We are celebrating our teachers the week of May 6-10. If you would like to participate in showing your appreciation via social media, please fill out this form and include a picture if you wish! https://forms.gle/4sH65yU6y1rkD7K26 All submissions will be posted on social media in May.

On Wednesday, May 1, we will conduct a Fire Drill and Lockdown Drill with students beginning at 9:50 am. The lockdown drill will last less than 5 minutes and is initiated by an all call announcement that states, "Lockdown. Locks, lights, out of sight." When this announcement is made, students will be directed to move to a location in their classroom out of the sight of the door while the teacher ensures that the door is locked and shuts the lights off. Students will remain seated and quiet until the all clear is given a few minutes later.

Parents may opt their students out of the lockdown drill by picking their student up from school before 9:45 and returning them at 10:15. If you are choosing to opt your student out of the drill, please come to Door 1 by 9:30 so we have time to retrieve your student from their classroom and send them outside to you prior to the drills.

If you have any questions about the emergency drills, please reach out to me.

Thank you,

Steve Johanson

Do you have ideas about how the statewide assessment results, like the MCA, could be shared with the public and school and district staff?

MDE is beginning the process of redesigning the statewide assessment reports. This includes evaluating how student results are organized and communicated (including the labels like "does not meet” or “exceeds" the standards, and what the reports will look like for new academic standards). The redesigned reports will be seen for the first time in summer and fall 2025.

Please take the survey to share your experience. It should take no longer than 15 minutes. The survey is now open for submissions until May 19. Responses are completely anonymous.

tinyurl.com/state-testing-survey

Your voice is important to this process. We appreciate your time and consideration.

Please reach out to mde.testing@state.mn.us with any questions or concerns about the survey or feedback process.

Please note that when students have to leave during the day, they will remain with their class until their pick-up person has arrived and either called the office or buzzed the door. Due to confidentiality and students not getting picked up at their specified time, we can not have children waiting in the office. Please understand that if you need them at a specific time for an appointment, you may need to come a few minutes earlier so we have time to get them from their classroom.

Keep an eye out for a link coming from the district regarding transportation. This form MUST BE FILLED OUT if your child will need to ride the bus in the Fall.

Start looking for any missing library books. The last day to check books out will be on May 17th.

The playground is closed after school until 6:00pm. This is for ACES and Excel use only. Thank you for picking your students up promptly at 2:30.

Student reports are live in Infinite Campus. What does this mean? You can access your student's test data from the parent portal anytime you log in. Data is updated throughout the year as testing windows close and data is final. Local and State Assessments that your child has taken throughout their time MAPs, are readily accessible as well as available for you to download and print. Please read the following document and video to see how to access your student’s data.

Monroe is having a SPRING CONCERT on Friday, May 10! ALL students K-5 will be involved, but please read carefully what times each grade level performs. Each grade level has 2 separate times they will be performing during the day for you to choose from to attend:

*Kindergarten, 1st, and 2nd grade will perform at 8:45am AND 12:10pm

*3rd, 4th, and 5th grade will perform at 10:00am AND 1:15pm

We are so excited to have a chance to share a concert with you again! If you have any questions at all, please let me know.

Mrs. Sarah Payne

Monroe Music Teacher

spayne1@isd77.org

Every week we will pass along some tips for reading with your children.

Squeeze reading into a busy day. You can include reading during:

• Breakfast. One parent makes sure the kids get a "breakfast of champions" by reading aloud while they eat. Best of all, the kids become so engrossed with the story they stop arguing with each other!
• Cooking time. Ask your child to read aloud while you cook. Possibilities include a book your child is reading for school, a story your child wrote in class or even the school lunch menu.
• Wait time. Read books, magazines or news articles while you wait for the doctor or dentist.
• Bathtub time. On hectic days, one family schedules read-aloud time during baths for good, clean fun.
• Travel time. Today's families seem to spend a lot of time on the road. Try recording a favorite book while you read aloud to your child. Then play it as you drive so your child can read along while listening. Keep a small stack of books and magazines handy so your child can read during the afternoons spent traveling back and forth to activities.

The yearbook is in need of your school activity photos. Any first-day-of-school pictures, field trips, classroom parties, book fairs, and general fun photos that you take in any school-related activity can be submitted to Amy Demaster at amydemaster@gmail.com.

This link will take you to the District-Monroe Website Calendar. Check out the new District Website at isd77.org.

- Click Schools in the upper right corner

- Click Monroe under Elementary Schools

- On the far right side there are 3 icons

- The silverware is for the lunch menu

- The calendar is the Monroe Events calendar

- The bullhorn is for Announcements

MAY

3 - 1st Grade - Alice in Wonderland @ MLC New Ulm

10 - Spring Music Concert

• 8:45 K-2
• 10:00 3-5
• 12:10 K-2
• 1:15 3-5

13 - 5th Grade - Revolutionary War @ Franklin

14 - 3rd Grade - MN Zoo

15 - PLC/Early Out

17 - School-Wide Read-Out

23 - PTO Meeting

24 - Kindergarten - Ruby Ranch & Fallenstein Park

26 - 3rd Grade - MAESL field trip

27 - NO SCHOOL - Memorial Day

29 - Schulz & Anderson - Ecology Bus

30 - Blasl - Ecology Bus

June

4 - Play Day

Website: www.me.isd77.org
Location: 441 Monroe Ave, North Mankato, MN, USA
Phone: 507-387-7889
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