MAY

2018

MGS Messenger

METAMORA GRADE SCHOOL

In This Issue

Superintendent’s Segment 2 School Information 15-17

Principal’s Perspectives 3-7 PTO 18

Dean’s Dispatch 8 Community News 19-26

Counseling Corner 8 Activity Calendar 27

School News 9-14 Menus 28-29

As I draft my last “Superintendent’s Segment” for the school year, I need to begin by sharing my most sincere appreciation to many groups of people. As always, my first note of appreciation goes to the MGS teachers who continue to work so hard for the benefit of our kids. Other groups to thank include aides, bus drivers, kitchen/cafeteria employees, our secretaries, custodians, bookkeeper, and technology director. Our PTO, Education Foundation, as well as the Athletic and Music Boosters are in need of thanks for the many things they do for the students. I also want to thank the administrative team, Mrs. Costello and Mr. Damery, and the members of the Board of Education. I realize that in an effort to thank different groups of people, I’m going to forget

some that are truly deserving of thanks and appreciation. If I have missed key groups of people, I offer a sin-cere apology. For all of our many volunteers, thank you for being a crucial part of another successful school year.

8TH GRADE GRADUATION

As a reminder, 8th grade graduation has been scheduled for Wednesday, May 18, at 7:00 p.m. The ceremony will take place in our large gym. Congratulations to our graduating students, and best of luck in high school.

LAST WEEK OF SCHOOL

The following schedule is for the last week of student attendance:

Wednesday, May 23rd – Last full day of student attendance

Thursday, May 24th – Teacher Institute – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Friday, May 25th – Last day of school – 11:30 dismissal for students

SUMMER CALENDAR

As we head into the summer months, we will have a different calendar than in the past. The office will be open this summer as follows:

Summer Office Hours:

May 25th – June 1st - the office will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

Office Closure Dates: beginning Monday, June 4th, the office will be closed until Tuesday, July 10th. While the office will be “closed”, members of administration and the bookkeeper, Mrs. DeVore, will keep summer hours. We will check phone messages on a daily basis, as well as the drop box located on the wall outside of the main doors to the school. U.S. Mail service will continue as normal.

Tuesday, July 10th – Thursday, July 26th – the office will be opened on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 7:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m.

August 1st– 13th – the office will be open from 7:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m.

August 14th – the office will return to school-year hours, 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

Thank you all again for being part of another successful school year – have a great summer!

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Marty Payne

Superintendent

Latchkey: If you are interested in your child attending latchkey next school year, please re-member that you must renew your registration information (Please do not assume you are on the Latchkey list due to the fact that you attended the previous school year.) Remember to sign up for the 2018-2019 school year and sign up before the first day of school so we have an accurate count so the teachers are able to get your child to latchkey.

Mrs. Costello

REDBIRD COUPON STORE

A special thanks should be extended for the donations to the Redbird Supply Closet or Redbird Store: Aidan Little & Family; Mr. and Mrs. William Osborn & Family; Lydia Damery & Family; Grayson O’Brien & Family; Torrie and Jarrod Devore and Family; Brenden Foster & Family; Gabe, Luke, Lily and Luke Glas & Family; Jana Southerland & Family; Jennifer Ness & Family; Jen Micheletti& Family; Deanne Trent-man. & Family; Dawn Deeb & Family.

Thanks so very much to Jarrod Devore for babysitting during the PTO meeting.

8th grade Redbird Store helpers: Zoe Stoecker, Jeanai Glueck, and Olivia Coates; 5th grade Redbird Store helpers: August James, Brady Foster, Troy Woods and Jack Hessing.

Thanks to all of the wonderful MGS volunteers!!! We really appreciate everyone that has volunteered throughout the school year. Your time and fine efforts have helped enrich learning and make school ac-tivities so much fun at our school. Many thanks to all of the MGS volunteers that helped throughout the year copying educational materials, being room parents for holiday parties, helping with PTO activities, helping in the classroom, helping with the graduation reception/ dance, and baking for special school events, etc.

A SPECIAL THANKS TO THE MGS EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION COMMITTEE FOR FUNDING MY 2017-2018 GRANT!! Again, this year this grant money helped to fund awards for the K-8 special character awards and it provided items for the Redbird store, too…..Thanks so much!!!!

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6th/7th Grade Parents: 8th grade graduation reception Traditionally, parents of 7th graders have helped to plan, set up, and decorate at the 8th grade graduation

party/dance and the eighth grade graduation reception. If you are interested in helping out, please call Mrs.

Costello 367-2361 or Mrs. Michele Lelm mlelm@heart.net . Let us know of your interest. We can tell you

about the process. Even if you just have some ideas, that’s help enough.

