Family/Student Resources

PURPOSE:  Memorial Middle School follows the guidelines of Tulsa Public Schools by promoting parental/family involvement as mandated by the Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 and ensures that vital information is provided to educators, families, students, and communities through annual statewide assessments that measure students’ progress toward those high standards.

Memorial Middle School believes and acknowledges that family involvement raises the academic achievement levels of students.  Additionally, we believe that parents/families become empowered, that teachers’ morale improves, and that communities grow stronger when parents/guardians take an active role in the education of their children.  To this end, Memorial Middle School shall involve each student’s parents/guardians in the education process.  The Title I Parent Coordinator shall provide coordination, technical assistance, and any other support necessary to assist in planning and implementing effective parent/guardian involvement activities to improve student academic achievement and school performance.

Parents, educators, and elected officials across this country recognize that strong, updated laws are necessary to expand opportunity to all students, support schools, teachers and principals, and to strengthen our educational system and our economy.  Our district is required to “develop jointly” and distribute to our parents of participating students a written Parent Involvement Plan.

Building Parents Capacity for Involvement:

Memorial Middle School (MMS) believes that by empowering parents/guardians to insist on improvement and by giving schools extra incentive to make those improvements, and by giving parents/guardians options regarding their children’s education, this helps the school to realize its intention to work with parents as equal partners in the education of their children.  MMS will create an environment of supportive and collaborative parent/guardian involvement via the following:

*Program Information for Parents/Guardians:  MMS will provide assistance to its parents/guardians in understanding such topics as the state’s academic content and achievement standards, the assessments being used, the requirements of ESSA and how to monitor their children’s progress, and how to work with educators to improve their student’s achievement.

*Materials and Training:  MMS will provide materials and training to help parents/guardians work with their students to improve achievement and provide an overview of the personalized learning program offered at MMS.”

*Educate Educators:  MMS will educate teachers, student services personnel, principals, and other staff, about the value and utility of the contributions of parents/guardians, and in how to reach out to, communicate with, and work with parents/guardians as equal partners, implement and coordinate parent/guardian programs, and build ties between parents/guardians and MMS.

*Understandable Communications:  MMS will ensure that any information related to school and parent/guardian programs, meetings, and other activities is sent to the parents in a format and, to the extent practicable, in a language the parents/guardians can understand.

*Other Activities:  MMS shall provide other reasonable support for parental involvement activities as parents may request.

Resources and Other Opportunities:  MMS uses many resources and activities to assist parents/guardians. Some of those activities and resources are:

Title I Parent Meetings                                   Back to School Night

Title I Resources Area                                     Fine Arts Night

School Music Programs                                  Parent Resource Contact

Parent Conferences and Newsletters             FCA for Students

Book Fairs                                                       Student Counseling Resources

Cheer and Sporting Events                             Community Outreach Activities

Parent Meetings and Events                          Tutoring for Students

Many other volunteer opportunities, including field trips and school dances.

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) December 10, 2015

Revised August 2023

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Free and reduced meal application now available!

Did you know that the Free/Reduced Price Meal application supports students with more than just meals? 

Students who qualify through the Free/Reduced Price Meal application may be eligible for:

• Daily breakfast and lunch meals free of charge or at a discounted cost;
• Discounted or waived college application fees;
• Discounted or waived registration fees for the SAT/ACT;
• Discounted internet bill; and
• Discounted or waived fees for some sports in and out of school.

Completed Free/Reduced Price Meal applications can also help schools qualify for additional funding from the federal government to help support teaching and learning. 

Click here for the application and additional information

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Electronic Meal Payments

Child Nutrition has upgraded their point-of-sale system which has changed where families can place funds electronically for meals and ala carte sales in the cafeteria. Families will now use MySchoolBucks by creating an account on the website at www.MySchoolBucks.com or on the mobile app. MySchoolBucks will allow accounts to be set up with an auto refill when a certain balance is met and send notifications as an account reaches low or negative funds.

click here for more information

• Students will be escorted to the cafeteria by their advisory teacher.

• Students will enter the cafeteria and sit down at a table and wait for their table to be called on by the administrator.

• When called, students are to walk up to the line and proceed to getting their lunch, return to their seat and eat.

• Students should stay seated while eating. There should be no moment throughout the cafetiera after students receive their lunch. 

• Students should not touch one another and or throw anything in the cafeteria. 

• Students should throw all trash away before leaving. 

• The administrator on duty will give permission for students to get out of their seats and walk outside and or to the gym for recess.

• Students are to stay inside the boundaries set by the administration. Refusal to do so will be handled by students giving up the right to go outside and or to play in the gym on cold days.

• When the administrator calls for students to line up, students are to line up in their advisory lines. Teachers will walk students back to class.

• There will be no restroom and or water stops on the way back to class.

All cell phones and electronics should be locked up in the students locker. Students will not be allowed to have their phones and or electronics out during class. In the case that a student does have their phone or electronics out in class, the student will be required to return to their locker to place the device in the locker and a phone call home to the parent will be made.

This policy will follow the Behavior Response Plan, with students possibly being assigned lunch detention, TRAICE, and/or possible suspension.

Memorial Middle School is a community of support and belonging. If a student does not respect the learning environment, they will be asked to take responsibility for their actions. There are many responses that staff may use to assist students with learning what is appropriate behavior in school. 

Some of these responses include:

• private conversations to remind them of expectations
• calling parents
• assigning a clipboard violation
• assigning a behavior referral

It is the goal of faculty and staff at Memorial Middle School to help students learn and grow from mistakes. We are committed to finding fair, consistent, and ethical ways to help students correct behaviors. Consequences for actions are a natural part of growing up and are a vital part of keeping young people safe. 

