MESSMORE MESSENGER COMMUNICATION

Our mission in Utica Community Schools ignites a passion for learning in all students. We strengthen our community by welcoming all learners, honoring culture, and inspiring remarkable growth and achievement.

SCHOOL HOURS: 8:30-3:20 DAILY

HALF-DAY HOURS: 8:30-11:34

BREAKFAST OPENS @ 8:10-8:25

email: mailto:officemessmore@uticak12.org

website: https://messmore.uticak12.org

Location: 8742 Dill Drive, Sterling Heights, MI 48312

Phone: 586-797-5600

Attendance Line: 586-797-5699 (24 hours)

NOVEMBER:

18: PICTURE RETAKE DAY

23-24: Kiwanis Club Canned Food Drive-Student Council Sponsored.

25-27: NO SCHOOL THANKSGIVING BREAK

30-DECEMBER 4th: MMA Sponsored SANTARIFFIC Shop!

DECEMBER:

Nov. 30-Dec. 4th: MMA SANTARIFFIC SHOP

7-18: MIDDLE SCHOOL COUNSELORS VISITING MESSMORE

Dec. 21-Jan. 3: NO SCHOOL-WINTER BREAK

JANUARY:

4: SCHOOL RESUMES

Messmore Families-

Since this Friday, November 13th, is World Kindness day, I would like to send a personal thank you for your continued support and partnership in your child's education, daily! We had a wonderful, full week together, filled with Montessori learning, exploration, and activities. We are so grateful to share these special experiences with your children each day.

Messmore is extremely excited to have a SPACE Spirit Day on Tuesday, November 17th in honor of NASA's, "Shine Bright for Voyager Light-Day!" Wear a space shirt to school and get your flashlights ready in the evening if you'd like to participate, see below for more information!

A quick reminder that Picture Retake day will take place on November 18th. Please see the forms below for additional information.

Wishing all of our families a relaxing and enjoyable weekend! Thank you for being such an important part of our Montessori community-feeling truly grateful for all of you!!!

Warmly,

Principal Ciacchella

REMINDERS:

• 11/16: Students that were writing a story for Kaleidoscope, entries due!!

• 11/17: Space Spirit Day for NASA Shine Bright for Voyager's Light Day!!

• 11/18: Picture Retake Day

UCS is surveying staff and community on the district’s long-range facility improvement program. The survey is available at https://www.uticak12.org/communitysurvey.

There has been an increased request for food assistance resources recently. The following are resources that can be shared with families regarding food assistance in Macomb County:

• Macomb County Food Resources by Community 9.26.25.pdf
• Macomb Community Food Resources
• https://pantrynet.org/mobile-distribution-events/Gleaners Mobile Pantry Drive Up Distribution Events
• https://www.forgottenharvest.org/find-food/ Forgotten Harvest Mobile Pantry locations
• https://mi211.org/food-assistance Michigan 211 Food Assistance Programs and location

This week, our Mavericks will be focusing on Peaceful expectations and have shifted into the Grace and Courtesy for this November. We will focus on Cultural Awareness.

Safety remains a priority for our school. Elementary is once again providing training to our students on our safety protocols. The protocols identify actions that students may be asked to take in the event of a potential incident: hold, secure, lockdown, evacuate and shelter.

The training is provided through a short, animated video. In the video, the teacher – Mrs. Appleton – and her students walk through the different responses in a very relaxed and engaging way for younger children. The script was written by our staff.

The protocols will continue to be part of the training while practicing our regular school safety drills, such as fire drills, security drills, tornado drills, evacuation procedures, etc.

The video is available for you to review at this link: UCS School Safety: Standard Response Protocol - Elementary - YouTube If you have any questions, please contact our office.

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.

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

From UCS:

"Meals for the 2026-27 School Year are Free for All UCS Students!

All UCS families are asked to complete the Education Benefits form Here - enter "Utica Community Schools" and follow the prompts. These forms help maintain our Title 1 funding as well as other essential funding for our schools. It can also help reduce fees for pay-to-play sports, lower internet costs, reduced AP/college application fees and more!

Most online forms are processed within two (2) working days compared to 10 using paper applications. Paper copies of these forms are distributed to all student households or are available at your child’s school.

Complete the forms and return them to your child’s school or mail them to: Utica Community Schools, Food & Nutrition Services, 11303 Greendale, Sterling Heights, MI 48312."

MEAL MAGIC ACCOUNT:

Families that wish to put money in their students’ Meal Magic account(s) via credit card will need to create a Family Portal account. Please go to https://utica.familyportal.cloud to create the account. This is also where parents can fill out the Educational Benefit Forms (EBF). Menus can still be found online at https://uticak12.nutrislice.com .

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Principal of Messmore Elementary School

Email: messmorequestions@uticak12.org
Website: https://www.uticak12.org/Messmore
Location: 8742 Dill Drive, Sterling Heights, MI, 48312 USA
Phone: (586)797-5600
Facebook: facebook.com/Messmore