Panda Press

August 27, 2021

Supervision is not available for students before 8:15 a.m. Please do not drop your child off before 8:15, especially duringinclement weather.We offer Before School Childcare beginning at 7:00 a.m. for families who need supervision before 8:15 a.m. Please contact LauraDockery at laurad@usd383.org.If your child will be absent from school, you must call the school office. You can also notify the teacher, but we must hear fromyou in the front office.When you drop-off or pick-up your child using the front driveway, please stay off your cell phone and pull all the way forwardbefore you stop your car. We have staff that guide and help you and your students load and unload safely. Please remain inyour car so we can have you pull forward to help with our traffic flow. If you need to pick up your child early, you should parkoff-site or down by the south parking lot, as it can be hard to get through the front driveway.Students and parents that are walking should only cross at the crossing walk in the school drive and/or using the crosswalk atHudson Avenue. We have crossing guards at both locations. We remind students often that they should not be crossing in themiddle of the street or the parking lot. Our students know! If you need to change dismissal arrangements, please call the school office before 3:30 p.m. We send messages to all teachers atthat time.

A note from the principal...

I'd like to welcome you all to the new school year. We are so happy that you are a part of our school community. We are quicklysettling in to routines and procedures and thank everyone for your support in getting your students and our staff working togetherfor a great year. We are enjoying hat day today, "Hats Off To a Successful Start!"

I hope that you are able to attend our Parent Orientation meetings next week. Please see the times listed on the back. If you do notfeel comfortable attending, your child's teacher will reach out to you to share all of the important information. If we could limit theorientation meeting to just one parent per student, this will help us keep our numbers down and we can spread out easier. Pleasemake it work for your family! We ask that parents only be in the building during their assigned grade level time.

At Parent Orientation, you will learn about the curriculum, special events and activities, hear from our PTO, meet other families,and be able to ask the teacher questions. Teachers will also share their Canvas pages with you and talk to you about setting up aParent Communication App.

You can sign up to be a part of PTO and/or Site Council while you are here or visit the PTO website. Our PTO will meet in the library on the first Monday of the month at 5:30 p.m. and Site Council will follow at 6:30 p.m. The Site Council meets six times during theschool year to discuss current district topics and help with school ideas and decisions.

Because of Covid protocols, we are still limiting parents in and out of the school for volunteering. We hope that everyone remainshealthy and we can soon have more parent involvement in various ways.

Our school website has a copy of our Student/Parent Handbook. I encourage you to read through these policies and procedures. Goto www.usd383.org, Schools, Amanda Arnold, Resources, and Handbook. A few things are a bit different with Covid protocols, but Ido want to call your attention to a few specific things:

Again, we are so excited to begin a new school year. Our students are doing great learning and following new rules. We want tobuild positive relationships with all of our students and families, so please reach out if we can assist you in any way. We promiseyou a great experience at Amanda Arnold. Go Pandas! Sincerly, Mrs. Stitt

1435 Hudson AveManhattan, KS 66503

785-587-2020Kathy Stitt, Principal

10:55-Dempsey (1st)11:00-Bryant/Sigle (2nd)11:05-Crain/Monaco (2nd)11:20-Canady/Grogg (Kdg)11:30-Bucher/Montoya (Kdg)11:35-Snyder (3rd)11:50-Cink/Harper (3rd)12:00-Norman (1st)12:05-Cardenas/Nelson (1st)12:25-Aldrete/Kurilla (4th)12:30-Spreer (4th)12:35-Blackwell/Miller/Motley (5th)

Lunch ScheduleLunch ScheduleLunch Schedule

PTO is looking for volunteers! We are a group of parentsand faculty that work together to support and enrich our

students and school. For $5/family, you can be amember! Please be on the lookout for more information

at parent orientation night, emails, and a flyer to comehome with your student!

To sign up now, please visit our website

https://sites.google.com/view/amandaarnoldpto

PTO Meetings will be held Monday evenings at 5:30 onthe following dates:

Sept. 13, 2021Oct. 4, 2021Nov. 1, 2021Jan. 10, 2022Feb. 7, 2022Mar. 7, 2022Apr. 4, 2022May 2, 2022

*Site Council meetings will follow at 6:30 on the same

days

August 30th-Parent OrientationKdg: 5:15-6:001st: 6:00-6:452nd: 6:45-7:30

August 31st-Parent Orientation3rd: 5:15-6:004th: 6:00-6:455th: 6:45-7:30

September 6th- Labor Day: No SchoolSeptember 13th-PTO Meeting 5:30, Site Council6:30. Both meetings will be in the library. September 21st-Dine Out Fundraiser @ AJ's Pizza-ALL DAY!!! Join your Panda friends for dinner. September 23rd-Picture DaySeptember 24th-No School-All USD 383

Join us September 21st for an ALLDAY dine out fundraiser! A portion of

the proceeds you spend at AJ's onPoyntz, go to support our school!

GOLDEN AWARDSEvery week a class is eligible to receive a golden

award! This is a class effort and awards are basedon behavior and effort in the following categories:

Art, Hallway, Library, Lunch, Music, PE, and STEM

This weeks winners are :

Art: Mrs. CrainHallway: Mrs. MonacoLibrary: Mrs. CanadyLunch: Mr. MillerMusic: Ms. NelsonPE: Mrs. SnyderSTEM: Mrs. Blackwell

Way to go!