MCE News!

Mrs. Jeania Burton, Principal

Mrs.Jill Jacob, Assistant Principal

Our Mission;

Lifelong Learners: Motivate, Challenge, Educate!

MCE’s PBIS Principles:

Rule #1 - Be Cooperative - Follow Directions Quickly

Rule #2 - Be Respectful - Raise Your Hand

Rule #3 - Be Safe - KHFAAOOTY

Rule #4 - Act Responsibly - Make Smart Choices

Rule #5 Be Kind - Treat Others The Way You Want To Be Treated

The Montgomery Standard will run Letters to Santa again this year.

Please have your students' letters sent to the MCE office by Dec 9th if you would like us to deliver them to the Standard. Each letter must be legible and each must be signed clearly with first and last name.

If you would like to take your child's letter to the Standard yourself, the deadline to submit them is Dec. 10. They will run them on Dec. 22 in the paper.

You are invited to join us for our annual Cocoa and Caroling Night on Friday, December 10th.

The schedule for caroling will be as follows:

5:30 Preschool Concert 5:45 preschool visits Santa in the Library and please visit the cafeteria for Cocoa and family activities before concert or after Santa.

6:00 K & 1st Grade Concert 6:15 K & 1st grade visit Santa in the Library and please visit the cafeteria for Cocoa and family activities before concert or after Santa.

6:45 2nd & 3rd Grade Concert 7:00 2nd & 3rd grade visit Santa in the Library and please visit the cafeteria for Cocoa and family activities before concert or after Santa.

7:30 4th & 5th Grade Concert 7:454th & 5th grade visit Santa in the Library and please visit the cafeteria for Cocoa and family activities before concert or after Santa.

We begin our instructional school day at 7:50 am. It is important that all students arrive at school on time. Anyone who arrives after 7:50 am is considered tardy.

Our doors open at 7:30 am. Students may not arrive prior to this time, as we do not have anyone on duty to provide supervision until 7:30 am. Breakfast is served 7:30 - 7:50 am. Morning assembly begins at 7:50 am and students go directly to class following assembly.

Absences

Parents and guardians should report each student's absence by calling the school office before 9:00 a.m. on the morning of the absence. (Our attendance line is 573-564-3711 ext 3069) Following any absence, a follow-up note must be sent to the school indicating the dates(s) and the reason for the absence.

In order to participate in or attend a school-sponsored activity, a student must be present at school for at least half of the day. Unusual circumstances can result in this requirement being waived only after parent contact with the principal.

How to notify the office of changes to your child's end of day dismissal routine:

It is important that you have a consistent routine for your child to follow at the end of each day. If you need to make a change to your child’s normal routine you must send a note with your child in the morning. Do not personally contact your child's teacher by text during the school day. Teachers are busy teaching all day, and do not have time to check for messages. To ensure your child gets to the proper destination you must inform the office.

In an emergency, you may call, but you MUST speak to a secretary before 2pm. Do not leave a message on the school answering service. The answering service is to report absences only, and it is not checked throughout the day. ONLY call in the event of an emergency. A note should be sent if you know in advance of a schedule change.

We will not make any changes after 2pm. Our goal is to get every student safely to their correct destination at the end of each day. We need your help to make sure this happens.

Our teachers are available for parent conferences by appointment during their plan time and between 3:45 and 4:10 pm.

Students are invited to wear their favorite holiday hat to school on Wednesday, Dec 15th with a donation to the Hydrocephalus association.

The annual basketball Pink Out game between Montgomery County R-II and Wellsville-Middletown R-I will be held at MCHS on Friday, December 17. MCHS Student Council is selling t-shirts to support the cause. If you are interested, please use the link below to order.

https://forms.gle/DgkMTTnqfx1VcNUK8

The last week of the 2021 semester we will celebrate with a Holiday Spirit Week. Students are invited to join us in the fun by dressing up the following days:

Monday, December 20 - School is in session - Ugly Christmas Sweater Day

Tuesday, December 21 - Dress as your favorite character from the North Pole

Wednesday - December 22 - PJ/Polar Express Day

• Holiday Parties, led by your classroom teacher, will be held this afternoon.

December 23 - January 4 - Christmas Vacation

Wednesday, January 5th - Students resume classes

It is important that our families complete and submit the Free & Reduced Lunch applications. Please contact Debbie in our office if you have not done so.

Thank you for your help with this matter!

MCHS FCCLA will once again be collecting soda tabs for the central Missouri Ronald McDonald House charities. They will be sent in via homeroom teacher (or seminar teacher at MCHS) as part of National FCCLA week in February. If you want to help this great mid-Missouri cause, start collecting your soda tabs! Keep your tabs at home until we collect them for the competition next semester or feel free to send them to the MCHS FCCLA now as a general donation.

If you weren't aware, the Ronald McDonald House program helps reduce stress and the financial burden for families when they have a child staying in the hospital. The program helps with meals and provides housing while the family deals with the medical needs of their child.

