Mr. Posick's Friday email

I started this Merton journey in 2007, fifteen years ago. It has been my home away from home, my school family, and a place full of wonderful memories. As many of you know, I am retiring at the end of the school year. I have done my best to serve our school, our district, and our community. I can't think of a better place for me to have gone to school everyday, and I hope that you feel the same about sending your children to our school. We have an amazing staff full of caring educators who do their best every day. They will continue to make Merton Intermediate School the best school for our students, families, and community. Thank you for your support!

I need your assistance with something. Now that the weather has warmed up, there are more students riding their bikes and walking to school. The morning is an especially concerning time as there is also more traffic due to people traveling to work. Our crossing guards do an amazing job keeping our students safe. Please be attentive and respectful of our crossing guards and our students. Our crossing guards wear bright yellow vests and carry a stop sign. Treat them like a police officer directing traffic so that we make it through the rest of the school year without any incidents at our 4 way stop. Thank you for your consideration.

Here is a link to this week's Mustang Memo. The Mustang Memo is not published on short weeks. If you'd like to see view the Mustang Memos for the school year, they can be found here.

Congratulations to our Mustang Magazine contributors on their May the Fourth issue which contains some Star Wars references. You can find the link here.

Homework Club is up and running on Tuesdays and Thursdays after school. Homework Club is held in the library from 4:15-5:15 and is a chance for students to work on their homework, work on group assignments, or get organized. There is no need to sign up and all are welcome to attend.

*The final date of Homework Club is Tuesday, May 24th.

As the school year progresses, many families plan vacations. If you are planning a vacation, per school board policy, teachers are not to provide work in advance of the vacation. Our students have access to Google Classroom and can find all work there if they are on vacation during a scheduled school day. If you have any questions, please let me know.

As we look forward to future staffing and the possibility of some driver retirements, we were hoping that you could run a notice for “driving the bus” in your weekly newsletter or other forms of parent/community communication publications. The bus driving opportunity is perfect for stay at home moms, retirees, and others who work part time or have mornings or afternoons free.

Our district website has a link called Launching the 2021-2022 school year. This link contains information about COVID mitigation efforts as well as the COVID dashboard for our district, our community and our county. The link can be found here.

There are some things that can be difficult to find when searching our website. Some of these things can be found on social media (@mertonint for Twitter, mertonint for Instagram, MertonIntermediate on Facebook). But if you're looking for announcements and links to our weekly family newsletters, you can find them on my website. If you have suggestions for additions to my website, please let me know.

Coach Witte has asked me to share this information with you regarding the Arrowhead Girls Basketball Summer Camps.

Parents United offers a variety of parent workshops during every school year. Please see this attachment for something that might be of interest. These workshops are free.

*The final workshop is May 18th!

• May 13-15, 2022- PTO Scavenger Hunt
• May 17, 2022- 7th and 8th grade Mega Math Meet in Madison
• May 18, 2022- PTO Culver's Night
• May 19, 2022- 5th and 6th grade Mega Math Meet in Madison
• May 23, 2022- School board meeting 6:00PM
• May 24, 2022- Band concert 6:30PM
• May 25, 2022- NJHS induction ceremony 5:30PM
• May 30, 2022- Memorial Day (No School)
• June 2, 2022- Celebration Day
• June 3, 2022- Rain date for Celebration Day
• June 6, 2022- 8th grade Day Away
• June 7, 2022- 8th grade graduation 7:00PM
• June 8, 2022- Last day of school (half day)

Email: posickj@merton.k12.wi.us
Website: https://www.merton.k12.wi.us/intermediate/
Location: N68W28320 Sussex Road Merton, WI 53029
Phone: (262) 538-1130
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MertonIntermediate
Twitter: @mertonint