Murphy Minute
Summer 2020 August.1
Mission Statement
- Lapeer Community Schools is a dynamic community organization embracing our students with a quality learning environment, developing independent and confident learners for the future.
- Murphy Elementary School is united in learning for all children and focused on excellence, as we step into the future.
We are the Murphy Lightning
Email: rdowney@lapeerschools.org
Website: murphy.lapeerschools.org
Location: 1100 Pratt Rd, Metamora, MI, United States
Phone: (810) 538-2345
Twitter: @MESPrincipalD
Vision:
To maximize the achievement of all Murphy students as they prepare for the future.
- At Murphy we're not just building things - we're building better people - in partnership with our families.
- We know that we are all strong individually but we are even stronger when we work together.
Upcoming Important Dates:
Monday, August 17:
- Office reopens
Summer Office Hours from 7:30-4:00
Monday, August 31:
- First day for students
What About Open Houses, Class Lists, and Yearbooks?
Thank you for your patience!
We Can Do This!
August 31st is quickly approaching and we will be back with our students before we know it. Whether we are in face to face mode or virtual at that time, our challenges this year will certainly be "unique". One thing I am certain of, I am convinced that working together is the only way we will be able to continue to provide valuable learning opportunities for our kids.
I expect and understand that anxiety levels may be high because we all care about education, but we are also concerned about the welfare of our family. It's a difficult balance as many of the options we have are certainly not ideal. Patience, understanding and a resolve for collaboration will be keys to our ultimate success. I believe face to face instruction must be our goal; however, we have to do it in a way that is both feasible and allowable in order to maximize student learning and well-being while promoting staff and student safety to the greatest extent possible.
Guidance throughout the school year will come in large part from the document below...the "MI Safe Schools Return to School Roadmap". It outlines what is "required", what is "strongly recommended", and what is "recommended" in each of the different phases. We're currently in Phase Four which is the minimum phase necessary to return to face-to-face instruction.
I'll do my best to keep you all up to date and informed of important updates in the coming weeks. In the meantime, hold onto summer as long as you can!
Will you have a child in E5 or Kindergarten next year?
OR
Enrollment forms can be accessed and completed electronically by using the following link:
http://www.lapeerschools.org/cms/One.aspx?portalId=3097475&pageId=48428484
Hello all from The LEADERFund...
We realize these are some new, uncertain times and we are trying our best to continue raising funds to assist our students and staff.
That being said I would like to make a request to any of you shopping on Amazon. They have a program called Amazon Smile, https://smile.amazon.com, which donates a portion of your purchase to our Fund.
You are not charged extra and none of your current memberships or subscriptions will change. Just type SMILE in the Amazon search box. Click on it and you will then have to login through the Smile Amazon page (same login info) and then type LEADER Fund in the charity search box. Now for every purchase we receive a small percentage as a donation.
Any questions, please reach out to us.
Thank You for taking the time to help us help the students/staff of LCS.
Craig Watson
Chairman - LEADERFund