MCE News
Montgomery City Elementary
August 7, 2016
Ms. Jenny Krattli is our new assistant principal
Mrs. Bailey Mabry is our new music teacher.
Ms. Jenna Katzung is our new 5th grade teacher.
Mrs. Christel Kreftmeyer is a new paraprofessional.
Ms. Tiffany Elsenraat is a new paraprofessional.
Mrs. Julie Woods is a new paraprofessional.
Ahoy Matey! Are you ready to Learn Like a Pirate?
Our building theme is "Learn Like a Pirate." This theme was inspired by the book, Teach Like a Pirate. We will harness the spirit of being a pirate in that we want students to be courageous, daring and adventurous learners. Pirate is an acronym:
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 as everyone learns the new procedure.
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!
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 our 400 plus 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.
Events for Your Calendar
Scholastic Book Fair Begins
Friday, September 9th - Grandparent's Day at MCE - more details will be sent home at a later date. (This is also MCHS' Homecoming)
Saturday, September 10th - Movie Night on the football field - presenting "Where the Fast Lane Ends."
Friday, September 30th - Our 1st Monthly Assembly (7:55 am and Friday Fun Day with PTO.
Parent/Teacher Conferences will be Thursday, October 13th from 4 pm-8 pm & Friday, October 14th from 8 am-noon.
Rather than hosting a tailgate this year, our PTO is planning a Family Fall Festival for October 20th.
Montgomery City Elementary
Email: jburton@mc-wildcats.org
Website: http://montgomerycityelementary.weebly.com/
Location: 817 N Harper St, Montgomery City, MO, United States
Phone: (573) 564-3711
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