Meadow Brook Parent Newsletter

Our mission at MBI is to attend to and foster positive relationships with all stakeholders, ensure high levels of learning for all students, and show GRIT every day. The first few weeks of school have been fantastic here at MBI! Our students are really showing a great understanding and application of GRIT and learning is taking place in our classrooms. Our doors are always open and we are here to support your students and our community in the best ways we can.

Mrs. Giblet and Mrs. Thompson

MBI Community, we need your help and support with our fundraiser! This is the only school-driven fundraiser we do all year, so your participation is vital to providing resources and supplies that our students need throughout the school year. We are extending the fundraiser through next Thursday, September 12! We want everyone to participate in the Day of Awesomeness on October 3, so please send your 10 texts/emails.

Also, do not forget about the PRIZES!!

$150 donations = PIZZA PARTY at the Day of Awesomeness!

Our Media Director, Mrs. Pool is starting up her MBI Book Club! Please see the image below for details. Click this link to get signed up: https://forms.gle/6M5JGdnEhKu3Zpc59

For more information, email Mrs. Pool at poolj@mustangps.org

Each month, we will share a helpful, informational article that is relevant to 5th and 6th graders and how the adults in their lives can keep them safe and/or healthy. These articles come from Common Sense Media which is a fantastic resource that we highly encourage families to utilize!

Our bookfair is September 24th - 30th! Click here to checkout the online bookfair or purchase a gift card!

Students will be receiving an opt-out form in the next two weeks. Please fill this out and return it if you do NOT wish for your students to attend the bookfair.

We are entering the time of year where students are wearing jackets or hoodies to school, but during recess or PE they are taking those off--which means our Lost and Found is already growing and collecting items. Please consider writing your student's name on their jackets, lunchboxes, and other belongings so we can get those returned to your student if they are left behind somewhere.

Mustang Public School’s buses are the safest way to get to and from school each day. Statistics from the School Bus Information Council show that buses are safer for students than airlines, passenger trains and passenger cars, which have the highest injury rate.

Mustang’s bus drivers go through strict training, which includes written tests as well as driving instruction and a driving test. New bus drivers will have a minimum of 15 hours on-the-road training with Mustang transportation department staff before they begin transporting children. Training is provided in-house.

Besides the benefits of safety, when more students ride the bus it significantly reduces congestion around the schools. It is also means a gas savings for parents.

ROUTE INFORMATION

• Routes - To access route information, simply go to elink.mustangps.org. Be sure to uncheck the box next to “Authenticate using Network Credentials.” Then enter the username of mustang, and the password is guest.

• If your address is NOT populating in the finder, please call our district office for assistance at (405)376-2630.

• As always, we appreciate your patience with our team each year as our school district continues to grow and new neighborhoods are established.

• Safety - Please take a moment to review this to view an Infographic on Oklahoma Bus Laws. Drive Safely!

Parents and Guardians,

Please take a few minutes to review district-wide expectations regarding student conduct on buses. In order to provide safe transportation to and from school, it is very important that all students adhere to the following expectations.

STUDENT CONDUCT ON BUSES

Riding a school bus is a privilege and students must maintain safe and respectful conduct to ensure safe travel to and from school. Student safety is our main priority and rules that are enforced at school also apply on the bus. Our bus drivers have the same authority over pupils while riding buses as the teachers have while in school.

The following rules and regulations shall govern the conduct of school bus passengers:

• Students must be respectful of the driver and other passengers at all times;

• All students must stay in their seats from the time they load the bus to the time they exit the bus;

• Students must keep hands and feet to themselves;

• Students must avoid tampering with the windows or the emergency door of the bus unless instructed by the driver to do so.

Disruptive behaviors, which potentially jeopardize the safety of all passengers, will not be tolerated. The following are some examples of disruptive behaviors which may bypass the warning and result in the loss of bus riding privileges:

• Fighting, shouting, profanity, horseplay, using tobacco or electronic cigarettes, extending any part of the body through an open window, throwing objects, refusing to obey the bus driver, *vandalism.

*Students who deface or vandalize a school bus in any way may have bus riding privileges suspended and will not be permitted to resume bus privileges until all damages are paid.

The following items will not be permitted on the bus:

• Balloons

• Glass containers

• Trash from snacks and drinks

WRITTEN CONDUCT REPORT

A written report about a student’s unsatisfactory conduct will be issued by the bus driver and delivered to the school principal for disciplinary action. The action taken by the principal may include short-term or permanent suspension from bus riding privileges and/or suspension from school- depending on the severity of the behavior.

