Eastside Parent/Caregiver Info

Hello Eastside Families,

I’m excited to formally introduce myself as the new principal of Eastside Elementary for those I have yet to meet. A little bit about myself: I grew up in Northwest Iowa but have lived in the Iowa City area for most of the past 25 years. I have two sons—Connor (21) and Cooper (18)—and I began my career teaching 6th grade while also serving as a successful head high school basketball coach. My own educational journey took me to the University of Sioux Falls, where I played basketball, and later to the University of Iowa, where I earned my master’s degree

I recently moved to the East side of Madison to be with my significant other, and I am already loving the Sun Prairie/Madison area. The first month of school has been an incredible experience. Meeting families, building strong relationships with our teachers, and—most importantly—working with our learners has been the true joy of this school year so far. It is already clear to me that Eastside is a community filled with passion, pride, and deep commitment to our kids.

When I’m not at school, you’ll often find me cheering on my beloved Minnesota Timberwolves or Iowa Hawkeyes, enjoying some live music, or relaxing with a good movie or TV show.

My door is always open, and I look forward to partnering with you in the best interest of every learner at Eastside. Thank you for welcoming me so warmly—I’m excited about what we will accomplish together.

With gratitude,

Shane Boeve

Principal, Eastside Elementary

Morning Drop Off

7:30 a.m. Bell rings to let students in to eat breakfast (Main front doors only)

7:35 a.m. All students can come in through designated doors

7:40 a.m. Attendance is taken

Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays

2:40 p.m. Dismissal

Thursdays (EARLY RELEASE)

1:30 p.m. Dismissal

ATTENDANCE LINE: 608-834-7400 #1

If your child will be late, sick or just out for the day, please be sure to call the attendance line by 8:00 am. The bell rings and attendance is taken at 7:40am.

PLEASE make sure your information in Infinite Campus is up to date with emergency contact information in case your student is ill and needs to go home.

Website: https://www.sunprairieschools.org/eastside
Location: 661 Elizabeth Lane, Sun Prairie, WI, USA
Phone: (608) 834-7400

October 6th- No School

Professional Development Day

October 10th- Goldie Gallop

8-11:15am, Rain or Shine

October 14th- ESCO Meeting

6:30- 7:30pm MPR Room

October 15th- Picture Retake Day

During school hours

October 20th- October 24th

Parent/Caregiver Conferences

October 24th- No School

Angy Gagliano is our new Speech Therapist. She recently returned to the United States after living in England for a year. She has been a speech and language therapist for over 20 years and has most recently worked in DeForest and Stoughton Schools.

Traci Brehmer is our new Library Assistant. She has worked for the district since 2012. She was an SEA at Horizon, worked at the Welcome Desk at the DSC and is now settling into the Library Assistant positions at Eastside and Royal Oaks. She lives in Sun Prairie with her husband, two dogs and three children. Traci is excited to be an Eagle and get to work with Eastisde's staff and students!

Andrew Bertone is our new Cross Category Teacher. He is excited to be here and can't wait for the year ahead!

Emily Hunt is our new Instructional Assistant, and as a Sun Prairie alum she is very excited to be back home and working at Eastside this year! Go Eagles!

Alyssa Achenreiner is our new Special Education Assistant. She is excited to be here and can't wait for the year ahead!

Donna Slotten is our new Special Education Assistant. She comes from the Fall River School District where she worked for 16 years as a SEA. She is a mom to two grown children, and enjoys reading in her spare time.

Kortnie Woloszyk is our new Lead Food server. She lives in Marshall and graduated from Marshall in 2014. She's been married for 5 years as of October 1st and has a 13 year old daughter. She loves to read, go fishing, hunting and spend time with her husband Luke and daughter Marissa.

Linda Lohrei is our new Food Server Assistant. She is excited to be here and can't wait for the year ahead!

With the weather changing, please send your student(s) with a change of clothes to keep at school.

Spills, accidents, and playground puddles are all possible scenarios on why your student may need to change during the school day.

