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Other Sources of Information<br />
Look for the PTA MES New Parent Guide with your registration<br />
information. This has a lot of information for both parents and<br />
students. The updated Volunteer, Officer and Chairperson Guide<br />
is available on the website as well. This resource answers questions<br />
about planning events at MES and goes into more detail about our<br />
communication vehicles outlined above.<br />
We are always on the lookout for people interested in layout, design,<br />
editing and writing. We also could use people that like work. You<br />
would be folding and distributing the Memo each month. If you’d<br />
like to help, please contact Lane Chalfant at flchalfant@bellsouth.net.<br />
Lane Chalfant<br />
Vice President for Communications<br />
Parking & Safety<br />
Let’s start the new school year right with good safety and parking<br />
habits.<br />
Whenever you park at the school, please take care to avoid the carpool<br />
and bus lanes. No parking is allowed on East Rock Springs Road.<br />
There are a few parking spaces along the side of the school near the<br />
carpool entrance.<br />
Parents may park at Haygood Memorial United Methodist Church in<br />
the part of the parking lot (closer to East Rock Springs) when walking<br />
students to school, picking them up, or visiting the school to volunteer.<br />
If you park at Haygood, please walk your child to the school<br />
and do not drop off your child in the parking lot or along East Sussex.<br />
There is no parking or stopping along East Sussex between the church<br />
and the parking lot. For the safety of the children as well as for the<br />
upkeep of the Haygood grounds, please do not allow children or pets<br />
to walk on the church steps or grass. We appreciate having Haygood<br />
as such a terrific friend and neighbor, allowing all of us – including<br />
staff and teachers – use of their parking property.<br />
To park in the neighborhood, please abide by parking regulations as<br />
posted on street signs. NEVER drop your child off in the bus lane, on<br />
East Rock Springs, East Sussex, or Barclay. If you cannot walk your<br />
child to the school, please go to the carpool lane. Please remember<br />
that there are children all around you, and drive slowly on neighborhood<br />
streets and in the parking lot. While it is important that<br />
everyone arrive at school on time, it is most important that everyone<br />
arrives safely!<br />
What is the Role of the Morningside Foundation<br />
While the PTA provides a number of outstanding enrichment activities<br />
and programs for our children each school year, the Morningside<br />
Foundation adds another layer of support that sustains what makes<br />
Morningside Elementary unique. The mission of the Foundation is<br />
to financially support and preserve the academically-excellent experience<br />
and strong teaching environment for every current and future<br />
student at Morningside Elementary School.<br />
The Morningside Foundation will continue to build and preserve the<br />
culture of strong teaching at MES. We believe that teacher excellence<br />
is at the core of every successful school, including Morningside. To<br />
demonstrate this commitment, the Foundation will fund numerous<br />
professional development opportunities for Morningside educators.<br />
This summer, over the Fourth of July weekend, the Foundation sent<br />
3 teachers to an educational conference in Boston. The ASCD (formerly<br />
the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development)<br />
is an educational leadership organization dedicated to advancing best<br />
practices and policies for educators to learn, teach, and lead. These<br />
teachers, Gail Williams (K), Bianca Jones (4), and Jackie Henry (5),<br />
will return to Morningside this fall, full of ideas and energy to share<br />
with the entire staff. It is our objective, with the help of Ms. Pruitt<br />
and the Foundation’s teacher representative, to continue to find and<br />
fund these opportunities for growth.<br />
In addition to supporting teaching excellence, the Foundation will<br />
assume funding for academic enrichment in instructional technology.<br />
This emphasis will vary grade-by-grade, and will continue to evolve as<br />
the year progresses.<br />
In order for Morningside to sustain and endure as such an amazing<br />
school, the Foundation needs your financial support. Please consider<br />
how you can contribute to the success of not only your child’s education,<br />
but of all of the children at Morningside, for now and years to<br />
come.<br />
If you are interested in making contribution, or if you have questions<br />
about the Morningside Foundation, please contact any of the Foundation<br />
Board members listed below or email foundation@morningsideschool.org.<br />
Mike McCool, Ron Yabroudy, Cathy Tilman, Brian Williams, Chris<br />
Edmonds, Kirsten Hadley, Tim Fox, Chip Benton, Kevin Lyman,<br />
Ross Mansbach, Kimberly Humphrey (PTA Rep), Becky Pruitt<br />
(Principal)<br />
Quick Links<br />
Morningside Elementary: www.morningsideschool.org<br />
Atlanta Public Schools: www.atlanta.k12.ga.us/atlantaps<br />
Inclement Weather & School<br />
Closings through TWITTER!<br />
Search for “apsupdate” and click “follow”<br />
Meal Pay: www.mealpayplus.com<br />
Council of Intown<br />
Neighborhoods and Schools: www.cinsatlanta.org<br />
Georgia Performance Standards: www.georgiastandards.org<br />
Infinite Campus:<br />
https://ic.apsk12.org/campus/portal/atlanta.jsp<br />
Schoolyard Sprouts:<br />
www.schoolyardsprouts.org<br />
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