On Friday, October 11, 2024 students will attend their Monday Unified Arts classes. What this means is that if your student usually has Art on a Monday they will also have Art on this Friday. Switch days allow specialists and students to adjust their schedules so they can make up for missed days due to holidays, etc. Thank you for your support and flexibility!
School pictures were taken on 9/6/24 and sent home with students over the past week. Picture Retakes are scheduled for Friday, 10/25/24. Students can participate in picture retakes if they bring in their original picture envelope. Students who were absent on picture day can also choose to get their picture taken on retake day. Coffee Pond will be sharing additional details about the process as retake day gets closer!
During the month of October our school will be connected by the theme "Expect Greatness".
**World Smile Day- Today, Friday, October 4th:
World Smile Day is a fantastic opportunity for everyone around the world to use the universal language of the smile. Smiling is a gesture that is understood across the world, whether you speak the same language or not. Sharing your smile makes you feel good, and makes the other person feel good too.
World Smile Day happens on the first Friday of October every year. The theme of the day is “Do an act of kindness. Help one person smile.” The aim is to bring a bit of joy to the world by encouraging people to do random acts of kindness for each other. If everyone does one thing to make someone else smile, the world would be a much kinder and happier place
We have purchased smiley face stickers for all Miller staff and students for Friday. Everyone is encouraged to make an extra effort to put a smile on the face of classmates and colleagues! (click here for more details)
**"The Great Wall of Miller" has been "built" on the wall between the multipurpose room and the library. This is a place to post reasons why Miller School students and staff are GREAT (to go along with our theme of "Expect Greatness"). Any staff member can post something and there are paper stars in the office you can use OR you can share your ideas on something else. There are really no rules here except that we want this wall to highlight the GREATNESS of Miller!
**Indigenous Peoples' Day, Monday, October 14, 2024: As you know, Indigenous Peoples’ Day recognizes the strength and resilience of Indigenous communities since European ships first arrived in North America in 1492. It’s also a time to celebrate the cultures, traditions and contributions of Native people in the U.S. today. Lynda Canal has created this slide with links to books that can be read to/with/by students to build awareness and recognition of this day (Click HERE! ).
October
3- No School- Rosh Hashanah
4- World Smile Day
9- International Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day
11- Unified Arts SWITCH DAY- Follow Monday Schedule
14- No School- Indigenous Peoples' Day
16- RAMs One-Acts
8:30-9:10: Grade 3 & Nam
9:20-10:00:Grade 4 and Dowling/Sullivan
17- RAMs One-Acts & Unified Arts Back to School Night
8:30-9:10: Grade 5
21- Start of the PTO Read-a-thon
23- Student Advisory Council @7:45am
25- Picture Retake Day
30- Evening Conferences
31- ½ Day for Students- ½ Conferences
PTO Read-a-thon: October 21-November 15
At Back to School Nights this year we shared our efforts to support students and families with student attendance. You may recall learning that each school has formed school-based attendance teams who meet weekly to review student attendance totals and to determine family outreach and interventions as needed. We are grateful for your support and we have seen an improvement in attendance this year thanks to you!
The following action steps are taken by Miller's attendance team:
Weekly Monitoring:
-Students with 3 absences contacted by nurse
-Team reviews students with 5 absences and/or tardies
Monthly Monitoring:
-ALL families receive a monthly attendance update for their student(s) notifying them of totals.
Quarterly Monitoring:
-Students with 10% or more absences and/or tardies
-Email notification sent to all families
As noted in the "monthly monitoring" families can expect a monthly update about their student's attendance that will be sent via email on the first school day of the month. We expect this communication to begin next week.
As a reminder, Miller doors open for students at 7:15AM (7:10AM for breakfast) and the first “bell” sounds at 7:25 AM. The second “bell” sounds at 7:30 AM. Students are considered tardy when they arrive after 7:30 AM. We ask for your assistance in assuring that your child consistently attends school and is on time to begin the school day.
