South Maple Elementary Newsletter

Monday, November 1................No School Students/PD Teachers

Wednesday, November 3..........Corky Comics/Virtual Assembly

....................................................sponsored by PTO

Friday, November 5...................Schoolwide Behavior Reward

...........................................................................Crazy Hair Day

Monday, November 15..............No School/Firearm Safety Day

Tuesday, November 16.............Picture Retakes/AM

...................................................PTO 6PM

November 25 and 26................Thanksgiving Break

This year is unlike any we have experienced, and the health and safety of our students is our top priority. To help identify students in need of additional support services, all classroom teachers will be administering brief wellness surveys to their students at least once each semester. Survey responses will be used to connect students with appropriate resources, including school health professionals (such as a school social worker or counselor), who may offer additional screening to determine specific concerns. During these unprecedented times when the safety of our students is critically important, we will not seek your permission for each student survey. If you do not want your child to participate in school wellness screenings, you may opt your child out, by contacting the main office.

SME Families,

We can’t wait to bring the joy of reading to South Maple Elementary with the Virtual Scholastic Book Fair October 25-November 7. You’ll get to enjoy the magic of a Book Fair from the comfort of your home with our Virtual Fair experience. Kids can shop thousands of books online to discover new favorites and stock their shelves with this season’s most popular reads!

Check out these special virtual shopping perks:

• Access to over 5,000 products

• Direct shipping to your home and FREE shipping on book-only orders over $25

• 25% in rewards earned for our school with all purchases!

Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with virtual shopping: http://www.scholastic.com/bf/southmapleelementaryschool

Thank you for helping us build lifelong readers in our school community!

Happy Reading,

SME PTO

Students will be allowed to wear Halloween costumes to school on Friday, October 29th. Students will need to remove costumes before lunch/recess. Students will still need to wear face masks. Students will not be passing out/sharing any type of treats.

• As many of you are aware morning and afternoon traffic is very congested in our area. Please drive safely and follow traffic laws.
• The student day will begin at 8:00AM and ends at 2:58PM. Students will not be allowed to enter the building before 8:00AM. Latchkey information is available at Latchkey
• Students will eat breakfast in their classroom.
• In an effort to keep traffic flowing efficiently, please do not arrive early for drop off or pick up. Please do not park in the traffic lane by the front sidewalk. Students must exit and enter vehicles on the school side. Please see dismissal attachment below.

Students will receive one breakfast and lunch per day for the 2021-2022 school year at no cost. All 7-12 grade students may purchase an additional Ala carte item or entree. Gaylord Community Schools have mailed the free and reduced lunch applications. If your child qualifies, please fill out the application and return via mail, email, or applications may be done online by visiting www.gaylordschools.com. The applications will be saved and used to determine student eligibility for the beginning of the 2022-2023 school year.

For questions, please call 989-731-0969, ext. 1254.

The South Maple Elementary office is open to assist you Monday-Friday from 7AM-3:45PM.

989.731.0648

South Maple Elementary

650 East Fifth Street

Gaylord, MI 49735

989.731.0648