The Metamora Grade School community has been so generous in donating school supplies to our school! MGS understands that those times are tough for many families. Over the summer, as you begin thinking of buying school supplies and you are one of the families that could use some help, please contact the school at 367-2361 or email Mrs. Costello at: ccostell@schools.mtco.com. Just mention that you need school supplies and we will arrange to make that happen!

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May 2018

April 30-May 1 Jr. High Benchmark Assessments

April 30-May11 K-5 Benchmark Assessments

May 1 Kdg. Screening AM & PM

May 2 Kdg. Screening AM & PM

May 3 4/5th Grade Spring Concert 7pm

May 7 Art in Education in Peoria

May 8 Staff Appreciation Luncheon

May 8 Spring Choral Concert 7pm

May 10 8th grade class trip

May 11 Jazz Night

May 14 8th Grade Dance

May 15 Redbird Store

May 16 Redbird store

May 16 8th Grade Graduation @ 7PM; 6th/7th Grade Band Perform @

Graduation

May 18 5th Grade Dare Graduation

May 22 K-5 Fun Day

May 23 Jr. High Field Day

May 24 Teacher Institute (if use no snow days); No School for Students

May 25 11:30 dismissal Half Day SIP Day –Last day if use no snow days

It is hard to believe that it is May and the 2017-18 school year will soon be ending.

The month of May will be filled with various exciting activities as field trips; Fun Day, concerts, Spring Fine Art Festival and some of the dates for the K-8 students are highlighted listed below:

Please continue to take the summer to keep your child busy and involved in their education. Sign them up for summer reading programs and other camps that are available. It’s not just about activity as much as it is about thinking and using their skills. So many academic skills can be lost over the summer. MGS teachers and I en-courage parents to seek out educational opportunities that are available in the area. To get specific ideas of where to look, contact your child’s teacher.

A few summer jokes found below, but a big wish for a great summer!!!!!!

Sylvia: “Dad, can you write in the dark?

Dad: “I think so. What do you want me to write?”

Sylvia: “Your name on this report card.”

Teacher: “John, why are you doing your math multi-plication on the floor?”

John: “You told me to do it without using tables.”

Question: Why was the math book sad?

Answer: Because it has so many problems.

Due to the large numbers of students on each bus, we cannot approve students riding another bus which they are not assigned. This procedure prevents over-crowding/unsafe conditions.

To ensure students get to the correct location each day, MGS discour-ages changes to any daily routines of how your child goes home. How-ever, if there is a change, it must be made before 8:45 AM (no longer 2:00 PM) due to the fact teachers may not be able to check emails in time for dismissal.

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PARENTS: If you need to meet with your child’s teacher, please set up an appointment

prior to this meeting. Please do not drop by due to the fact teachers usually have meet-

ings/ supervisory assignments already established and will not be able to meet. Email

the teacher or call and leave a message if you need to set up a meeting.

Notice If your child has a parent presentation toward the end of the school day and your presentation ends before school is out for the day, please remind parents if they plan to take the other siblings home, a note needs to be sent by the parent to their teachers on that day in the AM or sooner. We cannot notify teachers at the last mi-nute to dismiss the siblings. Thank you so much for you cooperation.

When in the building after 3:00 pm, please remember to supervise your children.

School Security: A Proactive Approach It is of paramount importance to provide a safe learning environment for students, staff and visitors. If you are coming to school for school matters and if you “buzz in” to enter the build-ing, do not allow other individuals (even if you recognize them) to walk into the building. Please remind the other individual to buzz in on their own. Thanks for your help and consid-eration to ensure the safety of our MGS students and staff.

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K-8 Parents/Guardians,

We are in the process of planning for the 2018-2019 school year. If there is a possibility that you are planning to move outside the MGS school district before the start of school next year, please notify one of the school offices at 367-2361 (K-5) or 367-2377 (Jr. High) as soon as possible. This would be a tremendous help to the school to help when ordering materials, establishing the number of home-rooms, and making a smooth transition for people moving in and out of the school district. If you know you are moving and do not have time to call in, please fill out the information below and have your child return this form to their homeroom teacher and they will let the office know.

We will be moving to another school district before the next school (2018-2019) year begins.

(Name of child/grade level-- Place it above on the line above):

(Parent Signature/Date—Place it above on the line above):

If you can return this form by the end of April (April 30th, 2018), it would be greatly appreciated.

*Please note that your child will be assigned their 2018-2019 homeroom teacher’s name during the summer and next year’s teacher name will not be placed on your child’s end-of-the year report card. With the economy in question and possible fluctuation of classroom numbers, I will be placing your child’s assigned homeroom list on the front door of the building on Aug. 1 or on Skyward. You child’s jr. high schedules can be obtained on-line the first week of August.

