Miller Elementary Summer Update

Hello Miller Families!

Can you believe we are 1 week away from kicking off the start of the 24-25 school year? Around this time next week, our building will be filled with laughter and sounds of little ones and possibly a few tears from the parents too. We can't wait to welcome you to Miller Elementary! On Monday, you should have received a class placement letter sharing some important Back to School Information along with your child's classroom teacher! We are super excited to have you meet their teacher, tour our school and get comfortable before the first day. If you have not received this important Final Forms Message or an email from myself, please reach out and let us know!

This newsletter includes a lot of details about our opening days and how to have a smooth start to our upcoming year. Please remember that you will receive a lot more detailed information at Open House next week. Have a wonderful weekend and we will see you next Friday, August 16th between 2:00 and 4:00 PM! Please let me know if you have any questions!

GO GREENMEN!

Maria Goodman

Important August Office Hours:

Miller Elementary Office Hours- 8:00-3:00 M-F

330-562-6199

Maria Goodman - Miller Elementary Principal

330-954-2189

Email mgoodman@aurora-schools.org

We would like to warmly welcome Erin Toler as our new Miller Elementary Secretary! Many of you met, Mrs. Toler at kindergarten or preschool registration. We are excited to have her at our school each day!

Please say HELLO and WELCOME to Mrs. Toler in the office!

Mrs. Toler shares, "I'm excited to be a part of the Miller team! I have enjoyed being a substitute and PTO mom for the last several years. I know I have big shoes to fill and am excited to get started! I was a middle school Intervention Specialist in Garfield Heights and Seneca Valley (PA) before becoming a mom. Kindergarten and Preschool has captured my heart, and I love seeing how much the students achieve each school year. I have been married to my husband, Brian, for 16 years and we have two amazing kids. Nolan is headed to 3rd grade at Leighton this year and loves to play baseball, football, and video games. Laurel will be in 7th grade at Harmon and loves to read and play softball. As a family we enjoy traveling and exploring new places, board games, museums, and being outside!"

We have a school nurse, Jackie Pawlowski, on staff during school hours. She is here each day to assist students at a time of need or illness. Here are some important reminders from our school about addressing student health during school hours.

• You can turn in your child's health forms at Meet & Greet or as soon as you have them returned from your child's health care provider. This includes the preschool medical forms and the kindergarten health forms.
• Please make sure your Final Forms medical information is up to date. We will closely read the health sections to address any medical concerns. If your child requires medication (over the counter or prescription) during the school day, we must have a signed Request for Administration of Medication form filled out by your child's doctor. You can find this attached below.
• We will reach out during the school day if your child becomes ill or has a major injury. At times we utilize a school cell phone to connect with families. We will share more information about this in the upcoming weeks.

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 Meet and Greet/Open House

• Friday, 8/16 - Miller Elementary Preschool & Kindergarten Meet and Greet from 2:00-4:00 PM (Suggested Arrival Window: Last Names A-L 2:00-3:00 & Last Names M-Z 3:00-4:00. If this doesn't work for your family, please adjust!)
  

First Days of School

• Tuesday, 8/20 - First Day of School for Kindergarten Students Whose Last Name Begins with A-L (M-Z Do not attend school today)
• Tuesday, 8/20 - First Day of School for Assigned Preschool Students (To be Announced in your Placement Email in August)

• Wednesday, 8/21 - First Day of School for Kindergarten Students Whose Last Name Begins with M-Z (A-L Do not attend school today)
  
• Wednesday, 8/21 - First Day of School for Assigned Preschool Students (To be Announced in your Placement Email in August)

• Thursday, 8/22 - ALL KINDERGARTEN and PRESCHOOL Children Attend School
  
• Friday, 8/23 - ALL KINDERGARTEN Children Attend - No Preschool on Fridays
• Monday, 8/26 - All Preschool and Kindergarten Attend School

Kindergarten Only

• Friday, 8/30 - Getting to Know You Days- KRA-Kindergarten Assessments - Students Whose Last Name Begins with A-L Attend School (M-Z Do not attend school this day)
• Tuesday 9/03 - Getting to Know You Days - KRA-Kindergarten Assessments - Students Whose Last Name Begins with M-Z Attend School (A-L Do not attend school this day)
• Preschool will operate as usual these days with no preschool on Friday and all preschoolers attend on Tuesday 9/3.

• Monday, 9/02 - NO SCHOOL (Labor Day)
• Monday, 9/23 - Miller School Picture Day - More Information Forthcoming

Please save the date for our Preschool and Kindergarten Meet and Greet!

Our Preschool and Kindergarten Meet and Greet will be held on Friday, August 16th from 2:00 - 4:00 PM. During this time, you and your child will get to visit Miller Elementary, meet their teacher, and walk the school building and classrooms to be ready for our first day. We ask that you bring your child's school supplies to our Meet and Greet so their book bag isn’t too heavy on the first days of school.

