Muskego Lakes Family Newsletter

Dear Muskego Lakes Families,

We recently received the Muskego Lakes Parent Satisfaction/Experience Survey results for the 22-23 school year. Thank you to everyone that participated and provided us with feedback. Your input allows us, as staff and principals, to continue evaluating our work and improving further.

We are incredibly proud to share that, as a school, we've once again increased our Overall Parent Satisfaction/Experience Survey results this year. As a school, we increased from 4.40 last year to 4.46 this year on a 5 point scale.

A few key areas that, as a school, we increased in this year are:

• "I believe my child's learning is a high priority at this school." 4.45 to 4.59
• "I believe school rules are enforced consistently at this school." 4.17 to 4.20
• "I believe my child has the necessary classroom supplies & equipment for effective learning." 4.60 to 4.63
• "I believe this school provides a safe environment for my child to learn." 4.50 to 4.53
• "I feel comfortable approaching school administration." 4.27 to 4.42
• "The principal at this school is an effective leader." 4.28 to 4.36
• "I believe the teachers, staff, & administration demonstrate a genuine concern for my child." 4.46 to 4.50

A few key areas that as a school will continue to come around are:

• "I receive positive phone calls, notes or emails about my child from the school" 4.25 to 4.24
• "I regularly receive feedback from school staff on how well my child is learning." 4.26 to 4.20

The next steps for us are to review these results with our leadership team, review feedback, and plan action steps. Your feedback continues to help us improve the student and family experience at Muskego Lakes! Keep it coming, and know that we are always here if you have any questions, concerns, or ideas to keep moving Muskego Lakes forward.

With love,

Rachel Rydzewski & Nancy Pasch

Muskego Lakes Principals

• January 25th: Last Student Photo Day

• February 7th: 8th Grade Career Fair

• February 15th: 8th Grade Courage Retreat

• February 17th: Community Day

• February 20th: No Students/Professional Development Day

• March 2nd: Parent-Teacher Conferences

A reminder that second semester classes start on Monday. Students can review their schedules in Infinite Campus.

Your child might need some supplies if they have a new encore class, so we are providing the supply lists again for your review.

• 5th Grade Supply List
• 6th Grade Supply List
• 7th Grade Supply List
• 8th Grade Supply List

Is your child missing something? We have quite the collection of lost and found here at school. Encourage your child to stop outside student services and check for their item. Items still left end of the day on February 3rd will be donated.

Ticket sales for the Muskego Lakes Middle School production of Matilda Jr. are now live to purchase. To order tickets click here.

Performance Dates:

Friday, March. 17 at 7 pm (Miracle Cast)

Saturday, March 18 at 2 pm (Miracle Cast)

Saturday, March 18 at 7 pm (Naughty Cast)

Sunday, March. 19 at 2 pm (Naughty Cast)

The second event to help with high school orientation is the Muskego High School Course Information Night. This night is open to all current and incoming students/families. The goal of this event is to provide students and families access to our entire teaching staff to ask questions about the specific details and expectations of the various courses we offer. This event will take place on Wednesday, January 25th, and will be run in an open house format from 5:00-8:00.

We are excited to begin our partnership together and hope to see you at these important events. If you have any questions about either event, please contact our Student Services Office at (262) 971-1790, ext. 4509.

Join us on Friday, January 27th for a night out with the Warriors at our annual Warrior Winterizer! This year our Warrior Winterizer has plenty to offer any family with athletic events all night, a kids zone carnival, silent auction items, and more! Tickets can be purchased on 1warrior.org/warriorwinterizer, all ticket purchases are online.

Ticket options include:

• Family Pass - 4 wristbands ($25)

• Access to all sporting events, access to Kids Zone Carnival, access to StarVet Food Court, access to Silent Auction items & 50/50 raffle

• $5 for additional wristbands

• Fan Pass ($10)

• Access to all sporting events, access to StarVet Food Court, access to Silent Auction items & 50/50 raffle

The night includes:

• Athletic Events

• Girls Wrestling

• Boys Wrestling

• Girls Basketball

• Boys Basketball

• Classic 8 Dive Meet

• Kids Zone Carnival - need a wristband to enter

• Bungee Run

• Soccer Darts

• Gaga

• Shooting Star Basketball

• First Down Football

• Quack Attack Game

• Balloon Darts

• Prize Wheel

• Balloon Animals

• Face Paint

• Robotics

• Choreographed performance from MHS Poms and Youth Dance Teams

• Collaborative performances from MHS Cheerleading and Youth Cheerleading program

• Pep Band Performances

• Food court/concession

• 40+ SIlent Auction Items

• Split the Pot 50/50 Raffle

• Warriors Warehouse for merch

Please know all proceeds go to helping our 55 co-curricular programs affecting our 1600 students while building the 1Warrior Community!

We asked Mr. Hendrix to share a little about himself and his career in education, in addition to what what makes him proud to work at Muskego Lakes and he said:

"I joined Muskego Lakes in 2018 and have loved being here. Teaching health and phy. ed is passion for me, and I am so grateful to impart my knowledge to the students. Being able to teach allows me to make a difference in other people's lives. My goal is to make school enjoyable and building realtionships with students to brighten their days."

Here is a little more to help you get to know Mr. Hendrix

Favorite Food: Pasta

Favorite Subject When In Middle School: Phy. Ed or Literacy

Fun Facts About Me: I'm certifed in Scuba Diving

My Dream Vacation: Australia

My Students Would Describe As: Caring, Fun, Approachable

Building Academic Foundations is looking for volunteers to come in and talk about their careers in order to expose the students to a variety of career opportunities. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact: Kristen Modica - kristen.modica@muskegonorway.org

Open gym until March will be held at Mill Valley information. If attending, we ask that you enter at Door 12 (in the southwest corner of the building, by the gymnasium- NOT the main doors). Also please know there is no food and drink allowed in the gym! Looking forward to seeing you all there.

You may order a middle school yearbook through Jostens, as yearbook sales are not handled through the school. In order to order a year book please visit: Jostens.com/YB23 . The deadline to place an order is February 1st, 2023. Additional copies of yearbooks will not be available at school after the deadline.

If you're not certain if you've already ordered a yearbook, please search your email for "Jostens" and look for a confirmation of sale. Or, if you created an account when ordering, you may login to Jostens.com, and view your purchase history.

To inquire about financial assistance, please reach out to Stacy Pawlak, Social Worker.

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.

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.

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

• February 15
• March 15
• April 19
• 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.

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