Mr. Posick's Friday email

We had an amazing day for Celebration Day! The students and staff enjoyed the field trips in the morning before coming back to school for some competitions between homerooms. We ended the day with staff versus student dodgeball and the Merton Mashup. Thanks to Ms. Monson, Mr. Dusso, and Mr. Pomeroy for making it such an amazing day!

*This is a repeat from the last three weeks. I continue to share this post because some are still not paying attention when I walk out into the intersection, dressed in a neon vest with a stop sign. I have made this my location in the mornings to help. The safety of our students crossing this intersection is of utmost interest to me. Please slow down, remind your friends and their children to slow down, and keep an eye out for me in my fluorescent yellow vest and stop sign. Thank you!

I need your assistance with something. Now that the weather has warmed up, there are more students riding their bikes and walking to school. The morning is an especially concerning time as there is also more traffic due to people traveling to work. Our crossing guards do an amazing job keeping our students safe. Please be attentive and respectful of our crossing guards and our students. Our crossing guards wear bright yellow vests and carry a stop sign. Treat them like a police officer directing traffic so that we make it through the rest of the school year without any incidents at our 4 way stop. Thank you for your consideration.

Here is a link to this week's Mustang Memo. The Mustang Memo is not published on short weeks. If you'd like to see view the Mustang Memos for the school year, they can be found here.

Congratulations to our Mustang Magazine contributors on their June issue which contains some information about Celebration Day, the summer, and me. You can find the link here.

As we look forward to future staffing and the possibility of some driver retirements, we were hoping that you could run a notice for “driving the bus” in your weekly newsletter or other forms of parent/community communication publications. The bus driving opportunity is perfect for stay at home moms, retirees, and others who work part time or have mornings or afternoons free.

Our district website has a link called Launching the 2021-2022 school year. This link contains information about COVID mitigation efforts as well as the COVID dashboard for our district, our community and our county. The link can be found here.

There are some things that can be difficult to find when searching our website. Some of these things can be found on social media (@mertonint for Twitter, mertonint for Instagram, MertonIntermediate on Facebook). But if you're looking for announcements and links to our weekly family newsletters, you can find them on my website. If you have suggestions for additions to my website, please let me know.

Coach Witte has asked me to share this information with you regarding the Arrowhead Girls Basketball Summer Camps.

• June 6, 2022- 8th grade Day Away
• June 7, 2022- 8th grade graduation 7:00PM
• June 8, 2022- Last day of school (half day)
• June 13, 2022- Summer School session one begins

Email: posickj@merton.k12.wi.us
Website: https://www.merton.k12.wi.us/intermediate/
Location: N68W28320 Sussex Road Merton, WI 53029
Phone: (262) 538-1130
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MertonIntermediate
Twitter: @mertonint