Memorial Junior High

	Memorial Middle School
Daily Announcements Teacher Websites Memorial Memo Links & Activities Media Center Athletics Pro-Ohio PTA	“The mission of the Memorial Middle School community is to effectively challenge and motivate all learners by creating an environment that engages students in academic work that results in a high level of achievement. We are confident that with our support and help, students can master challenging curricula, and we expect them to do so. We are prepared to work collaboratively with colleagues, students, and parents to achieve this shared educational purpose as our students prepare to be part of a dynamic global society.”	8979 Mentor Avenue Mentor, Ohio 44060 Principal's Message
Contact Info: Principal: Patrick McKenrick Assistant Principal: Kathy Burnett Webmaster: Lisa Ford Staff Directory Main Office: (440) 974-2250 Guidance- Absence: (440) 974-2255 Clinic: (440) 974-2264 Athletics Office: (440) 205-2514 Media Center: (440) 974-2268 Homework Hotline: 6th Grade - 255-4001 7th Grade - 974-2261 8th Grade - 974-5420 Superintendent's Update Board of Education (440) 255-4444 District Calendar Building Info: Community Sponsorship Memorial Student Handbook Memorial Dress Code District Acceptable Use Policy Acceptable Use Sign-Off Form Medical Forms Bell Schedule Band Schedule Memorial's History Map to Memorial	Daily Announcements - Daily Announcements - Daily Announcements - Daily Announcements - Daily Announcements - Available every day around approximately 1 p.m. Upcoming Events: March 10 - Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences: 5:30-8:30 p.m. March 18, 19, 20 - Guys & Dolls Performances March 30 - End of the 3rd Grading Period April 1-11 - Spring Break April 12 - School Resumes April 17 - Band Solo & Ensemble School-Wide Announcements: Special thanks to our new Corporate Sponsors: Orthodontics by Dr. Lawrence, Brunner Funeral Home and Cremation Service, Lake County Chapter, KSU Alumni, Professional Answering Service, Inc., Crossroads Lake County Adolescent Counseling Service, Cardinal Community Credit Union, & Drs. Greiner, Visger Dental Associates. Memorial Spiritwear is still available! Check out the offerings. Like Indians baseball? Want to earn free tickets? Parents, help your student to sign up for the Cleveland Indians Key Bank High Achievers Kids Club. The School Newspaper, Memorial Writes, is available online. The FBI wants to make available a fingerprint identification kit, a wallet card, and a DNA collection swab to any parents who want to keep this vital information on their children. Each Mentor Public School has received envelope packets and parents are welcome to one of these packets for each child they have in each school. These packets are used at home and kept at home in the unlikely event this vital information would ever need to be shared with police or other authorities. If you are interested in obtaining an envelope, please contact or stop by your school office. New Immunization Requirements for 2010-2011 School Year: Please note that the Ohio Department of Health Director’s Journal has been updated; the Director’s Journal contains the requirements for immunizations for Ohio students. The changes in the Director’s Journal will be effective for the 2010-11 school year. A brief summary of the changes are: The addition of a Tdap booster requirement for 7th grade The addition of the 2nd dose of varicella A requirement that the 4th dose of polio be administered on or after the 4th birthday The most significant change for schools is that all 7th graders will be required to have the Tdap – a tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis booster. Currently, only 30% of Ohio’s 7th graders have received this booster, therefore this requirement will most likely affect the majority of incoming 7th grade students. As with other school immunization requirements, students who do not provide documentation of this immunization are subject to exclusion from school. Points of clarification: Any student who completed the original DTP/DTaP/DT series and later received Td or Tdap for an injury or other reason within 5 years of entering 7th grade will meet this requirement and not need to be re-immunized for entry to 7th grade. (In this situation, students who received only Td rather than Tdap should be immunized with Tdap 5 years after the Td immunization.) CDC has said that Tdap can be administered as soon as two years after Td In the absence of contraindications, parents should be encouraged to get Tdap as a booster for their students rather than only Td Further information can also be found on the ODH website at http://www.odh.ohio.gov/odhPrograms/idc/immunize/imunchsc.aspx About Us: Memorial is located in Mentor, Ohio, 25 miles northeast of Cleveland. Memorial is a middle school in the Mentor Public School District, serving sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students who have graduated from Garfield, Hopkins, and Fairfax Elementary Schools.