Clarendon Avenue Elementary School

Wednesday, June 11th is the last day of school.

Hi families!

Thank you for your continued support throughout this school year. The month of May was jam packed with learning, events, and excitement. THANK YOU to every one of you that appreciated your teacher or beloved staff members during Staff Appreciation Week. You made some well deserving staff members feel extra special!

Some highlights!

• PTG in partnership with Mrs. Phillips (our art teacher), put on a super fun art show "street party". What an amazing event for our community to connect and celebrate the arts. We have very talented kids around here!
• Early May, our PTG organized a High Interest Day for all students. It was intentionally designed for age appropriate engagement. If your child(ren) didn't tell you who/what they saw, ask them! I think my favorites were the 1st graders bakery session (the cookies were delicious), or the POUND group with the 5th graders, and the Nooks and Crannies tour for 6th graders was perfect as they complete their elementary careers!
• We welcomed families in for our Spring VIP week. It is always great to have community time when we can actively join school and home. Thank you (your parents, brothers, sisters, and extended family) for making the time to keep this event so well attended.
• We also had concerts, a track meet, a couple 6th grader teams at a Contrapt Competiton, Forward Testing, a Reading Rumble, and so much more! Check out some pictures below!

Our Wacky Olympics was supposed to be today. With the closure, we moved this event to next week Friday, June 6th! This works out perfectly with our ABC Countdown as June 6th is W for Wacky Wear Day! Be sure to dress wacky, but still cool in case it is hot out, with gym shoes and be sure to bring a water bottle.

On behalf of myself and everyone here at Clarendon, we are honored to work with you and your children!

Brandy Hart, Principal

Our Coins for College fundraiser was a huge success!

Thank you to all the students, families and staff who donated!

Congrats to the following Mukwonago High School Seniors!

Pictured from left to right:

-Susie Martin was awarded the $1000 Jackson Sparks Scholarship to attend Marquette University

- Elyse Lange was awarded $500 to attend Central College

- Grace Graczyk was awarded $500 to attend Winona State University

- Brenna Borkowski was awarded $500 to attend Carroll University

- Kathleen Schwar was awarded $750 to attend University of Wisconsin Madison

In the past 10 years we have given out $ 16,500 to 30 former Clarendon students!

Your students will bring their FAST testing results home (paper copy) on the last day of school.

The Forward (state test*) results will be sent home via email on Monday, June 2nd. *This test is only taken by 3rd-6th graders at Clarendon.

• Wednesday, August 21st - 4K, Kindergarten and New Family Meeting 5:30-7:30 pm
• Wednesday, August 27th - 4:30-6:30 pm - Open House

• Tuesday, September 2nd- First Day of School
• Friday, September 19th-Picture Day

Enroll Now!

Enrollment for the 2025 - 2026 school year is underway! If you have a new, not currently enrolled, incoming 4K through 12th-grade student, please make sure to visit our website to enroll them in the district. If you’ve already registered your child, thank you!

Click here to learn how to enroll your child!

Please don’t wait to enroll your child! The earlier we have accurate enrollment numbers, the better we can plan for the upcoming school year!

If you have questions about how to enroll, please contact Sue Brezovar at brezosu@masd.k12.wi.us or 262.363.6300, x24115.

You can also reach out to the building principal of each school if you have questions.

2025-2026 Clarendon Elementary School supply lists links

If your student has received a notice for overdue materials, please make sure the items are turned in before the end of the school year. A fee will be added to your Parent Portal in Infinite Campus if materials are not returned.

It's time for Futura Language Professionals Early Bird Registration event for the upcoming school year! Futura Language Professionals is excited to offer Clarendon families a $15 tuition discount if they enroll their student in their Spanish program by June 6th. The Spanish Club, as it is called here at Clarendon, is open to all kindergarten - 6th grade students. Please view the information on the flier if interested.

Happy summer! Many families always ask teachers what they can do during the summer with their child to help them to continue to grow and be ready for the new school year.

According to the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, games support the development of computational fluency and provide opportunities for practice. We recommend that you and your family try to play games (or variations of the games) and math activities each week to strengthen and maintain your child’s mathematical skills. K-5 Students were taught many Workplace Games (found in Bridges student workbook) throughout the school year through our resource, Bridges, that can be used for practice.

Here is another math resource for your child that will support the development of computational fluency and provide opportunities for practice throughout the summer. The summer program, called “Summer Math Adventure", was created by the Wisconsin Mathematics Council and is geared towards students in grades PK-8. You can find more information on this website: https://tinyurl.com/Math-Summer-Program

Have a safe and fun summer!

Mrs. Kristin Teska

It is important to encourage your child to read and write regularly during the summer months. You can help them review the skills they've worked hard to develop.

