Maple Monthly

Thank you to all of our families who joined us for our Open House earlier this month. It was great having so many community partners join.

At Maple Elementary, every student belongs. This means that every student regardless of their race, religion, language, gender, or any other factor- will be loved and accepted as a member of our school community. Bias and discrimination in any form are not tolerated within our school community. If and when incidents of bias occur, we will respond with care for those who have been harmed and education and consequences for those who have caused harm.

Our Maple policy for food and drinks in the classroom:

Drinks: Only water is allowed during the day in the classroom. If a student brings another drink to school (such as hot chocolate, juice, soda) they will need to finish their drink in the cafeteria and be in class by 8:35.

Food: Teachers have different policies around snacks in the classroom. If your student has a snack time in their class, it is expected that they bring items that meet the district guidelines linked below.

If you have any questions about food and drink in the classroom, please call the office.

What is PBIS?

PBIS stands for Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports. At Maple, we are dedicated to creating a safe and positive learning environment for ALL students. The purpose of school-wide PBIS is to establish a climate in which positive behavior is the norm, especially since social behavior is an important part of a student's educational experience. It includes introducing, modeling, practicing, and reinforcing positive social behavior to create a safe learning environment.

Positive School-Wide Expectations

Be Safe.... Be Respectful.... Be Responsible

In each area of the school, what it looks like to be safe, respectful and responsible is different. The expectations are posted throughout the school and taught to the students.

Recognition Systems

Effective PBIS systems include a system for rewarding students who follow the school-wide expectations. Here is what we are doing at Maple:

• Dragon Tokens: Students earn Dragon Tokens for following school expectations. Dragon Tokens are used for reward systems in the classroom.
• Hoorays: Students can earn a Hooray for being caught going above and beyond with behavior that is safe, respectful, and responsible and walking with Dragon Pride!

Maple will be having a Papa's Pizza fundraiser on Thursday, November 21st! Maple will receive 50% of all purchases made with a flier. These funds are raised to support field trips, supplies for the classroom, popcorn fridays and much more!

We will send fliers home the week of the fundraiser.

We now have an official Facebook Page!

This page will have information, events, information about staff and exciting info about what is going on in our classrooms and schools. Please click the link below to follow!

We are excited to continue our Weekly Walking School Bus every Tuesday. A Walking School Bus is a program supported by Safe Routes to School and Maple staff to provide a chaperoned walk to school every Tuesday morning. If you don't live directly on the route, feel free to drive your student to any of the stops before pick up time.

Healthy Moves is off to a great start this year. The program runs Monday-Thursday each week.

This is a 30-minute activity program that is done before school. A variety of physical activities includes a warm-up, cardiovascular activities, games, and a cool down/yoga stretch. Activities are adapted to be appropriate for each grade. This program is designed to stimulate physical activity for kids in grades kinder-to-5th, and this has the added benefit of preparing them to be able to focus better in the classroom.

• Healthy Moves Trainers will come to Maple at 7:45
• Beginning at 8:00, trainers will pull any student finished eating breakfast, or students who have already eaten at home to the gym to lead them in activity.
• There will be a cap of 80 students per day, no students brought after 8:15
• At 8:25 trainers will line up students by grade level and dismiss to class

Thank you Healthy Moves for continuing this program at Maple!

Come meet our new Family Resource EA, Jessica Thomas!

Our Family Center is located in our school right by the front office. Jessica is here to help students and families so that ALL students feel supported and able to participate in school everyday. Some of the resources we have available at the school are food, clothing and basic toiletries.

Please stop by the front office and visit the Family Center if you would like to pick up some items. We also roll out our Community Cart every other Thursday after school. If you have any questions please feel free to visit the office or call the school at 541-744-6395.

Morning Supervision begins at 8:00 each day. Please do not have your student arrive before that time.

Afternoon supervision: Dismissal time is 2:50. Please promptly pick up your student as we do not have afternoon supervision past 3:00.

Breakfast doors open daily at 8:00am. Students can enter through the cafeteria doors. We encourage any student who would like to eat breakfast to arrive no later than 8:20 to ensure they make it to class when school starts at 8:35. Any student that enters school after 8:35 receives a sack breakfast to take to their classroom.

We are now offering 2 main choices for lunch and breakfast each day. As students walk through the line, they are able to make their choice. Students have been excited for this change!

Just a friendly reminder that to keep the drop off line moving, we ask that you do not get out of your car. If you would like to walk your student to the door, please park in our lot.

Additionally, when parking on J street we ask that you not block off any of our neighbors' driveways.

Dismissal Information:

• Student dismissal time is 2:50 each day. Student dismissal locations are as follows:
• Kindergarten: Dismissed through Kindergarten gate, behind school off of J Street.
• 1st/4th/5th grade: Dismissed through Cafeteria doors
• 2nd/3rd grade: Dismissed through front doors by Main Office

Thank you for helping our Drop off and Pick up times go safely and smoothly!

Our students have PE every other day. Please send your student to school in tennis shoes.

We receive donations from Costco each Tuesday for our families. Jessica, our great Family Center EA, will push out carts at the end of the day each Tuesday afternoon around 2:50. Please be aware we have many families in need so only take what is needed.

All students received a new Maple T-shirt this year. We encourage both staff and students to wear their Maple shirts every Monday.

Please remember to send your student with their charged chromebook or Ipad every day!

October 25th: Kindergarten Field trip to Detering Farms

October 25th: Early Release Dismissal @12:30

October 28th-November 1st: Spirit Week (See information above)

November 11th: No School: Veteran's Day

November 15th: Early Release: Dismissal @12:30

November 19th: Picture Retakes

November 21st: Papa's Pizza Fundraiser

November 25th-November 29th: No School

(25th: Grading Day; 26th-27th: Conferences; 28th-29th: Fall Break)

Email: megan.knight@springfield.k12.or.us
Location: 2109 J Street, Springfield, OR, USA
Phone: 541-744-6395