Muskego Lakes Family Newsletter

• Muskego Lakes Middle School Website
• Muskego Lakes Academic Guidebook for 2021-22
• Muskego Lakes Report a Concern

• Spread the Word T-Shirt Order Forms Due - Feb 8th

• Title I Parent Info & Feedback Meeting- Feb. 16th at 6pm

• MLMS PTO Meeting - Feb 16 at 6:30pm

• MLMS Community Day- Feb. 18th

• Spring Parent-Teacher Conferences- Feb. 24th
  

• Band Solo & Ensemble - March 12th

• Musical Tech Week- March 28-April 1st

• Lion King Musical - April 2-3rd

• Band Concert at MHS PAC - May 19 at 7pm

• Choir Concert at MHS PAC- May 24 at 7pm

Dear Muskego Lakes Families,

We can't wait for Parent-Teacher Conferences ahead on Thursday, February 24th! We love any chance we can get to see you at Muskego Lakes.

Based on your input on the survey we sent out, we will have a mix of in person and virtual conferences that evening.

In person conferences will take place at Muskego Lakes from 4-6pm. Then virtual conferences will take place from 6-8pm.

At Muskego Lakes, we value our partnership with families and understand how important it is that we work together on behalf of your child's academic success. So if your child is struggling in any of his or her classes, we highly recommend that you schedule a conference with that child's teacher.

That way, we can team up to make sure we are providing the support your child needs as a learner.

And we highly recommend scheduling conferences that night at a time when your child can attend.

Back by popular demand, we will once again use Meet the Teacher as the online platform for Parent-Teacher Conferences. That way, you don't have to worry about coordinating conferences with multiple teachers because it will do that for you.

In this newsletter, you will find information about how you can access your child's Quarter 2 grades as that might help you determine whether you want to set up a conference with any of his or her teachers. We also recommend checking in with your children to find out which classes they might be struggling in to help you decide which teachers to meet with.

Thank you for all you do to encourage your children as they continue to set goals, monitor their academic progress, and demonstrate achievement here at school. We hold our students to high academic expectations but we also are here to support them every step of the way.

With Love,

Rachel Rydzewski & Nancy Pasch

Muskego Lakes Principals

Your child's Quarter 2 report cards are now available on Infinite Campus. These can be found by going under documents on the left hand side and choosing "Qt 2 Report Card".

In addition, all report cards are also being mailed home and can be expected by mid next week.

This school year, we send a Muskego Lakes Family Newsletter at the end of each week to keep you informed. In addition, our grade level teams send a monthly newsletter to keep you informed. (We do our best to minimize emails by putting important information in newsletters.)

In the Parent Satisfaction Survey, we heard that some of you really appreciate the communication while others feel it is too much.

So, thanks for taking a few minutes to complete the following survey to give us more insight by Tuesday, February 15th.

We will be using "Meet the Teacher'' to schedule these conferences, and each conference will be 10 minutes long with a 2 minute transition in between. This sign up will open on Monday, February 7, 2022 @ 7:00am. If you have more than one child at MLMS, you will be able to book conferences for all with the same log-in.

Steps Needed and Important Information When Scheduling

• Virtual Conferences

• In-Person Conferences

Link to Sign Up

https://MLMSconferences.meettheteacher.com/

How to Schedule Your Conference on Meet the Teacher Platform

Step 1: Login

Fill out the details on the page then click the Login button.

You must enter information as it is in Infinite Campus.

• Use Samantha not Sam, if Infinite Campus uses your daughter's full name

• When entering an email address, ensure it is one associated with the Infinite Campus profile

• If you have multiple children, you can decide which child's information to use. They will all give you family access to schedule for all of your children.

A confirmation of your appointments will be sent to the email address you provide.

Step 2: Select Parent Teacher Conference

Click on the date you wish to book.

Unable to make all of the dates listed? Click I'm unable to attend.

Step 3: Choose In-Person or Virtual Conference

Click on the type of appointment you would like to make either in-person or virtual

**Please note that you will only be able to schedule your conferences in either in-person or virtual**

Step 4: Select Booking Mode

Choose Automatic if you'd like the system to suggest the shortest possible appointment schedule based on the times you're available to attend. To pick the times to book with each teacher, choose Manual. Then press Next.

We recommend choosing the automatic booking mode when browsing on a mobile device.

Step 5: Choose Teachers

If you chose the automatic booking mode, drag the sliders at the top of the screen to indicate the earliest and latest you can attend.

