Dear Marquette Families,
Thank you for supporting your child with Virtual Learning. The Marquette staff and I know these times are challenging for families and appreciate your willingness to learn alongside us and partner in making this a positive experience for our Marquette scholars. It has been critical that we come together as a community.
Last spring, you gave us feedback through Marquette and MMSD surveys about Virtual Learning. The Marquette staff and leadership team analyzed that feedback closely and made adjustments last spring and this fall based on your feedback. We want you to know we value your feedback and make adjustments based on what you share with us. This will continue to be our process this school year as our instructional models evolve.
Some of these adjustments were made districtwide such as including more live instruction and Zoom sessions throughout the day to support students. We are focused on supporting students socially and emotionally through daily morning meetings and integrating social emotional learning into literacy and social studies. The district also shifted to Seesaw as a platform Virtual Learning to allow students multiple ways of engaging learning.
As a school, we have printed and distributed math sheets that support the lessons your child is doing with their teacher. We also created the Marquette Family Virtual Learning site, so families could see their child’s week at a glance and know where to access resources to support Virtual Learning. We continue to focus on equity and social justice through texts, live sessions, and professional learning.
Last week, you got a Virtual Learning survey texted to you from MMSD. Please take time to complete this survey. The feedback you provide through this survey will be reviewed by our school leadership team and help us improve Virtual Learning at Marquette. The window for this survey closes on Friday, October 2nd. You will continue to get reminders from MMSD to participate.
Thanks again for all your support and partnership during this time.
Best,
Mrs. Parks
Principal, Marquette Elementary School
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IMPORTANT DATES
Tuesday, October 13:
PTG Meeting 6:30 (virtual)
Friday, October 23:
No School - Professional Development
Tuesday, October 27:
A Principal Experience Day (Virtual)
Friday, October 30:
End of 1st Quarter (42 days)
Monday, November 2: Beginning of 2nd Quarter
Tuesday, November 3: Fall General Election
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MMSD Elementary School Policies
Many families have opted out of receiving a paper copy our our district policy guides and the behavior education plan during the online enrollment process. The links below are electronic versions that you can refer to.
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Call the safe arrival line at 204-3233 for a Student Absences |
Daily Virtual Learning Schedule:
Students 8:30 - 3:30
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Marquette Elementary
1501 Jenifer Street
Madison, WI 53703
marquette@madison.k12.wi.us
Phone: 608-204-3220
Safe Arrival: 608-204-3223
Fax: 608-204-0467
Sally Parks, Principal
Ann Brown, Secretary
608-204-3225
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Welcome to the Marquette Family Virtual Learning Support Site!
Here, you will find everything you need as we learn together in this new online format. We also welcome suggestions if you would like us to include more resources. Please visit the Marquette Family Virtual Learning Website if you haven't yet done so , to see what is available to support families & students.
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Report an Absence
The procedure for excusing students from virtual learning includes using the MMSD online form, or phone call to the school attendance line 608-204-3233.
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Contact Information
During virtual learning it is very important that we can contact you. Please keep phone numbers, email addresses, and home addresses for all parents/guardians updated in Infinite Campus. You can call the office at anytime to update this information.
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We are facing a unique opportunity to invest in Madison’s future, which lies in the hands of our public school system’s 27,000 growing minds.
The needs of our schools and students existed before COVID-19, opportunity and resource gaps were magnified by school closures and quarantine, and as we begin to recover together as a city, the chance to lift Madison up as a thriving, equitable, and inclusive community for generations to come is more important than ever. The school board is asking voters to consider 2020 Referenda on the November 3rd ballot.
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Attendance Expectations for Virtual Learning |
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Attendance expectations for virtual learning are different and more rigorous this school year than they were in spring. Unlike spring of the 19-20 school year, attendance is taken daily by classroom teachers. To be considered as attending for the day, students must do one of the following:
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Attend the synchronous instruction time, or
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Complete and submit an asynchronous task assigned by teacher, or
- Engage in two-way communication with their teacher (phone call, email exchange, or office hours virtual visit)
For students to get the most benefit from virtual learning, we want them to participate both in instruction delivered in Zoom meetings, as well as complete tasks assigned by their teacher in Seesaw.
