A Message From The Principal:

Dear Merryhill families,

We hope our students and families are enjoying the fall lessons, pumpkin themed activities, and classroom celebrations. Seeing our students enjoy their Halloween costumes and fall attire was such a highlight of the year for us.  Everything is so different this year and we are trying hard to keep our holidays and traditions alive. We thank you for your support in making this event such a successful one, we could not have done it without our amazing Merryhill Calvine Family!

November is filled with special cultural celebrations and events and we are looking forward to sharing these wonderful experiences with our students. This month we are focusing on gratitude and connecting with our community. We are so excited to be celebrating Thanksgiving with all our friends here at Merryhill. This year we will be doing our Friendship Feast a little different, we will have a feast within our class and we will be having a craft day where the children will be making centerpieces for their families to take home.

I hope you have a wonderful Thanksgiving holiday with your families and friends!

Sincerely,

Nieva Gatbonton

Principal

IMPORTANT DATES:

November 1st                                           Daylight Saving Ends

November 2nd                                         Cookie Monster’s Birthday

November 3rd                                          Election Day

November 5th                                           National Doughnut Day

November 7th                                           Open House

November 11th                                         Veteran’s Day  *  SCHOOL IS CLOSED *

November 13th                                        Last Day for the Food Can Drive

November 13th                                         World Kindness Day

November 15th                                         America Recycle Day

November 18th                                         Mickey Mouse’s Day

November 20th                                        Friendship Feast

November 26th-27th                              Thanksgiving Break

November 28th                                         National French Toast

Illness Policy Reminder 

Our parents are vital partners in helping us to maintain a safe and healthy environment for the students in our school. The most important thing you can do to assist us in creating a healthy environment is to keep your child home if they are ill. This reduces the spread of illness and allows your child to fully recuperate. For more information please see our Parent Handbook or reach out to a member of our administrative team.

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A few friendly reminders …….

Illness Policy Reminder:

Our parents are vital partners in helping us to maintain a safe and healthy environment for the students in our school. The most important thing you can do to assist us in creating a healthy environment is to keep your child home if they are ill. This reduces the spread of illness and allows your child to fully recuperate. Children may not attend school until they have been symptom free for 24 hours if they display any of the following:

• Fever of 100 degrees of more—must be fever free for 24 hours with no fever-reducing medicine before returning to school
• Vomiting, diarrhea or stomach upset
• Heavy nasal discharge requiring wiping every 3-5 minutes
• Persistent, non-productive or barking cough
• Sore throat
• Skin rash, including diaper rash
• Head lice
• Symptoms of a communicable disease
• Fussy, cranky behavior unlike child’s normal demeanor that may indicate illness
  For more information please see our Parent Handbook or reach out to a member of our administrative team.

Parking Lot Safety

Please remember not to leave any valuables in your car (including your children) when entering our building or any other location. With the slump in the economy, thieves are getting BOLD! They are taking part in a practice  refer as “Smash and Grab”. They target mostly women’s cars who leave without a purse in hand who have left their purses, lap tops, etc. sitting in plain view in their locked vehicles! The “locked vehicle” does not stop them as they come prepared with a special glass breaking tool! They break your window, grab what they want and speed away!

Rules for Vehicles While On School Grounds: Because the safety of our children is of paramount concern to us, we require all parents to adhere to the following rules of the road while on campus:

1. There is a 5 miles per hour speed limit at all times while on school property.
2. Park in designated parking spaces only.
3. While on school grounds, pedestrians always have the right of way.
4. Vehicle ignitions MUST be turned off, and the keys removed, while parked on school grounds.
5. Children may NOT be left unattended in a vehicle at any time or for any reason.
6. Violations of these rules may result in a warning. If a violation is serious, or if violations continue, school personnel are authorized to take a tag number for a report to the local police.

Tuition Policy Reminder:

• Tuition is due no later than Friday prior to the week of attendance. Tuition is considered delinquent at 12:00 PM on Monday. A $25 late fee charge will be assessed at that time and should be included in your payment. Tuition is continuous throughout the year. There are no deductions in tuition for absences, illness, or the holidays that are observed throughout the year. Each child is entitled to one week of vacation credit for each school year after attending school for six months. Requests for vacation credit must be presented in writing to the office at least two weeks in advance.
• A charge of $1 per minute will be assessed for children picked-up after 12:00 PM for half-day students, and 6:00 PM for full-day students.
• Sign up for our Automatic Payment Program and avoid late fee charges via your parent portal, ALMA! You can also use this portal to submit payments via credit card.
• We encourage you all parents to sign into your parent portal, ALMA, to view your account, print statements, make payments, and update contact information.  ALMA is an online platform that can be reached from this website from the “For Parents” tab.  Please see an administrative staff member if you need help setting up your account or a password reset.

Additional Reminders:

• Please make sure that your child has a crib-sized fitted sheet to cover his/her mat, a blanket, and at least two spare set of clothing in his/her cubby. you must take blankets and sheets home to be laundered and return them DAILY.  Please also make sure all items are clearly marked with your child’s name (clothing, sheets, blankets, sweaters and jackets,  etc.).
• We ask that your child wear appropriate shoes to School in order to protect them for potential injuries. Flip Flops are not permitted at school.
• Merryhill School is a NUT FREE environment, we ask that you not bring any food items into the school that contain nut products.
• In order to keep you informed of everything happening at Merryhill, please check the Merryhill Links to Learning Parent Board and students’ files located in each classroom, our monthly newsletter, and our website. In an effort to establish prompt communication with parents please make sure to provide us with an e-mail address for up-to-date e-notifications