MCE News
Montgomery City Elementary
August 14, 2017
Mrs. Kalyn Kemp is a new paraprofessional.
Mrs. Kala Buck is our new assistant principal.
Mrs. Rebecca Vancour is our new special education teacher.
Mrs. Debbie Brower is our new lunch clerk.
Mrs. Elizabeth Freie is our new kindergarten teacher.
Mrs. Sheila Wedemeier is our new 2nd grade teacher.
Motivate, Challenge, Encourage - Stellar Students!
Morning assembly will begin at 7:50 am.
Our building theme is "Motivate, Challenge, Encourage - Stellar Students!"
This theme was inspired by the Great American Solar Eclipse.
We will be sending home solar eclipse glasses with students on Friday. It is up to your discretion, as parents & guardians, if you want your child to use the glasses. We want to thank Montgomery City Eye Consultants for providing our students with these glasses!
Montgomery City Elementary Arrival/Dismissal Procedures
Students being dropped off will follow a procedure to create a safe orderly environment for arrival.
Vehicles should enter the new parking lot, continuing straight, off Summers St. We will be using the front entrance, behind the Powercat. Students riding the bus will exit on Harper Street to use the same bus doors as last year. All students will be directed to enter the gym and find their class. Students who plan to eat breakfast will put their backpacks in their class line, and then go to breakfast in our new cafeteria.
In the morning, the doors will open at 7:30 a.m. when MCE supervision is available. Supervision prior to 7:30 a.m. is the responsibility of the parent or guardian. While waiting with a child until the doors open may be an inconvenience, please understand that student safety is our number one priority.
Vehicles waiting for the doors to open should park in the new parking area, or wait in the striped drop off/pick up lanes, parallel to the sidewalk, pulling up to the first barrier in the new parking lot. Once you have dropped off/picked up your child(ren), you may pull into the middle lane to exit. We have a crosswalk painted now for safe crossing from the parking area to the front door of school. Please pay close attention to the crossing lane as you merge to exit.
Buses will line up on Harper Street and drop students at the sidewalk nearest the corner of Summer Street and Harper Street. Students will walk safely to the building and go the gym for our morning assembly. If they are eating breakfast, they will leave their backpacks in line and go immediately to the cafeteria.
A map for the arrival/dismissal of students is provided at the end of this letter for your convenience. Thank you in advance for using caution in the morning as our elementary students arrive to school!
Student dismissal procedures are as follows:
Dismissal time is 3:45 for walkers and car riders, 3:40 for early bus riders, and 3:55 for late bus riders at Montgomery City Elementary.
**IF your child(ren) are regularly picked up after school, you will be provided with a car tag during the first week of school. This tag will alert the staff on duty that the person with the tag, has permission to pick up your child. You will WAIT in your vehicle and your child will be dismissed to your vehicle. We hope this new process will make pick up time flow better. PLEASE be patient. It usually takes about 7 minutes to have all students safely in their parents' cars and on their way after the dismissal procedure begins.
IF no tag is present, staff members will verify that the student is being dismissed to an individual approved by a parent or guardian. You may be asked to provide a form of identification to the staff member on duty if he or she is unfamiliar with you to ensure that students are going home with an approved person. Again this is being done to keep our students safe!
If you need to enter the school building, you must pull into a parking spot. Not stop in the pick up line.
Walkers and bike riders will be dismissed from the doors at the end of their hallways. If an older sibling is to walk home with a younger sibling, please send a note and we will have the younger sibling wait in the classroom to be picked up by the older sibling.
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Early and late bus riders will leave from the bus doors near the gym.
Thank you for following our adopted procedures as our goal is send ALL our students home safely!
Help us ensure your child's safety at the end of the day!
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 2pm. 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 2pm. 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.
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HOW DOES MY STUDENT GET BREAKFAST AND LUNCH?
Full Price Breakfast: $1.10
Reduced Price Breakfast: $0.30
Full Price Lunch: $1.85
Reduced Price Lunch: $0.40
Kindergarten Students may choose to participate in an optional afternoon milk break. This price is not included with the Free & Reduced Lunch Program.
Extra Milk Price: $0.45
How do I turn in money to eat? You may send cash or check with your student in any increment. All money will be applied to your student's account. If you want the money to be divided between multiple students, please send a specific note with the payment. Please send all payment in a sealed envelope with your student's name clearly printed on the front. Checks can be made payable to Montgomery City Elementary. Students should turn their envelope in to their classroom teacher.
Events for Your Calendar
- The first day of school is Tuesday, August 15th!
- Monday, August 21st - Solar Eclipse!
- August 25th - First home football game - Wildcat Friday - wear your blue & white!
- August 26th - Movie Night on the Football Field
- September 8th - Grandparents' Day
- September 8th - School Pictures, Book Fair Opens & BOE meets at MCE
- September 15th - Book Fair Ends & Homecoming - Wildcat Friday
- September 29th - Monthly Awards Assembly - 7:50 am
- Saturday, Sept. 30th - Montgomery City Autumn Fest! PTO will have a booth.
Montgomery City Elementary
Challenge
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Life Long Learners!
Email: jburton@mc-wildcats.org
Website: http://montgomerycityelementary.weebly.com/
Location: 817 N Harper St, Montgomery City, MO, United States
Phone: (573) 564-2278
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