Mustang Minute

September

9/7- EPIC Resale Donation Drive

9/12- EPIC PArent's Night Out @ The Duck Inn

9/16- Gurnee Chipotle Restaurant Fundraiser

9/16- Parent University- Schoology 101 The Ins and Outs of Parent Access @ 6PM

9/17- 1st-3rd Grade Parent Night @ 6PM

9/19- 4th/5th Grade Parent Night @ 6PM

9/25- Parent University- HELP ME! Understanding Executive Functioning - Parent Strategies for Success @ 6PM

9/26- EPIC General Assembly Meeting @ 6PM

9/30- APEX Fundraiser

October

10/2- Early Release @ 1:00

10/4 and 10/5- EPIC Resale @ MMS

10/9- Picture Retake Day

10/14- No School- Inservice Day

10/14- EPIC Family Fall Gathering @ Patch 22

10/24- Portillo's Fundraiser

10/31- Halloween Celebrations

November

11/5- No School- Election Day

11/6- Early Release @ 1:00

11/5- EPIC Feed My Starving Children

11/11-11/15- Fall Book Fair

• Understanding Executive Functioning: Parent Strategies for Success
  
• Adler Arts Center September News
• Breastfest 2024

• Student iPads (NEW)
• Fall Clubs (NEW)
• Millburn Parent Universities (NEW)
• Plant-Based Lunch Option
• COVID Updates
  
• End of Day Dismissal
• EPIC News

We are pleased to inform you that all students have received their iPads, which are intended solely for student work. Please ensure that these devices are used exclusively by your student for their educational activities.

To maintain the integrity and functionality of the iPads:

• Do not use the iPads for personal or adult work.
• Do not log into any email accounts other than your student's school account.
• Do not use the iPads for home use, such as taking personal photos or videos.

Thank you for your cooperation in helping us maintain a focused and productive learning environment.

We understand how important afterschool clubs are for many of our students, and we recognize that some of you were unable to secure a spot for your child in a fall club. We sincerely apologize for any disappointment this may have caused.

We will be offering a similar afterschool clubs in the spring. Our priority will be to ensure that students who did not have the opportunity to participate in the fall will be given priority for the spring clubs.

We will share more details on the available clubs and the registration process as we approach the spring term. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns in the meantime.

PARENT CONNECTIONS through a Parent University Series

We have already had opportunities for parents to connect with staff at the start of the school year, and an opportunity this week for parents to connect with other parents. It is important for our community to connect with each other in various ways to create a support network as we bring up our kids toward adulthood. The PARENT U series is another opportunity to connect throughout the year! Please consider taking part in as many of these opportunities as possible! Save the dates and times in this LINK, and watch for more details as the year progresses.

Did you know the Millburn cafeteria offers plant based meals? To ensure accurate ordering of these food items, parents are required to sign-up for the program. Please complete the form by clicking here, to register your child(ren). If you signed up for the plant based menu last year, you do not need to sign up again; last year's enrollment in the plant based menu will carry forward while your student is enrolled at Millburn.

GUIDELINES FOR COVID LIKE SYMPTOMS

• Testing is no longer required for students/staff member going home with COVID like symptoms.
• Testing is not required for students/staff member to return to school if they have been out sick
• Student/staff member may return to school once they are feeling better and symptoms have been resolving for 24 hours.
• Must be fever free (under 100) for 24 hours (unmedicated).
• Must be vomiting and diarrhea free for 24 hours (after last episode).

IF A STUDENT/STAFF TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID

• Please inform the nurse in the Health Office staff.
• Student/staff member may return as long as they are feeling better and symptoms are resolving for the last 24 hours. You should also be fever free (under 100* WITHOUT medication) for 24 hours.
• A recommendation of wearing a mask for at least 5 days upon returning to school still exists.
• AGAIN, a negative Covid test is not required for students or staff to return to school.

COVID POSITIVE FAMILY MEMBER

• Exposed student/staff may come to school as long as they are fever and symptom free as described above.
• CDC states that due to new variants of Covid and a person’s immunity status, reinfection IS possible as early as several weeks after a previous infection.

Kelly Vanko R.N. and Lynne Schaefer R.N.

PH: 847-245-2781

PH: 224-306-8740

FAX: 847-356-9722

EMAIL: MES_NURSE@millburn24.net

In order to maintain a safe transfer of students to families who pick up their child at the end of the school day, adults must be listed on our Parent Pick-Up list. As parents pull up to pick up their child, we first validate the adult picking up is on the list. Once that is confirmed, we send the child outside for pick up.

If you plan to pick-up your child this year at dismissal, please complete the Parent Pick Up Form below.

Email: bwalshire@millburn24.net
Phone: 847-245-2800

Email: kgedville@millburn24.net