Friday, November 19th we held our monthly academic awards assembly. Below are pictures of those receiving recognition on Friday!

MCE's 2nd & 3rd grade fine arts night was Thursday, November 18th.

Thank you to everyone who attended. They did an amazing job! You can see for yourself by clicking the link below.

Thank you to everyone who supported our arts program by purchasing a piece of art from their art show!

I encourage all to sign up for the Science Fair if you have not done so already. This is a fun learning challenge for our students! The Elder's have worked hard to secure donations for this event and the many great prizes to share with the winners of the contest.

If you have signed up, be sure to start working on your projects early!

I received an email from the company we purchased the new playground equipment from. Our sales representative expained that the raw materials have been on backorder. They have pushed our tentative delivery date to January 28th at this time.

I visited with Mr. Stille, our maintence director, and he has a location we can store the playground until the weather is favorable to install it. Once I have a more definate date, I will need parent volunteers to help us with the installation of the project.

At this time, we are going to remove the equipment that will be replaced. It has become unsafe for the students to play on. The slide is cracked and the platform is unstable.

We are excited to share that we have scheduleed the following events back into our schedule. At this time we have been told there are no restrictions for after school activities.

Please add the following dates to your calendar, and look for more information on each event to be shared in the future.

January 21 - Mom & Daughter Night

February 19 - Daddy - Daughter Dance

March 18 - Carnival - 5:30-7:30

April 23 - Mom & Son Night

We are excited to invite parents back into the building for these fun family activities!

Our PTO meetings are scheduled for:

November 18

February 17

April 21

These will be held in the MCE Cafeteria. All parents are invited to attend!

Student Council News:

Student Council will be hosting our annual Holiday Shop Dec. 14-17. Students are invited to shop for items for their family members at school. No item will be over $5.

Student Council has started helping lead our morning assemblies at MCE! I appreciate their help with leading the Pledge of Allegience, announcing birthdays and sharing our daily lunch menu.

Student Council has renewed our subscription to You Uplift - MCE's Kindness Wall. You may go to our webpage to view and submit your own positive notes and pictures!

Our Future Change the World Days are:

December 15th - The Hydrocephalus Association

January 19th - Epilepsy Awareness

February 16th - American Heart Association

March 16th - Down Syndrome Association

April 20th - Montgomery County Back To School Supplies Drive

May 18th - Super Sam’s Foundation

MCE is planning its annual Fine Arts Series.

Please mark the following dates on your calendars.

December 10th - MCE's Cocoa and Caroling Night

February 17th - 4th & 5th Grade

April 21st - Kindergarten & 1st Grade

Students will perform songs they are learning in music, and their artwork will be on display for you to enjoy.

The times for the concerts will be announced closer to the date.

This is a reminder that students must turn in their homework from the time they are quarantined in order to make up their attendance for each day they are absent. If the homework is not completed, they are counted absent for those days. If you have any questions, please contact your child's teacher or our office.

Stay up to date with everything going on in our MCE Community. Click the link below for all the important dates we have scheduled.

2021-2022 Important Dates for MCE Families

December 3rd - Mid-Term Reports go home

December 7th - Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day

December 9th - BOE meeting

December 10th - MCE Cocoa & Caroling

December 14-17 - Student Council's Holiday Shoppe will be open

December 15th - MCE StuCo Change the World Day - The Hydrocephalus Association

December 17th - December Academic Awards Assembly - 7:50 am

December 20th - Monday - School is in Session. We will follow a Thursday schedule. MCE's Academic Team will hold their annual competition.

December 22nd - Last Day of School before break - Full Day

December 23rd - January 4th - Christmas Break

January 5th - Classes Resume

January 7th - 2nd quarter reports sent home

January 7th - We will recognize Law Enforcement Appreciation Day (1/9)

January 10th - PD Monday

January 13th - Science Fair

January 13th - BOE meeting

January 19th - MCE StuCo Change the World Day - Epilepsy Awareness

January 21 - MCE PTO Mom & Daughter Night

January 25th - 29th - Great Kindness Challenge Week

January 28th - January Academic Awards Assembly - 7:50 am

Lunch Charges

Please be aware that all 1st lunches are free this year. If your child wants to order a 2nd lunch or an extra milk, they will be charged for these items.

We appreciate you filling out the Free & Reduced Lunch application. While lunches are free at this time, some of our school programs' funding is based on the percentage of students who qualify for free and reduced lunches. Our Title I Reading program is one of these programs. We need you to complete and return this application to help with the funding of these programs. Thank you!

Handbook and Social Media Forms

This is a reminder that the elementary parent/student handbook is found online. You can access it by clicking this link or by visiting our web page, clicking parent information and then choosing Handbook.

We must have your signed permission before we are allowed to include your student's picture in any posts on social media pertaining to MCE. We love to celebrate the learning happening at MCE, and we do this by sharing pictures.

Please return the signed permission form to your child's teacher as soon as possible, if you have not done so.

Motivate, Challenge, Educate - Life Long Learners!

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