Thanks again for your time and fine efforts.

Mrs. Costello

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SUBSTITUTES NEEDED

MGS is seeking Substitute Teachers for the current and upcoming school years.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education is required.

Substitutes work full or half days in regular and specialist classroom(s). Lesson plans are pro-vided.

Please go to the Substitute Teaching Page of ROE 53 for instructions to register for schools in Woodford, Tazewell, and Mason counties.

MGS is seeking Substitute Paraprofessionals for the current and upcoming school years.

Requirements:

Minimum age is 20 years.

High school diploma or GED

Official transcript showing completion of 60 college credit hours or an associate degree (or higher) from a regionally accredited institution of higher education

*If you have 60 or more hours of college credit you do not need the test but must complete eve-rything else to obtain your IL license.

Please view these instructions for Paraprofessional Licensure and Test. *If you have less than 60 hours of college credit you will need the test (Paraprofessional Licensure and test).

Call the Regional Office of Education 53 to set up an appointment for testing at (309) 477-2290.

Are you looking to be a part of an educational setting and work with children?

Substitute Teachers

Substitute Paraprofessionals

The Boys’ and Girls’ track teams are off to a great start. Weather has made it difficult to get in meets, but the athletes have been working exceptionally hard to get themselves ready. This has led to some great overall performances on the track.

WILDCAT INVITE - The first big invitational was the East Peoria Wildcat Invite on Friday, April 13th. The team really went out and competed against some really tough competition. We had two hurdlers that medaled at the meet with Payton Forney placing 2nd and Becca Ice plac-ing 3rd.

TAZWOOD CONFERNCE - The Tazwood Conference track meet was run on Saturday, April 21st at Metamora High School. Again, the teams competed well at the meet and we had several conference champions. For the 7th grade girls, Allie Delost placed 1st in the 100 and Kailani

Egli placed 1st and Lauren Roley 2nd in the Pole Vault. The 7th grade boys also did well with several confer-ence champions; Drew Tucker-High Jump, Logan Endland- Pole Vault and the 200, Aaron Andrade- Hurdles, and the 4X100 – Blake Asbury, Logan England, Aaron Andrade, and Drew Tucker.

SCHOOL RECORDS – The first meet of the year, we had two school records. Drew Tucker tied the 7th grade

boys’ school record in the high jump going 5’6”. Kailani Egli also set a school record in the 7th grade girls’ pole vault with a vault of 8’6”.

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Mr. Damery

Dean of Students

Counseling Corner

We have had a great year with NED learning about making champion choices. Our final lesson for the year will focus on never giving up. In the month of May, we will learn that we all face difficult things and how to not give up even when things are difficult. We will discuss strate-gies like learning from mistakes, persistence, risk-taking, and positive thinking as well as quali-ties such as confidence and determination. Finally, we will learn that even little by little we can walk far. We encourage you to talk to your child about something difficult they are experi-encing and how they can persevere through it.

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ATTENTION PARENTS:

MGS needs you to

come talk to students

about your career in

STEM*

*Science, Technology, Engi-

neering and Mathematics

Please come excite

and inspire students

about STEM!

Presenters needed for Spring 2018 K-5th grade MGS STEM* Career Fair

The MGS Foundation for Educational Excellence is sponsoring Spotlight on Ca-

reers in STEM during the weeks of April 30 and May 7. We are asking communi-

ty members to come to school to meet with students in kindergarten through

fifth grade to discuss their careers and how they use STEM (Science, Technolo-

gy, Engineering, and Mathematics). Visitors can meet with one classroom of

twenty children or multiple classes or have a display in a gym. The goal is to in-

form the students about various careers involving STEM to increase students’

interest, curiosity and excitement about future school and career opportuni-

ties in STEM. Volunteers will visit classrooms, discuss what they do in their job

and how they use math, science, or technology and perhaps engage the stu-

dents with a STEM-related demonstration or hands-on activity. You are free to

chose your audience and how you wish to share your information.

Please contact Becky Rhodes at brhodes@schools.mtco.com if you would like

to be part of our Spotlight on Careers in STEM at MGS. She will work with you to

plan your visit to suit your interests and schedule. Almost any job (e.g. dental

hygienist, carpenter, sales person, technician, industrial worker) uses science,

technology, engineering or math in some manner. If you have ideas about

other speakers or activities that we can include to inform and inspire students

about STEM, you may also contact Becky Rhodes.

We are counting on you to make this event a success for the students of MGS.

