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Important Dates
April 6, 6:30 pm
MES PTO Meeting (Library)
April 7, 9:00 am -2:15 pm Strataca Field Trip, Nietfeld & Winger
April 10, 7:00 pm
Board of Education Meeting @ ESC
April 11, 4:30-8:30 pm MES Chick-Filet-A Spirit Night!
April 13 Kdg Field Trip to the Zoo
April 14 No School - Professional Development Day
April 28, 6:30 pm MES PTO 2nd Annual Color Run/Walk
May 3 2nd Grade (O'Grady & Gottschalk Classes) to Kauffman Museum
May 4 2nd Grade (Luty & Farrell Classes) to Kauffman Museum
May 4, 6:30-7:30 pm MES PTO Meeting (Library)
May 5 No SchooL - Professional Development Day
May 9, 6:00-7:30 pm KDG Orientation at MES
May 12, 10:00 am KDG Music Program - Rodriguez and Charles AM Classes (Band Room)
2:30 pm
Gibson and Charles PM Classes (Band Room)
May 16 Field Day & Spring Parties
10:45 am AM Kdg Spring Party
3:00 pm PM Kdg, AD Kdg, 1st-5th Grade Spring Parties
May 18 Last Day of School!
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Please be aware that school district policy does not allow us to accept flowers or other deliveries to students at school. Please contact your student's teacher to arrange a time to celebrate a special occasion with treats, etc.
BOE policy does not allow party invitations to be distributed at school. Please refer to the Skyward Family Access Student Directory or your classroom directory for student addresses.
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Feel free to join your student for lunch, all we ask of you is to notify the front office or your child's teacher of the day you are coming. Lunches are $3.60 for adults; please bring exact change as adult lunches cannot be taken from your child's account.
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Student lunch accounts can be paid online through Skyward Family Access. Daily lunches are $2.45 each and extra milk is .40 cents. Lunch menus can be found online at usd266.com.
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Skyward now has a mobile app! Users can obtain the free application in the Google Play Store or in the Apple App Store.
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Maize Elementary News
April 3, 2017 Volume 34, Issue 8 305 W. Jones Maize, KS 67101 316-722-8230 |
A Note from the Principal...
We have officially entered the home stretch of the school year. It's hard to fathom that we only have 31 school days left this year, but we still have a lot to accomplish both in and out of our classrooms by May 18.
Good luck to our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students as they take the State Assessments over the next three weeks. All three grade levels will take the reading assessment tomorrow and Thursday, 5th grade will take the science assessment April 11 and 12, and then all three grade levels will take the math assessment April 18 and 19. Our students and staff have worked hard to get to this point, and I am confident their efforts will result in high scores, but we need your help at home. Please make sure your students get at least 9 to 10 hours of sleep prior to testing. They should also eat a nutritious breakfast either at home or buy one here at school. The last component your students need prior to testing is a big hug and words of encouragement from you. Knowing they are making you proud is worth so much to our kids, so love them up and send them to us. Thank you for supporting our staff and your students each day.
A huge thanks to each of you who are helping your students keep track of the minutes they are reading as we work together to meet our goal in the 1.5 Million Minutes Challenge. All reading logs are to be sent to school at the beginning of each month, so please send it to school with your student tomorrow so we can count their minutes toward our total. We officially broke the 1,000,000 minute mark today, and we will have to make a very strong effort to meet the 1,500,000 minutes goal by May 17, when we will hopefully be celebrating at an all school assembly. What is at stake you may ask? Well, the students voted to duct tape me to the wall for the day, which doesn't sound fun at all. However, in late February I told the kids that I would also shave my head and beard if they reached the goal. I really don't have a very pretty head, so I am hoping the kids slow the pace they're currently on. Ha. We shall see!
The support for MES children absolutely amazes me! The MES PTO team recently processed all of the registrations and donations collected for their upcoming Color Run/Walk the evening of Friday, April 28. THANK YOU to all of you who helped your students with registrations and donations because their initial totals are over $9,000!!!!! I know the PTO's goal is to make the Color Run their only fundraiser each year, so because of your help that goal may actually become a reality. More Color Run information will be coming soon, but I would like to offer my sincere gratitude to the MES Family your help. You have come through for our kids once again!!
Kyle White
MES Principal
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IMPORTANT 2017-2018 ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
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IMPORTANT INFORMATION TO REMEMBER
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Our school day starts at 8:45 am every day.
Students who arrive after 8:50 am will be counted tardy. If a student is brought late to school the parent must come in the office and sign them in. Students are allowed to enter the building at 8:35 am. If you need to drop your student off before this time, the YMCA has a latchkey program at MES. For more information please call the YMCA at 316-264-1610.
