The Maple Glen Gazette

Happy Friday, Maple Glen Families -

So many fun things happening this week! We started the week by having Hoosier author, Terry Border, visit all students. He gave a great presentation on the importance of reading but also being creative. Congrats to our Robotics Team on their competition this week!

Our 4th graders participated in Pioneer Day, our kindergarten students celebrated the end of a reading unit by having a Kings and Queens day, and let's not forget our Valentine's Day Parties that happened today. Thank you to our room parents and volunteers for making this day so special for our kids!

Reminder that next week, students will only attend school three days.

Monday - NO SCHOOL due to President's Day

Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday - SCHOOL in SESSION

Friday - NO SCHOOL due to Teacher Work Day

Have a great long weekend!

Tiffany Buzan

NEW student registration is ONLY for students that will be new to the district. Returning student registration will open later in the spring.

This week Maddie Stevens was honored as the MGES Student of the Month at the WWS school board meeting. Maddie is in Miss Oliver's 3rd grade class. Maddie was nominated and selected due to her positive attitude, willingness to be a friend to those around her, and consistently putting forth her best effort. We are so proud of Maddie. 💚

Car drop off families - We are still seeing a high volume of drop offs in the morning. KDG families should continue to use the front (KDG) drop-off line as usual. Families in other grades: depending on traffic, a staff member may direct you to use the front (KDG) drop-off if the back line becomes too long. If directed, please turn and drive around the front of the building. Please watch for staff members who will be assisting with traffic and student safety. Students will enter in the kindergarten doors. We have staff all throughout the building helping students get to where they need to go. If you arrive after 7:50 a.m., please park and walk in your child.

Please join in congratulating Mrs. Jodi Brooks for receiving the Rock Strong Award for her dedication and service to students, families, and staff at Maple Glen.

Dear families,

Our school is partnering with the Indiana Center for Prevention of Youth Abuse and Suicide to provide ChildHelp Speak Up Be Safe™ presentations. This program teaches students how to recognize unsafe situations, resist harm, and report to a safe adult.

To help families learn more, please visit the Parent Resource Website: Parent and Caregiver Resources

The site includes:

• A brief overview of the program

• Age-appropriate safety concepts

• Tips for talking to your child about personal safety

Our students will participate in a presentation by a trained facilitator will present research-based, age-appropriate lessons to help children learn the skills to prevent or interrupt cycles of neglect and child abuse – physical, emotional and sexual - as mandated by Indiana state law.

Please see the PARENT OPT OUT LETTER here for more information as well as the form to sign and send in if you do not want your child to participate. Please return the letters to me by Feb. 19th.

Thank you,

Nicole Newman

Counselor

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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
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