Happy Valentine's Day!
Good afternoon! It has been a fun-filled spirit week at the Primary School with dress-up days and plenty of sharing of kindness and love. I continue to be so grateful to see your children daily and we are so fortunate to be learning in-person. We have taken a couple weeks of COVID-hits now, and though we know this will continue to be possible and is unpleasant, we are staying optimistic and being cautious in monitoring illness while also being conservative in our tracing efforts. We will do our best to exclude the least amount of students possible. We spend a lot of time measuring how long a positive individual was actually with other peers or adults to make sure that we do not exclude anyone unnecessarily.
I sure hope you all have enjoyed the Wishtree so far and below is the latest audio:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1UgDmsERqfKKkXBFGBVNJwVuVtghaKEzo/view?usp=sharing
**Very important transportation info**
If you are picking your children up in the drive-thru pick up lane, you must retrieve them from the sidewalk in front of the building. We have many that are walking off campus as though they are walking home and then getting into vehicles on the road. We are going to discuss this with students tomorrow and stop this completely as it is unsafe for the children on that busy, crowded road. If you park in the lot, you must walk across to the front sidewalk to retrieve your children. If you have someone else retreive your child from school, please discuss this with them as well.
Thank you for your help in keeping everyone safe! Have a great weekend and stay warm!
Sally Timm
Reminder - There will be no school on Monday, February 15th in observance of President's Day.
Looking around the halls today, you can tell it's Raider Day for Spirit Week! Raider Nation Proud!
It's always fun learning with a special friend!
FREE breakfast and lunch
Ms. Dougherty and Ms. Vaughn’s preschool class love sensory and fine motor activities!
The second grade classes have been working on writing directions to tell someone how to do something. Today students had guest visitors to try to follow the steps. Lots of laughs as they discovered steps they left out when making the perfect peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Good rainy morning everyone,
We are now 5 weeks back from winter break and are more than 100 days into this school year. We celebrated the 100th day on Tuesday and all joined in on the excitement of what is means to be practicing in-person school. We did take a couple of COVID hits to our quarantine numbers but still less than we have had in earlier parts of the year. We have been riding on a cloud with the four weeks of a COVID-free building, but we are also realistic in knowing that the virus is not gone. As always, continue to monitor symptoms and to keep your children at home when they are not feeling well or when someone in the home is awaiting a COVID test result.
I hope that you are enjoying your family book read of Wishtree and if you have not received your book, please call the school and let us know. Copies were given to the oldest sibling in the building to bring home. If you would prefer to listen to the book, you can access the read aloud daily through Teacherease, Facebook, or class dojo. Here is today's reading, Ch 6 and 7: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1JDjTN95--2Xkan1V6wLOJ2jKnaT1j3lp/view?usp=sharing
Our building theme for February is We Are Kind. We are talking about the many ways to show kindness and PBIS is hosting a Spirit Week next week with the following activities:
Monday February 8-Pajama Day
Tuesday February 9-Crazy Hair Day
Wednesday February 10- Decades Day
Thursday February 11-Raider Spirit Day
Friday February 12-Valentinte's Dress Up Day
Please contact your child's classroom teacher if you need more details on this Spirit Week or on upcoming Valentine's Day parties.
With pending colder temperatures and the potential for snow at this time of the year, we will communicate school closures with you through local news, district Facebook pages, and a generated phone call from Dr. Hellrigel should the need arise. Please make sure that your children have appropriate clothing for the very cold temps as well (coat, hat, gloves).
No School February 15-President's Day
Sign up for Preschool Screenings before February 18 if you have a 3 year old that you would like to attend.
Miles Of Smiles dental clinic is February 19 and paperwork must be completed ahead of time so return that as soon as possible.
Have a great end to your week everyone, and stay warm and safe out there!
Sally Timm
Yesterday, MCPS students celebrated their 100th day of school!
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Free mobile food distribution
Even though this winter has been mild so far, I am wishing for an early Spring.
Which do you hope for?
Jaylen completed his January Pizza Hut Reading Goal! WTG Jaylen!!
Wishtree books are coming home today for each family to enjoy the story. Please follow the reading plan and discuss the corresponding questions with your family!
Are you interested in a career that will make a huge difference in the lives of your community and their children? You might want to consider the Golden Apple Accelerators Program.
This Program provides a path to teaching for career-changers and soon-to-be graduating college seniors who aren’t currently on a teaching pathway. Participants in this 15-month residency and training program must commit to teaching in our partner school districts for four years after obtaining their teaching license.
The deadline to apply is February 1, 2021. You can apply online at: https://goldenapple.academicworks.com/opportunities/89
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Today was the MCPS Spelling Bee Championship! The competition was tough and all of the students did an EXCELLENT job!
Congrats each of you!
First Place - Max Dierker
Second Place - Nora Jockisch
Participants - Trenton Butler, Julia Rasmussen, Camden Mitzelfelt, Mia Warner, Owen Kolves
If you missed the live stream, you can find the video here: https://www.facebook.com/MidwestCentralPrimarySchool/videos/406707060633171
We made it a snow day in pre-k! Mrs. Dougherty and Ms. Vaughn’s class read a story about snow, made snow puffy paintings and played with shaving cream “snow”! We even got some practice writing letters and our names with it!
Updated guidelines for MC sporting events
