Muskego Lakes Family Newsletter

Dear Muskego Lakes Families,

The next two weeks, students at Muskego Lakes will take the Spring iReady Assessment for Reading and Math. Traditionally, standardized assessments given three times a year are used by teachers to monitor student growth throughout the year and from year to year. At Muskego Lakes, students also use these assessments to track their own progress. This is because we believe our students should know the "WHY" behind the assessments, be able to celebrate their growth and plan next steps. In fact, many of our students look forward to the spring assessment because they want to see how much they grew!

This doesn't mean that there isn't any stress or anxiety for some students. To help your child prepare, keep conversations focused on trying their best, taking their time and trusting themselves when they don't know the answer. iReady assessments do not impact student grades but they are used to make education decisions to best support student learning. These tests are dynamic in that they deliver questions to students based on how well they are doing - dialing up the difficulty when they show proficiency in a skill and dialing down the difficulty when they struggle. In doing this, it is a guarantee that every student will get questions that are beyond their current understanding. We encourage students to pause think about what they know within the problem and make an educated guess. Reminding your child that this will happen will reduce anxiety when they get tough questions.

Like our students, we look forward to reviewing the assessment results, celebrating student growth and planning next steps!

In partnership,

Rachel and Nancy

Muskego Lakes Principals

• May 9-11: Literacy iReady Testing
• May 11: Band Concert 7pm
• May 12: MLMS Dodgeball Tournament (5th & 6th Grade 3:45 to 6:00 PM & 7th & 8th Grade 6:15 to 8:30 PM)
• May 15-17: Math iReady Testing
• May 17: 8th Grade Band/Choir Trip to Chicago
• May 24: Choir Concert
• May 26: No School for Students
• June 8: Last Day of School
• June 8: 8th Grade Promotion Ceremony
• August 16: Back to School Night 4-6pm
  

Shown below are the upcoming co-curricular events at Muskego Lakes!

If a change occurs from the date of this newsletter, we post on Infinite Campus in the announcement section. We commit to letting students/families know about changes and updating Infinite Campus announcements as soon as possible once we've been notified of a change.

Check out all MLMS events here which includes more detailed information!

The Muskego Lakes PTO is looking for support to honor teachers the week of May 8th thru the 12th. If you can please help us with donations, it would be greatly appreciated. You can purchase on Amazon and have shipped right to the school (attention Jenn Colon), or you can donate money to the MLPTO Venmo account @muskegolakesPTO. Let's show these teachers we care!

Please reference the sign-up genius for more information HERE.

Are you ready to run and to have fun? Muskego Lakes Cross Country is open to all students in grades 5-8 for the Fall 2023 season! Please click HERE to see if the tentative practice and meet times will fit with your child’s fall schedule. If so, follow the steps linked HERE to register by Monday, June 12th, 2023.

Thank you to all families who registered their children for Summer Learning Academy. At this time, the Infinite Campus registration is closed, with the exceptions of All-Sport Academy and Muskego Power (2:00-3:00 session). Parents can still register for All-Sport Academy and Muskego Power through the Infinite Campus Portal.

For all other courses, if you wish to be put on a waiting list, please choose and fill out the appropriate linked form:

• SLA (main)
• Fab Lab
• Micro Entrepreneur
• Volleyball
• June Swim

*Note - Open registration for July and August swim sessions will be forthcoming.

Completed schedules will be available on Infinite Campus May 26.

The MLMS PTO is generously providing $1500 towards this celebration. The additional cost per student is $15, which helps pay for class shirts, the dance, food, etc. If you haven’t done so, please submit your payment by Fri, May 26th via cash/check (made out to MLMS PTO) to the office or Venmo to Becky Sawallich, PTO Vice President, @Becky-Sawallich

We’re still looking for help + you can sign up to volunteer your time or a donation at HERE

Who: Students grades 5-8 can form teams made with 8 peers from your grade.

*If you wish to play but don’t have a team, please reach out to Mrs. Heimerl & Mrs. Koeller to be placed on a team. After placements have been made, teams may have up to 10 players.*

When: Friday, May 12th

• 5th & 6th Grade Tournament from 3:45 to 6:00 PM

• 7th & 8th Grade Tournament from 6:15 to 8:30 PM

How: Get a sign up form from Student Services or click HERE

$24 per team - cash or checks made out to Muskego Lakes Student Council are due Friday, May 5th to Mrs. Heimerl or Mrs. Koeller

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO WATCH

Admission Cost

• $2 for adults - or 2 canned goods

• $1 for students - or 1 canned good

• All canned goods will be donated to Muskego Food Pantry

• Goods or money will be collected upon entering the gym

Concessions will be available to purchase throughout the tournament!

Please consider joining the Muskego Lakes PTO. We meet monthly in the MLMS library at 6:30pm. We always welcome new faces and would love to hear your ideas in how we can make this an amazing school year ahead!!

MLMS PTO Meeting Dates for 2022-2023

• May 17

The MLMS PTO wants to thank the excellent staff for everything they do by providing midweek munchies. Every Wednesday, you have an opportunity to sign up to bring in munchies for the staff to help them make it through the week and brighten their day. If you are interested in supporting this, please sign up here.

We are proud to continue to partner with Clinical Psychology Associates (CPA) to offer on-site counseling services at Bay Lane Elementary, Lakeview Elementary, Mill Valley Elementary, Muskego Lakes Middle School, Lake Denoon Middle School, and Muskego High School. For information about CPA’s services and therapists or to get started with an appointment, please visit our website.

A friendly reminder that when you notify school of your child/children being out ill/sick, it's important that we get the reason that they are out as we keep track of illness to monitor outbreaks.

Reporting of Illness

If your student is ill please keep them home and notify us at 262-971-1860 ext 5000. You may also use the Campus Parent App to report the illness.

Reporting of COVID

If your student has a positive COVID test please keep them home and Report your student's COVID ISOLATION using the COVID-19 SYMPTOM OR STATUS NOTIFICATION.

Please refer to the Health Services website for additional information.

You may make a report by visiting the website, using your smartphone by downloading the SPEAK UP, SPEAK OUT app from the Apple Store and Google Play, or by calling 1-800-MY-SUSO-1 to speak to a resource center analyst.

We encourage you to follow us on Twitter or Facebook.

Website: https://www.muskegonorway.org/schools/muskegolakes/
Location: W124 S8009 North Cape Rd.
Phone: 262-971-1860
Twitter: @MLMSmuskies