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Maize Intermediate School

12100 W. 45th St. N. Maize, KS 67101

(316) 462-8201

January 2022

Message From The Principal

Welcome to Maize Intermediate School!

MIS Families,

We are excited to have named our student Eagle Ambassadors this semester. This group of students will provide leadership throughout our building by offering support to new students, developing special events for the student body, and providing ideas and feedback to make Maize Intermediate School a special place to be. This group will be led by our new school counselor, Mr. Gooding, and myself.

We are happy to have additional staff members joining MIS this semester. Josh Gooding will serve as our new school counselor, replacing Lauren Dutcher. He will work with students with the last names M-Z. Jacob Asbridge will serve as a school-based therapist, and Ashleigh Hughbanks will serve as a behavioral health liaison. Mr. Asbridge and Mrs. Hughbanks will be part of our OneMaize Mental Heath Team and based out of MIS, serving other schools in the district as well.

At the end of this month, students will have an opportunity to hear from MIS parent and WPD detective, Officer Pearman, to learn more about social media and how important it is to be cautious with what is posted on these various outlets. Each month, we have many students involved in negative interactions online that do not occur during the school day but negatively affect peer interactions based on what occurs online. We have been made aware that mock accounts have been created on various social media sites for the purpose of telling secrets and causing hurt to peers. Please continue to have conversations with your students regarding their online presence.

We have quite a few activities coming up in this semester that will highlight the talents of our amazing students here at MIS. Be on the lookout for information from our music teachers, band teachers, and orchestra teachers regarding concerts throughout this semester. Spring conferences are coming up soon. Please be on the lookout for information from your student's Eagles' Landing teacher regarding the format for our Spring conferences. We are working to start a Watch DOGS program here at MIS. Be on the lookout as we get this program started yet this school year. Finally, the 100th day of school is coming up on our next Fun Friday Clubs Day - January 28. Students will have an opportunity to have a special guest help us celebrate that we are 100 days smarter this school year!

Your partnership is important to us. If you ever have questions or concerns, please know that I am only a phone call or email away.

With warm regards,

Inge Esping

FROM THE SCHOOL OFFICE

Office Reminders:

Office Hours: 7:00am - 3:00pm

Office Phone: (316) 462-8201

Absences: If your student is absent, please call the school office each day BEFORE 10:00am. If you notify the teacher of an absence, you MUST also call the school office.

After School Transportation Reminders:

Call the school office ONLY if your student does not know of the change BEFORE 1:00pm - M/T/TH/F, BEFORE 12:00pm on Wednesdays

Winter Weather

Please make sure your student is prepared for the winter weather each day. We will be going outside for recess unless the temperature or wind chill dips below 20 degrees.

Parent Drop-Off - Please be sure to wait until you are within the drop-off zone and that you await the signal for students to exit vehicles. Students are not allowed into the building until 7:00am.

Parent Pick-Up - Please continue to have students be picked up within the pick-up zone and exit the line as soon as your student is safely in your vehicle.

FOOD SERVICE

A La Carte

For any A La Carte items your student may use cash or money on their lunch card. Snack food is not to replace a full meal.

If you want to set a limit for your child's Ala Carte you may do so in Skyward under the Food Service tab.

COUNSELOR'S CORNER

Welcome, Mr. Josh Gooding!

We are excited to welcome Mr. Josh to our MIS Counseling Team!

We look forward to Detective James Pearman from the Wichita Police Department sharing information about Internet and online safety with our MIS students on January 26th.

During the month of February, our fifth and sixth graders will be watching films with regard to Human Growth & Development led by the counselors. Boys and girls will watch the films separately with their grade level peers. If you have questions or prefer for your student to not watch these films, please contact MIS counselors Mandy Glasse or Josh Gooding. We are also happy to share the films with you if you would like to preview them ahead of time.

LIBRARY REMINDERS:

Students interested in competing in Battle of the Books must read at least 6 of the 10 titles on the list by January 31st. The Battle of the Books sign up is now available in Mrs. Lehner's Google Classroom. The competition will be held in March. If you have any questions, reach out to Mrs. Lehner at klehner@usd266.com.

The Scholastic Book Fair will be back during conferences!!!

See you on February 24th!

Lost or Damaged Books

Please let Mrs. Lehner in the library know about any damaged or lost books as soon as possible. We will let you know the replacement cost and have a new one purchased and shipped to the school. We will not accept replacement books purchased outside of the school at this time. Any books that are damaged but still able to circulate in the library will be charged 25% of the replacement cost.

Student ID

All Students must have a student ID that they wear at all times. The library can reprint for students who have lost their IDs. The first re-print is free. Each lost ID after that is $3.00. Broke IDs will be reprinted for free. However, students must bring the broke ID to the library.

New Chromebook Policy:

Students may only borrow a Chromebook from the library five times a grading period (9 weeks). After the fifth time, students will be given an office referral. Chromebooks can be borrowed from the library when a student forgets their Chromebook at home or if it is not charged. Please help remind your student to charge their Chromebook every night. If a Chromebook is lost, please let us know. We will charge the Chromebook to your student's Skyward account and issue a new one.

Book Club

The library hosts a new book for book club every month. Students interested will meet once a week during their lunch and recess time. The February book club will be reading Song for a Whale by Lynne Kelly.

The library has checked out 8,811 books since school started!!!
The top class that has checked out the most books is Mrs. Wilcoxson's class.
The top checked out book is Ground Zero by Alan Gratz

NURSE'S NOTES

Water Bottles

Students need to bring a water bottle with ONLY water inside to school every day. Due to covid restrictions, the water fountains are turned off. We do have the water bottle fillers turned on in the building. If your student has lost their water bottle, please come check our lost and found. Please do no send anything other than water with your student to school.

If you have health questions or concerns please contact our nurse, Laura.

lewy@usd266.com

Upcoming Events

Spring Picture Day is Almost Here!

Picture day is Wednesday, February 2, 2022

Every student's picture will be taken. You will receive a proof to preview before you purchase.

Four Foundational Beliefs

Maize Intermediate School and Maize South Intermediate School will jointly work on the following Foundational Beliefs:

Operates as a cohesive community in which 5th and 6th grade have opportunities to share geographic spaces, programming, and scheduling.
Embraces teaming/family to support core content and social-emotional learning of students.
Implements tiered structures to support a variety of student needs.
Functions in a school that will offer opportunities for exploration for students.