MMS time is a daily opportunity for students to improve their learning. Students on the Trafton/Haws team are required to sign up for an academic teacher at least once each week (unless prior arrangements are made between students' families and the teaching team have been made). Students who are absent must plan on using MMS time the day of their return to check in with all academic teachers & to make up work missed. At the end of each week, students are given an opportunity to select from the planned teacher offerings for the subsequent week's MMS times. Each student's plan is collected and a master schedule is made, posted here & posted in each team classroom. Changes to student selections are made at the discretion of team teachers in order to ensure that academics are a priority and student learning needs are met. Sometimes MMS time includes mini-lessons designed to provide further instruction & practice on difficult concepts. Sometimes it is used to provide additional work time. While some students legitimately need more time to complete classwork & assessments, MMS time is not intended to be used for additional time "needed" because poor choices were made during class time. MMS time is a privilege and students who misuse the time (by goofing around during MMS time, or not arriving at their assigned/chosen MMS location) will face consequences including, but not limited to, lunch detention the same day or the following day. Beginning 4th quarter 2011, students whose MMS choices do not require teacher modification (changed schedules are identifiable by an asterisk next to students' names) will earn extra points toward their effort grades for academic classes.