The Maple Glen Gazette

Dear Maple Glen Families,

It’s hard to believe fall break is already here! We’ve had such a great start to the school year—our students are learning, growing, and showing so much enthusiasm each day. Thank you for your continued support at home; it truly makes a difference.

Teachers are sending out times for parent/teacher conferences.Our goal is to meet with every family to discuss your child’s growth and progress. We hope you’re able to find a convenient time on the schedule provided. If not, please reach out directly to your child’s teacher.

We hope you enjoy a well-deserved fall break with family and friends. We look forward to welcoming everyone back refreshed and ready for more learning and fun!

Warmly,

Tiffany Buzan

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.

Congratulations to Riley Meehan for being our October student of the month. Riley is a student in Mrs. Riggle's 4th grade class. Riley was honored at this week's school board meeting for his perseverance and hard work. We are so proud of Riley!

Every month the WWS school board in collaboration with Everwise honors staff members across the district who go above and beyond for our school community. Maple Glen's ROCKSTRONG staff member this month was the one and only, the best PE teacher in the land - Mr. Pribbeno. Matt Pribbeno has been a teacher for 19 years, 16 of those at Maple Glen. Not only does he bring and fun and fitness to his classes, he also helps throughout the school in many different ways! Mr. P is definitely ROCKSTRONG and we are so lucky to have him here at Maple Glen.

Do you know a staff member who should be recognized for their work? Nominate them by clicking the button below! Each quarter, all schools and operations will review nominations from staff, students, families and the community and select someone who represents its values and culture to receive the Rock Strong Award and a special gift.

CLICK HERE TO NOMINATE A STAFF MEMBER

Greetings Maple Glen Families:

You should have received a catalog with stickers of your child’s Art from Square1Art. This is our yearly Art Fundraiser that allows you to purchase various items with your child’s creation printed on them. All orders are shipped directly to your home and will arrive before the holiday season if purchased before the order deadline of November 15.

If you want to upload additional artwork you are welcome to do that as well. If you would like to search for your student’s work the link is here:https://shop.square1art.com/Shop/artwork/search.

Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for supporting our school!

Jessica Coleman

watsoncolemanj@wws.k12.in.us

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