Fifth Grade Band-YEAH BAND!!! This band has done an incredible job this year. If you missed hearing this band you still have two more chances left. The Spring Concert is May 3 at 7:00. Band members should meet in the band room at 6:30. The fifth grade band will give their final performance of the year at the DARE graduation. The graduation is scheduled for May 18 in the gym. The band will be performing during the ceremony. Band members will participate in the ceremony with their classes also. Please make sure your student re-members his instrument and music for both of these performances. Thanks for your cooper-ation, I really appreciate your help! Please make sure your student is practicing his or her

instrument this summer. Three months is a long time to go without getting the horn out. I will need your help and support so that students do not fall behind over this break!

Sixth Grade Band-The Sixth Grade Band gave an excellent performance at the spring concert. This band has really pulled together this year. If you have not seen them yet you have been missing out. Your chance is not over yet! The 6th Grade Band will also be combining with the Jr. High for a Graduation Band at the eighth grade graduation. The eighth grade graduation is Wednesday, May 16 at 7:00. Sixth grade band members should meet in the band room at 6:00. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to give me a call. Please make sure your student is practicing over the summer.

Jr. High Band-WHAT A BAND!!! This band has done a super job this year. They gave an incredible spring concert! However, we still have a lot of work to do before the year is over. The band will also be playing at the eighth grade graduation. This is Wednesday, May 16 at 7:00. Band members need to be in the band room at 6:00. Congratulations to all those graduating! If you have any questions please do not hesitate to call me.

Recorders-The Spring Concert is just around the corner. It is scheduled for May 3 at 7:00!! Recorders should meet in the cafeteria at 6:45. Next year your students will have the exciting opportunity of joining our band program. Please mark these dates on your calendar. (see calendar at the end of the newsletter)

Jr. High Jazz Band-Excellent performance at the concert! It takes a lot of dedication to get up early to go to rehearsal. This band has two more performances. The Jr. High Jazz Band has been invited to perform by the Peoria County Regional Superintendent of Schools to perform for the 33rd Annual Arts In Education Spring Celebration at the Monument in downtown Peoria. We will be performing Monday, May 7 from 11:50-12:20 at the Monument in downtown Peoria. If you get a chance, come down and hear us over your lunch hour. We would love to see you! Over 17,000 students from 135 schools will perform, demonstrate and exhibit their programs in Fine Arts and Applied Arts during the four-week event. This project is sponsored by the Peoria County Regional Office of Education, Gerald M. Brookhart, Superintendent. Funding is provided by Caterpillar, Enc., First of America Bank, Bank One, South Side Trust and Savings Bank, Commerce Bank, Magna Bank, Peoria Arts and Sciences Council, Illinois Arts Council, Illinois American Water Company and WMBDTV-Radio.

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Ms. Dawn Trotter

Band Director

Jazz Band II-This band has also been invited to perform for the 33rd Annual Arts in Education Spring Celebration by the Peoria Regional Superintendent of Schools. We will be performing May 7 from 11:50-12:20 at the Monument in downtown Peoria.

Jazz Night-Mark your calendars….Friday, May 11th at 6:00 will be the sixth annual jazz/open microphone night at MGS. All jazz bands will be performing and Eli’s coffee will be catering.

This will be an awesome night!! Don’t miss out!

Way To Go- This year's award winners are Most Improved 6th Grade Musicians-Makenna Reeves and Samuel Stamm, Most Improved 7th Grade Musician-Noah Sanders, Most Improved 8th Grade Musicians-Bryn Bates, Most Improved Colorguard –Korina Crandell, Oustanding Colorguard Mem-ber-Ashley Strehlow, Robby Kern Memorial Award-Connor Bidne and Angelina Jones, and Out-standing Musician-Ian Bonk and Emma Blunier. Way to Go!

MGS Band Calendar May 3 4th/5th Grade Spring Concert May 11 MGS Jazz Night

May 4 Jr. High Band to St. Louis May 16 8th Grade Graduation

May 7 Jazz Bands perform at Arts in Education Spring Celebration

May 18 DARE Graduation

Academy of Music Due to a great deal of interest from students and parents instrumental music lessons will be offered at MGS

this summer. Lessons will be offered on the following instruments:

Lessons will be once a week for half an hour. If you are interested please contact Miss Trotter at 251-5558 or email me at dtrotter@schools.mtco.com ASAP. A limited number of spots are available!

Flute Oboe Clarinet

Saxophone French Horn Trumpet

Trombone Baritone Tuba

Mallet (keyboard) Percussion

Snare Drum Drum Set

Guitar Piano

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Ms. Dawn Trotter

Band Director

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In honor of Dr. Seuss’s birthday in March, all three of our administrators took time out of their day to come read Dr. Seuss books to the first graders. The kids loved this opportunity to see them as readers! Thank you to Mr. Payne, Mrs. Costello, and Mr. Damery for sharing their love of reading with our students.

