Happy Sunday, Mustang Families. We hope you had a wonderful fall break and enjoyed the long weekend. We are excited to have everyone back on The Ranch for a full week this week!

December 5th: As a reminder, December 5th is an Early Dismiss day and students will dismiss from Martin at 12:15 to allow staff to engage in professional learning.

Art Club: Art Club members are reminded of the November 29th meeting, the final Art Club meeting until January 2023. Club is from 2:20-4pm and rides should pick up in the bus loop near the art rooms.

Winter Concert Series: The Martin Performing Arts Winter Concert Series begins this week with the Orchestra Concert on Thursday, December 1st. The concert begins at 7pm in the Auditorium. The Dance Concert will be on Thursday, December 8th and the Band Concert is December 15th. The Chorus Concert will be on January 19th.

Spring Musical Auditions: Interested in being in the cast or crew of the Spring Musical? Auditions are December 12th through 16th. Please see Mr. Velarde if you have any questions.

Martin Family Coffee: Our December Family Coffee will be December 2^nd from 8-9am. This will be a virtual coffee. The meet code meet.google.com/xrd-wdqi-uyt.

Missing Work Due: All missing work for the beginning of the 2^nd quarter is due on December 7^th. Students should work with teachers and review PowerSchool to identify assignments and assessments that need to be addressed prior to December 7^th.

Credit by Demonstrated Mastery(CDM): CDM allows students to show mastery of high school credit classes to earn credit by testing out of the class. This only applies to high school credit classes. Applications for CDM are due by December 16th. This is a hard county deadline, with no extensions. Please visit WCPSS CDM or see Ms. Rowell before December 16th if you have questions.

From Our Social Worker: As we move into December, we will collect holiday gift cards for families in need. If you can help, please take a moment to sign up to help a family in need during the holiday season. Please contact Teresa Barnes, tfbarnes@wcpss.net or 919.881.4970 ext. 27418, if you have any questions.

From the PTA:

Reflections Art Contest: Thank you to all students who entered pieces in the PTA Reflections Contest. This year’s theme was “Show Your Voice” and all the submissions are a testament to the many gifts and talents of Martin students and we appreciate you sharing them with us.

Congratulations to the following students whose work went on to be judges at the county level.

• Dance: Kate Burke; Emerson Dickey; Marley Dixon
• Literature:  Grey Jones; Mary Mall; Aatmaja Mene; Srinika Srinivas
• Visual Arts: Marley Dixon; Yash Jain; Victor He; Daniel Rellan Garza

Results from the county judging will be shared later in the year.

Spiritwear for the Holidays: Martin spiritwear makes great holiday gifts. Orders placed by Friday, December 9^th, will be available for pick-up before winter break. If you want to arrange for pick-up rather than the order going home with your student, please indicate “parent pick-up” in the homeroom field. To order: Spiritwear.

Thank you, Mustangs, and have a wonderful week.