MHE Parent Newsletter
March 2025 Update
Message From the Principals
Hello MHE Families,
We hope everyone had a great weekend! Please be sure to review the information below and feel free to reach out with any questions that you may have.
Have a great week!
Mr. Rischmann & Mr. Whitaker
Go Musketeers!
Important Dates
- Thursday, March 6th - Last Day of 3rd Quarter
- Thursday, March 6th - PTA Glow Dance: Grades K-2
- Friday, March 7th - NO SCHOOL: Teacher Inservice
- Friday, March 7th - PTA Glow Dance: Grades 3-5
- Sunday, March 9th - Daylight Savings 2025: Spring Forward 1 hour
- Thursday, March 13th - PTA Meeting: 5:30pm-6:30pm
- Tuesday, March 25th - 2 Hour Late Start: Students report at 10:30am
Musketeer Highlights
Every month the Monfort Heights staff likes to recognize our Musketeers for their amazing daily attendance! This month students with perfect attendance were invited to a popcorn party where they enjoyed some time with friends to watch animal bloopers and have a popcorn snack. Thank you to the PTA for supplying us with the popcorn! We had a great time!
Fernside Grief Support Groups
Fernside Supporting Children & Families Through Grief is offering a peer support group in collaboration with MHE that will support students who have experienced a death close to them. The support group is a five-week, structured group that uses expressive arts activities to help children understand the intense emotions they are feeling and develop skills to help them cope with these feelings. The group is led by a Fernside therapist during school hours.
This group has limited spots available. Please see the link below if you are interested in signing up.
News from the MHE PTA
- Why should you join?! Being a part of the PTA helps you receive insight into things happening at MHE, including volunteer opportunities, and allows you to be a part of bringing positive changes to the school. An added bonus is meeting new people and gaining lifelong friends! It is never too late to join! https://monfortheightspta.givebacks.com/store/items/1041079
- Notice of meeting change! Due to the dance on March 6th the next PTA meeting will be Thursday, March 13th at 5:30 in the MHE Teacher's Lounge
- We hosted a free parent presentation on Social Media for International Safer Internet Day. For those of you who were not able to make it we encourage you all to check out the resources below the presenter, Stephen J Smith from A Wired Family. shared (links will be live for about 60 days)
My 5 Minute Take: Social Media Age Restrictions https://awiredfamily.vids.io/videos/4d91d7b41716e6c6c4/my-5-minute-take-social-media-age-restrictions
My 5 Minute Take: The Rednote App https://awiredfamily.vids.io/videos/7091d6b21b16e2c8f9/my-5-minute-take-rednote-app
My 5 Minute Take: Banning Tik Tok https://awiredfamily.vids.io/videos/a791d7b41717e0c32e/my-5-minute-take-banning-tik-tok
- Help support the school all year long by signing up for the Kroger Community Rewards Program. Log onto https://www.kroger.com/i/community/community-rewards, link your card to Monfort Height Elementary PTA & shop as you normally would! Kroger donates a portion of your sales back to the PTA.
- Stay connected by following us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/monfortheightspta
MHE Wee Mail
Dear Parents,
Monfort Heights Elementary is pleased to announce the continuation of our "Wee Deliver" mail service. This allows you to send your child a letter, a note of praise, or perhaps a card for a special occasion while they are at school. Children LOVE to get mail! All you have to do is drop off the mail in the main office with the proper address. Click the link below to find the Wee Deliver Mailing Directory to use for addressing your letter and a sample of how to address the letter for your child. A sticker will suffice for your stamp, or you can draw your own. Our fifth grade postal workers will sort and deliver the mail at 3:00 pm daily. Your note or card will really brighten your child's day!
Wee Deliver Mail Directory
Sample Letter
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1z-TcZsEvnOB0jPjhRix35dt1BspKRoDI/edit
MHE Care Closet
Our care closet is a safe private place that provides basic need items, such as personal care materials, food, school supplies and clothing for students at Monfort Heights. If you are in need, please feel free to fill out the form at the link below...
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScz0orRq94EuS-8IPsVS70RV3RDo3aG6Y2Lw9sswUl9P-1k7A/viewform
Building Information
- Student arrival is daily between 8:30am and 8:50am. MHE staff supervision is not available before 8:30am. Students that arrive after 8:50am will be marked tardy.
- Y's Kids morning and after school care is available through Clippard YMCA (513-923-4466)
- Please refrain from dropping your student off in the main parking lot between 8:30am - 8:50am. This lot is for bus drop off only.
- Please refrain from picking your student up in the main office between 3:25-3:45. Parent pick up is at the back gate using your car tag. The front lot is for bus loading only.
- If you are still in need of a car tag, please see Mr. Smith in the main office. If you do not have a car tag, you must have a photo id to pick up your student.
- Breakfast and Lunch are both FREE this year! In order to have your school fees waived/reduced, you must still fill out the form on this payschools link or visit the NWLSD website.
- Additional items can be purchased using funds that have been added to student accounts through the payschool link above. (Snack/chip bags and ice cream are $1.25, cookies are $.90 or $.70, and fruit-roll-ups are $.75) CASH IS NOT ACCEPTED IN THE CAFETERIA.
- Please do not send your child in the morning with coffee drinks or breakfast items from fast food locations (McDonalds, Starbucks, Dunkin, etc.). Students do need to finish these things before coming into school and should not be bringing them to class or the cafeteria.
- Please do not drop fast food off to students in the middle of the day. In the event of this, your child will be asked to eat in the office instead of with their class in the cafeteria.
Helpful Links
In the Office
Secretary: Mrs. Laurie Murphy - lmurphy@nwlsd.org
Secretary: Mr. Dean Smith - dsmith4@nwlsd.org
Principal
Mr. Trey Rischmann - trischmann@nwlsd.org
Assistant Principal
Mr. Ryan Whitaker - rwhitaker@nwlsd.org
Dean of Students
Ms. Shannon Ooten - sooten@nwlsd.org
School Counselor
Ms. Leslie Twehues - ltwehues@nwlsd.org
School Nurse
Mrs. Amy Frimming - afrimming@nwlsd.org
Monfort Heights Elementary
Website
Location
3711 West Fork Road, Cincinnati, OH, USA
Phone Number
Facebook Page
www.facebook.com/MonfortHeightsElementary
Handbook Link
https://docs.google.com/document/d/164ha5vVHM-kE7BE-mVA4ZTqwFvkr9P9J/edit