New AIG teachers would love some volunteers!!

This is Ms. Jacob and Ms. Motta your Margaret Pollard AIG specialists! As you may know, we just started working together (Ms. Motta officially, yesterday), and we cannot wait to get into the classroom and meet all of your children.

One piece we would LOVE to have you involved in is volunteering to help us implement some of our programs (e.g. Math Stars, Stock Market Game, Literature Circles, etc.).

If you are able and interested in volunteering please contact both of us at dejacob@chatham.k12.nc.us or hmotta@chatham.k12.nc.us (Please include both of us on your email!)

Thank you, and have a wonderful weekend!

Ms. Jacob and Ms. Motta

Contacting Margaret B. Pollard (New Phone Numbers!)

If you have been calling the respective schools to touch base about an MP student, you now can call either campus directly. If we do not answer, please leave a message. If it is an emergency, then you would want to contact to the home campus to get in touch with us. Please be patient if nobody answers, there is one person at each campus and they will check messages if they are out when the call comes in and get them to the intended person as soon as possible.

To reach MP at the NCS campus, call 919.969.0070. To reach MP at the PHS campus, call 919.918.4770.

Prefer to use a Math online textbook and you are an MP student/parent??

Online Math Textbook information (FOR MP STUDENTS ONLY!!) Below are links and passwords for students and parent to access their Math textbooks (I believe you can save these onto your hard drive in pdf format!).

Glencoe website to access student-online editions:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/math/ose/index.html

NOTE: The following User Names and Passwords are case-sensitive…

6th Grade math book:
User Name: MAC104NC
Password: dray7C9sTA

7th Grade math book:
User Name: MAC204NC
Password: 8RutrUBAgA

8th Grade pre-algebra book:
User Name: PREALG04NC
Password: K6spuzece6

Algebra book:
User Name: ALG1NC04
Password: 5jwiFN64

NOTE: It is recommended that you use the latest Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these documents – this way you will be able to “turn” the pages in the books. It is also recommended that you update your web browser to make sure that it is capable of handling files of this type.

For answers to frequently-asked questions (FAQ’s) using the online editions, go to:
http://www.epgtech.com/faqs/Glencoe/OnlineStuEd.htm

We Need a Yearbook Cover Design!! and... Yearbook orders.

We are having a design contest for the cover of Pollard's first yearbook. If we choose your design you get a free yearbook and major artist status. Submissions are due this Friday at noon.

You can also order a 2011 yearbook at the low early bird price of $25 until October 15. More information is on the Media Center website and in your homeroom.

Open House is this Sunday!!!

Open House will take place this upcoming Sunday, August 22nd. The times for the Open House (remember, this is being done on two separate campuses!)will be:
2PM – 3PM for MP students on the PHS campus
4PM – 5PM for MP students on the NCS campus
We will meet in the Multipurpose Room of each building. There will be a presentation that will last roughly 20-30 minutes, and then students will go to their homeroom. Right now the plan is for students to receive their schedules when they go to their homeroom.

Bus transportation information will also be available at the Open House.

We hope to see you there!!

8th Grade selection needed by Tuesday!

This message is for eighth grade students and parents:

An electronic message and form was just sent to all 8th grade students/parents. Essentially, the form allows an 8th grade student to select if they would like to be in just Band, just Spanish, Both, or Neither.

If you do get email alerts, please complete the form and email back to Ms. Fredericks at joannef@chatham.k12.nc.us.

If you or someone you know does not get email alerts, they simply need to stop by their home campus, complete the form, and then give it to Ms. Phillips (NCS campus) or Ms. Fredericks (PHS campus).

Please make every effort possible to get this information to us by Tuesday!!

