• November 14 - Trimester 2 Begins

• November 16 - Family Social Studies Event @ McGuire

• November 18 - 1st trimester Report Cards Go Home

• November 23, 24, and 25 - No School-Thanksgiving Break

• December 13 - McGuire and Pullen Talking Circle @ McGuire, 6-7:30pm

• December 21 - No School, Winter Break Begins

• December 21-January 2 - Winter Break

• January 3 - School Resumes

• January 30 - No School-Staff PD

Please take the survey below so we can see what our strengths are as a school and what we can work on to serve you and our Mustangs in a better way.

We are so excited to honor Mrs. Angela Skonieczny as the Kiwanis Outstanding Teacher for the 2022-2023 school year. Mrs. Skonieczny, a 4th grade teacher, is an amazing educator in all aspects of the word. Teaching students and shaping students to be the best version of themselves is Angela’s calling. She is putting the needs of her students first and always remembers the “why” behind what we do: our precious kids.

Mrs. Skonieczny is an exemplary colleague, always sharing ideas with others, being willing to ask questions to learn, and having a positive attitude. Angela works hard to know her students as individual learners, so she can best meet their needs.

We are so proud to have her here at McGuire as a Mustang and know that we get to watch greatness daily when we are with her. Angela leaves each student, program, and classroom that she is involved in better because she was a part of it. She is an integral part of our McGuire team and we are incredibly honored to make a difference in the lives of our students daily with Mrs. Angela Skonieczny. Congratulations to Mrs. Skonieczny!

We are so thankful that we had the opportunity to honor those that serve our country and have served our country in the past through our Veterans Day Assembly on Friday, November 11, 2022. Our students were in awe and humbled to meet Veterans that took time to come here to McGuire to see what we have prepared to honor them all. We welcomed more families and Veterans than we have ever had since our assembly first started years ago over at Pullen Elementary and now we carry the tradition here at McGuire. We even had to bring out several more rows of chairs to accommodate all of our guests. What a GREAT problem to have and we loved having a full gym with families and community members. As our students sang songs they prepared and read writing they has practiced, there were many eyes in the gym tearing up with tears of joy and thanksgiving. We are so thankful that we live in the land of the free because of the brave.

Click on the video below to watch our assembly from this past Friday.

• We have put up a Grateful Turkey and we want it to be FULL of turkey feathers with what we are thankful for as a whole school! If you need more turkey feathers sent home, let your classroom teacher know and we would love to send them home so you can show us what you are thankful for this season. You can write on it at home with regards to what you are thankful for and we would love to put it up at school here on our wall. Decorate it if you want and bring it back to school cut out and we will hang it up for you. Can't wait to see what you are thankful for! Check out our Grateful Turkey so far pictured below that is in our main hallway!

Hello Families,

Your child brought home a Parent Information Envelope this past week letting you know about a safe and easy way for our school to raise funds for essential tools our students and teachers need to succeed.

The SchoolStore fundraiser is 100% online so there is NO face-to-face selling, handling money, or delivering products. Your participation will take less than 12 minutes, and there are exciting prizes to make it fun for the students.

Here is all you need to do to participate:

1. Go to https://www.schoolstore.net/cgi/SetSchool?SchoolID=0000363158&secheck=on

sign up.

School ID: 0000363158

2. Send form emails inviting family, friends and co-workers to support your child.

3. Return the Envelope with the Student Prize Code to school for your child to get their fun participation prize.

Be sure to ask your child for the Parent Envelope tonight. Your participation will make a difference for our school and teachers!

Thanks,

McGuire Elementary School

Please make sure to wait until 8:35 before dropping off your student to the playground or in front of the school. We do not have supervision until 8:35 and we want to make sure everyone is safe. Thanks you for your cooperation and help keeping all of our Mustangs safe.

If you drop off after 8:50, please be sure to come into the office to sign your student in for the day before leaving. If you drop off your student to come in without an adult, we will have to call you to come back and sign them in. Unless you sign your student in at the office, the tardy or absence will not be verified which could negatively impact the attendance record, leading to truancy. Thanks!

We would love to see our lost & found items claimed, but also to keep the lost & found to a minimum. Families can help us by LABELING EVERYTHING!

Use a permanent marker to label your child's name on lunchboxes, school supplies, backpacks, water bottles, child's clothes (utilize the inside tags of sweatshirts, jackets, shoes, and snowpants). We will periodically check labels and post pictures of items to be claimed - check out the McGuire Facebook page.

Send an extra pair of clothes to stay in your student's locker, place in a ziplock bag or plastic grocery bag, label with their name.

During the school year, our buildings are obligated to practice at least 5 Fire Drills, 2 Tornado Drills and 3 Lockdown drills. At times, we do have our YSU Liaison or other police officers from the Police Department assist in our drills. We cover with our students the locations of where to go for each drill, what to do during specific drills, and how to properly evacuate when it is needed.

All classes have been focusing on the "teaching" aspect of doing drills and we have also all read the story, I'm Not Scared, I'm Prepared in their class with their teachers. This book focuses on the main components of our safety protocols that we work on with children.

I encourage you to check out our district website where we have information that pertains to our district school safety. Click here to get to the website.

CMU is excited to partner with Fancher and McGuire during the 2022-2023 school year to provide Autism Awareness and Acceptance Lessons to all 4th and 5th grade students. These lessons were already provided to our current 3rd graders last year in the DK-2 buildings.

