The Maple Glen Gazette

Homecoming week is always an exciting time at Maple Glen, and we loved seeing our students show their school spirit. Maple Glen's float in the homecoming parade was TOP NOTCH!

Next Tuesday will be an exciting day as our PTO treats the ENTIRE school to Rita's Italian Ice for all the hard work put into this year's Rock-A-Thon.

Thank you for your flexibility with Wednesday's eLearning day. Please remember that all student work is due on Monday. If you have any questions or run into any issues, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your child’s teacher for support.

Have a great weekend,

Tiffany

Oliver Hoye was our top earner during this year's Rock-A-Thon! Maple Glen had a name change on Thursday and became "Oliver Hoye Elementary School". Great job, Oliver!

Just a friendly reminder that all cars should enter into Maple Glen from 169th/171st street. The bus lot is NOT a thorough fare to drop off students. Thank you for your flexibility.

Dear Parents,

This update is being sent home for you to review and to keep on hand. Maple Glen wants to be proactive in keeping head lice at a minimum, since the months of September through February are considered peak infestation times.

Head lice affects approximately 12 million Americans each year, mostly children. Head lice know no boundaries, they affect young and old. Head lice do not carry disease, nor does their presence mean the infected person is dirty. Head lice do not fly or jump. They can only crawl. While an infestation is not life-threatening, it is easily spread from person to person, and is a frequent problem in schools, especially with peak infestations being September through February. Lice must have human contact to survive. They cannot live on desktops, in books or papers, or on floors, nor can they live on animals. A child can’t be completely protected from head lice except by isolation; as long as any children in an environment have lice, all are vulnerable.

The most important partner in this process is You the parent. You are ultimately responsible for ensuring that your child does not miss school because of head lice. Please review: Steps To Keep Head Lice Out Of Your Child’s Hair.

If you have any questions at all, please feel free to call me.

Thank you for your help and cooperation.

Jeannie Langenkamp RN

School Nurse Maple Glen Elementary

317-896-4700 EXT 17005

The Westfield Holiday Giving program wants to support families in need for the upcoming holiday season.

El programa Westfield Holiday Giving quiere apoyar a las familias necesitadas durante la próxima temporada navideña.

Scan the QR code to register your child for holiday assistance.

Escanee el código QR para registrar a su hijo para recibir asistencia durante las vacaciones.

https://bit.ly/2025HolidayGivingAssistance

Registration for the program ends on October 17th.

La inscripción al programa finaliza el 17 de octubre.

Only one entry per child will be accepted.

Solo se aceptará una entrada por niños.

If you have questions or need more assistance, call your school counselor or the school administration office at 317-867-8000.

Si tiene preguntas o necesita más ayuda, llame a su consejero escolar o a la oficina de administración escolar al 317-867-8000.

See attached PDF.

Ver PDF adjunto.

Donation Information

Gently used coat donations are needed to provide families with coats at the Kids Coats Giveaway! Drop off gently used coats at the Maple Glen Front Office

Event Information

When: Saturday, Nov. 8 | 9 AM – 1 PM
Where: CrossRoads Church, 19201 Grassy Branch Rd, Westfield

Households seeking assistance please register in advance: Register Here

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