Marlette Community Schools

Hello families! Marlette Jr/Sr High School wanted to give an amazing project that you can do together as a family. You can create a tessellation which combines art with math! One of the most famous artists who combined math and art was MC Escher. You can check out his designs for inspiration or learn more about him in the links below. There are 2 main types of tessellations: a translation of the created object which just slides the object up/down and left/right or a rotational tessellation which “spins” the object. Check out the links below to see how to create the tessellations and then try one for yourself. Color and decorate them with your great imaginations! Take a picture of your creation and post it to the Marlette Community Schools’ Facebook page for an opportunity to win a gift card to one of our amazing local businesses. Good Luck and Happy Tessellating! Learn more about MC Escher: https://mcescher.com/about/biography/ Works by Escher to help inspire you: https://mcescher.com/gallery/symmetry/ Creating a translated tessellation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FIOF8xsPas Creating a rotational tessellation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lejiRl9paFc

Happy Friday #RedRaiderNation, As most of you are aware, the Governor's Executive Order suspended in-person K-12 instruction for the remainder of the 2019-2020 school year. To allow our fabulous MCS staff to prepare for the extended school closure, we will NOT be distributing new materials during the week of April 6th. Instead, next week MCS will be posting daily "challenges" to students and families through our district's social media outlets. The "challenges" will be family oriented and aimed at keeping students engaged in learning and exploring. Please post your pictures to our district Facebook page once your students complete the daily "challenges." From those posts, we will randomly select daily winners that will be awarded gift cards to local businesses. Let's all enjoy learning together! Additionally, the MCS staff is busy preparing our educational plan as we transition to remote learning for the remainder of the school year. The anticipated start date of our plan is April 13th. More details will be communicated next week. We thank you for your patience as we work to create a plan that best serves our students' academic, social, and emotional needs.

We will have our buses out today dropping off meals starting around noon. Please help us out by keeping a safe distance from our helpers. Thank you! #SchoolsGetItDone #RedRaiderNation

Hi High School Families, I hope you and your families are staying healthy and safe. I know that with school closing, many of you who wanted to order a yearbook probably did not get a chance to do so. Even with the school closing, we will still have a completed yearbook to commemorate your year. I will still be able to take yearbook orders over the next couple of weeks. Just email me and let me know if you want a book. If you and your parents are able to pay now, that would be great. Checks can be made out to Marlette Community Schools and sent to my home address 5262 Martus Rd. North Branch, MI 48461 If you are unable to make payment at this time, that is fine. I can collect money when the books arrive. Thanks, Mr. Barrows (sbarrows@marletteschools.org)

Good Afternoon Marlette Community Schools Families! We hope you are all doing well and have reached out for support if needed. Although we do not know at this time what the rest of the school year will look like, in an effort to be proactive, we have created a technology survey to help us gather information about the needs of our Marlette Schools community. Please take a moment to complete this short survey so that we can utilize the information as we plan for next steps. We hope to hear more from the Governor and our Michigan Department of Education tomorrow to help guide us moving forward. Once we know more and have your responses, we will have a plan ready by early next week. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfcdgJY-NtG2-_H50TxVfLX7_P12vdRRUNjE7Enxm_9NI4p0w/viewform?fbclid=IwAR1lhBlC5JLGc0J6frw_ZGGwal_PrG_LmnvSiZVYQpjY0XmbeQCSn5KbiLI Thank you for all you are doing to support your children during this unprecedented time in our nation's history. Please complete this survey by Friday, April 3.

This is a reminder, today is our food delivery day, please try to watch for your bus. With the temperatures rising we do not like leaving the food on porches. If you know you will not be home, leave a cooler with a note on it and food will be delivered inside the cooler. We thank you for your help and sure miss seeing the students’ faces.

Good morning families. We are happy to provide for two families per vehicle max at our pop up pantry. Thank you for understanding.

Elementary Families- Students are now able to take AR tests at home! Go to https://hosted199.renlearn.com/313037/default.aspx Students should know their login information. Login questions should be directed to the student's teacher or jvislosky@marletteschools.org.

REMINDER- The pop up pantry this week is at our elementary school (6230 Euclid Street) on Tuesday, March 31, starting around 11:30. You will enter the west drive, follow the bus loop around the back of the building, and exit the east drive. To help keep everyone safe, please remain in your vehicle and allow us to load up your food. Everyone is welcome to come and get some food. We ask that no one shows up to help unless you've notified Jason Vislosky aka Mr. V (jvislosky@marletteschools.org OR 989-635-4925). Thank you! #SchoolsGetItDone #RedRaiderNation #DoingMIPart

Student meal deliveries today. Please keep an eye out and maintain a safe space between our helpers and yourself. Thank you!

Update from DC Trip Cookie Dough Order: Participants can take pictures of their order forms and text (989-395-5184) or email (bgeorge@marletteschools.org) them to Mrs. George. Currently, Savory Foods is pushing all deliveries out to the week of April 13th or later.

https://5il.co/e2gj Updated DC Trip Cookie Dough Fundraiser: We have just received word from Savory Foods (the manager of the current Marlette DC Trip cookie dough fundraiser) that they will be unable to provide online options for ordering, despite previous reports. Understandably, the company is completely overwhelmed at the moment, and we are trying to get those orders completed as conveniently as possible for everyone. If you have orders that you need to turn in for the DC Trip cookie dough fundraiser, you may mail your orders directly to Mrs. George. She will make sure the orders get entered and credit is given to student accounts. Mrs. George's address is: 5834 S. Kingston Road, Clifford, MI 48727. After the orders are placed, Mrs. George will be sure to give an approximate delivery date, and we will go from there. Please be sure to contact her at bgeorge@marletteschools.org if you have ANY questions at all. Stay safe! ~Beverly George (DC Trip Coordinator)

By order of the Governor, schools will be closed through April 13th. Meal deliveries will continue.

Congratulations to the elementary Students of the Week, Brooklynn & Trey!

It’s Virtual Spirit Week at Marlette Community Schools! Let’s have some fun and share pics this week before Spring Break. #RedRaiderSpirit #RedRaiderNation

Starting Monday, March 23rd, all meals will be delivered. Deliveries will start at noon. Schools of Choice students will need to pick theirs up. If you have not yet signed up, you can do so on our webpage or by e-mailing the building principals. We are Red Raider Strong

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, 'Look for the helpers.You will always find people who are helping.' To this day, especially in times of 'disaster', I remember my mother's words, and I am always comforted by realizing that there are still so many helpers - so many caring people in this world." - Fred Rogers

Please check out this memo from Mrs. George regarding the Washington DC cookie dough fundraiser- https://docs.google.com/document/d/11xYM64F1U5AwSM-VNuwYB3m052IRaucAPp0E9cBrZNI/edit?usp=sharing

You MUST be signed up today by 11:00 a.m. to receive student meals this Friday. If you sign up after 11:00 a.m. today, you will be added to the list for Monday student meals. ONLY SIGN UP ONCE!

If you’re looking for some more reading material, log in to MackinVIA (https://www.mackinvia.com/). Students, log in just as you would a Chromebook (first name.lastname). Need help? Email jvislosky@marletteschools.org