MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

🍎COLLABORATION IN ACTION🍎 Last week, Port Salerno Elementary hosted a professional learning session for elementary, middle and high school administrators across the Martin County School District. When schools come together, ideas flow like never before! Administrators across all levels can share innovative teaching methods, strategies, and resources that will benefit our students immensely. This is being #MCSDBetterTogether! Thank you, Port Salerno Elementary School, for hosting this collaborative professional learning session!

🚘 MONDAY MORNINGS WITH MAINE 🚘 Be sure to tune in to the WSTU 1450 AM Morning Show at 8 tomorrow! Superintendent Michael Maine will recap the Education Foundation of Martin County's amazing 2023 Teacher of the Year Awards Gala and share details about a prestigious financial reporting recognition MCSD was recently awarded for the 16th consecutive year! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolPROUD #MCSDBetterTogether💫

❤️🖤BETTER TOGETHER🖤❤️ On Friday, Nov. 10, South Fork High School students will perform the heartwarming musical, 'A Year with Frog and Toad.' The production showcases the amazing collaboration between students of all abilities to create something truly magical! Keep an eye out for a special report from WPBF 25 News, showing a glimpse of the uplifting and inspirational performance. This is a show you don't want to miss! It is free admission, but donations would be greatly appreciated! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🕰️ 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. #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫 #FallBack

The news is in, Martin County! 📢🎉 The biggest celebration honoring excellence in education has officially concluded! 🎉🥳🎉🥳🎉 The Martin County School District and Education Foundation of Martin County are proud to announce this year’s Teacher of the Year award winners: 🌟 High School: Kyle Gorton, South Fork High School 🌟 Middle School: Joy Kastanias, Treasure Coast Classical Academy 🌟 Elementary School and Overall Winner: Joshua Perry, Crystal Lake Elementary School 🏆 Spirit Award: Bessey Creek Elementary School A huge round of applause goes out to all of our outstanding site-level nominees and the amazing sponsors who made this celebration happen! Learn more about the winners here: https://www.martinschools.org/article/1324630 #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🍎PSYCHED TO SHARE🍎 Martin County School District school psychologists are currently at the Florida Association of School Psychologists (FASP) Annual Conference. They are psyched about the opportunity to showcase the excellence of MCSD and are actively seeking school psychologists to become part of our team! #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether

🍎DAY OF DISCOVERY AT MCSD🍎 Today, professionals in LEADERship Martin County visited the Martin County School District as part of their program. It's an amazing opportunity to showcase the incredible work happening within our schools! The leadership class started their tour at Pinewood Elementary and discovered what learning and working in an elementary school was like. The members then visited Martin County High School, where they were treated to a delicious lunch prepared and served by CTE students in the Culinary Arts Academy. Afterward, the class headed to Dr. David L. Anderson Middle School and heard the band and chorus students play and sing beautifully. Chief of Security Frank Frangella talked about his important role in keeping our schools safe and our state-of-the-art Crisis Alert System. They also heard from a student panel, who gave the class a glimpse of life as a middle school student, juggling coursework and extracurriculars. It was a day full of gaining valuable perspectives on our educational programs and building stronger connections with our community! #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🌟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. #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🎃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! #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

👻🎃SPOOKY CUTENESS OVERLOAD🎃👻 Skeletons, superheroes, and chefs, oh my! The Food and Nutrition Services Department's annual Trick-or-Treat event with Headstart students was pumpkin-licious! Students and staff brought their A-game in the costume department, and the smiles were as sweet as the treats they collected! #ALLINMartin👊

🐅💙SPIRIT OF THE TIGER💛🐅 That's a wrap for homecoming season! These past few weeks students, alumni, staff and Martin County School District families created unforgettable memories celebrating their school spirit! Martin County High School Tiger pride was a force of nature this past weekend! The creativity and teamwork that went into each float was on full display during the MCHS Homecoming Parade on Thursday. Then, the Tigers went on to win their Homecoming football game! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🗓️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 #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

🎃👻GHOULISH GRUB GALORE👻🎃 The Food and Nutrition Services staff at Jensen Beach High School couldn't miss out on brewing up something extra special for students! From creepy creature pizzas to ghostly fruit parfaits, the creativity and dedication of our entire FNS Department are unparalleled! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🛠️📖USING ALL THE TOOLS📖🛠️ Dr. David L. Anderson Middle School students used various methods to grow their knowledge last week! Smarties helped students sweeten their ratio math skills. AVID students learned how to soar from an expert in the field--a local Aerospace Engineer. Reading students dove into story themes by analyzing short videos. Students in the Martin County School District make use of various resources and strategies to excel in their education while still having fun! #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫 #PublicSchoolProud

🚘 MONDAY MORNINGS WITH MAINE🚘 Begin your weekly commute by catching up on the latest Martin County School District news and information with Superintendent Michael Maine! Tune in to the WSTU 1450 AM Morning Show at 8 tomorrow to learn all about a prestigious award that was earned recently by a Jensen Beach High School sophomore, plus $500k in funding that the Education Foundation of Martin County will use to support resiliency programming in our schools! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolPROUD #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🎃🐾SPOOKY BULLDOG SPIRIT🐾🎃 The South Fork High School Trunk-or-Treat was a spooktacular success! Students worked hard on their meticulously decorated car trunks and everyone came out in creative costumes. It was a ghostly good time! What made this event even more exceptional was that it went beyond candy and costumes. South Fork High School used this opportunity to give back to the community by supporting Hannah's Home of South Florida. Shoutout to Emma Stewart, the SFHS Junior Class of 2025 President, who came up with this idea to host a trunk-or-treat that fundraises, gets students involved, and brings members of our community together! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

⭐MCSD ALUM SPOTLIGHT⭐ Earlier this year, Martin County High School alumna Sophie Araque-Liu, a.k.a. the 2022 Doodle for Google winner, was awarded a Florida High School Athletic Association scholarship! Sophie won the 2022-2023 Roger Dearing Heart of the Arts Award, a $1,500 scholarship, for her hard work and efforts in giving back to her community. Applications for the Heart of the Arts and Spirit of Sports scholarships are now available! Learn more about each opportunity: 🎨 HOTA - https://fhsaa.com/sports/2020/3/18/HeartofArts.aspx 🏐 SOS - https://fhsaa.com/sports/2020/3/18/SpiritofSport.aspx Read more about why Sophie was chosen for the Heart of the Arts Scholarship here: https://fhsaa.com/news/2023/2/1/about-us-fhsaa-announces-the-2022-2023-roger-dearing-heart-of-the-arts-and-spirit-of-sport-award-winners.aspx #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud

⭐️🤠FAMILY MATH NIGHT🤠⭐️ Crystal Lake Elementary School families had a fun time wrangling numbers at Family Math Night earlier this week! They lassoed their math skills, square danced with fractions, line danced with word problems, and two-stepped with addition and subtraction! It was a a rootin' tootin' good time thanks to our amazing Math Department, CLE staff and incredible families! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🗓️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

🍎COLLABORATIVE LEARNING🍎 Here in the Martin County School District, our teachers are constantly gaining knowledge and adding more tools to their toolbox to provide the best education for our students. Yesterday, Felix A. Williams Elementary teachers engaged in a professional learning session with School Psychologist Katie Ketcham titled 'Building Your Toolbox: Outside of the Box Behavior Strategies.' Collaboration between different departments is vital to educating ALL students for success. We are #MCSDBetterTogether! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud