MCE News
Montgomery City Elementary
March 4, 2017
MCE Trash Bag Sales Information In Friday Folders.
Join us Tuesday for McTeacher's Night!
Join us for supper and help raise funds for our school! All proceeds raised will be used to support our student activities!
Students must be signed in by a parent if they arrive after 8:05 am
Thank you for your cooperation ensuring your child is arrives at school on time.
We need your help - Attendance is Important!
- If your child is vomiting or running a fever, he/she cannot be at school for 24 hours.
- If your child is contagious, they must be on medication for 24 hours before they can return to school.
- In all other cases - we want your child at school!
Students may have a sniffle or a tummy ache, but they can still learn. We need to help our students learn to overcome minor aches and pains, and continue with normal life expectations. Please help us ensure your child is at school every day possible!
Students must be in attendance regularly for learning to occur. We need your help to set the expectation that school is a priority. When we work together, our children succeed!
Time To Renew Your Background Checks
Thank you for your prompt attention to this matter!
S'MORE Fun with Books - Scholastic's Happy Camper Book Fair
MCE’s Scholastic Book Fair begins this week. It will be open March 7th - March 10th, from 7:45am - 4:00pm.
March 8th - Judy Young, children’s author, will be visiting with our students at MCE. Thank you to our PTO for sponsoring this event!
Student will participate in a reading challenge all week long. If our MCE students read a combined 25,000 pages, they will turn Mrs. Burton and Mrs. Krattli into human S’Mores.
Students may donate $0.50 each day to participate in the following spirit days. All funds collected will support the All for Books Program.
March 7th - Hat Day
March 8th - Mix and Match Day
March 9th - Crazy Hair Day
March 10th - Favorite Sports Team Day!
Our monthly attendance rate for February was 93%
Our Daily Goal is 95% attendance building wide. This past week's attendance was:
Tuesday: 95%
Wednesday: 94%
Thursday: 96%
Friday: 96%
Weekly percentages by grade level:
Kindergarten: 93.97%
First Grade: 95.36%
Second Grade: 94.81%
Third Grade: 97.55%
Fourth Grade: 96.27%
Fifth Grade: 94.24%
Set Sail on a Summer Adventure! Summer School 2017
We are offering a summer camp, summer school program. Enrollment information was sent home this Friday, March 3rd in Friday Folders. Students have a choice in the adventure they take this summer. Enrollment will be first come, first serve for each adventure offered. We will date each enrollment form as they arrive. You may click on the following links to download the forms:
Summer 2017 Adventure Pamphlet - an explanation of your child's choices.
The final date we will accept enrollment packets is Friday, April 28th
We look forward to going on a Summer Adventure with your child!
Montgomery Co. R-II Schools will provide a
FREE PRESCHOOL SCREENING for
ALL students that will be 4 years old before July 31, 2017.
(Screening includes developmental, hearing, vision, and dental check)
Jonesburg Elementary – March 14, 2017
9:00am to 5:00pm Call 636-488-5923 Ext: 4103
Montgomery City Elementary- March 22, 2017
9:00am – 5:00pm Call 573-564-3711 Ext: 3010
SCREENING BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
APPOINTMENTS WILL BE SCHEDULED BEGINNING
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 21, 2017
*Must be four years old before July 31, 2017 to attend Title 1 preschool
**Must be five years old before July 31, 2017 to attend Kindergarten
Phone calls to change transportation routes are for Emergencies Only
If you need to make a change to your child’s normal routine you must send a note with your child in the morning. If it is an emergency, you must call and speak to a secretary before 1:30pm. Do not leave a message on the school answering service. The answering service is to report absences only, and it is not checked throughout the day.
We will not make any changes after 1:30pm. Our goal is to get every student safely to their correct destination at the end of each day. We need your help to make sure this happens.
This year is flying by...
- March 7-10 - Scholastic Book Fair is open at MCE
- March 6 - PD Day @ MCE
- March 7th - McTeacher's Night at the New Florence McDonalds!!
- March 8th - Judy Young - guest author visit
- March 10 - Missouri Read-In Day (Last day of the Book Fair)
- March 14 – JE Preschool Screening
- March 14 - K & 1 Spring Program
- March 16&17 - NO School - Spring Break
- March 22 – MCE Preschool Screening
- March 25 - Regional Math Competition in Columbia
- March 31 - March Awards Assembly - 5th grade Field Trip & Kindergarten Field Trip- Friday Fun Day
- March 31 - MCE's PTO Carnival - 5:30-7:30pm
- April 1 - Jonesburg Elementary's Fool's Color Run 8:45
- April 3 - PD Day
- April 6 – MCE Kindergarten Screening
- April 8 - Renick Spelling Bee & Read Right Run Marathon Go! St. Louis
- April 10 - School is in session
- Monday, April 10th - Friday, April 21st - MCE's MAP testing window
Please make sure you students is in attendance each day of testing.
5th grade will test both weeks.
4th grade will test Monday, April 10-Thursday, April 13
3rd grade will test Tuesday, April 18-Friday, April 21
April 12 – JE Kindergarten Screening
April 14 - NO SCHOOL
April 19th - 4th grade trip to Prairie Forks Conservation Area & 1st Grade Field Trip to the Dairy
April 21 - 2nd grade field trip to the Science Center
April 26th - Honor's Choir performs at the St. Louis Cardinal's Game
May 4 – Star Wars Day
- May 5 K-2 Food for America HS FFA in the PM
- May 5 – Special Olympics at Hermann HS
- May 5 - Elementary choir performs at Fine Arts Night
- May 5 - 3rd Grade Field Trip to the Science Fair
- May 6 - Fine Arts Showcase at the MS
- May 9 – 5th Grade Steven’s Farm Tour
- May 10 - 5th grade visits the Middle School
- May 16 – 5th Grade Steven’s Farm Tour (Rain Date)
- May 16 – Field Day - tenative date
- May 18 - Field Day tenative rain date
- May 19 – Last Day of School Awards in the AM & Talent Show in the PM
Montgomery City Elementary
Email: jburton@mc-wildcats.org
Website: http://montgomerycityelementary.weebly.com/
Location: 817 N Harper St, Montgomery City, MO, United States
Phone: (573) 564-3711 (3010)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MCElementary/?ref=aymt_homepage_panel
Twitter: @MCEprincipal