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Metamora-Germantown Hills Juniors Plant Pinwheel Gardens to

Bring Awareness to the Issue of Child Abuse

To show their support for Child Abuse Prevention Month, the GFWC IL Metamora-Germantown Hills Junior Woman’s Club and Metamora Grade School teamed up to plant a Pin-wheel Garden with 250 pinwheels in front of Metamora Grade School on April 6. Pictured be-low are: Diane Grebner and Jeanine Hess’s third grade classes who helped plant the pinwheels.

Here are a couple of the children planting the pinwheels

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I just wanted to send out a thank you for another great job in helping make Family Fun Night a suc-cess!! We ended up having over 100 kids come through on Friday. We ended up with 8 therapy dogs that came from WOOF. They were all beautiful and definitely got lots of attention that night from the kids. We also had two girls from the FFA come with a bunny and 2 chickens. They gained quite a draw as well. Our obstacle course was a hit too. We could not have pulled this off without all of your help. Thank you so much to everyone who came to the Family Fun night and especially to those who help

Paws for Books Family Fun

Thank you for supporting the Spring

Scholastic Book Fair!!!

The 2 Classes that won gift certificates for playing Book

Talk Bingo were 4B Mrs. Steele and 4A Mrs. Phillips.

The guessing game at Family Fun Night was won by

Dominic Sorrentino with a guess of 90, the number of

Swedish fish was 89. We greatly exceeded our goal of

selling 1400 books. Thanks also to all of the parents who

came and worked at the book fair. We couldn’t have the

fair without your help.

Please remember when dropping students off in the front of the building in the mornings to please park in a parking spot, even if it is a 15 min. designated spot . Walk your child to the sidewalk until 8:20. At 8:20, you must bring your child into the main office to check them in. If you want to drop your child off in the morning, you can do that out back on Madison Street until 8:10. The doors on Madison Street lock at 8:10. During dismissal time, please don’t park along the south gym.

RULES FOR DROPPING OFF AND PICKING UP STUDENTS

Madison Street:

Students exit through the junior high doors. There is no parking. Please pull ahead to the end of the sidewalk so that many cars can pick up students at once. Your child cannot enter/exit the car from the passenger side of the car on Madison St. If they must exit or enter the driver’s side then the par-ent must use the front entrance. If the parent with a car seat must use the driver side back door to unbuckle the child, please use the front of the building instead. Students are to walk on the sidewalks and enter the car on the passenger side of the car, not in the road, for safety purpos-es. Parents must remain inside the vehicle and wait for their child/ren to enter their vehicle. Students will come out of the back door starting at 3:00 PM. Students remain on the sidewalk next to Madison Street waiting for their rides for going home. No students should run or play during pick-up time.

*PARENTS: When dropping off and picking up students, please pull forward to the next vacant spot to prevent traffic congestion.

Chatham Street/Front of the Building: .

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REMEMBER…..

School begins each day at 8:20 am this year.

If your child is absent or going to be late to school PLEASE call the office.

Junior High student call 367-2377.

Kindergarten - 5th grade call 367-2361.

Remember, Kindergarten, 2nd and 6th graders are required to have a dental examination. Make sure that you have scheduled your appointment.

Just a reminder to all parents that by law, a courthouse copy of each child's birth certificate must be on file at the school. Letters have been sent to all parents who need to provide birth certificates. If you received a letter, please provide the school with a copy of the birth certificate as soon as possible.

Once a parent arrives on the sidewalk, the child is to wait with the parent and remain on the sidewalk while awaiting other students to take home. No students nor siblings are to play or run or leave their parents side on the sidewalk while waiting to leave.

No U-Turn in School Zone (Madison Street)

No U-turn signs will have been placed on Madison Street along our school zone area due to the congestion and safety of students crossing the streets. These signs should help prevent car accidents and students being hurt.

A ticket can be given for an illegal U-turn. Again our main goal is to ensure our students are safe.

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Immunization Requirements for Illinois

Illinois law requires that ALL students entering school at ALL grade levels (K-12) show proof of having received the following vaccines:

2 (full) MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccines

2 Varicella (chicken pox) vaccines or documentation of the disease by a physician

1 Tdap (tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis) vaccine (within the last 10 years)

All students entering 6th grade (only) will be required to show proof of having received the follow-ing vaccines:

2 Meningococcal vaccines

Students must provide proof of the above vaccines to the District by 10/15/18. Failure to do so will result in the student’s exclusion from school.