Select the teachers you’d like to book appointments with. A green tick indicates they’re selected. To de-select, click on their name.

Step 6a (Automatic): Book Appointments

Skip this step if you chose Manual.

If you chose the automatic booking mode, you'll see provisional appointments which are held for 2 minutes. To keep them, choose Accept at the bottom left.

If it wasn’t possible to book every selected teacher during the times you are able to attend, you can either adjust the teachers you wish to meet with and try again, or switch to manual booking mode (Step 6b).

Step 6b (Manual): Book Appointments

Skip this step if you chose Automatic.

Click any of the green cells to make an appointment. Blue cells signify where you already have an appointment. Grey cells are unavailable.

To change an appointment, delete the original by hovering over the blue box and clicking Delete. Then choose an alternate time.

You can optionally leave a message for the teacher to say what you’d like to discuss, or raise anything beforehand. Once you’re finished booking all appointments, at the top of the page in the alert box, press click here to finish the booking process.

Step 7: Finished

All your bookings now appear on the My Bookings page. An email confirmation has been sent and you can also print appointments by pressing Print. Click Subscribe to Calendar to add these and any future bookings to your calendar.

To change your appointments, click on Amend Bookings.

For screenshots to assist you in signing up, please visit here.

On February 18, all students will participate in their 3rd Community Day of the 2021-22 school year. We are thrilled to announce that in addition to strengthening relationships with their teachers and peers, they will also be impacting our Muskego community by selecting from 19 different service projects they’d like to participate in! Wow! To pull this off, we require your help. We are looking for donations for several projects we’d like to implement. Here is what we are looking for:

Service project: making tie blankets for local animal shelters

Help requested from you: donation of your old bedsheets and pillowcases

Service project: making tie blankets for the local chapter of Project Linus

Help requested from you: consider donating a 1-yard piece of fleece fabric. It does not matter the pattern, and on-sale is always a plus!

Service project: rock decorating, beading friendship bracelets, crafting wooden tic-tac-toe boards, potting flower seeds, writing thank you letters for our community heroes and for Bay Lane 4th graders to welcome them to MLMS, and the list goes on. All of these projects will be dispersed amongst our district elementary schools, Tudor Oaks, MLMS, and other Muskego spaces.

Help requested:

Please check out our Amazon Wishlist here and consider purchasing an item. You will also notice some games included, which will be used for the team-building portion of the day.

All donations not from the Amazon wishlist can be dropped off in the main office. A heartfelt thank you from the MLMS staff for your consideration. All questions can be directed to Sarah Bauhs at sarah.bauhs@muskegonorway.org

Please help Best Buddies nation-wide support inclusion with the purchase of a “2022 Spread the Word Inclusion Day” t-shirt!The insignia below will be on the front and it will be printed on a heather gray t-shirt. Sizes range from Youth Small through Youth Large and Adult Small through Adult 4XL. Cost is $15 per t-shirt.

Please bring the cash or check, with the order form, to Student Services by Tuesday, February 8th at 3:00 PM.

The final club/ groups will have their pictures will be taken at Muskego Lakes on Monday, February 14, 2022. If your child is part of the following clubs/groups, they should plan on having photo taken.

• Musical (Cast and Crew)
• Cheerleading
• Wrestling
• Boys Basketball (7-8th Grade)
• Cheerleading
• Wrestling
• Destination Imagination
• Muskies United

In addition, any new students to MLMS will have their photo taken for the yearbook. Announcements will be made to alert students that they should head to the picture area and be excused from class.

The safe arrival and departure of our students is the main focus of our pick-up and drop-off procedures. Based on feedback and staff observations that last few weeks, we are asking that all families picking-up and droping off do the following:

• Please review the pictures below for your drop-off/pick-up area for expectations, zone locations, and flow of traffic.
  
• Pull all the way up, and drop off/pick-up students only in the designated zones.
• Reduce speeds (10mph or less)
• Be patient and stay in the drop-off/pick-up line. Impatience can cloud judgement and cause accidents.

• When students are dropped off, they should exit on the curb side of the car only.
• When students are picked up, they should enter vehicles on the curb side of the car only.

Thank you for helping us keep students safe and helping traffic flow.

It's hard to believe that it's already time to start thinking for the end of the school year, and 8th grade graduation. If you are interested in helping plan this special day for our 8th graders, please reach out to jramdohr@gmail.com.

Muskego-Norway Schools invites you to participate in a three part parent education series on the prevention of Alcohol and Other Drug Addictions in youth. Click HERE To learn more about this educational series.

