Mount Laurel Schools

"The speed of communications is wondrous to behold. It is also true that speed can multiply the distribution of information that we know to be untrue."
Edward R. Murrow

We are proud to welcome you to the Mount Laurel Township Schools' website. As a district, we have long recognized the World Wide Web as a valuable communications tool. In fact, our first site appeared in 1991, before commercialization of the medium began. A website's worth, however, is only as valuable as the information it shares.

Mount Laurel's Board of Education and Administration have established policies and procedures that dictate transparency in all aspects of our operation. You will find board of education meeting agendas, exhibits and minutes posted here each month. Our annual district budget, guides to the curriculum used in our programs and our complete district policy manual are also posted.

But, as Edward R. Murrow noted long before the advent of the Internet, misinformation often travels swiftly. We hope that our website opens the door to conversation with those who use it. If ever you come to this site to confirm information you have heard and are unable to find that validation, please use this link to contact us and pose the question directly. As partners in the education of the children of Mount Laurel, it is incumbent upon each of us to make intelligent use of the tools we have at our disposal.

As a way to promote reading, The Mount Laurel Fire Department and the Mount Laurel Library are excited to announce the third year of the Get Fired Up for Literacy program. This is a reading contest for all Mount Laurel public school students in grades 1-4. The contest will begin Saturday, December 21, and will end Sunday, January 5.

One student from each grade of the combined six Mount Laurel elementary schools (grades 1 through 4) who reads and logs the most minutes within the above-mentioned two-week period will be deemed a winner. This means there will be four winners per school, and a total of 24 backpacks awarded as prizes throughout the Mount Laurel School District.

The Mount Laurel Fire Department will randomly draw one grand prize winner per school of the four winners mentioned above. The grand prize winner will receive a ride to school in a fire truck. Finally, each student who participates and reads a minimum of 60 minutes will receive a certificate. Note: Previous grand prize winners are not eligible for fire truck rides. The winners will be posted Monday, January 13, 2014, and the fire truck rides will be given the week of February 10, 2014.

Students wishing to participate may register here.

This file provides a reading log to keep track of your hours read.

	It's HERE! YES! PowerSchool on the GO! Our PowerSchool Mobile App portal is now open! Now, you can view classes, schedules, grades, projects, assignment, and announcements from your phone or iPad! It's the same easy-to-use system that you know, using the same user name and password you always use. But now it's all in your hand, ready to go where you are! Click here for complete instructions on how to set-up your mobile device!
	Want to learn more about how schools are governed, the correlation between taxes and school financing, or where to go for help for your child? A new service by the New Jersey School Boards Association puts all of that and more at your fingertips! Visit the New Jersey School Boards Association's new Parent Connections Website here.
	Fleetwood School has once again been awarded a $500 grant by the Exxon Mobil Educational Alliance Program. These monies, which target math/science initiatives, are critical for students and are used to purchase needed resources as we strive to achieve the core curriculum content standards. Fleetwood has been fortunate to have a long-standing relationship with Exxon-Mobil; specifically the On The Run convenience store and station located in Mount Laurel. At left, Fleetwood Principal Michael Profico accepts a check from Exxon Manager Raymond Kahoun.
	NEW! The New Jersey Educator Resource Exchange website will allow a user to navigate these standards, search for and download instructional resources, create a library of resources for later use, and establish a "resource feed" that will notify the user when new resources unique to their role are added to the site. The website is open to educators and parents. Parents will find a host of resources to help their child in school. Access to the website is free for all users and requires only a quick registration. Click here to check it out!

We're launching a new E-Backpack website this school year to help centralize the documents most needed and sought-after by our families. Please join us as we gather the forms we believe you might like to find there by adding your input. If there's something you are always searching your file cabinet, the school handbook, or our website, for please let us know so that we can make a copy available on the E-Backpack Page.

Mount Laurel Schools participate in the Common Core State Standards, along with other New Jersey Schools. New Jersey is one of 45 states across the country now taking part in this important initiative. Educational standards help teachers ensure their students have the skills and knowledge they need to be successful by providing clear goals for student learning. Learn more about the Common Core Standards and what they mean specifically for your child at each grade level on our Common Core Standards webpage.

Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) Testing MAP testing will not be conducted in the 2013-2014 school year. MAP scores from the final testing phase of the 2012-2013 school year have been used for placement in Advanced Math, Basic Skills, GAP and other Advanced Programming placement. Alternative assessment criteria for placement in special programs is currently in development for this year. That will serve as an in-house companion assessment to the new Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) beginning in 2014-2015. PARCC testing will replace the NJASK Testing in New Jersey. More information about New Jersey's PAARC Testing may be found here.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT The mission of the Mount Laurel Township School District is to prepare all children to be successful citizens and workers in the 21st century. As aligned with the New Jersey Core Curriculum Content Standards, this includes educating students to read with comprehension, write clearly, compute accurately, think critically, reason, discover, innovate, collaborate, and use information to solve problems.