Miller Elementary Weekly Update
Last update for 2024!
Hello Miller Families,
We want to extend a great big Happy Holidays and Happy New Year to all our families at Miller! We hope your winter break is filled with a lot of rest, fun, and relaxation. This is a special time of year to spend time with family, friends and loved ones to honor special traditions and reflect upon fond memories. We want to wish all families a Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah or Happy Kwanzaa to those who celebrate holidays during this time of year.
We also wanted to report to families that we had a small uptick in the stomach virus over the past 48 hours in our building. This virus seems to come on very quickly with no fever. We felt it was important to alert everyone so that you can monitor your child as you prepare to be around family and friends. We hope for a healthy break for everyone and that we all come back rested and ready to take on 2025!
We will see you after winter break!
Happy Holidays!
Maria Goodman
Miller Elementary Principal
330-954-2189
As a reminder, 2nd-semester tuition payments for preschool and kindergarten will be due on January 15th, 2025. We will send letters in the mail with your remaining balance and payment options before winter break. If you do not want to change your payment method, we will automatically charge the credit card we have on file with the remaining balance after January 15th. Or, you can send in a check to cover the remaining balance prior to January 15th. If you have any questions after you get the letter, please contact Erin Toler at 330-562-6199.
We have recently discovered our QR code for our transportation link is NOT WORKING. We are working to fix this as quickly as possible. Our Transportation/Attendance Google Form IS WORKING so you can continue to use the link and button below. We just wanted to inform families that if you are using the QR code, we are working to fix it at this time. Thank you!
It's that time of year where we begin to have students who meet the benchmarks set forth in HB 410 for absences. Please be aware that if your child meets one of those, a letter must be sent from the school alerting you. Please also be reminded that it doesn't matter whether the absences are excused or unexcused. We have to track the hours missed regardless and communicate to you when benchmarks have been met.
This is also the time of year that planned absences often get scheduled. We have attached our planned absence form and policy. Please make sure you read through this important message and understand that planned absences and absences due to illness all count for missed hours. If you have any further questions, please let me know!
Important Dates and Events
DECEMBER
- Thursday, 12/19 - Winter Celebrations for Preschool - 10:15-11:00 & 2:00-2:45
- Friday, 12/20 - Winter Celebrations for Kindergarten - 10:15-11:00 (1/2 Day K) - 2:00-2:45 Full Day
- Monday, 12/23 - Friday, 1/03/25 - Winter Break
JANUARY
- Monday, 1/06/25 - All Students Return to School from Break
- Monday, 1/20/25 - NO SCHOOL (MLK Jr. Day)
- Thursday, 1/30/25 - Miller Elementary Family BINGO Night - We will hold this in the Leighton Elementary Cafeteria to have more space (6:30PM-7:30PM)
SAVE THE DATE
Kick Off to Kindergarten for the 2025-2026 School Year
Tuesday, February 18th, 2025 - 6:30-7:30 PM at the High School Auditorium - This is a parent only meeting for families that has a child who will enroll in kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year. More detailed information will be shared after the new year and posted on our district web page.
(There will be a Welcome to Craddock and First Grade Parent Meeting in the spring. More information to come!)
Greetings MIller!
Recently, your Kindergarten student(s) had the opportunity to participate in lessons about kindness and growth mindset with me. The students can provide examples of kindness, practice kindness and understand that kindness is easy to use! They know that, in Kindergarten terms, growth mindset means never giving up and believing in themselves. Please enjoy this Google slide to listen to some of the read-alouds and songs we used to celebrate kindness! Ask your student to show you the growth mindset songs linked below from Sesame Street that were a hit during our lesson!
Bruno Mars: Don't Give Up | Sesame Street | PBS LearningMedia
Sesame Street: Episode #4520: J. Monae Power of Yet (HBO Kids)
Mrs. Lindsey Ambrosia
(330) 562-6199, ext. 5414
Here are some important illness updates during the cold and flu season!
- It is important to check your child each day for symptoms of illness as you know them best. If they become I'll during the day, or are injured, we will reach out to you and let you know if their symptoms are worsening. We call home for injuries, fevers, and continued sickness. We do not call home for every trip to the nurse for a band-aid, ice pack or upset tummy. We certainly will call if symptoms worsen. We sometimes use our School Nurse Cell Phone
- Students sent home with a fever, vomiting or diarrhea may not return to school until they are free of these symptoms or without medication for at least 24 hours. This means if your child was sent home on Tuesday at 12:00 p.m. with a fever, he/she may not return to school until 24 hours later. If your child does return the next day, our school will be calling for you to come pick him/her up. Please help to support our efforts in this area.
- We are required to report to families if there is a confirmed communicable disease in your child's class. This could include strep, pink eye, COVID, RSV, hand-foot and mouth or other illnesses.
Finally, please make sure your child has extra clothes in his/her backpack. Accidents and spills happen all the time and it's safe to always have their own clothes in their book bag instead of wearing our spare clothes.
Miller Elementary: Preschool & Kindergarten
Miller Elementary Principal
Erin Toler : etoler@aurora-schools.org
Miller Elementary Secretary
Email: mgoodman@aurora-schools.org
Website: aurora-schools.org
Location: 646 S Chillicothe Rd, Aurora, OH 44202, USA
Phone: 330-562-6199