Use these links to find reading logs, book review sheets and book talk questions.

Grades K-1

Grades 2-4

Other Ideas to Support Literacy Development:

• Join the Mukwonago Community Library’s Summer Reading Program
• Play ‘I Spy’ by having your child find a specific letter on an object, find something that begins with a specific sound, or something that rhymes with word
• Have students retell a story they just read (setting, characters, problem, beginning, middle, solution/end)
• Practice letter formation and/or have them write about a day/vacation/creative story

Students from 4th-6th grade had the ability to sign up in teams to compete in the Reading Rumble! How did they prepare? There were 10 books. From these 10 books, the student teams were asked questions to see what they knew! Teams prepared differently - some teams spit up the reading and some teams vowed to read all 10 books to be extra prepared.

Round 1 = Grade Level Rumble! We ended this round with the top two teams from 4th, 5th, and 6th grade.

Round 2 = School Rumble! The top six teams competed in an incredibly close match. I had the pleasure of MC'ing this round and I was BLOWN AWAY with what the students recalled from their reading and how quickly!! This round ended with the 5th grade team, The Dogs (pictured below) as our winners!

Last round = District Rumble! Superintendent Dr. Koch MC'ed this battle at the High School in the PAC. One team from all six elementary schools took the stage. The Dog's family members, Ms. Miramontes, Mrs. vonThun and I were there to cheer them on! All six teams were incredible. We made it on to the the second round and made us all super proud!

Here was our CES group - they did GREAT!

Gathering our CES community once a month has been a great event to look forward to! We will end our year with one more gathering to celebrate a great year and each other!

This class won the coveted G.O.A.T trophy both at the May Assembly! If you're interested, ask your student how his/her class can become the G.O.A.T.S!

Super awesome welcome back to all MHS seniors that were once sitting in the seats at Clarendon. It was great motivation to see so many students with high hopes and dreams. They walked through our halls and we cheered them on (Clarence joined as well). After school, the seniors shared their next step, watched a slideshow they made as 6th graders and connected with all their past teachers.

We had two groups of 6th graders compete in the Contrapt Competition at WCTC on May 9th! Thank you to Mrs. vonThun for leading this experience.

A total of 45 teams – consisting of three to five students each – from 14 different schools were there competing!

As part of the competition, students had to build a machine to accomplish a straightforward task in a whimsical complex way, following a strict set of parameters. The contest encourages students to build skills in engineering, simple machines, trial and error, project planning and more. It also encourages them to consider pursuing careers in STEM-related fields.

Teams were required to give a verbal presentation of their contraption and run their machines multiple times for judges. Awards were given to the top five teams. We didn't win this one, but we put forth great effort, took a risk, and had a great experience!

June 2 - CES Silly Socks Day - Wear silly or mismatched socks today.

June 2 - CES 3rd Grade Walking Field Trip to Mukwonago Library

June 3 - CES Tie Dye Day - Wear tie dye today.

June 3 - CES PTG Planning Meeting 6:30 pm in the Library

June 4 - CES USA Day - Wear red, white and blue

June 4 - CES Kindergarten Field Trip to Green Meadows Petting Farm(Bring a cold lunch)

June 5 - CES 2nd Grade Field Trip Wehr Nature Center

June 5 - CES Kindergarten Evening Music Concert 5:30 pm

June 6 - CES Wacky Wear Day - Wear mismatched clothes today.

June 6 - CES Wacky Olympics Day-remember your water bottle!

June 6 - CES 4K Field Trip Green Meadows Petty Farm(Bring a cold lunch)

June 9 - CES 6th Grade Party Day

June 10 - CES 4K Celebration in the gym 2:45 pm-Guest Reservation Form Link

June 10 - CES PTG Meeting in the Library 6:30 pm

June 11 - 💥💥CES Last Day of School--Students will be dismissed at 11:35 am💥💥

June 12 - 3:30 pm - Report Cards Posted to Infinite Campus

Items that are found without identification will be placed in the Lost & Found located in hallway outside the gym. Please mark your child's name in all outerwear, lunch boxes, and personal sports equipment brought for recess, etc. If your child has come home without all his/her possessions, please have your child check the lost and found located in the hallway outside the gym for sweatshirts, coats, hats, gloves, etc.

Remaining Items in the Lost & Found at the end of the school year will be donated on June 30th.

**Missing a piece of Jewelry?** Please see CES Office to check for these items. We have a growing collection!

Our next meeting will be held on:

Tuesday, June 3rd and again on June 10th at 6:30 pm in the CES library

All are welcome to attend.

