Marlow Monday Message

Sure enough, when we challenge our students to make the second week of school better than the first, THEY DID!! What an awesome 2nd week of school we had last week. Some highlights include:

• Class meetings (where we learned about Standard Response Protocol (see below))
• 3rd Graders worked hard and completed the BOG3, their first State-standardized assessment, and
• Our Kindergarteners celebrated the 10th Day of School with Zero the Hero.

How can we possibly make Week 3 better than that?!?! Let's make it happen!

In this week's Marlow Monday Message:

NEW STUFF!!!

• Henderson County Health Dept. Immunizations Clinic
• Standard Response Protocol
• Morning Car Rider line reminders
• Important Dates to remember

OLD STUFF...

• Media Quarterly Newsletter
• Guidance Monthly Newsletter
• Marlow Spirit Wear link - NOW LIVE!!!

• Let's be good neighbors with Alethia Academy next door

• HCPS Annual Public Notice
• Media Opt-In / Opt-Out
• Follow us on Instagram!!!

Thank you for all you do!

With Marlow Pride,

John Hart

Principal

jehart@hcpsnc.org

The Henderson County Health Department is hosting after school vaccine clinics to help all students ages 5 to 18 get caught up on state-required school immunizations. These clinics will be held on August 27, 28, and 29 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at the Health Department, located at 1200 Spartanburg Highway in Hendersonville.

No appointments are needed. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis.

Please bring your child’s insurance or Medicaid cards. Uninsured children can receive vaccines for free through the Vaccines for Children Program.

If your child was previously vaccinated outside of North Carolina, please bring their immunization records.

For more information, please visit www.hendersoncountync.gov/health or call 828-692-4223.

As stated in the SchoolMessenger that went out last Friday evening, students all last week learned about the five actions within the Standard Response Protocol, in the event there is an emergency or major incident here at school.

The five actions that your child learned were: Hold, Secure, Lockdown, Evacuate, and Shelter. Students also learned about the appropriate response in the event one of these actions is needed, with the main message being ‘Listen to your teacher.’

More information about these five actions can be found on our district website or on the I Love U Guys Foundation website. https://iloveuguys.org/

If you have any questions after speaking with your child about the updated standard response protocol, please do not hesitate to contact me at 828-654-3225.

Just a few reminders to those that are morning car riders:

• We open our doors at 7:30am. Please do not let your child out of the car until a Marlow Staff member has open the front doors.
• If at all possible, please have student get out oft the car on the passenger side, closest to the curb. This is safest for your child, as well as the other cars in line.
• We are always in need of volunteers (both Moms and Dads) to help us with morning car rider line, ensuring that students get out of their car in a safe and timely manner, keeping the line running smoothly. If you are interested in helping out, send me an email at jehart@hcpsnc.org, or, just show up and help out. We have a lot of fun!!
• At the 8:00 bell, we will place a blue sign on the sidewalk. If you are tardy to school (pat 8am), you MUST park and walk you child inside to sign them in. Please do not drop your child off if there is not Marlow Staff member is outside.

Thank you for helping make our mornings safe for all involved!!

• September 2nd -- Labor Day Holiday (No school for students / staff)
• Week of Sept 8th - Sept 13th - National Arts in Education Week
• September 11th - Q1 Midterms Distributed / Made Available
• September 15th - Beginning of Hispanic Heritage Month
• September 20th - WHHS Varsity Football vs. North Henderson 'Elementary Night!'
• October 2nd - Fall Picture Day

Ms. Dina Waxman, our Media Coordinator, has created a Family Newsletter for students and parents.

Click on the link below to view:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1y8oK4TMEh9M5_DXglGZVvvvj8CyXQs3r/view?usp=sharing

Likewise, Ms. Rachel Malmgren, our School Counselor, has created a Counseling Newsletter for students and families. Click on the link below to view:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1n4rdNy4Tkri1mUMEloDLz4zdIZxA1rEp/view?usp=sharing

The 2024 Marlow Spirit Wear link is now live!! The link is:

https://www.schoolspirit.store/glenn-marlow-store

Order your Marlow spirit wear today!!

In both the morning car rider drop-off line, and afternoon pick-up line, please do not block Alethia Academy's driveway, if stopped in the road.

Alethia kindly asks that you allow space from the car in front of you to let them in their parking lot, in the event traffic is stopped on Butler Bridge.

In advance, thank you for helping us be good neighbors to them!

Parents - Please click on the link below to view a copy of this year's annual public notices. This document is also linked on the HCPS website, along with the Student Code of Conduct. I ask that you take a few minutes to review this document as it relates to FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gQ-4pnnSeBTqxfTqYZ-MYfxD6-A2Mnv9/view?usp=sharing

It’s time once again to indicate whether you want your child to be included in any media opportunities facilitated by Henderson County Public Schools. If you DO NOT want your child to be interviewed, photographed, or to have videos published on the HCPS website, social media, or district/school publications, including the Yearbook, you must complete the state standardized media opt out form through PowerSchool’s Parent Portal.

Specifically:

Answering “No” to the ParentPortal screening Question 1: “Do you grant permission to allow directory information for non-commercial purposes?” will exclude your child’s directory information (including name and photo) from use in all of the following:

• School yearbooks

• Media coverage of school activities/student awards

• School/district newsletters

• School/district social media

• Published honor roll lists

• Published graduation announcements and lists

• StudentAccess library service through HCPS

Parents/guardians will be prompted to indicate their preferences in the Parent Portal at the beginning of each school year, and may update those preferences at any time. Parents/guardians without Parent Portal access should contact their school’s data manager to create a Parent Portal account, or complete the paper copy of the NCDPI screening questions.

We are always in need of volunteers (both Moms and Dads) to help us with morning car rider line, ensuring that students get out of their car in a safe and timely manner, keeping the line running smoothly.

If you are interested in helping out, send me an email at jehart@hcpsnc.org, or, just show up and help out. We have a lot of fun!!

"Where each child will achieve success."

Email: glennmarlowelementary@hcpsnc.org
Website: https://www.hendersoncountypublicschoolsnc.org/mar/
Location: 1985 Butler Bridge Road, Mills River, NC, USA
Phone: 828-654-3225
Twitter: @marlowmustangs