In considering the different forms of disciplinary action, the faculty and the administration of the school district will consider the following; however, the school is not limited to these various methods, nor does this list reflect any order of sequence of events to follow in disciplinary actions

• Warning and Parent Phone Call

• 3 Day Suspension from Bus Privileges

• 5 Day Suspension from Bus Privileges

• 10 Day Suspension from Bus Privileges

• Loss of Bus Riding Privileges- Remainder of the School Year

• Suspension from school

Car riders will need to be dropped off on the west side of campus. Please see the diagram below for our car rider procedures. After the triangle median you can make 2 lines. Then, at the cone, we merge back into one line. This allows us to clear 15th street off. Please be sure to drop your students off at the curb to ensure an expedited and safe drop-off. Reminder: zipper entry into the car loop/school so cars on coming from both directions may get in line!

Thanks again for being patient and kind!

The Mustang Board of Education passed an updated attendance policy in May 2024 reducing the number of allowable absences per semester for students from 10 to 8. Each day a student is absent is a missed opportunity for learning and personal growth. The issue of Chronic Absenteeism has received significant attention recently, and this policy adjustment aligns our practices with State and Federal guidelines.

THANK YOU for your support in this policy! MBI students have done a fantastic job at following the policy of keeping all devices off and in their backpacks and we have already seen a huge positive impact from this procedure!!

Personal Technology Device Policy

Technology can be a wonderful resource in education. However, the use of cell phones and other personal technology devices (PTDs) are incredibly distracting to the learning environment. MPS has the following policy to ensure the least amount of distraction to our students' learning experiences.

All cell phone/PTD practices in MPS grades PreK-6 will follow Mustang Public School district policy #2140. PTDs include but are not limited to laptops, computers, tablets, cellular phones, smart phones, smart watches, gaming devices, earpods/airpods, or headphones. Devices whose primary purpose is gaming, along with any/all portable speakers are expressly prohibited at all times.

Cell Phones/PTDs are not allowed while at school.

• This includes once the student arrives on campus and until they leave the campus.

Standard consequences of violation of school cell phone/PTD policy/contract (actual consequences may vary due to severity of the violation):

• 1st violation: Cell phone/PTD will be kept in the office & picked up by the student at the end of the day;

• 2nd violation: Cell phone/PTD will be kept in the office & picked up by the student at the end of the day;

• 3rd violation: Cell phone/PTD will be kept in office until a parent/guardian picks it up in the office;

• 4th violation: Cell phone/PTD will be kept in office until a parent/guardian picks it up in the office and meets with administrators to discuss further actions.

*These consequences apply to the incidents per student and not incidents per PTD.

*School administration has the discretion to alter the consequences when necessary.

*These consequences apply to the incidents per student and not incidents per PTD.

*School administration has the discretion to alter the consequences when necessary.

*The school and its employees are in no way responsible for any theft or damage of cell phones/PTDs while on school grounds. The school is not obligated to investigate the loss or damage of any cell phone/PTD.

*Any deviation from this plan will be at the discretion of school administration.

Monday, September 2: Labor Day--NO SCHOOL

Monday, September 9: MPS Board Meeting

Saturday, September 14: Toledo's Give Back Night

Monday, September 16: PTSO Unit Meeting at 6:00

Wednesday, September 18: Last Day to Turn in Late Work From 8/13-9/18

Thursday, September 19: PTSO Skate Night at Yukon on Wheels

September 19-20: PD Days--NO SCHOOL

September 24-30: MBI Bookfair

Wednesday, September 25: Kona Ice at Recess (sold the last Wednesday of every month)

September 26 and 30: Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences (more details coming later!)

Thursday, September 26: 5th Grade GRIT Assembly

Friday, September 27: 6th Grade GRIT Assembly

Wednesday, October 2: Fall Picture Day

Thursday, October 3: Day of Awesomeness (Fundraiser Reward Party)

Friday, October 11: Last Day to Turn in Late Work From 9/19-10/11

October 16-18: Fall Break--No School

Monday, October 21: PD Day--No School

**PTSO Concessions at Recess Sold Every Friday at Recess**

Thank you to all of our Meadow Brook stakeholders. We are so grateful for such a supportive community. As always, if you need anything or have questions, please reach out to one of us and we will gladly take care of whatever we can for you. We are looking forward to a great year!!

MBI Administrative Team,

Principal - Jessica Giblet

Assistant Principal - Taylir Thompson

We are GOAL-DRIVEN.

We are RESPECTFUL.

We have INTEGRITY.

We TREAT OTHERS KINDLY.

- Mrs. Giblet and Mrs. Thompson