Truman Elementary School

Rain rain go away! Our 3rd and 4th graders can’t wait to perform tonight... Performance starts at 7:00pm at PHS! #TribeLife

Reminders! Tomorrow is a 30 minute late start for our students. Tomorrow is also our PTO meeting at 6pm! We are starting some discussion for next year and will need support! Lastly, for 3rd and 4th Soccer Intramural students tomorrow your practice will be from 7:30-8:30am! I am excited for this busy mid-week rush! Bring it on! #TribeLife

Online Kindergarten Registration is open! Today is a good day to register your incoming kindergarten for school. Use the following link to begin your child's registration. https://www.mvr3.k12.mo.us/o/mvriii/page/registration-information--80

From the Desk of Dr. Sladek: Happy Friday! Come join us at 5:30pm tonight for our Writing in the Walls event! Every student has a writing piece to showcase 💜 Stay after our event and join our PTO Game Night starting at 6:30pm! #TribeLife A full night of fun is ahead of us! See you soon.

Bagels and Books for All event is this morning! Our doors will open at 7:30am and we will have breakfast for students and bagels, coffee, and juice for our guests! Can’t wait to see all the smiling faces so early in the morning 💜 #TribeLife #MVNation

All schools & programs in the Meramec Valley R-III School District will be closed on Friday, January 24th due to inclement weather.

MVR3 Staff plan to have a little fun with a 12 Days of Christmas theme so we thought it would be even more fun with a Student Edition! Starting tomorrow with the theme; Baby It's Cold Outside - wear a scarf! #TribeLife #MVNation #12DaysofChristmasFun

Our SACC program is awesome! Stay informed and sign up... we are happy to be able to help support your family in whatever way possible! Guest readers, Pound Class, and hanging with friends makes for some great memories. 💜 #TribeSACC #TribeLife #SignUpNow

Reminder of our deal... you sell gift cards for Texas Roadhouse and I make catch up post about awesome things happening at TE! Below are pictures of the amazing staff at Texas Roadhouse checking in on us to see how sales are going! #TrumanPTO #TribeLife #Shade4OurPlayground

Truman Elementary celebrated #ThankfulThursday today! We hope you know how much it means to us for YOU to be a part of our Tribe 💜 #TribeLife #MVNation

Happy Thursday! We will NOT have school next week 11/25-11/29. School resumes on 12/2. PTO is working hard and doing GREAT things! Truman Spirit Store - Here is the flyer: https://5il.co/bhw5 The store is open NOW and will close on 12/2! Here is the link to the Spirit Store directly: https://store.kickprint.com/TrumanTribe/shop/home *****All sale profits will go towards #Shade4OurPlayground Texas Roadhouse Gift Card Sales - Here is the flyer: https://5il.co/bhy6 Gift card sales are open NOW and will close on 12/2! Some clarification about the Texas Roadhouse gift card fundraiser. Students will not get the cards right away. If they are done selling they can return their folder to school any time, but we hope students can use the break and family time to sell more cards before they are ready to return! Texas Roadhouse will make our cards with the Truman logo on them – so they will not be sent home until the week of Dec. 16th. The week of Dec. 2nd we will be around and give every student that sold a card a gift bag from Texas Roadhouse with a red letter attached with directions for parents to return giving us information on how they want the cards to go home. (With the child or will they pick up at SACC)! Variety Show Auditions & Show Date - Here is the flyer: https://5il.co/bhy7 This is year the show is in APRIL! This is different than what you are use to but we are excited for a spring show! See the flyer for more information! Supporting our community #MVNation: Christmas Tree Flyer - https://5il.co/bhy5 Christmas on the Plaza Flyer - https://5il.co/bhyd Last, but NOT LEAST, #ThankfulThursday: Sometimes it is nice to take a deep breathe and think of all the positives that are surrounding us. We wanted to extend our gratitude to our Tribe. We passed out notes at dismissal for all of you to receive, if you did not, we want you to know "WE ARE THANKFUL TO HAVE you as a part of our Tribe Family. THANK YOU FOR trusting us with your student, WE SURE DO LOVE THEM! Love, Truman Elementary!"

