3rd-Grade Retesting: The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) is scheduled to release preliminary scores on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Due to the limited timeframe before the last day of school on Thursday, May 21, 2026, all non-exempt MSCS third-grade students will participate in the TCAP ELA Retake on Wednesday, May 20, 2026. Please Read

Please click the direct link to the Literacy Commitment School Folder below. This folder will include the following resources:

Literacy Commitment for Schools

• PowerPoint presentation
• Necessary links and step sheets

Required documents for meetings with 3rd- and 4th-grade parents and families.

Principals,

In preparation for the upcoming 3rd Grade TCAP Retake window, we are requesting that you identify two SEAs from your building to be present at their “home/base-school” May 26-27, 2026, to support the remaining retakes and assist with parent communications.  SEA Support for TCAP Retake and Parent Communications – Fill out form

The Assessment team will be facilitating training next week for these identified SEAs.  Details are forthcoming.

Please complete the form to identify two SEAs with the first being the primary contact.  The second will serve as a backup, if needed.  All submissions are due by noon, Monday, May 18, 2026.

Reach out to Mrs. Heba Sammour or Dr. Amy Maples with any questions.

Attention Elementary Leaders, 1st- through 3rd-Grade Teachers, and Librarians!!!

MSCS is excited to announce our continued partnership with the Governor's Early Literacy Foundation (GELF) K-3 Home Library Program, a FREE book delivery program for students and schools! Over the summer, grade-specific mini libraries, along with correlating activity cards, will be shipped to our current K-2 students' homes.  Elementary schools will receive copies of the high-quality texts in May to distribute to next year's 1st-, 2nd-, and 3rd-grade teachers.  Additionally, school librarians should receive copies of all grade level books.

Parents, teachers, librarians and schools do not have to do anything to be included in this initiative.  However, communications regarding opting out are forthcoming for parents who wish to opt out and not receive the mini libraries this summer. To learn more about the K-3 Home Library Program, check out the one-pager linked here that includes a list of the titles that will be delivered for each grade level.

Questions? Email OfficeofLiteracy@scsk12.org

Long link to the one-pager in case there are issues with the hyperlink.

https://scsk12.sharepoint.com/:b:/s/MSCSOfficeofLiteracy/Ef9z9bgdzJxMuMxmsZ0mtesBaD8FAALTHBpWNA61PacwYw?e=dpZreo

Thank you in advance for helping us ensure schools are on the lookout for these deliveries.

Governor’s Early Literacy Foundation’s Educator (GELF) Advisory Council is a statewide group of Tennessee educators who review books that students, teachers, and librarians from across the state are mailed through GELF’s K-3 Home Library program. Educators can look forward to collaborating with peers across the state and contributing their professional insight to help shape reading experiences for young learners.

Apply for GELF Advisory Council

Thank you in advance,

Here are the long links in case the hyperlinks are an issue.

Link 1-https://governorsfoundation.org/home-library/k-3-home-library

Link 2- https://dhsgbbf.wufoo.com/forms/mkbw2gb0725et7/

Quarter 4 Report Card period ends Thursday, May 21, 2026, and the Checklist document is available on SharePoint. 

A critical piece in determining graduation rate is ensuring graduate rosters are submitted to TEDS. With the exception of Summer School graduates, the rosters must be complete and accurate in TEDS by June 25, 2026. The Roster of Graduates Certification Form is due June 3, 2026. Final graduate rosters, including Summer School, must be submitted to the SDE by August 13, 2026.

Instructions on how to distribute cumulative folders to the 2025-2026 graduates can be found on SharePoint. The title of the document is Distributing Cumulative Folders to Graduates. DO NOT distribute cumulative folders to students who are not graduating or students who will receive a Special Education, Occupational or Alternate Academic diploma. Special education students, who are aging out, can receive their cumulative folders.

The 2025-26 End of Year Procedures documents are available on SharePoint.