Camp Invention will be held at Rolling Hills Elementary School in Mukwonago, July 21-25. Incoming 1st-6th grade campers have fun collaborating with friends, thinking creatively and inventing their own solutions to real-world challenges.

Use this limited time code to register for a summer filled with BRAND-NEW experiences that

inspire creativity, boost confidence and bring tons of hands-on STEM fun.

Use code FUN15 until May 15 to instantly get $15 off!

Signing up siblings? Use SIBLING30 to save $60 on two registrations or SIBLING40 to save $120-plus on three or more.

Come and have fun with the high school girls basketball team and Coach Witte this summer at camp. Every camper will receive a t-shirt and a custom Mukwonago basketball they can use to get better over the summer! We will have a ton of fun while we learn and compete.

Questions? Email CoachWitte@gmail.com

New Food Service Menu!

The Food Service Department is pleased to introduce My School Menus by Health-e Pro - a mobile app with interactive menus. My School Menus allows easy access to complete nutrition information for the school meal--anytime, anywhere.

You can download My School Menus Mobile App in the iTunes Store or the Google Play store. The Food Service Department is excited to offer My School Menus Mobile App as a valuable nutrition resource. You can access the web version by visiting the district website at https://www.myschoolmenus.com/organizations/2534.

The Mukwonago Area School District is currently waiving the debit/credit card processing fee for online payments through Infinite Campus now through June 13, 2025. If your student has an outstanding student fee or a negative lunch account balance, payment is encouraged during this fee waiver period.

Free and reduced lunch applications expire every year!

Free and reduced applications for 2025-26 will be available to complete after July 1st.

The free/reduced-price lunch application is available through your Infinite Campus Parent Portal. The primary household has the option to share the permissions (waiver) with other fees issued districtwide when completing the annual update. This option is selected yes/no on the household tab in the annual update, if this is not selected, no fees will be waived. Secondary households can apply for meal benefits, however only the primary household can apply for the fee waiver.

The Mukwonago Area School District is currently waiving the debit/credit card processing fee for online payments through Infinite Campus now through June 13, 2025. If your student has an outstanding student fee or a negative lunch account balance, payment is encouraged during this fee waiver period.

Please remember to pay any remaining student fees for the 2024-2025 school year.

Please log in to your Infinite Campus Parent Portal to view any outstanding student and lunch fees. You can pay online through the portal or send a check to the school office.

Checks should be made payable to Mukwonago Area School District.

For the upcoming school year, all students will need the following immunizations or an appropriate waiver (see below for both options):

Entering Five-year-old Kindergarten through 6th Grade:

• 4 doses of polio

• 4 doses of DtaP/DT/Td

• 3 doses of hepatitis B

• 2 doses of varicella (chickenpox) or history of disease documented by a qualified healthcare professional

• 2 doses of MMR (measles, mumps, rubella)

For more information, please talk with your child’s doctor or visit the Wisconsin Department of Health Services website.

You can also visit the Wisconsin Immunization Registry to see if your child is missing or coming due for any immunizations.

Immunizations are covered by most health insurance plans. If you do not have health insurance, or your health insurance does not cover immunizations, the Vaccines for Children (VFC) program may be able to help with the cost of immunizations. For more information on the VFC program visit: https://www.dhs.wisconsin.gov/immunization/vfc-parent.htm.

For more information on school vaccine requirements please contact your students' health room.

Click here to download the Student Immunization Record Form or click here to download the Immunization Waiver Form.

Please use this link form Vacation / Planned Absence Form - All Schools and turn it to CES Office.

View a real-time, map-based bus located for your child's bus route on your mobile device!

1. Download the Zonar MyView app from the App Store or Google Play.
2. Enter our district code (MASD1).
3. Enter your child's school ID number.
4. Create alert zones around drop-off and pick-up points.

When your child's bus enters an alert zone, you will receive notifications by email or text.

Click here to view full parent instructions for the Zonar MyView app or this brief guide with directions.

Technology information for families can be found at this link: Family Technology Resources

Internet Safety

Mukwonago Area School District has various options available to Parents/Guardians related to Internet Safety and monitoring student activity. For more information on how parents/guardians can take advantage of available options, please click this link.

Unsure what to do with your take-home device for summer?

Please find instructions on how MASD handles take-home devices at this link.

If you have any questions, please contact helpdesk@masd.k12.wi.us.

Thank you!

I.T. Services Department

Attention 4th, 5th and 6th grade families: MASD will be changing the Grade 5-8 device take-home program for the 25/26 school year.

Current 24/25 5th grade Students will continue to take their assigned devices home with them in June. They will not be required to turn them in unless they withdraw or complete 8th grade.

