Our Book Fair will be March 16th - 20th. Students may shop during their designated shopping times during the school day.
Does your child have an IEP? Make your voice heard!
Georgia families raising a student with a disability are encouraged to complete the 2026 Annual Parent Involvement Survey. Your feedback helps improve services and support for students and families.
🎁 Bonus: When you complete the survey, you can be entered to win a summer gift basket!
To enter the drawing:
1️⃣ Complete the survey
2️⃣ Send a screenshot of your completed survey with your name to our Parent Mentor, Diane Foster
You can submit your screenshot by:
📧 Email: dfoster@camden.k12.ga.us
📱 Text: (912) 676-0275
⏰ All entries must be submitted by May 1, 2026.
The survey is available online in English and Spanish.
Georgia families raising a student with a disability are encouraged to complete the 2026 Annual Parent Involvement Survey. Your feedback helps improve services and support for students and families.
🎁 Bonus: When you complete the survey, you can be entered to win a summer gift basket!
To enter the drawing:
1️⃣ Complete the survey
2️⃣ Send a screenshot of your completed survey with your name to our Parent Mentor, Diane Foster
You can submit your screenshot by:
📧 Email: dfoster@camden.k12.ga.us
📱 Text: (912) 676-0275
⏰ All entries must be submitted by May 1, 2026.
The survey is available online in English and Spanish.
Students can vote for their favorite staff member to get pied in the face on Field Day. Students can bring in any donation 3/23-3/25 and drop it in their favorite staff member's bucket. The staff member with the most donations will get pied in the face on Field Day 3/26.
MLG PAWS presents St. Patrick's Day face painting on 3/17. Students can get their face painted for $1 between 8:00am -8:25am in front of the cafeteria.
MLG Families- Field Day is coming up on Thursday, March 26th. 3rd-5th grade will participate from 9:00am-11:15am and PreK-2nd grade will participate from 12:15pm-2:30pm.
All activities for Field Day will be outside this year. If parents or guardians would like to attend Field Day to watch their student participate, no background check or volunteer training is required. You would need to come to the Front Office to receive a visitor badge, and you will then be able to watch your student participate in Field Day activities outside.
If you would like to volunteer and help with Field Day, you MUST have a background check completed as well as volunteer training. Please know that this process can take up to two weeks to be completed. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up using the link below. All approved volunteers will need to come to the Front Office to check in and receive a volunteer badge on Field Day.
We are looking forward to Field Day and if you have any questions, please contact the Front Office.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0448AAAE29A2FCC16-62899062-volunteers
All activities for Field Day will be outside this year. If parents or guardians would like to attend Field Day to watch their student participate, no background check or volunteer training is required. You would need to come to the Front Office to receive a visitor badge, and you will then be able to watch your student participate in Field Day activities outside.
If you would like to volunteer and help with Field Day, you MUST have a background check completed as well as volunteer training. Please know that this process can take up to two weeks to be completed. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up using the link below. All approved volunteers will need to come to the Front Office to check in and receive a volunteer badge on Field Day.
We are looking forward to Field Day and if you have any questions, please contact the Front Office.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0448AAAE29A2FCC16-62899062-volunteers
Our Book Fair and Family Night is coming soon! We hope that you can come to MLG on Thursday, March 19 to meet Mrs. Patterson, our new Principal, visit the classrooms, and shop the book fair. We hope to see you there!
Mrs. Walker’s 5th grade students recently had a special opportunity to learn about history from Mamie Lou Gross Elementary’s very own head custodian, Marlon Lawrence. In honor of Women’s History Month, Mr. Marlon (as students affectionately call him) shared a book and stories about his great-aunt, Fannie Lou Hamer.
Fannie Lou Hamer was a fearless voting rights activist, community organizer, and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Rising from poverty as a Mississippi sharecropper, she became a powerful voice for equality and justice. Her courageous 1964 televised testimony about the violence she endured while trying to register to vote helped bring national attention to the struggle for voting rights and played an important role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Students were fascinated to learn that Mr. Marlon has the honor of calling this historic figure his great-aunt. It was a meaningful moment for students to see how someone they interact with every day has a personal connection to a person who made such a powerful impact on American history.
What a memorable and inspiring learning experience for Mrs. Walker’s class!
Fannie Lou Hamer was a fearless voting rights activist, community organizer, and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Rising from poverty as a Mississippi sharecropper, she became a powerful voice for equality and justice. Her courageous 1964 televised testimony about the violence she endured while trying to register to vote helped bring national attention to the struggle for voting rights and played an important role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Students were fascinated to learn that Mr. Marlon has the honor of calling this historic figure his great-aunt. It was a meaningful moment for students to see how someone they interact with every day has a personal connection to a person who made such a powerful impact on American history.
What a memorable and inspiring learning experience for Mrs. Walker’s class!
MLG PAWS presents Family Bingo Night on Wednesday, March 25th from 5:00pm-5:30pm. This will be a cash only event and each Bingo card will be $1.
Please see our revised March calendar. Our Art Show that was taking place on 3/25 has been canceled. For any 2nd through 5th grade students that wanted their artwork displayed, parents may come and view during our Family Night taking place on March 19th from 5:00pm-6:30pm or during our PAWS Bingo Night taking place on 3/25 from 5:00pm-5:30pm.
Reminder: No School tomorrow - Monday, March 9
📢 Reminder for Camden County Families!
Schools will be closed on Monday, March 9, for a scheduled teacher workday. We’ll welcome students back on Tuesday, March 10!
#BElieveinCAMDEN #WeAreCamden
Reminder: Mamie Lou Gross will have an early release day on Friday, March 27. Students will have lunch before being dismissed at 12:15pm.
