November 3, 2023
A Message from Mrs. Wunderlich & Reagan Staff
Families,
We have a lot of information included in this week's school newsletter. Here is a snapshot of the information included this week:
Engagement Survey
PWH - Allocation of money raised from the Fun Run
Birthday Board
Spirit Wear - Open through 11/12
Project Wee Care - Giving Tree
BINGO Night - Next Friday
A Message from School Social Workers
Boy Scouts Presentation
Global WiFi Access for Students
Developmental Screening for Birth-3 Year Olds
As an additional reminder, students will not have school on Monday, November 6.
Engagement Survey - Your Feedback is Welcome and Appreciated!
Your opinion matters. Millard Public Schools seeks to have engaged stakeholders to meet its mission. Strategy 1.2 (2018) calls for a survey to determine engagement of all stakeholders (students, families, staff, and community).
Please take 10 minutes to provide us with your candid input. Your answers will be anonymous. If you have students in multiple buildings, you will receive a different link from each school. The survey window will remain open through November 17th.
URL: https://mpsomaha.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_4O4otJixOD0docS?Building=Reagan%20Elementary
PWH Funding Projects
Reagan Birthday Board
A new month means many more birthdays!
Let's make sure that no child's birthday is overlooked.
Are you looking for a special way to have your child recognized on their special day at school?
Fill out the Google Form linked here to secure your child's birthday date!
Students will be recognized on the large TV monitor at the entrance of our building as an additional celebration!
See the picture for an example!
Spirit Wear Order
Another Reagan spirit wear link is open now through November 12th.
Click the link here to submit your order: https://reaganelementaryschoolspiritwear2023-2.itemorder.com/shop/sale/
Project Wee Care
Bingo Night - November 10th!
A message from our school social workers:
Plan Vacays Wisely.pdfBoy Scouts of America School Presentation
Information for Millard Families:
By new state law, youth organizations chartered by Congress may request time in the school day to address students. One of these organizations is the Boy Scouts of America, and they have asked for time to tell students about scouting.
We will be accommodating their request on Monday, November 13th.
The Boy Scouts will be giving a 3-5 minute presentation. We wanted to make sure all parents and guardians were aware of the visit. If you have questions, please email or call the office.
November Breakfast & Lunch Menu
SY23-24 Nov Breakfast Menu Millard.pdfSY23-24 Nov Lunch Menu Millard.pdfEduroam Global WiFi Access
We have some exciting news to share with you. Nebraska was selected as one of only three states to pilot a K-12 global Wi-Fi program. Through ConnectEd Nebraska, participating teachers, staff, and students in Nebraska will have anywhere, anytime wireless access at all educational sites in the state and in other eduroam-participating sites throughout the U.S. and other countries. To connect to the Eduroam network use the following steps:
Select the Eduroam network with your school or personal device
Username will be your full MPS email address (for students: xxxxxxxx@millardps.org)
Password is the password students use for MyPortal
In addition to the many Eduroam Hot Spot Locations around the United States and Globally, MPS has partnered with Cox Communications Locally to provide access to Eduroam Hotspots as part of the Cox Public WiFi environment. This means anywhere Cox is broadcasting WiFi publicly you will now have access to the Eduroam Network. This is a first of its kind collaboration between Cox and Eduroam and is being piloted in the Omaha Metro area.
Read more about this pilot program here.
Developmental Screening for Children Birth-3 Years Old
Millard Birth -5 Screening Flyer.pdfPreviously Shared Information That Is Still Relevant
Forms and Fliers
❄️ Wintery Conditions Are Almost Here - Reagan Recess Guidelines ❄️
Grade-level teachers and the office staff will determine whether students will go out for recess based on precipitation, wind chill, and temperature. We will plan for outside recess if the temperature or wind chill (“feels like”) is above 0 using weather.com at the time of the recess. This might mean that a grade level that has a recess at 10 AM may stay inside due to wind chill, and then it might warm up in the afternoon to allow for other grade levels to go outside. We will always go outside unless it is actively snowing and the area cannot be cleared in time for a safe recess.
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Please dress students appropriately for the weather each day so they can fully participate. Classroom teachers have communicated with families what students in your child's grade level will be permitted to bring for outside winter play. There are many factors that go into this decision, such as length of recess, students' level of independence getting dressed/undressed, schedule for what is happening before/after recess, etc. Please make sure to take note of your child's grade level decision through their weekly communication/newsletter. Thank you for your partnership and cooperation in advance.
