Our mission is to maximize learning for all students Suzanne Reimers, Principal sreimers@lps.org

Tracey Peterson, Assistant Principal tpeters@lps.org

Maxey Elementary School * 5200 S. 75th Street * Lincoln, NE 68516 (402) 436-1153* (Fax) 458-3253* http://maxey.lps.org

Volume 23 September 20, 2017 Number 6

Maxey 2017-18 School Year Important Dates September 21 – Girls on the Run 3:45pm (every Tuesday/Thursday) September 26 – Maxey Walk-A-Thon September 26 – PLC Day Early Release 2:18pm September 26 – 5th Gr Chorus Rehearsal 8:15am September 27 – Student Council Sales/Recycling 8:30am September 28 – Advanced Orchestra 8:00am October 2 – Maxey PTO General Meeting 7:00pm October 3 – Chorus Rehearsal 8:15am October 4 – Student Council Sales/Recycling 8:30am October 5 – Advanced Orchestra 8:00am October 8 – PTO Color Fun Run 2:00pm at Maxey October 10 – 5th Gr Chorus Rehearsal 8:15am October 10 - Parent/Teacher Conference October 11 – Student Council Sales/Recycling 8:30am October 12 – Advanced Orchestra 8:00am October 13 – No Elementary School October 16 – No School Fall Break October 17 – No School Fall Break October 19 – Parent/Teacher Conference October 26 – Lifetouch Picture Re-Take Day October 27 – PTO Fall Classroom Parties February 22 & 27 – Parent/Teacher Conferences PLC Days early dismissal—9:00 am-2:18 pm September 26 October 31 November 28 December 19 January 30 February 27 March 27 April 24 Student Council Student Council is off to a great start! Wednesday sales have started and we have several other special things coming up. We will be collecting spare change for Safe Quarters. The money goes to support Friendship Home, which assists families who are victims of domestic abuse. Each classroom has a can for students to drop in their money. Student Council also wants to help victims that were affected by the explosion in the Maxey neighborhood. Money from Wednesday sales on September 20th will go to help Maxey

families affected. On September 27th, the money raised from sales will go to help hurricane victims in Texas and Florida. Thank you for your support! Maxey Book Fair 2017 The Scholastic Wild West Book Fair, SADDLE UP and READ rides into the Maxey Library on Friday, October 6. Adult help is needed for set up that morning, tear down on October 20, treats for staff on October 9, and cashiers October 10-19 on school days. Grade 4 or 5 student help is needed for the sucker pull fundraiser for the Hartley School Library. Thank you for considering helping Sign up if available. Please see the link below to volunteer. http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0a4caba82fa5f85-maxey 7th Annual Maxey Walk A Thon Please join your student at the Maxey Walk A Thon on Tuesday, September 26th. Donation envelopes will go home with your student in their Wednesday folder. Maxey School Goal is $10,000, proceeds go to the Lincoln Food Bank Backpack program. You may walk with your student during your student’s specialist time on the Maxey school track. Specialist Times are as follows: K - 11:55-12:31 1 - 12:36-1:12 2 - 10:06-10:42 3 - 9:25-10:01 4 - 10:47-11:23 5 - 1:17-1:53 Gritty Kid of the Week With our school-wide theme of GRIT, we are encouraging students to work hard and keep trying even when things are challenging. The students are really taking hold of the concept and showing great effort! Students are being recognized by their teachers for showing GRIT and are earning mustangs that they deliver to the office and get hung up in the lunchroom. Each week we are recognizing one student who is nominated by teachers and administrators as "The Gritty Kid of the Week". The student is announced during the morning announcements and has their picture hung in the main hallway for the week. Our "Gritty Kids" recognized this week: Gabby Pickel-Novotny-----Mrs. Reineke Lifetouch Picture Re-Take Day – Thursday, October 26 Order forms must be received on or before your child has their picture taken. You may also order pictures online at mylifetouch.com before or up to 48 hours after picture day. Please note that any order forms turned in after your child's picture is taken results in a delay in receiving their photos. Those picture packets typically arrive two weeks later than the school packets arrive. Girls on the Run Girls on the Run at Maxey offers after-school programming that combines friendship, fun and a training for a 5K to promote healthy lifestyles and self-respect in third- through fifth-grade girls. The program incorporates exercise, education and mentoring to create a positive athletic experience for young girls. Girls on the Run teams meet for 75 minutes twice a week (Tuesday and Thursday) to play running games and discuss topics that matter to pre-teen girls. Along the way, the girls learn about themselves, their teammates and their ability to do more than they think they can. The season begins on Tuesday, August 22 and runs through the beginning of November. The Lincoln GOTR 5K will be Oct. 28 at Air Park in Lincoln (open only to currently enrolled GOTR girls and their Run Buddies). The tentative start time is 9:45 a.m. Families can register online at GOTRNebraska.org.

