August/Sept. Principal's Newsletter

Welcome back to school! Mr. Zlupko and I are excited for our 2025 - 2026 school year!

The first day of school for students in Kindergarten - 5th Grade will be on Tuesday, August 26,2025.

Our doors will open at 8:00 a.m. for students. For the safety of our students, students are not permitted on school grounds unaccompanied before 8:00 a.m. Breakfast will be served between 8:00 a.m. - 8:25 a.m.

SCHOOL DAY

Our School Day for all Kindergarten through Grade 5 is 8:25 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Students arriving after 8:30 a.m. will be marked late. If your child is late to school, you must sign them in at the main office with the building secretary. If there is a change in your child's dismissal, please contact the main office by 2:00 p.m.

During the first few days of school, our arrival and dismissal tends to take a little long, as our staff are familiarizing themselves with families and their vehicles.

Please review and follow our arrival/dismissal procedures. Your cooperation helps decrease a lengthy arrival/ dismissal process and ensures the safety of all.

Grandview Elementary Arrival: Car/Van Rider

• Stay in the single file car line (please do not block the driveway or park behind the black gate)
• Stay in your car
• A staff member will come to your car, and help your child out of the car
• Your child will enter the main doors into the building

Grandview Elementary Arrival: Walker

• Please walk your child to the main entry doors (you may not enter the building with your child)
• School staff will help your child get to their assigned location

Grandview Elementary Dismissal:

IMPORTANT: To change your child’s normal dismissal procedure, you must write a note or call the school office prior to 2:00 p.m. We cannot accept verbal notice from a student - dismissal via the usual mode of transportation will hold precedence.

PLACARDS:

• · Bring the placard with you when you pick up your child from Grandview Elementary.
• · Your dismissal placard will have your child’s last name and grade.

WALKERS (If you walk on foot to pick up your child):

• · At the Grandview Garden doors, line up behind the cone that corresponds with your child’s grade.
• · Have your placard out and ready.
• · A staff member will collect your name and walk your child to you.

CAR RIDERS (If you pick up your child in a car)

• · Have your placard visible on the passenger side of the car.
• · Stay in your car and follow the car line.
• · School staff take your child to your car, open the door, and assist them into the car

Morrisville Intermediate School Arrival: Car/Van Riders

• Stay in the single file car line (do not go around other cars)
• Your child will exit the passenger side of the vehicle in a timely manner
• Your child will enter through the Great White doors

• Staff will monitor student arrival

Morrisville Intermediate School Arrival: Walker

• Please walk your child to the Great White doors (you may not enter the building with your child)
• School staff will help your child get to their assigned location

Morrisville Intermediate School Dismissal:

PLACARDS:

• · Bring the placard with you when you pick up your child from Morrisville Intermediate School.
• · Your dismissal placard will have your child’s last name and grade.

WALKERS (If you walk on foot to pick up your child):

• · With your placard, line up behind the sign that reads “Morrisville Intermediate School Walker Pick-Up” by the side gym lobby doors to the M/S High School.
• · Have your placard out and ready.

CAR RIDERS (If you pick up your child in a car)

• · Have your placard visible on the passenger side of the car.
• · Stay in your car and follow the car line.
• · School staff will guide your child to our single file car line.

Punctuality and regular attendance are essential skills that children need to learn at an early age to prepare for lifelong career opportunities. Demonstrate to your children that school is important by supporting the effort to have your child(ren) arrive on time each school day. Consistent attendance and punctuality are critical to each child’s maximum learning experience.

If your child(ren) will be absent from school, we kindly ask that you do not send a Class DoJo message to your child's teacher. Please email Elementaryattendance@mv.org or send in a written note with your child's name, grade, and reason for being absent.

Please see our Attendance Letter attached below.

Breakfast and lunch will be free for all students. Students are required to know and enter their student ID number when receiving breakfast or lunch. In your child's welcome letter, you should have received your child's breakfast/lunch code. We ask that you work with your child on memorizing their student ID number. We appreciate your assistance!

Snacks will also be sold during lunch. If you are sending snack money in for your child, we ask that you send money in an envelope with your child's name, grade and amount of money.

You can review the menu for Grandview Elementary by clicking here.

You can review the menu for Morrisville Intermediate School by clicking here.

*Please note that menus are subject to change.

For more information about our school meal program, please visit our Dining Services website.

Snack:

Elementary students have a nutritional working snack time built into their schedule each day. If you wish for your child to take part in the nutritional snack time, students are responsible for bringing in their own healthy snack to school each day as it will not be provided by the school. Sweets, such as donuts, cookies, and other snacks high in sugar are discouraged. Consider the following foods as acceptable for snack:

We ask that you review and complete the following forms that were either mailed in your welcome letter and will be sent home with students in their first day folder:

• Emergency Cards (one for the office and one for the nurse)
• Arrival/Dismissal Form
• Handbook/Media Release Form
• Walking Permission Form

We are looking for gently worn clothes donations for our school nurses. Accidents can happen at anytime, and our supply on extra clothes for students is limited. If you have extra clothes you are willing to donate, please send them in a bag labeled, "nurse".

Our mission is to foster and promote a safe and positive school environment that enhances student learning and overall success through teaching and acknowledging positive behavior.

In our schools, our students and staff follow B.A.R.K.:

• Be Safe

• Always Doing My Best

• Respecting Myself and Others

• Kindness

We believe that a good behavior policy has a set of standards and expectations which promotes appropriate behavior, and which focuses on teaching children self-control, responsibility, and respect for others. Children who do not meet these standards and expectations will be addressed in a dignified manner. Consequences for inappropriate behavior will be logical and timely. An effort will be made to reinforce students who demonstrate positive behavior.

Take a few moments to review our School-wide Positive Behavior Supports Handbook linked here.

Back to School Nights will be:

• 9/11 - Grandview Elementary School
• 9/18 - Morrisville Intermediate School

See the attached flyers for more information!

The PTO Chalk the Walk event will be Monday, August 25th. Please see the attachment below for more information!

The first PTO Open Meeting of the year will be held on Wednesday, September 3, 202t5 beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Grandview Elementary. We hope to see you there!

If you are interested in joining our PTO or helping with events throughout the school year, please email gvimpto@gmail.com .

Please see our attached calendar for this month attached below for important dates this month!