From the Desk of Dr. Sladek

We are working to improve the character initiative at Truman Elementary, and we would appreciate it if you would complete our parent survey. The information you provide is very important to us and will be used in school planning.

The survey should take only a few minutes of your time. Please complete the survey today if possible, but no later than November 24, 2021.

Your response to the survey is anonymous, confidential, and voluntary. Responding to the survey constitutes your consent for us to use the information for district and school planning.

To access the survey,

please go to https://bit.ly/3vMu5aX and

use password tru493 to take the survey.

You can also access the survey with this QR code and the password tru493.

Thank you for your assistance.

You can find all things November on our website [https://www.mvr3.k12.mo.us/o/Truman]

or at these links:

· Breakfast Menu: https://5il.co/11gda

· Lunch Menu: https://5il.co/11gdb

· November Calendar - https://5il.co/11gdc

· PTO Flyer: https://5il.co/ygzh

Our book fair is this week and the flyer was sent home in Thursday folders.

You can send cash (plus tax) in an envelope or ziploc bag with your students name on it and the book(s) or items they would like to purchase,

OR

you may do an eWallet.

To do an eWallet please go to scholastic.com/fair
Type in Truman Elementary. It should be the 3rd choice with our Pacific address to select our school, then scroll down, and click "get started"

If you do an eWallet, please let your students teacher know because it will not notify them.

We are NOT doing a parent event paired with this book fair. We will not allow parents to come in and shop with students. Students will shop during their class Library time and there will be a couple times after breakfast students can go down and shop with Mrs. Stoker or Mrs. Reeds help.

**If you have any trouble with the eWallet at all... just reach out to me and I will be more than happy to help you!

This Thursday we will recognize Veteran's Day.

If You or Your Family would like to honor a veteran please email or message me a picture and description of when they served, what branch, and how they are related to our Tribe. We will be posting a video on Thursday and would love to honor our Tribe's Veterans.

Email me: jsladek@mvr3.k12.mo.us

Text me: 636-346-6156

or send me a message via Class Dojo

We will celebrate the end of our First Trimester on Friday with a day of fun! All the hard work put into the first 3 months of school calls for a day with friends and teachers and lots of smiles. We will use the "World Kindness Day" - which is on Saturday 11/13, as our inspiration of fun and have KINDNESS stations. Students will have a kindness/thankfulness craft, a snack station, photo op. and coloring and an "Unlock the Kindness" Challenge activity.

Please enjoy this short film in honor of our upcoming day of fun.

You can also find out more about World Kindness Day at this link:

FYI: https://inspirekindness.com/world-kindness-day

Complete Guide: https://inspirekindness.com/blog/world-kindness-day-2021-your-complete-guide

Our PTO Meeting on Thursday consisted of reflection from our Trunk or Treat event and reviewing and brainstorming for our upcoming events.

Quick take away's for you all to stay in the loop:

• Christmas Tree Village: Truman and PTO will pair up to decorate a tree and work the Christmas Tree lot as needed. We are looking for an artificial Christmas Tree to use (that will be outside, in all kinds of weather, for a week. Our Truman Tree Theme is "Warm Your Hearts" I will post on Class Dojo with a specific list of items we will be collecting to help decorate the tree. The tree will be set up the week of 11/22-11/26.
• Pacific Partnerships Downtown Christmas Parade: The parade is on Saturday December 18th from 6-7pm. The parade theme is Christmas Around the World and Truman Elementary is representing Norway. Our décor and students will a play on Gnomes and hot cocoa mugs. WE WILL HAVE A PARADE PREP NIGHT ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 16TH @ 6:00PM if you would like to come and help. Crystal Smith is in charge of the prep work for our float if you would like to reach out to me I can connect you with her.