Messages from Memorial
Memorial Elementary School Newsletter - March 2019
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
“To help our children gain responsibility we must offer them opportunities to be responsible, rather than order them to do what we think is responsible. “Rules” ― Jim Fay, from Parenting with Love and Logic
Save the Date (s):
March
6 School Bus Evacuation Drills
9 Saturday Night Live (gr. 4 & 5) at YMCA
13 PTO meets at 3:30 p.m.
15 Snow make-up day - school in session
18-29 IREAD3
17 Happy St. Patrick's Day
19 Spring Picture Day
20 Memorial PTO Family Night at 5 Guys
20 - 22 5th Graders go to Challenger Learning Center
25 - 29 Spring Break
April
1 eLearning Day -(make up day)
3 Orchestra Demonstrations for grade 4 at VHS at 10:30 a.m.
4 Band Demonstrations for grade 5 at VHS at 10:30 a.m.
10 PTO Meeting
11 Kindergarten Round-up at Memorial (click here for more information)
13 PTO's Masquerade Night - tickets on sale now
30 - May 4 TV Turn-off Week
Attention Third Grade Parents - IREAD3 Takes Place in March!
All third grade students in the state of Indiana will take IREAD3 during the testing window of March 18 -29. Since we are on spring break during the second week, Memorial students will be tested during the week of March 18. Please plan on making sure your third grader is set up for their best success. This includes getting good sleep, a healthy protein-filled breakfast, and being to school on time. Students generally do better when they test with their class, so please schedule all appointments outside of school hours. The Indiana Department of Education has just released the following:
IREAD-3 Short Video for Families and Educators
This three-minute video provides important information for families and educators regarding the purpose of and preparation for IREAD-3.
Please contact your child's teacher or Mrs. Misecko if you have any questions.
ILEARN - New and Coming this spring!
Congratulations to the 2019 Math Bowl Team for a Job Well Done! 1st Place in Valparaiso and 11th in Indiana
Congratulations to the Memorial Robotics Team - 1st Place finish at the Memorial Robotics Competition and Now Heading State
Memorial 5th Grade Social Media Interns implemented a Twitter Takeover to celebrate Digital Learning Day
Common Sense Media Resource
"Common Sense is the leading independent nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids thrive in a world of media and technology. We empower parents, teachers, and policymakers by providing unbiased information, trusted advice, and innovative tools to help them harness the power of media and technology as a positive force in all kids’ lives.
Media and technology are at the very center of all our lives today -- especially our children’s. Kids today spend over 50 hours of screen time every week. The media content they consume and create has a profound impact on their social, emotional, cognitive, and physical development. Learning how to use media and technology wisely is an essential skill for life and learning in the 21st century. But parents, teachers, and policymakers struggle to keep up with the rapidly changing digital world in which our children live and learn. Now more than ever, they need a trusted guide to help them navigate a world where change is the only constant."
Kindergarten Round -Up
Congrats to Miss Martinek - Recognized by the Kenneth Allen Law Group as a Teacher of Excellence in February
March's Habit - Habit #7 - Sharpen the Saw
PTO News
You can find the Memorial PTO News at: http://www.memorialelementarypto.com/
This year's PTO officers:
President - Debra Krieg Lewis
Vice President - Stephanie Edwards
Secretary - Leslee Davies
Treasurer - Trish VanTornhout
If you have questions about school safety, please attend the March PTO meeting. Mrs. Misecko will share safety information at that time.
Looking for help with our Memorial auction project
Mrs. Millies’ 5th grade class is creating an auction project with lots of small toys. Some examples are: an odd Barbie shoe, plastic army men, Matchbox cars even with a missing wheel or 2, puzzle or game pieces, plastic insects, Lego odds and ends, small action figures, plastic coins, and Happy Meal toys.
It’s really just the stuff at the bottom of toy boxes and drawers that might be tossed in a spring cleaning. Your cleaning and sorting efforts would be ever so appreciated! Please send any donations in a plastic bag to Mrs. Millies class. Thank you for your time and small toy donations.
Here’s to clean toy boxes and toy inspired art!
NOTES & REMINDERS:
- Because many of our buses are full, students will only be allowed to ride a bus that is not their own, in an emergency situation.
- 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
- If you are sending a note to the school about transportation, please include your child's last name.
- Students may not carry medicine with them throughout the school day, this includes Inhalers. Please talk to the school nurse, Mrs. Scott, 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. There is a list of acceptable birthday/classroom treats.
- If you have not completed a 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 Dismissal Procedures
All students who are car riders should leave the building out the east door (Door C) 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!
Student Council Sponsors Competition
Reminders from Mrs. Keenan and Mrs. Scott
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