NEW Communicating with the Remind App

In addition to Infinite Campus, Google Classroom, email, and telephone, the district now utilizes Remind, a communication platform specifically designed for education. Staff members have the option of utilizing Remind as an additional tool for communicating with students and families. Here are some links that may be helpful:

• Getting Started for Parents and Families (Video)
• How do I access the student account my school created for me? - including links on how to change their profile and notification settings.
• Frequently asked questions for parent and families - covering everything including logging in, changing notification preferences, sending messages, etc.

Student Pickup Information for the 2023-2024 School Year

Please review important information regarding arrival and dismissal for students being dropped off and picked up here at school. Thank you for your support and patience at arrival and dismissal. 

• AT ARRIVAL: Students may begin entering the building at 8:15 am (not prior). If you are dropping off your child, please use the front loop. 

• Cars that are in the loop (not on School Lane) will be asked to release their child(ren) at 8:15 am

• Your child(ren) should exit the vehicle on the curb side on their own. Should your child(ren) require your assistance or if you wish to walk them to the door, please use the parking lot instead of the front loop.

• Cars that have released their children will cycle through the loop which will allow other cars to enter the loop.

 

• IF YOU ARE PLANNING TO PICK UP YOUR CHILD FROM SCHOOL, BEFORE PICKUP: 

• If your child will be a daily/occasional pickup at dismissal, please complete the following form:

https://forms.gle/Bc9gYzKsVfuHVknz6

• We will use this information to generate a sign that can be picked up from our Youth Assistant beginning September 5, between 8:00 am and 4:30 pm. This sign will be used to help facilitate dismissal (see below). After this date, we will send the sign home with your child.

• Please notify our attendance office by 10 am if your child will not be riding the bus as planned and will need to pick your child up. The sooner you can communicate this information, the better.

• AT DISMISSAL: 

• In order to stagger our dismissal of students being picked up, please arrive as early as 2:50 p.m.  We will begin dismissing students being picked up at 2:55 pm as families arrive.

• Please pull into the family pick-up loop. Please pull to the right and please remain in your vehicle. 

• Place the provided sign in the vehicle window with your child's number on it. 

• There will be staff members with walkie-talkies to call for your child(ren) to come out as the staff identify that you have arrived.

• Please have your identification available to show to staff.  

 

When you leave...

• Please exit safely and cautiously as the pickup loop will be quite busy. 

• Please put your sign in a safe spot as the sign will be needed each time you pick your child up. 

Thank you for all that you do to work as partners in the success of your child(ren) and our school. Please do not hesitate to call if you have any questions regarding arrival or dismissal. 

Merton Williams Art & Music Fest

Wednesday June 14, from 6:00-8:00pm, Merton Williams hosts the 2^nd annual “One Night Only” Art & Music Fest! We will have our year-end Art Show, live music performances from our MW bands, and some fun art-making activities… all outdoors at Merton Williams! Come enjoy a wonderful night outside celebrating the Arts!

 

(*NOTE* We will move the event indoors if weather forces us to!)

Read-a-thon extended through June 2/Read aloud video with Dr. Rudd, Miss Bower, and Ms. Passero

 We are closing in on $5,000 raised as part of our Read-a-thon. We are extending the Read-a-thon through June 2nd and have moved our live read aloud to next week. Stay tuned for more details. If you haven’t signed your child up yet, please visit this link for more information on how to do that:

https://drbrudd.blogspot.com/2023/05/village-families-register-your-children.html

In the meantime, please checkout a read aloud recorded by myself, Miss Bower, and Ms. Passero. There’s a special surprise in the video as well! Visit our blog for more information about upcoming Read-a-thon activities.  Remember, if we raise $10,000, I’ll be decorated like a sundae at a whole-school assembly and if we raise $15,000 by June 2, I will sleep on the roof of the school!  Let’s make it happen, Village!

Here's the read aloud with myself, Miss Bower, and Ms. Passero!

Thank you for your support of our Read-a-thon! 

 

 

Village Families - Register your Child(ren) for the Read-a-thon Today!

VILLAGE READ-A-THON May 12-June 2

Reminders Regarding Student Pickup and Drop Off

In the fall, we sent information to families regarding parent/guardian arrival and dismissal procedures. This post revisits some of this information and includes a reminder for student safety as well. Thank you to our families for your support.

• IMPORTANT: Please only use the lane right next to the curb when picking up or dropping off students, with children exiting via the right side of the vehicle whenever possible.

• EVEN MORE IMPORTANT: To help ensure safety, please be patient, be role models for our students, and always proceed cautiously any time you are driving around the school.

• AT ARRIVAL: Students may begin entering the building at 8:15 am (not prior). If you are dropping off your child, please use the front loop. 

• Cars that are in the loop (not on School Lane) will be asked to release their child(ren) at 8:15 am

• The cars that have released their children will cycle through the loop which will allow other cars to enter the loop.