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Greetings MacArthur Families!
Another year of learning is nearly complete! As we conclude the final stretch towards May 25, 2018, our final day of class, a few updates are in order. Firstly, the elementary schools in Germantown will be on the same schedule. Going forward, our school day will have new start/end times:
8:30 – Breakfast students may enter the building
8:40 – Non-breakfast eating students may enter the building
8:50 – Start of academic day
3:44 – Students will begin dismissal
In addition, our lunch hour will be streamlined as well, which will be very helpful in freeing up time for our instructional staff to work with students on their academics. To this end, the schedule will be as follows:*
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Eat
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Transition
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Recess
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KG - 2nd
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12:00-12:25
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12:25-12:30
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12:30-12:55
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Grade
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Recess
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Transition
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Eat
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3rd - 5th
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12:00-12:25
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12:25-12:30
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12:30-12:55
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* Please note the times have been updated 8/31/18/sw
The plan here is that the slightly expanded lunch hour will allow for the larger number of students transitioning through the lunch line with sufficient time to eat. As County Line has used a similar schedule with significantly more students, we are confident this structure will be great here at MacArthur.
Also, as many have noticed, the two houses to the south of MacArthur have been demolished to make room for our new parking lot set. Next fall, the new parking lot will be extremely helpful in streamlining our AM drop off and PM pick up. In the upcoming school year, buses will continue to drop off as usual, however, parents will be able to drop off in the morning using the new lot, whereby parents can enter the parking lot, drop off their student and then exit the parking lot without leaving/parking their vehicle.
As the parking lot’s construction nears completion, more details will follow on how the drop off will work. In the afternoon, the parking lot will also alleviate parking on the street. Parents will be able to park in the new lot and come to the double doors to pick up their student. Particularly as the buses and parent vehicles will not need to use the same line for pick up and drop off, we are very excited for a much more streamlined start/end of day procedure. Again, more details on how the morning drop-off will work will be forthcoming.
Finally, we have some additional exciting news to share: Mrs. Books-Kosanke successfully wrote a grant with the Donor’s Choose Grant. Her grade will receive $400 dollars to enhance their efforts with inquiry based science instruction. Congratulations to Mrs Dawn Books-Kosanke!
Have a great summer!
Mr. Steven Williams, MacArthur Principal
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