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
FAX 480-472-5281
http://www.mpsaz.org/edison
Edison Staff
Calendar Notes
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Bus Evac Drill – Sept 11th
PTO Meeting- Sept. 11th
@ 6:00 in Media Center
Early Release – Sept 12th
@ 12:15
Picture Day- Sept 26th
End of 1st Quarter- Oct 5th
Early Release @11:45 a.m.
Fall Break - No School
October 8th-12th
Parent Conference Week
Oct 15th-18th
o Dismissal all week @
1:15p.m.
MPS Music Festival
October 27th -TBA
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Latino Town Hall
October 27th @ Mesa Public Safety
Complex- Greenfield/McDowell
Our goal is to give students the tools to live a successful and
productive life. We want them ready to contribute to our
community and have the academic and social skills to support
that desire.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Thanks to all who attended Curriculum Night on August 28th.
Turnout was much lower than expected and teachers had a great
deal prepared to share about the year. To be honest, it was a
little disappointing. Please review the progress reports coming
out about your student’s progress and plan to attend conferences
in October. We hope to see you then.
Art Masterpiece & Parent Volunteers
Edison is a great place to be each day. We are looking for parent
volunteers that can help in their child’s classroom or with site
projects. If you are looking for ways to support your child’s class,
please get in touch with the teacher through voicemail or email. It
will take time to build trust between parent and teacher, so be
patient in them getting to know and rely on you to help.
7:30-11:30 a.m.
This is a forum open to the community
for sharing issues and needs of working
to improve the educational
opportunities of our Latino community.
If you are interested in attending please
visit this site for more details…
http://www.mahcarizona.org/
PTO helps to sponsor our Art Masterpiece program. This allows
parents to teach short lessons about artists and a piece of work to
share with students. This is a great way to interact with our
students and have fun teaching at the same time. Training is
provided and our coordinators are looking for help at this time of
year.
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Popsicle Sales - Friday afternoons.
50 cents a piece
School Pictures- September 26th
Please make sure that the clothing you select for picture day is school
appropriate. If the items they wear do not meet the district dress code,
they will not participate in school pictures. Please review the MPS dress
code in the summer materials each family received if you have
questions.
Visit the Edison Elementary
Web Site…
http://www.mpsaz.org/edison
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Each Friday, Edison students are encouraged to wear their school colors and school shirts to show
their school spirit. PTO sells shirts in red and blue to help families show their school support.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Literacy – Model reading to and with your children
Many parents believe their child's education begins the first day of kindergarten. However
we now know, children who are "exposed to a variety of literacy experiences at home are
more likely to enter school ready to learn, read, and write".
Suggestions that model good literacy habits:
Talk and sing with your child about the people and places you visit each day.
September
Create
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grocery list together. As you shop, show your child the item on the list and cross it
off.
Issue
2 loud to your child. Your child may not understand the words you say, but hearing
Read out
your voice creates emotional connections and helps the brain grow and develop.
Reduce television watching and video game playing.
Play with and explore literacy materials such as crayons, paper, glue, rulers, and clay.
Be a reading role model. Read the newspaper, a magazine, or book. It is important that
your child is aware that you also read.
Jobs at Home-One of the best ways to build responsibility and work ethic in your student is
to give them chores that they can complete with minimal parent support. In Arizona
Parenting magazine, they created a quick list for families to see what tasks are age
appropriate jobs that can help at home.
Preschool
Elementary age 5-13
Pick up clothes/toys- good for
Make their bed- step by step –transfers to
counting/sorting
writing and math skills
Set the table – recognize characteristics of Clean up and care for pets- concern for
items
others
Basis pet care- food or water given
Load/unload dishwasher
Wipe small amounts of liquids
Take out trash/recycle items
Vacuum/dust areas
Title One @ Edison
• Title 1- Edison Elementary School receives additional supplemental funds through a
Title I grant from the federal government to provide extra supplementary services for
all of our students. Your children will benefit directly or indirectly from this extra help.
At Edison these funds along with other federal resources will be consolidated to
support school wide positive changes. The purpose of the Title 1 Program is to help
students succeed academically.
Funds are used to:
Hire instructional personnel to assist teachers within the classrooms
Provide training for staff and teachers
Provide additional instructional materials and technology
Ensure high-quality School wide Programs
Increase parent involvement and participation
We are pleased to have these funds to provide high quality instruction for all children.