New Immunization Requirement for Illinois: Section 690.520, The Illinois Control of Communi-cable Disease Code, Section 690.520,

The Illinois Control of Communicable Disease Code, Section 690.520, spells out the requirement for unvaccinated students to be isolated during the period of potential transmission – “A notice shall be sent home with each student who has not presented proof of immunity (against measles), explaining that the student is to be excluded, effective the following morning, until acceptable proof of im-munity is received by the school or until 21 days after the onset of the last reported measles case (in the school).”

(http://ilga.gov/commission/jcar/admincode/077/077006900D05200R.html)

Acceptable proof of immunity shall consist of:

A written record from the student's physician or a health professional that indicates dates of vac-cination and type of vaccine administered; or

A statement from a physician indicating the date when the student had measles; or

A laboratory report indicating that the student has a protective measles antibody titer as measured by a test with demonstrable reliability.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that students who are being tak-en for a measles vaccine or booster also receive the current vaccine against influenza. Both diseases are spread by the same route and affect the respiratory system.

Latchkey Information:

Please remember, if your child will be attending Latchkey, you must register each year for Latchkey services for your child/ren. Latchkey Registration forms can be found online on the MGS Home page under Resources, then email latchkey@schools.mtco.com.

Emergency School Closing Information

In the event that school cannot be held because of weather or emergency conditions, the following radio and television stations will be notified in time for the 10:00 p.m. and/or the 7:00 a.m. news broadcasts.

AM Radio WOAM 1350 WPEO 1020 WIRL 1290

FM Radio WCBU 89.9 WCIC 91.5 WZPW 92.3 WPBG 93.3 WPMJ 94. WWCT 96.5 WDQX 102.3 WXCL 104.9 WXMP 105.7 WSWT 106.9

TV Stations WHOI CH 19 WEEK CH 25 WMBD CH 31

Our school website will also advertise the closing, mgs.metamora.k12.il.us.

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Recess Safety Tennis Shoes are required to participate in P.E.

Appointments during the school day Please schedule appointments before or after school. If a student must leave dur-ing the day, please enter the building at the front and sign your student out. When returning, please sign them back in.

Dismissal MGS pick up/dismissal time:

Kdg-1st: 2:55pm using the front door; 3:00pm using the back door 2nd-4th: 3:00pm 5th-8th: 3:05pm

Early Dismissal 1st-4th 11:20am Kdg, 5th-8th 11:25am

Please make sure your students have jackets to keep them warm from the cool spring winds. They are not allowed to stay indoors if they do not have a coat. Make sure students have tennis shoes for recess. Boots with heels are not allowed on climbing equipment or in run-ning games for safety.

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Snyder Village, The Metamora Community Preschool,

& The Illinois Prairie District Public Library

invite you to participate in

Metamora Square(s):

an intergenerational initiative

June 8, 6pm: Kickoff at Snyder Village SV Center

(Metamora Pool Pass Giveaway)

July 24: Finale at Snyder Village SV Center

(TV Giveaway)

Highlighting eight weeks of activities throughout our

community for all ages! Pickup a game card at Snyder Village or the

Public Library on or after June 8 to win!

Metamora • Summer 2018

Questions? Contact Joel Shoemaker (joels@mtco.com).

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4th annual Keegan’s Superhero Run and Bags Tournament Saturday May 19, 2018 at Germantown Grille in Germantown Hills

Keegan’s 5K Hero Run and Kids Fun Run 5K Run/Walk starts at 9am - Kids Fun Run at 10am Registration for 5K $25 until April 27th - Kids Fun Run $15 (No price increase) Registration for 5K increases to $35 after April 27th - shirts not guaranteed Running clock - no chip timing - 5K prizes for top male and female overall Registration includes T-shirt (5K) and Hero Capes (Kids Fun Run) if registered by April 27th Packet pick-up and late registration starting at 8am day of event

Bags Tournament

Starts at 11am Registration $30 per team until April 27th Registration increases to $50 per team after April 27th and on day of event 10-11am Double elimination tournament Registration includes T-shirt and 2 beer tickets per team (for participats over 21) Cash prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd places

Registration forms for all events are located on our Facebook page and website Register for both events for $50 by April 27th

Will be having silent auction, 50/50 raffle, and T-shirt sales during the day

Food and Drinks provided by Germantown Grille 8am-2pm

For registration information please go to Metamora St. Jude Superhero Day – 5K & Bags Tourney on Facebook or www.MetamoraSuperHeroes.com

All proceeds from this event and our silent auction will be donated to St. Jude Runs benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research

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Metamora Area Swim Team

Sign ups for Metamora Area Swim Team (MAST) will be held on Monday, April 30 from 6:30-7:30 in the MTHS Commons with board members available to answer any questions. Online registra-tion will be active April 10 at www.metamoraswimming.com.

