Sunset Express
September News 2015
Principal's Message
Thank you for a great week back to school. We are very excited about our 2015-16 school year!
We were thrilled to see so many families attend our Back to School Open House. Our hallways were filled with excitement and happy faces.
My name is Amie McCaw and I am super excited to be your new Sunset Lake Elementary Principal. I am happy to be back working for Vicksburg Community Schools. I was a teacher for VCS for seven years and have served in the principal role at neighboring districts the past eight years. As your new principal, I promise to serve our Sunset Lake Elementary students, staff and families to the best of my ability. I believe it is very important for me to know the classroom routines and instructional practices. Therefore, I plan to be observing learning all day on Wednesdays and Fridays. My office hours will be very limited on those days, if you are needing to meet with me I ask that you schedule meeting times with me on Monday, Tuesday or Thursdays through our Sunset Lake Office.
This school year we have many new faces on our Sunset Lake Staff. We have included new staff members in this newsletter. Our entire Sunset Lake staff is looking forward to a wonderful year of growing and learning together.
We look forward to working with you to help your child(ren) reach their highest potential!
Sincerely,
Amie McCaw
Sunset Lake Elementary Principal
Welcome to the 2015-16 School Year!
Sunset Bus Ramp
Vicksburg Community School's PRIDE
Fall Picture Day- October 8, 2015
Summer Parking Lot Restructuring
Please note: We have over 500 students at Sunset Lake Elementary and our parking spaces are limited. To help ensure the safety of our children and to help address the parking limitations we are implementing a new drop off and pick up system. Beginning next week (September 14th) we are asking that ALL families use our new process. We will not have our gymnasium open for signing out students to help us reduce the amount of adults entering our elementary building. This will help us with monitoring the location of all our students.
The district is working on different possible options as we know the congestion of our parking lot is a challenge.We thank you in advance for your understanding and support as we work to make our processes as efficient as possible.
Drop Off and Pick Up Directions:
Drop-Off:
Our drop off window will begin at 8:35
Cars are to enter at the north entrance and follow along the outer edge of the lot
Cars stop at the designated Student Drop Off Zone
Students are to ALWAYS exit curb-side
We ask everyone to take advantage of the drop off system
If you need to park and enter the building, please be sure to escort your child and use the designated walkway located at the drop off zone.
Pick-Up: (This is a bigger change--please read carefully)
School ends at 3:35
Cars are to enter at the north entrance and follow along the outer edge of the lot
Cars are to stop at the designated Student Drop Off zone
REMAIN in your cars and your child will be released to you
We ask families picking up their child(ren) use the provided Car Tags
Car tags hang from your rearview mirror with your child’s last name written (LARGE) and facing out the window
A staff member will radio for your child and they will be dismissed directly to your car
- Cars exit through the south lot exit
Sunset Elementary
Enter to Learn, Depart to Contribute
Email: amccaw@vicksburgschools.org
Website: Vicksburgcommunityschools.org
Location: 201 N Boulevard St, Vicksburg, MI, United States
Phone: (269)321-1500
Twitter: @TLIMPrincipal
Sunset Lake Elementary PTA Facebook
2015-16 Conference Schedule
November 11 and 12 from 4:30-7:30 pm at Sunset Elementary.
Wednesday, Nov 11, 2015, 04:30 PM
201 N Boulevard St, Vicksburg, MI, United States
Sunset Lake Elementary Book Fair
Morning Shift= 9:00a.m.-11:45a.m.
Afternoon Shift= 12:00p.m. -3:30p.m.
We are looking for volunteers! Please call Tamara Young @ 321-1581 if you can help or have any questions.
Suessical Jr. Parent Meeting (4th and 5th graders)
9/15 @ 6:00-8:30pm
9/16 @ 4:15-6:30pm
Friday, Sep 11, 2015, 06:00 PM
Vicksburg High School, (PAC) East Highway Street, Vicksburg, MI, United States
New Sunset Lake Elementary Staff
Kindergarten Teacher- Kristina Newhouse
First Grade Teacher- Aubrie Burns
First Grade Teacher- Dawn Phelps
Third Grade Teacher-Bridget Reichow
Fourth Grade Teacher-Kelly Walters
Speech and Language Pathologist- Rachel Bernhardt
ESL Tutor- Marissa Mendoza
Para-pro- Kelly Kapavaka
Para-pro-Michael Morrison
Para-pro- Paula Kleckner-Miller
Noon Supervisor- Cody Arndt
Noon Supervisor- Dawn Brady