Summerour Blue Devil Blast

• March 8 - 7 Gr. Orchestra LGPE
• March 8 - Soccer vs. Lilburn (@ Meadowcreek HS)
• March 12 - Interim Testing: 1st & 2nd Academic
• March 12 - [Rescheduled] The Bridge Restaurant
• March 13 - Interim Testing: 3rd & 4th Academic
• March 13 - Basketball Banquet
• March 13 - GCPS Board Meeting
• March 14 - Digital Learning Day #4
• March 15 - Soccer vs. Pinckneyville (@ Berkmar HS)
• March 22 - Student Leadership Conference
• March 22 - Saturday School
• March 29 - Gifted Steppers Competition
• March 29 - JLC Raider Competition (@ ShilohMS)
• March 29 - Soccer vs. Berkmar (@ Meadowcreek HS)

Friday (March 14) is a Digital Learning Day

Teacher Office Hours: 1:15p - 3:15p

Students will work from home on Friday. Remember, they will have work to complete for each of their classes. They can find their work on eClass or on Google Classroom!

Have a great Digital Learning Day!

As a parent or caregiver, you should take one EES Family Survey for each school in which you have a child enrolled. As an employee, if you also have a child in GCPS, you should take the EES Staff Survey in addition to the Family Survey.

The survey will be available for you to complete through Friday, March 7. We hope you will lend your voice to making Gwinnett County Public Schools the best it can be for our students.

Please use this link to access the Family Survey.

8 am

Monday - Thursday

Here are some photos from this week!

Summerour's cafeteria staff, led by Ifeakam Ogwu (a.k.a. Ms. Ife), has got another 100 on her regular health inspection. By my count, that's 3 in a row, but maybe more! Congratulations, Ms. Ife!

The iReady Literacy Screening scores are now available in ParentVUE. Additionally, you can find your student’s Diagnostic Results for Math and Reading in the For Families report posted in ParentVUE. Learn more about ParentVUE by clicking here. If you need support with ParentVUE, please contact your student’s school.

All Summerour students qualify to attend a free, afterschool tutoring program. Transportation to the program, and snacks, are provided.

Grades 6-8

Monday-Friday

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You'd "butter" believe that we believe in OUR teachers.

Thanks to a community partner who helped us provide bags o' popcorn for OUR teachers this week!

We are pleased to share important information regarding meal accommodations on school days for students observing Ramadan in 2025. The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has approved a waiver allowing schools in Georgia to provide takeaway meals to students fasting during Ramadan.

These waivers allow eligible students to receive breakfast and lunch in a manner that aligns with their religious observance, beginning the week of Monday, March 3, 2025, through Friday, March 28, 2025.

• Who is eligible? Current GCPS students who are fasting during Ramadan may receive a takeaway meal service.
• Meal distribution: Meals will be available for pick-up after school only for students who attend school that day. The location to pick up meals will be determined and communicated from the individual school.
• Meal Price: Meals will be provided based on Free, Reduced, or Paid eligibility and pricing.
• Meal limits: Only one breakfast and one lunch may be provided per student daily. Students who receive a takeaway meal cannot receive a meal during the school day.
• Questions: If you have questions or concerns, please email communications@gcpsk12.org.

To participate, each family must register weekly for takeaway breakfasts and lunches by completing this request form by 4:00 p.m. each Thursday. The first deadline was Thursday, February 27, 2025, by 4:00 p.m. Reminders will be sent each week of Ramadan to complete the registration form.

Please note that takeaway meals will not be available for the Digital Learning Day on Friday, March 14.

If you do not wish to participate, no action is required.

Have you caught your child vaping? Are you concerned they may be? Talk to them about vaping. Here are some questions we've received as guidance to help talk to kids who have been caught vaping. Maybe they'll help you open the conversation up at home.

Don't know the answers? Look them up before you start. . . or learn from your child. Try reading up on literature from the American Lung Association.

Try these:

• What can you do to avoid being in situations where you might be tempted to vape?

• Why do people think that vaping is cool?