Eastside's Health office is located next to the main office and Nurse Emily McCabe's phone number is 608-834-7406.

If your student has prescription medicine that needs to be administered during school hours, please send signed doctor orders in. This also applies to inhalers.

As we enjoy many celebrations throughout the year, please read about birthday treats and classroom snacks guidelines for the safety of our students with allergies:

1. All treats need to be peanut/tree nut free

2. The food must be store bought, it can't be homemade or made in the home of someone who makes treats for a business (that is NOT considered store bought)

3. The food must be individually wrapped by the manufacturer with the ingredient label

4. Just to be clear, cupcakes in a box are not allowed because they are NOT individually wrapped

5. Treats can also be small nonfood items (water bottle stickers, erasers, pencils, etc.)

Please see below for examples of what can be brought as a birthday treat/classroom snack - it is not all inclusive, just some examples.

Please see this document for music performances for the 25/26 school year: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1BjIeBeLmR8uEmqSGEbqMLwkCm5vTPiOOulWtIfd5la8/edit?usp=sharing

4th & 5th Grade Music Club

Mark your calendars for the following performance dates:

• National Anthem at the Madison Capitols Hockey Game - Saturday, January 31st, 7:00-9:30pm
• All City Choir Festival Rehearsal - Monday, March 2nd, 4:00-5:00pm
• All City Choir Festival Concert - Tuesday, March 3rd, 7:00-8:30pm

Equity Corner

• September 15th-October 15th is Hispanic Heritage Month. Here are some activities that you can share with your child to continue their learning at home: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/e/2PACX-1vRm0EYnulaFT5hJmQs-XzwD95Idw7K8b37vsEo_cXkxcVMFqs_IZp2aK04VjZTqVjwJVvq0Ts8YkUzt/pub?start=false&loop=false&delayms=3000
• In September, we read a book as a whole school called "Whoever You Are" by Mem Fox to help us learn about kindness and respecting others, even when we are different from each other. We then made a Kindness Quilt to practice kind actions. If you would like to share the story again with your child at home, here is a recording: https://youtu.be/f0J6tKoT53Y?si=zmCBT9Ff6w20yxSh

How to pay for your students food service accounts

Log into Infinite Campus. The home screen will show you general information, including your students' food service balance.

Click on the three bars on the top left hand side of the screen to open a drop down menu. Click on Food Service.

Here you may make payment on your students accounts:

• One time payment - click pay, fill in the amount you would like to pay, click on add to cart, go to cart and pay.

• Recurring payment - click My accounts (on the right side of the screen) and click recurring payments to set up a recurring payment.

Payments may also be made by cash or check in our Nutrition Office, or brought to school and given to the front office.

These Parent/Caregiver Curriculum Guides, available in English and Spanish were created in collaboration with teachers, school social workers, school counselors and administration to provide guidance about child development, end of year learning goals, and how families can support learning through activities outside of school. We welcome our families. We honor what you bring to our learning community. We want to partner with you in ways that help your child.

New Electronic Safety Tip Line

The safety and security of our students and staff is a top priority for the district. We have been teaching our students to say something to a trusted adult when they see something unsafe. Sometimes, though, there are barriers to reporting safety issues in person. Tip lines are one common approach that schools use to promote school and student safety and well-being. Tip lines are designed to provide students or other members of the public with a safe and confidential way to report a threat to a student or school safety.

To that end, we have created an Electronic Safety Tip Line available on the district website. The e-Tip Line allows students, parents, or community members to report weapons, threats of violence, bullying, sexual harassment, threat of suicide, drugs, and any other activity that could potentially endanger students, staff, and property.

We are developing a communication plan to roll this out to students in upper elementary, middle school, and high school. The e-Tip Line is available on the district website from the “Families” menu and “Quicklinks” and can also be found on the district bullying and safety webpages. If a student wishes to file a bullying report, please fill out a Bullying Report Form on the website.

Please take a look through the links below for more information on some technology updates to our filter policy, our loaner chromebook procedures, and our new focused browsing tool called Securly Classroom.

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