All presentations will be held at the Performing Arts Center, located on the south end of Muskego High School at 6pm. Additionally, presentations will be recorded and shared on the District’s website.

Parents, grandparents and staff are invited to attend an eye-opening presentation taking place on Tuesday, February 22 from 6:00-7:30 PM at the Muskego Performing Arts Center. This event is sponsored by Muskego Norway School District, Rosecrance and Your Choice to Live, Inc.

The rise in the use of vaping devices and other substances among youth is a growing concern. Are you familiar with carts? Dabs? Box mods? If you have young people in your life, you should be.

The Wake Up Call presentation, a program of Your Choice, provides practical information on current drug trends, a walk-through of a teens' bedroom with more than 20 red flags that could indicate substance abuse, and proactive parenting strategies to keep your child substance free.

The presenters, both with lived experience, combine their personal stories, experience working with students and families, and sharing things they wish they would've known into an engaging, real and unique presentation. This presentation is a MUST SEE for parents, grandparents, teachers, community members and other adults who are influential in the lives of youth.

Attendees will also receive a Your Choice Handbook, which is a 30+ page comprehensive resource guide with current drugs trends, signs of abuse, hiding places and relevant paraphernalia, parenting tips and resources all in one place.

*This event is for adults only (21 years of age and older).

Register for this free event at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/wake-up-call-presentation-muskego-norway-school-district-tickets-246720837667

For questions about this event, please contact a Ashleigh at ashleigh@yourchoiceprevention.org.

ABOUT THE PRESENTERS:

Ashleigh Nowakowski, Executive Director, Your Choice to Live, Inc. - Ashleigh Nowakowski has been working in the substance abuse prevention field since 2009. Her work includes speaking in middle and high schools, educating parents, teachers and community members and working with high-risk youth. Ashleigh entwines her personal experience of living with a sibling’s substance use disorder into all of her presentations. She is passionate about preventing young people from going down a path that could have negative impacts on their life. Ashleigh has her Master’s degree in Public Administration.

Katie Morrow, Prevention Education Specialist, Your Choice to Live, Inc. - Katie Morrow is a prevention education specialist who has been working in the substance abuse field since 2009. She has worked in a variety of roles in this field including prevention, direct care, development and community organizing. She has a Master’s in Public Administration from Marquette University. Being in long-term recovery since 2007 gives Katie a passion for recovery and prevention. Katie enjoys sharing her story in hopes that it will help others from going down the path that she did.

Leapin' Lizards! Come enjoy this Broadway classic with your family and friends as the irrepressible comic strip heroine takes center stage in one of the world's best-loved, award-winning musicals! Forte Theatre School students ages 10-18 will bring this story to life at the Franklin HS Saber Center for the Performing Arts March 4th-6th. Family fun for all ages! $12-$15. Get your tickets today!

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.

Please consider joining the Muskego Lakes PTO. We meet monthly in the MLMS library. 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 2021-2022

• February 16, 2022 @ 6:30pm
• March 16, 2022 @ 6:30pm
• April 20, 2022 @ 6:30pm
• May 18, 2022 @ 6:30pm

Our staff at Muskego Lakes take threats seriously. We are grateful for our partnership with students and parents as they continue to be invested in their school culture as we all work together to keep our schools safe. We encourage all families to talk about how a child should respond to any threat or concern, regardless of the source or legitimacy. If a student or parent is not comfortable going directly to a district staff member, they can use Wisconsin's Speak Up, Speak Out that will notify a school administrator and/or police authorities immediately. Speak Up, Speak Out! Speak Up, Speak Out is managed by the Wisconsin Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of School Safety.

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.

Family Weekly Test Kits

• To opt into this program, please complete our online form by clicking here.

COVID-19 Exposure Notification

• Please to submit the follow form if you, your child, or anyone in your household has been exposed to and/or is experiencing symptoms of COVID-19. (Form: COVID-19 SYMPTOM OR STATUS NOTIFICATION FORM. After completing the form, someone from Health Services will be in touch with you about next steps.

Parent COVID-19 FAQ

• You can find any and all information related to COVID-19 and our response in the PARENT COVID-19 FAQ. Please take a look there before reaching out to the Health Services team.

For all other questions related to COVID-19, please refer to the MNS Health Services website for the latest health information including but not limited to COVID-19 guidelines, Illness and Injury guidelines, Immunizations, Forms, and other useful information.

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