To help with parking and traffic flow in the building, we encourage all students with last names beginning with the letters A-L to come between 2:00-3:00 and those with last names beginning with M-Z to attend 3:00-4:00. If this suggested time frame doesn't work for your family, please adjust to the other window of time. We are excited to spend this time with you and your child!

Back to school supplies have already started showing up in our local stores and of course on Amazon! I wanted to make sure you had updated School Supply Lists so you can grab supplies during some important sales events. Happy Shopping! Please remember to check that a folder, lunchbox and other items can fit in your child's backpack. If the backpack is too small, it can be problematic when your child is learning how to pack it up and zip it up!

The Aurora City Schools use Final Forms to complete necessary back-to-school paperwork and to send out important communication! Final Forms saves data from year-to-year so that you will never need to enter the same information twice. If at any time a phone number, email address, or contact information changes, we will get a notification that a change has been made so please make updates whenever necessary. Also, if you see a field in red, you will need to make necessary updates in the system.

We have many families who have accessed Final Forms and have completed the necessary paperwork. This is one thing you can do now before the hustle and bustle of the beginning of the year! If you are having difficulty with Final Forms, we will be reaching out to families in August when we return to the office.

Our transportation department has been busy preparing for the 24-25 school year. Tentative bus routes may be available as soon as July 17th to view bus stop locations and times. Please remember these routes are subject to change and should be checked closer to the start of the school year. You will need to log into E-Link Versatrans using the link/button below and follow the log-in procedures to access your child's busing information. https://versatransweb04.tylertech.com/Aurora/elinkrp/Login.aspx

If this is the first time using E-Link, use the following login information.

User name = jane.smith (That is the students name, jane.smith with no spaces. Password = students date of birth 01012018)

Once you are in, go to “Work with students” then “View my students” We also now have GPS on the school buses. You can see when the bus is to arrive at your home.

We also have a Bus Stop App where you can track and monitor your child's bus and receive important updates. If you download “versatrans my stop” from the app store and sign in using the same information as above.

If you know your child will not be riding the bus no matter what grade, please email the transportation department and let us know so that we can have more accurate routes. Any student being transported to any location other than their home address will need to fill out the "Alternate bus stop form". This form is located on the ACSD website under the Transportation Department Site and is linked below. We ask that the changes made will be a regular schedule. We cannot do requests such as every other week.

All requests or changes to busing can be sent to: transportationinfo@aurora-schools.org

Transportation Information: https://www.aurora-schools.org/administration/transportationoperations

Finally, Miller Elementary uses a Google Form for attendance and pick-up/drop-off notifications. This is for notification purposes if you will be picking your child up instead of sending them on the bus and does not allow us to make changes to bus stops and locations. All Busing changes must go through transportation. More information about our attendance and notification will be shared in August!

At Miller Elementary, all car riders must park their car and walk their child to our main doors or the preschool entrance. We are aware that our parking is very limited and our number one priority is safety in the parking lot. Please drive carefully and look out for little ones.

Preschool Arrival and Dismissal Times:

AM Preschool Arrival 8:40-8:50 & AM Preschool Dismissal 11:30 - Lower Preschool Doors - Door 3

PM Preschool Arrival 12:45-12:50 & PM Preschool Dismissal 3:20 - Upper Main Doors - Door 2

Kindergarten Arrival and Dismissal Times

Upper Main Door Entrance - Door 2

Full Day Kindergarten: Arrival 8:55-9:05 and Dismissal 3:25-3:35

AM 1/2 Day Kindergarten: Arrival 8:55-9:05 & Dismissal 11:40-11:50

PM 1/2 Day Kindergarten: Arrival 12:45-12:50 & Dismissal 3:25-3:35

(We dismiss kindergarten children after preschool.)

Please try to stick to these windows of time in order to smoothly get all children in and out of our building with adult support. Our parking lot is very small and limited. Please be cautious of others and try not to double park. Finally, our accessible parking spaces are reserved for families with the correct car tag. Only families with the correct license plate or tag should be using these spaces. Thank you!

In all our Elementary Buildings, we utilize a Google Form to report attendance, late arrival, early dismissal, and change of transportation such as switching from a bus rider to office pick-up!

To report an absence or change, please scan the QR code below or click the button to fill out our Google form. This can be done from any device and your reply will be sent immediately to our secretary, Mrs. Toler. You will be getting a magnet with this QR code at Open House.

Also, if your child is absent, instead of calling us, you can also use this code to report the absence and the reason for the absence. We are working really hard to reduce the amount of phone calls, emails, or notes that we receive. We ask that you reserve those modes of communication for emergencies only. Thank you in advance for your help and let us know if you have any questions at all!

One way you can become involved with our schools is to join our Aurora Elementary PTO. This wonderful organization supports our schools to provide rich and meaningful activities and events. You will be receiving more information from our PTO as the school year begins, but you can start by viewing their website.

Maria Goodman : mgoodman@aurora-schools.org

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