School News
Mill Creek Memo – week of 2/7/21
Greetings Mill Creek family!
SEP Conferences are tomorrow and Tuesday. Teachers are looking forward to meeting with you and reviewing your child’s progress. Conferences are going to be virtual via Zoom. All teachers have sent a link that you will use to log into their zoom meeting. When you log in, you will wait in the “waiting room”. Teachers will let you in when they are ready for your conference.
Please email your teacher or call the office if you are having trouble logging into Zoom.
Ms. Sunny’s class does not have school on Monday, February 8.
Wednesday, February 10 – PTA is providing each class with a Valentine Party In A Bag! Teachers will let you know of specific Valentine parties in their class.
Thursday, February 11 – Distance Learning Day for ALL students. No face to face learning on Thursday.
Friday, February 12 – No school
Monday, February 15 – No School (President’s Day)
Together We Can…Attend Conferences!
Ann Kane, Principal
Mill Creek Elementary
akane@graniteschools.org
Mill Creek Memo – week of 1/24/21
Greetings Mill Creek Mustangs!
We’ve got a couple of important things to let you know about. First Parent Teacher Conferences are coming up and I have a special note from our PTA President, Patti Hession. Our PTA has a fun activity for your students to participate in.
SEP Conferences: The best way you can participate in your child’s education is to talk to your child’s teacher. We are a team and need to work together for the success and growth of your child. It is very important for you to meet with your child’s teacher during Conferences, February 8 and 9.
Conferences again will be via Zoom due to the pandemic. Teachers will be sending out individual zoom links closer to your conference. For now, please sign up for a conference appointment. Directions are attached to the bottom of this post. Password: mustangs
Sign up for Conferences
A Message from our PTA President, Patti Hession:
My name is Patti Hession and I will be your PTA President for the remainder of the school year. My PTA board is as follows: John Tuutau Vice President, Nichole Towers – Treasurer. As you can see our board is quite small but we are up for the fun that we can provide your students. We are in need of some help if you are willing to help for small things or larger please email me at pattihession@hotmail.com or call/text me at 801-558-5412. If you don’t know what PTA does at your school we are lucky enough to provide all the FUN! We do reflections, class parties, dinners for teachers, and spirit nights. With COVID we haven’t been able to do what we normally would like to do at the school with volunteer help and being involved with classroom parties but we have been able to get creative and still provide the students with some smiles. Here is some of the things we are planning on doing the next couple months which we would love your students to be a part of:
January-February: We are going to do Reflections. The theme is “I Matter Because.” Your student can draw or paint a picture, write a story or a poem, make a dance, write a song or play a song, or take a photo. They can even do 2D or 3D art. Just have your student write up a little explanation of his/her project and how it pertains to the theme. There will be awards for the participants. Projects will be due at the school on February 16th. Please reach out to Patti if you have any questions.
March: We will be doing a fun activity called “You’ve Got Mail.” This helps promote writing in a fun way. Each student will get a pen pal for the week and they get to send each other letters each day. For the younger students they can make pictures to send their pen pals. We even encourage parents and family members that may live out of state to send a postcard to the school. This will be happening March 15 – 19th. Please look for emails with more details or reach out to Patti.
Some fun spirit nights will be coming up to help support the PTA as well. More info to come. We want the face to face kids and the distant learners to all feel special during this crazy time. These are activities that all the kids can participate in.
Parents you can still purchase a PTA membership its $7.00 all you need to do is make a check out to Millcreek PTA and drop of mail it to the school. This membership helps us keep up with the fun things PTA can do for our students/teachers.
Again please reach out to Patti if you are available and willing to help in this crazy time.
Together We Can…Sign up for Conferences and sign up for PTA!
Ann Kane, Principal
Mill Creek Elementary
Attachments:
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Utah HERO Project comes to Mill Creek
Granite School District is participating in the Utah HERO (Health & Economic Recovery Outreach) project by the University of Utah to help public health officials understand the spread of COVID-19 so that we can improve the safety of all students and staff. You may be contacted by a public health official and (1) asked to provide additional information about your child’s health and their school activities; and (2) offered confidential, free, and convenient testing to figure out if your child is infected with COVID-19.
To learn more about the HERO project, please visit this website: https://eccles.utah.edu/utah-hero/.
Mill Creek Memo – 11/22/20
Happy Thanksgiving Week! On behalf of the teachers and staff of Mill Creek Elementary, I want to extend to each of our families a very happy Thanksgiving. We are grateful to each of you for sharing your children with us. We appreciate our learning community and to each one of you that makes it special.
We have school on Monday, November 23. Tuesday is a Distance Learning day for all (no face to face learning). There is no school on Wednesday – Friday, November 25 – 27.
Together We Can…Be Thankful!
Ann Kane, Principal
Mill Creek Elementary
akane@graniteschools.org
Attachments:messages/attachments/632dd79bbd9ab1b9f4b0655b16b427ff/Thank_it_forward.pdf (260.3 KB)
Mill Creek Memo – week of 11/15/20
Greetings Mill Creek Families!
Thank you for your patience as we learn the new traffic pattern in our little parking lot. I appreciate everyone trying their best to get through the lines with patience. Remember to pull forward as far as you can in the load/unloading zone. Let students out of the car only when in the loading zone or in a parking stall.
Picture Re-Takes are this Tuesday, November 18. Distance Learners can come between 11 am – 1 pm for their school pictures. Bell Photography will be in the library.
