Meadow Park Elementary School

Registration for our iSTAY before and after care program will open on July 29th at 8:00am. This will be a first come - first served registration and spots are limited, so please be ready to register on July 29th at 8:00am. Please take a moment to read our updated payment policies and times for next year. We will post the link for registration and send it out through school messenger and Remind closer to the date.

We have an UPDATE to our Open House times. Due to the middle schools also having Open House on August 8th, we'll be ending our event at 5:30 instead of 6:00. Please make sure you mark your calendars. This event is for all students Pre K - 5th grade with the exception of our 1 headstart classroom. The Baker Center arranges special meet the teacher events for that classroom.

📣 Calling all Kindergarten Families!! 📣

Please check your email for an invite from Sign-Up Genius. You will need to schedule a skills assessment for your kindergartener.

Please bring your driver's license to this appointment to check in at the front desk with Ms. Ott.

www.signupgenius.com

Our MPE teachers have been attending various educational conferences this summer to learn how to serve our students and families better. We're already planning great things for our gators in August!

Do you have a bachelor's degree?
Do you love tiny humans?
Do you want to work with the best staff in the county?
MPE is looking for a caring, compassionate, energetic Pre K teacher to teach our littlest gators. Click this link to apply

https://charlotteschools.ted.peopleadmin.com/hire/ViewJob.aspx?JobID=3036

Families, we need your input! 💭

Please take a few minutes to complete our short survey and help us improve our schools. Your feedback is invaluable. If you have children in multiple schools, please fill out a separate survey for each one. Thank you for your participation!

Survey Link: https://forms.gle/DbrbhrRRvXXZij8V6

Here are some great programs for your child this summer. Sora is an online library full of digital books. Redbird and Aleks are math programs that accompany our textbook series. Help your child avoid the summer slide with these great resources.

The 2023-2024 MPE Yearbooks are in!! Students will receive them on the 21st for the PTO yearbook signing party which is during their recess time.

We have EXTRA!! See the flyer for details 😉

We had more gators earn their AR shirts! Congratulations! Two weeks left. READ READ READ!

We had so much fun at our Muffins with a Mom event. Thank you to all our female role models for taking time out of their busy days to come be with our students, and thank you to Mrs. Underwood and our staff for hosting such a great event. We hope everyone has a lovely Mother's Day weekend!

Good evening, Meadow Park Families.

Our Gators have a lot going on our last 2 weeks of school!

We are starting to get ready for our REGISTERED 2024-2025 Incoming Kindergarteners!!

SAVE THE DATE!!
MONDAY, May 13th @ 9:00 AM

Visit a Kindergarten classroom - Visit the cafeteria for a snack - Take a ride on a bus!

We are ready to meet our newest batch of GATORS! If you have a child that will be 5 years old by Sept. 1st, it's time to register him/her for kindergarten. Click this link to complete the online registration.

Student Registration / Online Registration

We had two students receive the Do the Right Thing Award from the City of Punta Gorda. We're so proud of Jhannita and Addaline! 💚💛

Our coaches and kiddos did an amazing job at their 5K this morning. Thank you so much for everyone who came out to cheer on our Girls on the Run and our Gritty Gators.

Last weekend, Mrs. Underwood hosted an Earth Day event with many local community partners. A huge shout out to the following organizations for supporting this event...
Sea Turtles
Critter Connections
Mosquito Control
Waste Management
CCSO K9 Unit
UF/IFAS Master Gardener
Suncoast Credit Union
MPES Recycling Team
Rita's Italian Ice

Tuesday night is riser night at Murdock Middle. All future mariners are invited. It starts at 5:30!

Every year our Girls on the Run and Gritty Gator running teams participate in a community service project. This year they've chosen to do a toy drive for local hospitals. Please support our students' efforts by sending in a NEW teddy bear or small toy for their drive.

We are so proud of these student's from Mrs. Slifer's Kindergarten class.

Jaslinn, Autumn, and Bronson have achieved their goal of learning all 100 sight words. They chose to celebrate with our SRO, Deputy Montgomery. 🥳

It's safe to say getting to turn on the lights was their favorite!

GREAT JOB!! 💚💛

Save the Date!!

This Saturday, is our 2nd Annual Title I EARTH DAY celebration. Mrs. Underwood has been planning for weeks. There will be some pretty awesome members of our community with information, guides, and possibly even some reptiles!!

We look forward to seeing you.

JOIN US!!

Mrs. Welch helped our gators create beautiful works of art that you can purchase. Not only do you get products personalized with your child's artwork, a portion of each order also comes back to our art department. Click the link below to find out more, and check your child's backpack for the flyer to order.

Family and friends of Meadow Park Elementary School Help us raise money for our school!

We loved celebrating our Second and Fifth graders for their 3rd quarter awards! 💚💛

We wrap up tomorrow by celebrating our Third and Fourth graders!!

Third is at 8:45
Fourth is at 9:45

Arrive early for check-in 😉

We celebrated some of our volunteers at tonight's School Board Meeting. Thank you so much to Mrs. Tyler Brown and her leadership on our amazing PTO. Her team has so many helpful volunteers that organize all our family events. Our entire PTO is so dedicated to our staff and students. 💚💛 We also want to thank Murdock Baptist Church for all your support financially, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. Our school is a better place because of you all. 💚💛

Do you have a 5th grader planning on attending Punta Gorda next year? Mark your calendars for their riser night.

Reminder to our Gator Families...

Tomorrow morning we have Award assemblies for Kindergarten & First grade.

Kinder is 8:45 am
First is 9:45 am

Please remember to arrive 15 minutes early to check in at the front desk, with your Drivers License.