Greetings Meridian Families & Students,

Happy Friday Afternoon! There are a few items below to share with you before you head off into what I hope is a restful and relaxing weekend.

Inclement Weather?

With the colder temperatures and the potential of snow in the forecast, it’s a good time to ensure your contact information is current in Skyward and you are signed up for FlashAlert, http://www.flashalert.net/signup/. It is our main form of communication about changing school programming due to emergency circumstances like inclement weather. It is also important to remind your students to bring their Chromebooks to and from school on a daily basis. There is no telling when a weather situation may come up quickly – or a COVID breakout resulting in a building closure may occur.

Join Us!

We continue to have many open positions. Like many places of work these days, staffing our schools is a challenge. We need substitute teachers, paraeducators, custodians, drivers, and health assistants. Meridian School District is growing, and we need phenomenal people to help us teach and support our amazing students. Please visit our employment page here: https://www.meridian.wednet.edu/employment/.

Involvement Survey, v.2

The MSD Community Involvement Committee was formed last spring to examine the limited community involvement in district actions, committees, programs, and board meetings. We are interested in increasing engagement and participation by district and community families. Finally, we would like to develop a multi-prong approach to creating events, activities, and opportunities to involve families and students. We do recognize there are COVID restrictions to be considered…and perhaps may not be the best time.

We had asked for input in September and felt it would be a good idea to reach back out to see if we could capture additional ideas. This additional outreach will be available for a couple of weeks and help us determine if we should move forward or hold off until things settle a bit more. Thank you, in advance, for sharing your ideas! Here is the link: https://my.thoughtexchange.com/scroll/308263414/welcome.

 

We Need Your Responses!

Time is running out for Meridian School District to receive over $600,000 in federal technology funding and we need your help. To receive funding we must have a completed “ECF Grant Survey” for each student. If you have not yet completed the survey it is available by logging in to your Skyward Family Access or by completing and returning the paper copy available on the district website. Thank you!

Enjoy your weekend,

James