A Message From Mrs. Parduhn
Dear Monroe Families,
September has passed by so quickly!
It was wonderful to see so many families at the PTA Pancake Breakfast. Your participation makes our school community stronger.
Experiences in elementary school provide essential opportunities for our students to learn, grow, and build a strong foundation for their future success. Regular attendance plays a key role in this. Each day in the classroom gives students the chance to reinforce what they’ve learned and continue building their knowledge as they progress through our K-12 system.
While we understand that there may be times when students need to miss school due to illness or family obligations, it is important to remember that students are allowed up to 10 excused absences each year. I’ve included a helpful document that outlines attendance guidelines for the Manitowoc Public School District:
Thank you for your continued support in ensuring your child’s success through consistent attendance. If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out.
Angie Parduhn, Principal
A Message From The Monroe Solutions Team
As a part of increasing learning for all students our staff is focusing their efforts not only on reading but increasing attendance, building a positive school culture, and becoming consistent with reading homework completion. We have three teams of staff who meet regularly throughout the year to create goals of success for our students.
Attendance team is working on helping to decrease the amount of tardy's in the school.The Monroe staff expects all students to be present and on time to start their day. Students can come to school as early as 8:15 AM. Breakfast is available until 8:30 AM. The students are let inside at the 8:40 AM bell. Our attendance team looked at data from last year which showed a large number of tardies. Our goal this year is to decrease the number of tardies of the students. If there is some way we can assist you to get your child here on time, please call the school office.
Cooperative Culture team is working on helping students be successful at recess. Students who are practicing "Stop and Stay Cool" will get a ticket. When the ticket tower is full they will earn an extra recess! You can help your student by reminding them to stop and stay cool at home!
The Parent and Family team is helping families to understand how to practice reading with their students and have it become a daily practice. Keep reading and bringing those Read and Respond sheets in!
A Message From Mrs. Bruckner
Hello Parents and Guardians
It has been a great start to Lifeskills this year. We are starting the year discussing friendships and how they can impact our life! At school students learn to build many friendships and sometimes that can be fun and difficult. We are talking about including, being kind and how to match effort for effort
Our 5th grade students will be attending the Kindness Retreat with Youth Frontiers on Oct 15. Here students will learn how to be "everyday heroes" by using kindness to include others, to be respectful, and to make their school a better place. Check it out here
https://www.youthfrontiers.org/kindness-retreat/
𝑴𝒓𝒔. 𝑻𝒂𝒓𝒂 𝑩𝒓𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒏𝒆𝒓
Monroe Elementary School
p 920-663-9296
Success For All
The Success for All literacy program has three instructional components: KinderCorner, Reading Roots, and Reading Wings. KinderCorner is a research-based, full-day kindergarten program that focuses on oral language development, reading, and literacy. Reading Roots is a literacy program for beginning readers that uses a variety of techniques to help students learn to read with the goal of developing a strong foundation for literacy. Reading Wings is a program that helps students build reading comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency.
Students in grades 1-5 are placed into Reading Roots and Reading Wings groups each quarter. We have successfully launched into these literacy groups! The students have learned how to transition to their reading classrooms and are doing amazing with all the new routines and structures. Students began building relationships with their partners, teammates, and reading teachers and are growing as readers. You should have received a letter indicating your child’s SFA reading teacher - this may be different from their grade level homeroom teacher. Your child will remain with this reading teacher until the end of the first quarter. Look for updated communication to come home when reading teachers and groups are adjusted each quarter!
As always, please reach out as any questions or concerns may arise!
Ruth Krause
(920) 663-9322
October Drill: Lockdown
“Locks, Lights, out of Sight”
Students are trained to:
Move away from sight
Maintain silence
Do not open the door
Adults and staff are trained to:
Recover students from hallway if possible
Lock the classroom door
Turn out the lights
Move away from sight
Maintain silence
Do not open the door
Prepare to evade or defend
Ms. Kluth
What is your position here at school and how long have you worked at Monroe? Interventionist-first year
What is your favorite thing to do with your friends? Talk and laugh until our stomachs and cheeks hurt
Who is your favorite Disney character? Dante (yes, the dog) from Coco
In your opinion who is the greatest athlete of all time? I'm not a huge sports fan, except when it comes to watching my boys. They may not be "the" greatest, but in my heart they were great team players with positive attitudes and a desire to play.
If you could have a superpower what would it be? Time travel
What is your favorite snack food? Cheetos and peanut butter M&Ms
What was your favorite toy as a child? I played outside so probably the neighborhood playground
If you could trade lives for one day with anyone, who would that be? The person who gets to taste test new flavors of ice cream
What is your favorite children's book? The Wonky Donkey
Brandon Berndt
What is your position here at school and how long have you worked at Monroe? I am an instructional aide and this is my first year at Monroe.
Who is your favorite Disney character? Simba from the Lion King or Shrek
In your opinion who is the greatest athlete of all time? Definitely Michael Jordan. To have that type of athleticism and be able to score at will with the type of defense he had to encounter is truly sensational. I was never able to watch him live but I have seen an ample amount of YouTube videos.
If you could have a superpower what would it be? Anything to do with Spider-Man or Deadpool lol.
What is your favorite snack food? Cheese Curds
Do you have a favorite quote? What is it? Better start winning and learning, or lose all the way to the grave. Choose before life does for you. -Rip from Yellowstone
What was your favorite toy as a child? Definitely the Spider-Man action figures growing up. Also loved the WWE action figures
If you could trade lives for one day with anyone, who would that be? Ryan Reynolds just to play live action Deadpool or Aaron Rodgers to experience the time he had with the Green Bay Packers.
What is your favorite children's book? The Cat In The Hat
Mrs. Haack
What is your position here at school and how long have you worked at Monroe? This will be my second year teaching reading here at Monroe.
Who is your favorite Disney character? My favorite Disney character is Merida. I love how brave she is!
What is your favorite snack food? My favorite snack is popcorn
Do you have a favorite quote? What is it? "Nothing is so strong as gentleness, nothing so gentle as real strength."
Is there a skill you would like to learn? I would love to learn how to knit or crochet.
What is your favorite children's book? My favorite children's book is Chrysanthemum by Kevin Henkes.
Mrs. Cavanaugh
What is your position here at school and how long have you worked at Monroe?Third grade teacher 19 years at Monroe
What is your favorite thing to do with your friends? Socialize
Who is your favorite Disney character? Aladdin
In your opinion who is the greatest athlete of all time? Simone Biles I loved watching her during the Olympics
What is your favorite snack food? Cheese and crackers
Do you have a favorite quote? What is it? When you know better, do better.
Is there a skill you would like to learn? I’m learning Spanish on Duolingo, but I’m far from conversational. I would love to be able to speak in Spanish.
What was your favorite toy as a child? A stuffed dog
What are you afraid of? Snakes
What is your favorite children's book? I have many, but one of my favorites is The One and Only Ivan
Monroe Elementary School
2502 South 14th Street, Manitowoc WI
Phone - 920-663-9550
920-663-9666 attendance line
Fax - 920-663-9551