Shorewood Hills Shark Tooth

Hello Shorewood Families and Friends,

We host our first assembly in two years next week! It truly feels like we are returning, piece by piece, to some normalcy. The Ballet Folklorico will perform for us in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. We are all really looking forward to it.

National Coming Out Day is also next week on Tuesday. I included information about our Welcoming Schools program below. It is something we are especially proud of and I encourage you to read more about it and explore the included links.

Have a wonderful weekend!

In partnership,

Anne Gillespie

Principal

The next PTO meeting will be on Tuesday, October 11th at 6:00. You can join via Zoom.

Join Zoom Meeting

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/2839065779?pwd=WTVDV3pHRzlhelNZRnJJaUF4U2ptdz09

Meeting ID: 283 906 5779
Passcode: 058550

The PTO will again host a Fall Festival! Come join us for an afternoon of fall fun including a scavenger hunt and dancing to a DJ.

Date: Saturday, October 29th at 1:00

Welcoming Schools is the most comprehensive bias-based bullying prevention program in the nation to provide LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive professional development training, lesson plans, booklists and resources specifically designed for educators and youth-serving professionals. Our program uses an intersectional, anti-racist lens dedicated to actionable policies and practices. We uplift school communities with critical tools to embrace family diversity, create LGBTQ+ and gender inclusive schools, prevent bias-based bullying, and support transgender and non-binary students.

Shorewood is very proud to be 1 of just 18 schools in the country to be a Welcoming Schools Seal of Excellence School!

While we specifically honor days such as National Coming Out Day, we also take a comprehensive approach to incorporating the Welcoming School's philosophy into everything we do from policies and professional development to lessons and resources.

If you have any questions about Welcoming Schools, we are very happy to meet with you! Please reach out to your child's teacher or Ms. Gillespie.

Please also see MMSD's Welcoming Schools resource page.

Pre-COVID, the PTO supported the sale of popcorn at dismissal. I am pleased to share this is returning!

Our first sale will be TODAY starting at 3:37. More dates coming soon!

Cost is $1 and is cash only.

Updated ACL Covid Testing hours at Shorewood.

M-F 12:15-3:15.
You must complete the one time registration in the new Covid Connect 2.0 system. Instructions for Covid Connect registration

ACL will perform a Rapid antigen test first. If this test is negative but the person does have symptoms of Covid, a confirmatory PCR will also be sent. Students may return to school with a pending PCR as long as symptoms are mild, the student can mask, and they are fever free for 24 hours without medication.

Free home tests available from the WI Department of health, order your test kits here: https://www.sayyescovidhometest.org/ . Insurance companies are now also covering 8 tests per member per month at no cost to you, simply present your insurance pharmacy card to your local pharmacy such as Walgreens or CVS.

Please reach out to the Shorewood Health Office if you have any questions, 608-204-1204 or email the School Nurse at lgmccluskey1@madison.k12.wi.us

I want to extend a warm welcome to our new staff in some of our specials classes! We have Ms. Weinhold in Art, Mr. Lynch in Art, Ms. Hoeksema in REACH, and Mr. Kraemer in Gym. Being a smaller school, we have partial allocations of most of our specials classes. We are very fortunate to be able to partner with other MMSD elementary schools in sharing specials teachers and finding great candidates interested in part-time schedules.

If you are interested in meeting with any of our specials teachers, I encourage you to do so during our upcoming parent-teacher conferences!

Reminder: There are two ways to report your student absent.

1. Call the "Safe Arrival" line at 608-204-1206 and leave a message

2. Go to https://www.madison.k12.wi.us/families/attendance to report an absence

*You may email the teacher also, but please use one of these two methods.

Fall conferences will be held after school on Thursday, November 3rd, and all day on Friday, November 4th.

They will be in person.

The purpose of fall conferences is to hear about how your student is settling into school, to understand beginning-of-year assessment information, and discuss goals.

Please watch your email for a Sign-Up Genius to schedule your conference time.

Upcoming Dates:

• Tuesday, October 11th: 6:00 PTO meeting via Zoom
• Friday, October 14th: No school
• Saturday, October 29th: 1:00 Fall Festival at Shorewood
• Wednesday, November 2nd: 4:00-6:00 Fundraiser Night at Noodles
• Thursday, November 3rd: Evening parent-teacher conferences
• Friday, November 4th: No school, parent-teacher conferences

Help Lines:

• Text “HOPELINE” to 741741

• Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 608-280-2600 or 1-800-273-8255

• Briarpatch Helpline: 1-800-798-1126

• Trevor Lifeline for LGBTQ+: 1-866-488-7386 or click here for Trevor Text & Trevor Chat

• 24/7 SAMHSA Disaster Distress Helpline - 1-800-985-5990

• 24/7 Parental Stress Line - 1-800-632-8188

• Domestic Abuse Intervention Services (DAIS) Help Line: 608-251-4445 or 800-747-4045, If you are in immediate danger, call 911.

Email: shorewood@madison.k12.wi.us
Website: https://shorewood.madison.k12.wi.us/
Location: 1105 Shorewood Blvd, Madison, WI 53705, USA
Phone: (608) 204-1200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MMSDShorewood/
Twitter: @ShorewoodES