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Parent Newsletter
PRINCIPAL'S MESSAGE I would like to thank you for your support, cooperation and involvement during the 2007-2008 school year. It has been great year and I can't believe it is almost over. Meadow Lane students have many activities yet to complete this year, so I hope you will be able to participate in them. • "Education Celebration": The turnout was tremendous! The students' products and performances were great. We hope you found the evening enjoyable. In addition, I want to thank all the staff members for their year-long efforts with the students in order to provide such a wonderful evening event. • S.A.I.L. Summer School Program: Booklets detailing course offerings and registration forms were sent home with every student. Registration began March 31 st on a first-come, first-serve basis by mail-in only. Enrollment deadline is Friday, May 9, 2008. Students must enroll in the grade completed during the 2007-2008 school year. There is now a link on the Olathe School District web site ( www.olatheschools.com ) to access summer school information. Parents can view class schedules with class costs for grades K-5 (SAIL) and grades 6-9 (Summer Trails). Forms can be downloaded and printed in both English and Spanish for both SAIL and Summer Trails programs. Bus schedules will be added to the website in May. • Volunteer Appreciation Luncheon: Please join us for a salad luncheon honoring all ML Parent/Guardian Volunteers Friday, May 16 th 11:00am-1:00pm in the Library Media Center . In order to help us plan, please R.S.V.P. before Friday, May 11 th by returning the slip found later in this newsletter. We hope many ML parents/guardians can attend. • Are You Moving from the Area? If you know that your family will be moving over the summer to another area, please contact us so we can expedite the release of student records to your new school. You will need to provide us with the name & address of the school, and sign a "Release of Student Records" form. For those of you who are moving, we wish you and your family the best of luck! • Final Enrollment for 2008-2009: Final enrollment for students in grades PreK-6 will occur on Tuesday, July 29, 2008 from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. at any time convenient for you. If you will be out of town or unavailable to enroll on this date, please call the school office staff and let them know so we can plan for your late enrollment after this date. • Best Wishes! On behalf of the entire staff, I would like to give "Best Wishes" to those students and families who will not be at Meadow Lane Elementary School next year. Whether you're moving quite a distance or to the neighboring school, we wish all of you much success! Sincerely, Terry E. Croskey Principal
SMART PROGRAM COMING TO ML GRS. 3-6 "Underwriters Laboratories and Radio Disney have partnered on a school safety program called Safety Smart!® - empowering students to be responsible and make 'safety smart' decisions." Thanks to Renee Nagle, parent, for providing the "connection" to help make this program possible for ML grade 3-6 students on Thursday, May 8 th at 9:00 a.m.
TRANSITIONS AT MEADOW LANE Every year brings about transitions of some kind or another. Change is a "constant". Families move to other cities, states and even countries. Parents/guardians change jobs. Students transition from one grade level to another. Teachers change grade levels or transfer to other positions or are assigned to other buildings. This semester, the ML staff has been dealing with upcoming changes due to the opening of Woodland Elementary School in August. A special "Thank You" goes to the following teachers for their dedication to ML students and families as they will be reassigned next year: Mrs. Daniels (Kdgn. @ WD); Mrs. Jones (Kdgn. @ WD); Mrs. Prickette (Gr. 1 @ CC); Mrs. Carlson, (Gr. 2 @ WD); Mrs. Cast (Gr. 2 @ WD); Mrs. Bass (Gr. 3 @ NV); Mrs. Glasscock (Gr. 3 @ WD); Mrs. Ostertag (Gr. 2 @ HV); Miss Schnug (Gr. 3 @ NV); Miss Wilkin (Gr. 4 @ WD); Mr. Carlson (Gr. 5 @ WD); Mrs. Zabel (Gr. 5 @ MD); and Miss Poland (Gr. 5 @ WD). As we prepare for the 2008-2009 school year, Meadow Lane student enrollment is projected to be about 300 students. The Special Education Department will be moving the Early Childhood Preschool Program (3-yr. old & 4-yr. old) from Cedar Creek Elementary to Meadow Lane. Mrs. Thomas, currently in grade 1, will be reassigned to teach a full day fee based Kindergarten class. Mr. Hughes, currently in grade 6, will be reassigned to grade 5. There, of course, could be other changes by August.
