Hello!
We are excited to start the registration process and kick off another great school year at Morningside! Please read to the bottom of this message for information about school registration. We have had a few exciting changes at Morningside:
- We opened a full-day kindergarten class that filled up quickly with enthusiastic parents and students. Ms. Nelson and Ms. Russo will be our kindergarten teachers this year, welcome Ms. Russo!
- We are installing a new playground on the upper field. Right now, they are dismantling our old playground and we hope to see the new playground installed in the coming weeks!
- We celebrated Ms. Howell’s retirement with her last spring, and we are excited to welcome Ms. Vasquez to our 2nd grade team. Ms. Vasquez comes highly recommended to us from Oakwood Elementary.
- We are installing a new STEM lab at Morningside. We are still waiting for several key pieces of the classroom to be delivered to complete the room, soon students will have a dedicated space to explore science, technology, and math concepts through a more hands-on approach.
- School lunch is free for all students for the 2021-2022 school year!
- We are returning to a 5-day in-person school week. School hours are:
- M-Th 9:05-3:45
- Friday (or the last day of the school week) 9:05-1:40
- Parents are welcome to bring their child to the classroom on the first day of school, however we won’t have an adult in-person back to school meeting in the auditorium as we have in prior years. We will send a digital “back to school morning” video to parents with information about the new school year, PTA, and School Community Council.
COVID updates
- With the recent passage of HB1007 by the Utah State Legislature, the district does not have the authority to initiate a mask mandate. Regardless, we highly encourage mask wearing in our schools in accordance with CDC guidance.
- We are still awaiting updated guidance from state and local health parents regarding guidelines for fieldtrips, assemblies, volunteers in the classroom, etc. We can confirm is that we will continue with all cleaning and mitigating measures we had in place for COVID last year. Students and teachers will continue to clean classroom surfaces regularly, students will wash/sanitize their hands when transitioning between spaces and we will keep students as distanced as possible.
- Students will continue to have assigned, spaced seating in the lunchroom while all students are all unmasked and eating lunch.
- I will continue to update you with COVID-related information as it becomes available.
- Granite District COVID update: https://www.graniteschools.org/bulletin/protocols-for-the-upcoming-school-year/
Registration
- All new and returning students will need to register for the 2021-2022 school year. Registration will be online again this year
- You do not need to complete online registration only if you are new to Morningside this year and have filled out the paper registration form with Ms. Reese or Ms. Lisa. Please call Lisa at 385-646-4924 if you aren’t sure if you have already registered.
- Granite registration instructions: http://gsdparenthelp.weebly.com/online-registration.html
- How to upload registration documents: http://gsdparenthelp.weebly.com/uploads/5/5/6/7/5567212/uploading_back_to_school_registration_documents.pdf
- How to create a parent portal for registration: http://gsdparenthelp.weebly.com/
- Parent portal help: http://gsdparenthelp.weebly.com/
- If you need help locating your student’s 9- (school ID) number, please call or email Lisa at lsturner@graniteschools.org or 385-646-4924.
Thank you for taking the time to register your students!
We are excited for a new year!