Morningside STEM Elementary School -

We have the most committed and caring Eagle staff. They give their very best to help our young Eagle learners each day, and still bring more of that connection energy to our PD Fridays! This is how we greet "teachers at the door." Way to SOAR!

We are beginning to find our SOARing flow! Learning letters and practicing correct formation, connecting with others during turn and talks about kindness, and engaging with embedded writing throughout the learning day. Way to SOAR in On task and Responsible ways.

Reminder for all Eagles--EHS feeder students to wear their Raiders Together shirts to school tomorrow. Students are allowed into East events free if the student wears this year’s Raiders Together shirt and enters with an adult. Once again, a huge thanks to our sponsors on the back. Please support those businesses. Big home 🏈 game tomorrow (Thursday) night at Elwood-Olsen at 7:00 pm. See you there!!! GO RAIDERS!!! 🧡🖤

We're almost halfway through our first full week! Eagles have been connecting with fellow Eagles daily and learning about all things SOARing! Up next--our Character Strong Kindness Kick-off on Wednesday. To join in, wear a kindness themed tee or just look and keep smiling!

And like that...we're back! What a wonderful first day with our Eagles. Thank you staff, students and families for our reconnection sparks!

✏️ Attention Parents/Guardians ✏️ Schedules for both elementary and secondary students are now available in Infinite Campus. Log into your account here: https://www.siouxcityschools.org/o/sccs/page/infinite-campus.

Does your student need bus transportation for the upcoming school year? Fill out this form: https://tinyurl.com/ycx4cxt3 Elementary and middle school students who live over two miles and high school students living over three miles from their assigned boundary school are eligible for bus transportation. Families may also request paid busing if space is available on an existing route. To request busing, please complete the Transportation Request Form. You must complete the form every year to request transportation for the upcoming school year. For enhanced safety, new technology is available on district buses which will allow you to track your student riding the bus in real-time. Students are required to scan new bus passes when entering or exiting the bus. Your student’s bus pass will be printed once we have received and approved your completed Transportation Request Form. Passes will be given to K-12 students during Back to School Night on August 20 and during laptop checkout for middle and high school students before the school year begins. Please contact the Transportation Department at 712-279-6743 with questions.

Hello Eagles -- we hope you are all enjoying those summer moments. We are looking to add to our Eagle team and have current teacher openings for Special Education and ELL! Please share this opportunity and check the site often -- we'll be adding more staff openings mid next week! https://www.siouxcityschools.org/page/careers

Important reminder to all #SCCSD families- Beginning this coming school year, all schools will dismiss two hours early every *Friday* for staff professional development. This is in place of the previous early out on Mondays.

Eagles -- we hope your summer is starting wonderfully. We are sharing an alert that our playground area at Morningside, and a few other schools in the district, is temporarily closed until later in June as the grass field areas have been reseeded. We've confirmed with our O&M district team that our playground should be open in less than 3 weeks (mid June). Thank you for your understanding as this will allow the grass areas to have a strong start for fall.

Iowa law requires students to have certain immunizations, vision screenings, and dental screenings before starting school in the fall. ⚠️Your student will not be able to attend school in the fall without proof of the required immunizations and screenings⚠️ Please make sure your student is up to date before the first day of school. You can find the complete list of necessary immunizations and screenings on our website: https://www.siouxcityschools.org/page/vision-dental-screening-immunization-requirements

Miss Dreessen's first grade class is celebrating the end of the school year with a glow party!

Morningside Eagles -- It's time for our May Eagle Hall of Fame announcement.

East high graduates stopped by Morningside STEM Elementary school today to walk, wave, & connect with students and staff from their elementary days. Here's to all your Raider accomplishments graduates--we know you will continue to SOAR on and make a positive impact in many ways!

Our 5th Grade Eagles' end of year party has been going on all day to celebrate the hard work of these SOARing Eagles. Thank you for all the wonderful years at Mside STEM & know you will be missed. We look forward to watching you grow and SOAR even more in your next adventure.

🚨 Attention Families 🚨 Student medication + supplies will be sent home with your child on the last day of school. If you would like to make other arrangements, please contact the school office before the last day. Unused medication that remains at school will be disposed of.

Special thanks to CF Industries as they helped our 4th Grade Eagles compare various materials in their water filtration lab. This is year two of our STEM collaborations with our CF community partners and we look forward to many more!

Kindergarten has been learning a lot about life cycles of plants and animals during science. Some of the community partners they have been working with are Kari from the Dorothy Pecaut Nature Center, Jody from Adam's Nature Preserve, and Zach in LeMars who provided the eggs that hatched recently. There has been some exciting learning taking place in Kindergarten!

Here at Morningside, our staff wellness committee works to highlight each special day of the month. This week admin reaped positive inspiration from all the students and staff letters and posters of encouragement on their notice of National Principal's Day. Admin even wanted to share a snippet and expressed that these moments with Eagle feedback are the reasons they truly love what they do! Mrs. Krotz and Mr. Clayborne also wanted to share their most sincere, smile-filled thank you for making this a top-notch Morningside week!

Special thanks to our Mside ELL Team. They set the scene and brought such a wonderful Cinco de Mayo experience to our building and staff to end the week!