A Message from the Principal

August 1, 2023

Greetings, L.V. Moore MS Students & Parents/Guardians:

Welcome to the 2023 – 2024 School Year!

I hope all is well with you and your families. Hopefully, you took the summer to rest, rejuvenate, relax, and recharge. I would like to formally introduce myself to you; I am Ms. Tomeeko Hunt, Principal of Leonard V. Moore Middle School.  I am looking forward to an awesome 23-24 school year!  The administrative team has been working tirelessly to ensure that this school year will be a great success.

It is my goal to continue to increase the safety, climate, and culture of the building among our staff, students, and parents, all while promoting academic excellence, student achievement, and developing positive relationships within our school and community. It is important for our students, parents, and staff to experience all that middle school has to offer and we are working very diligently to ensure that we continue to provide our students with high-quality education full of instructional rigor, social-emotional learning, and support by continuing to create a positive culture, climate, and opportunities for all of our students.

Although the official start date of school is Thursday, September 7th, it is important that we ensure that our students and parents have all the pertinent information for a successful school opening and school year.  You should have already received information for our Verizon Innovative Learning Schools Initiative of which all students of Leonard V. Moore Middle School will be receiving FREE CTL LTE CHROMEBOOKS with 30 GB of mobile data powered by VERIZON.  Please be sure to check your emails for the orientation that your students have been assigned to attend beginning August 21st-August 24th from 8:30 AM-12:30 PM at Leonard V. Moore Middle School.

On Wednesday, August 30th and Thursday, August 31st, from 4:30-6:30 pm at L.V. Moore MS multipurpose room, I will be hosting our "Welcome to L.V. Moore MS" Meet and Greet.  This meet and greet is for students and parents to receive their schedules and back-to-school information, such as supply list, and Genesis/Canvas logins (parents).  During the meet and greet, students and parents will meet L.V. Moore MS Administrative Team, and School Counselors.

As you and your student begin to prepare for the 23-24 school year, here is some information that you can use:

• The Roselle Public Schools is a uniform district for students attending L.V. Moore MS uniforms are as follows:  Grade 5 - yellow polo shirt and navy blue bottoms and Grade 6 - white polo shirts and navy blue bottoms.  Students are not permitted to wear any flip flops, Crocs, Uggs slippers, or any other type of slipper shoe.
• Breakfast will be served to all students daily from 8:00-8:25 AM, our "Before the Bell" program and other programs will not begin until October.  You will be notified when registration for these programs are available via Genesis.  Students will not be allowed in the building prior to 8 AM.
• School hours are 8:30 AM-3:00 PM.  Students will be marked tardy, as of 8:45 AM.
• To prevent students from losing instruction time, there will be no early pick-up after 2:30 PM.

FOR 6TH GRADE STUDENTS 11 YEARS OF AGE, ARE REQUIRED IN ACCORDANCE TO N.J.A.C.8:57-4 CHAPTER 14 MUST SHOW PROOF OF THE FOLLOWING VACCINATIONS

- MENINGOCOCCAL CONJUGATE VACCINE

-TDAP VACCINE

As we continue to navigate through the many changes in education, it is important that the collaboration and communication among our parents, students, staff, and school remains consistent, therefore, I ask all parents to please check your Genesis parent accounts to check and update any contact information.  We are also seeking parents to join our "Parent Teacher Group" (PTG) for the upcoming school year.

If you need assistance with accessing your Genesis account, please contact Ms. Yuly, yrodriguezcepeda@roselleschools.org in the main office.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me or Vice Principals Mr. K. McCormick kmccormick@roselleschools.org - Grade 5 or Ms. D. Ockimey dockimey@roselleschools.org - Grade 6.

Thank you so much for your time, please enjoy the rest of your summer.

Have a great day!

Educational Yours,

Ms. Tomeeko Hunt

“Education is the most powerful weapon you can use to change the world." – BB King