Manton Elementary Newsletter

• Important dates to remember:

  • March 18: Hearing and Vision re-screening
  • March 25th-March 29th: Spring Break
  • April 1st: No School
  • April 2nd: Return to school
  • April 4th: PTO
  • April 5th: Fun-A-Thon Kickoff Assembly
  • April 5th: 4th grade VIP Day (information below)
  • April 11th: Family Math Night (more info coming soon)
  • April 19th: Fun-A-Thon

  
  

  News for You:

• March is Reading Month: This year's theme is "Reading is Out of This World!" You will receive a calendar, reading log, and other pertinent information. Our kick-off assembly will be on Friday, March 1st (packet info is below).
  

• Family Reading Night: Thank you for another successful reading night!

• Popcorn Fridays: Parent/Guardians, popcorn Fridays are back! Students will get a bag of popcorn one Friday of the month (usually the last Friday). We are asking students to bring in $.25 per month to help offset the cost of the popcorn. This is not mandatory, and we thank you for your help! *Our next Popcorn Friday will be on Friday, March 22nd!

• Family Engagement Nights: The dates for our family engagement nights/events are below. More information will come out leading up to the event. Thank you!
• Family Reading Night: March 14th
• Family Math Night: April 11th
• VIP Days: Your child can bring in someone special to them and enjoy a light breakfast provided by our lunch staff from 7:50 am to 8:20 am in the MPR. VIP RSVPs will be sent home a week before each grade level's date.

• April 5th (4th grade)
• April 12th (3rd grade)
• April 19th (2nd grade)
• April 26th (1st grade)
• May 3rd (Kindergarten)

• 2024-2025 Kindergarten Enrollment: We are taking appointments for our Kindergarten Roundup, which will take place in August 2024! Your child must turn five before September 1, or you can sign a waiver if they turn five after September 1 and before December 1. Thanks!

• End of the day changes: Please refrain from contacting your child's teacher through Seesaw about any end of the day changes for your child. Please get in touch with the elementary office about these changes. New! The elementary office now has a Seesaw page. You can search Kayla Robbins in Seesaw if you want to send a message for the office to see. Thanks!
• Bus students-Please let your child's teacher or the office know if your student is getting picked up instead of riding the bus. This can be a note to the teacher or phone call to the office. Thanks!
• Sick season: Please see the information below about the new CDC guidelines.

Students must turn in their reading logs each Monday and Friday, March 22nd, to be entered in weekly reading month prizes and during the closing assembly. Each class will tally up their total minutes and have a chance to win a pizza party!!

If you want to be a part of the PTO, we meet approximately once a month for about an hour. We aim for parents and teachers to collaborate to supplement and enrich your student's educational experience! Our next meeting will be on April 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the elementary staff lounge. Thanks!