Maple Grove Grizzly Gazette

PTA Volunteers Needed:

In order to continue offering fun, family friendly events at Maple Grove, we need your help in staffing these events! Please consider volunteering some of your time for the upcoming Glow Dance so we can have the event run without a hitch! Sign up link is listed below (as is a sign up for an upcoming hearing Van visit). We appreciate any help and time you can provide to keep these events going!

Glow Dance Volunteers

Hearing Screening Volunteers

A Message from Our District:

Please review and update your contact information in Infinite Campus to ensure effective communication. Accurate information helps us maintain our comprehensive school safety plans. Please take a moment to verify the following:

• Personal contact details (phone numbers and email addresses).

• Emergency contact information. Best practice would include more than one contact.

• Approved individuals who can pick up your child from school.

Morning & Afternoon Supervision:

I want to remind families as we are heading into our 2nd semester (and much colder weather) that we do not begin supervision of students until 8:25. If you drop your child off prior to that time, they will wait outside, unattended in the cold. In addition, we begin dismissal at 3:45 to ensure all students are picked up and safely on their way before our teachers leave at 4:10. If your children are not picked up by 4:00, we will begin calling families and emergency contacts to ensure someone is able to be at the school by 4:10. We do not have the capacity to watch your children off contract time, so please be sure you are dropping off and picking up appropriately. If you need more information about Champions before/after school care, please feel free to reach out to our main office for contact information for the Champions program.

First Semester Report Cards:

Our first semester report cards will be live to families on Friday, January 31st on our parent platform Infinite Campus. If you need help signing into Infinite Campus (maybe you forgot your username or password), please reach out to Gale in the office to get your information. We will NOT be sending hard copies home, so please be sure you know how to log into the parent portal. Here is the link to Infinite Campus for your convenience:

https://cedarrapidsia.infinitecampus.org/campus/portal/parents/cedarrapids.jsp

It's a great day to be a Grizzly!

Jeni Goebel, Principal

Maple Grove Elementary

jgoebel@crschools.us

Dear Parents and Guardians,

On Tuesday February 4th the 3rd grade students at Maple Grove have the opportunity to sing at Jefferson High School’s Valentines Concert. This is an optional event, but would love to have as many Maple Grove students as possible. We have our sound check in the auditorium at 6:40 and we are the first to perform at 7pm. If your student is performing, please have them at Jefferson by 6:30. The concert will go until roughly 8pm. They will get the opportunity to see the Taft choir perform and both Jefferson show choirs. Please have the below form turned in by next Friday 1/24 if your student will be performing that night. If you have questions please reach out.

Thanks,

Mr. Tyler

Since we have already seen the first snowfall of the season, we wanted to remind our CRCSD families about how to stay informed about winter weather closures and delays:

1: Check that your contact info is up-to-date in Infinite Campus. This is the email and phone number weather notices are sent to.

2: Get your weather-related delays or closures through multiple district communication platforms - District website, district messaging system (email, phone calls, and texts), and our district Facebook and Instagram pages. Information will also be shared with local media outlets.

3: Have a plan in place for transportation and child care for unexpected late starts or early dismissals.

• Friday, January 31: Report Cards go Live on Infinite Campus
• Tuesday, February 6: Maple Grove PTA Meeting
• Friday, February 7: PTA Sponsored Glow Dance (Maple Grove Gym) 6:00-7:30 pm
• Monday, February 10: No School: Staff Learning Day
• February 25 & 27: Winter Conferences
• Friday, February 28: No School: Teacher Compensation Day

Principal: Jeni Goebel

Email: jgoebel@crschools.us

Website: https://maplegrove.crschools.us/
Location: 1300 38th Street NW, Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52405
Phone: (319) 558-2471
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MapleGroveCRCSD