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In coordination with our Teacher Appreciation festivities that are ongoing, you have a chance to buy lunch for a Teacher. We collaborate with Miss Molly's Cafe, which is a Milwaukee eatery specializing in fresh ingredients. You buy a lunch online for $13 and once we reach enough lunches purchased for all the teachers and staff Miss Molly's packs their lunch. Lunches include a sandwich, bag of Smart popcorn, fresh fruit, fresh cookie, and seltzer.  Put a smile on someone's face and add a general message of gratitude and thankfulness when you donate.  Bonus!.… Donges Bay will be receiving 10% of the proceeds.

How to Participate:

• Go to: https://www.missmollyscafe.com/lunches-for-teachers/love, enter a quantity of lunches and 'Add to Cart' to begin your order
• Select Donges Bay Elementary School in the dropdown menu and add your general note
• Proceed to your cart by navigating to the upper right-hand corner and check

It's time to give a shout-out to your favorite fifth-grade students! Each fifth-grade family is invited to submit a brief shout-out for their graduate to be published in the 2021-2022 Donges Bay Yearbook.

Here are a few guidelines:

1. Please try to limit your text to 20-25 words.
2. Please type your text exactly how you would like it to appear in the book.
3. Include the student's name/nickname, message, and the names of those from whom the message comes.
4. Only one shout-out per student, please!
5. Email your shout-out submission to dongesbayelemyearbook@gmail.com by no later than Friday, March 18th.

A shout-out might look like this:

Maddie,

We are so proud of all that you have achieved in elementary school! Best wishes in middle school! Love, Mom, Dad, Will and Tucker.

Thank you in advance for your help! Please contact Becky Auerbach at bauerbach@mtsd.k12.wi.us with any questions!

Each year, MTSD holds a designated pre-registration window for four-year-old kindergarten. The purpose of pre-registration is to get an idea of 4K enrollment projections to develop class rosters and determine staffing needs. Families can also indicate their morning or afternoon class preference, and gain other useful information about the program. NEW this year, is the availability of 4K wraparound care through the Mequon-Thiensville Recreation Department. AM and PM sessions will be available at all three of our elementary school sites, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Find out more about the new 4K Wrap Care here.

The pre-registration window will open on February 14, 2022, for the 2022-2023 school year. Please feel free to share the link below with any Mequon or Thiensville resident families you know who have a student entering 4K, or new resident families with a student entering 5K in the 2022-2023 school year.

Please visit our 4K website to learn more about 4K at MTSD and access the pre-registration link when it becomes available. 

Free, voluntary, on-site COVID-19 testing, facilitated in partnership with Summit Clinical Labs, is now available for all MTSD students, staff members, and their families at Homestead High School.

Location: Homestead High School, Door 19 (northern side of the building near athletic entrances)

Hours: 8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m., Monday through Friday

The type of test given will be highly accurate laboratory-based PCR, and no appointment is necessary. Face coverings are required to be worn by anyone being tested at the site.

Important: Please remember to use this link to register for a test before arriving at the testing location.

For more information, visit:

• www.mtsd.k12.wi.us/covid-testing
• How to Register for a COVID-19 Test

Working in the ICC is a fantastic way to help the school and get to see our students in action. Volunteers primarily shelve books but may be asked to assist with other library tasks from time to time. Currently, the librarians are seeking helpers for Fridays, but more days may be added later. When you sign up for a day, you may come at any time during that school day. An hour is typically a good amount of time to plan on spending. Please note, in your online signup, the approximate time that you will be arriving so that the librarians can be on the lookout for you. Click this link to sign up! 

  https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4FA8A629A0FD0-icchelpers

Please note: All visitors and volunteers will be required to follow the mitigation procedures outlined in the MTSD 2021-2022 Operating Plan while they are on campus.