MacArthur Messenger

MacArthur Families,

Our conference sign up is available on Skyward. Conferences are a wonderful time for guardians, teachers, and scholars to connect about the academic and social growth that the students have made during the first part of the school year. It is also a time for you, as parents and guardians, to share with teachers more about your child and learn about ways we can work together to further their academic progress and success. Here are a few tips for how you can best prepare for conferences as a guardian:

• Prepare questions in advance. What groups has my child been assigned to? Is my child finishing the work assigned in class? The most important question of all is "How can I help my child at home?"
• Let the teacher know if there is a particular topic you want to discuss. If you want to talk about your child's progress in reading, let the teacher know.
• Describe clearly any situations in the classroom that make your child uneasy. Ask the teacher to describe your child's strengths and weaknesses.
• Exchange information. Let the teacher know about any situation at home that may affect your child's schoolwork, such as a death in the family, a new baby, or a change in daycare arrangements.
• Take notes. Your conference may result in several actions for both you and the teacher. Taking notes will help you remember what was discussed and what was agreed upon.
• Start with a positive attitude. Don't waste valuable conference time by focusing on the negative. You and the teacher are a team. Positive comments such as "How can we solve this problem working together?" will be the first step in coming up with good solutions.
• Discuss the whole child. Your child's social development is as important as academic success. Include questions about their interaction with other children and willingness to participate in class discussions.

I look forward to seeing you all at conferences! I will be stopping in during conferences to hear about all the success being made.

Sincerely,

Mr. Gonzalez

Sunday 10/23: Last Day to Sign Up for Conferences

Wednesday 10/26: Conferences in the Evening (4:45-7:45)

Thursday 10/27: Non Attendance Day - Conferences (office closed)

Friday 10/28: Non Attendance Day (office closed)

Monday 10/31: Harvest Celebrations

Friday 11/4: Senior BINGO Night and End of First Quarter

Week of 11/7: Fall Book Fair (the Book Fair will also be open during BINGO night!)

Wednesday 11/9: All School Assembly (Special Guest from NED Show)

Thursday 11/10: PTA Meeting, 7pm

2022-23 School Year District Calendar

Conferences: As noted above, our conference sign ups are available on Skyward! If you have not done so already, please log on to your family access and click "Conferences" on the left-hand side.

Conferences for all grades are happening the evening of October 26th, and during the day October 27th.

The sign up will close after October 23rd.

Attendance Reminders:

• If your child is going to be out unexpectedly or is ill, please call the school office at 262-253-3468 before 8AM.
• If you have a planned absence, late arrival, or early pick up, please send an Eagle Note to school with your student and remind them to give it to their teacher. If you need more Eagle Notes, please alert your student's teacher or pick some up in the office.
• For medical appointments to be excused, please provide the office with a doctor's note.

Our Harvest Celebrations on October 31st are quickly approaching. Your scholar's classroom teacher will communicate specific happening for their classroom.

It is important to ensure students are in comfortable costumes to sit in the classroom. Please help your child make safe and respectful decisions about their costumes. Students may not wear a mask during school. Make-up, weapons, fake blood, or inappropriate dress are not allowed.

If your scholar is bringing treats/candy to share, please be mindful of the classroom's health rules to ensure there is no conflict with student allergies in the classroom. If you are unsure, please contact your scholar's homeroom teacher directly.

The flyer came home with students this week, or will be coming home next week. Please note there is a typo on the bottom portion that is returned to school. Senior BINGO night is on November 4th (not October 22nd).

Our MacArthur Destination Imagination team tryouts were held on Tuesday, and WOW have so much talent at MacArthur!! The creativity, motivation, and excitement surrounding the team formation event was wonderful. A huge thanks to Melissa Kutil, Molly Bussie, Colleen McGinty, Der Vang, Kristin Jensen, and Jessica Sakac for helping with the efforts by volunteering to be team managers! Students were notified of team placement yesterday. MacArthur is proud of you!

Our next all school assembly will feature NED!

The NED Show is a character education program that centers around three important messages that have lifelong relevance: Never give up, Encourage others and Do your best. During the assembly, students will learn about the importance of these three life skills while also enjoying storytelling, magic, humor and yo-yo tricks.

We are excited for this and please stay tuned for more information to come home closer to the show.

Thanks to all of the planners and volunteers who made our Fall Festival a rousing success. We had some amazingly decorated cars for the Trunk-or-Treat, exciting games for kids and adults and a very highly contested Chili Cook-Off Competition. Congratulations to Jennifer Pitterle for taking 1st place, Jill Chausow for taking 2nd place and Sue Bonlender for taking 3rd place in our competition with Jill Chausow also winning the crowd favorite as well. I don’t think any of the 9 chili submissions were less than stellar and I know the judges had a tough time deciding. On that note, thanks to Principal Gonzalez, GSD School Board Vice President Amanda Reinemann and Fox 6 reporter Brhett Vickery for taking the time to judge our competition.

Everyone needs to start preparing their chili recipes for next year. We will also be holding a Best Decorated Car competition voted on by the festival attendees next year!

Get ready for our next event which is the Bingo Night and beginning of the Fall Book Fair on the evening of November 4th.

Come view more Fall Festival pictures on our Facebook Page and Instagram. If you have Fall Festival pictures, please feel free to send them to us at ptamacarthur@gmail.com.

Thank you!

MacArthur PTA Board ptamacarthur@gmail.com

President- Rob Sanchez, robkiana@gmail.com

Vice President-Nicole Christensen, nicoleriege@gmail.com

Secretary-Caryn Pawlak, caryn76@gmail.com

Treasurer-Alexis Melby, leximelby0110@gmail.com

Good news! Our current Facebook page was restored, and posts/updates will be included on our page soon! If you are not already following, please click the button below to like and follow the page and stay tuned.

We hope this app is a way to keep users up-to-date with access to school news, student stories, daily dining menus, upcoming events, documents, and more. You can download the app for free on both Google Play or the Apple App Store.

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Once downloaded, click the "Schools" button on the bottom. Use the + button to click MacArthur and follow our schools. We recommend following the District and MacArthur, along with any other schools that interest you.

We will continue to send emails over Skyward when necessary.

The Germantown Park and Rec. Department’s Fall/Winter Recreation Brochure can be viewed online here.

Upcoming Programs to register for include:
Afterschool Legos
Kids Cuisine
Henna
Schools Out – Stream Sampler
Babysitters Classes
Bucketeer Basketball
1st/2nd Grade Buckets
Cake Decorating, Sewing & Art Classes

Check out this LINK for program specifics.

Website: gsdwi.org/o/macarthur
Location: W154N11492 Fond Du Lac Ave, Germantown, WI, USA
Phone: 262-253-3468
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MacArthurEagles