A special shout out to all of our families who participated in our Franken-Tastic Fundraiser! We appreciate your donations during this especially challenging times.
Thank It Forward: PTA is asking us all to Thank It Forward. Please take time in these upcoming weeks to Thank It Forward. See attachment for ideas.
Looking ahead, Thanksgiving is coming. There will be school on Monday, November 23. All students will have Distance Learning on Tuesday, November 24. There will be no school Wednesday – Friday, November 25 – 27 to celebrate Thanksgiving.
Please continue to wear your masks, social distance and wash your hands! We want all of us in the Mill Creek learning community to stay healthy. If you do get COVID please let me, Principal Kane know.
Together We Can…Stay Healthy!
Ann Kane, Principal
Mill Creek Elementary
akane@graniteschools.org
Attachments:
messages/attachments/632dd79bbd9ab1b9f4b0655b16b427ff/Thank_it_forward.pdf (260.3 KB)
Mill Creek Special Memo
The following was also sent as an email on Monday, 11/09/20
In response to Governor Herbert’s State of Emergency, I wanted to ensure everyone that Mill Creek Elementary is open and students are learning. We encourage families who are at school in person continue to do so.
At Mill Creek, we are doing our part to wear masks, social distance and wash hands. We are trying our best and encourage all of our families to do their best outside of school.
If you or your child is exposed, or tests positive for COVID-19, please let me know. We want to ensure that we follow all the protocols that keep us as safe and healthy as possible.
Part of the Governor’s order is all before and after school programs are canceled until November 23. At Mill Creek, this means that Riverton Music Band and Orchestra morning program is canceled until November 23. This also means that there is no before or afterschool program at Mill Creek.
Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. I will do my best to support you. I’ve attached the message from Granite School District to this email.
As a side note, great job with the new traffic flow today! Keep up the great work!
Together We Can…Wear A Mask!
Ann Kane, Principal
Mill Creek Elementary
akane@graniteschools.org
Attachments:messages/attachments/0efe21db1dc24be4f3f459d2a03c3c81/November_Family_Staff_COVID_Update.docx_-_Google_Docs.pdf
Franken-Tastick Fundraiser at Mill Creek
We are getting closer and closer to our Fundraising goal! We appreciate everyone who has already donated! Thank you!
Please take a moment and review the attached information regarding our school fundraiser. We understand that this is a difficult time for everyone but we still would like to come together as a community and raise much needed funds for the school. We want to continue to provide fun activities and learning tools for all of our students.
We are asking all of our families to register online. Follow this link or use the QRCode on the information attached to this email.
If you can donate, please do so. We appreciate what everyone can do.
Together We Can…Share Our Fundraise Information to family and friends!
Ann Kane, Principal Angie Gray, Head Franken-Tastic Chair
akane@graniteschools.org angiegray27@gmail.com
Attachments:messages/attachments/dacaa7abf52d1b21efda00088ee3d76a/Frankentastic_Fundraiser_letter.pdf (188.1 KB)messages/attachments/8e51fce23cae7510addd0709f18343c9/Recaudacion_de_fondos_Franken-tastica.pdf (196.3 KB)messages/attachments/523c298229aa201c2b83948ac7a1ee04/A_Franken-tastic_Fundraiser_%283%29.pdf (82.0 KB)
Red Ribbon Week
Help us say No To Drugs this week.
Monday 10/26 – “Sock it to drugs!” Wear your crazy socks.
Tuesday 10/27 – “Use your head! Stay away from drugs!” Wear a cool hat or crazy hair.
Wednesday 10/28 – “REaDy to be Drug Free!” Wear RED today.
Thursday 10/29 – “Boo To Drugs!” Wear your costume to scare away drugs.
Mill Creek Memo – Early Edition for Week of 10/18
Greetings Mill Creek Families!
With the end of term quickly approaching and lots of activities happening, I wanted to send this week’s Mill Creek Memo out early. Please make note of the following dates and activities.
PTA is putting together a Virtual Halloween Parade this year! We are unable to have our traditional annual parade due to the pandemic but we still want to see everyone’s costumes. Send in your students’ Halloween costume picture to PTA by October 26.
Upcoming Events
Monday, October 19 – Regular School Day
Tuesday, October 20 – Distance Learning Day for ALL students (End of Term)
Wednesday – Friday, October 21 – 23 – No School for all students
Monday, October 26 – Halloween Virtual Parade Pictures due to PTA @ MillCreekMustangsPTA@gmail.com
Monday, October 26 starts Red Ribbon Week:
Monday: “Sock it to drugs!” Wear crazy socks.
Tuesday: “Use your head! Stay away from drugs!” Wear a cool hat or crazy hair.
Wednesday: “REaDy to be Drug Free!” Wear RED to show your support.
Thursday: “Boo to Drugs!” Wear your Halloween costume to scare drugs away.
Thursday, October 29 – Students may wear Halloween costumes to school as long as they are able to wear them all day. No weapons. Contact teachers for classroom activities information.
Together We Can … Celebrate!
Ann Kane, Principal
Mill Creek Elementary
akane@graniteschools.org
Attachments:messages/attachments/ef2f1b12f3dd234407cc9dcab62430b1/Red_Ribbon_Icon__Graphic_%28002%29.pdf (21.6 KB)messages/attachments/b615193e36aaa9814628120ec597a9e3/PTA_Halloween_Virtual_Parade_2020.pdf (71.4 KB)