Maxey Elementary SchoolParent and Teacher Organization Newsletter

Jill Trucke Lynne Schuller Sherri DuvalMelinda BeckMarissa OlsonTracy ReichmuthSarah Hartung

president@maxeypto.orgvicepresident@maxeypto.orgtreasurer@maxeypto.orgtreasurer@maxeypto.orgsecretary@maxeypto.orgfundraising@maxeypto.orgfundraising@maxeypto.orgwww.maxeypto.org your on-line source for Maxey PTO news

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Lost and Found Is your child missing a lunch pail, sweatshirt or something else? Any items not claimed by Friday, October 13th will be donated to charity. Lost & Found is located in the breezeway of the main East doors.

September 20, 2017

Student Directory Opt Out

To have your student’s information shown as Unlisted in

the Maxey Student Directory this year, you must Opt Out. Go online www.maxeypto.org or fi ll out the paper form from the Back to School Packet or in the school lobby. Please do this by September 29th!

Oct 14-17No SchoolDistrict

Oct 13No SchoolElementary

Sept 26PLC Early Out 2:18 PM

Oct 8Color Run

Oct 10Parent Teacher Conferences 3:45-7:30 PM

Sept 21 Night Out Don & Millie’s4:30 PM- 8 PM

After School Pick-UpPlease review the attached map for the after school pick-up procedures. Always remember to be looking for students and crossing guards. Also, obey Lincoln traffi c laws and all posted signs. If you have any questions about the traffi c procedures at Maxey, please contact the main offi ce.

After School Classes

The PTO is off ering after school classes again this fall. Information came home in last week’s Wednesday folders. You must register online by going to www.maxeypto.org. All classes are fi rst come, fi rst serve.

Fun Night Auction

Thank you to everyone who attended Fun night

this year! Also, a HUGE thank you to everyone who volunteered to make the night so successful! We hope everyone had fun!

Maxey Night Out

September’s Don & Millie’s Maxey Night Out will be Thursday, September 21st from 5 PM - 8 PM at 56th & Edgewood. Be sure to mention you are with Maxey!

Oct 2PTO Meeting 7:00 PM

PTO MeetingThe First PTO Meeting for this year will be on Monday, October 2nd at 7 PM in the Multi Purpose room. Please make a note that all PTO meetings will be on Mondays this year! We will be approving the 2017-18 Budget and covering what is coming up for the school year. We will also be taking membership forms. Remember, you must be a member to vote at meetings, but everyone is welcome to attend. Free Child Care will be provided!

PTO Mustang Matters www.maxeypto.org your on-line source for Maxey PTO news

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Maxey PTO on FacebookThe Maxey PTO has a Facebook page! We will be posting reminders for upcoming events as well as casual information. Our Page is Maxey Elementary PTO.

Box Tops for EducationMaxey collects Box Tops for Education by the front door of the school! Be sure to cut them out and turn them in before they expire! The funds raised help go towards the specialists Team Grant!If you’d like more information about how the box top program works, please check out the link below.http://www.boxtops4education.com/

Traffi c SafetyPlease remember to follow all signs and laws when dropping off and picking up students at Maxey. Safety for our children is top priority! The signs are set up to help make the traffi c fl ow faster, easier and safer.If you need to get out of your car, please park on a side street or in the parking lot and then walk your children into school. In the drop off lane, only use the passenger side doors.

Maxey PTO WebsiteNeed information? Looking for a form? Want to contact a board member? Volunteer Sign Ups? Go to www.maxeypto.org!

Funds for Fedora's

Save the Godfather's Fedora's on the side of any medium size or larger pizza box and send them to school to help raise money for Maxey!

