- April 22nd 5:00-7:00pm String Exploratory Evening- open to all 4th and 5th grade families interested in playing Orchestra in the fall. Location: MPR at WIS
- April 23rd- 3rd Grade landfill field trip- Joyce, Graber, McKernan, Atkins
- April 24th 6:00-7:00 pm: Optional Human Growth and Development Family Night for 4th and 5th grade students and families in the MPR (more information to come soon)
- April 26th- 4th Grade Lumberjack Breakfast
- April 29th- 5th Grade Art and Music Show
- 6pm- downstairs classes perform
- 6:45pm- upstairs classes perform
- May 1st: Pastry with Police in WIS cafeteria
- May 10th- Safety Patrol Field trip
- May 10th- 3rd Grade Cave of the Mounds Field trip
- May 14: 4th grade Capitol Field Trip and Local Government Presentation (Chapman, Ortman, Markee, Rice)
- May 15: 4th grade Capitol Field Trip and Local Government Presentation (Acevedo, Bast, Coats, Schut, Swierczek)
- May 23rd- 5th Grade Orchestra concert-- 7:00PM at the PAC
- May 31st- Olympiad (more information to come in April)
Please take a moment to check in Infinite Campus for your student's Second Semester Activity Fee. Fees are due by April 30, 2024. If you have an issues paying online please call 608-838-7667 if you need help paying the fee please let your teacher know. Also note there is an optional donation, this is optional and only if you are interested in sponsoring another students activity fee. Thank you
What better way to kick off our School Lunch Hero Day (5/3/24) than to have our everyday heroes join us for breakfast?
We have invited our local police officers to join us on Wednesday, May 1st. Students who choose to eat breakfast will follow our routine breakfast procedures. Donuts and other assorted breakfast items will be available for purchase.
Please don't hesitate to contact the nutrition department (ribblej1@mcfsd.org) with any questions.
- A note or a screen chart (Mychart) provided to the school by a physician will be marked as MED in the students attendance record and will not count against their absences. Please reach out to Emily Gierl, Social Worker gierle@mcfsd.org, if you have questions regarding the policy. Medical notes can also be emailed to wisattendance@mcfsd.org.
Spring Allergies
April showers bring May flowers--and pollen! If your student suffers from Spring allergies, Health Services can help. We are happy to keep over-the-counter allergy medicines such as Zyrtec, Claritin or Allegra for your student to take during the school day. If this is something you're interested in doing, please fill out our over-the-counter medication consent form, sign the bottom and send it to your student's health office. Medications must be sent in the original container-please no pills in baggies, tupperware or other unlabeled containers. Each health office does keep oral Benadryl in stock, for those with life-threatening allergic reactions. It is not recommended to be used as a first-line treatment for seasonal allergies and careful consideration should be taken when administering Benadryl at school, given that it can result in drowsiness.
It can be difficult to determine whether red, itchy and watery eyes are a result of Spring allergies or are a result of a bacterial or viral infection that may need further evaluation. See below for a quick run-down of symptoms, treatment and the District's guidelines on exclusion from school for pink eye.
Bacterial pink eye: Symptoms include yellow or green colored, sticky discharge from the affected eye. Eyes are often very itchy and the eyelids may become swollen. You may notice your child's eyelids are crusted shut, especially in the morning. This must be treated with antibiotic ointment or eye drops and will then typically clear within 5-7 days.
Viral pink eye: Discharge is normally watery but may be sticky and yellow in the morning. Eyelids can become very swollen. Symptoms typically follow a recent cold or sore throat. Antibiotic ointments or eye drops will not help with viral pink eye. Eye wash solutions such as Artificial Tears can help relieve symptoms. Contact your Provider if symptoms do not improve within 7-14 days.
MSD's Health Services Department follows the DHS Wisconsin Childhood Communicable Disease guidelines for exclusion practices from school. For the majority of pink eye cases, students do not have to be excluded from school. Circumstances that would result in your student being excluded from school include fever or if the student is unable to refrain from touching their affected eye. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Stephanie Peplinski, District Nurse, at peplins@mcfsd.org.
Parent/Guardian & Emergency Contact Information
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!