Moran Prairie Messenger
Weekly Moran Prairie Family and Community Newsletter
Friday May 10th:
- 1st grade is learning all about butterflies!
- Kindergarten showed off their animal dioramas!
- 5th graders with Mrs. Stumbaugh built mobiles after reading the Woodsrunner!
- Mrs. Walther's class is practicing different word endings (suffixes)!
- 3rd through 5th grade started state testing!
- We had our annual Prairie Dog Dash!
- 2nd grade Lego Robotics began with Mrs. R Brown!
- We said thank you to our wonderful school nurse, Mrs. Durbin!
- We celebrated our teachers and showed how much we appreciate them!
Principal Update
As Teacher Appreciation Week comes to a close, I want to extend my heartfelt gratitude to all of you for your support and recognition of our incredible teachers. Your words of appreciation, gestures of kindness, and acts of generosity have made this week truly special for all. Your partnership with us in celebrating the dedication and hard work of our teachers means the world to us. While this week may be ending, our appreciation for our teachers continues every day. Thank you for entrusting us with your children's education and for being such an integral part of our Moran Prairie community.
Updates & Reminders
- Please remember that students cannot arrive to school before 8 am. Breakfast is available in the cafeteria beginning at 8 am, and we have staff supervision for outdoor line-up starting at 8:15 am. We do not have staff to supervise students before 8 am.
- Remember to donate gently used clothes and shoes to our Blue Bin by the bike racks. These donations benefit many in our community that are served by the Northwest Center. If you are doing some spring cleaning, thinking of donating clothes from home, please consider donating to our blue bin!
- Moving and not returning next year? Please let the office know as soon as you know so we can accurately plan for classes and staffing next year!
- Please remember to notify the office of changes in dismissal plans as early as possible!
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Ferris Feeder Pattern Expo - Our Students Are Performing!
Annual State Testing
This year, our 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students will continue to participate in the Smarter Balanced Assessment. The purpose of the Smarter Balanced Assessment is designed to measure students' proficiency in English language arts/literacy and mathematics. Assessment results provide educators with data to help improve teaching and learning, plus check learning milestones to students’ college and career readiness by high school graduation. Along with the ELA and math, 5th graders will complete the science assessment.
If you know your child has an appointment on one of the grade level testing days, please let the teacher know to help assist in scheduling of any missed assessments.
3rd Grade Schedule
- Each individual teacher will notify parents of the testing schedule.
4th Grade Schedule
- Tuesday, May 7 – Start ELA CAT
- Tuesday, May 14 – Start ELA PT
- Tuesday, May 21 – Math CAT
- Wednesday, May 22 – Math PT
5th Grade Schedule
- Wednesday, May 8 – Science
- Tuesday, May 14 – ELA CAT
- Wednesday, May 15 – ELA PT
- Thursday, May 16 – ELA PT (Continued)
- Tuesday, May 21 – Math CAT
- Wednesday, May 22 – Math CAT (Continued)
- Thursday, May 23 – Math PT
Test Abbreviations: Computer Adapted Test (CAT), Performance Task (PT)
Questions? Please reach out to your classroom teacher!
Community Event
Chase Middle School's CCTV
Ferris Summer Camps
Upcoming Dates
- Monday May 13th: State testing grades 3-5, Student Late Start @ 9:30 am, Prairie Dog Monday
- Tuesday May 14th: State testing grades 3-5, Ferris Feeder Pattern Spring Expo, PTG Meeting @ 6:30 pm
- Wednesday May 15th: State testing grades 3-5
- Thursday May 16th: State testing grades 3-5
- Friday May 17th: State testing grades 3-5, Speech and Language Pathologist Appreciation Day
- Monday May 20th: State testing grades 3-5, Student Late Start @ 9:30 am, Prairie Dog Monday
- Tuesday May 21st: State testing grades 3-5, Spring Concert K-2nd grade @ 6 pm
- Wednesday May 22nd: State testing grades 3-5, Spring Concert 3rd - 5th grade @ 6 pm
- Thursday May 23rd: State testing grades 3-5
- Friday May 24th: State testing grades 3-5, 5th grade visit to Chase @ 9 am, K-2 Second Chance Ranch Visit @ Moran
- Monday May 27th: No School
- Tuesday May 28th: Silverwood Tickets Distributed, 2nd Grade CYT Field Trip
- Wednesday May 29th: 1st grade field trip to CYT
- Thursday May 30th: State Testing make-ups, Kindergarten Mobius Trip
- Friday May 31st: State Testing make-ups, Top Dog Awards, ASB Spirit Day (Animal Day - dress in animal print, colors, accessories)
Prairie Dog Dash Update: We passed our goal! Moran Prairie students brought in $27,071. Thank you everyone for your donations and encouragement.
Congratulations to the following classes who earned a field trip: Ms. Stone, Ms. Walther, and Ms. R. Brown.
Congratulations to the following classes who earned a pizza party: R. Brown, Smith, Strausbaugh, Beal, Stone, Lemmon, Walther, K. Brown, Hatch, Hayes, Reeves, Huschke, Kelly, Bordeaux, Rassier, Stumbaugh.
Stay Connected
- Email us: mrnprairie.ptg@gmail.com
- Moran Prairie PTG Website: www.moranprairieptg.org
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