Fall greetings to you as this month of October turns to November. Our fall teacher/family conferences begin next week and with each of these opportunities are a valuable, needed school/home connection. Thank you in advance for taking the time to partner with your child's teacher as these important one-to-one meetings are foundational to our collaborative efforts in support of your child and family.

Please take a look at the below calendar section for upcoming dates/events. November begins two consecutive months of successive holidays and related breaks. To help, we have added those dates below as you plan forward.

Thank you all for your time in reading through this update. We value and appreciate your partnership as we work together to grow our Eagles to their utmost potential!

Week of 10/31 - 11/4:

• Family/Teacher Conferences Week
• 12:20pm Dismissal each day (M-F)
• Fall Book Fair (Flier Link - M-F in our Monroe Atrium)
• School Spirit Week (daily school spirit opportunities - information below)

November:

• Friday, November 11 - Veterans' Day (No School)
• Thursday, November 17 - Gr. 1, 2, 3 Awards Assembly (9:00am)
• Thursday, November 17 - Gr. 3, 4, 5 Awards Assembly (2:10pm)
• Friday, November 18 - LIF Day (1:35pm Dismissal)
• Wednesday-Friday, November 23-25 - Thanksgiving Break (No School)
• Wednesday, November 30 - Picture Retake Day

and Beyond:

• Tuesday, December 6 - PTA Member Meeting (6:30pm in our Library)
• Friday, December 9 - LIF Day (1:35pm Dismissal)
• Friday, December 16 - Winter Break Early Release (12:20pm Dismissal)
• Monday, December 19, through Monday, January 2 - Winter Break (No School)

Next week provides us with a terrific opportunity to host our Fall School Spirit week. To celebrate, we carefully selected days/themes that we hope will be easy to plan and participate (students, staff, and visitors alike). Please take a look at the below calendar for next week. Enjoy and have fun!

Our Fall Book Fair opened Friday evening and will remain open across the coming week (10/31 - 11/4). With the holidays around the corner, we cannot think of a better gift than a beloved book. Additionally, all proceeds directly benefit our Monroe Library meaning more books and materials for our Eagles! Below are our hours by date or click here to shop online (QR codes below).

Fall Book Fair at Monroe

• Monday, 10/31 - Thursday, 11/3: After school from 1:00pm to 4:00pm
• Friday, 11/4: After school from 1:00pm to 3:00pm

November is Native American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month and we look forward to our month long opportunity to learn and celebrate. Across the coming weeks, we will pause to honor the diverse cultures, traditions, histories and contributions of Native Americans and Native Alaskan Americans.

Last year, our learning and honoring included the Indigenous Peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast including the Tulalip and Coast Salish. We studied languages, arts, traditions, and cultures and will build upon that learning this year, as a school. We invite you to continue this learning at home and have include a few easy-to-access resources below.

National Native American Heritage Month

National Park Service Celebrates

National Congress of American Indians

PBS

Thank you for your shared commitment as we celebrate, learn, and grow as a community.

As a school, we honor and thank the men and women that have served and our currently serving our country in our Armed Forces. Veterans Day is Friday, November 11th and, campus wide, we will seek to honor our Veterans across the weeks that lead up to this important day.

If you or a loved one is a veteran, having served our county through military service, please know that we are appreciative and honor your service, sacrifice, and commitment. As we have discussed as a school, veterans are true ("real life") heroes, having made sacrifices to keep us all safe and secure. As we prepare for a season of gratitude, please know how thankful we are for all of the veterans who have served our county.

Transitional Kindergarten is scheduled to return to our Everett Public Schools in late January. This is an outstanding pre-kindergarten opportunity for both students and families. At this time, we do not yet know classroom locations or if we will be able to offer Transitional Kindergarten on our home, Monroe campus. That noted, we encourage any/all interested families to consider this forthcoming opportunity.

To quality, students will need to be five years old by this coming August 31st, scheduled to attend kindergarten in the fall of 2023, living within the boundaries of our Everett Public Schools, not currently attending an early learning program, and demonstrate a social emotional and/or academic need for such a program.

Sign-ups officially begin next week, Tuesday, November 1st. For more information, please click the below links for additional Transitional Kindergarten information (English/Spanish)

Our Everett Public Schools newsletter for the month of November is linked below. These specifically crafted monthly communications are designed to connect with all of our families and provide information pertaining to all of our schools/programs. This month's newsletter includes updates pertaining to:

• Capital Levy Update
• Time-Change Reminder
• Reminder to Vote (11/8)
• and more!

With the change in temperatures comes the annual journey of jackets and sweatshirts to our Lost & Found. Below is a snapshot of our Lost & Found as of this morning. Please scan to see if you can spot anything that may have gone missing across the recent weeks.

We will roll our racks to the front of our school for next week's teacher/family conferences. This out-front location will become a practice every Friday so please feel free to visit if an article of clothing has gone missing.

If at anytime you would like to check our Lost & Found (located near the playground entry/exit), please stop by our office at your convenience. Thank you for your efforts in helping currently lost items return home again.

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Please enjoy Family Pumpkin Night and your weekend! On behalf of our entire Monroe team, thank you for the honor and opportunity to serve you and your family.

Win the Day, Eagles!

Tyler & Catarino

Principal & Assistant Principal

Monroe Elementary School

tream@everettsd.org - crodriguez@everettsd.org

Phone: 425-385-7300

Fax 425-385-7302

Below are links to previous editions of our MOE News:

• November 1, 2022: English Version - Spanish Version
• September 1, 2022: English Version - Spanish Version
• August 26, 2022: English Version - Spanish Version
• Mid-August Update: English Version - Spanish Version
• Mid-July Update: English Version - Spanish Version
• MOE News editions from the 2021/2022 School Year
  
• Yearend School Letter