FOOD PRODUCTION SETS 2008-2009 MEAL PRICES2008-09 School Meal Prices: Elementary Student lunches: $2.05 Secondary Student lunches: $2.20 Elementary Student Breakfast: $1.10 Secondary Student Breakfast: $1.35 Carton of Milk: $.45 Carton of Juice: $.45 The 2007-2008 adult lunch price is currently $2.75. However, by Federal Law, adult lunch and breakfast prices must be set at no less than the current Free Reimbursement Rate. These rates are released by USDA in July of each year. It is anticipated we will need to raise the adult prices to match the Free Rate once we find out what the new rate is this summer. This pricing will certainly not be less than $2.75 and very likely reflect an increase. Here is some additional information that might be helpful to explain how prices are established: The price of a meal pays for a lot more than just the food your child eats. Olathe Food Service pays for all operational overhead with the price of the meal. All Food Services salaries, insurance, utilities, transportation, technology, etc. are paid from Food Services revenue, not school district funds. The State and Federal Governments reimburse Food Services a portion of the cost to prepare each school meal served to a student. The reimbursement helps to make up the difference between what the meal costs to prepare and what we charge our student customers. Adults are not part of the reimbursement program. That's why an adult lunch is priced higher for the same sized meal as the student meals
Home/School Reading Program "Race into Reading!" Var-o-o-om! We had 7 great months of reading! Our March contest was won by the 2nd grade. They enjoyed a doughnut party. We will cross the "finish line" with a Grs. K-6 assembly on Monday, May 19th at 2:00 p.m. Mr. Will Shields, former all-pro guard of Kansas City Chiefs, will be here to have lunch with all of the grade 6 students who accepted his challenge from last year to participate in this year's reading program. He will then visit the classrooms to see the students. At the assembly, he will accept all the books that will be donated at the Book Drive during the week of May 5th -9th and to congratulate all of our great readers. Even though the " Race into Reading " program is finished, we hope the students will keep on reading! Var-r-o-o-m!
GRADE 6 "END OF SCHOOL" EVENT This optional "parent sponsored" 6th grade event will be held after the last ½ day of school, May 22nd from Noon-4:00 p.m. at All American Indoor Sports in Lenexa, KS. The $6.00 per student fee is payable to Laura Bersted. Activities include volleyball, soccer, flag football, whiffle ball and Play Station games. Questions should be addressed to Laura Bersted at 390-5609 or lbersted@yahoo.com . Waivers to be signed will again be distributed via students. Many have already turned them in when they were available during conferences.
Calling all Readers! Book Drive - May 5th -9th Our annual Book Drive will be the week of May 5-9. We will be collecting new and gently used books for the "Reach Out and Read" Foundation. We need all levels and types of books. This group gets books into the hands of under privileged children. Please start going through your bookcase now to find those books that you've already read (that are still in great condition) and you want someone else to enjoy! Mr. Will Shields , former All-Pro Guard of the Kansas City Chiefs, will be here on Monday, May 19 th to accept the books for the foundation at our assembly at 2:00 p.m. Let's make sure he needs a U-Haul for all the books!
DVD's for AFGHANISTAN UPDATE The response to the DVD collection for the Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan was amazing! Thank you so much to the Meadow Lane families. At last count 209 DVD's, 50 CD's, and 32 lbs. of personal items were collected. The mother (Jan Barger) of our 6th grade pen pal, Sgt. Andy Barger, wrote: "I just wanted to let you and the school know that I just finished mailing 15 boxes of DVD's, CD's, and personal items to Andy. It took me four trips to and from the Post Office because I couldn't carry everything in at once. It took approximately four hours to fill out the various custom forms and address forms and to pack all the boxes and tape them up. All the while I was doing this I was thinking of what a wonderful, kind, and generous school Meadow Lane , (especially the 6 th graders) must be. I cannot get over the response from all of your school community to Andy's situation."
