Melissa Ridge Education Center

The holidays are a time to celebrate unity in our diversity. We appreciate the unique traditions each family brings to our community and look forward to cherishing these moments together creating joyful memories and fostering a sense of togetherness and gratitude.

Wishing you all a joyous holiday season filled with warmth, laughter, and precious moments with your little ones. May the break bring rest and merriment to your homes. Happy Holidays!

The MREC Staff

PurposeFull Pursuit:

Review Gratitude as a family! Remember that Gratitude is choosing to appreciate the people and things in our lives. Find a place in your home to display a glass jar. Cut up small slips of paper and place them next to the jar. Use the jar to collect special people, places, events, and memories that your family is thankful for. Find a time each week to add slips of Gratitude to the jar and assist students in writing or drawing gratitude as needed. Having a gloomy day or a challenging time as a family? Pull out the slips of Gratitude and read them aloud together as a reminder of your Grateful moments.

Conversation Starters:

• How do you know if you are showing Gratitude?
• Can you share a time this week when you were able to identify your emotions? What were you feeling?

• Please email Brittny Borders at brittnyborders@melissaisd.org OR complete the online absence report, if your child is absent
• Here is the link to report an absence:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZvdidbMVunxtr5YMnuyOj38cbbdVxuLY3v2QFHT21rNE-wQ/viewform

• Submit all doctor or parent notes to the office within 3 school days of the absence

Please make sure your student is unbuckled and ready to exit the vehicle. MREC staff members are not responsible for unbuckling and buckling students in their car seats.

Please remember to stay in your vehicle and allow our welcoming staff to retrieve students from the vehicle and guide them safely to the designated area.

Parents, please make sure you are on time to pick up and drop off your student. The carpool times are listed. Please report to the front office if you arrive outside of these times.

• Dec. 14th - Winter Celebrations (More details are coming soon. RSVP required.)
  
• Dec. 15th - Early Release Day - School day ends at 11:30 am
• Jan. 3rd - Students Return to School
• Jan. 15th - School Holiday (Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day)
• Jan. 22nd - Student Holiday (Staff Work Day)

Please use the QR code below to register. Anyone who has not pre-registered by Wednesday, Dec. 13th at 4:00p.m. will not be allowed to attend (Adults only please).

Sit With Us is a monthly discussion group to address concerns, ask questions and determine ways to collectively work toward solutions with your child’s campus administration. The philosophy of Sit With Us is that Melissa parents are Cardinal Champions who see the best for not only their students but for all students. If it matters to one Cardinal, it matters to all Cardinals.

Be sure to check out your child’s school calendar for upcoming meetings and come "Sit With Us."

Some special events/items we are highlighting this month at the library are the following:

Dec.13th – Skype with a Scientist: Plasma Physics! (All ages)

Dec. 15th – Mrs. Claus Storytime Hour w/ ServPro!

Dec. 16th – Blood Drive! 10:00a – 4:00p

Dec. 21st – Adult Book Club Holiday Party

Thank you for everything you do in making MREC an amazing place to be! Remember, we have the incredible opportunity to shape the future through the home and school partnership. Let's work together in shaping the minds of our future.