Please mark your calendars with these important dates : Tues . Oct. 8 th Fundraiser Packets Due

1. Maple Grove Family Newsletter October 2013 • Please mark your calendars with these important dates: • Tues. Oct. 8th • Fundraiser Packets Due • Thrs. Oct. 10th • STP Open Meeting at 6:30pm • Fri. Oct. 11th • Harvest fest • Wed. Oct. 16th • Early Release at 1:26pm • Fri. Oct. 25th • Fall Break – No School • Wed. Oct. 30th • Early Release at 1:26pm • Thrs. Nov. 7th • Parent Teacher Conf. 4-8pm • Wed. Nov. 13th • Early Release & Parent Teacher Conf. 2-8pm • Nov. 7-14th • STP Book Fair Principal Message Dear Maple Grove Families, We are off to a wonderful start in the 2013-2014 school year. There are many new faces to our school this year and everyone is working together to ensure success for all students. Students are learning and applying our PBIS expectations throughout our halls and classrooms. They have made tremendous efforts to keep their voice volumes to a 2 in the cafeteria.  Every Friday, we are recognizing a few students from each class for being exceptional students who earn Hawk Pride Tickets. Our school report card has come out from the Department of Public Instruction. This year, we are in the meets expectations category, just barely missing the exceeds expectation label. The educators in our building work daily through collaboration, lesson planning, data review and differentiated instruction to provide your child with the best education possible. We are very thankful for the tremendous support of the parents and our STP. Through money earned last year from the Knowledge-a-thon and STP, we were able to complete the SMART board purchases so every classroom has a SMART board.  The final three SMART boards are due to arrive at the end of this month.  Dana Croatt, Ed. D Principal dcroatt@admin.greenfield.k12.wi.us 414-541-0600 ext 1702 Early Release Times K5-5th – 1:26pm K4 am – 10:15pm K4 pm – 1:26pm School Hours 8:35 – Students Enter 8:45 – School Day Begins 3:26 – School Day Ends

2. Music Notes Kindergarten:  Our music room became a giant aquarium and the kindergartners were fish, seaweed, crabfish and even mermaids swimming in our aquarium to the piece of music called “The Aquarium” from “Carnival of the Animals.” 1st Grade:  1st graders are discovering the beat in music and can figure out  how many beats go by in a phrase of music. 2nd grade:  2nd graders used their ears to figure out the solfege (singing syllables and handsigns we use for melody) for an entire song. 3rd grade:  3rd graders are working on their playing technique on the xylophones by alternating their mallets. 4th grade:  4th graders began studying the instruments of the orchestra to prepare for their field trip to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra on Oct. 9th.  The theme for the Oct. 9th orchestra concert is “Colors of Wisconsin.”  Ask a 4th grader to sing our state song, “On Wisconsin!” 5th grade:  5th graders continue to make the music room their home – a place where they support each other, grow as learners and have fun.  They learned the Philip Philips’ song called “Home” and are identifying the musical form of many kinds of songs, including call and response form and ABA form.  Chorus:  Chorus began learning the songs they will sing for visitors when they take their field trip to the Mitchell Park Domes on December 18th.  STP NEWS STP is excited to present our annual Harvest Fest celebration on Friday, October 11th, 2013. Harvest Fest will be from 6:00 – 8:00pm. Once again, DJ By Request will be providing musical entertainment in the gym. We will also have crafts in the cafeteria, as well as the beloved cake walk in the step room! Food will be sold by the 5th grade class and the haunted candy hunt will return to its original spot in the library (extra fee associated with this event.) All attendees (students, siblings, and adults) must purchase a ticket. Tickets will be sold until Wednesday October 9th, for $2.00 each. You may purchase tickets at the door the night of the event for $2.50 per person after October 9th. Wristbands will be distributed at the door the night of the event and will not be sent home previous to the event. Please remember that all students must be accompanied by an adult, no exceptions! This event cannot run without volunteers! Please consider volunteering to run the jail, the cake walk, supervise the dance, take tickets, help students make crafts, set-up and clean up from Harvest Fest and much more. To have our cake walk we are also in need of baked goods. Baked items can be sent to school on October 11th, or brought to the event. All items should be packaged in servings of four in disposable materials. STP Board Meetings: Thursday, Oct. 17th, at 6:30pm.  For more information on becoming involved with our STP, please contact a member of our STP Board: Tracy Jendrezjek- President OPEN - Vice President Lori LeValle - Secretary OPEN - Treasurer Kristin Alba - Member-at- Aimee Zarate Large Fundraiser packets are due October 8th

