Maize Intermediate School
12100 W. 45th St. N. Maize, KS 67101
(316) 462-8201
December 2021
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Message From The Principal |
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Welcome to Maize Intermediate School! |
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Hello MIS Families,
As we near the end of the semester, I want to thank you for your time, commitment and partnership in helping students have a successful first semester at Maize Intermediate School.
During our Principal's Meeting time, we have continued to focus on gratitude and having a strong voice within our school. Students have been able to submit applications to become an Eagle Ambassador, which will be our student leadership team at MIS. I have been eagerly reading each application and am so proud of how many students hope to be part of this opportunity.
We had our Caring Hearts Toiletries Drive the week of November 8th and the students did an amazing job with their generosity, which is helping a great local cause. Because of the generosity of our students, we had over 6,000 items to donate.
We have been celebrating the holiday season by hosting several fun activities in the building, including an elf hunt for students and the "12 days to Winter Break" celebration for staff. Next week, we will have a spirit week as we round out this semester.
Next week, we will also have our final nest celebration of the season. The Silver Eagles are currently in the lead. The winning nest will celebrate with cookie decoration on December 22nd.
Here's to the wonderful memories made thus far this school year and a successful start to 2022!
Take care,
Inge Esping
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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 BEFORE 1:00pm - M/T/TH/F, BEFORE 12:00pm on Wednesdays
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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. |
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MIS is in need of parent and community members to join Site Council! The MIS Site Council is a committee of parents, staff, community representatives and administration working together to make our school the best it can be. The purpose of the school site council is to advise the school on such matters as student learning, programming, school improvement planning, and accreditation issues. The site council also plays an advocacy role for the school regarding the same issues. The site council is advisory in that it makes recommendations, but does not establish school policy. Meetings are held the second Monday of each month at 6pm at MIS. If you have an interest in joining, please contact Mrs. Esping at iesping@usd266.com.
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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.
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.
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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.
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Ms. Mandy
Email: mglasse@usd266.com
Phone: (316) 462-8209
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MIS Eagle's Nest Update
MIS students and staff have been working hard this semester to earn Nest Points for our first semester Nest Competition. All students and staff were assigned to a Nest in early September. We have a total of six Nests: emerald, silver, crimson, arctic, gold, and sapphire. Staff members award Nest Points to individual students and classes for showing positive behavior and strong character. Each week the points are tallied and color beads are added to each of Nest's tube in the building's Nest Display. It has been fun watching how the nests have grown each week during this semester! Our Silver Eagles are currently in the lead with 7,880 points!
On December 22, the Nest with the most Nest Points will celebrate with a Christmas cookie decorating party in the cafeteria. We are excited to see which Nest will win! January 5th will begin our second semester Nest Competition!
A very BIG thank you to all our MIS Eagles for donating over 6,000 toiletry items for the Maize Caring Hearts Toiletries Drive in November. Our Arctic Eagles were the big winners donating 692 items! Thank you, MIS!
On January 14th, we will have a Nest Gathering. Each Nest will gather for team and relationship-building activities!
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In the month of November students participated in a counseling lesson focused on Gratitude.
What it means to be Thankful or Grateful.
How not to focus on the negatives but to be Thankful or Grateful for even the little things in our lives.
Students worked in teams to come up with reasons to be grateful or thankful for various topics. We started out with random topics such as “rain”, “spiders” and “vegetables”, but then discussed a few topics that were a little more serious. Students were asked how to be Thankful or Grateful for “homework” and “those who have different opinions than us”. As you can imagine, each of these topics brought out interesting responses. I do believe each of the students were active listeners and participants.
December’s lesson will define a “Healthy Relationships” and how to deal with relationships that are unhealthy.
We will define various types of unhealthy relationships. During the lesson students will be encouraged to share without disclosing names or specific situations.
Students will think about their “Lifelines”, trusted people they can reach out to if help is needed in a relationship.
Students will identify warning signs in “Unhealthy Relationships” by listening to various scenarios.
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On December 10th, Detective James Pearman presented information to Maize parents from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Please find free information from his presentation as well as helpful activities for all ages at https://www.missingkids.org/NetSmartz .
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Battle of the Books Reading
has Begun!
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Battle of the Books is an activity that students can choose to participate in. The requirement is that they read at least 6 of the 10 books by the end of January. At the beginning of February, we will create teams of students who have read at least 6 of the books. The teams will then compete against one another to answer questions about the books. We will have our competition in February or March.
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
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Please make sure your student has a pair of headphones or earbuds. They are needed in all classes including music and library. They would also make a great stocking stuffer. |
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In the December book club, we are reading We're Not From Here by Geoff Rodkey. We will start a new book club in January. Information will be sent out when we return from winter break! |
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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
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RAPID COVID TESTING INFORMATION
Daily rapid COVID testing is available From 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Mondays through Thursdays at Maize Intermediate School, 12100 W. 45th St. North in Maize. The map below indicates the location of the curbside test. Please enter the school using the bus drive from 119th St. and proceed towards the school’s front entrance. Nurses will test students in the vehicle as long as the weather conditions are manageable for nursing staff.
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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.
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Connect with Maize Intermediate School on Social Media |
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Official Maize Intermediate School
Twitter account
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IMPORTANT DATES
PTO Meeting December 20th in Library at 6:30p.m.
End of Quarter 2 is December 22, 2021
Winter Break: December 23, 2021 - January 5, 2022
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Maize Intermediate School PTO
For those interested in joining the Maize Intermediate School Parent Teacher Organization, please click the link to learn more.
If you have any questions please email at mispto21@gmail.com
Next PTO Meeting is December 20th at 6:30pm @ MIS Library
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