Attention 5th Grade Families! 🎶
Does your rising 6th grader want to join Band at Camden Middle School or St. Marys Middle School? Band students learn a musical instrument, build confidence, and make friendships that last for years. There’s an instrument for everyone!
Ready to register? 👉 Scan the QR code or follow the link below for the school your student will attend next year.
CMS 6th Grade Band Sign-Up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczM5jt3bzdaAJcvjhmjt5Pyn0qOPsJEAlxmKXFz7GisB-Zxw/viewform
SMMS 6th Grade Band Sign-Up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXqfmWsLXncgs-Vk-RAdURIE2GH5b7d9nLfFvSbgfTeLMVUA/viewform
Have questions about the CMS or SMMS Band Programs? Mr. Puckett, Mr. Slone, and Mr. Berman are happy to help! Just send them an email.
Daniel Puckett, CMS Band Director
jpuckett@camden.k12.ga.us
Daniel Slone, SMMS Band Director
dslone@camden.k12.ga.us
Sam Berman , CMS/SMMS Assistant Band Director
sberman@camden.k12.ga.us
Does your rising 6th grader want to join Band at Camden Middle School or St. Marys Middle School? Band students learn a musical instrument, build confidence, and make friendships that last for years. There’s an instrument for everyone!
Ready to register? 👉 Scan the QR code or follow the link below for the school your student will attend next year.
CMS 6th Grade Band Sign-Up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSczM5jt3bzdaAJcvjhmjt5Pyn0qOPsJEAlxmKXFz7GisB-Zxw/viewform
SMMS 6th Grade Band Sign-Up: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScXqfmWsLXncgs-Vk-RAdURIE2GH5b7d9nLfFvSbgfTeLMVUA/viewform
Have questions about the CMS or SMMS Band Programs? Mr. Puckett, Mr. Slone, and Mr. Berman are happy to help! Just send them an email.
Daniel Puckett, CMS Band Director
jpuckett@camden.k12.ga.us
Daniel Slone, SMMS Band Director
dslone@camden.k12.ga.us
Sam Berman , CMS/SMMS Assistant Band Director
sberman@camden.k12.ga.us
Just a reminder that today is the final day to order your Field Day T-shirt. Shirts can be purchased by turning in cash and a form to the Front Office or by using the MySchoolBucks app/site.
If you are ordering a shirt through the MySchoolBucks app, please note that the store is separate from School Nutrition and money added to the student lunch balance cannot be used towards the shirt as it is a separate process. You will need to go to the Mamie Lou Gross store, select the product, and follow the check out process. You will get an email confirmation once the purchase is processed. Attached are some screen shots of the MySchoolBucks app store process.
If you are ordering a shirt through the MySchoolBucks app, please note that the store is separate from School Nutrition and money added to the student lunch balance cannot be used towards the shirt as it is a separate process. You will need to go to the Mamie Lou Gross store, select the product, and follow the check out process. You will get an email confirmation once the purchase is processed. Attached are some screen shots of the MySchoolBucks app store process.
There will be no school on Monday, March 9.
Just a reminder that MLG Field Day t-shirt orders are due tomorrow, March 4th. Order forms have been sent home and you may also order online by visiting the My School Bucks website and checking out through the MLG store. We are unable to accept late orders.
Don't forget to purchase your MLG Field Day t-shirt. Order forms have been sent home and you may also order online by visiting the My School Bucks website and checking out through the MLG store. Orders and payment are due by March 4, 2026.
MLG PAWS presents Family Bingo Night on Wednesday, March 25th from 5:00pm-5:30pm. This will be a cash only event and each Bingo card will be $1.
Our Read Across America Week celebration begins tomorrow! We hope that you will join us by dressing up according to the attached schedule.
Third grade students have begun learning about air pollution, water pollution, and land pollution. They have learned that humans have a large impact on the earth even if the impact is a bad one. From land waste becoming water pollution to air pollution causing heart and lung damage, students are learning that pollution is worse than they thought it was and that they as one person, can try to fix the problem, little by little. We have not yet completed this unit but we will soon be talking about conservation and the 3 R’s as well as continuing our conversations about these three types of pollution.
The photos are of exploration 3rd grade students did today! Eleven students were given one card to read from, each card had a part of the journey taken by Freddie. On his journey though, he ran into multiple different types of water pollution. As each card was read an item with a likeness to the pollutant was poured into the river with our fish. As more pollutants entered the river, the impacts that humans have on environment and the earth became more substantial. From clean, clear water to water filled with dirt, paper, fertilizer, oil, acid rain, animal waste, salt, and sludge from a factory completely the changed the habitat that Freddie was living in. Ultimately, by the end of this exploration, the breathing that had become difficult for Freddie the fish, eventually led to his las gasp for breath. After completing this exploration students then began working on an opinion writing about why they think it is important to take care of the earth.
The photos are of exploration 3rd grade students did today! Eleven students were given one card to read from, each card had a part of the journey taken by Freddie. On his journey though, he ran into multiple different types of water pollution. As each card was read an item with a likeness to the pollutant was poured into the river with our fish. As more pollutants entered the river, the impacts that humans have on environment and the earth became more substantial. From clean, clear water to water filled with dirt, paper, fertilizer, oil, acid rain, animal waste, salt, and sludge from a factory completely the changed the habitat that Freddie was living in. Ultimately, by the end of this exploration, the breathing that had become difficult for Freddie the fish, eventually led to his las gasp for breath. After completing this exploration students then began working on an opinion writing about why they think it is important to take care of the earth.
