Monroe Families,

February is I Love to Read Month! Students at Monroe are participating in several activities to celebrate. In addition, spirit days have been planned for each Friday of the month. Celebrity Reader Day, a Monroe favorite, will be end our month long celebration on February 24. For more information or to volunteer for Celebrity Reader, please contact Wendy Brown.

We are looking forward to seeing families for winter conferences on February 13, 16, and 21. During these conferences, parents/guardians will have the opportunity to review the academic and social goals set in the fall and learn about their child’s current progress.

Keep Being Amazing,

Mrs. Oliver

Feb. 1 - Grade 1 Field Trip to Stages Theatre

Feb. 2 - Student of the Month

Feb. 2 - Family Reading Night @ Monroe

Feb. 6 - PTO Meeting at Monroe

Feb. 7 - Grade 1 Field Trip - Wargo Nature Center (1L & 1S)

Feb. 9 - Grade 1 Field Trip - Wargo Nature Center (1B & 1M)

Feb. 10 - Grade 5 Field Trip - Minneapolis Institute of Art

Feb. 13 - Conferences & Book Fair

Feb. 16- Conferences & Book Fair

Feb. 20 - No School for students and staff

Feb. 21 - Professional Development/Conferences & Book Fair- No school for students

Feb. 24 - Celebrity Reader Day at Monroe

Feb. 28 - Grade 4 Field Trip - Bakken Museum

Monroe has lots of fun things happening for "I Love to Read Month". Check out the information below for the following activities:

• Family Reading Night- Feb. 2nd
• Spirit Days- Friday's in Feb.
• Celebrity Reader Day- Feb. 24th

February Conferences are coming up! Please make sure that you have signed up with your student's teacher! This is a great time to touch base about academics and social goals set from the fall.

Fall Conference Dates:

February 13- 8:00am & 4:10-8:30pm

February 16- 8:00am & 4:10-8:30pm

February 21- 4:10pm-8:30pm

If you need assistance signing up for conferences, please call the office at 763-506-3600.

https://www.myconferencetime.com/monroe

Monroe staff partners with the Monroe PTO to support a yearly fundraiser. During the past few years, the Monroe PTO has sponsored the Read-a-thon. Due to some scheduling challenges, the PTO board has agreed to move the fundraiser to April as a Glow Run. Please look for more information to come out towards the end of March.

Is your family in need of food or toiletries? If so, you can use our school’s food shelf. It’s easy, fast, and confidential.
Here are some options:

• Reach out to a social worker to set up a time
• Scan or click the QR code to sign up to shop

Every Meal is a non-profit organization with a mission to fight child hunger through community and school partnerships. Every Meal supports families with programming over the weekend, summer and extended school breaks. If you are interested in signing up for the free food support, please use the following link:

EveryMeal sign up

Hey Monroe Families,

Wendy Brown has been a great addition to our Monroe team. She will be splitting her time between Monroe and Evergreen and she will be at Monroe on Tuesdays and Fridays. She will be helping us as we continue to find volunteers for various school projects and chaperones for field trips. If you have any questions, please reach out to Wendy. Her contact information is below!

Wendy Brown

wendy.brown@ahschools.us

763-506-3630

The Monroe PTO is looking for donations to help provide food for teachers on the nights of conferences. If you would like to contribute, please see the flyer below or use this link to donate:

https://monroe-elementary-pto.square.site/

Thank you to all the Art Adventure Volunteers who have shared the exciting art pieces from the Dressed for the Occasion collection. Students and staff have enjoyed having you in the classroom sharing about these unique pieces.

Winter weather is in full swing. Please make sure to send your students in appropriate clothing. Changes of clothes are not readily available for students who get wet at recess.

We also know that sicknesses occur with change in season. Please be sure to call your students in if they are sick. Students must stay home from school if:

• they have a temperature greater than 100 degrees
• or have thrown up within 24 hours

Students may return to school when vomiting has stopped or the temperature has returned to normal for 24 hours without fever reducing medications.

Please consider the following for your student with the change in season:

• send in a water bottle for your student so they can stay hydrated
• have lip balm for chapped lips available in backpacks
• small bottle/container of lotion for dry chapped skin.

If you have any health related questions, please feel free to contact us @ 763-506-3624!

Monroe was invited to spend a morning at the state capitol to showcase student work in computer science. A few students were selected from kindergarten, 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th grade to demonstrate some of the computer coding resources we use here during both class sessions and Core. Some of the resources demonstrated by students included:

• Indy Cars
• Coding Mouse
• Lego WeDo 2.0
• Spheros
• Scratch Jr
• Scratch

Attendance Information: Please be sure to call the attendance line if your student is sick, will be out of town or has a doctor's appointment. Absence number is: 763-506-3606.