Weekly Update

Reminder that students do not return to school until Wednesday of this week.

To celebrate the season opener for our KC Chiefs, we're encouraging all to wear their Chiefs gear to school on Thursday.

MP will honor the annual Noah's Bandage Drive September 9 - 13. More info to come, but wanted to get this information to you now. Please look for info coming from classroom teachers next week with specifics.

I will not be sending a Weekly Update to MP Families next week.

Please click on the link below for all Manchester Park PTO updates. You can access the calendar, sign-ups and event details all in one spot. Thank you and Go Timberwolves!

manchesterparkpto.org/intheknow

As we all work together to create safe arrival and dismissal times for 600+ students, we need to remember to be good neighbors too.

Please remember the following for arrival and dismissal times:

- Students must all cross at crosswalks, even if you're waiting for them across the street.

- Be alert for any pedestrians walking.

- Follow directives from crossing guards.

- Display current car tags clearly and daily.

- Help your child learn their car tag numbers for faster loading at dismissal.

- Middle school students will be walking home from buses during dismissal.

- Do not block neighborhood driveways when waiting for drop off and dismissal.

Together we can make the area around MP safe!

Students are welcome to bring birthday treats in for classmates!

To keep all students safe and avoid any conflicts with dietary needs, please adhere to the guidelines below:

- Store bought

- Inidvidually wrapped

- Does not require utensils and or clean up

- Contact classroom teacher for any dietary restrictions within the classroom

As you know, our Olathe District has adopted a new smart watch/personal device policy for all grade levels. The K-8 policy includes the following.

- Students may have smart watches during the school day (8:55 AM - 3:55 PM), but they may not be visible. This means students may keep their smart watches in lockers, pockets or pencil bags during school hours. This includes any smart watch that has been placed on school/silence/etc. mode.

- They may not be used during breaks, recess, or lunch periods.

- A regular watch that only tells time may be worn.

The full district policy can be found on our school website.

Please understand that the purpose of this policy is to create a productive learning environment for all students. As always, if you need to get communication to your student, please contact the MP front office and we will get the message to your child.

We are happy to welcome families in to share lunch with their Timberwolves after Labor Day.

We're a big school, so need to implement a few guidelines in order to make this happen.

Guidelines:

- Prior sign-up is required.

- Each slot covers two guests.

- Upon arrival, office staff will check for your sign-up.

- If you did not sign up online for that day, plan to reschedule for a different day.

- Lunch will take place in the cafeteria, as we don't have other available spaces.

- You may bring lunch in for your student, but may NOT share food with other students.

- If you'd like to purchase a school lunch, contact our front office by 9:15 AM to order.

- Payment is not accepted on site, so be sure to have enough $$ on your child's meal account to cover.

Link to sign-up is below.