MLK Royal News

September 13, 2020

District hosts in-person tech support

Now through Sept. 18, families and students can visit one of these six schools for in-person support every Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-3 p.m:

Robert Churchwell Elementary
Glenview Elementary
Mt. View Elementary
Tusculum Elementary
Jere Baxter Middle School
Donelson Middle School

Staff will be on-site to troubleshoot and answer questions about:

Wi-Fi hotspots and connectivity
Logging into Teams, Schoology or other platforms
General technology question

Appointments are not required and translation support is available. Masks are required and temperature checks and social distancing safety measures followed. To learn more, call our family information center at 615-259-4636 or visit www.mnps.org/backtoschool.

Congratulations goes out to Arnav Mujumdar. He participated in the Math Kangaroo competition earlier this year. He came in first in the state of Tennessee for his grade level. Arnav is enrolled in the 9th grade.

Need a parent code for Schoology?

Contact your student’s first period teacher.

MLK's French Honor Society: Officer Election Results

Madame Weaver, Sponsor of MLK's French Honor Society, is pleased to announce the results of the 2020-21 Officer Elections:

President: Geneviève Jean-Pierr
Vice-President: Hanna Hrsti
Secretary: Sella Mekonn

Madame Weaver would like to thank all candidates who ran for office.

MLK’s Société honoraire de français: 2020 Induction Ceremony

Madame Weaver is pleased and proud to announce that nineteen students were inducted
this week into MLK’s French Honor Society (SHF/MLK). The ceremony, which took place
virtually, was also attended by current SHF/MLK members and parents of inductees.
The names of SHF/MLK new members are:

10th grade
M. Alcendor
L. Hardin
A. Henderson
D. Ikapitte
N. Mehran
K. Nguyen
S. Nolan
O. Nyman

11th grade:
K. Ambrose
D. Bailey
B. Cloonan
K. Jackson
I. LaBuda
R. MacMillan
C. Mendez
E. Ochoa
N. Solomon
M. Vercruysse
J. Walker

Madame Weaver would like to congratulate these students again, and to thank Dr.
McShepard-Ray, Mr. Waddell and H. Hrstic (V-P 2019-20) for helping to officiate.

Black Girls Magic Group

During the 2020-2021 school year, we will continue to offer the Black Girls Magic group. BGM is a space that unapologetically centers the experiences of Black girls in the 10th-12th grades at MLK. The mission is to bring Black girls together. We recognize that Black girl unity is power.

The BGM group meets bi-weekly to have conversations about Black girls’ experiences, such as identity, relationships, and college. The group also reads books and watches movies important to the Black female experience.

Virtual meetings will be on the following Wednesdays from 3:15 pm until 5:00 pm.

September 23
October 14
October 28
November 11
December 2

Additional meetings may be scheduled at a later time.

All interested young ladies click here!

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President - Anne Hamilton | Vice-President - Deji Ojetola | Co-Treasurers - Arlene Nitsche & Smruti Sunag | Secretary - Pat Swetland

MLK Royal News co-editors:
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