3. STUDENT COUNCIL NEWS This year’s student council members include 20 4th and 5th graders that were selected from a fine group of applicants.  The 4th graders are: The 5th graders are: Morgan Boone Lauren Nash Jadyn Norris Riley Crous LexieBabicAiseaFaleta Sarah KotlanKelvin Mahmuti Britney Michlig KaitlynMartinez Samantha Myers MakennaKloss Emma TothDanielle Castro Zach MarcinkiewiczChloe Tesch Calvin Kibler Lazar Lucic Haley Sjoland These students will be helping out and organizing events throughout the school year that will make Maple Grove even better! The 4th and 5th grade student council at Maple Grove Elementary will be having an ice cream sale on Wednesdays this year.  The cost of the ice cream is 50 cents.  This year, the ice cream sale will be held during the students’ lunches.  The students will be asked to take their money with them to lunch and they can pay for their ice cream after they are finished eating their lunch.  The money raised supports activities at our school throughout the school year.  The dates of the ice cream sale are: 10/9, 10/23, 11/6, 12/4, 12/18, 1/8, 1/22, 2/5, 2/19, 3/5, 3/19, 4/2, 4/16, 5/14, and 5/28 (usually falls on non-early release Wed). Student Council also operates a school store that is open every other Friday.  The school store will be held only before school.  The school store will open at 8:30 and will close when the final bell rings.  The school store sells school supply items.  The money raised goes to purchasing technology for our school and helps fund school-wide events throughout the school year.  The dates of the school store sale are: 10/4, 10/18, 11/1, 12/13, 12/18, 1/17, 1/31, 2/14, 2/28, 3/14, 3/28, 4/11, 5/9, and 5/23. Student Council not only helps to make Maple Grove a better place but also the community around us. The first charity drive for the year is for Heavenly Hats, an organization that purchases hats for cancer patients. Students are invited to donate a dollar or more to be able to wear their own hat in school on October 11th.  Donations will be collected by their homeroom teacher for the right to wear a hat in school that day. Also, start saving those nonperishable foods, as our annual food drive to help Greenfield families will be coming up in November.

4. Guidance at a Glance • October is National Bullying Prevention Awareness Month. We will have a number of school wide activities to learn about bullying prevention. • Monday, October 7th is Stomp Out Bullying Day. Please join the movement by wearing a BLUE shirt to make everyone aware of bullying and cyber bullying prevention. • Classroom guidance lessons during October will focus on bullying and prevention. Students will learn the difference between teasing and bullying, the role of a bystander and strategies to deal with bullying. • Students will learn the Stop-Walk-Talk strategy as a helpful reaction when they see bullying happening. • Our Character Trait of the Month is Empathy. Students will focus on treating others the way they want to be treated and thinking about the impact of their words and actions. Students consistently showing empathy will have the opportunity to earn a character award from a staff member at the end of the month. • Small group counseling will also begin this month. If you feel your child could benefit from participating in small group counseling, please contact Ms. Teske via phone or email. • Thank you! • Katy Teske • School Counselor • Maple Grove Elementary • kteske@admin.greenfield.k12.wi.us • 414-541-0600 ext. 1736 • Drop-Off/Dismissal Reminders • Our goal at Maple Grove is to keep your child(ren) safe at all times. As the year progresses, we want to say “THANK YOU!” for your diligence and partnership in following our drop-off and dismissal procedures. • As you drop-off or pick up your child(ren) from school, please keep these important procedures in mind: • There is NO adult supervision outside prior to 8:35am. • Do NOT drop off your child(ren) in the parking lot. • Use the two designated crosswalks when escorting your child(ren) from the parking lot to the main sidewalk. • When dropping off your child(ren), please pull as far forward in line as possible. • Do NOT drop children off before the cross walk. • Afternoon parent pick-up is now located on the south side of the building on the playground. • In the event of inclement weather, please be prepared to pick up your child(ren) in the gym at the designated grade-level location.