Proud to be a
Mustang… Choosing Excellence in All that We Do!
November 13, 2008
Report Cards were
distributed this afternoon. Please take
a few minutes to sit down with your son or daughter and review this important
information. Based on my reports so far,
the percentage of students who earned Honor Roll status this quarter was the
highest that it has ever been for any quarter in Marriotts Ridge history! In addition, from my quick analysis today,
our academic ineligibility (below 2.0) percentage is the lowest that it has
ever been. Congratulations to all of our
Honor Roll Students … we will hold our Quarterly Ice Cream Celebration very
soon! We also commend those students who
might not have reached honor roll status but have shown great improvement … keep
up the good work!
As proud as we are of our students’ academic
accomplishments, I also feel that I need to bring items of concern to your
attention when they arise. We have
noticed this week that there are several students who made bad choices recently. We had two small fights in the past couple of
days that involved less than a handful of students and were ended very quickly
(you may have heard about these “all out riots” by the time the news traveled
around the community). Please help us
reinforce that fighting is never a good solution to any issue at school. In addition, it seems that we have some
students who do not realize that eating and drinking, talking, texting, getting
up and wandering around are not appropriate in class or when attending an
assembly or performance … I had two students tell me today that they had never
been told that these were inappropriate behaviors so I thought that I would
mention them again for everyone’s benefit.
We appreciate the support of all students and families in these
matters. Thank you!
Now for some more good news ….
Our Soccer Coach, Kevin Flynn, has been chosen as
Howard County Coach of the Year and
The Marriotts Ridge Marching Band and Color Guard
competed in the USSBA 20th Anniversary Celebration and National
Championships at M&T Stadium last Sunday.
Thirty-three bands from up and down the East Coast participated in this
competition. Marriotts Ridge placed well
in Class III and won the coveted “Best Percussion” award. Congratulations to our band students and Mr.
Ellis … a round of applause for the many parents who came out to help also!
During the last game of the Varsity Football season, a
31-20 victory over Centennial, Senior Kyle Williams set a new
Representing our Fine Arts program, Erica Fedor, Leslie
Decker, and Josh Tilles have been chosen by the Cappies organization to have
their reviews of plays at other schools included in local publications …
congratulations to these students and our incredible Drama Teacher, Ms. Sally
Livingston!
Speaking of Fine Arts, we highly recommend that you come
out to see The Importance of Being Earnest next week … this looks
to be another great show at Marriotts Ridge.
The play runs Thursday, November 20 – Sunday, November 23 … Thursday
through Saturday at 7 PM with the Sunday performance starting at 3 PM. Before the show on Sunday, our
Remember that November 17-21 is designated as American
Education Week. We would love to
have you visit our classrooms and see the great things being accomplished by
our students and staff members. Please
join us!
Pick A Time will open
on Saturday morning, November 15 at 12 AM so that you can schedule conferences
to be held November 24 – 26. A week
or so ago we advertised that we would open it up today. I decided to change that date after we had a
computer virus attack our data clerk’s computer and all grades had to be
manually reentered by teachers. Pushing
the conference registration process back by a day or so allows teachers to get
their grading information back from the data clerk in order to contact families
of struggling students regarding conferences.
Thanks for your understanding and patience. You can access Pick A Time by going to our
school website, www.marriottsridge.net.
Thanks in advance to our South Asian Society students
and their sponsor, Ms. Cindy Bonus, for providing snacks for the staff on
the 24th and to our awesome PTSA and Boosters for sponsoring
the Staff Appreciation Dinner on the 25th. Please make sure to sign up for conferences …
great time to see teachers again, ask any questions, and address any concerns
early in the year.
Finally, please help support our SGA “Harvest for the
Hungry” Canned Food Drive and the NHS “Toys for Tots” Toy Drive … we
are so blessed in this community … let’s help those who need a little extra
support at this time of the year. We
have enjoyed watching the kids fill up the shed that Mr. Rosnik’s class built
with canned goods … check it out on The Commons on your next visit. From what we are hearing, it sounds like I am
going to be taking a swim in the “pond” out in front of the school if we fill
the shed to the top with cans… so come on … FILL THAT SHED!
If we can be of assistance to you or just answer a quick
question, please feel free to email us at patrick_saunderson@hcpss.org. We will try to get
back to you as quick as we can.
Looking forward to seeing you during American Education
Week, and at the play and other events ….Go Mustangs!
Pat Saunderson, James LeMon, Cara Moulds, Rosalie Bowen,
and Gene Brown