Edison Elementary
Eagle’s Nest
Edison Elementary – Mesa Public Schools
Office Phone 480-472-5300
Cafeteria 480-472-5246
Health Office 480-472-5283
Attendance 480-472-5282
Title One
480-472-5329
FAX
480-472-5281
http://www.mpsaz.org/edison
Calendar Notes
--------------------------------------------Curriculum Night – 8/31
5:30-7:00 p.m.
Grades 4-6 5:30-6:30
Grades K-3 6:00-7:00
Labor Day- 9/7
No school
Curriculum Night –Monday, August 31st
Plan to join us to learn about the learning activities
your child will be a part of this year at Edison. We
have 2 sessions for each grade range so that families
could attend up to 3 classrooms that night.
Grades K-2 6:00 and 6:30 sessions
Grades 3-6 5:30 and 6:00 sessions
PTO Meeting 9/8 @ 4 p.m.
Picture Day 9-9
Early Release-@ 12:15 9/16
Constitution Day 9/17
Grading Day-10-9
We will also have presentations from Banner Health
and Title One that evening in the cafeteria. These
sessions will be …
Banner Health Care
@ 6:00
Title One
@ 7:00
Early Release -@ 11:45
October Break – no school
Janelle Chisholm – Math Trainer is
October 12-16
coming to Edison to host two math classes designed for
parents on September 23rd (grades K-2) and September
Parent Conferences are
30th (grades 3-6). She helped trained our Edison teachers
scheduled for October 21-23.
and is an excellent presenter. If you want to undertand
MPS is offering a 3 day window
how to better help your student with math, please
for conferences with a
Wednesday-Friday session for register. These classes are available to all parents in
families. Times will be in the
MPS, so make sure you get a spot.
afternoon and into the
evenings to help families.
We will get scheduling
information to you after Labor
Day to start scheduling.
Parent University – Course Catalogs in English/Spanish
http://www.mpsaz.org/parentu
Visit our Website for news and events.
http://www.mpsaz.org/edison
Edison News and Notes
Cafeteria Meals Pricing
The cost for a regular student lunch is $1.95 per day or $9.75 per week. Student families
can apply for meal assistance and if they qualify have reduced priced meals or free
breakfast and lunch at our campus. All meals meet the federal requirement to increase
the amount of fruits and vegetables served at both breakfast and lunch, has also
prompted the need to increase meal prices.
School meals are still an excellent way to ensure students are healthy and alert for
learning in the classroom. "School meals remain the best value option for a healthy meal
for children," Zullo says. "Menus feature whole grains, fruits and vegetables, lean
proteins and a variety of milk options. Age-appropriate portions, calorie limits, and
limits on saturated fat and sodium are all part of the meal-planning process."
Many families do not apply and could benefit from the program. Please complete the
meals program application and see if your family qualifies for assistance.
Edison faces an issue with student tardies for the start of the day. The first
bell is at 7:40 and students should meet their class at their line up spot out on the
basketball court on their side. Students should not be waiting by their classroom door.
When a student reaches 5 tardies, they will attend detention for each new tardy. For
students that go over 10 tardies, they will earn after school detention and will not be
dismissed at the regular time. We have been charged to improve our attendance rate
for families with tardy problems. Students attending Edison under Open Enrollment
must maintain good attendance standing to have their option renewed. If a student
fails to attend their detentions- they will attend our In School Suspension program
(ACE/ALC) at Lehi.
Please make an effort to be here on time each day. If you struggle with this, set your
alarm a little earlier, pick out your clothes the night before, and get packed for school
before you go to sleep. Set a bed time and stick to it on Sunday through Thurdsay
nights. These tips will help you get a few more minutes into your schedule which can
make all the difference on getting here on time.
Parent Tips
Expect More Arizona
The transition back to school can be an exciting yet stressful time for both students and
their families. A little planning, some healthy conversation and access to valuable
education resources can help ease any anxiety and get kids off to a great start.
Get back in the routine. Re-establish bedtime, mealtime, reading and homework
schedules. Create a quiet place for studying. Designate a specific time and place for
homework each day. While your child is doing homework, have the TV, video games and
music turned off to eliminate distractions and procrastination.
Introduce yourself to your child’s teacher to start the school year. Attend Curriculum
Night to learn about the learning activities your child will be using this year.
Promoting learning outside of the classroom helps children perform better in school.
Read to your child, or have him or her read to you. To support math skills, challenge
your child to add up the cost of the groceries in the cart next time you’re at the store.
Find other simple, daily actions at TodayInAZ.org.
Celebrate your child’s successes. If your child gets a good grade, turns in all of his or her
homework on time or overcomes a particular challenge, celebrate! This reinforces the
positive effort.
We hope to have a great year with your family and keep your student achieving.
Checklist to Support Your Student
1. Check Homework- does it look done, are there areas they didn’t understand
2. Read what comes home- at times this can seem like a lot of information, but it
slows down after the start of the year, we try to communicate regularly
3. Look at graded work that comes home
4. Talk about going to college- it helps us with our support of AVID at Edison, Kino
and Westwood
5. Be a learner – read, watch documentaries, talk about your study with your family
6. Visit or contact school regularly- start with the teacher- they have the most
detail about student performance, behavior and lesson assignments
7. If you are not getting things from school, there is a problem. Call to check.
Recess and Rules
Please make sure you have a signed form for each student in your family submitted for
the student handbook. Families that came to Meet the Teacher should have received a
booklet. The last page is the sign off sheet for students. Please read the handbook as a
family to become familiar with what we expect at Edison. Each student needs a page
signed off for recess and our playground rules. Those with the pages submitted by
August 21st will have a bonus recess when it cools off.
Testing
All Edison students will be taking DIBELS reading testes over the next 2 weeks. In
addition students have Math baseline testing for their new grade level. We will use
these results to plan support for our students and help see who is in need of extra help.
Encourage your students to do their best and help us get an accurate view of how they
are prepared for the skills they will need for this year.
ELP @ Edison
Edison will host the ELP (gifted) program on our campus this year. We know several
changes have occurred to our staffing that has made the transition a challenge. Our first
teacher was offered an administrative position and moved to that job. Recently, our
teacher hired for this year has had to stop teaching because of the need to care for her
family. The amount of time and energy needed at home was not going to let her teach
while she cares for them. So, we are awaiting the search for a new teacher to work with
our students. Classes will be held in room 42 on the north end of campus. We will have
students bus to us from Field and possibly other sites as well. We hope to get this
program up and running smoothly very soon and we will let families know when classes
will begin.
Edison students will be using technology more this year to increase their
learning. STMath is a web based, math skill development program in which students
solve problems posed through a variety of skill areas using Jiji the penguin as their
character. Each class will have access to laptops and our computer lab to use to
complete the program.