Memorial Messages
Memorial Elementary School Newsletter, September 2018
Save the Date (s):
September
3 Labor Day - No school
12 PTO meeting at 3:30 p.m.
25 School Pictures
28 1/2 day for students (12 p.m. dismissal)
October
5 PTO Walk A Thon
10 Rain Date for Walk A Thon
10 PTO meeting 6:00 p.m.
11 End of first grading period
12 No School for Fall Break
18 Fall Fest & Trunk or Treat
22 - 26 Red Ribbon Week
25 & 26 1/2 day for students - PT Conferences (12 p.m. dismissal)
31 Halloween Parties
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Important Things to Know (Different than last year)
- PTO meetings will be on Wednesday evenings, alternating 3:30 and 6:00 p.m. start times.
- Election Day, November 6, will be the VCS schools first eLearning Day. Students will stay home and teachers will monitor work from school. More information will be coming.
- Memorial will have three parties this year. One at Winter Break, Valentine's Day and Halloween. Five Parents will be permitted to volunteer and attend per classroom. These 5 parents can be different for each party, giving more parents the opportunity to volunteer.
- The VCS Healthy School policy will be strictly enforced for all students in all classrooms. Please review the Healthy School Food Guidelines before sending in snacks and treats to school.
We are working on showing our H.E.A.R.T.s at Memorial.
Classrooms who are collectively, as a class, showing their HEART can earn a heart sticker for their class. These are placed on a big red heart on the door of each classroom. The goal for each class is to fill up their big red hearts with stickers (see the picture above). We hope our students are proud of doing well and continue to strive to show their HEARTS.
Love And Logic For Parents- This is a great opportunity for parents. (see below) Call Memorial if you are interested in signing up.
Background Checks/Visitor Badges
Additionally, each visit to the school will require a state issued I.D. card or Driver's License. It will be scanned and you will be given a visitor's badge for your visit.
Don't forget to order 2018-19 Memorial Spirit Wear. The orders are due September 10.
Teaching about Being Proactive
Employment Opportunity
Porter County Education Services is seeking candidates interested in becoming paraprofessionals. If you or someone you know may be interested please contact
Shannon Sobeck, Director of Special Education Services at 219-850-1911.
NOTES & REMINDERS:
- Please send a note, or email Mrs. Remijan, in the morning with all changes in transportation. When calls are made during the busy school day, there is a chance that the message may get delayed and/or not delivered. If you have an emergency during the day, which merits a change in transportation, the best way to send the message is to Mrs. Remijan's email: lremijan@valpo.k12.in.us.
- Students may not carry medicine with them throughout the school day, this includes Inhalers. Please talk to the school nurse about your child's medical needs.
- If your child is late to school (after the 8:45 bell) please walk them into the office and sign them in.
- If you need a copy of the School Wellness Policy, please ask in the office. There is a list of acceptable birthday/classroom treats.
- If you do not have a completed Background Check this school year, please do so ASAP. This needs to be done for all visitors and volunteers that are coming to school during the school day.
- If you need a sign for your car for the Pick-Up Line, please call the office.
General Arrival Procedures
If your child is a walker, they will cross the corners at Park and Milton with the assistance of the adult supervisor. Please remind them to wait for her to stop traffic.
If your child is a bus rider please note that all buses, except bus 8, unload in the front of the building. The bus drivers will let students out to eat breakfast as soon as they get to school. So if your child is in need of breakfast, please tell them they are allowed to get off the bus early. Students eating breakfast are allowed in the building at 8:20.
General Dismissal Procedures
All students who are car riders should leave the building out the east door (Door 2) and wait along the curb on Milton Street. The students should enter the car along the curb as directed by the staff.
Students who are walkers should proceed out the front door and follow the sidewalks along Park and Milton. If you are generally a walker, but plan to drive during the cold winter months, please send in a note and your child can become a car rider.
If you park on Park Avenue to pick up your child who is a walker, please be mindful of the cars that travel down Center Street and leave plenty of room for them to pass through.
Thank you for your assistance in keeping dismissal safe!
PTO News
This year's PTO officers:
President - Debra Krieg Lewis
Vice President - Stephanie Edwards
Secretary - Leslee Davies
Treasurer - Trish VanTornhout
Nurse Notes
Dear Memorial Families,
We want to be sure we keep Memorial healthy!. Here are some helpful tips.
Please remember, in accordance with the VCS policy , children should be kept at home if they have the following:
- Temperature of 100 degrees or over
- Eye infections with discharge
- Cough associated with fever or continuous unrelieved cough
- Cold symptoms associated with other signs of illness
- Communicable diseases (chicken pox, scabies, impetigo, ringworm, head lice - until treated appropriately)
- Vomiting or diarrhea
- Undiagnosed skin eruptions or rashes
*We ask students to be on antibiotic treatment for 24 hours or fever free 24 hours without an analgesic (Tylenol, Motrin) before returning to school.
For more information, please contact our School Nurse
Copyright 1999 Dr. William P. Sawyer
Memorial Elementary
Email: dmisecko@valpo.k12.in.us
Website: www.valpo.k12.in.us/Domain/337
Location: 1052 Park Ave.
Phone: (219) 531-3090
Twitter: @Valpo_Memorial