GATOR TALES
Grace Abbott Elementary
September 20, 2019
Principal: Dr. Erik Chaussee, epchaussee@mpsomaha.org
Secretary: Cindy Wrenn, clwrenn@mpsomaha.org
About Us
Email: clwrenn@mpsomaha.org
Website: abbott.mpsomaha.org
Location: 1313 N 156th St, Omaha, NE, USA
Phone: 402-715-2900
Facebook: facebook.com/GraceAbbottElementarySchool
Twitter: @MPS_Abbott
NEWS FROM DR. CHAUSSEE
SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM
One of the reasons for Millard’s and Grace Abbott’s success is because of our School Improvement Team which is made up of parents, teachers, and the principal.
Our School Improvement Team is already in place. However, we are always in need of additional parents as their children move on to middle school or elsewhere. This team is responsible for long-range site planning including the development of the school mission, objectives, and strategies. The team also will approve action plans and make a recommendation for the implementation of action plans.
The School Improvement Team meets four times a year for about an hour starting at 3:40. This team monitors the progress on the school site team and makes recommendations on issues related to the strategic plan.
To make this all happen and to ensure the highest quality education for your children, volunteers are needed this year to serve on the SIT. Your children receive an excellent education due to part to a number of factors, not the least of which is the parent’s dedication to the school. Please strongly consider joining our SIT and have input into the decisions made about our school.
This year Abbott is reviewing its current five year site plan and may require action teams. Action teams meet for a shorter period of time over one school year and then are done.
APPLICATION FORM FOR SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM
Name________________________________________________Telephone_________________________
Email (required)__________________________________________________________
Reason for wanting to be part of this team:
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UPCOMING EVENTS
PICTURE RETAKE DAY September 25
WATCH DOGS October 3
Please see the two links below for more information on our Watch Dog program. You are invited to the kickoff on October 3, so please RSVP! You will also see an order form for a t-shirt! Hope all you dads out there can join us!!
MOVIE NIGHT October 4
Hy-Vee Cash for Students
Save your Hy-Vee receipts from any Omaha / Papillion Hy-Vee store from September 1st through December 31st. Gas receipts, diner, coffee shop and pharmacy are accepted. Hy-Vee will donate $1 for every $200 spent during this time period to our school. Send your receipts to school. Don’t forget to ask family and friends for their receipts!
Kindness Retreat Volunteers Needed
Twenty parents and college students are needed to help lead small group discussions with our Abbott students to help them learn skills to stand up to bullying and #BeKind. Bonus: six volunteer hours are available for this event!
Contact Ashley Liston, committee chair mrs.aliston@gmail.com
BUZZ BOOK INFORMATION
PTO MEETING
MINI MUSTANG NIGHT
Come join the Mustangs before the Millard South volleyball game. Enjoy pizza with the team, an autograph session, and make a poster with them. To register please CLICK ON THE LINK BELOW and email lgrant@mpsomaha.org with questions.
2/3 FUN NIGHT
VANITY BRICKS
We hope you and your children have had an opportunity to check out Abbott’s remodeled entry space. This cozy and useful sitting area seems to always be in use by students and staff as a small group meeting place. The area is enjoyed both for educational and social gatherings.
If you have not had a chance to see the entry way, please stop by and take a look as you attend the upcoming Walkathon dinner/dance, October PTO meeting, movie night & parent teacher conferences. As you will see in the floor of the entry area, Abbott families and staff have purchased approximately 50 vanity bricks that will remain a part of Grace Abbott for many years to come!!!
The PTO would like to continue to offer your family the opportunity to be a part of this exciting project. Additional orders for personalized bricks are currently being taken. The bricks cost $50 per brick. Your personal message (for example, “The Smith Family”) will be sandblasted into the brick by Greg Huliska of Sandstone Studios Inc. (Please see the attached order form for specific instructions and parameters regarding your personal message.)
Due to the labor involved in replacing the blank bricks with vanity bricks, newly ordered bricks will be laid once the PTO has accumulated approximately 20 orders. In order for your brick to be installed with this fall, please turn in your brick order form in to the office no later than October 21st. Please attach cash or a check made payable to Grace Abbott PTO.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Erin Barry at erinlbarry@hotmail.com.
Thank you!
Grace Abbott PTO