The lessons will occur monthly beginning this past week. They have been generously funded by the Organization for Autism Research. Lessons will include specific information regarding autism, including how to be aware of the needs of peers with autism, in addition to focusing on the acceptance of differences and similarities of all students.

In addition to the formal lessons, books about children with autism will be read to each class and these books will be donated to the school libraries at the end of the academic year for students to check out and share with family members and friends.

You may check out the following link for more details about the lessons: Kit for Kids | Organization for Autism Research (researchautism.org). If you have specific questions, please feel free to contact AnnMarie Bates at bates4al@cmich.edu or 989-774-5899.

If you have any late changes to your student’s regular routine for the end of the day, then please write the change in the student agenda. All of our teachers utilize these on a daily basis, so this is a great way to communicate with your teacher. If the change occurs after the school day has begun, then please try to call the office by 3:00 p.m. so we can relay the message in a timely manner. Thanks in advance!

We will have popcorn every Friday for 50 cents per bag. Hope you enjoy it!

If you are considering helping out at our building or on any field trips this year, then you will need to complete our volunteer form first. Get this out of the way now so you don't have to worry about it in the future!

We love that our kids have toys at home to enjoy and we ask that students leave their toys at home. We want to make sure that toys are not broken and misplaced so please make sure that all toys are at home to enjoy and students can enjoy active play at school during their recesses and breaks.

Reminder from our Welcome Newsletter- to make sure the school is aware of any medical needs by the first day of school.

Please bring any medication (over the counter or prescription) this includes student inhalers, to the front office. A signed release form from the student's doctor will need to be submitted, according to school policy. Thank you for your assistance with this.

If you aren't currently following us at McGuire Elementary on Facebook, please like our page to you can see our district updates, information about our school, and more.

Like @McGuire Elementary

https://www.facebook.com/McGuireElementary

Our Student Council representatives helped out with our VETERANS DAY ASSEMBLY.

The 3rd Graders handed out programs at the gym entrance. Our 4th Graders met veterans at the front entrance and escorted them to the gym. The 5th Graders helped serve refreshments in the cafeteria following the assembly. We are so thankful for the opportunity to honor Veterans at our school and we are so proud of how hard our students and staff worked to give back to the community with this amazing assembly to honor those that served or are serving the United States of America.

Lunch is $2.05

Milk .75 cents

*to create an account for your student and add money either using a credit card or e-check, you will need your student's 5 digit ID. This 5 digit ID - is also your child's username to log in their school computer. If you need help finding this number and your student doesn't remember please call our office at Fancher and we can help you.

The McGuire Elementary School Spirit Wear Store is up and running. Choose from hundreds of spirit wear designs and garments that are delivered to your home in days! Visit https://1stplace.sale/49000.

HOLIDAY SAVINGS-20% OFF SITEWIDE, FREE SHIPPING $75-NOVEMBER 7TH-30TH.

• PEAK (after school): https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/page/peak-program

• SACC (before school)- School Aged Child Care (Before School Program)- 775-2340

For the health and safety of our staff and students - it is very important every morning families are screening their own child before sending them to school for the day.

• Temperature of 100.4 degrees
• Sore Throat
• New uncontrolled cough causing difficulty breathing
• Diarrhea, vomiting, or abdominal pain
• New onset of severe headache, especially with fever

Please continue to communicate with your child's building of any new situations that affect your family by calling us at 989-775-2260 or emailing Mrs. Sarah Burkhart at sburkhart@mp.edzone.net.

If your child is not feeling well and/or going to be absent, please call the school, and we will contact their teacher to let them know of the absence.

Friendly reminder of our No Outside Food policy for Student Lunch time. Students must bring their lunch to school or choose a school lunch option.

Have you checked out our new website - it is pretty slick!

https://www.mtpleasantschools.net/

Download the new Mt. Pleasant Public Schools app!

Download on the App Store

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/mt-pleasant-public-schools/id1632483662

or Get it on Google Play

*scroll to the bottom of the MPPS website and see Stay Connected and the links to download

https://mtpleasantschools.nutrislice.com/menu/menus-eula

All students will be dropped off at the front door and will walk to the west playground entrance at 8:35. When you see the adult supervisor come out the front door, please feel free to begin dropping off if you are within our loading zone, between the McGuire sign in front of the school and the front porch. Come in the east entrance, drive to the front, drop off and exit the parking lot. Use the exit closest to the front door of the school. The first bell will ring at 8:40 and then school will officially start at 8:45. If it is too cold or raining, you will follow the same drop-off time and the student will come in the school at the west entrance.

Afternoon will be very similar to the morning. Dismissal is at 3:49. 3rd and 5th will be dismissed in front of the school and 4th grade has the option to park in the small parking lot in front of the gym to be dismissed. Please remain in the vehicle if you are in front of the school in the line and we will bring your student to you. If you would like to park and walk to the porch area, you are welcome to park in the far west lot and walk over to the front of the school.

Request for Transportation use the form linked here

https://mtpleasantschools.net/district/transportation/

Other forms linked on the Transportation website:

• Permission to Leave Alone
• In City Busing Reduction

Website: https://mtpleasantschools.net/district/transportation/
Phone: 989-775-2323

McGuire Elementary Mission Statement:

Empower Excellence

Office Hours 8:00-4:00 p.m.

Erin King, Principal

Email: eking@mp.edzone.net
Website: mtpleasantschools.net/McGuire
Location: 4883 East Crosslanes
Phone: (989) 775-2260
Facebook: facebook.com/McGuireElementary
Twitter: @McGuireschool