Maple Grove Parent Newsletter
September 22, 2016
Mrs. Chay's class reading on our new carpet squares!
From School Garden to School Table
Making Zucchini Bread
Our Prize Zucchini
Zucchini Bread to share
STP Spaghetti Dinner and Learning Commons Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Wednesday, Sep 28, 2016, 05:30 PM
Maple Grove Elementary School, West Cold Spring Road, Greenfield, WI, United States
STAR Testing
Students in grades 1-5 have, or will, take the STAR assessment. This test is a Universal Screener that helps us to identify student strengths and needs. For those of you familiar with MAP test, STAR testing replaces it. This fall will be our baseline assessment, and you can expect to see a report in the spring that will show your child's learning growth over the course of the year.
Safe Travels Home
Please Help Make the End of the Day Safe
Parent Pick Up - Parents picking up their child from school should meet in the cafeteria. Parents are welcome to park in the parking lot in front of school, on Cold Spring Road, or along 68th Street. The lane in front of school is reserved for buses and private day care vans. Parents should enter the building through our new double doors to the left of our main entrance. Parents will meet their child at the table designated for their child's grade. If you have more than one student, please sit in area designated for the youngest student. Students will be escorted to the cafeteria by a teacher, who will hand the student off to their parent. Please exit through the new double doors.
Walkers - If you feel your student is ready and able to walk themselves home, please provide a note to their teacher. All walkers will exit from the front of school and should use the sidewalks and designated crosswalks to travel home. Crossing guards are stationed at the corner of Cold Spring and 68th and Bottsford and 68th to assist with travel home. Students can cut across our soccer field to exit the west gate on Bottsford. Walkers should not exit from the back of school through the gate used by our bus students.
Bus Riders - We apologize that our buses have been extraordinarily late at the start of the year. A combination of new drivers and a large number of late enrollments has created unanticipated bus delays. In working with the bus company, they anticipate being close to posted times this week. Bus students go to the gym with a teacher at the end of the day. In the gym, they find their bus line. Once all students are in the gym, they will be led to their bus.
Last Minute Changes - While we understand that things come up and parents will need to change pick up plans, please try to give the office as much notice as possible. At the end of the day, we are handing back over 400 students and the more time we have to alert students and teachers of changes, the easier it is to make those changes happen correctly.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
Morning Drop-off is on Bottsford Avenue
Please be aware that there is no supervision on our playground before school, so please do not arrive before 8:30 AM. Students will be welcomed into school at 8:30 and can go to their classroom or the cafeteria for breakfast.
The front of school is reserved for buses and day care vans. It is dangerous for students to cross around the buses and dangerous for cars to be pulling in and out between
Mad Science Registration
Mark Your Calendar!
9/26-9/27 - Fire Prevention days at Maple Grove
9/28 - Spaghetti Dinner, MG Gymnasium, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
9/30 - Mad Science, Art Room, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
10/7 - Mad Science, Art Room, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
10/14 - Mad Science, Art Room, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
10/19-10/21 - Scholastic Book Fair
10/21 - Mad Science, Art Room, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
10/21 - Harvest Fest, 6-8 p.m.
10/28 - No School
11/4 - Mad Science, Art Room, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
11/8 - STP Bake Sale on Election Day
11/9 - Picture Re-take Day
11/11 - Mad Science, Art Room, 3:30-4:30 p.m.
Student Handbook Sign Off
Thank you
Maple Grove Elementary School
Email: kmccormick@greenfield.k12.wi.us
Website: http://maplegrove.greenfield.schooldesk.net/
Location: 6921 West Cold Spring Road, Greenfield, WI, United States
Phone: 414-541-0600
Twitter: @MG_Greenfield