Engagement Plan

Maury Middle School 2024-2025

 

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 Math and Literacy evening in the Spring.

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: _______________