About Your Pollard Administrators

Principal: Dr. Justin Bartholomew

Previous administrative experience: principal, Moncure School
assistant principal, Horton Middle School
assistant principal, Chapel Hill High School

Teaching experience (subjects): Biology, Earth Science, and Photography (NC)
Biology, Earth Science, and Fundamental Math (MA)

Coaching experience: track and football (Massachusetts state football champion in 1999)

Education: Doctorate of Education from UNC Chapel Hill, 2009
Master of Science in Criminal Justice in Northeastern University, 2001
Bachelor of Science in Science Education from Boston University, 1998

Interesting Facts: Dr. Bartholomew interned in the evidence unit at the state police crime lab in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts while he was pursuing a Master’s degree.

Dr. Bartholomew enjoys running; other sports, especially baseball; and reading.

Reading: He likes to read historical non-fiction like biographies.



Assistant Principal: Lisa Jordan

Previous administrative experience: central office administrator in Human Resources

Teaching experience (subject areas): taught fifth grade for twelve years

Education: Master of School Administration from UNCG, 2008
Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Appalachian State, 1991

Interesting Facts: As a teacher, Mrs. Jordan took students on many field trips to Washington, D.C. She and some of her students even got to ride an underground train from the Capitol building to the House of Representatives and from the Capitol building to the Senate along with several legislators.

Mrs. Jordan is interested in interior design and likes to watch HGTV when time permits.

Reading: She likes to read suspense novels like those authored by James Patterson.

We are on Twittter!!

If you are interested, sign up for our Twitter account (MBPollard) to keep track of "up to the moment" events/information as it is taking place!

Thanks!!!!

I just want to thank everyone for their posts... I hope you enjoyed!  We may try to do one again as the school year starts to come up and maybe even make it a monthly occurance when the school year starts.  It seems like a great way to get questions answered and for you to find out what is going on!  So, again, thank you and enjoy the start of your very hot summer!!
~ Dr. Bartholomew

Welcome and let's get this started!!

Good evening everyone... happy to have you online.  I hope that the next hour will provide you with an opportunity to ask some questions that you may have!!!  So, let's get started!  All you have to do is ask any question that you may have about next year at Margaret Pollard and I'll answer them as quickly as possible.  We'll be able to do this for one hour as our session closes out at 6:30. Enjoy!
(Please make sure your refresh your browser frequently to see the new comments as they get posted)
~ Dr. Bartholomew

Margaret B. Pollard June Information Session

The Powerpoint presentation is available in the following formats:

Pollard_June_Information_Session.ppt.mov

Pollard_June_Information_Session.ppt.zip

Pollard_June_Information_Session.ppt.pdf

Questions and Answers from June 8th session:  FAQ

Second Edition of the Pollard Pony Express Newsletter

Read the second edition of the Pollard Pony Express newsletter.  Note there will be an information session/meet and greet for Pollard families with Dr. Bartholomew on Tuesday, June 8, at 6:30 p.m. in the Benjamin Lee Auditorium on the campus of Northwood High School.

Bartholomew Selected as Principal of Margaret B. Pollard Middle School

During the afternoon Board of Education meeting on Monday, May 3, it was announced that Dr. Justin Bartholomew will be the principal of the district's newest school, Margaret B. Pollard Middle School.

Bartholomew is currently the principal of Moncure School where he has served for the past two years. Prior to that he was the assistant principal at Horton Middle School. He will transition from Moncure to Pollard in July.

Welcome from the Superintendent

Welcome to the blog for Margaret B. Pollard Middle School.  During the coming months as we prepare to open the district's newest school, this blog, "Plugged into Pollard," will be a key resource for frequent updates.  I suggest you subscribe to the RSS feed and receive blog entries directly.  The slideshow to the right of this post has photographs from the school site with a new photograph added each week.  The Pollard school website will also have many types of information of interest to students, families, staff and the public.  Our hope is to keep everyone well informed over the course of opening Margaret B. Pollard Middle School.

Superintendent Robert Logan

Welcome to the "Plugged Into Pollard" Blog!

This space will share events related to the opening of the Margaret B. Pollard Middle School...