Miller Magical 3

Respectful....

Responsible, Safe

Bring the Magic to this place!

Magical 3 is what it takes.

Respectful...

Responsible, Safe

Here are the 4 important news items you need for this fall!

1. The lunch menu which is updated monthly
2. Halloween costume restrictions
3. Important dates
4. Notes From Our Nurse

What a great start to the year! We are so glad to have your child attend Miller Elementary. I would like to share a few highlights of things we have been focusing on this year. First, we have been working hard to make sure every student feels welcome by greeting them every day. We have also been focusing on keeping students and staff safe. To this end, we taught and practiced emergency safety drills (lockdown, tornado, and fire) and placed an adult on each bus for the first week to ensure every student got off at the correct location. In addition, I hope that you were able to view Mr. Fey’s video about our pick-up/drop-off procedures, so you know where to safely drop-off and pick-up students. Finally, we held an all-school assembly in which Mr. Fey, and I shared with students the Power of 3. We instructed students to tell three adults when something happens to them to make them feel unsafe or if they cannot resolve a conflict with a peer. The adults will intervene or investigate to make sure the problem has been addressed or the relationship has been mended. In addition, we taught students the importance of following directions and asked them to begin using this simple phrase, “Ok, I can do that” when adults ask them to do something. Well, that’s it for this update. More to come next time.

Hello parents, guardians, and grandparents, my name is Dave Fey, and I am the Assistant Principal at Miller Elementary. Much of the work within a school day revolves around student behavior, supporting teachers, ensuring systems support teachers and learners, resolving student conflicts, and connecting with parents and guardians.

As we collaborate on your learners’ educational experience, we desire to communicate to you a few of our learner expectations. Teachers repeatedly review these expectations with learners throughout the school year and intensify reviews if needed. A level of behavior and decorum, or an acceptable level of interaction between peers, is a common expectation here at Miller Elementary. One of the biggest infractions of this decorum is name-calling. Name-calling can fall under our school harassment policy. When learners call names based on something that an individual cannot change, the origin of birth, the color of their skin, or physical, emotional, or mental capabilities it is deemed as harassing. If your learner(s) comes home and reports incidents of harassment:

1.) encourage them to report to staff at the moment – reporting to three adults in our mantra,

2.) inform the classroom teacher (always encouraged as the first step)

3.) for repeated incidents inform either Mr. Guenther or Mr. Fey.

Miller Elementary strives to provide a safe, collaborative, and caring environment for all learners and adults. As we work together respectfully and responsibly manner your learner will continue to learn and mature on their journey to receiving their High School Diploma.

The Robert P. Miller Elementary School PTO is dedicated to serving the needs of elementary school parents, guardians, teachers, staff, and students by being involved in all aspects of the educational process. The mission of Miller PTO is to provide resources to enhance the quality of education, promote parent-teacher dialogue, encourage all students in academic, civic, and ethical development, supplement educational resources, and support a holistic learning environment that is a valued community asset.

PTO meets the first Monday of every month from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in the Miller School library.

Watch the Miller Facebook page for meeting information.

-🎃 Students are not allowed to dress up in costumes for Halloween, they may dress up by wearing orange and black but we will not be allowing costumes. Teachers will send out their plans for Halloween activities for each class.🎃

-If your student will be absent in the morning and they will be back for lunch, please be sure to call and have them added to the hot lunch count before 8:45.

- 👟Remember to bring tennis shoes for PE class days whether worn to school or brought in the student's backpack.👟

-This year BPS will be using a new communication tool called BrightArrow. Text messages from BPS will be sent from the number 79041. You will be asked after the first message to "opt-in" to continue receiving text messages. Please opt in otherwise you will not receive any further messages by text. Parents and students can opt-in for text messages before receiving the first text message by simply sending “Yes” in a text message to 79041.

Fall is here, winter isn't far behind. We will go by wind-chill for clothing expectations, not the actual temperature as the weather changes. The projected highs don't hit until very late in the day. Pants, close-toed shoes, and a sweatshirt or jacket are needed to keep our learners safe and comfortable as they play. Should we end up with snow; boots, snow pants, and gloves or mittens are required to leave the blacktop and to play in the snow. On cold or windy days, they want their warmer gear, thank you for helping them remember to bring their gear to school.🙂

Having fun outside,

Sarah Perdue

Playground Lead Supervisor

BPS Illness Guidelines;

To return to school after illness your child must:

1. Be without vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours.

2. Be without an uncontrolled or persistent cough.

3. Have an oral temperature less of than 100.4 degrees without the use of medication.

4. Feel well enough to take part in the usual school day.

Sleep is so important! To provide the best possible learning environment for your child, please be sure they are getting 9-12 hours of sleep each night.

Talk with your GOBLINS about HALLOWEEN SAFETY!

1. Children should trick-or-treat in groups and cross streets with an adult.
2. Always walk on lighted sidewalks or paths.
3. Remind children to watch for cars that are turning or backing up.
4. Drivers should slow down, especially in residential neighborhoods.
5. Examine all treats and candy before eating.

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