Weekly Update

MP will be celebrating Bullying Prevention this week. Counselor lessons will focus on this topic over the next few weeks, and we're having a Spirit Day on Friday.

For next Friday’s Spirit Day (November 8), we will show our unity by wearing the colors of the rainbow.

Please encourage students to wear the following colors:

K- Red

1-Orange

2-Yellow

3-Green

4-Blue

5-Violet (purple)

MP will be collecting gifts for our Annual Red Bag Project starting November 18. Red Bag Project provides holiday gifts for KC area children who are in the foster care system, as well as other children in need over the holidays.

This is one of our biggest events at MP!

This year we are opening up an opportunity for all families to create an easy-to-make blanket to include in all gift bundles. A kit is provided, so please go the sign up link below to sign up for your kit.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EAEAB2FAAFDC25-52695576-2024#/

Congratulations to Brayden Liu, Carter Thurman, and Wesley Becker for taking first place at the Regional Math Wings competition on October 29! They will go on to compete in district competition later this year.

Join the Children’s Mercy Kansas City Depression and Anxiety in Youth (DAY) Clinic and Office for Community Impact for a viewing of clips from the Inside Out movies, alongside a guided discussion about anxiety experienced by adolescents. Topics for discussion will include:

• Developmental and psychological factors impacting mental health into the teenage years
• Analyze the characters and emotions in "Inside Out"
• Understanding the connections among emotions and how each emotion plays a critical role
• How memories and beliefs shape our identity
• Peer and parent relationships in the teenage years
• What can we do about anxiety?

In addition to a forum for youth to discuss their experiences and helpful resources for caregivers, there will also be refreshments, giveaways and a chance to win prizes. Click Here to Register for the Event

Event Details

When: Thursday, November 21, 2024

Where: Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Library, Truman Forum Auditorium
4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO 64112

Time: 6:15 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.

Registration Deadline: November 7, 2024

Click Here to Register for the Event

Please plan to join us for this presentation addressing Anxiety in Children. Dr. Scott Fluke will be presenting, giving signs to look for as well as guidance on how best to address. Information is geared toward parents of students grade K-8.

Due to busy family schedules, this will be held via zoom in the hopes that allows more to participate.

Monday, November 18, 6:00 - 7:00 PM.

Click link on the above flier to join.

Personal wellness and emotional well-being is important to all of us, including school staff. Children and adults alike need the chance to rejuvenate and reflect throughout every school day.

We have submitted a Donors Choose proposal to fund an MP Staff Reflection Room for all Manchester Park staff. Instead of requesting PTO funds, we are reaching out to the entire MP school community, including business partners, for this effort. This proposal is to allow building staff a few minutes in a school day to refresh and rejuvenate minds to bring the very best to our Timberwolves. This would occur during non-instructional moments of the school day, so not reducing any classroom time with students.

We are so blessed to have the support of all MP families through many intiatives! We ask that you please share this opportunity with neighbors, friends and family with the hope of creating this possiblity to MP staff. Any donation up to $50 will be matched if submitted within seven days if using the code LIFTOFF.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

Link to proposal is below.

https://www.donorschoose.org/project/manchester-park-staff-reflection-room/8904751/?utm_source=dc&utm_medium=directlink&utm_campaign=tpc_complete&utm_term=teacher_9816877&rf=directlink-dc-2024-10-tpc_complete-teacher_9816877&challengeid=22431956

Aubrey Anderson, current MP counselor, will be leaving us to stay at home with her sweet new baby. We are grateful for everything Ms. Anderson brought to MP and wish her the very best! Ms. Anderson's last day at MP will be November 1.

Jesse DeRosier will be joining our MP counseling team on November 7.

Below is a message from Ms. DeRosier.

Hello! My name is Jesse DeRosier. While this will be my first year at Manchester Park, this is my 9th year in School Counseling and 12th year in Education! I love being a school counselor and I am thrilled to join the Manchester Park team. I am originally from Arkansas; I received my Bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from the University of Central Arkansas and my Master's degree in Counselor Education from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. My husband, Tyler, and I moved to the Charleston, South Carolina area in 2013 when he was transferred by the Air Force. I began my career there and loved my time in the Low Country! My daughter, Everson, was born in 2020 and we began to feel a pull to get back closer to our families.

In 2023, I accepted the school counselor position with Arkansas Connections Academy, as my family made the big move to Kansas! We have gotten settled here in our new home, and I have been longing to be back in a building with wonderful students; so I am so excited to be here at Manchester Park! When I am not spending time at school, I love to spend time with my little triangle family and friends, travel, read, play music, exercise, and be outside. As a school counselor, I am always looking forward to supporting students, teachers, and families academically, socially, and emotionally.I can't wait to meet you!

We welcome Ms. DeRosier and know she will make a positive impact for MP students, staff, and families.

Please click on the link below for all Manchester Park PTO updates. You can access the calendar, sign-ups and event details all in one spot. Thank you and Go Timberwolves!

manchesterparkpto.org/intheknow

We are happy to welcome families in to share lunch with their Timberwolves after Labor Day.

We're a big school, so need to implement a few guidelines in order to make this happen.

Guidelines:

- Prior sign-up is required.

- Each slot covers two guests.

- Upon arrival, office staff will check for your sign-up.

- If you did not sign up online for that day, plan to reschedule for a different day.

- Lunch will take place in the cafeteria, as we don't have other available spaces.

- You may bring lunch in for your student, but may NOT share food with other students.

- If you'd like to purchase a school lunch, contact our front office by 9:15 AM to order.

- Payment is not accepted on site, so be sure to have enough $$ on your child's meal account to cover.

Link to sign-up is below.