The Timberwolf Times
Manchester Park Elementary
9/21/2018
MP Fun Run!
The students are having an amazing time today during our MP Fun Run activities! Thank you to the PTO Fun Run committee for organizing the daily prizes and the activities during the event!
I am so happy to announce that we made our school-wide goal! Thank you all for supporting our school! I am consistently amazed by our community's generosity! Wondering how the money should be spent? Do you have an idea to share? Please feel free to fill out the form on this link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/XYWXZVB
We will count everything that came in today to put us over and send out a total on Monday! Since we made our goal, Mr. Bangs and I will be doing some sumo wrestling for the students! We are looking forward to it!
Kansas Teacher of the Year and Master Teacher
This past week, our staff nominated Melissa Woolery to represent Manchester Park as our Kansas Teacher of the Year and Rachel Swearengin as Master Teacher! Please help me in congratulating these educators!
Manchester Park Hearing Screenings
We will have our general school hearing screening on Monday, October 1st, 2018. All children in grades kindergarten, first, second, and fifth and any child in third and fourth grade who is new to the Olathe School District or who has an IEP will be screened. If your child does not pass the hearing screening you will be notified by Mrs. Vanderslice, our school nurse. If you have any questions, please contact Mrs. Vanderslice at 913-780-7540.
MP Outdoor Family Movie Night
On Thursday, Oct. 11th, we will have an outdoor movie night! The kids don't have school on Friday, so come on out and enjoy a movie with the family. Concessions open at 6:45. Movie starts at dusk!
Please see the attachment for more information
Community Service Club
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdQ_5cr2brl3CA6A2fzhlpIPq8yzLqbcC3vhP-5_lZ-ZPBRXA/viewform
Fall Book Fair
Jared Coones Pumpkin 5K
Interested in participating in the Jared Coones pumpkin run? Please see the attachments, as the deadline is Monday!
Dismissal (Reminder)
Please note that the front drive should only be used by our day care vans and busses at dismissal. All car pickup should be done on the South side of our building. If you have a special circumstance, please let us know.
Thank you.
Safety Drills for 2018-2019 (Reminder)
With the 2018-19 school year underway, schools in the district will begin conducting various safety drills. New state legislation has changed the number and type of emergency drills that schools in Kansas are required to hold. The new state guidelines require 16 emergency preparedness drills for each school. Four are fire drills, three are severe weather drills and nine are crisis drills. An example of a crisis drill would include a bus evacuation drill, a practice of restricted instruction, an ALICE drill or other practice around an emergency situation. It’s important to note that these emergency preparedness or crisis drills will be age-appropriate and will look different at each level.
We will follow up with more information throughout the school year with more information about the emergency preparedness drills.
ID’s at the Main Entrance (Reminder)
Due to district protocol, all visitors must present a photo ID to the camera at the front door. Whether you have been here multiple times over many years or new to our school family, please plan on having your ID out and ready to show the camera.
All visitors must sign in at the front office. This will be the same at arrival, throughout the day, or dismissal.
Thank you for keeping our children safe!
Weekly Power Paw Winners
*Chick-Fil-A of Olathe Free Kids Meal:
Ezra (4Sa), Zoey (1B), Lincoln (5Sa), Kaitlyn (4B), Marley (2Gr), Matt (3G), Brandt (2Gv), Vinny (KMC)
*Mr. Bohon’s Read Aloud to the Class:
Mrs. Messenger's class thanks to Abby
Next Week's Calendar
Monday, September 24th- B Day
*Assembly for Family Reading Program (more information to come next week) and Sumo Wrestling for MP Fun Run Goal Met
Tuesday, September 25th- C Day
*5th grade special chorus 7:45
*Math Wings 3:40
*PTO Exec Meeting
*Feeder and District Site Council Meeting
Wednesday, September 26th- D Day
*MP Running Club 7:45
*Spanish Club 3:40
Thursday, September 27th- E Day
*4th/5th grade special chorus 7:45
*Wolf Packs meet during the day
*CSI 3:40
Friday, September 28th- No School
*PD for Staff
Ways to stay "In the Know"
**Read the school wide emails like this and any classroom news from the teacher
**Subscribe to the PTO website: https://manchesterparkpto.membershiptoolkit.com/
**Follow the PTO on Facebook and myself on twitter @MP_Principal.
**Download the Olathe Schools App
Contact Us!
Website: http://www.olatheschools.org/manchesterpark
Location: 9810 Prairie Creek Rd. Lenexa, KS. 66220
Phone: 913-780-7540
Twitter: @MP_Principal