, the Lincoln High School PTSA DEI committee, and Roosevelt Alumni for this exciting event. Roosevelt alumni strongly encourage any other 1970’s Seattle Schools alumni to join in the discussion and share their experiences.
Why: To build community, learn from each other, and use what we learn to improve racial equity
Taco Tuesday, March 28th Celebrate Spring with gelato at Nutty Squirrel in Magnolia! Between 3PM and 7PM 15% of all purchases are donated to our McClure PTA.
Math Enrichment Opportunity!!!!
One of our wonderful parents works for a STEM education enrichment institution. She wanted to share information and their website for our McClure families. Engageable Design is launching an in-person program to help middle school students foster problem-solving skills alongside development an in-depth understanding of mathematics. The class is on Saturdays and is for free!!
For more information and to register for Math Enrichment
GO MAVS!!
Shannon Conner
Principal, McClure Middle School