Pine Panther Pulse

Hello Pine Families!

Two more weeks of school until Christmas Break! There will be lots of testing and learning to be done during this time! Picture retakes will be this Wednesday for students who were not here during the original shoot or who are retaking pictures they already paid for. The Mobile Dentist will also be at Pine early this week too! Don't forget about the annual One City, One Sound program taking place this Thursday at MCHS! Our annual Food and Clothing drive continues as well. See the information below for more details.

Winter weather is here. Make sure your child is dressed properly for the cold! We will be going outside for recess as often as possible, so students should be have what they need to stay warm while having fun on the playground. Hoodies are shirts, not coats, and should not be considered sufficient attire. Hats, gloves, and scarves are encouraged as well.

Let's keep reading at home each day, coming to school on time, and showing those Habits of Character. It's the Wolfie Way!

We're looking forward to another great week of learning at Pine!

David A Alvarado

Principal

Parent score reports for the ILEARN Checkpoint assessment recently completed by our 3rd - 6th grade students have been shared electronically with Pine families. To access your child's report, please follow the steps below...

ILEARN Checkpoint Letters

• Steps for Next Path Parent Portal:

1. Go to Next Path - https://nextpath.app/login

2. The parent uses their personal email

3. Claim your student by entering birthdate and first and last initial.

4. The parent will see their student’s data.

With winter weather on the way, there is always a chance that MCAS will call an unscheduled eLearning Day. If/When this happens, Pine students will follow the schedule below for live, online instruction with their teachers to keep the learning going from home. See the webpages linked here and here for more information.

Elementary School Students:

Live instruction

9:00am - 11:55am

(Break for lunch 11:55am-12:25pm)

Independent work, individual/small group instruction, and email support: 12:25-3:00pm

Our chorus performance begins at minute 24 of the video linked below.

Doors open at Pine each morning at 8:25, beginning Oct. 20. Students have until 8:45 to arrive, have breakfast, and wait with their classmates in the gym. Teachers pick up students by 8:35 to head to classrooms. Students arriving after 8:45 are marked tardy. Be sure your children arrive on time!

Late arriving students should be walked into the office by a family member and signed in. Please refrain from dropping tardy students off at the curb without checking them in. Student absences should be called into the office. Students learn most when they are at school each day! Let's work together to have the best attendance possible!

Arrival Procedures

Doors open at Pine at 8:25 AM. Parents dropping off students at school should only use the north parking lot by the Red Pod. PreK families, students requiring special assistance, and families who need to visit the office may park in the south lot by the main entrance. No parents should park along the curb at the main entrance as this area is designated only for school buses. Breakfast is served from 8:25 - 8:45. Students arriving after 8:45 will be marked tardy. Attendance matters!

Dismissal Procedures

The final bell rings at 3:00. Bus riders will be escorted by their teachers to their proper buses. Boys and Girls Club members will report to the cafeteria. Car riders will report to the red pod where staff will organize them per our dismissal procedures. Parents picking up students should join the line around the north parking lot. Please comply with all instructions and expectations while remembering that student safety trumps adult preferences at all times. Parents must communicate any changes in dismissal plans to the office before 2:00 to ensure they are shared with teachers.

All students will have a supervised 15 minute recess each day before lunchtime.

All Pine students are invited to take a school breakfast and school lunch each day at no cost to families. Parents who prefer to send a home lunch with their child are of course welcome to do so.

See the link below for information on our Strategic Plan, the document that sets the purpose and describes our goals for serving our community.

https://www.mcas.k12.in.us/strategicplanning

Talk to your child's teacher about how communication will take place between home and the classroom this year! Whether it be via Class Dojo, email, or some other communication method, when teachers and parents stay in touch and work together, our students benefit the most!

Missed an issue of the Pine Panther Pulse? They're all archived on our website at the link below!

https://pine.educatemc.net/welcome-to-pine/news