The incredible staff Howard Middle were engaged in collaborative planning on common assessments and trained on the District Strategic Plan! It takes what it takes! #bullsway @LivengoodDC Chad Frazier

Happy Friday! Group 2 in action this morning. Professional Development this week on making our standard aligned lessons engaging. The World Cafe strategy was modeled and practiced! It takes what it takes! TY Mrs. Carey for facilitating. #bullsway Chad Frazier @LivengoodDC

Our annual FSA Standards Review Night will take place March 10th from 5:30-7pm. Please join us in the cafeteria for dinner, and what will surely be an informative night!

This week we had the honor of recognizing more students for outstanding implementation and growth with Read180 and System44! 📚🌟Dunnellon Middle School Forest High School Howard Middle Lake Weir Middle

Tonight we will showcase our 8th grade students IB MYP Community Projects. Our Howard Middle students made positive impacts in our community! It takes what it takes! #bullsway Dr. Sarah Tierney Chad Frazier @LivengoodDC IB MYP

Thank you to Joey Mantia and Erin Jackson for stopping by their middle school today. We appreciate you and are forever proud of you. Go Bulls! 🏅 🥉 🇺🇸 #bullsway

What an amazing experience #lessonstudy has been! From collaboratively planning the research lesson last week to implementing it today, teachers from Howard Middle and HorizonMarionOaks worked together to learn and grow!

We love our staff members at HMS! Red carpet treatment! Big week planned for our staff! It takes what it takes! Chad Frazier @LivengoodDC

It’s at a great morning for MCPS student historians here Florida History Day !! Looking forward to a fabulous learning experience! Howard Middle Osceola Middle School Forest High School Vanguard High School Athletics @LivengoodDC Chad Frazier

Our growing Chorus program put on an unforgettable concert tonight! TY to our students and our Director Mrs. Christie! #bullsway #TrustTheProcess @MCPSFineArts

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Students, teachers, staff, & admin all need this!

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Students in Mr. Payne’s AICE Thinking Skills class engaged in a debate on the positives and negatives of social media today. They came well prepared with research and ready to analyze and argue against the opposing team’s arguments. Principal Guest

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Data Review and Collaboration with colleagues. Learning the FAST/BEST Standards!

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