The Maple Glen Gazette

Dear Maple Glen Families -

What a fun winter week we’ve had at Maple Glen! Our building has been buzzing with excitement—from the PTO’s fantastic Holiday Shop, to gingerbread making in kindergarten, to the creative sewing projects happening in 4th grade. We also enjoyed a wonderful music performance by our 2nd grade students and the Maple Glen Choir, led by Mrs. Cole.

A quick reminder that the Scholastic Book Fair wraps up on Monday. A big thank-you to Mrs. Clary for organizing this special event for our students.

Next week, we’ll keep the festive fun going with our Holiday Spirit Week! You’ll find the theme days listed below. Participation is completely optional—just an opportunity for a little extra cheer.

Winter parties will be next Friday, December 19th. If you signed up to be a parent volunteer, please plan to arrive at 1:30. Please make sure you have a background check on file. You can call the Maple Glen office if you need to double check.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend. Stay warm!

Tiffany Buzan

We’re excited to share that Maple Glen is hiring an Instructional Assistant to join our Resource Team beginning after winter break! This is a wonderful opportunity to make a meaningful impact in our school community by supporting students and partnering with teachers to help every child succeed.

If you, or someone you know, is looking for a rewarding role that aligns with your child’s school schedule, allows you to be deeply connected to our school community, and supports the WWS mission, we’d love to encourage you to apply!

👉Click here to submit your application.

💚Help us spread the word and consider joining our team!💚

Click here to purchase tickets for MGES Night with the Pacers Tickets

If your child will be absent or late - Please call the attendance line and leave a message (317) 896-4700 ext 17001, or email mgesattendance@wws.k12.in.us

Please do this even if you let your child's classroom teacher know about the absence. This will ensure that our attendance secretary receives the information.

If you have a dismissal change, please let the front office know by 1:00pm. This gives the office enough time to notify your child is where they’re supposed to be at the end of the day! Please DO NOT leave dismissal changes on the attendance line.

To notify the front office of a dismissal change, call (317) 896-4700 ext 17011, or email:

mgesattendance@wws.k12.in.us

We are opening up the opportunity for family members to join their child/children for lunch! For student safety and to accommodate our limited cafeteria seating, we are allowing our families to visit once a trimester. To be prepared for our guests and to check the Safe Visitor Registration of incoming visitors (this is required for every visitor) please make sure you register 24 hours in advance.

We do have a few procedures in place to make sure everyone is safe and lunch flows smoothly.

Tables will be set up on the NORTH side of the cafeteria for you and your child.

1. Please only bring food for your child and your child only.

2. Please refrain from posting picture of other children on social media.

3. To ensure space, lunch tables are reserved for you and your child only.

A new application must be completed each school year. The Application for Free or Reduced Meals and Other Benefits is now available on-line by clicking the button below. You can also come to the Administration Building between the hours of 7 am - 4 pm to complete an application on-line. Please feel free to contact Stacy Luedke, at (317) 867-8000 or email at luedkes@wws.k12.in.us.

In an effort to constantly improve and enhance school safety, we use a visitor management system at all nine WWS schools. This comprehensive system will enhance our school entrance security and better ensure that every visitor to our schools is permitted and authorized to be in our school buildings.

Background checks are good for four years at any school in the district. These background checks will cost $12.95 and can be acquired via the link below.

Westfield Washington Schools usesTalkingPoints to communicate with families! TalkingPoints allows for seamless multilingual two-way communication between teachers and families. Families can choose to receive messages via SMS text messaging or through the free FAMILIES | TalkingPoints mobile app for Apple or Android.

This platform has enhanced translation capabilities, so families can receive and send messages in their preferred language. Additional tools like speech-to-text, text-to-speech, and closed captioned videos make this program accessible to all of our Westfield families.

The most important thing you can do to ensure you are receiving messages from your child’s teacher is to make sure your contact information for the “Father” and “Mother” fields in PowerSchool is correct. When a teacher sends out a message, TalkingPoints will automatically use those two phone numbers. If you’d like to add additional contacts, please reach out to your child’s teachers.

Website: mge.wws.k12.in.us
Location: 17171 Ditch Road, Westfield, IN, USA
Phone: 317-896-4700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Maple-Glen-Elementary-153896671714866/
Twitter: @shakeleaves