Finish this week strong with our Thanksgiving Basket Drive! Friday: canned pie filling and pie crust. ***We could use more boxes potatoes and gravy! Something to celebrate while we are focusing on giving this week. Truman Ambassadors filled the back of the Agape House Van with canned goods that we have collected over the past couple months and on #GivingWednesday! I am so proud of their smiles, leadership, and giving hearts 💜 #TribeLife #MVNation

It has been a crazy week with weather but we have worked through it and are excited for the weekend! We are finishing up our Thanksgiving Drive - see this flyer to bring in any last minute items: Thanksgiving Drive Flyer Next Wednesday we have another Pizza Hut Night Out (these flyers will come home on Monday!) but are also attached. Progress reports will be sent out next Friday 11/22! Also next week is our last full week and then we will have a full week for Fall Break. There is NO SCHOOL 11/25-11/29. PTO - Texas Roadhouse Gift Card Fundraiser was sent home and is open for selling NOW through 12/2. See attached. ***This one is just to put on your radar but know that you still have plenty of time and more reminders will go out in future weeks = Variety Show Auditions! See attached. ast, I just want to leave you with an 'ah-ha' moment that I had this week...it dawned on me multiple times throughout the week the importance both in young and mature minds how critical it is to have a Growth Mindset. Not only is it important to have but more important to teach, model, and practice on a daily basis. I have attached a little info-graphic explaining the main ideas of having a growth mindset. I would encourage you to look more into it more on your own if your are curious! The thought of encouraging and supporting our students self-confidence will be so contagious among our building! It will allow them to interact with more self assurance. It will allow them to encourage others. It will allow them to smile more. It will allow them challenge themselves. It will allow them to sky rocket and grow through successes and positive outlooks. I will leave you with this quote:

Although this has been a funky week we are still focusing our efforts on our Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive! November 11th-15th Items Needed for Turkey Dinner Baskets (Please bring the following items on the designated days) Tuesday & Wednesday: Boxed Macaroni & Cheese, Boxed Potatoes & Canned Sweet Potatoes!! **Tomorrow, 11/13, will be a REGULAR start day! Students may arrive between 8:05-8:30, classes start at 8:35! Buses will run at their regular times!*

Dear Parents & Guardians, We are glad to report road conditions have improved significantly today and school will be in session tomorrow, Wednesday, November 13th. That said, as a result of today’s school closure, the scheduled late start for tomorrow will be removed and all buildings will start at regular times. Buses will run at their normal times with grades 5-12 starting school at 7:30 a.m. and grades K-4 starting school at 8:35 am. Again, all MVR-III schools will start at their regular times for Wednesday, November 13th. As we find ways to upgrade our services for parents and guardians, our current voice call notification system is using a phone number out of Little Rock, Arkansas (501-712-2633). We are working to get that number changed to a local phone number assigned to the school district. Your patience is appreciated as we continue to improve all forms of district communication. Thank you and have a great day!

MVR3 District Message: After driving the school district roads this evening, we have quite a mix of covered and uncovered roads. The covered roads are primarily ice and black ice. It is our understanding that county road crews won’t be out until tomorrow morning. As always, student safety is our priority, so given current road conditions, all schools including the School Age Child Care programs will be closed, Tuesday, November 12, 2019.

This is a message from Meramec Valley R-III School District for Monday, November 11th: We will dismiss students in grades 5-12 at 12 p.m. today, and we will dismiss elementary students at 1:10 p.m. today due to inclement weather conditions. SACC and Doris Hoffman Early Learning Center will close at 3 p.m. today. Afternoon Veterans activities have been canceled for the day.

Out and about prepping for the week today? Keep in mind we have our Thanksgiving Basket Food Drive this week! November 11th-15th Items Needed for Turkey Dinner Baskets (Please bring the following items on the designated days) Monday 11/11: Boxed Dressing, Canned Gravy and Canned Cranberries

Pumpkins for ALL! Truman Elementary hit the jackpot when their partnership with long time farmer and community member Mr. Engelhardt brought sunshine into the hallways and homes of every student. In a selfless act of kindness he donated 260 pumpkins to Truman Elementary with the plan that every student goes home with a smile and an opportunity to pick out a pumpkin this fall. Mr. Engelhardt delivered two trailer loads of pumpkins and then got to come back and experience the smiles, giggles, and loads of excitement first hand. It may have been a rainy fall day but these smiles and hallways were bright and contagious! Memories were made and we are grateful for our small town.

Trunk R Treat...also known as...Table R Treat - moved inside for tonight's event! We will have Mrs. Vogel reading a story aloud, two balloon guys, books to take home and 'table trick r treating' in the gym! Event is from 6:30-8:00pm. Please enter through the cafeteria doors! See you soon! #TribeLife #PTO #ShadeForThePlayground