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Address: 6009 Johnson St. McFarland, WI 53558

Main Phone: 608.838.3146

EC-2 Principal: Greg Nelson

K-5 Associate Principal: Brooke Hauser

Building Administrative Assistant: Lyndsey Niebuhr

Online: Website & Facebook Page

Meeting the needs of every learner, every day

It's parent-teacher conference and book fair week at CEPS!

Thanks in advance for your partnership during this important touch-point for your child. Your teacher has offered an optional conference this spring as a chance for you to checkin with them and see what your child's working on in school; teachers also reach out to specific families if they have a talking point on their end they want to connect about.

In addition, be sure to check out the Literati book fair in our library, which is always a fun time to keep that spark for reading going strong!

On Friday before spring break, we will hold our Kindness Awards assembly, and will also get to have our annual McFarland Vocal Tour (middle/high school choirs) visit us for a special performance as well. Fun fun!

• 3/17 - 3/21 Book Fair
• 3/17 - 3/21 Spring Conference Week
• 3/19 Futura Spanish 2:45-3:45 pm
• 3/21 Assembly 9:10 am & McFarland Vocal Tour 9:40 am
• 3/24 - 3/28 SPRING BREAK
• 4/26 CEPS Carnival 9:00 am - 1:00 pm (more information to come)

• Spartan Volleyball - Girls Spartan Spikers Registration Open

• Spartan Volleyball - Boys Spartan Spikers Registration Open

• Oregon Lacrosse Club Spring Season Registration Open - March 17

• E.D. Locke Trinity Irish Dancers - March 17

• ACT Prep Plus - Early Bird Registration through March 20

• E.D. Locke Teen After Hours Nerf Night - March 21

• E.D. Locke Library Card Design Contest - March 1-April 4

• E.D. Locke Library All Ages Poetry Contest - March 1-April 1

• CESA 2 MHS Driver Education Program

• McFarland Youth Baseball Organization 2025 Season Registration Open

• McFarland Youth Softball 2025 Season Registration Open

• Badger Precollege Grades 6-8 Latino Youth Summit - March 24-25

• E.D. Locke Library Bad Art Afternoon - March 28

• i9 Sports 2025 Spring Season - Register by March 28

• MSD Raising Resilient and Responsible Kids Virtual Parenting Course - April-May

• MHS DECA Big Little Dance & Getting Ready with Royalty - April 12

• McFarland Soccer Referee Course - April 19

• IMMS McFarland Spring Craft Fair - April 26

• Free Sales for Families Free Sale - May 3

• Dane County Humane Society Camp Wildside 2025 Day Camps and Summer Camp

• E.D. Locke Library Teen Dungeons and Dragons One-Shot Adventures - January-April

• E.D. Locke Library VolunTeen Program - January-April

• E.D. Locke Library Teen S.T.E.A.M. - January-April

• E.D. Locke Library Teen Hangout - January-April

• E.D. Locke Library Teen UnBook Club - January-April

• E.D. Locke Library Teen Snack & Chat - January-April

• E.D. Locke Library Grades 3-5 LEGO Club - September-May

• E.D. Locke Library Grades 3-5 Graphic Novel Book Club - September-May

• E.D. Locke Library Grades K-2 Magic Tree House Book Club - September-May

• UW Madison Summer Anxiety Group for Kids Grades 2-4 - June 17-July 17

• Dane County Humane Society Summer Camp Pawprint

• Free Triple P Positive Parenting Online Program for WI Families

• WI School of Business - Grade 8 & 9 Free Precollege Summer Camp: Business Basics

• Badger Bots Kids Summer Camps

Last week we practiced a Hold Drill for our monthly safety drill. A Hold is used when we need the hallways clear due to a medical emergency, facility issue, or a student issue. Students were asked to vacate the hallways, return to or remain in their locked classrooms, and continue learning. In an actual event this would keep them safe or protect a student's privacy and would have a minimal impact on other students. The Hold Drill lasted approximately 10 minutes. Students and staff did and excellent job!

Emergencies can happen at any time, so it is crucial that school staff, especially Health Services staff, are able to get in contact with a parent/guardian or an emergency contact during the school day. Please take a moment to review your students' listed emergency contacts in the IC parent portal to ensure the information listed is the most current. If there are special circumstances where you know you will not be available for calls during a specific time of day or if school staff should utilize an alternate phone number such as an office line, please ensure that this is communicated and/or make sure that your listed emergency contacts are aware of this, as health office staff may need to contact them if your student is seen in the health office and parent/guardian notification is required. To make changes to your emergency contacts please see here for steps to update contact information. Thank you for our partnership in helping to keep our students safe and healthy!

Incoming Kindergarten families, please complete the required Kindergarten Health Registration Packet and return to the CEPS Health Office prior to the first day of school or during Camp Kindergarten this summer!

For those who like to plan ahead, here are the dates and times of the welcome back night for August. All schools Welcome Back Night are on Wednesday, Aug 27th, 2025

• CEPS 5:30 - 7:30

• A-K 5:30 - 6:20

• L-Z 6:40 - 7:30

• WIS 5:30 -7:30

• L-Z 5:30 - 6:20

• A-K 6:40 - 7:30

• IMMS 5:00 - 7:00

• A-K 5:00 - 5:50

• L-Z 6:10 - 7:00

• MHS 4:00 - 7:00

Vision and Mission Statement Community Survey: The Village of McFarland is in the process of drafting a new mission, vision, and value statements. We believe that your opinions, insights, and values are key to making sure these statements are reflective of what really matters to us all within the McFarland community. This is not just about goals and priorities, but about crafting a vision that truly represents who we are and where we want to go as a Village.

To that end, we hope you’ll take our Vision and Mission Statement Community Survey to offer your own insights and input. Whether your feedback relates to the spirit of the community, the issues you care about most, or what you hope to see in the future, we want to hear it all to help better inform the project. The survey will remain open until the end of March.

We have also scheduled an additional Village Visionaries Workshop, to be held in the Training Room at the McFarland Municipal Center on Thursday, March 20 from 6 to 8 p.m. if you would like to participate in person.

Please consider filling out the form or attending the workshop whether you live within the Village or not. We welcome all of the input from residents and our surrounding neighbors. Let me know if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, and thank you in advance for your participation and support.

March is...

Women's History Month

Youth Art Month

Music In Our Schools Month

• February 28 to March 30 - Ramadan
• March 17 - The Great Hunger in Ireland
• March 29 to March 30 - Eid al-Fitr

Looking for more things to do?

McFarland Recreation Aquatics & Play (MRAP) and the McFarland Performing Arts Center (MPAC) offer a wide variety of recreation and aquatics programs for community members of all ages. To learn more, visit MRAPNews.com

Questions about specific MRAP or MPAC programs?

Reach out to the staff contacts listed below:

• Stu Schaefer, Director of Community Services: schaefs@mcfsd.org | 608-838-3168
• Kayla Eliasson, Aquatics Supervison: eliassk@mcfsd.org | 608-838-3168
• Alisha Fix, Recreation Supervisor: fixa@mcfsd.org | 608-838-4666
• Zachary Franczak, Performing Arts Supervisor: franczz@mcfsd.org | 608-838-4461

The McFarland School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, ancestry, creed, pregnancy, marital status, parental status, sexual orientation, sex, (including gender status, change of sex or gender identity), or physical, mental, emotional, or learning disability (Protected Classes) in any of its student program and activities.