The Muraski Tribune: Issue 6

Good Morning Muraski Families,

I hope your children enjoyed the beautiful weekend and are ready for another great week of school. We have an exciting week this week with Halloween parties, a parade, our October Mustang Market, as well as our experience days on November 1st. I can't believe we are going to be into the month of November.

As a reminder, students don't have school on November 4th or November 5th for Staff Professional Development.

Please take a look at all the information and events below.

Let's have a great week!

Mike Griffen

I want to provide everyone with a reminder about dismissal procedure in order to assist our staff with better managing the end of the day with our staff and students:

• If you plan you to change your child's transportation/pick-up at the end of the day, it needs to be communicated by 2:45pm. This helps us communicate with staff and remind your child, so they know what to expect at the end of the day.
• If you plan to pick up your child from the main office prior to our 3:30 dismissal time, it needs to be done so by 3:10pm. Getting children ready to go home early can take upwards of 10 minutes, and we need to prepare for dismissal of the whole school. If you plan to pick up early please do so prior to 3:10pm
• Please be mindful of the time it takes to get children ready to go. With the addition of mobile units, as well as the change of weather, students take longer to gather things to go home. Please understand that this is not always immediate.
• If your child is a walker, they must go home prior to coming back to Muraski to use the playground. We have several students who don't leave the property after school and are unsupervised on the playground. Students need to walk home prior to coming back to the school grounds, so we can ensure students are accounted fo.
• If you choose to take your child to the playground after school, you are responsible for supervising your child. Although you are on school grounds, we do not have staff to supervise and therefore are not responsible for the children playing on the playground after school hours.

We will be celebrating Halloween at Muraski on Thursday, October 31st. We will do a parade around the building starting at 2:20pm. Parents will be invited to line the sidewalks outside of the building to see their children and all of our students in their best costumes.

Following the parade, students will have in-class parties led by the head room parent in the classroom. Please make sure you adhere to the following guidelines:

• Head/Face Coverings can be worn during the parade, but ARE NOT permitted at any other time during the school day.
• No costumes or face paint that depict blood or gore in any manner.
• No weapons (swords, guns, etc.) or objects that look like weapons are permitted at school.
• Attire should be school appropriate and meet our guidelines for dress code.

Please remember that students will not provided support to get costumes on and have limited time to dress for the parade. Students should either be able to wear the costume comfortably and have ease in using the restroom all day or be independent in getting dressed for the parade.

Click HERE for the Welcome letter from our Food Services Department.

To determine eligibility for free / reduced lunch, as well as various additional state and federal program benefits inclusive of possible district student fees being waived, an application must be completed online at PaySchoolsCentral.com. HERE is a link with directions to apply.

It is important to note the following for those that qualify for Reduced Lunches in the 24-25 school year: The recently passed Ohio biennial budget includes a provision for the State to pay the meal charges for Reduced students ($0.30 for Breakfast and $0.40 for Lunch) effectively allowing them to eat for free. This will be in effect for 24-25 school years.

CLICK HERE for the Free & Reduced Lunch Application.

CLICK HERE TO GET TO LUNCH MENUS FOR THE YEAR

As a reminder, all school fees that have not been paid are now considered past due. To check the balance and pay outstanding school fees, go to Pay Schools Central by clicking HERE. In addition to Pay Schools Central, school fees can be paid by cash/check to your student’s building secretary or with the Treasurer's Office. If you have questions related to this, please contact the building secretary or Melissa LePage (mlepage@scsmustangs.org) within the Treasurer's Department. As we are approaching a new school year, as well as the start of fall sports, per Board of Education policy, the consequences for outstanding prior year school fees will prohibit students from participating in any school extracurricular activities (i.e., athletics, student council, school clubs, etc.), field trips, and school sanctioned dances / events that require a purchased ticket. For additional information on District Fee Collection Procedures and Consequences CLICK HERE.

Over the summer, the district expanded our partnership with Blocksi to include student content filtering and alerts. We no longer utilize SecURLy for these services. CLICK HERE to view an informational flier about joining the Blocksi Parent Portal to gain insights on your student’s online behavior with their scsmustangs account and set parental controls beyond the school school. If you have any questions, contact Dave Binkley, Director of Instructional Technology at dbinkley@scsmustangs.org.

Email: mgriffen@scsmustangs.org
Website: https://muraski.strongnet.org/
Location: Muraski Elementary School, Royalton Road, Strongsville, OH, USA
Phone: 440-572-7160
Twitter: @MuraskiPrin