Important Dates for Back to School at MAUE

August 18, 2020

Dear MAUE Families,

I wanted to reach out to you with the updates that I have for the start of the 20-21 school year! I’m so excited and I cannot wait to see and hear my students in the building again! Honestly, I even miss their smells, after they come in from recess!

Please mark your calendar for the upcoming events:

August 27th- Chromebook Deployment Day

Chromebook Deployment Day for MAUE face-to-face students and Virtual Students: Parents will be asked to “drive through” the front entrance loop during the assigned times listed below. Please wear a face covering, bring a pen, and remain in your vehicle. As you pull around the loop when you ‘merge’ into one line, you will stop at the first tent and give your child’s name to Dr. Brewer or Ms. Diltz who will be working the first tent. They will then look up your child on their roster and point you to the location that you will need to drive up to in order to collect the Chromebook.

Please Note: In order to receive a Chromebook, you must have already paid the $25 charge on your child’s MySchoolBucks account to cover the fee for taking home the Chromebook AND all residency paperwork must have been completed OR bring $25 (Cash Only) to pick up. If this is not done, you will not receive a Chromebook and you will be asked to either park and go inside and pay the $25 (CASH only) and complete your residency information or you will have to take care of it at another time and your child will receive a Chromebook after school begins if everything is completed as requested.

Chromebook Pick Up Times:

3rd: 9:00 - 10:00

4^th: 10:00 - 11:00

5^th: 11:00 - 12:00

Virtual: 12:00 - 1:00

*Chromebooks will be ready for students during the assigned times. If you do not come during your assigned times, be prepared to park and wait until a staff member can locate your child’s Chromebook in the building and bring it back out to you and verify all information before signing over Chromebook.

Please remember the following guidelines for the Chromebooks:

1. Your child needs to bring his/her Chromebook AND CHARGER to school the first day - fully charged.

2. Please review with your child the importance of internet safety. Students should never peruse the internet without a parent/guardian supervising what they are watching/viewing. When the Chromebook is checked out with the student, it is the parent’s responsibility to monitor all websites, games or any other resource that can be found by a child on the Chromebook.

3. There will be no protective cases for the Chromebooks. Please emphasize with your child the importance of being gentle and taking care of Chromebooks. (Don’t drop it, close it with a pencil inside it, put it in the backpack next to the leaking lunch box etc…)

4. Your child’s username and password will be issued to you after you check out the Chromebook.

5. Your child will be trained on how to use Canvas to complete assignments, how to attend a group meeting, and how to submit assignments by the classroom teachers once school begins.

September 2nd- Meet The Teacher Tentative Date

We are scheduling small group times for our parents and students to come into the school to go to the classroom to meet your child’s teacher. This is a come and go event and students who did not purchase Edu-kits (supplies) can also drop off their supplies with their teachers. The PTO will also have tables set up in the gym where they will be sharing important information about this school year. We ask that you wear your face coverings and socially distance while in the building at the scheduled times below. Please arrive and leave at your scheduled time in order to provide a safe environment for our families and faculty.

September 2nd

8:00 AM - Student last names that begin with (A- F)

8:30 AM - Student last names that begin with (G-L)

9:00 AM- Student last names that begin with (M-S)

9:30 AM- Student last names that begin with (T-Z)

September 2nd

10:00 AM - Student last names that begin with (A- F)

10:30 AM - Student last names that begin with (G-L)

11:00 AM- Student last names that begin with (M-S)

11:30 AM- Student last names that begin with (T-Z)

September 2nd

12:00 PM - Student last names that begin with (A- F)

12:30 PM - Student last names that begin with (G-L)

1:00 PM- Student last names that begin with (M-S)

1:30 PM- Student last names that begin with (T-Z)

If you are enrolled in the Virtual Learning Option: You will have a ‘virtual’ Meet the Teacher and your Virtual Teacher will contact you to let you know of your scheduled times and other important dates that apply to the start of the school year.

First Days of School for Students Returning for Face-to-Face Instruction: The plan in the Jaguar Zone is still to divide the students by alphabet for the ‘soft start’ days beginning on September 3rd.

(We will be out of school on Labor Day)

-Students whose last names begin with A-L will attend school on September 3rd, 8th, 10th

-Students whose last names begin with M-Z will attend school on September 4th, 9th, 11th

-All teachers and students will report to building on September 14th, and a regular schedule begins with all students reporting each day.

A few reminders about the first day of school:

Doors open to the public at 7:00am and instructional begins promptly when the tardy bell rings at 7:30am. A letter/map was sent to you on July 28 that outlines the procedures for morning car rider drop off locations. The afternoon dismissal bell rings at 2:20. There are no transportation changes without a note from the parent. There are no transportation changes accepted when called in over the phone to the office after 1:45. When calling in transportation changes over the phone, you must share your child’s car rider number with the MAUE staff member. Children may not be checked out after 2:00. These procedures are in place to ensure the safety of all students.

September 18th (School Pictures)- we will send information about school picture orders after school begins.

September 21^st : (3rd & 4th Parent Open House - Virtual Open House from 6:00 - 7:00). Parents will be joining a Microsoft Teams Meeting with the teacher who will be broadcasting from his/her classrooms from 6:00-7:00.

September 28^th (5th Grade Parent Open House- Virtual Open House from 6:00 - 7:00). Parents will be joining a Microsoft Teams Meeting with the teacher who will be broadcasting from his/her classrooms from 6:00 - 7:00.

Again, I cannot wait to have my students in the building again! It’s been too quiet! Remember to join the Facebook MAUE PTO page and join the PTO to receive Jag Blasts. We are ready for blast off!

Sincerely,

Dr. Kim Brewer, Principal

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