Notes from the Superintendent

I hope you are enjoying the summer and are looking forward to the challenges of a new school year.  Many of our faculty and staff have already been working to prepare for the 2011-2012 school year.  They will soon be here full-time, to provide the instruction that will help all of our students become the best they can be.  New faculty members will be highlighted in the October Newsletter.

Our District custodial staff members, Mr. Chuck Geary, Mrs. Ruth Wolf, Mr. Randy Kolthoff, Mr. Jeremy Diehl, and Mr. Steve Adee, are doing an excellent job in maintaining the school grounds and preparing both buildings for the new school year! Both buildings have been thoroughly cleaned, rooms painted, floors waxed, and broken fixtures replaced. Our buildings may be old but they are well maintained thanks to the efforts of our custodial staff!

A student's success in school is influenced by the student's own effort and by the interest and cooperation of parents with the school.  If you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, or if you wish to arrange a conference, please phone your student's school:

Chadwick Elementary and Junior High at 684-5191,

Milledgeville Elementary and High School at 225-7141 or 225-7143.

We wish to remind parents that the school buildings are not open before 8:15 a.m., at which time school employees will enable students to enter through the various doors.  Students or parents arriving after 8:30 a.m. need to enter through the following buzzer release doors:

Chadwick School – West front main entrance on School Street,

Milledgeville School – North rear main entrance from the parking lot (bus platform entrance).  All exterior doors at each building are locked from the outside on a permanent basis during the school day to enhance safety and security.

All visitors (those who are not students or school employees) need to report to the school office to state their business and receive a visitor badge.  Upon the completion of their business, the visitor will return the badge to the office.  Alternate arrangements may be made by parents who pick up their pre-school students on a daily basis by contacting the student’s teacher directly.

Our school news will again be presented on the last Wednesday of each month through an insert in the Prairie Advocate Newspaper.  We hope you will save the insert for reference to the lunch menu and for reference to activity dates throughout each month.  Thanks to the efforts of our technology coordinator Mr. Martin Stauffer, much of our school district news is also posted on the District’s website: www.dist399.net.

Welcome back to school.  I hope you find this school year to be a successful one!

Sincerely,

Tim J. Schurman, Superintendent