Muskego Lakes Family Newsletter

Dear Muskego Lakes Families,

It's been a busy week here at Muskego Lakes with our students Forward testing!

We know that all of you have played a huge role in this week being a success, so thank you!

We appreciate you for helping students remember to bring headphones, for helping students remember to charge their Chromebooks, for helping ensure they get a good night's sleep, and for giving them all the encouragement they need.

We have been beyond impressed with students' efforts throughout the week and how they showed up to support one another during testing. They truly took their time and did their best to demonstrate their growth as learners, and we can't wait to celebrate their growth and success when we get their results back. Weeks like this take perseverance, determination, and heart- so we are really proud of our Muskies!

Not only did students do their best on their Forward tests, but they also showed up for one another. All week we heard kids around the school building one another up about doing well on their tests, sharing how confident they felt after taking an exam and helping to remind their peers about schedule changes due to testing.

So while your child's academic progress is our number one priority, we are grateful for the many ways they live out our school vision each day and make Muskego Lakes a great place to be!

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: Band Trip to Chicago
• May 24: Choir Concert
• May 26: No School for Students
• June 8: Last Day of School

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!

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.

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!

We asked Ms. Wintheiser to share a little about herself and her career, in addition to what what makes her proud to work at Muskego Lakes and she said:

"My name is Michele Wintheiser, and I am an instructional Assistant currently working with the 6th-grade students. I also work with students in homework club, and you will also see me directing traffic in the mornings! Before becoming an instructional assistant, I was an Emergency Veterinary Technician for 20 years. While working as an emergency technician, I helped out in my children's classrooms, eventually leading to working in the schools. I love working with the kids and watching them grow and achieve great things. I am a mom to 3 boys. My boys are 24, 20, and 18. I also have a black lab named Max. All 4 of them keep me really busy!"

Here is a little more to help you get to know STAFF MEMBER

Favorite coffee drink: Caramel Macchiato from Starbucks or I like to brew my own at home.

Favorite subject when you were in middle school: Science was my favorite subject when I was in middle school. I love hands on experiments. Working in middle school now, I really like math the best!

Fun fact about yourself that may surprise students and families: I'm a busy bee! Love to exercise, garden, bowl. I love watching the food network.

My Dream vacation: I have 2 vacations that I would love to do. The first one is going on an African safari. The second one is to go to Alaska and see the Iditarod race.

Students & staff describe me as: Helpful, kind, patient and caring. I feel I hold everyone to a high standard and I'm very honest with the kids.

The 8th grade promotion committee has been hard at work planning to ensure the night is memorable for all. The students have voted and the theme will be Hawaiian! All are welcome to attend the next planning meeting on May 1st at 7pm at Becky Sawallich's house. This is a change from the previously communicated date.

More information about the details of the night, cost for students, volunteer opportunities, and donations will be shared in future newsletters.

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