Fleetridge Flyer

September 2024

A Note from Mrs. Glasco

Dear Fleetridge Families~

We have already accomplished so much during the first eight days of school. Teachers have spent time teaching procedures and establishing routines in their classrooms, and students have been learning and practicing our clearly defined expectations. This work is important to ensure we are prepared for the learning that will take place this school year. We are off to a great start here at Fleetridge!

I would like to welcome our fifty-one new kindergarten students and the thirty-eight students new to grades 1-5. We are pleased you have chosen Fleetridge as your school home as there is no better place to be. Welcome to the Fleetridge Family!

The September Back to School Night is scheduled for Thursday, September 12, 6:00-7:30. It will be an open house format with opportunities to learn important information from Fleetridge teachers and support staff members. Please mark your calendar as you do not want to miss this important family event.

Continue reading this newsletter to learn about School Picture Day, Attendance Awareness Week, Culver's Night and much more.

Thank you,

Melissa Glasco

Principal

Event Information

Fleetridge Picture Day

When?

Monday, Sep 16, 2024, 09:00 AM

Where?

Fleetridge Elementary School, East 55 Street, Kansas City, MO, USA

September is Attendance Awareness Month

September is Attendance Awareness Month!

Raytown Quality Schools teachers pack a lot of learning into every school day. How much, you ask? From literature, to math, to science, to athletics, to arts, to tons of other extracurricular activities – all essential to academic success and social skills.

Attendance Awareness Month takes place every September to help spread awareness regarding why maintaining attendance in school is important. A good school year starts with good attendance. According to attendanceworks.org, students who missed fewer than two school days in September typically have good attendance rates for the entire year. On the other hand, poor attendance in the first month of school is often a predictor of chronic absenteeism, defined as two or more absences per month, for the entire school year.

We will celebrate Attendance Awareness Month at Fleetridge September 23-27 with fun prizes and incentives throughout the week. Stay tuned for more information.

Library News

What a great start to our school year! Welcome, new families! My name is Stephanie Howell. I teach library skills at both Fleetridge and Norfleet. Your student will see me for lessons every other week as well as some great STEM activities on the occasional Friday. If your child has not checked out a library book, they will soon. Please talk with your student about how important taking care of those library books is. When at home, the best place to keep those books is the student’s backpack. Our first lesson is on rules, expectations, and book care. As my older students are learning, “Book care…it’s good for everyone!” (from our BYU videos on book care). Each month, we’ll also be focusing on a digital skill of the month. For August and September, they briefly talked with their teachers about how to care for their device, how to be a good digital citizen, and how to respond to mean words online. Closer to October, they’ll really dig in, with me, on how to be a good digital citizen. Also, each month, I will put out a flyer with fun activities, library news, and booklists. Enjoy!

Nutrition Services Information

Click here for menus, parent resources, the online free and reduced application, and more.

Arrival/Check In ~ Dismissal/Check Out

Arrival

Morning arrival begins at 8:15 and ends at 8:30. Bus riders and walkers enter the building via the front doors. Car riders enter the building via the east doors, near the dock. Please do not drop off students in the west staff parking lot, in the driveway, or at the front doors.

Check In

If you arrive after the 8:30AM bell, please come inside Fleetridge as parent sign in is required for students who are tardy.

Dismissal

Please communicate transportation changes before 3:10 (1:30 Wednesday). If you need to pick up your student before dismissal, please do so before 3:10 (1:30 Wednesday). If you arrive after 3:10 (1:30 Wednesday), please proceed to the car rider line.

Check Out

A valid government issued ID is always required to check out your student, even if you have previously presented your ID. We will release students to the adults identified as household parents or nonresident parents. We will not release your student to anyone without parent permission. This includes the adults listed as emergency contacts. Please call the school office in advance, if an adult other than the parent is planning to pick up your student.

Please respect and follow the processes and procedures outlined above as they are very carefully designed with student safety in mind.

RQS Visitor Procedures

Visitors will enter the school building through the guided entry location. At Fleetridge, this is the main entrance-front doors.
Visitors will use the buzz/call button to alert the office staff.
The office staff member will ask questions to determine the visitor's purpose for visiting the school.
When possible, all unknown visitors will be asked to show a photo ID prior to entering the school building. (A second camera for this purpose will soon be installed at the Fleetridge main entry.)
Once the visitor's identification and reason for the visit has been confirmed, the visitor will be allowed into the guided entry door and into the main office.
The office staff member will scan the visitor’s photo identification through the visitor management system.
The office staff member will provide the visitor with a valid District visitor identification badge printed from the visitor management system and explain that it is to be worn at all times while the visitor is on campus.
The visitor will be escorted and supervised by a member of the school staff at all times.
At the completion of the school visit, the visitor will be escorted back to the school office to sign out and return the visitor badge upon departure from the campus.
Please watch this video for more information.
Lunch Visitors: We look forward to welcoming visitors during lunch on Wednesdays beginning second quarter. Please allow us to establish cafeteria procedures during first quarter, and we will be ready for you to join us for lunch on Wednesday, October 16th.

Parent Volunteers

Fleetridge students will participate in a variety of fun school activities and field trips this school year. When possible, we welcome approved activity and field trip volunteers. Please plan ahead to obtain necessary approval. Use THIS link to apply for approval.

Please submit your application as soon as possible and allow four weeks for approval.

The screening process is for adults who wish to participate in school activities and volunteer during the school day. Approval is not needed to attend evening events with your student(s).

RQS Parent Concern Protocol

The Raytown C-2 School District believes that building trusting relationships by open communication is important in order to improve and better meet the needs of our students and community. Please refer to the RQS Process for Resolving a Concern or Complaint for more information.