Summer Updates

As we finish Week 5 of our 6-week summer program, excitement is building and momentum is strong! Students have been engaging in meaningful learning, hands-on projects, and personal growth throughout the summer. With just one week to go, we’re proud of all they’ve accomplished and look forward to finishing the session on a high note!

1. Enrollment Trends

• Overall decline: Total enrollment decreased from 441 students (7/7) to 390 students (8/8) — a net drop of 51 students over the reporting period.

• Biggest declines:

  • Cambridge dropped from 138 to 118 students (-20).

  • Roosevelt dropped from 115 to 100 students (-15).

• Most stable: Mullen saw the smallest net change, from 83 to 78 students (-5).

• Rossler attendance stayed in the high 70s to ~81% range, showing stability despite a drop in enrollment from 105 to 94.

• Roosevelt improved from 73.91% in Week 1 to 85.97% in Week 5 — the largest week-to-week jump across locations.

• Cambridge attendance was generally strong, staying around 80%+, even with a 14% drop in enrollment.

Students in Ms. Ghosen's class at Cambridge put their creativity and engineering skills to the test in the Egg Drop Project! Tasked with designing a vehicle using only provided materials, students had to protect an egg while launching it from a distance into a designated target area. The challenge? Ensuring their vehicle cushioned the fall and kept the egg intact. Through teamwork, trial and error, and hands-on problem-solving, students explored the principles of physics, design, and innovation—proving that learning can be both educational and egg-citing!

This summer, new principal, Mrs. Fodero, has been making it a priority to connect with students and staff by spending time in classrooms across the building. From joining group activities to engaging in one-on-one conversations, she’s been eager to learn more about the Mullen school community and the incredible work happening each day.

One of our Roosevelt students recently returned from a family vacation to Disney with a very special surprise for Ms. Collins — a pair of Minnie Mouse ears and a pen! Knowing her love for Minnie, the student wanted to share a little Disney magic back at school. It was a sweet reminder of the thoughtful connections our students make with the people who care for them every day!

Please utilize this Google Form to recognize a colleague from our Superintendent's Cabinet for their hard work, special recognition, a thank you, etc. Please list your colleagues name who deserves a "shout out" and why. You can also align the recognition to one of our SuperEval competencies: Constituent-focused, peer relationships, teamwork and communication.

What to Recognize: Going above and beyond, taking on a challenge, coming up with a new and innovative idea, helping a colleague, Giving 110%, being totally awesome...so many ideas!

I will check submissions each week and share cabinet shout outs every Friday in the weekly SMORE.

The 4-7-8 is a simple breathing exercise you can follow along with when you're feeling stressed, anxious or overwhelmed. Benefits include: stress reduction, improved focus and concentration, emotional regulation, enhanced physical health, better sleep, pain management, and a way to improve overall mental and emotional well-being.