MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

🎉RETIRING IN STYLE🎉 The Martin County School District Transportation Department officially said goodbye to Mr. Fred "Jimmy" Walton, who is retiring after 36 years! The Transportation team ordered lunch from Jimmy's favorite restaurant, Southern Pig & Cattle Stuart, to celebrate his retirement. We wish you the best, Jimmy! Thank you for your years of dedication and for ensuring the school bus fleet was safe to transport students. #ALLINMartin👊

🍎LEAVING A LEGACY🍎 On Tuesday night, Superintendent Michael Maine and the Martin County School Board celebrated the career of South Fork High School's Ms. Tera Parsons. Ms. Parsons has served the Martin County School District for 32 amazing years. She is a product of MCSD, as she is an alum of Warfield Elementary School, Indiantown Middle School and South Fork High School. Being a student in the District helped point her to her dream career: teaching in the District she grew up attending. She started her career at the very first school where she began her educational journey, Warfield Elementary. Ms. Parsons put her heart and soul into teaching. "Tera is the epitome of an educational professional and, most importantly, one of the most amazing ESE teachers I’ve worked with in my lifetime," friend and colleague Julie Butler shared. Thank you, Ms. Parsons, for your passion for education and for always pitching in to help out your teammates over the last 32 years! We wish you the best in retirement! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

☀️INSPIRING SUMMER LEARNING☀️ District staff Danielle Farrell, Dr. Debra George, and Siddhi Gullickson recently partnered with the Children's Services Council of Martin County and the community to increase uninterrupted learning over the summer. The team facilitated two learning sessions with summer camp counselors and providers in Martin County to actively explore the best strategies for students' continued learning over the summer while having lots of fun in camp! #ALLINMartin👊

🍎LEAVING A LASTING LEGACY🍎 On Tuesday, Superintendent Michael Maine and the Martin County School Board celebrate the incredible career of Mr. Al Fabrizio, former Principal of Martin County High School. Mr. Fabrizio has served in education for an impressive 43 years. His educational journey started in New York, but he has been part of the Martin County School District family for the last 35 years. He's been a Special Education teacher, Coordinator of Special Education, Dean of Students and Assistant Principal of Academics. For the previous eight years, Mr. Fabrizio impacted many MCHS students as their Principal, where he helped them reach their individual finish lines and become the Small District of the Year for the Cambridge Assessment International Education program. Mr. Fabrizio is a pillar of strength, passion and consistency. He showed what it truly means to be ALL in Martin, as he was extremely proud of not only MCHS, but also the entire District. Thank you, Mr. Fabrizio, for your passion and dedication to your students, school, the District and the community. We wish you the very best in retirement. #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🎨AN ARTIST'S LEGACY🎨 "How do you want to be remembered?" Murray Middle School eighth graders answer that question through their legacy tiles! These photos show the final installation of eighth-grade Legacy tiles from 2019-2023 students. The tiles are now hanging in their art room for everyone to see 🎨 #ALLINMartin👊

🍎ASPIRING TO GROW AS LEADERS🍎 Ten Martin County School District educators have earned their School Principal Certification after attending the Aspiring Principal Academy. Their journey started last summer during a two-week-long intensive and continued throughout the past year. During this academy, these aspiring principals had quarterly site visits and full-day learning sessions. They also implemented a "change project" at their schools. The Professional Development team created this academy with the goal of building an innovative, rigorous, practical and comprehensive, collaborative and reflective program to help prepare these educators to be future principals. Each educator finished the program as an even stronger leader. Congratulations to the following assistant principals and principals: 🍎Ed Geiger, South Fork High School 🍎Aimee Morell, Pinewood Elementary 🍎Stacy Reese, Jensen Beach High School 🍎Kelli Siters, Martin County High School 🍎Trisha Elliott, Hidden Oaks Middle School 🍎Lauren Rabener, Palm City Elementary School 🍎Tiffany Roth, Bessey Creek Elementary School 🍎Dayna Carroll, SeaWind Elementary - Hobe Sound, FL 🍎Jennifer Parker, Crystal Lake Elementary School #ALLINMartin👊

🍎LEAVING A LEGACY🍎 Last night, Superintendent Michael Maine and the Martin County School Board celebrated the career of Felix A. Williams Elementary's Ms. Valerie Young-Baldwin. Ms. Baldwin has served the Martin County School District for 36 wonderful years! She started her career as an educator at Jensen Beach Elementary School, teaching 3rd, 4th and 5th grades. She later transferred to FAWE as a media specialist, where she became known as the Book Wizard because she had all the books. Over the years Ms. Baldwin has participated in the Education Foundation of Martin County's Robotics Program, the Academic Games and Book Bowls. Thank you, Ms. Baldwin, for your dedication to your students and for nurturing their love of reading for the last 36 years! We wish you the best in retirement. #ALLINMartin👊

🍎AVID ENTHUISIATS🍎 Ninety educators from the Martin County School District recently attended the AVID Summer Institute in Tampa, Florida. Our educators learned the most up-to-date AVID techniques and school site teams collaborated daily, setting goals for the 23-24 school year to ensure that ALL students are college, career, and MARTIN ready! #ALLINMartin👊 #AVID4Possibility

