The Siegrist Star

Device insurance for student devices has moved to a new system for the 2026-27 school year. Families who wish to participate must enroll by October 29 through your PowerSchool Parent Portal account.

• Enrollment Cost: $30 per student device
• Free/Reduced Meal Students: $0 enrollment cost
• How to Enroll: Log into your PowerSchool Parent Portal account and complete the Insurance Form under "Forms." Via the PowerSchool app, go to "More," then "Forms." The $30 enrollment fee will be collected within the form.

Our 4th-grade students had an amazing time on their water safety field trip at the YMCA! This trip provided a valuable opportunity for students to practice important preventative, reactionary, and lifesaving water safety techniques. These are skills that can make a real difference in their safety and confidence around water.

A big thank you to Coach Crawford and Coach Stapleton for organizing this fantastic trip! We’re so grateful for the experience and the fun memories made. Enjoy the pictures below

Sunday, October 25, is Dwarfism Awareness Day! In honor of Crew, Corrina’s youngest son, we’re invited to wear green on Thursday, October 22. Crew has a rare form of dwarfism called Cartilage Hair Hypoplasia and received a bone marrow transplant at just one year old to help strengthen his immune system. He will celebrate seven years post-transplant this coming March! Crew is an active, outdoors-loving boy who enjoys wrestling, baseball, fishing, and hunting. Let’s show our support for Crew and help spread awareness! 💚

3rd Grade was Driven by Love. They sang many driving songs for their theme. Awesome job to students and Music Teacher, Ms. Terhune.

Click on Link to view the concert! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0SFJuSiBBaE

What a fun night at Siegrist’s annual Trunk or Treat! A huge thank-you to Mrs. Simon’s Community Involvement Action Team, our Pirates ROCK partners, everyone who decorated a trunk, and all those who donated candy and trinkets. Your generosity helped make sure every child went home with treats and a smile!

The costumes were amazing, and the trunks were fantastic! We couldn’t pick just a few favorites, so we’re sharing ALL the photos taken by Mrs. McCutcheon and Mrs. Jeffries! Thank you for making this such a memorable night for our Siegrist families!

OCT 23 - OCT 28 - RED Ribbon Days

OCT 28 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Evening
OCT 29 - NO SCHOOL - Parent/Teacher Conferences
OCT 30 - NO SCHOOL
Click here to view the full Siegrist Elementary calendar on our website.

Siegrist will celebrate Red Ribbon Week (October 26–28) by encouraging our students to make healthy choices!

Make plans to grab dinner at Platte City McDonald’s from 4–8 PM! It’s the perfect excuse to skip cooking after parent-teacher conferences!

A portion of all proceeds will be donated back to the Siegrist PTA, so enjoy a meal while supporting our school!

We hope to see you there!

Volunteer to bag popcorn for our Siegrist kids as rewards for class attendance. Each week, the class with the highest attendance in each grade gets popcorn!

Please arrive around 8:30 at the Siegrist front office. Plan for about an hour, depending on the number of volunteers on any given day.

Thank you so much to the W.A.T.C.H. Dogs for lending a hand.

We appreciate our Siegrist families!

The Siegrist Book Fair is right around the corner! Consider creating an eWallet for your child for easy shopping. We also rely on volunteers to make the event a success. More info below!

eWallet instructions: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/content/fairs/ewallet.html

Volunteer link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/508054FA5AF2FAAFA7-66457311-book#/

Siegrist Elementary Scholastic page: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/siegristelementaryschool

The 12th annual Yuletide Market is scheduled for 9am to 2pm on Saturday, November 7 at Platte City Middle School to benefit the PCHS Music Parents Association. The Yuletide Market features local crafters, artisans, and direct sales consultants.

Along with Newkirk Novak Construction Partners and Incite Design Studio, the District will be hosting a ribbon cutting and open house of Phase 2 of the PCHS Rebuild project on Thursday, December 3 from 5:30-7:30pm. Please enter through the new main entrance! This event is open to the community and tours and refreshments will be provided following the ribbon cutting at 5:30pm. Come tour our new completed high school which will be open for second semester!

The Platte County R-3 School District Parents as Teachers program is a free and voluntary program designed to help District families with children prenatal to school age through monthly home visits. The parent educators provide caregivers the knowledge and skills to empower them as their child's first and most influential teacher. Through this program you can learn more about parenting and child development, learn ways to cope with challenges of family life, identify any potential delays in your child's development, and join fun group connections to meet other families in the Parents as Teachers program.

For more information and to enroll please visit our Parents as Teachers webpage.

We’re excited to share that Mrs. LaHue and Ms. Huddle will be in charge of the Lost & Found this year! To help us keep things organized and make it easier to get lost items back to their owners, we’ve enlisted some wonderful 3rd–5th grade student leaders to lend a hand.

