Maize Intermediate School
12100 W. 45th St. N. Maize, KS 67101
(316) 462-8201
April 2022
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Maize Intermediate School News |
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A note from the principal |
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MIS Families,
My sincere apologies for the overall length of this newsletter. There are so many items to make you aware of, especially as this school year begins to wind down, so I will keep my portion brief.
As many of you already know, I will not be returning to Maize Intermediate School next year. It has been such a pleasure serving the students, staff, and families of MIS in our inaugural year. With that, I am excited to announce the next principal of Maize Intermediate School will be Mrs. Jenifer Smith. She has included a welcome letter below.
I want to encourage you to consider how you can further the partnership with families and the school in the coming year. We will have many opportunities to serve as a member of our PTO on the board or as a general member. Watch D.O.G.S. will be continued and we will be seeking volunteers for this service.
Thank you for allowing me to be a small portion of your child's education journey. I am forever changed and grateful for this experience.
Best wishes,
Inge Esping
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Dear Parents & Guardians,
It is with great pride and excitement that I am writing this letter of introduction as the newly appointed Principal of Maize Intermediate School as of the 2022-2023 school year. I am honored to lead this building in a district with such regard and support for education. I have been dedicated to the field of education for over 18 years, with a variety of experiences ranging from preschool to sixth grade. In my eight years as an administrator, I’ve had the pleasure of leading the 5/6 building in Newton for six years of those years, with my most recent position being at Munson Primary School in Mulvane for the past two years.
I was born and raised in the Wichita area, and currently reside in West Wichita. Two of my four children are still school aged and excited to attend Maize schools next year. My son will be a freshman and can’t stop talking about the Career Academy opportunities. My daughter will be a third grader and is a social butterfly. She is impatiently awaiting all the new friends she will be making!
Along with teachers and staff, I will work hard to continue the success and achievement established by MIS by building strong relationships with parents, students, and community partners. I am eager for the transition and to begin working as a team with MIS families to support each student to meet their goals and have a successful school year!
Best regards,
Ms. Jenifer Smith
Incoming MIS Principal
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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 ONLY if your student does not know of the change BEFORE 1:00pm - M/T/TH/F, BEFORE 12:00pm on Wednesdays
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Early Release Wednesdays (1:55pm) will be on the following days:
April 20th
Aprils 27th
We will NOT have early release Wednesdays in the month of May.
May 4th, 11th and 17th we will release at the normal time, 2:30pm.
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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. 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.
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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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Spring days remind us that summer is just around the corner. In anticipation of the summer months and considerations for preventing the summer slide of student learning loss, we'd like to offer some tools to help!
- Encourage reading by allowing students to read books or magazines of their choice. Make a reading challenge for your family or join the Wichita Public Library Summer Reading Program.
- Make time for smart play with games and puzzles which are a great way for kids to brush up on the basics while having fun at the same time.
- Encourage using their imagination by creating and crafting which utilizes their processing and problem solving skills and vocabularies.
- Cook meals with your kids to foster communication, math, science and reading skills using real-world concepts.
- Encourage summer journaling, letter writing, or emailing friends or family members.
- Explore nature, museums, libraries, parks, zoos and other local community activities to further enhance questioning skills, vocabulary, and personal interests of kids.
- Learn while vacationing to develop geography and social studies skills.
- Limit screen time to allow for all the fun and enjoyment summertime can offer!
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Our Eagle Ambassadors are organizing a school-wide fundraiser for UNICEF that we’re calling “The Great MIS Coin Competition.” From April 19-22, we will be collecting money that will benefit children impacted by the conflict in Ukraine. We’ll have two containers in the office – one for fifth grade and one for sixth grade. Students can earn points for their grade by bringing coins to put in their grade’s container – each cent equals one point. But they can also sabotage the other grade by putting paper money in the other grade’s container – each dollar bill equals negative 100 points. The grade with the most points at the end of the week will earn popcorn from the Popcorner during Eagle’s Landing on Tuesday, April 26th.
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The winning team from Maize Intermediate will compete against the winning team from Maize South Intermediate on May 2nd at the district office! Good luck to Avery, Isaac, Hudson, and Gryphon! |
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The library hosts a new book for book club every month. Students interested will meet once a week during their lunch time. The last book club for this year will be Unplugged by Gordon Korman. The cost of the book will be $5.00.
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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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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. |
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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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Since school started...
- The library has checked out 12,169 books.
- Students have checked out 2,215 loaner chromebooks.
- The top class that has checked out the most books is Mr. Farrell's homeroom with 676 books.
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The top checked out book is Linked by Gordan Korman with 61 checkouts.
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All students entering 7th grade next school year will need their Tdap and meningitis vaccines. If you have any questions about your child's vaccines, contact me or your child's physician.
We have noticed a significant decrease in our Covid cases and Covid-related absences! We are very thankful for that! We do still have the Covid tests available in my office for any symptomatic students at school. Also, with the district nurse by appointment at 350-2013 or 350-2023.
Please remember that ANY medications, prescription OR over-the counter, need to be kept in the Health Office (except for emergency meds that have Dr orders for student to carry). Please do not send any meds with your student to school, and especially no meds in baggies.
As always, we appreciate you updating us on your student's health status when it changes! We will do everything we can to keep your student safe and healthy!!
Laura Ewy, RN, BSN
Maize Intermediate School Nurse
Ph: 316-462-8206
Fax: 316-462-8202
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The Watch Dog program has started at MIS. To sign up or find more information please check out our website.
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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 Monday, April 25th at 6:00 in the library.
Spirit Night Tuesday, May 3rd at Chick-Fil-A from 3:00 -10:00.
PTO meeting Friday, May 20th at 6:00 in the library.
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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.
The next PTO meeting is Monday, April 25th in the Library at 6pm.
If you have any questions please email at mispto21@gmail.com
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