Focus For The Week

Monday, January 1st

No School Today-Happy New Year

Tuesday, January 2nd

No School Today-Teacher Professional Development Training Day

Wednesday, January 3rd

Breakfast- Choice 1: Cocoa Puff Cereal

Choice 2: Hot Fudge Sundae Pop-tart

Lunch- Choice 1: Spicy Chicken Sandwich

Choice 2: Breaded Chicken Sandwich

Math Academic Team Practice-7:00AM-7:30AM

Robotics Club - 2:20PM-3:20PM

Choir Practice-2:30PM-3:10PM

Thursday, January 4th

Breakfast- Choice 1: Blueberry Muffins

Choice 2: Trix Cereal

Lunch- Choice 1: Chicken Nuggets

Choice 2: Mini Corn Dogs

Social Studies Academic Team practice-7:00AM-7:30AM-Mrs. Gallagher

Quick Recall Academic Team practice-2:20PM-3:30PM

Friday, January 5th

Breakfast- Choice 1: Banana Bread Slice

Choice 2: Lucky Charms Cereal

Lunch- Choice 1: ONLY: Taco Bar with Chips

Choice 2: N/A

Future Problem Solvers Academic Team practice-2:20PM-3:15PM

Wit & Wisdom Reading

CLICK HERE FOR WAYS YOU CAN HELP YOUR CHILD!

Welcome New Physical Education Teacher Garrett Whiteker

Please help me in welcoming & congratulating Garrett Whiteker as our newest frog friend to Meadow Lands! Garrett will be our Physical Education Teacher!

Hello! My name is Garrett Whiteker, and I am thrilled to be joining the Meadow Lands

family. As a former student of the Daviess County Public School system, it is a dream realized to finally be joining the Kids First team. I grew up in Owensboro, graduated from Daviess County High School, and am looking forward to continuing to make great connections with the community here. Coming from a family of teachers, it has been a long-term goal of mine to become an educator and use my role to help impact the future of all students. My goal as the new physical education teacher is to create a fun, supportive, and caring environment for all students while learning to enjoy being physically active for life. I am ecstatic to start working with the bright, young minds at Meadow Lands. Go Frogs!

ATTENDANCE-Students that miss just two days of school a month can fall significantly behind and continue through middle and high school.

ANYTIME your child will not be at school, please call the office at 270-852-7450. DPCS policy allows families to have up to 8 sick call in days per year. If a child has not been called in sick or does not have a doctor's note upon return or faxed to the school within 3 days, the absence in counted as unexcused. After 3 unexcused absences a child is considered truant. After 6 unexcused absences, a child is considered habitually truant and the parent or guardian can be charged with educational neglect.

Bus Route Information CLICK HERE!

UPCOMING EVENTS!

Monday, January 15th - MLK, Jr. Day
Thursday, February 8th-Winter Family Dance 5-7PM
Monday, February 19th - Parent/Teacher Conferences - No School
Monday, March 11th-Friday, March 15th-Spring Book Fair
Tuesday, March 12th-Family Fun Reading Night-5-7PM
Tuesday, March 12th-Spring Picture Day & 5th Grade Grad Photos
Wednesday, March 13th-1st Grade Cookies for Caregivers
Thursday, March 14th-4th & 5th Grade Jr. Musical-9AM & 5:30PM
Friday, March 29th-Friday, April 5th - Spring Break - No School
Thursday, April 25th-K & 1st Grade Performance-12:30 & 5:30PM
Monday, May 20th - Last Day for Students (Tentative)
Tuesday, May 21st- Election Day - No School
Monday, May 27- Memorial Day - No School

Make Up Days will be taken in this order: Feb. 19, May 22, May 23, May 24, May 28, May 29, May 30, May 31, June 3, June 4

Visitors For Lunch

WATCH THIS VIDEO FOR FAMILIES!

Family Guide for iReady (English)

Family Guide for iReady (spanish)

Fridge Tips for iReady (English)

Fridge Tips for iReady (Spanish)

iReady Computer Program

i-Ready is an online program for reading and/or mathematics that will help your student’s teacher(s) determine your student’s needs, personalize their learning, and monitor progress throughout the school year.

i-Ready Personalized Instruction provides students with lessons based on their individual skill level and needs, so your student can learn at a pace that is just right for them. These lessons are fun and interactive to keep your student engaged as they learn.

Students know to log on through the Clever app.

Broken Chromebook?

Daviess County Public Schools takes pride in knowing that in the challenging school year of 2021-2022 we provided unprecedented learning resources for our students and families. One of those resources was a Chromebook computer for use at home during virtual and hybrid learning.

We continue to use the Chromebook computer and charger daily. It is important for your child to return these items to school daily. The district’s cost for repairs or lost items are listed below.

___________ Screen replacement - $50

___________ Touch screen replacement - $150

___________ Keyboard replacement - $50

___________ Power supply replacement - $25

___________ Other repairs (cameras, hinges, case) - $25

___________ Complete replacement for 1 to 2 year old Chromebook - $200

___________ Complete replacement for touch-enabled Chromebook - $350

___________ Complete replacement for > 2 year old Chromebook - $100

___________ Complete replacement for donated Chromebook - $38 (which is the new cost of

a Google License)

___________ Hot spot replacement - $90

Thank you for your continued support of technology and learning at MLES. If you have any questions or need more information, please feel free to contact me at the information below.

Brittney Dukes Summer Davis

Media Specialist Family Resource Center Director

brittney.dukes@daviess.kyschools.us summer.davis@daviess.kyschools.us

PTO VOLUNTEER PLEDGE FORM!

SIGN UP HERE! This form will allow you to communicate the areas that you would be willing to help support the students of Meadow Lands through various volunteer functions. All volunteers must submit to a yearly background check to volunteer in the school. We will email you one or send one home once you respond to this form or you can call the office for one. THANK YOU!

KY Academic Standards-What Is My Child Learning and How Can I Help?

KY STANDARDS FAMILY GUIDES LINK HERE!

The above link will allow you to have a small peek at what your child is learning in each grade and how you can help by listing the following topics for each grade and subject!

Overview

Examples of Your Child's Work at School

How To Help Your Child at Home

Questions You Can Ask Your Child

Questions You Can Ask Your Child's Teacher

Meadow Lands is honored to have been selected to participate in the Kentucky Family Friendly Schools Learning Network! Through this work we commit to lifting up family engagement as a primary strategy to improve student learning! https://prichardcommittee.org/58-kentucky-schools-selected-for-learning-network-that-aims-to-build-capacity-for-family-engagement/

PBIS Family Handbook

Our PBIS Family Handbook can be found here!

Title I Parent Involvement Policy & Compact

Our Title I Parent Involvement Policy and Compact can be found here!

https://bit.ly/3ErOSof

YouTube Channel!

YouTube Channel-Be sure to check out our MLES Frog Studio YouTube Channel for all of the latest announcements: https://www.youtube.com/c/FrogStudioMLES

Facebook!

Facebook-check out the latest news, photos, and events at https://www.facebook.com/mlesfrogs