The district dismisses students 40 minutes early every Wednesday to accommodate the Professional Learning Communities (PLCs). The teachers participate in the PLC to discuss curriculum, instructional strategies, data review, technology training, etc. School is dismissed at 3:20 pm every Wednesday. Morning Kindergarten is dismissed at 11:35 am and afternoon Kindergarten begins at 12:40 pm every Wednesday.
Please call the office at 316-722-8230 if your child is going to be absent or if you have a transportation change.
For student safety, please let the office know of a transportation change before 3:30 pm and 3:00 pm on Wednesdays.
If your student is riding a different bus home with a friend, a note is required from both sets of parents. These can be given to the office for Mr. White to sign and can then be given to the bus driver.
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DON'T FORGET LUNCH MONEY!
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USD 266 uses the Skyward Food Service and RevTrak fee payment systems. Please check your email and phone numbers in Skyward, so you may be alerted when your child only has 2 lunches left. Parents receive an email when your child has $5.00 left in their account. Parents receive a 2nd email after your child has 1 lunch left. When your child doesn't have any money into the account-we have your child go to the office and call you. Please put money into the account that day. You will also receive a 3rd email when your child has a zero balance.
Please check with your child if they are eating breakfast at school or getting a 2nd milk-the charges add up quickly. If you have more than one child, please check both lunch accounts. We are not allowed to go into one child's account to pay for a sibling.
Parents may keep as large a balance as they wish in a child's account (for example: $5.00, $10.00, $15.00 or more). If the student doesn't have enough in his/her lunch account to cover a meal, the account will be charged for a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and milk if the student chooses to take one. No meal charges will be allowed.
If you have any questions regarding Skyward and the RevTrak system, please call our school office. We want every child to have a good lunch, every day!
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Maize Elementary PTO 2nd Annual
Color Run/Walk
- Student registration forms will be sent home March 9th.
- Event will take place Friday, April 28th @ 6:30 pm.
- If this event succeeds at a high level, it will serve as PTO's primary fundraiser each year. For that to happen we need your help!
Check out this video of highlights from last year's Color Run/Walk.
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February Million Minutes added up to 161,602! We are now up to 853,605 minutes! Mrs. Johnson's class had 100% participation and read 16,120 minutes in February! Keep recording outside-the-school day reading so we can make our goal of 1,500,000 minutes.
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Hope you all had a wonderful spring break. We just finished with our bowling unit. Throughout April we will begin with some physical fitness activities, as well as striking with long and short handled implements. Then we will be fitness testing to see progress over the year! Grades for the 3
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quarter are in and you can check them in skyward. Hopefully this month gives us some great weather so we can get outside! Stay Moving!
Coach Horn
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Please review the medication policy at the Nurse's Corner on the Maize USD 266 website. This site is also a good resource for immunizations, screenings and illness questions.
April is National Youth Sports Safety Month
"In 2012, more than 1.24 million children ages 19 and under were seen in emergency departments for injuries related to 14 commonly played sports" (see link below). Injuries are sudden and unexpected. Most injuries can be prevented if we are proactive. Spring is here and everyone is starting to spend more time outdoors. Whether your child plays an organized sport or visits the playground, injuries happen. Safety is no accident. Let's help keep our children safe by adding this website to your favorites. Fact sheets, safety tips, and other useful websites about prevention at home, play and on the way can be found at
Safe Kids.
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From The Counselor...
The month of April will be busy with State Assessments for our 3rd-5th graders. Please have your child here each day so they can take the assessments with their class. I will be giving make ups to students on Thursdays and Fridays as needed.
April 3-6 - ELA assessments
April 10-13 - 5th grade science assessments
April 17-20 - Math assessments
Please remember that I am available if you have concerns regarding your child's teacher placement for next year. We do not take teacher requests, however I am available to discuss your child's needs. Feel free to call or email me at 350-2913 or
bstephens@usd266.com
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If you are interested in having your child tutored over the summer, I have a list of teachers in the district who provide tutoring for a fee. If you would like a copy of the list, call me or email and I can send it to you.
Also if you are moving please let the office know. It helps us with class placements. I always feel bad if I put friends together and one moves away - so if you know, please notify us. Thanks!
Becky Stephens
MES Counselor
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Do you have a Kindergarten student starting next year? Please fill out this form.
Thank you!
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DILLONS COMMUNITY REWARDS
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here to learn more! When registering be sure to use our organization number
12736. Thank you for your support!
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