Our student leaders will help us by:

• Taking pictures of items that have been turned in (we will do our best to update images approximately every 2 weeks)
• Checking our Lost & Found request form
• Returning claimed items to their owners

Lost something? First, take a look through the Lost & Found photos on our Google Drive to see if you can spot your missing item. If you find it, please fill out the Google Form below with a description of the item. Our student leaders will periodically check the form and search the Lost & Found for matching items. When an item is identified, we’ll work to get it back to its owner!

We encourage students to check the Lost & Found regularly and parents to check the Lost & Found photos on Google Drive regularly. This helps us tremendously in getting items home!

Please. please, please, put child's name on lunchboxes, water containers, hats, coats, backpacks, clothing. This will help us keep out lost and found to a manageable amount.

Lost & Found Photos: Lost Items
Lost & Found Google Form: Lost Item Claim Form

Platte County School District is starting a new tradition to recognize the employees who make a difference every day.

Orange Crush celebrates Pirates who are “CRUSHING IT” in the ways they support our students, staff, schools and community. From creating meaningful experiences and welcoming environments to showing exceptional care and making a positive impact, Orange Crush gives us a chance to shine a light on the people behind the everyday moments that matter.

All employee groups are eligible to be nominated throughout the school year. Nominations will be reviewed by the District's Executive Leadership Team, and every nominee will be acknowledged for the positive impact they are making across our District with at least one (or maybe more!) nominees selected monthly as an Orange Crush honoree.

Submit a nomination today!

If you plan on coming in to eat lunch with your student, please click on the lunch visitor button and sign up.

Didn't get signed up? No worries! If you arrive without a reservation, we’ll add you if space is available. If we’re full, we’ll help you sign up for another day, and you can still leave the lunch for your student.

Questions? Give our office a call—we’re happy to help!

We believe it is important for the school to recognize our students on their birthday and other special days. However, for several reasons including increased food allergies and preservation of the instructional day, students are not allowed to bring treats from home or have flowers/balloons or other items delivered to the classroom for birthdays, going-away parties, or other personal events. Each classroom teacher will recognize the student in a special way to celebrate his or her birthday.

If a student receives a delivery at school, the student will be notified to come to the office to view the item. Parents will be responsible for transporting the item home. Birthday party invitations may only be distributed if invitations are given to every student in the class.

To make a long-term transportation change, use the form linked here. After you form is completed, please notify the child school to let them know of the change.

All daily request, please notify your student's school office of any address and bus changes by 2pm if possible so arrangements can be made. To ensure that your change is made, please email all three of our Administration Assistance. klopp.annemarie@pcr3schools.org, itao.tracy@pcr3schools.org and mausolf.berenice@pcr3schools.org Thank you!

Thank you for your cooperation in our efforts to transport our students - your children - in a safe and timely manner.

To help ensure the safety of our students, we will no longer be heating student breakfast or lunch meals in the microwave. Thank you for your understanding and for helping us keep our school community safe.

We Need YOU!

Our teachers do so much for our students, and a little extra help behind the scenes can make a BIG difference!

The PTA is looking for volunteers to help in the Teacher Workroom with things like:

• Making copies
• Laminating materials
• Preparing and organizing classroom resources
• Helping teachers save time so they can focus on our students

Have a little time to give? We'd love your help! Every bit of volunteer time makes a difference in our classrooms.

Scan the QR code or click on the button below to sign up!

Your time. Their success. Thank you for supporting Siegrist!

We will be starting our WATCH D.O.G.S. program on September 20th. This is a one-of-a-kind, school-based father involvement program that works to support education and safety. Who are Watch D.O.G.S.? Fathers, grandfathers, step-fathers, uncles, and other father figures who volunteer to serve at least one day a year in a variety of school activities as assigned by the school principal or other administrator.

Siegrist Library Facebook Page

Lunch Schedule and Letter Day

School Closing Notification/Winter Weather Information

Parent Portal

K12 Payment Center for Lunch Accounts

After School Club Program

Substitute Opportunities

Watch D.O.G.S. Sign Up

Here are some opportunities our families might be interested in!

Parents, if you would like to stay up to date with what we are doing in PE class, please consider following our Siegrist Physical Education page. Here is the LINK. Thanks in advance!

We are also looking for more pictures for the Siegrist Activity Hall of Fame. As long as it is a physcial activity, send in a copy the picture. FYI, The pictures will be cut up.

Crawford and Stapleton

You can always contact us at anytime by phone or Email. If you have a specific question for administration, please email us at sutton.johna@pcr3schools.org ( Mrs. Johna Sutton, Principal) or powers.michael@pcr3schools.org (Mr. Michael Powers, Assistant Principal)

Email: itao.tracy@pcr3schools.org
Website: http://plattecountyschooldistrict.com/siegrist
Location: 1701 Branch Street, Platte City, MO, United States
Phone: (816)858-5977
Facebook: facebook.com/SiegristElementary/
Twitter: @Siegristelem