Eagle's Nest

Friday, August 29, 2025

As September begins, I want to thank you for helping us start the school year strong! The excitement and energy in our classrooms are truly inspiring as students settle into routines and dive into new learning experiences.

Upcoming Highlights:

Literacy Night - join us on October 2nd for our annual Literacy Night and Book Fair! There will be great literacy stations around the school for kids of all ages and the always favorite pastime - the Scholastic Bookfair!

50th Day of School- We will celebrate the 50th day of school, Oct. 10th, 1950's style! Get those poodle skirts, jeans, white t-shirts, and leather jackets ready to go! Root beer floats will happen as well as learning how to hand-jive.

Attendance Matters: Consistent attendance sets students up for success. Let’s work together to ensure every child is present and on time each day. If your child will be absent remember to call the school office at 317-539-9225. See more information about attendance further down in the newsletter.

September is just the beginning of an exciting year of growth and learning. Keep an eye on our Facebook page and Instagram pages for updates, reminders, and celebrations of our students’ successes.

Thank you for your ongoing support and partnership. Together, we’re building a safe, engaging, and thriving school community.

Thank you to everyone that was able to support us during our Walkathon. This is our primary school fundraiser each year. These funds will help with whole school activities, field trips, convocations, treats.... we can't do the extras without this support. We can still accept donations that will go towards student prizes until the end of the day on September 5th. You can go to https://give.mybooster.com/mill-creek-east-elementary-1 Any donation helps!

The students all received a t-shirt for the walkathon today. We were able to purchase these thanks to our business sponsors:

Gold Level - Denney Companies, Cool Ray's Comfort, Dirty Services, Bucks Electric, and Hicks Pools

Silver Level - CJ's Pizza

Bronze Level - NSSB Bank

Please thank these sponsors and support their businesses! We truly appreciate them.

The students may be asked to wear their walkathon t-shirts for field trips so try to keep track of them :)

Thank you again for your continued support of our school!

Prices:

Breakfast - $1.65

Lunch - $2.85

To add funds to your child's account: Options

1. Send cash or a check payable to Mill Creek East to school in an envelope marked with your child's name and "Lunch Money"

2. Go to www.myschoolbucks.com and create an account. This does charge a transaction fee.

3. To apply for Free/Reduced Lunch go to https://www.myschoolapps.com/

Amounts for EXTRAS are listed below.

If your child received free/reduced lunches in the past you must submit a new application for this year. The rollover date ends on Sept 15. If we do not have a new school year application , these students will go to full meal pricing.

Our students love it when a family member comes to have lunch with them at school. We will begin this next Tuesday - beginning September 2nd. We ask, if possible, that younger siblings are not brought with you. Also, you may bring restaurant food in to eat but please no sodas. Please check in at the office. You will meet your child at the cafeteria doors then go to the new booths down near the office to eat lunch together! At the end of the lunch time you can walk your child back to the cafeteria. Please do not go to the classrooms. If you plan on volunteering in the rooms, you need to return to the main office to sign in differently.

September 15-19 is Student Sleep Health Week. It is reported that 78% of high school students and 34% of children do not get enough sleep on an average school night. The American Academy of Sleep Medicine recommends that children ages 6-12 get nine to twelve hours of sleep per 24 hours. Use this bedtime calculator to help determine the recommended sleep time for your children! sleepeducation.org/bedtime

Tips for helping your child get better sleep include having a quiet, cool sleep environment, developing a calm nightly routine like reading or taking a bath, restricting screen time before bed, and maintaining consistency in bedtime and wake times.

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Learn more about what's happening with MCCSC's CCR initiative!

Mission: Developing confident, independent citizens who productively impact society.

Vision : Our graduates will show excellence in attitudes, actions, and achievements in pursuit of their passion.

Hello Mill Creek East Families! We are using School Care as our primary source for notifying parents when a child comes to the clinic. We will call a parent if the visit requires further attention otherwise look for email from School Care to explain why your child was seen in the clinic. You will need to be registered to received the messages.

Some of you have noticed emails and or texts from School Care. School Care is a platform we use to communicate when and why your student was seen in the clinic. In the past each student would bring home a pink slip regarding visit, School Care will be replacing pink slips. You may have noticed multiple pages to fill out with School Care, we know this is long, but please take the time to fill out each page. School Care will carry over with each student to the middle and high school. Thanks for taking the time to fill out all the forms.

Please review the new attendance policies for MCCSC. This is aligned with the new state attendance guidelines for schools. If you have any questions please reach out.

Please call the office by 3:00 p.m. with any transportation changes. Also, if you need to have your child leave early for the day, please pick them up by 3:15 p.m. After this time they will be dismissed at our 3:40 bell. If your child is NOT normally a walker and you will be meeting them to walk please call the office so we can have them with our walker group of students. No one is to park in the school parking lot and walk over to get your child - you must go through the car rider line before or after school. If you need to help buckle your child's seatbelt please pull into the front playground parking lot to do this after you pick them up. Thank you for your help!

Our end of day bell rings at 3:35 p.m. We need to have all students picked up from school by 3:55 p.m. If a student is not picked up by 3:55 p.m. we will take them to Mill Creek Plus, our after school program, to be picked up from there. If you have any questions about the after school program please call the school office. Thank you!

September 1st - Labor Day - No School

September 8th - PTO meeting, 4:15 PM in the art room

October 2nd - School Picture Retake Day

October 2nd - Literacy Night and Book Fair! More Information to come!

October 6th - Teacher PD Day - No School for Students

October 10th - 50th Day of School - 50's Style - More information to come!

October 13th-17th - Fall Break - No School

October 31st - Fall Parties

November 11th - Veteran's Day Program 2:00 PM; 3rd-5th Grade Students

November 24th-28th - Thanksgiving Break - No School

December 12th - Holiday Music Program 2:00 PM; Kindergarten-2nd Grade

Email: amennonno@mccsc.k12.in.us
Website: https://mcee.mccsc.k12.in.us/
Location: 4740 Iowa Street, Clayton, IN, USA
Phone: 317-539-9225
Facebook: facebook.com/MCEastEagles
Twitter: @MCE_EastEagles