
Montgomery Elementary News
January 11, 2019
Contact Us
Linda Overbeck, Principal
Amy Debelak, Asst. Principal
Office 686-1730
Absence Line 686-1736
FAX 792-6131
School Nurse 686-1733
Cafeteria 686-1735
Transportation 686-1785
Website: http://www.sycamoreschools.org/Domain/13
Location: 9609 Montgomery Road, Cincinnati, OH, United States
Phone: 513-686-1730
Facebook: www.facebook.com/montgomeryelementaryofficial/?fref=ts
Twitter: @Montgomery_Elem
POSITIVE CHARACTER TRAIT WORD FOR THE WEEK OF 1/14/2019
CITIZENSHIP – A good citizen follows rules, obeys laws, protects the environment, and respects authority.
CITIZENSHIP means being loyal to our country and trying to make our neighborhood, community, and country better places in which to live.
SPECIALS SCHEDULE for the week of January 14, 2019
Monday 1/14 - C DAY
Tuesday 1/15 - D DAY
Wednesday 1/16 - A DAY
Thursday 1/17 - B DAY
Friday 1/18- C Day
MARK YOUR CALENDARS
January
21 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School
25 - SUPER Hero Carnival
SCHOOL NEWS
ONLINE MENUS
Sycamore Community Schools Child Nutrition Services is excited to introduce My School Menus interactive online menus. My School Menus allows easy access to complete nutrition information for the school meal programs 24-7-365.
My School Menus has great new features to better serve our students and families:
- Nutrient Data by Menu item - hovering over a menu item will show nutrient data
- Build-a-Meal Nutrient Data - choose build-a-meal to get totals of individual nutrients for all items chosen by a student
- Ingredient information for certain menu items
- Complete list of all food choices available to students
- Allergen identification - allergen filter to strikethrough foods containing the following allergens: wheat, soy, eggs, fish, peanuts, tree nuts, milk
- Attribute identification - symbols identifying foods as GMO-free, kosher, gluten-free, vegan, vegetarian, locally grown, made from scratch
- Translation to 180 languages using Google Translate
- Ability to link to Child Nutrition sites like prepayments, applications, and policies
- Information about Child Nutrition
You can access our online, interactive menus by visiting www.sycamoreschools.org/cns and clicking on Menus or by clicking here. My School Menus is also available inside the Sycamore Community Schools app. You will be asked to download My School Menus the first time you click on the icon inside the Sycamore Schools app. Once you have installed it on your device, you won't be asked to do this again.
For more information on how to access all of these exciting features, watch this video.
PTO NEWS
PTO PRESIDENT’S REPORT
The Montgomery Elementary Super-Carnival is getting closer…
This year’s Super-Carnival will be on Friday, January 25, 2019 from 5:30-9pm!
It’s an amazing event for all and a very important fundraiser for our school!
A lot of information came home this week! It can also be found in the Newsletter and on the PTO Website! Please make sure you look over everything closely! There are time sensitive things, like Early-Bird Pre-Sale Ticket Order Form, that you will not want to overlook!
We are not be able to do this without our amazing parent volunteers, sponsors, and generous donors! Please Please Volunteer!!!
Sign Up to Volunteer to Work a Carnival Game Shift! More information can be found in the S’more below (including the SignUpGenius Link). Carnival will not happen without volunteers! Sign up by yourself or as a group but make sure to do it soon!!!
A separate SignUpGenius Link (https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0844a5a92ba7f94-baked) can be used to sign up for Carnival Bake Sale Donations! Please sign up now!
Also, consider being a Family Silent Auction Sponsor or Donor (this area is typically geared towards parents and also large ticket kids items). If you or someone you know own a business and would like to sponsor or donate a separate form can be found for Business Sponsorships and Donations on the Website or by contacting our Silent Auction chairs at montelemcarnival@gmail.com.
Another way you can contribute is by to donating items for our basket raffle. These are fun filled baskets specifically designed for the kids! Please consider an item or two! Once again without your generous donations this would not be possible!
Remember we are still collecting CANDY until our General PTO Meeting next Wednesday! At that meeting we will be sorting the donated candy for carnival prizes and can use extra help! Please come to hear all the great speakers then stay after to help sort!
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Our next General PTO Meeting is Wednesday, January 16th at 9:30am!
Bill Fritz, Director of Technology for the district, will be speaking about kids, the internet, and what parents can do to keep them safe. Two members of the Sycamore Board of Education will also be attending to speak with everyone! Please join us! You will not want to miss!
Please follow our private Facebook group, “Montgomery Elementary PTO” to learn about upcoming events and see photos of your children having fun experiences at school.
The PTO would not be able to do what we do without our amazing volunteers, parents, teachers, and staff. If you would please take a moment to fill out the Montgomery Elementary PTO Questionnaire we would greatly appreciate your feedback.
Have questions please contact me, Kristy Felss, at mtpto@sycamoreschools.org.
Hope everyone had a wonderful break! We are excited for the second half of the school year!
Kristy Felss – Montgomery PTO President
Thank you to all the Third and Fourth Graders who auditioned!
It’s going to be another amazing Montgomery Elementary Musical!
Rehearsals began Wednesday, January 9, 2019!
More information on purchasing tickets to come soon!
SAVE THE DATE: Performances will take place
Friday, March 1, 2019!
AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT
Last, but not least, you should have received pink flyers this week (sent home with your student(s)) about the After School Enrichment program beginning on Tuesday, January 29th! This is a 6-Week Program with a variety of options to choose from! Unfortunately, there were a few typos on the forms (including the Sign Up link and a few others such as the Yoga class dates). We apologize! Please see the forms below and link (https://tinyurl.com/MAPWINTER2019) to register online! You may also send in the paper copy with your payment to school. Please do so before Friday, January 25th!
Questions please contact Jamie Mack at montgomeryenrichment@gmail.com