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MONFORT ELEMENTARY

Address: 6700 Montgomery, Shelby Township 48316

Phone: 586-797-5700

Attendance Line: 586-797-5799

Office: officemonfort@uticak12.org

School hours: 9:05 am - 3:55pm

Half days: 9:05 am-12:09 pm

Hello, Monfort Families!

Can you believe it's already November? October flew by, and it's hard to believe we're heading into the holiday season! As we begin this month of gratitude, I want to thank our wonderful families for your continued support and partnership. We are so thankful for our Monfort community!

Just a reminder that there will be no school on Tuesday, November 3, due to teacher professional development.

Wishing everyone a wonderful start to November!

Warmly,

Debbie Nawrocki

Monfort Principal

Our Little Library

A huge thank you to our wonderful Girl Scout Troop 77547 for creating a Little Free Library as part of their service project! Located on our playground, this special addition encourages students to take a book, leave a book, or borrow a book to enjoy and return. We are so grateful to these amazing Girl Scouts for their hard work, generosity, and dedication to bringing more books and a love of reading to our Monfort students!

OCTOBER MASTERPIECES

Safety Information

We appreciate your partnership in maintaining a safe and positive learning environment for our students and staff. As a reminder, all visitors must follow these important safety protocols:

All visitors must use the intercom at the front door to notify the office of their arrival. Office staff will ask to see your identification and confirm the purpose of your visit before granting access to the building.
Visitors volunteering in classrooms or conducting business beyond the main office must register through the Raptor Visitor Management System, which includes a background check.

Thank you for your cooperation and continued commitment to school safety. If you have any questions, please contact our office at 586-797-5700.

PowerSchool Attendance Intervention

UCS is announcing an exciting new program we are implementing starting the beginning of November. To enhance communication regarding student attendance, we will be utilizing Attendance Intervention, a PowerSchool product designed to streamline updates and alerts for families. With Attendance Intervention, you will receive text messages and email alerts directly from teachers and school leaders, keeping you informed about your child's attendance in real time.

What makes Attendance Intervention unique?

· No Login Required: Messages will automatically be sent to the phone number and email address the school has on file for you.

· Direct Communication: Each message will come from a unique phone number associated with the sender. This direct line allows you to easily save the sender’s number in your phone and reply directly to them, if desired.

· Absence Alerts: Families will be notified if a student is absent from school in a timely fashion.

· Say Goodbye to Language Barriers: Attendance Intervention translates text and email messages into more than 90 languages, based on the preferred language on file.

We are confident that this program will enhance communication and ensure we are all working together to support our students’ successes. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to the school office.

Thank you for your continued partnership in your child’s education.

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PTO NEWS

Stay Connected with the PTO: We invite all Monfort families to register their children on our PTO website at https://monfortvolunteers.membershiptoolkit.com/home. The website is a valuable resource for up-to-date information about fundraisers and events, the PTO newsletter, school calendar, financial information and budget, meeting minutes, volunteer opportunities, teacher directory, online payment options and much more.

Please join us for our next PTO meeting on November 11, at 7pm in the Media Center

Raptor System- Volunteers

Volunteer applications need to be renewed annually. If the volunteer application was submitted in November, a new application does not need to be renewed until November (one calendar year). Raptor will automatically send a renewal application when the current volunteer approval is approaching its expiration date.

We are asking for your support to help keep our students safe.

All visitors to the classroom areas of our school are now being asked to swipe their driver’s license or government issued ID before entering the main part of our building. This swipe will quickly provide an updated check against national sex offender registries. This process is for anyone who is going past our school office for any reason.

If you are planning to volunteer in our classrooms or work directly with a student, you will need to have a volunteer background form on file. The form is located at this link. The background check involves multiple state and federal law enforcement data bases.

We greatly appreciate the involvement of our families and the difference you make at Monfort. Thank you for your partnership with this extra step that will improve safety in our school.

CLICK HERE FOR THE RAPTOR BACKGROUND CHECK LINK

Download Raptor Safe App

It is strongly recommended parents/guardians download the Raptor Safe app in order to create a visitor profile. The Raptor Safe app offers a convenient and secure way for visitors to manage and verify their identify before arriving at school. This profile provides a Raptor Passport which can be used to quickly and easily check in at the school office via the app.

Attendance

On the day of an absence, parent/guardian are asked to report an absence before the school day begins. Calls may be made 24 hours a day, seven days a week and will be received by an answering machine during non-school hours at 586-797-5799. Absences may also be reported by email at officemonfort@uticak12.org. Please do not call the main line, use the absence line or report by email. Documentation or other verification may be required to establish an excused absence. Please review the Board Policy 5115 below for more information regarding student attendance.

✈️ Planning a Vacation? Families may request up to 10 days of pre-approved vacation time by emailing Mrs. Nawrocki. Anything beyond 10 days will be marked as unexcused, and students may be dropped from enrollment if more than 10 unexcused days occur.