MCP3 Staff News

Greetings MCP3 Team!

Thank you for bringing the fun to our first ever MCP3 Winter Olympics! Shout out to Team Diamonds (Miller, Wright, Harrell, Stricklin, Harvell, and Moon) for taking home Silver! Miller and Harvell's elegant and highly skilled pair figure skating performance received a tying score and securing a point for their team! The IT judges said, "It was very ice-skatey and a solid song selection." Special shout out to Team Hearts (Mitchell, Burt, Blevins, Cathey, and Carroll) who brought home the GOLD! Winning the first three events with Blevins' solid speed skating form, Mitchell's bobsledding speed, and Burt's aggressive hockey skills- the team was a force to be reckoned with! This 2026 Winter Olympics is definitely one we will forever remember!

At MCP we use data relentlessly to drive action and outcomes. During our monthly PD, teams worked together to discuss and analyze our Q2 data. Your thoughtful reflections and solutions oriented mindsets are what will help to improve outcomes and experiences for our scholars. Teams shared solid action plans to keep strong throughout Q3 and I am proud of the continued work of our team!

Here are some important happenings and reminders:

New Student Open Enrollment

Open enrollment started on February 1st. This means that all of our K3 scholars may now enroll as a NEW STUDENT for K4 if they are turning 4 on or before September 1st, 2026 and plan on attending MCP for the 26-27 school year. One of our enrollment goals is to have 80% of our K3 scholars enrolled in MCP for the following school year (K3/K4). During the month of February we will be having a challenge to promote enrollment completion. The first class to have 100% of their scholars enrolled for the 26-27 school year will receive a pizza party and all homerooms with 90% enrollment by 2/29 will be entered to win a SPA Gift Card.

• Scholars that will not be 4 on or before September 1st would need to attend our MCP3 program again. They just need to let you and/or Ms. Perine know they plan to stay at MCP3.
• If a family is planning to enroll their child in another school, we would need to know the name of the school to count it as a completed enrollment.
• Ms. Perine has shared the enrollment spreadsheet- please refer to this as you connect with families.

Current Enrollment percentage by homeroom:

• Elephants: 53%
• Gators: 65%
• Tigers: 53%
• Bulldogs: 55%
• Golden Eagles: 60%

This week is our Black History Spirit Week

Staff and Scholars may dress in the themed attire each day or dress in the appropriate MCP uniform. Friendly reminder, that even on these spirit attire days, staff are still expected to dress in appropriate manner for the work environment. This includes the following:

• Leggings must be paired with a top that is fingertip length
• jeans are acceptable, but may not include rips or holes
• The 3 Bs must be fully covered (ask me if you are unsure of the 3 Bs)

Monday: Positivi-Tee Shirt Day (wear a shirt with a positive message on it)

Tuesday: Black Excellence Day (dress up like the queens and kings you are or dress like an important black historical figure)

Wednesday: Pan African Day (wear red, black, green & yellow)

Thursday: Black OUt Day (Wear Black everything)

Friday: HBCU Day (wear an HBCU shirt)

Black History Family Night- 2/26/26

Our Family Night: Black History Edition is this Thursday, 4:30-6:30pm. Encourage families to attend this Thursday evening! Special treat bags will be delivered to your classrooms early in the week for you to pass out to the family. We will announce the Classroom Bulletin Board winners as well as the Family craft challenge raffle winners! Aftercare will be run by Ms. Keifer and Ms. Minor- location is TBD.

RANG

Be sure to remind families to accept their weekly goal so they can earn the RANGS to redeem for prizes and gifts! This is the last week to increase your goal acceptance rate in hopes of securing the $100 gift card party!

List of Scholars that have NOT accepted the goal for next week

Letter of Hire Process & Active Recruitment for 26-27

Invites for checkpoint progress review meetings have been scheduled and sent to appropriate staff members for this week. MCP3 is currently looking for two lead teachers for next year. If you know of any amazing individuals who you believe would be a great fit for our team, please encourage them to apply online. Be sure to email HR and me of their names to secure your referral bonus!

DSHA Volunteers at MCP3

We will have 4 DSHA students "Dashers" supporting MCP3 from 3/2-3/12. This is a part of their senior vocare (Latin-to call forth) program. This 2-week service immersion calls students to meaningful experiences with our community and helps them understand their God-given talents so they can accept their gospel call to be women who can make a difference in the world.

The DASHERS will be assigned to support in a specific classroom.

Kaitlyn Toole

Alyiana McMahon

Hannah Szpara

Abigail Buckner

With all the Love and Respect,

Peterson

Important Upcoming Dates & Events:

2/24- No Lead Teacher Fab collab due to Monthly PD on Friday. Use the time to finalize prep needed for Family night.

2/25- Pyramid Model Leadership Team Meeting 1:15-2:15

2/25- MCP Hiring Fair 5:00-7:00

2/26 Family Night 4:30-6:30pm

2/27- Assembly

Weekly Staff Coverage

Friday 2/27 Harvell is out, Keifer will support Gators. Burt is out, Minor will support Bulldogs.

Please begin to plan and schedule your Quarter 4 Field Trip. Quarter 4 runs from April 6th-June 11th.

I have included the UEC schedule below for reference. (UEC is Q3 Field Trip). Alabama Elephants may also schedule a Q3 Field trip still.

Frog Street: Theme 6 Week 3

Portfolio Artifacts for the Theme

• Things Kids Do Story Page (writing) Encourage Scholars to do their own writing, used for Report Card
• It Started as a sock and/or Bubble Experiments
• 1:1 Correspondence to compare groups
• Progress to Monthly Goal

Heggerty -Week 24

Second Step- NO Second step

Scope and Sequence

Benchmark Assessment Tracker

MCP3 Benchmark Assessment

small group document

Activities by Skill Resource

Skill Tracker for Progress

Daily on-site IT support @ North: Monday & Wednesday 8:00-12:00, Tuesday & Thursday 12:00-4:00. During these times, feel free to stop by your staff lounge for any IT questions, comments, concerns, or just to chat! We will also periodically walk around the building for those who might not be able to leave their classroom for more than a moment.

If you ever have an IT need and cannot find us at your campus, you are also always welcome to visit our MCP Help Desk (found on your homepage!) to submit a ticket, request a service, or view our self-help articles to try and solve your issue yourself:

Room 121- Thursday @ 2:30

Room 122- Tuesday @ 2:10

Room 123- Monday @ 2:30

Room 124- Friday @ 2:10

Room 125- Wednesday @ 2:30

*If there is a circumstance in which your classroom needs to wash on a different day/time, please refer to this schedule and be sure to do your laundry outside of these scheduled classroom times. If you plan to change your day/time- be sure to let me know so that I can edit it on our weekly staff newsletter so that everyone is informed.*