🌊🐢PARTNERS IN EDUCATION🐢🌊 Last night, Superintendent Michael Maine, the Martin County School Board, and the Environmental Studies Center were presented with a donation from the Environmental Studies Council. The donation will help partially fund the salary and benefits of one teacher at the one-of-a-kind ESC for one year. The District is truly grateful for the partnership with the Council, and we look forward to another amazing school year at the ESC! #ALLINMartin👊

☀️SUMMER LEARNING☀️ Education fueling the mind and the tummy! Summer is much cooler 🧊 when you know the science behind a root beer float! 😋 Ask Ms. Lozeau and Mrs. Damian’s class at Port Salerno Elementary all about it! Those smiles say it all. This lesson was delicious! #ALLINMartin👊

🍎 ON THE AGENDA 🍎 Today's School Board meeting will begin at 4:00 p.m. The School Board is expected to consider Superintendent Maine's proposed reorganization plan during the meeting. View the agenda: https://bit.ly/3X8Ya2b Watch the livestream: https://youtu.be/4YnmagPK1G4 #ALLINMartin👊

🏃GOING THE DISTANCE🏃 Congratulations to the Martin County High School distance runner, sophomore Robbie Ziskinder, for competing nationally at adidas Outdoor Nationals in Greensboro, North Carolina, over the weekend! Robbie competed in the 1500-meter run after running a nationally qualifying time in his event. Robbie is the 6th (and youngest) MCHS track athlete to compete nationally in the past three years. He's prepared to lead the boys cross-country team through another strong season! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🍎SUCCESS STARTS HERE🍎 The Martin County School District hosted a pop-up job fair last week in preparation for the upcoming school year: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BH2csNwqaN0 These pop-up job fairs are an excellent opportunity for potential employees to meet face-to-face with leadership and apply on-site. At this pop-up, we had an extraordinary job seeker hoping to find a part-time career with MCSD...Juan Torres! You might recognize Juan. He recently graduated from Jensen Beach High School and is the FIRST recipient of the Florida Prepaid College Plans Superintendent's Scholarship! View his surprise scholarship announcement here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxlwvjpFbF0 Are you a game-changer ready to make a difference in a student's life in Martin County? Apply today: https://lnkd.in/gKvuYaxY #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

📐MATH REVIEW MONDAY📐 Sharpen your math skills this summer and complete this week’s set of Math Review Monday practice problems! Students of all ages within the Martin County School District can participate. Need some help? Elementary students can email the Martin County School District Coordinator of Math, Dr. Paige McMahon, at mcmahop@martinschools.org. Middle and high school students, try out the amazing tutors at Paper! A new set of questions will be posted here every Monday. See below for one of the math problems for this week. You can find all the math problems here: https://bit.ly/3toHO7R #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MathReviewMonday

☀️SUMMER LEARNING☀️ We are so grateful for all our teachers, bus drivers, food and nutrition staff, and all our employees who help make summer learning possible! 📸 SeaWind Elementary teachers with their summer students! #ALLINMartin👊

🚨BEHIND THE BADGE🚨 In an effort to better serve our students, employees and schools while enhancing our collaborative relationship with our law enforcement partners, Director of Safety & Security Frank Frangella recently earned his Florida law enforcement certification and now is a proud member of the City of Stuart Police Department! He’s pictured here with Chief Joseph Tumminelli after his swearing-in ceremony as a reserved officer. Before he arrived in Martin County, Mr. Frangella spent 20 years as a detective for the NYPD (including as a 9/11 first responder) and four years as an investigator with the New Jersey Department of Education's Office of Fiscal Accountability and Compliance. Mr. Frangella remains passionate about the safety and security of our most precious resource- our children. #ALLINMartin👊

🧮🔢COUNT ON US🔢🧮 This week, Martin County School District educators are attending the 2023 Florida Council of Teachers of Mathematics Conference in Orlando, Florida. Teachers and leaders from Dr. David L. Anderson Middle, Hidden Oaks Middle School, Indiantown Middle School, Stuart Middle School, Jensen Beach High School, Martin County High School and the District Office went to represent! At this annual gathering, math teachers and administrators from all over the state meet to increase their pedagogical knowledge, share innovative ideas, and make connections with others who continuously strive to improve math instruction. Team MCSD: You can COUNT on us! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🎉CELEBRATING SUCCESS🎉 Congratulations to our Director of Finance, Ms. Raquel Queen, for being selected as a member of the Board of Directors for the Florida School Finance Officers Association (FSFOA)! Ms. Queen was recognized during the annual FSFOA meeting this week in Orlando. #ALLINMartin👊

🍎EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS🍎 4th quarter report cards for middle and high school students are available in the FOCUS Parent Portal. Students who were enrolled in a course requiring an End-of-Course (EOC) exam will receive their grades once test results have been received from the Florida Department of Education. Access your child's grades in the FOCUS Parent Portal: https://martin.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/ Register for access to the FOCUS Parent Portal: https://martin.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/auth/ #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🇺🇸FLAG DAY🇺🇸 On this day in 1777, the United States approved its first national flag design. Today, 246 years later, we celebrate Flag Day in honor of our nation’s symbol of freedom. Let us reflect on what it truly represents. #ALLINMartin👊 #FlagDay