***Any behavior that puts the safety and wellbeing of others at risk will be dealt with swiftly. The safety of our Memorial family is a top priority and will be taken seriously at all times.***

Formal administrative consequences for students that fail to meet MMS expectations can include:

• Student/Parent/Teacher conferences
• Lunch detention
• TRAICE Intervention (In School Suspension)
• Out of School Suspension

The Tulsa Public Schools Behavior Response Plan is the overall guide for behavior management in this district. It is available online at the Tulsa Public Schools website in the Students and Family Support Services tab click the STUDENT AND FAMILY GUIDE TO SUCCESS. It will also be available to students in printed form at the beginning of the school term. If you need assistance accessing this plan please contact the office.

• Each student at Memorial MS is issued a locker at the beginning of each school year. 
• Students will be asked to memorize their combination and to NOT SHARE it with any other student. 
• Students are responsible for maintaining a locker free of marks, stickers, decals, etc. Students should not hit, kick, or slam their lockers.
• All bags should be placed in lockers at the beginning of the school day. Backpacks/bags are not allowed in classrooms.

• Students who miss class must communicate with their teachers and be responsible for completing missed assignments. 
• Classwork can be accessed through the online platform CANVAS. 
• Each class that a student is enrolled in has a class CANVAS page with a calendar of assignments. 
• You can also directly message teachers through the Canvas platform.

Regarding ASBESTOS-CONTAINING MATERIALS in ALL buildings OWNED, LEASED/RENTED, or USED by Tulsa Public Schools. All Tulsa Public School Buildings have been inspected for asbestos containing materials in accordance with E.P.A. mandates on or before October 12, 1989, by licensed and accredited inspectors. Results of inspections, samples and subsequent analysis are available for your 4 review in the Asbestos Management Plan on file in this building and Tulsa Public Schools’ Maintenance Center, 1555 N. 77th E. Ave., Tulsa and can be viewed during normal office hours. Contact person: Charles Noland, Tulsa Public Schools Maintenance Center, 1555 N. 77th E. Ave., Tulsa, OK 74115, 918- 833-8006.

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• School clinic hours are 8:30 a.m. until 4:35 p.m. each school day.
• A pass is required from your teacher for clinic visits unless you have scheduled prescription medications which are taken at the same time every day. 
• Persons with medical emergencies will be treated without a pass. 
• All medications, including over-the-counter medication, will be dispensed according to the policy of the Tulsa Public Schools without exception. These must be brought from home and the parent must sign the appropriate form for dispensing.
• All medications must be kept in the clinic unless you have a form on file from your physician stating you must carry the medication on your person.
• No student will dispense medication to another student at any time. 
• When you arrive to the nurse’s office you should sign in on the nurse visit log.
• When you return to class from the nurse, you must get a pink pass timed and signed by the nurse. 
• Vision, hearing, and scoliosis clinics will be scheduled throughout the year as well as other services.
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Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education Policy 2621 

“Students and their parents will be held responsible for any damages to school property, equipment, textbooks, furniture, and building as stated by the Tulsa Public School Student and Family Guide to Success or Behavior Response Plan (BRP).”

“All school property assigned to students is the property of TPS. The student is given temporary right of use of the property, and this right may be revoked at any time. School property will not be used to store any contraband or other prohibited materials, objects, etc. that are in violation of school rules. The school principal or designee may at his/her discretion authorize the search of any school property without the permission or presence of the student. Students have no expectation of privacy as to lockers, desks, or other school property temporarily assigned for their personal use. School personnel may remove from lockers or desks any articles that are prohibited at school or could be used to interfere with or disrupt the educational process.“

Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education Policy 2621

All school property assigned to students is the property of Tulsa Public Schools. The student is given temporary right of use of the property, and this right may be revoked at any time.

School property will not be used to store any contraband or other prohibited materials, objects, etc. that are in violation of school rules. The school principal or designee may at his/her discretion authorize the search of any school property without the permission or presence of the student. Students have no expectation of privacy as to lockers, desks, or other school property temporarily assigned for their personal use. School personnel may remove from lockers or desks any articles that are prohibited at school or could be used to interfere with or disrupt the educational process.

No student attending a school-sponsored event may conceal on his/her person or in a purse or bag of any kind a weapon, narcotic, dangerous drug, alcohol, or any other substance or object that is in violation of local or state ordinances or school rules. The principal or his/her designee may authorize the search of a student’s person or personal property and seize illegal or harmful items in his/her possession.

Any individual entering a Tulsa Public Schools facility may be subject to scans by either walk-through or hand-held metal detectors. Except for a metal detector search, there must be reasonable suspicion by school authorities to believe the student is in possession of an item, the possession of which constitutes a crime or a school rule violation. Refusal to submit to a search, when reasonable suspicion exists, may result in change of placement and/or suspension.

Tulsa Public Schools Board of Education Policy 2602 and Policy 2602-R

To reduce suspensions and keep students in school, Tulsa Public Schools has instituted ISI (In-School-Intervention) for all secondary campuses. It is a self-contained classroom with a full-time supervisor. Students will work on their class work and perform light community service. Assignments to ISI are for 1-10 days. Failure to comply with the rules in ISI will result in suspension or other consequences.

Continuous and willful refusal to complete school tasks, insubordination, disorderly, vicious, illegal or immoral conduct, and persistent violation of school regulations are causes for placement in ISI or suspension from classes. The rules, regulations, procedures, and disciplinary actions are outlined in the Tulsa Public Schools Behavior Response Plan.

Lengthy of placement in ISI and/or suspension will be determined by the administration and will reflect the offense committed. Students who are suspended from school are still responsible for missed assignments.