April - Maple Elementary School

Maple Mustang News April 2015 “WHERE EXCELLENCE IN EDUCATION IS A TRADITION” Upcoming Events in April…. April 8­17 Book Fair 9
School Board Meeting 10
4th Qtr. Progress Reports (#1) 10
Mother Son Dance (EVENT Change) 13
MCC Mtg. – 7:00 24
Color Run (EVENT Change) Upcoming Events in May…. TH​
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Q. Progress Reports (#2) 4
MCC Mtg. – 7:00 p.m. 7
Open House – 6:30 p.m. 8
Teacher Appreciation Luncheon 12
School Board Meeting (Revised) 12
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Grade Graduation Trip 25
Memorial Day Holiday
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All School Assembly/Report Cards 28 Last Day/Students Dismissal at 12:00 29
Graduation at 7:30 (Revised) 1 A Note from Dr. Boesch
Here we are heading into Spring and our final quarter of this school year. This year has flown by and we are
getting geared up for State Testing and all of the end of the year activities.
March was an exciting month here at Maple. Maple Bingo Night was so much fun! A special thanks to all who
donated fabulous prizes and to Jennifer Abernathy (and our wonderful MCC) for providing this great family
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grade just got back from a fun week away at Camp K.E.E.P. They really enjoyed their week of
outdoor learning experiences. A big thank you to all the parent chaperones who went along to make this a
quality experience!
April brings with it our first ever Mother-Son Dance. This year it will be a “Mom I must-ache you to save the
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date” , so mark your calendars for April 10​
and stop by the office to purchase your tickets. It will be a fun
night of food, dancing and games.
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This month also brings the beginning of State Testing. This year our students in 5​
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& 8​grades will continue to take Science; and then all of our 3​– 8​graders will be
taking the computer-based test in the areas of Language Arts and Math. Check below
and mark your calendars for the dates your child is testing. It is very important that
students are here every day and on time. Students should get plenty of rest, eat a
good breakfast, and be ready to do their best. Please don’t schedule appointments
during that time or plan for your child to miss any school.
STATE TESTING SCHEDULE
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Do you want a special evening with your favorite “guy”? Come into the school office and purchase tickets for our first ever dance. It will be a special evening of dancing, dinner, fun and games! Tickets on sale in the office. 2 $20 for Mother­Son couple $5 for each additional son (not to exceed $30) M.C.C. News A big thank you to Mrs. Abernathy and her volunteers for all their hard work putting together another
great BINGO night. MCC gave away some great prizes including ​
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I can't believe we are already in our last quarter of school. We have many exciting things happening
the next two months. The first one being our Mother-Son Dance. April 10th from 6-8 in the cafeteria.
Tickets are on Sale now in the school office for $20 per couple that includes dinner, dancing and
games. This dance is open to TK thru 8th grade. Moms don't miss out on a great opportunity to spend
time with those special boys!!!
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We also have our first ever “Color Run” getting ready to take place on April 24​
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home soon. We always need counters so if you are willing to volunteer please give Stacy Enns 746-1713
or Lisa Mestaz 735-2250 a call.
Our next MCC meeting will take place April 13th @ 7pm. We would love some input as we finish off
this year and begin planning for next year. So come out and join us.
Debbie Wise
MCC President
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Spring is here and all of us here in the 7​
grade class room hope you had a restful and enjoyable spring break and a wonderful Easter! We are now on the “home stretch” of the school year. There are eight weeks of school left and they will be chocked full of many different activities, so as we like to say here at maple, HOLD ON! The most notable activity happening will be state testing. It will be much different this year than in the past mainly in that it will be completed all on­line. That and it will cover the new Common Core State Standards that have been adopted by California. We have been busy preparing for this all year. Open house, achievement night, walk­a­thon, Mother­Son dance, game days, field trips, class parties, th​
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grade grad trip will fill up the calendar from now until the end of the school year as well. We must not forget our annual science fair competition. This should be a fun and worthwhile experience for the students participating in it. I know my students are looking forward to it! As we look to the end of the year it is always a good idea to reflect back on the year that was and self­evaluate. It’s good to think about the things that made the year successful and great and self­evaluate on the things that could be improved upon. As we do this it serves as a reminder of just exactly what the things are that have and will continue to make Maple an awesome place to be! Mr. Roberts Seventh Grade Pertussis Requirement For
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Incoming 7​
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All 7​
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need proof of a Tdap booster​
shot before the first
day of school. This requirement:
● Can be met by the CDPH recommendation to receive one dose of Tdap
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vaccine on or after the 7​
birthday
*Your student may already have this, so please bring in a copy so we can update our
records.
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