Marlette Elementary News

It's already June and everyone is enjoying a much deserved and certainly earned summer break. As you think about trips and plans for the summer months, please remember to keep our children reading all summer. Reading with and to your child is also great for ensuring all of the work they did this school year isn't lost to the dreaded "Summer Slide". Our 2020-2021 school year was definitely unique and challenging, but we are all looking forward to the amazingness in store for our 2021-2022 school year!

To ensure our next school year is the best it can possibly be, I'd like to invite all families to join me for a virtual meet up. Please remember that we are, "Better Together".

The elementary office will be closed during the month of July, but if you need anything, you can always email and I will get back with you ASAP, jvislosky@marletteschools.org.

Thank you for sharing your most precious resource with us!

Report cards will be mailed on June 18. Let us know if you don't receive it by June 25.

Please join me on Thursday, June 24, to discuss the challenges of this school year and the opportunities that await us in the next school year. Join me in the morning, evening, or both! I look forward to hearing about this school year from your perspective as well as sharing what we have in store for next year.

8:30 AM Link- https://meet.google.com/xfb-ykma-nqp

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 414-909-7597‬ PIN: ‪938 113 481‬#

8:30 PM Link- https://meet.google.com/psg-fojw-fpf

Or dial: ‪(US) +1 786-671-6905‬ PIN: ‪241 308 522‬#

Please be sure to check your Family Access account throughout the summer for important messages. To do so, log into your Family Access account and messages will appear on the home page. Anyone who is not currently set up for Family Access can email tech-help@marletteschools.org to set up an account.

You've heard all about summer slide and know that when students are not in school over the summer, they tend to fall backwards academically. Over time, these slips can turn into a landslide and put children a couple of years behind their peers. Students certainly deserve a break after working hard throughout the school year, but they shouldn't take the entire summer off. Children don't need an expensive personal tutor or software program to keep them up to speed, they just need to read! Please check out these resources and don't forget to swing by the Marlette District Library this summer!

This article is from the National Association of Elementary School Principals (NAESP). Every year before summer break begins, you will hear educators talking about "summer slide". This refers to students losing ground over the summer due to a lack of academic engagement. It doesn't take much to help students maintain or even gain some ground academically over the summer months. Ask them to add up the items when you grocery shop, read the newspaper aloud, or turn on closed captioning during their favorite show.

We know that our students earned their summer vacation this year and they deserve a break, but devoting 30 minutes a day to reading will make sure they maintain the skills they worked so hard for this year.

The Annual School Calendars along with District information may be accessed online at www.marletteschools.org.

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Breakfast and lunch will stay free through the 2021-22 school year!

School meals are a great value and a huge convenience for busy families, too! Parents are encouraged to complete the free & reduced meal form application each year as the qualifications change. Furthermore, forms may be resubmitted at any time during the school year if there is a change in financial status with the household. For more information, please contact the Superintendent’s Office at 989-635-4923.

JUNE DATES

June 18, Report cards mailed home

June 20, Father's Day

June 21- August 1, Elementary Office Closed

June 28, Board of Education meeting at 7:00 in the elementary library

July 26, Board of Education meeting at 7:00 in the elementary library

August 9, Board of Education meeting at 7:00 in the elementary library

August 30, First Day of School

Just a reminder that the Marlette Community Schools are a Tobacco Free School environment. Smoking, including e-cigarettes, is prohibited on all school property 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. This also applies to your personal vehicle on school property. Please extinguish all tobacco products before entering school district property. Our property is a Drug Free School Zone.

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Email: jvislosky@marletteschools.org
Website: marletteschools.org
Location: 6230 Euclid Street, Marlette, MI, United States
Phone: 989-635-7427
Facebook: facebook.com/mesraiders
Twitter: @mesraiders