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National Junior Honor Society... Seventh and eighth grade students who are interested in becoming part of the National Junior Honor Society must stop by Ms. Winters' room (E207) to pick up an application or print a

during January 9-27th. Forms are due back to Ms. Winters by January 31st.

In order to be eligible, students must maintain an overall average of 90% in all classes during the current school year (for the first two quarters of the year).

The NJHS Induction is Thursday, February 16, at 6:00 p.m

CHEERLEADER COAT DRIVE SUCCESS...

Our Cheerleaders, directed by their sponsors Mrs. Johnson and Mrs. Thomas, won a great honor by raised over 1200 coats and blankets for people in need. The Dallas Mavericks Organization will be honoring our students, staff, and community with a pep rally sometime this semester. We will let you know when to expect it.

Speaking of our Cheerleaders, the float that was designed and built by our Cheerleader Boosters placed 4th in the McKinney Rotary Club Christmas Parade. Way to Tiger Cheer!

New Grading Guidelines - Mastery Learning...

MISD has developed new grading guidelines for secondary schools that focus on Mastery Learning. Grades will continue to be a combination of formative and summative assessments, but the percentages have changed.

Summative grades, big tests, will count 70% of the grade and formative; daily work or short quizzes, will count 30% of the final grade. Students will also be allowed to demonstrate a higher level of mastery on the material and improve any grade below 70 by attending tutoring or another re-teaching activity and taking a different test on the same material. The maximum score on the second assessment is also 70. Only one retest is allowed.

Teachers are also diligently working with students to turn-in completed assignments. Rather than penalize students with a grade reduction for work turned in after the due date, teachers will be asking for your help.

• You will be notified by phone or email of missing assignments.
  
• If the work continues to be late, teachers will assign times during the day, including lunch, when the assignment can be completed.
  
• If necessary, teachers will arrange a time before or after school.
  
• If a student continues to have missing assignments, administrators can assign him/her to a late afternoon detention that will be supervised from 4:00-7:00 PM on Friday. Please remind your student of the importance of completing and turning-in assignments to avoid the Friday night detentions.

HOME ACCESS CENTER MAILOUT

This week we mailed you a registration confirmation form to you. This is for next year's Home Access Center and New Online Registration Systems. Please fill in the correct information and send it back with your child. We will be picking them up beginning January 23rd during lunch. This is just the beginning as we move away from "snail mail" and utilizing our electronic information systems.