Montgomery City Elementary

Jill Jacob, Principal

Laura Allen, Assistant Principal

Coach Graves deserves the Wildcat award for many reasons. He is a true Wildcat who serves our students daily as a great physical education teacher. He does a great job of teaching all students the fundamentals of exercise and sports. More importantly, he creates an environment that allows all of his students to feel safe and supported when they participate in physical education.

His calm demeanor and fair approach make him an awesome middle school basketball coach. Kids who play for Coach Graves know that he cares about them as individuals and that he values all of his players and wants them to grow as both athletes and people. Coach Graves has a strong moral character and he models daily for his students and players how to exude sportsmanship, respect, and kindness to others. We are so grateful our children get to have Coach Graves as a role model and educator!

Employees at the Bank of Missouri paid for jeans days, they then used the money to purchase stocking caps and gloves for the MCE students.

The Student Council orchestrated a highly successful Holiday Shop catering to students from Pre-K to 5th grade. This year, we achieved a remarkable profit of $4,911, empowering us to proactively prepare for next year's event. Four dedicated teachers stood in line at Walmart at 5:30 A.M. on the day after Christmas, securing an impressive haul of over 10 shopping carts filled with fantastic items.

I extend my sincere gratitude to our consistent volunteers, Molly Taylor, a devoted PTO mom, and Misty Dothage, for their dedication of time throughout the week. Their efforts ensured the seamless operation of the event, enabling me to fulfill my counseling duties while periodically checking in on their progress. Bratchers Market generously allowed us to utilize their shopping baskets. The real store experience provided has added to the joy of giving during the holiday season, making our event even more special for the children.

Looking ahead, we are excited to build upon this year's success and have already formulated innovative ideas to enhance the event further. Planning will continue in October, and we are introducing an Amazon Wishlist for community members to peruse and contribute to our cause. The Wishlist will feature essential items such as bags, tissue paper, and tablecloths, crucial for the smooth execution of our event. An idea to allow the high school student council members or A+ students to help our little ones shop has been brought to us as a suggestion. We will be looking into this idea for next year.

In conclusion, the collaborative efforts of our Student Council, teachers, volunteers, and community partners have made the Holiday Shop a resounding success. We are eager to build on this success in the coming years, fostering a sense of community and holiday spirit within our school. Some of our funds from this event will be used toward the cost of Bounce House Day, a day we celebrate in May when all of our testing is done."

Our PBIS team came up with a December school-wide incentive. After each classroom earned 30 tickets or dojo points for following the 5 B's they were allowed to come put a snowball (a piece of recycled paper) in the bucket. On Monday, December 18th, each classroom had a time slot in the gym to have a snowball fight! Hundreds of snowballs filled the gym floor and mats were used as forts. The children had an amazing time.

Thank you to New Florence Wood Products and the Tacker family for ensuring that each child at Montgomery City Elementary received a Christmas gift!

It was fantastic to have a packed house for the MCE Christmas Concert! We filled over 300 folding chairs and most of the bleachers. Some families chose to view the concert from the cafeteria or bus entrance on the large screen televisions. Thank you to all who made the concert a wonderful way to celebrate the holiday season!

Front Row: Ryder Hall, Donnovan Bruce, Rhett Bethel, Alayna Gallaway, Kynnedy Thier, Liilian Toeneges, Jayden Green, Ellie Goggin

Back Row: Olivia Zalvidar, Eliza Matthews, Kenzee Hill, Gemma Witte, Kinsley Townsend, Makenna Baggett and Tate Woods

Over the holiday break the concrete outside of the bus doors was replaced. The new concrete pad serves as a ramp leading up to the bus doors. Upgraded doors have been ordered and will be installed as soon as they arrive.

The goal is to have all students working together as a classroom to reach the 2,000 minute reading goal, starting at 8 am January 9 and ending by 3:30 pm on January 12th.