MAST is a summer swim team open to all swimmers in the MTHS District who can swim one length of the pool unassisted. We offer a safe, fun and friendly environment for swimmers of all ability to im-prove skill and technique. Practice is offered every morning (M-F)

beginning June 4 with the season wrapping up July 17. New this year will be a Metamora Pool pass included in a swimmer’s registration fee – final details to follow! We would love to wel-come you to our team!

More information can be found on the website www.metamoraswimming.com or by contacting mast_team@mtco.com.

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MTHS Career & Technical Education Expo:

Metamora Twp. High School is inviting the community to the first Annual Career & Technical Education Expo on Tuesday, May 1, 2018, in the gymnasium from 6:00 - 7:30 pm.

Students from the CTE Department (formerly known as Vocational Education) will have booths and demon-strations to showcase all areas of vocational training currently offered at MTHS. Areas included in this show-case will include Agriculture, Auto Mechanics, Business, Culinary Arts, Drafting, Electronics, Engineering, Graphic Arts, Robotics, Welding, and Woods. Admission is free and refreshments will be available.

Come see what your local Career & Technical Education classes are up to!

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$35 PER PARTICIPANT

8-10AM

LOCATION: METAMORA HIGH

DANCE CAMP

REDBIRD

HOSTED BY THE 2018-2019 MTHS DANCE TEAM

& COACH DEVERY MCCOY

REGISTER HERE

6/4/18-6/7/18

FOR GIRLS

PRESCHOOL-8TH GRADE

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Mon Tue Wed Thur Fri Sat

1

TBA C JH TR Woodford County Track Meet

2

3

5:45 PM Tiger Den Meeting - Nicole Crow 6:45 PM 4th Grade Recorders 7:00 PM 4th and 5th Grade Concert

4

5

7

11:30 AM Arts in Education Spring Celebration - Downtown Peoria 3:15 PM Girl Scouts - Leona Regan

8

4:15 PM C JH TR @ Germantown Hills Middle School

9

10

8th Grade Class Trip 6:30 PM Girl Scouts - Maggie Johns

11

Jazz Night

12

TBA C JH TR OPEN DATE

14

8th Grade Dance 7:00 PM PTO Meeting 7:00 PM PTO Meeting - Babysitting

15 16

TBA 8th Grade Graduation

17

6:30 PM Cub Scouts - Jared Barker

18

DARE Graduation TBA C JH TR OPEN DATE

19

TBA C JH TR OPEN DATE

21 22 23 24

6:30 PM Girl Scouts - Maggie Johns

25 26

28 29

8:00 AM Basketball Camp 9:00 AM Volleyball Camp

30

8:00 AM Basketball Camp 9:00 AM Volleyball Camp

31

8:00 AM Basketball Camp 9:00 AM Volleyball Camp

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Breakfast

Breakfast is $2.15 per day or $10.75 for 5 days or $43.00 for the month.

Extra milk is .50 Extra juice is .30.

When your Childs balance reaches -$7.50 they will be served toast & water for breakfast.

All Cereal and Breads are at least 51% WG and Fruit Juice is 100%, Milk is 1%

Menu is subject to change without notice.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1

Pancake Sausage Stick OR Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk OR

2

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

3

Yogurt & Granola OR Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

4

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

7

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

8

Mini Cinnamon Ba-gels OR Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

9

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

10

Eggs & Bacon OR

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

11

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

14

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

15

Pancake Sausage Stick OR Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

16

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

17

French Toast Sticks OR Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

18

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

21

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

22

Eggs & Sausage OR Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

23

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

24

NO SCHOOL

25

Cereal

Toast

Fruit Choice

Milk

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Lunch

Lunch is $2.90 per day or $14.50 for 5 days or $58.00 for the month. Children will have a choice of 3 items this year; must include a fruit or vegetable. A/B entrée will be choice for grades 5th-8th. Your child may purchase a hungry man for $1.00. This is extra entrée only and will come

out of your account. When your child's balance reaches -$7.50 they will be served peanut butter & jelly sand-

wich and water. Condiments include (2pkt ketchup, 2 pkt mustard, 1 pkt mayo, BBQ sauce cup, dressing 2

Tbsp.), & SF Butter. Menu is subject to change without notice.