Amazon Donates to MaxeyIf you shop on Amazon, why not have them give something back to Maxey? For more information or to sign up, go to https://smile.amazon.com/ and choose JoAnn Maxey Elementary School Parent Teacher Organization. Please note that the app does not support Smile, so please bookmark the Smile website, or shop in the app and checkout in through the smile site.Receive PTO Reminders

The PTO will no longer be sending labels home with students to remind parents of upcoming events. We encourage everyone to sign up to receive email reminders. You may also subscribe your cell phone number to receive the same reminders. Go to www.maxeypto.org to sign up.

PTO InformationThe PTO Website has been re-designed this summer. Same address, www.maxeypto.org all new look! Be sure to check out

everything! Also, follow us on Facebook and new this year, Twitter!

Join the PTOOnly $10 for a family membership and you will also receive a FREE Student Directory! We would love to have everyone get involved. Membership can be purchased on-

line at www.maxeypto.org. Remember, you must renew your membership annually!

Dear Maxey Parents & Students,

Welcome to the Fall 2017 Maxey after school program. This program offers a wide range of classes to further enrich our students.

* Classes start the week of October 2nd and run for six weeks (please note dates as Mon. & Thur. classes do not run consecutively and the knitting class will start Oct. 11).

* Classes must have a minimum of six students to fund the class. Any class with less than six students will be evaluated by the teacher to see if it can still be funded. If the class is cancelled you will be notified to either switch to another class or be issued a refund.

* Tuition is $35/class. Some classes may require a materials/supply fee so the instructors can purchase materials/supplies relevant to the class.

* On their scheduled class day, your child will go directly to the gym when school is dismissed for the day. There they will line up by their after school class. From there your child will be accompanied to their assigned classroom by the instructor.

* Classes dismiss at 4:30 pm. Family Service students will report to the cafeteria. Other students will be dismissed through the front doors. Please be prompt in picking up your child; we want to make sure all students are safe.

* Go to maxeypto.org to register for classes. You may use a computer in the school if you need access to the internet.

* Registration ends Sunday, September 24th. Classes will be filled in order of receipt of registration, so register early!

WE ARE LOOKING FOR A VOLUNTEER DURING THE 3:30-4:30 CLASS TIMES! It’s simply making sure the students get to the gym, take the attendance from the teachers and then make sure kids get picked up afterwards. YOUR KIDS CAN TAKE THEIR CLASS FOR FREE while you spend an hour relaxing, reading, doing work…. Contact me for more details.

Please email any questions to jerstad@cox.net.

Sincerely,

Jessica Erstad After School Class Coordinator

Maxey After School Classes Fall 2017

Full class descriptions can be found at the Maxey PTO website (www.maxeypto.org) or the home page of the Maxey LPS website (http://wp.lps.org/maxey/) in the

Quick Links area. A printed copy is also available for your viewing in the Maxey Office.

Registration is now open. Go to www.maxeypto.org to register. Registration ends Sunday, Sept. 24th.

Monday

Healthy Little Chefs (K-3rd)

Crafty Kids (1st-3rd)

Chess Club (1st-5th)

East High Cheer Club (1st-5th)

Spanish (2nd-5th)

Lacrosse (2nd-5th)

Crazy Cute Cupcakes (2nd-5th)

Lego Robotics (3rd-5th)

Wednesday

Beginning Gymnastics (K-3rd)

Chinese Club (K-5th)

Spanish (2nd-5th)

Girl Up (3rd-4th)

Basketball (4th-5th)

Girl Up (5th)

**Let’s Knit! (2nd-5th)

Thursday

Yoga for Children (K-3rd)

Beginning Gymnastics (K-3rd)

Chinese Club (K-5th)

Baseball/Softball (2nd-5th)

Sew Amazing (3rd-5th)

After School Pick-Up at Maxey ElementaryFront Lane (West Lane)Orange Cars: park on side streets and have children meet you or walk up to Maxey and meet your children.

Blue Cars: pull up along the drop off curb and continue the line onto 75th, then Grand Oaks, then 76th. Wait until you are in the school lane to pick up children, not while on streets. When exiting,DO NOT TURN RIGHT, Left Turn Only.

Red Cars: Do not park in these areas so traffi c may keep moving.

Side Lane (North Lane)Green Vehicles: Daycare Vehicles only

Parking LotStudents must have an adult to accompany them in the parking lot.When exiting the parking lot, DO NOT TURN LEFT, Right Turn Only.

If you need more time, please park in the parking lot or on the side streets. Use crosswalks, obey Lincoln traffi c laws and no parking signs.Do not block neighbor’s driveways.

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