• Our arrival/dismissal procedures for families of car riders will be the same as last year. Student drop-off is from 8:00 a.m. – 8:25 a.m. We will have staff outside to assist with the process. 
• Student hours: 8:25 a.m. – 2:45 p.m. (M,T,R,F) and 8:25 a.m. – 1:45 p.m. (W). Office Hours during school year: 7:55 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.
• All visitors/volunteers must complete a background screening through our School Access Form https://www.stjohns.k12.fl.us/volunteer/
• During the first couple weeks of school, arrival and dismissal will take longer than normal. We take special care to make sure our students unload and get into the school safely. In the afternoons, we check multiple times to make sure students are on the correct form of transportation (bus, car rider, walker). Please be patient with our staff and other families. We are working carefully to ensure students get home safely and the correct way.
• If you need to temporarily change the way your student gets home during the school year, please submit the transportation change request using the link below or the link on our website. Please submit any transportation changes as early as possible. mcatransportation@stjohns.k12.fl.us

FAST Testing Schedule

We will begin our PM1 FAST testing this week with grades K-2nd. See calendar below for August and September dates.

Dear Parents, 

This letter is to inform you that there are several students in our school with severe nut food allergies. It is important that they strictly avoid this food in order to prevent life-threatening allergic reactions that require emergency medical treatment. To reduce the chance of this occurring, we are taking steps to provide them with a school environment that is as safe as possible. Those steps are as follows: 

• Each classroom is Nut Aware to avoid exposure when possible. Individual teachers will be in contact with you if a student with severe allergy is in your student's class.
• There will be a designated Nut Free table in the cafe. This table will be available for students with a nut free lunch; however, preference will be given to those students with a nut allergy.

Things you can do to help the school be Nut Aware:

• Inform yourself about the dangers of food allergies, especially peanut and tree nut. The Food Allergy Research & Education organization (FARE) has a great website. wwwfoodallergy.org
• If your child has eaten any nut butter before coming to school, please be sure your child's hands and face have been thoroughly washed before entering the school. It is important that nut residue is not on a child's hands when they handle common schoolbooks and equipment.
• Avoid sending nut products to school when possible. Minimizing the number of these products in the school environment will decrease the risk of exposure. All treats must be store bought.

We understand that avoiding nuts can be difficult; we have provided a list of approved snacks on the back of this letter. This is not a comprehensive list and these snacks change frequently. If unsure about a particular food item, please email your classroom teacher. Thank you so much for your prompt attention to this very important matter. 

Girls On the Run registration will be August 20th-Sept 6^th for girls in 3rd-5^th grades (it usually goes fast on the first day). There is a max of 20 girls on the team. Registration begins at 6am on the 20^th at www.GOTRNEFL.org. Registration is on a first come first serve basis.

****For dismissal purposes, we will be meeting on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:00-4:15 in Mrs. Furlow's room 313 starting on Thursday September 19^th.  

Coaches this year are Ms. Furlow, Ms. Lopez, Ms. Keefe & Ms. Grejda.

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PTA NEWS

Couples Ticket (1 MCA k-5th grade boy & 1 adult)

Additional Student/Child Ticket (MCA K-5th grade boy ONLY)

Click here to order your spirit wear today at Spirit Hero!

Helping Hands: Help us help our teachers by completing various tasks for them (i.e. cutting, stapling, laminating). Click here to signup!

Lunch Duty: Volunteers help younger students with opening lunch packaging, passing out condiments, napkins and utensils as needed and clean up support between lunch sessions and after lunch. Click here to sign up!

 Click here for all available volunteer opportunities!

Click here to become a member of the PTA

We're offering two types of membership levels this year - an individual membership for $12, and a family membership for $20. If you choose the family membership level, you'll receive a coupon that you can use to redeem free gifts at our upcoming PTA sponsored events!

When you choose to become a member of the Mill Creek Academy PTA, you are choosing to make a financial contribution that allows us to provide support that benefits the entire school community. Your donation helps the MCA PTA live out our mission and values, as well as reach our goals.

While volunteers are always welcomed, joining the PTA is NOT a commitment to volunteer.



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