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY

1

Corn Dog

Cooked Carrots

Applesauce

Milk

2

French Bread Pizza

Spinach Salad

Pears

Milk

3

Cheeseburger

Calico Beans

Orange Slices

Milk

4

Chicken Taco

Salsa Cup

Corn

Strawberry Cup

Milk

7

Chicken Patty

Fiesta Black Beans

Pears

Milk

8

Toasted Raviolis

Cheese Stick

Marinara Cup

Steamed Broccoli

Mixed Fruit Cup

Milk

9

Cheese Pizza

Green Beans

Spiced Apples

Milk

10

Tenderloin/Bun

Cooked Carrots

Pineapple

Milk

11

Hamburger

Crinkle Fries

Peach Cup

Milk

14

Mini Corn Dogs

Baked Beans

Strawberry Cup

Milk

15

Teriyaki Chicken

Brown Rice

Mixed Veggies

Pineapple

Milk

16

Salsa Sloppy Jo/Bun

Crinkle Fries

Mixed Fruit Cup

Milk

17

Cheese Bread-stick

Yogurt

Marinara Cup

Cooked Carrots

Peach Cup

Milk

18

Chicken Nuggets

Breadstick

Steamed Broccoli

Applesauce

Milk

21

Cook’s Choice of Entrée, Vegeta-ble and Fruit

Milk

22

Cook’s Choice of Entrée, Vegetable and Fruit

Milk

23

Cook’s Choice of Entrée, Vegetable and Fruit

Milk

24

NO SCHOOL

25

LAST DAY OF SCHOOL – NO

LUNCH

Early Dismissal 11:30 am

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Metamora CCSD #1

815 E. Chatham Street

Metamora, IL 61548

Metamora Grade School Faculty

A National Blue Ribbon School of

Excellence!

K-5 Faculty Mrs. Jennifer Duncan(Kindergarten) KA Mrs. Tara Ott (Kindergarten) KB Mrs. Natalie Wood (Kindergarten) KC Ms. Wendy Vogel (Kindergarten) KD Mrs . Nikki Hahn ( Kindergarten) ________________________________KE Mrs. Kathy Nolte (First) 1A Mrs. Jamie Rutherford (First) 1B Mrs Jenera Call (First) 1C Ms. Becky Rhodes (First) 1D Mrs. Heather King (First) 1E Mrs. Jean Stine Ratliffe (Second) 2A Mrs. Deanne Trentman (Second) 2B Mrs. Amber Brown (Second) 2C Ms. Megan Miller(Second) 2D Mrs. Krissy Peterson (Third) 3A Mrs. Diane Grebner (Third) 3B Mrs. Megan Domenighini (Third) 3C Mrs. Jeanine Hess (Third) 3D Ms. Jane Day (Third) ______________________________________ ___3E Mrs. Kim Phillips (Fourth) 4A Mrs. Kathy Steele (Fourth) 4B Mrs. Marsha Brown (Fourth) 4C Mrs. Teri Biernat (Fourth) 4D Mrs. Cindy Roley (Fourth) 4E Mrs. Beth Anglin (Fifth) 5A Mrs. Jana Southerland (Fifth) 5B Mrs. Amanda Peck (Fifth) 5C Mrs. Tara Wilson (Fifth) 5D Special Education Mrs. Jessica Karch (Sp. Ed) K-2 Ms. Andrea Toft(Sp. Ed) 3&4 Mrs. Cheryl Oplt (Sp. Ed.) 5&6 Mrs. Sandra Freitag (Junior High Sp. Ed.) 7&8

Administration Mr. Martin Payne (Superintendent) Mrs. Cathy Costello (K-8 Principal) Mr. Tim Damery (Dean of Students)

Junior High Faculty Mrs. Laura Anglin Mr. Thomas Koonce Mrs. Molly Gualandri Mrs. Gail Simpson Mrs. Galyn Cansino Mr. Tom Benjamin Ms. Beth Wiley Mrs. Melanie Koppenhoefer Mrs. Megan Huss Mrs. Shannon McClure Mrs. Danielle Buerkett Mr. Mark Dotterer Mrs. Amy Ernenputsch Mrs. Melanie Wallace Mrs. Elizabeth Vancil Mrs. Brittany Emmons (Physical Education) Mr. Chris Dalberg (Physical Education) Mr. Tom Benjamin (Health) Mrs. Megan Huss (Computers/RTI Facitatator) Ms. Amy Seida (Speech) Mrs. Kaleigh Christ(Vocal Music/Chorus) Ms. Dawn Trotter (Instrumental Music) Mrs. Erin Foster (Art) Mrs. Geni Jacobs (Librarian) Mr. Paul Weber (Technology Coordinator) Ms. Marnin Humphrey (RTI) Mrs. Ashley Aman (RTI) Office Staff Ms. Lisa Devore (Bookkeeper) Mrs. Missi Woods (Secretary) Mrs. Elisha Bachman (Secretary) Mrs. Lacey Reising (Jr. High Secretary)

Web Address: mgs.metamora.k12.il.us