Any reading that a student does independently at school or at home is able to count as part of the total. So, students who turn in reading logs from Tuesday night could add that total to their in class reading total for Tuesday.

We are excited to announce that the first classroom at MCE and the first classroom at JBE to reach 2,000 minutes as a class total, will receive $100 in books for your classroom library from MCHS FCCLA.

As well, the Kiwanis and MCHS FCCLA have partnered together to be able to offer ALL classrooms who complete the challenge by January 12th at 3:30 pm will receive $20 in books for your classroom library!

Assembly begins at 8:30 am.

Agenda:

Grade level awards- math and reading

Building level awards- character awards, 2023 MAP awards

School wide activity- tic-tac-toe championship

The Great Kindness Challenge will be celebrated on January 23-26. The GKC initiative, presented by Kids for Peace, is a global campaign that promotes kindness in kindergarten through grade twelve schools. It is a positive, action-based bullying-prevention initiative that creates a school culture of kindness, compassion, unity, and respect. Schools all throughout the United States participate in this!

Attendance Goal: The average attendance rate for students at Montgomery City Elementary will increase from 94.68% during the 2022-23 school year to 95% during the 2023-24 school year.

Mid-Year: The average attendance rate for students at Montgomery City Elementary for the first semester of the 2023-24 school year was 96.08%.

Academic Goal: By the spring of 2024, all students in each classroom will show positive growth in the academic areas of reading & math as measured by iReady, running records and pre- and post- unit assessments.

Building-wide, iReady indicates that reading levels have increased from 69 to 127 students reading on grade level.

Our data gives the following:

• decrease from 160 to 138 students reading one grade level below
• decrease from 65 to 47 students reading two grade levels below
• decrease from 32 to 14 students reading 3 or more grade levels below

Building-wide, iReady indicates that math levels have increased from 46 to 97 students performing on grade level.

Our data gives the following:

• decrease from 187 to 184 students performing one grade level below
• decrease from 67 to 34 students performing two grade levels below
• decrease from 22 to 7 students performing 3 or more grade levels below

The teachers recently celebrated the success of our students with a caramel apple bar. We will be celebrating these academic successes with students during the upcoming awards assembly and within their classrooms.

January

January 3 Students Return

January 3 Change the World Wednesday- hat day

January 5 2nd Qtr Report Cards sent home

January 5 3rd Qtr AMI menus sent to parents

January 11 BOE 7:30 pm @ MCMS

January 12 2nd Quarter Celebration- classroom awards, character awards, 2023

MAP awards & activity- assembly will begin at 8:30

January 17 Change the World Wednesday- hat day

January 18 PTO @ 6:00

January 19 PTO’s Mother & Daughter Paint Night

January 23-26 Great Kindness Challenge

January 23-26 MCE Dental Days

Jan. 23-Feb. 2 Mid-Year BAS Window

February

February 6-9 National School Counselor Week

February 7 Change the World Wednesday- hat day

February 7 3rd Qtr Mid-Term

February 8 BOE 7:30 pm @ MCHS

February 9 Courtwarming @ MCHS

February 14 Classroom Friendship Celebrations

February 15 PTO @ 6:00 pm

February 16 3rd Qtr Mid-Term Progress Reports sent home

February 17 PTO’s Daddy-Daughter Dance

February 21 Change the World Wednesday- hat day

March

March 2-6 Read Across America Week

March 6 Change the World Wednesday- hat day

March 13 PreK Screening @ MCE

March 14 BOE 7:30 pm @ MCMS

March 15 End of 3rd Qtr

March 20 PreK Screening at JBE

March 20 Change the World Wednesday- hat day

March 21 PTO @ 6:00 pm

March 22 3rd Qtr Report Cards sent home

March 22 4th Qtr AMI menus sent to parents

March 22 PTO’s Mother & Son Night

March 25 Monday School in Session (elem. Friday specials)

March 27 3rd Quarter Celebration- classroom awards, character awards & activity

March 28-29 Spring Break/No School