Upcoming Events
- Monday, December 23
- Tuesday, December 24
- Wednesday, December 25
- Thursday, December 26
- Friday, December 27
MMS, where together WE make a difference!
Join the PTSO!
2024-25 PTSO Membership Registration
We encourage all families to become members of the MMS PTSO! Members will be kept in-the-know with access to newsletters, volunteer opportunities, student directory, event calendar, and yearbook snapshot slideshows. Membership dues are $25 per family, and will go directly back into developing new programs and supporting our students and staff.
STEP 1: REGISTER YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION
STEP 2: PAY YOUR $25 MEMBERSHIP FEE & BECOME A MEMBER!
PLEASE NOTE: If you already have a Membership Toolkit account login with another organization, you can use the same log-in here.
Congratulations MMS!
Marshall Middle School has been recognized as a Pennsylvania Don Eichhorn Schools: School to Watch for the 2024-2025 school year. This announcement, made through the Pennsylvania Association of Middle Education, places Marshall Middle School among an elite group. MMS is one of only 38 schools currently on the Schools To Watch list in Pennsylvania and one of just over 700 schools recognized nationwide.
PA STW State leaders select schools for the STW program based on their Academic Excellence, Developmental Responsiveness, Social Equity and Organizational Structures and Processes. In addition, each school has strong leadership, teachers who work together to improve curriculum and instruction, and a commitment to assessment and accountability to bring about continuous improvement.
The Schools to Watch selection process is based on a written application that required schools to show how they met criteria developed by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle Grades Reform. Schools that appeared to meet the criteria were then visited by a state team, which observed classrooms, interviewed administrators, teachers, students, and parents, and looked at achievement data, suspension rates, quality of lessons, and student work.
Schools are recognized for a three-year period, and at the end of three years they need to re-apply to continue to be recognized as a STW school. They must also demonstrate progress on specific goals in order to be re-designated. Unlike the Blue Ribbon recognition program, “Schools to Watch” requires schools to not just identify strengths, but to also focus on areas for continuous improvement; thus the three year re-designation. The re-designation process is based on the schools continued growth since their last STW recognition.
Congratulations to the students, teachers, staff, parents, and administrators on this remarkable achievement!
Cookies Still Needed for Friday's Staff Cookie Walk!
The Annual Staff Holiday Cookie Walk and Hot Cocoa Bar will be held the morning of Friday, December 20th. Student Council will provide the hot cocoa and the PTSO is helping to provide the cookies.
We need your help to make this the best and most delicious cookie walk yet! If you are able to donate cookies, please use the sign-up genius linked below. Donations will need to be dropped off in the office Wed., Dec. 18th or Thurs., Dec. 19th. Cookies should be in a sealed container/bag/box and labeled with type of cookie.
Your help in making this event another huge success is greatly appreciated!
Next Meeting - Thursday, January 9th at 9:30am
Our next PTSO meeting will be held Thursday, January 9th at 9:30am in the MMS Library. (Please note that there will be no meeting in December.). All are welcome and we look forward to seeing you then!
In the meantime, if you have any thoughts, ideas, concerns or questions for the PTSO, please reach out! marshallmiddle.ptso@gmail.com
If you missed a meeting, please check out our meeting minutes here.
School pictures are ready!
Purchase Your 2024-25 MMS Yearbook!
Yearbooks go on sale beginning Sept. 1st. Order by Oct. 31st and receive a 10% discount! Remember that once you create an account and purchase a book, you may customize the first 2 pages of your student's yearbook for free. Please take advantage of this unique opportunity!
For more information and to purchase, click here.
Save your Chick-Fil-A Receipts and Support our PBIS Program!
Please support our new receipt rewards program at the Wexford & Cranberry Chick-Fil-A, to benefit our PBIS/Spark the Difference Program! Click here.
For more information on our PBIS / Spark the Difference Program, Click here.
MMS Yearbook Snapshots Page
Check out our Yearbook Snapshots page where we post slideshows of our students from events and activities throughout the year. Please note that you must be a paid PTSO member to view.
