8th Turner Days

10th-13th Coin Drive

10th-13th Bully Awareness Spirit Week

13th Skating Party

14th No School

18th Prek Conferences begin, No PreK

19th-20th Conferences

2st No School

27th Fall Family Fun Night

28 h School Picture Day

3st Halloween

November 1st, No School

Join PTA! Our PTA needs YOU! We need more support in order to keep PTA moving forward at Midland Trail. The commitment is small. We meet once a month, after school, for 30-45 minutes. We plan a few activities each year: Back To School, Classroom Parties, Teacher Treats, Candy Sales, and our biggest event is the MTE Carnival. We cannot do this without more support. Please consider joining PTA and offering to help out once a month.

Students will begin receiving low account balance notices from food services. If you have not signed up for Free/Reduced Lunch, you may click the link below and apply.

There is an important change coming to school meals for the upcoming 22 – 23 school year. The USDA program that has provided free school meals to all students during the COVID-19 pandemic is ending on June 30th.

We encourage you to complete the free/reduced meal application for the 22 – 23 school year as you may be eligible to continue receiving the free meal benefit.

Families who receive benefits through SNAP, TANF, or the foster care system are already enrolled in the free school meal benefits and do not need to submit an application

The free meals, which are safe, nutritious, and delicious, help extend family food budgets too.

For more information, contact Megan Rabun, Food Services Coordinator, at (913) 288-4141.

YOU'RE NEVER TOO COOL FOR KINDESS! October is Bullying Prevention Month and we wanted to make you aware of our district resources and activities happening in our schools to bring awareness to bullying prevention.

Our district has a Bullying Prevention Committee made up of parents and staff to identify opportunities to address and prevent bullying in our schools. The committee has decided to partner with an organization called Rachel's Challenge to do a series of powerful, age-appropriate assemblies for our 6th – 12th grade students. The purpose of Rachel's Challenge is to "show what kindness looks like; what it feels like. We teach simple and easy ways to reach out and connect to each other emotionally. We model positive behavior that is compassionate and empathetic."

In addition to the student assemblies, Rachel's Challenge will host a community night where all Turner families, including elementary families, can come to see the presentation and have questions answered. This will take place Wednesday, October 26 th from 6:30p - 7:30p in the auditorium at Turner High School. Students ages 12 years and older are welcome to attend as well.

For more information about the organization behind the Rachel's Challenge assemblies, visit www.RachelsChallenge.org.

Resources on what bullying is and how to address it with your student can be found on the district website, https://www.turnerusd202.org/bullying. This page also includes a link to anonymously report bullying so the district can address situations.

We hope to see you at the community night event.

Bus Rider Families,

As you are aware, our transportation department utilizes Traversa Ride 360 for our bus tracking platform. This technology allows parents/guardians to see information about their student's route, including the times that their student gets on and off the bus.

In order for this platform to work correctly, students are issued a bus card that they must scan when they get on and off the bus. Unfortunately, students are reporting losing their bus card or leaving it at home. This causes disruptions and delays to our transportation routes and also creates a safety issue when we are unable to verify when students get on and off the bus.

Students have been made aware of the expectation that they have their bus card on them when riding the bus. Starting second quarter, students who do not have their bus card on them when riding the bus will be given three chances before being referred to an administrator as they would for any bus discipline issue.

Please talk with your student about this expectation and help them make a plan to ensure that they always have their bus card on them while riding the bus. If your child does not have a bus card, please have them notify their school secretary.

If you are not familiar with Traversa Ride 360, you can find more information here: https://www.turnerusd202.org/departments/transportation

Thank you for your help in this matter.

Turner USD 202