Welcome to Our School - Maplewood Elementary

Calendar and Important Dates

Home and School Communication

Parent and community communication is very important to the success of our school program. We would like to keep you highly informed, involved, and a part of the education of your scholar. We realize this close communication cannot happen by any single method. Monthly newsletters, report cards, conferences and our school/district website are a few means by which we hope to meet this challenge. Also, we would like for our parents to keep us informed of any contact information changes that may take place. This information is crucial in times of emergency. If your contact information (email address, home address, phone, emergency contacts, etc…) should change during the year, it is important that you let the office know so we can keep the information current.

School Contact Information

Daily Scholar Schedule

Homework

Homework is an important part of a scholar’s development at Maplewood Elementary. There are a number of reasons our teachers assign homework. Teachers will choose the amount of homework according to the scholars’ age and instructional level.

To reinforce concepts that have been introduced and practiced in school.
To do work that can be done more effectively at home than at school.
To complete work that a scholar did not finish in the allotted time.
To make up work missed because of absence.
To assist a pupil in acquiring progressively better home study techniques.

For the benefit of your scholar, it is very important that we work together in this important aspect of school. In the lower grades taking the time to read to your scholar or listening to your scholar read every night is one of the most important things that you can do for your scholar. In the upper grades have your scholar establish a regular 30 minute reading time just before going to bed. We thank you for checking with your scholar each day regarding homework, to build in him/her the satisfaction of knowing he/she can handle this responsibility. Great satisfaction comes from being a responsible person.

Birthday Parties

The last 5 minutes of the school day may be spent observing scholars’ birthdays and passing out treats. Many people feel it would be more lasting and beneficial to all scholars if instead of buying treats the scholar would buy a book for the library or classroom. As required by the Weld County Health Department, all party treats, birthday treats, or snacks must be prepackaged, not homemade items. Items purchased from bakeries are acceptable. The reason for this change is to protect the health of all scholars in our school. Please check with your scholar’s classroom teacher before bringing treats to the classroom. Deliveries to school such as flowers, etc. will be held in the office until the end of each school day, including party days and will then be delivered to scholars.