• Do you see this promoted in society?

• What are some of the effects that vaping can have on your health?

• How can you avoid peer pressure when it comes to the use of e-cigarettes or vape pens?

• Who can you talk to if you want more information about vaping?

Vote for OUR very own Hediyah Al-Amin to get a chance to see Bill Nye the Science Guy at Summerour.

Ms. Al-Amin is currently a Top 20 Teacher in the running for America's Favorite Teacher, a contest hosted by The Planetary Society. One of the prizes the winner will get is a school assembly hosted by Bill Nye the Science Guy. Voters get to cast one vote a day for the next few weeks. Can she get some support from Summerour.

Link to vote: https://americasfavteacher.org/2025/hediyah-al-amin

Ms. Belinda Terry

6th Grade Assistant Principal

Belinda.Terry@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Tannia Wood

6th Grade Counselor

Tannia.Wood@gcpsk12.org

770.417.2491

https://jointotem.com/ga/norcross/summerour-ms-pta

Mr. Al Sadler

7th Grade Assistant Principal

Al.Sadler@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Angelica Rosas

7th Grade Counselor

Angelica.Rosas@gcpsk12.org

770.417.2480

https://jointotem.com/ga/norcross/summerour-ms-pta

Ms. Christy Gray

8th Grade Assistant Principal

Christian.Gray@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Robin Blackwell

8th Grade Counselor

Robin.Blackwell@gcpsk12.org

770.417.2487

https://jointotem.com/ga/norcross/summerour-ms-pta

Congratulations to Carson Ta for the Best Middle School Project at the Regional Science Fair this week!

Dr. Toni Weir

Gear Up Assistant Principal

Toni.Weir@gcpsk12.org

Ms. Allegra Morgan

Gear Up Counselor

Allegra.Morgan@gcpsk12.org

770.797.2960

https://jointotem.com/ga/norcross/summerour-ms-pta

Last Friday was OUR Black History Month program to wrap up OUR Black History Month activities for February. However, we didn't get the pictures in time for the newsletter, so here they are this week. Enjoy this peek into last Friday's Black History Month program.

March 1 - vs. Sweetwater (at Norcross HS)

March 8 - vs. Lilburn (at Meadowcreek HS)

March 15 - vs. Pinckneyville (at Berkmar HS)

March 29 - vs. Berkmar (at Meadowcreek HS)

Norcross Cluster

Drive Thru Food Pantry

Paul Duke STEM High School

5850 Peachtree Industrial Blvd.

Norcross, GA 30071

10:30 a.m. until food runs out

• Sponsored by the Norcross Elementary counselors
• Food provided by the Atlanta Food Bank

OUR DLI (dual-language immersion) teachers attended the FLAG conference this week to get some more tips and tricks. They were already masterful in their teaching (see pics of Ms. Mejia's classroom below), but now we expect even more great things. Thank you to OUR DLI teachers!

Click this link to let Rosanna Carlson know that you'd like to volunteer to help out at Summerour. You can choose specific days and times to come in weekly OR go through the list of events and groups that could use you. Check it out! Come and be a part of your child's school.

Buy your yearbook at Jostens.com to get a discount! First people to buy get $10 off (at $30), next group get $5 off (at $35, this is a bigger group), and the rest are full price at $40. Once they go to $40 it is the same price in Media Center and on Jostens.com. Order yours now! Go to Jostens.com, click Yearbook and Buy Your Yearbook.

You can receive ParentSquare message notifications 3 ways: email, text, or in the phone app. The GCPS website has a page that explains how to setup or change your notifications. We encourage you to go in to your ParentSquare account and make sure that you are getting the notifications in a way that makes the most sense for you!

Click the link and make sure you are getting notified.

IB Learners are principled! They act with integrity and honesty, with a strong sense of fairness, justice and respect for the dignity of the individual, groups and communities. They take responsibility for their own actions and the consequences that accompany them.

IB students are infused with the academic integrity that is a fundamental value of universities and colleges.

2023-2024 Family Perceptions EES Survey Results