MARTIN COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT

🌟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💫

👻🎃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💫

🎃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💫

🗓️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💫

⭐️🤠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💫

⭐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

🍎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

🏆CELEBRATING DISTRICT CHAMPS🏆 These Sharks are returning to school this morning as the undefeated District Champions! Congratulations Hidden Oaks Middle School Girls' Volleyball Team! We are so proud of all our middle school volleyball teams playing their hearts out on the court this season. 🏐👏👏 #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

🏆MAKING HISTORY🏆 Congratulations to Jensen Beach High School's Girls' and Boys' Bowling Teams for becoming District Champs yesterday! Both teams, led by Coach Jennifer Schroeder, made history with their wins! This is the first District win for a bowling team at JBHS, and they got a spare! Wish these Falcons the best of luck as they head to the State Championship next week! #ALLINMartin👊 #PublicSchoolProud #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🍎🎉CELEBRATING SERVICE🎉🍎 Congratulations to Darlene Doucette, a Food and Nutrition Services employee at Murray Middle School, for receiving the Florida School Nutrition Association, Inc. Community Humanitarian Award! Darlene earned this award not for her fantastic service during lunch but for her incredible heart outside of school, serving the community. She is part of a local group, St. Joseph's Prayer Shawl Ministry, crocheting and knitting worry worms, prayer blankets and caps for cancer patients, among some other items. Deputy Superintendent Dr. Tracey Miller, Director of Food and Nutrition Services Laura Holmedal, Principal Jeff Umbaugh and Cafeteria Manager Carla Davidson were proud to recognize Darlene's accomplishment. Thank you, Darlene, for your amazing acts of service throughout our schools and the community! Congratulations on this well-deserved award. 🎉👏🍎 #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

🏆CELEBRATING SUCCESS🏆 FRC 180 adds another WINNER banner to their wall! S.P.A.M. propelled to victory at the Space Coast Showdown! 🤖🥇 With incredible teamwork, dedication, and innovation, the robotics team came in first place and secured the Additive Manufacturing Award! Huge shoutout to the talented students, mentors, and sponsors who made this outstanding win possible. 🙌🤖 📸 credit: FRC 180 #ALLINMartin👊

Bringing favorite storybook characters to life, pumpkin style! Palm City Elementary School students nailed the assignment! Which one is your favorite? 🎃📖 Students will be voting for their favorite this week during Related Arts! 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners will receive a gift card to Shark Shack. 🦈🎃 Merging the love for reading and artistic creativity happens here in the Martin County School District!

📆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 #ALLINMartin👊 #MCSDBetterTogether💫

⭐️🎓EXCITING NEWS!🎓⭐️ Did you hear?! Indian River State College's Promise Program is back for another year! The IRSC Foundation Board unanimously voted to renew the IRSC Promise program, allowing students graduating in 2024 from in-district public and public charter high schools and eligible in-district homeschool graduates can earn tuition-free Associate degrees from Indian River State College. This means our 2024 seniors can earn Associate degrees from Indian River State College tuition-free!! More info here: https://irsc.edu/news/articles/irsc-board-extends-promise-program-for-third-year.html?fbclid=IwAR1PHUH11k-AlC7WnwnouQtz9QQIxbMTdlJSeCggIhpQuBral8f9GEaljfU