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🇺🇸CELEBRATING HEROES🇺🇸
Happy Veterans Day to all who have served our country!
Join us in honoring the bravery of those who have fought to protect us all. We humbly thank all the heroic men and women who have served our great nation to preserve our freedoms.
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🍁THANKSGIVING BREAK UPDATE🍁
The Martin County School District would like to formally announce students and teachers will have Nov. 20-24 off for Thanksgiving Break.
As noted in the Instructional Calendar, Nov. 20 and 21 were designated as emergency makeup days to ensure our students would receive the instruction in the event the District had to close schools due to storms or other unforeseen emergencies.
The District has had no such situation creating a need to make up instructional time; therefore, those two days are included in Thanksgiving Break for students and teachers.
The Martin County School Board approved the 2023-2024 School Calendar during its meeting on Nov. 22, 2022. To view the calendar, click here: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
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🕰️ Reminder, Martin County families: Don't forget to set your clocks back one hour tonight! 🕰️
Daylight saving time ends Sunday, Nov. 5, 2023, at 2 a.m.
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Hello JD Parker Families,
Please enjoy the November edition of the JD Parker Family Blast newsletter.
Hola familias de JD Parker,
Disfrute de la edición de noviembre del boletín informativo JD Parker Family Blast.
https://www.smore.com/bxs9j
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🌟CELEBRATING NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE🌟
Martin County School District students have the opportunity to celebrate Native American Heritage Month while also having a chance to win a college scholarship!
The Florida Department of Education and Volunteer Florida recently announced Governor Ron DeSantis and First Lady Casey DeSantis’ 2023 Native American Heritage Month art, essay and educator contests. This year's theme is “Highlighting Native American Heroes and Their Accomplishments.”
Click here for more information: https://www.martinschools.org/article/1319548
All entries must be received by 5 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, November 9, 2023.
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🎃HAPPY HALLOWEEN🎃
👻🎶This is Halloween, this is Halloween...across the Martin County School District!
🎀 Felix A. Williams Elementary administrators are living in a Barbie world.
👩🍳Spice Girls visit the J.D. Parker Elementary School cafeteria.
Ⓜ️ The Exceptional Student Education Department turned into M&Ms.
🎃Riverbend Academy staff dressed to impress in their wackiest costumes.
🦸♂️Murray Middle School educators got into character and dawned their best disguises.
We hope everyone has a safe and fun last day of October!
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Please join us in keeping our community clean, this Saturday, November 4th.
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🗓️EARLY RELEASE DAY🗓️
Just a reminder, families - tomorrow, October 31, is an early release day. Students will be dismissed two hours earlier than normal.
View our complete school calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
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Reminder: Tomorrow, October 31, is an early release day. Your child will be released at 11:50 am. In addition, it is Halloween! If your child would like to wear a costume based on a book character we would love to see it! (No masks or play weapons, please)
Recordatorio: Mañana, 31 de octubre, es día de salida temprana. Su hijo saldrá a las 11:50 am. Además, ¡es Halloween! Si a su hijo le gustaría usar un disfraz basado en un personaje de libro, ¡nos encantaría verlo! (No máscaras ni armas de juguete, por favor)
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🗓️EARLY RELEASE DAY🗓️
Just a reminder, families - Tuesday, October 31, is an early release day. Students will be dismissed two hours earlier than normal.
View our complete school calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
#ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud
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As a reminder, next Tuesday, October 31st is an Early Release day. Students are dismissed at 11:50am. All after school clubs and tutoring are cancelled.
Como recordatorio, el próximo martes 31 de octubre es día de salida temprana. Los estudiantes salen a las 11:50 am. Se cancelan todos los clubes extraescolares y tutorías.
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📆HURRICANE MAKEUP DAYS📆
Reminder for families: Hurricane season doesn't officially end until Nov. 30. As we near the end of the season, we want to remind Martin County families of the scheduled Emergency Makeup Days built into the 2023-2024 School Calendar.
We are also nearing the first set up Emergency Makeup Days on our Instructional Calendar, which precedes Thanksgiving Break (Nov. 20-21). These days may be used to make up instructional time in the event we need to close for one or more storms.
IF we do NOT experience any emergency situations or storms requiring us to use one or more of these Emergency Makeup Days, those two days will be added to Thanksgiving Break, giving students the week away from school (Nov. 20-24). At this time, that appears to be the case.
If we experience conditions that would necessitate making up one or more school days, we will provide notice of the appropriate date(s) to families and employees as soon as possible.
The Martin County School Board approved the 2023-2024 School Calendar during its meeting on Nov. 22, 2022. To view the calendar, click here: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
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Reminder: Tomorrow (10/25) is J.D. Parker fall picture day. Feel free to dress to impress!
Recordatorio: Mañana (25/10) es el día de la fotografía de otoño de J.D. Parker. ¡Siéntete libre de vestirte para impresionar!
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🍎REPORT CARDS🍎
First quarter report cards are now available in the FOCUS Parent Portal.
View your child's grades and attendance info: https://martin.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/
If you don't have access to FOCUS, please click here to view instructions for claiming your account: https://martin.focusschoolsoftware.com/focus/auth/
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⭐️CELEBRATING CHARACTER⭐️
All week long, Martin County School District students celebrated good character!
Each day, students and staff represented the six pillars of Character Counts:
💙Trustworthiness
💛Respect
🧡Fairness
❤️Caring
💚Responsibility
💜Citizenship
We are thankful to our community partners who help support the Character COUNTS program in our schools, including the Boys & Girls Clubs of Martin County and Lively & Napoli Orthodontics, who provided the special Character COUNTS t-shirts Citrus Grove Elementary School kindergarten students are wearing!
Scroll through the photos to see our students fully embracing the meaning of this past week!
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🍎EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS FOR SUCCESS🍎
Mark your calendar: our Fall Conference Nights are coming soon!
Please watch for additional details coming from your child's school.
View our complete instructional calendar: https://www.martinschools.org/page/calendars
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🎃🍬TREATS FOR A CAUSE🍬🎃
Get ready for a hauntingly good time at South Fork High School's Trunk-or-Treat event on Oct. 25 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.!
Students and staff are turning the campus into a Halloween extravaganza, and you're invited!
In the spirit of giving, SFHS students organized the admission to be donation-based, which will support Hannah's Home of South Florida. Suggested donation items are listed on the flyer.
Grab your buckets, pails or pillowcases and join in on the spooktacular event!
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🌊🐢OPEN HOUSE🐢🌊
Do you want to see the gem of the Martin County School District?
The Environmental Studies Center is hosting an Open House this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.! 💎🐢🌊
Meet Coral the resident Sea Turtle and Joey the Alligator! Discover the newly renovated and famous Wet Lab!
Create unforgettable memories and have a blast learning about Martin County's local ecosystem!
#ALLINMartin👊 #escistheplacetobe #MCSDBetterTogether💫
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Celebrate Character Counts this week!
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