If you have a third grade student, please help your child be prepared for M-STEP testing by doing the following:

• Make sure your child is at school (and on time) on testing days. Students who arrive to school after testing has started cannot enter the testing room nor begin testing with their class in the same session.

• Help your child get a well rested night of sleep before and eat a quality breakfast the day of testing.

• Make sure your child brings his/her own earbuds for testing if possible. We have some extra headphones for students who don't have any, but prefer they use their own due to COVID-19. The ELA test has a listening portion to it.

• Help your child with online M-STEP practice at home by accessing "Sample Item Sets" for grade 3 at this web address (must use Google Chrome): https://wbte.drcedirect.com/MI/portals/mi

• Remind your child to do their best with positive and encouraging words.

An email was sent to families on Friday, May 23rd containing a link for access to a Parent Input Form. This form allows parents to provide input for 2021-22 class placement consideration. DeWitt Public Schools promotes balanced classrooms by respectfully declining the acceptance of classroom teacher requests as well as requests for students to be placed in classrooms with specific peers. However, we recognize and appreciate the insight parents have about their child. If you have additional information you would like to share that is important to consider for your child's classroom placement, please complete the Parent Input Form by Monday, May 3rd. The Scott School Parent Input Form is for all current second and third grade students, and form submissions will be provided to the 2021-22 principal of the school your child will attend next year. Principals are committed to working cohesively to ensure dynamic placements for every student.

The Girls on the Run program inspires ALL girls to build confidence and make intentional decisions, while fostering care and compassion for self and others. Trained coaches use physical activity and dynamic discussions to build social, emotional and physical skills in every girl while encouraging healthy habits for life. Scott school will be the site for 3^rd grade girls starting April 27^th immediately after school on Tuesdays and Thursdays. All of the Dewitt GOTR teams will participate in a 5K run/walk/jog at the end of the season. To register your 3^rd grade daughter go to www.gotrmidmichigan.org. If you have any questions contact Nichole Martinson at nutrforlife@yahoo.com or 517-230-7138.

Please be sure to place a large sign in your window or dash with your child's first and last name if you use the pick up loop after school. This helps us say your child's name over our speaker system and be efficient in keeping traffic moving through our loop. Thanks for your help! This is especially important when we return to full in person instruction since there will be many more students waiting at the loop.

Lunch has been offered at school as of Monday, March 8, 2021 for in-person elementary students. Students will be asked in their classroom each day if they would like lunch. The meals will be delivered to your student's classroom.

The lunch menu is one choice per day during the rest of this school year.

The meal is delivered with one vegetable, one fruit & choice of chocolate or 1% white milk. If your child has a food allergy please contact Sandy Leach at leachsand@dewittschools.net.

The menu is located at dewittschools.nutrislice.com

At this time we will not be offering just milk if your student would like milk with their meal from home.

Breakfast has been offered as of Tuesdays, March 9, 2021 for in-person elementary students. We are asking parents & guardians to complete the google form for a breakfast meal at: https://forms.gle/ZBiBRNYdPFdYy83p9

By completing this form, your student will receive a breakfast daily starting the following day. The meal will be delivered to their teacher's classroom prior to school starting.

Weekend 2-day meal kits for in-person students will be offered. Please complete the google form for a standing order for pick-up at: https://forms.gle/deWPhrXhuUVWGhD69

We will continue to offer weekly 7-day meal kits for all remote learners & children in the community on the following days and locations:

Tuesdays at Redeemer United Methodist Church 10-10:30 am

St. Jude Church 10:45-11:15 am

Wednesdays at DeWitt High School Dock Area Door #16

11:00-12:30 pm

3:00-4:00 pm

All meals are Free to all children 18 years and under. This is effective immediately and will run through this school year according to the USDA.

If you have any questions please contact the food service department at 517-668-3154 or 517-668-3138.

Now that we are returning to in person instruction, the vestibule hours at Scott School will be adjusted to 7:45 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. on days we have school.

DeWitt Public Schools is in need of instructional assistants. Please consider applying if you think you would enjoy working in a school with students, or pass this information along to anyone you know who you think this would be a perfect match for. Thank you!

https://www.applitrack.com/ccresa/onlineapp/1BrowseFile.aspx?id=52766

If your child is going to be "absent" and miss school, even if they are a online learner, please be sure to call our attendance line at 517-668-3458. We are required to take attendance even when students are learning remotely, so we want to be sure to account for our students and excuse absences in Infinite Campus. If your child is learning remotely, you should also communicate absences to your child's teacher. We care about our students and worry about them when they aren't in class or online on days they are supposed to be.