On Wednesdays, there are no live Zoom meetings, so a student must complete an assigned task posted on Seesaw to be marked present for that day. Tasks done before midnight can be considered for attendance. In other words, your child can do their school work in the evening, and still be counted as present that day.
If your child is unable to participate in virtual learning, the school must receive communication from you to excuse the absence. You can report an absence by either:
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Using the MMSD online form, or
- Calling Marquette Safe Arrival number at 608-204-3233
Both are checked daily by Anna Brown, Marquette's school secretary. Absences that are not reported will be marked as unexcused. Please contact Jenny Markwiese, School Social Worker, at (608) 571-4610 if you have any questions or concerns about your child’s attendance.
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Online Learning - Set up success |
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Shutting Down Your Chromebook
Recently an update for Zoom on Chromebooks was pushed out. If your MMSD Chromebook has not been shut down recently, we ask that you shut it down completely as soon as you can. We hope this update will help Zoom run more smoothly.
We also recommend shutting down your Chromebook at least once a week.
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Tech Support Information
We know that technical issues can be especially frustrating during Virtual Learning, so we want you to feel supported. The chart below shows how you can get help.
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Virtual Club Opportunity! Scratch Club is BACK!
Attention 4th and 5th grade students and families! Signup is now open for a virtual fall session of Scratch Club! You can do the club again if you participated last year.
What: A club that teaches students how to create games and activities using a coding program for kids called Scratch.
Where: The club will be hosted on Zoom.
How: Two students from UW will teach the sessions. A parent or staff member will attend each Zoom session to supervise.
When: Thursdays at 3:30-4:15, October 1 through December 10
Parents of interested students: We also need you to volunteer for a session or two! Indicate in the signup form if you can help!
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Additional Links for Helpful Information |
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How to contact your school: While we're virtual, we want to make sure you're still able to contact your school. There are currently three ways you can get in touch with your school. Find them here. You can call Anna Brown, Marquette's administrator's assistant in the office at 608-204-3225 or email marquette@madison.k12.wi.us.
School start and end times during virtual learning are different from normal school hours. Students virtual learning schedule is from 8:30 - 3:30 Learn more.
We have 40 neighborhood food sites set up around Madison offering curbside meal service for all children 18 years of age or younger. Each site has pickup one day per week. Visit this page to learn more.
The Foundation for Madison's Public Schools has been raising emergency relief funds and collaborating with community partners to ensure our MMSD and MSCR students, families and staff have the resources and financial support to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn more here.
Make sure to continue to check mmsd.org/COVID-19 for the latest updates on virtual learning, food and device distribution and more.
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Lapham-Marquette - Parent Teacher Group (PTG) |
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Lapham-Marquette - Parent Teacher Group (PTG)
Next meeting for the 2020-2021 school year:
Tuesday, October 13, 6:30-7:30pm
Greetings from the PTG! Our next virtual PTG meeting will be held Tuesday October 13th at 6:30pm. Zoom invites will be sent out via email prior to the meeting. Make sure you subscribe to the mailing list, for ongoing communications from the PTG. Unable to join the meetings? You can also stay connected by following us on Facebook, Instagram, or by visiting our website.
The Lapham Garden could use some work this fall to get it ready for its winter rest. We will not be able to host our normal workday and pizza party, but we are looking for volunteers who would spend some time pulling plants and spreading mulch. If you are interested in helping out email abbeysabatino@gmail.com for more information.
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Marquette Elementary - 1501 Jenifer St Madison, WI 53703
marquette@madisoon.k12.wi.us
Office: 204-3220 | Safe Arrival: 204-3233 | Fax: 204-0467
Sally Parks, Principal - saparks@madison.k12wi.us
Anna Brown, Secretary - 608-204-3225, abbrown@madison.k12.wi.us
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