Each full week of school, the classroom teachers will select students who have made positive gains to be good role models for others. These “Mustangs” are announced as our “Students of the Week” over the intercom. In addition, each student receives a certificate, a pencil, and participates in a group photo to be displayed on the hall bulletin board. March 28th Collin Genter, Sandy Ritch, Tyler Kinkade, Ashton Dain, Michelle Chacon, Jasper Earls, Danny Bowen, Timothy Opoka, Nadirah Barbour, Noah Fields, Jillian Daniel, Andy Hanlin, Mia Orlich, Megan Porter, Kyle McClendon, London Durr, Nathan Harrell, Daniel Eastman, Rachel Brookhart, Steven Meis, Sheldon Jones, John Shunk, Rachel Womack, Adam Harter, Landon Mayes, Jack Brentano, Anthony Wicke and Laura Ludwig April 4th Ashley Lapinski, Jack Garbeff, R.J. Salmen, Sierra Lewis, Baird Townsend, Quinn Lewis, Robert Gessler, Mikayla Johnson, Cecilia Miller, Kathleen Payne, Val Shirinian, Priya Mathews-Wheeler, Harshitha Kandru, Payton Lapinski, Samyak Badkul, Dawson Haynes, Alexander Adams, William Privett, Levi Buchholz, Connor Turk, Rachel Hanlin, Kaitlin Polasik, Joel Zcharia, Erin Coots, Marilyn Barragan, Lin Lu, Matthew Johnson, and Jake Dagit April 11th Sophia Rangel, Molly Martin, Eli Reusch, Caitlyn Ebert, Carley Uhl, Amanda Toy-Sabatka, Quincy Carey, Haylee Birdsong, Sydney Cooper, Collin Thompson, Lauren Pugh, Luke Dagit, Drew Conners, Thomas Carlson, Rachael Hubbard, Kevin Baggett, Nick Partridge, Sheli Cohen, Rachel Brookhart, Olivia Thomas, Emily Neff, Conner Thompson, Sydney Mortensen, Rachel Womack, Carolyn Culp, Ryan Ellenz, Samuel Puhr, Spencer Zeiler and Lexi Kaminsky April 18th Dylan Werner, Mikah Goodwine, Hayden Henderson, Anna Ramasamy, Penelope Olsen, Sean Privett, Grace Burton, Khrystiyan Wilson, Erick Pouch, Jake Bartley, Hamza Jalil, Taylor Wiens, Andrew Ens, Madison Young, Grace Reeves, Harrison Mildenhall, Garrett Neal, Kaitlyn Airy, Andrew Owens, Pierson Jones, Lucas Middleton, Mason Modlish, Moriah Crane, Emily Remmers, Jonathan Selby, Gabbie Baiza, Seth Ewing, Amanda Pouch, Zeno Ho, Dominic Fabiano, Blake Nearmyer, Spencer Zeiler and Olivia Glover 2008-2009 YEAR OLD PEER MODELS WANTED The district's Early Childhood Program is currently accepting applications for the three-year old Early Childhood Classrooms. If you have a child who will turn three, on or before August 31, 2008 and you are interested in an Olathe District School Early Childhood Program please contact Kim Russell @ krussellhlc@olatheschools.com or 780-7341. KANSAS CITY TEACHERS OF MATH COMPETITION Some Meadow Lane "Math Wings" students recently competed in the Kansas City Teachers of Math Competition. Erik Flom, Ryan Ellenz and Gaspar Jaen-Maisonet competed in the Accelerated Division and placed 4 th in Team Mathletics. Gaspar placed 6 th in Algebra and 7 th in Geometry. Congratulations! Reading Trails FunFest event "free" at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farmstead Mark your calendars for Reading Trails FunFest at Mahaffie Stagecoach Stop and Farmstead on Saturday, May 3rd from 10am-3pm! This is a FREE event where your elementary school children can learn about life on the Santa Fe , California and Oregon Trails. They get to experience what kids did for fun on the trails PLUS learn about pioneer children. You can also get a FREE Ident-A-Kid kit, enjoy a delicious lunch from Celebrities and have an "olde tyme" photo taken of your children or family. Bring your children in pioneer dress and get registered for a prize worth $100! Start your Reading Trails FunFest adventure by entering the new Heritage Center at Mahaffie on May 3rd from 10am-3pm. Sponsored by Olathe Junior Service League, Tompkins Industries and Olathe Medical Center . SCIENCE FESTIVAL & KANSAS CITY SCIENCE FAIR RESULTS The following Meadow Lane students competed in the Olathe District Science Festival: H -Star Rating - Megan Leeper - Gr. 6 - Mr. Fasse's Class & Kayla Daniel - Gr. 6 - Mrs. Nicholas' Class H H -Star Rating - Kelsi McLaughlin & Mallory Droge - Gr. 6 - Mr. Hughes' Class H H H -Star Rating - Ashley Couch - Gr. 5 - Mrs. Hanson's Class H H H -Star Rating - Brian Geller - Gr. 6 - Mrs. Nicholas' Class H H H H -Star Rating - Allison Thomas - Gr. 5 - Mrs. Hanson's Class With her H H H H -Star Rating at the district festival, Allison Thomas applied for entrance into the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair and was accepted. Through her project, Dive Right In! , she investigated how to protect hair from the damaging effects of chlorine in pool water. Allison is a diver and wanted a way to keep her hair healthy. She found that getting hair wet before getting in the pool will provide some