Memorial Message
Memorial Elementary School Newsletter, November 2019
Save the Date (s):
November
5 ELearning Day - Students work from home
5 Election Day
9 Girls on the Run Race
11 Veteran's Day Observed at Memorial
11 - 16 Scholastic Book Fair
11 Family Night at the Book Fair - (5:30 - 7:00 p.m.)
13 PTO Meeting at 3:30 p.m.
13 Family Night at the Book Fair - (5:30 - 7:00 p.m.)
16 Grandparents' Day Open House (9 a.m. - noon)
11 - 15 Major Saver Card Sales for the Valpo Education Foundation
19 Picture Re-take Day (must return original packets for retakes)
27 - 29 Thanksgiving Break
26 - December 6- NWEA Middle of the Year Assesment Window
December
11 PTO meeting at 3:30 p.m.
18 Winter Holiday Parties
19 1/2 day for Students (students leave at 12:00 p.m.)
19 End of Second Grading Period
20 No School for Records Day (Snow Make-up Day)
23- January 5 No School for Winter Holiday Break (School resumes January 6)
eLearning Day - Tuesday, Nov. 5
THANK YOU to HUNGRY HOWIE'S PIZZA
Reminders from the Memorial Nurses, Mrs. Scott and Mrs. Keenan
It’s Strep and Flu season…. Please make sure your student is healthy enough for school, guidelines are on the new Memorial Website and at the bottom of this newsletter.
Lice and Ticks are always around, please check your children regularly. As always please don’t hesitate to call the nurse’s office if you have any questions.
Scholastic Book Fair Week
Grandparents Day 2019 - Saturday, November 16
Teaching about Beginning with the End in Mind
19-20 TEAM LEAD and STUDENT COUNCIL
Sept/ October: Empathy: Be Proactive & Begin with the End in Mind
(Animal Shelter and Operation Quiet Comfort Christmas Cards)
Nov/December: Thankfulness: Put First things First, Think Win- Win
(Angel Tree) (Caroling) (Placemats) (Movie Night for gr. 1 and 2)(Grandparent's Day)
(Collecting food items for Backpacks and Snacks)
Jan/February: Trusted adults: Seek First to Understand, Then Be Understood, Synergize (Nursing Home possible service project) (Sniffty Sale for American Heart Association, Feb 11-14)
March/April/May: What helps me? I am strong: Sharpen the Saw (Chores for Charity for Riley Children's Hospital and Family House)(Collection and Card Making for Operation Quiet Comfort)
Things to know about Major Saver Card Sales
- Major Saver Card sales are sponosored by the Valpo Schools Foundation.
- Memorial will have a Major Saver Kick-Off Assembly on Thursday, November 7. The presenter will provide information such as: how to sell the card, safe selling rules, the collection process, prizes, etc.
- Major Saver cards can be purchased via cash, check, online at www.majorsaver.com, GO MOBILE with the Major Saver App. (Digital Card) or create a CUSTOM LINK for your child that can be shared via social media or email. This link will automatically credit the online sale to your student when friends and family use the link to make their purchase!
- During the Collection process, a Major Saver Representative will check in at the main office everyday November 12- 18. They will collect money, record sales, and distribute cards/prizes.
2019-2020 Major Saver Card
THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED WITH HALLOWEEN PARTIES!
Substitute Paraprofessionals at Memorial
NOTES & REMINDERS:
- Please send a note, or email Mrs. Remijan, in the morning with all changes in transportation. When calls are made during the busy school day, there is a chance that the message may get delayed and/or not delivered. If you have an emergency during the day, which merits a change in transportation, the best way to send the message is to Mrs. Remijan's email: lremijan@valpo.k12.in.us.
- Students may not carry medicine with them throughout the school day, this includes Inhalers. Please talk to the school nurse about your child's medical needs.
- If your child is late to school (after the 8:45 bell) please walk them into the office and sign them in.
- If you need a copy of the School Wellness Policy, please ask in the office or look it up on the Memorial website. There is a list of acceptable birthday/classroom treats.
- If you do not have a completed Background Check this school year, please do so ASAP. This needs to be done for all visitors and volunteers that are coming to school during the school day.
- If you need a sign for your car for the Pick-Up Line, please call the office.
General Arrival Procedures
If your child is a walker, they will cross the corners at Park and Milton with the assistance of the adult supervisor. Please remind them to wait for her to stop traffic.
If your child is a bus rider please note that all buses, except bus 8, unload in the front of the building. The bus drivers will let students out to eat breakfast as soon as they get to school. So if your child is in need of breakfast, please tell them they are allowed to get off the bus early. Students eating breakfast are allowed in the building at 8:20.
General Dismissal Procedures
All students who are car riders should leave the building out the east door (Door 2) and wait along the curb on Milton Street. The students should enter the car along the curb as directed by the staff.
Students who are walkers should proceed out the front door and follow the sidewalks along Park and Milton. If you are generally a walker, but plan to drive during the cold winter months, please send in a note and your child can become a car rider.
If you park on Park Avenue to pick up your child who is a walker, please be mindful of the cars that travel down Center Street and leave plenty of room for them to pass through.
Thank you for your assistance in keeping dismissal safe!
PTO News
This year's PTO officers:
President - Debra Krieg Lewis
Vice President - open position
Secretary - Rae Smedley
Treasurer - Trish VanTornhout
Nurse Notes
Dear Memorial Families,
We want to be sure we keep Memorial healthy!. Here are some helpful tips.
Please remember, in accordance with the VCS policy , children should be kept at home if they have the following:
- Temperature of 100 degrees or over
- Eye infections with discharge
- Cough associated with fever or continuous unrelieved cough
- Cold symptoms associated with other signs of illness
- Communicable diseases (chicken pox, scabies, impetigo, ringworm, head lice - until treated appropriately)
- Vomiting or diarrhea
- Undiagnosed skin eruptions or rashes
*We ask students to be on antibiotic treatment for 24 hours or fever free 24 hours without an analgesic (Tylenol, Motrin) before returning to school.
For more information, please contact our School Nurse
Copyright 1999 Dr. William P. Sawyer
Memorial Elementary
Email: dmisecko@valpo.k12.in.us
Website: www.valpo.k12.in.us/Domain/337
Location: 1052 Park Ave.
Phone: (219) 531-3090
Twitter: @Valpo_Memorial