Current 24/25 4th grade students expecting to start 5th grade in September 2025, will be using devices supplied to them in a classroom cart and will not be taking them home on a daily basis.

No changes for current 24/25 6th, 7th or 8th graders.

More information about student devices can be found here. Please feel free to direct questions to helpdesk@masd.k12.wi.us.

• Student Take-Home Presentation: Grades 6-8
• Parent Take-Home Presentation: Grade 6 & Grades 7-8 New Students
• K-12 Student Tech Support Model
• End of Year Instructions for Parents

Please mark your calendar for a Virtual 6th Grade Student Parent Meeting

• MASD Parent Meeting for Incoming Grade 6 and New Grade 6-8 Students Regarding Take Home
• Wednesday, August 13, 2025 · 7:00 – 8:00pm
• Google Meet joining info: Video call link: https://meet.google.com/ced-drge-tdk
• Or dial: ‪(US) +1 413-591-2969‬ PIN: ‪252 870 442‬#
• More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/ced-drge-tdk?pin=5218181032481

Summer is just around the corner!

Please be aware that beginning June 16 the MASD district office will be open Mondays-Thursdays, 7:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Fridays 7:30 a.m. - noon. Normal hours will resume on Monday, August 11.

Clarendon Avenue Elementary School summer hours will be Mondays-Thursdays, 7:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. and Fridays 7:00 a.m. - 11 am. You may also call 262-363-6286 and leave a voicemail.

We know that some of our families enjoy taking the opportunity to walk their children to or from school. If you choose to walk to and from school with your children, please leave your pets at home. Dogs and other pets are not allowed on school grounds without prior approval from the school principal.

The McKinney-Vento Act is a federal law that ensures the right of students to go to school even when they are homeless or don’t have a permanent address. The Act aims to reduce barriers that have prevented many homeless youth from enrolling, attending, and succeeding in school. The Mukwonago Area School District is committed to building and creating a supportive community for all families and students. Visit Resources for Homeless Students and Families

Finding affordable, quality child care is a challenge that many Wisconsin families face. But it's not a challenge families have to face alone. The Wisconsin Shares child care subsidy program invests in eligible working families to help make quality child care more accessible and affordable. How? By covering a portion of their monthly child care costs. Why? Because when families get a little help — more is possible! Knowing their child is safe and well cared for, parents and caregivers can take advantage of opportunities that create strength, growth, and success.

Do you want more for your family? Take the first step and apply for Wisconsin Shares. Please find more information at Wisconsin.gov/wishares.

Healthy meals for kids and teens. FREE!

No Need to sign up or apply - just show up and enjoy!

See attached flyer for details.

Mark your calendars for Wednesday, June 4, at 6:30 p.m. when the Lake Country Dockhounds will host Mukwonago Night with proceeds benefiting the Be Student Center. Enjoy a family-friendly, affordable night at the ballpark and visit with local organizations from the Mukwonago community and the school district! Purchase your tickets for $20 at https://www.gofevo.com/event/Bestudent4 and $5 per ticket goes directly to supporting Be Student Center's initiatives.

Promote Your Organization at the Dockhounds Game!

Does your organization support Mukwonago students and the mission of the Mukwonago Area School District? Join us in creating a memorable night for the Mukwonago community at the June 4th game by signing up to provide and host an interactive booth. Engage with local families and support a great cause! Email Lindsey Kempinski (bscmukwonago@gmail.com) to learn more and to reserve your spot!

In June the Mukwonago Optimist Club and the Wisconsin Theater Arts are sponsoring a drama camp the week of June 23rd through June 28th at Mukwonago High School, Greenwall Foundation Performing Arts Center. The play this year is "Snow White & Prince Charming, A Magical Tale"; an original production of "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". If you are between the ages of 7 and 18 and are interested in taking part in this activity just print out a flyer from our website www.mukwonagooptimist.com or pick up a flyer from the school office. Register and come to Mukwonago High School on June 23rd at the time slot for our age!! Take a risk!! Join the fun!!

Have questions email: mukwonagooptimist@gmail.com

Parents, this is a great opportunity to:

• Be involved in your child’s education and help out in your local schools

• Turn your volunteer hours into extra income

• Maintain a flexible schedule—work when and where you want

• Get paid weekly and take advantage of bonus opportunities

Please check out these links to learn more!

Information on substitute opportunity for parents.

Find work that matters. Become a substitute.

School Hours

8:30 am - 3:35 pm Monday through Friday

Summer Office Hours

7:00 am - 3:00 pm Monday through Thursday

7:00 am - 11:00 am Friday

Website: Clarendon Avenue Elementary School
Location: 915 Clarendon Avenue, Mukwonago, WI, USA
Phone: 262-363-6286
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/masdclarendon