Bulldog Bulletin 4

• Vision: Anna P. Mote Elementary will prepare our students to make positive contributions to society by being culturally responsive and civically conscious critical thinkers.

• Mission: To provide a family-oriented school community where all members are committed to the academic, social, and emotional growth for all students.
• School's Core Values:
• Give Respect, Be Responsible, Cooperate with Others, Welcome Diversity, Learn with a Growth Mindset

Monday September 15- B Day

Tuesday September 16- C Day, 4pm Fusco Fundraiser

Wednesday September 17- D Day, 7pm Board Meeting

Thursday September 18- A Day

Friday September 19- B Day, MTSS Pep Rally, School Spirit Day

Monday September 22- Professional Learning Day/ No school for Students

Tuesday September 23- Schools Closed/ Offices Open/No School for Students

Wednesday September 24- C Day

Thursday September 25- D Day, 6pm Back to School Night

Friday September 26- A Day

It was so great to see so many of you at the Block Party last weekend! Thank you for coming out and showing Bulldog Pride!

Please join us for our first off site fundraiser on September 16.

Your child came home with a letter today about a school program offered by the Food Bank of Delaware. This program provides students with food to bring home for the weekend every Friday afternoon. Those enrolled last year will automatically be enrolled this year unless you opt out of the program. If you are interested, please complete the back of the form sent home with your child. If you did not receive a flier, please email Briah.Hobbs@redclay.k12.de.us.

Great Things Happening at Mote

Dear Families,

I wanted to share that I will be transitioning to Lewis Elementary beginning Monday September 8th to serve as Student Advisor. While this was not an easy decision, I’m excited for the new opportunities ahead. It has been an absolute joy and privilege to work with your children and be part of this wonderful school community. Thank you for your support, kindness, and partnership throughout my time here. I will truly miss being part of our rich school community. Please know that our team is committed to continuing to support your students and Mrs. Nye will be available to meet all students counseling needs and additional details will follow regarding additional staffing. It has been a joy to support your students.

~ Dr. Johnson

Voluntary Student Accident Insurance

Voluntary Student Accident Insurance- Spanish

Arrival

Our doors open for students at 8:50. Students may not be dropped off prior to 8:50am. Car riders shall use our car line in the front of the school and enter the front door. The line may look long, but it is a quick and safe process for our students. Parking and walking your child to the front door hinders our car line from running smoothly.

Walkers enter the door closest to Duncan Road. The drive to the parking lot from Duncan Road is closed to cars at 8:45 every morning. If you are driving your child to school, please use the entrance from Kirkwood Highway.

Dismissal

We do not dismiss students early after 3:15. We do not make dismissal changes after 3:15. Our dismissal process begins at 3:50 pm. If your child is a car rider, please make sure you have a car number and use our car line. It is much safer than parents parking and walking with their child through our parking lot.

Thank you for helping to keep our kids safe!

Infinite Campus is our new information system that replaced eSchool and Home Access Center. Every parent should have received an email with instructions on setting up your parent portal. The parent portal provides you with access to a lot of information and allows you to make changes to emergency contacts, medical information, phone numbers, emails, etc. It also allows you to view information about schedules, grades, transportation, etc.

Please be patient with our front office staff, teachers, admin, nurse, and transportation as we all learn to navigate this system with you.

Transportation is working hard to correct any errors, set up transportation for new students, and make necessary changes due to IEPs. It is one department working for the entire district so changes will take longer than normal. Please make arrangements to provide your own transportation while waiting for bus information to be sent to you.

Parent Portal Instructions

Safety remains our top priority. Our staff is ready to meet the needs of all of our students, academically, socially, and emotionally.

• All exterior doors remain closed and locked at all times.
• All classroom doors are locked, although may be propped while the students and staff are in the classrooms.
• All non employees must access the building through the front office only where they are screened prior to entry. All adults must have id to sign out a child.
• We have a counselor, Dr. Johnson, assigned to grades K-2 and a counselor, Mrs. Nye, assigned to grades 3-5. We also a full time psychologist, Mr. Kupelian, a part time psychologist, Dr. Teaford, and a part time psychologist intern, Ms. Vanderloo.

If you have any questions about safety and security, please email lauren.young@redclay.k12.de.us.

Many of you saw Mote's brand new Book Vending Machine. We are so excited for students to begin using it. Any books "purchased" from the vending machine are the student's book to keep. We will have a ribbon cutting ceremony soon. More information to come...

One Stop Shop

Email: lauren.young@redclay.k12.de.us
Website: https://www.redclayschools.com/mote
Location: 2110 Edwards Avenue, Wilmington, DE, USA
Phone: 302-992-5565
Facebook: facebook.com/MoteBulldogs
Twitter: @MoteBulldogs