SANTA’S WORKSHOP
The PTO will once again have Santa’s Workshop. It will be a little different this year. The students will get to order from Santa’s “Giftalog”. They will place their orders during the week of December 14 - 17. All orders will be delivered by the 18. Please help your child complete a list of people he/she wants to buy a gift for and send to
school on his/her shopping day. Please send 1.00 for each item that will be ordered. Monday - Fifth and Sixth, Tuesday - Third and Fourth, Thursday – PreK, Kindergarten, First and Second. Friday will be set aside in case someone missed the day the class turned in orders. Please make every effort to send list and money on the day your
child’s class is shopping. Because of COVID19 orders will be filled by teachers, so there will be no volunteers here to help. Thank you.
December
Student of the Month
Generosity
Pre K Piper Mason
K Eli Dummitt
1st Chelsea Isbell
2nd Paisley Taylor
3rd Levi Dalton
4th Brook Burns
5th Jasmine Harvill
6th McKenzie Ford
Music Avalee Braden
Computers Micah Grathler
Art Reagan Anderson
Next Friday, December 18th, marks the end of our first semester. While we are all excited about our break, there are numerous tasks to be completed before we break. I encourage parents and students to go into STI and check their grades. We want to make sure that all items and tasks are completed before the end of next week and that our students have completed the required work in each of their classes. The district will continue to offer opportunities for students to flex in during our 2:00 -3:00 pm remote time tomorrow, next week, and also on Wednesday the 16th during our remote learning day. We have provided these opportunities as a way for students to maximize their ability to complete their work as well as a time for our teaching staff to work with remote learners not in the building. For those needing more time, our WIFI in the building also works all the way to the road at both buildings. Students are welcome to come to either building and sit on our picnic tables at the Jr/Sr High or at Maple Grove Elementary in the parking lot after school hours. This invitation to the building after hours also applies for our students that are Remote Learners. We do appreciate your support during this different semester. If you have issues with your STI account, please reach out to me at jdufour@joppa38.com .
We do know by working together we can make these last days before break productive.
Next week there will be an early release for Joppa Jr/Sr High and Maple Grove Elementary school at 1:26 for both next Thursday, December 17th and Friday, December 18th. Those days will switch from being exam days to regular (1:26 p.m.) early release days. High school students will not take exams this fall. The only exception to that is that high school dual credit students will take exams for their particular class during those days. Thanks for your understanding and willingness to be flexible during this time.
Southeast Missouri University is proud to introduce a new Bachelor of Science Professional Pilot!
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We are so glad that students are back. We will be remoting on Wednesday's like before and if you are in need of a meal for tomorrow and your are not on the list please reach out to either school. Thanks
Thanks to our amazing teacher assistants for setting up our Christmas trees at Joppa Jr/Sr High and Maple Grove Elementary. You all rock...
The Golden Apple Scholars teacher preparation and tuition assistance program priority application deadline is December 15th, 2020!
Who Is Eligible?
Students attending Illinois schools who are high school seniors, freshmen/sophomores in college and community college students and
Illinois resident. Please note: Standardized test scores are optional and not required for acceptance to the program this year.
To find an application, go to: https://www.goldenapple.org/scholars?utm_medium=email&utm_source=icontact&utm_campaign=sch-cou-20
Winter glove drive begins on Tuesday.
The Maple Grove PTO would like for all of our Remote Learners to know that they may order from Santa’s “Giftalog” as well. A catalog containing all of the items available will be ready on Monday, December 14. If you can’t get here to pick up a catalog, please contact your child’s teacher. Return the order form by Thursday, December 17. We will have it ready for pickup on Friday, December 18. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me at tpeck@joppa38. com.
Holly Jolly Spirit week will be December 14th-18th, 2020 for Maple Grove Elementary and Joppa Jr/Sr High.
The PTO will once again have Santa’s Workshop. It will be a little different this year. The students will get to order from Santa’s “Giftalog”. They will place their orders during the week of December 14 - 17. All orders will be delivered by the 18. Please help your child complete a list of people he/she wants to buy a gift for and send to school on his/her shopping day. Please send 1.00 for each item that will be ordered. Monday - Fifth and Sixth, Tuesday - Third and Fourth, Wednesday - First and Second, Thursday - PreK and Kindergarten. Friday will be set aside in case someone missed the day the class turned in orders. Please make every effort to send list and money on the day your child’s class is shopping. Orders will be filled by teachers, so there will be no volunteers here to help. Thank you.
Christmas for Kids Annual Toy Drive is quickly approaching.
Joppa/Maple Grove School students will return to in-person learning on December 7th. We have many things planned leading up to our Christmas break. We look forward to seeing you on Monday morning.
Lunches will be delivered tomorrow for Wednesday and Thursday. There will also be a meal delivery for Friday's lunch. If you did not get a lunch yesterday and would like to receive one please call either school.
Meal delivery for Monday and Tuesday will occur at 11 am on Monday for both days. We will also be delivering packets at the same time. If you would like a meal please contact us at either school Monday morning.
Greetings, This is a reminder that Joppa-Maple Grove School District has an early dismissal today for remote learners at 1:26 pm. Remote learners will have additional access with teachers until 2:26 pm. The early dismissal is due to the the Thanksgiving holiday.
Have a Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Joppa/Maple Grove USD#38.
Joppa Jr/Sr High parents. If you need to pick up packets for your students, we are having those ready today in the office between 1-3 pm today. If you need to make additional arrangements, please contact your child's teacher. Thanks
Dear Parents, students and families,
I first want to thank you for your patience and understanding for navigating new challenges and inconveniences this school year. It hasn’t been easy, but we all do our best to pull together and support students.
Unfortunately, our region has seen a rapid rise of COVID-19 cases that is both alarming and concerning for our students and staff. Therefore, we are making the extremely difficult decision as an administration and Board of Education to revert all students to remote learning, effective Monday, November 23, 2020. We recognize this decision will please some and anger others. We promise it was not a decision any of us took lightly.
At the end of the day, both the administration and board of education felt reverting to remote learning was necessary to protect the health and welfare of not only our students and staff, but also the Joppa-Maple Grove community.
At this time, we hope to have students return to school on Monday, December 7, 2020.
We recognize you have questions about how this announcement will affect your student and daily schedule. We hope this email can answer some of those questions.
As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions. We will always try to keep the lines of communication open with families.
Meals will continue to be prepared daily. You may pick up meals at the high school from 11:30 to 12:30 today and tomorrow. We will start delivering meals and packets next week. Please make sure to call the school to reserve your meals. High School 543-9023 ext. 1107.
Sincerely,
Dr. Artman
Maple Grove parents. If you need to pick up packets for your students, we are having those ready today in the office between 1-3 pm today. If you need to make additional arrangements, please contact your child's teacher. Thanks