protection. You can get the most protection by coating hair with conditioner before entering the water. Allison's project was one of the division winners at the Greater Kansas City Science and Engineering Fair. As a result, Allison has been nominated for the Discovery Education's Young Scientist Challenge and the Society for Science & the Public Middle School Program. The SSP Middle School Program is the only national competition designed exclusively for 5 th -8 th grade students. Allison was also selected to participate in the first annual Kansas Science and Engineering Fair on April 10-11 in Wichita , KS . At the State science fair she was interviewed by three judges about her project. When asked about her participation in the state science fair Allison said, "It was a great experience." ML "YOUNG AUTHOR'S" SELECTED The following students were selected, based on their individual writing projects, to represent Meadow Lane at the district's "Young Author's" Celebration on Saturday, April 12 th at Olathe East High School : Lauren Ellenz - Gr. 1 - Mrs. Williams' Class , Alex Kuehn - Gr. 1 - Mrs. Prickette's Class, Lydia Clark - Gr. 2 - Mrs. Carlson's Class, Taylor Wiens - Gr. 2 - Mrs. Goff Hughes' Class, Jade Osborn - Gr. 2 - Mr. Zimmer's Class, Keaton Conrad - Gr. 3 - Mrs. Glasscock's Class, Colby Hawks - Gr. 3 - Mrs. Bass' Class, Marina Pfeil - Gr. 4 - Miss Wilkin's Class, Carlye Campbell - Gr. 5 - Mrs. Hanson's Class, Ashley Couch - Gr. 5 - Mrs. Hanson's Class, Kelsi McLaughlin - Gr. 6 - Mrs. Hughes' Class and Lauren Thomas - Gr. 6 - Mrs. Hughes' Class. They received an autographed book from Lisa Campbell Ernst, a nationally recognized author and illustrator who spoke to them about her childhood experiences as an author. PUBLIC LIBRARY SUMMER READING PROGRAM Reading during the summer keeps children's skills strong. The Olathe Public Libraries offer a summer reading club for children and great free programs. Your child will bring home a brochure describing summer activities at the public library. Check out your local public library to en-courage your child to read all summer. Visit www.olathelibrary.org for further information. Algebra Sooner - CMP2 for grades 6, 7 & 8 Over the last couple of years, the district has been piloting Connected Math Program 2 (CMP2) in a number of school sites. The staff will be training in May and this summer. This is a 6 th , 7 th , and 8 th grade math program that provides students the opportunity to complete an Algebra 1 course by the end of their 8 th grade year. The results have been very positive for students' growth in skills and grasping algebraic concepts sooner. The CMP2 program will be implemented for grade 6 students beginning in 2008-2009. CMP2 distributes critical mathematical concepts of number sense, geometry, data analysis, probability and algebra throughout the 3-year sequence. This program provides real-world problems that require thinking, planning, reasoning, computing, evaluating and communicating. According to research, students have an increased retention rate of the concepts and perform as well or better than non-users on tests of basic skills. The students also out perform non-users on tests of problem solving, conceptual understanding and proportional reasoning. Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun Tickets These are available for purchase through the school office. You should have received an order form recently. You may send in your order form and check made payable to the Mustang PTO in a sealed envelope. Your tickets will be sent home with your child. If you prefer, you may purchase your tickets in person. Worlds of Fun Single-Day Ticket - $26.00 (usually $38.99 plus tax) Oceans of Fun Single-Day Ticket - $20.50 (usually $27.99 plus tax) Ride & Slide Single Day Ticket - $41.00 (usually $51.99 plus tax) Junior (those 3 years older but less than 48") & Senior (62 years or older) tickets - $14.95 These tickets can be used any day during the season from April 12 th through November 2 nd for Worlds of Fun and Memorial Day Weekend until August 24 th . Oceans of Fun is open from May 24 th until August 24 th and weekends to September 7th. These are significant savings on tickets with PTO benefiting from the purchase of each ticket. STUDENT GOVERNMENT NEWS • Recycling: ML has recycled over 21 tons of paper. Remember to recycle all your envelopes. They can add up fast! Don't forget to keep recycling paper this summer! The bin is always available and they do pick it up over the summer months. Make a special trip with your students to bring your paper goods to ML to keep this program going! • Student Government :
• Spirit Days:
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