Parent Teacher Conferences
Students will be coming home on Monday with your scheduled conference slip. All conferences are 20 minutes in length and will be held in person in your student’s classroom. Your assigned conference slot is based on the day and time your conference was scheduled in the fall.
Once you receive the confirmation slip next week, please cut and return the bottom portion of the form by 1/27/23 with your student to confirm your conference day and time. Please call Stephanie Ford, administrative assistant, if you have any questions at 785.438.4343.
Dillon's Community Rewards
Planet Aid Clothing Bin
Each week, the organization will empty the bin and record the weight of its contents. For every pound of clothing placed in the bin, our school will receive 5 cents. Participating schools typically earn several hundreds dollars a year by simply having this bin accessible to the public. The donated clothes will be recycled or used to support sustainable projects in Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
Attendance Info
Attending school regularly is essential for student success. It is important to start building the habit of going to school on time, every day (when not sick) as good attendance is a skill that will help students succeed in high school and in college or their career.
Attendance Works outlines additional information about the importance of regular attendance in the infographic below.
Important McClure Attendance Definitions:
Tardy - arriving after 8:40 am Mon-Thurs/9:40am Fri.
Early pick up - leaving before 3:40 pm
According to Kansas law (K.S.A. 72-1113) a student is truant if they have the following unexcused absences:
Three (3) consecutive unexcused absences
Five (5) unexcused absences in a semester
Seven (7) unexcused absences in a school year
If a student has accrued 10 or more excused absences, a doctor’s note will be required for any future absences to be excused. More information about attendance policies may be found in the parent/student handbook.
Cold Weather Season
- Please be sure to send your student with a coat each day & dressed for the weather
- It is recommended that you write your child's name in their coats/sweatshirt/jackets so they can be easily returned if lost
- Encourage your student to look at the lost and found if they are missing items
- We will go outside for recess if the temperature and wind chill is 20 degrees and higher
- If your student is in need of a coat, please complete the Student Needs form below
Dismissal Reminders
If you need to pick up your child early you need to do so PRIOR to 3:30. After 3:30pm, we will NOT call your students up to dismiss from the office, you will need to join the car line and pick up from there. Students move to their dismissal locations beginning at 3:30, so it is sometimes difficult to quickly locate and retrieve a student during this time.
If you need to change your child's dismissal routine for the day, please notify the office by 3:00pm so we have time to communicate that with the classroom teacher.
We appreciate your help with our dismissal procedures!
PTO Meeting: Jan. 31st
Following the January meeting, there are only two remaining PTO meetings this year. These meetings will occur on March 7th and April 25th and will also start at 6pm in our library.
Great Schools Review
McClure Families- we would love for you to leave a positive review of McClure Elementary on the the website GreatSchools.org !
To complete the review:
Go to greatschools.org
Locate the school and
Click on the review icon.
2022-2023 Calendars
The district's academic calendar provides a quick-glance overview of important dates for parents to be aware of. This calendar includes days school is not in session, parent-teacher conferences, and start and end dates for the 2022-2023 school year.
The McClure school calendar is posted on our school website. Click here to view.
3rd Quarter Upcoming Dates:
January:
26-Adventuremobile (Grades 1 & 2)
31-Major Saver Kick-Off
31-PTO meeting in the library, 6:00pm
February:
6-Major Saver collection begins
8-Happy Bear Kindergarten & 1st Grade
8-Parent/Teacher Conferences 4pm-8pm
9-Parent/Teacher Conferences 8am-8pm, No School
10-No School
13-Major Saver collection ends
14-Valentine's Parties 2:30pm
22-Family STEM Night, 6pm
23-Adventuremobile (Grades 1 & 2)
23-Class Photos
28-Kindergarten Music Concert, 6pm
28-3rd grade Music Concert, 7pm
March:
6-10 Respeto Spirit Week
7-PTO meeting in the library, 6pm
9-Adventuremobile (Grades 1 & 2)
9-End of 3rd Quarter
10-No School, Teacher Plan & Prep Day
13-17 Spring Break
Want all of these dates easily accessible and to be able to check if anything changes? Access our school calendar on the McClure website There, you can add the calendar to your own or even sign up for email alerts if something changes using the menu with the < sign above Saturday!
The Eagles Nest: Before & After Childcare Program
TPS Student Transfers
More information for district transfer requests can be found by clicking HERE.
TPS Weather Notifications
As the weather begins to cool, we want to remind families of school closing notification procedures. When making decisions about closing school, a number of factors come into play, including the safety of travel but also the safety of students who will be home during the day.
Should school be canceled, we will:
- Send a text, email, and/or phone call via School Messenger
- Update the district social media pages
- Update the district website
- Contact our local media partners
To sign up for text message updates, text Y to 67587. To learn more about school delays and closures, please review our How We Communicate With Families document.
TPS News
The 2023 TPSF Major Saver Campaign dates are:
Campaign Kickoff: January 30th
Campaign Collections: February 6th – 13th
Campaign Follow Up date: February 14th
Lunch Payment Options
1. You can send a check or cash with your student to school to deliver to the office. If you write a check, write 'lunch' in the memo. Make checks payable to McClure Elementary.
2. At no cost, MypaymentsPlus allows your family to:
- Create a free, secured account to manage all of your student's accounts.
- Check your student's current account balance.
- Monitor the items your student has been purchasing in the cafeteria.
- Create settings to receive email notifications when the account reaches a low balance.
- Online Lunch Payment Website-https://www.mypaymentsplus.com/welcome
- Make a prepayment into your student's meal account using a check, credit card, or debit card at www.mypaymentsplus.com, or by calling 877-713-5442 (toll-free)! Funds deposited through MypaymentsPlus are usually available for student use within a matter of minutes. This feature eliminates the need to send a check to school or worry about lost or forgotten lunch money.
- Create settings to automatically replenish your student's account when it reaches a low balance.
