Parkside Family Newsletter
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It has been a wonderful start to the 25-26 school year! We ended our first week with an assembly and look forward to more assemblies and celebrations ahead as we focus on our Parkside Promise (to be respectful, responsible and safe).
Newsletters and Communication
Each month we will share a school newsletter that will highlight things happening in the building and important school information. In addition to monthly newsletters from the office, you can expect a newsletter (at least 1x per month) from your child's classroom teacher. Additional updates and reminders will be shared through notes home and on Class Dojo.
Please make sure you are connected to your child's class on Dojo. Please download the ParentSquare app and have an updated email address in Family Access so you are receiving all important building level updates and reminders throughout the year. If you need assistance getting connected please contact the office at 608-328- 7130. We are happy to help.
We are so glad to have you as a part of our Parkside Family!
Mrs. Trame
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At this time drop off is allowed on 4th Street (Burger King hill), but this area becomes very congested with bus traffic before and after school. We are requesting that as many families as possible use 10th Avenue (K-2 Playground) as the primary drop zone and meeting place for students in all grades as we have staff crossing guards in this area. If traffic congestion does not improve on 4th Street (Burger King hill) this may become a no parking/bus traffic only area for everyone's safety. If you are parking across the street on 4th Street (Burger King Hill) please walk across the road to meet your child on the sidewalk/in the grass to ensure they are not crossing the street in front of cars and busses on their own.
Please refrain from using the front driveway parking area and staff parking lot near the garage as a meeting spot or crossing area before or after school. For safety reasons, we ask that you use the sidewalks or grass area. We have staff that travel between buildings or are coming and going to meetings during arrival and dismissal and want to avoid foot traffic in these areas.
For the safety of students, the driveway in front of the building is available to buses and staff vehicles only 7:30-8:10am. This is even more important on inclement weather days when visibility is low. Please DO NOT enter the driveway to drop off your student. The safest drop off area is on the sidewalk along the fence on 10th Ave.
When using the front driveway during the school day, please be cautious of your speed and be sure to STOP at the crosswalk by the front door. This is critical for the safety of our students and visitors
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What is PBIS?
Parkside Elementary School Staff believes that all students have the right to learn in a positive environment that is conducive to the learning process. As a district we follow the Positive Behavior Intervention Support (PBIS) model to support all students in their social and emotional development.
Parkside Points- Students demonstrating the monthly mission, modeling expected behaviors (Be Respectful, Be Responsible, Be Safe) or going above and beyond to help others are celebrated with points. These points will go on a meter to work towards an all school goal.
Classroom Champ- Students will be selected by their classroom teacher, this is the top weekly honor. Each week we look forward to celebrating these students with a certificate, a prize and a photo! Look for weekly winners on Dojo!
All School Celebrations- All Parkside Points collected will be counted and assist us in achieving a school wide goal allowing us to have a celebration.
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Parkside Elementary
2025-2026 School Hours
Morning Playground Supervision 7:30- 7:45 a.m.
*SUPERVISION IS NOT AVAILABLE BEFORE 7:30. FOR SAFETY REASONS STUDENTS SHOULD NOT BE DROPPED OFF BEFORE SUPERVISION BEGINS.
Breakfast Served in the Cafeteria 7:30- 7:50 a.m.
Arrival Bell 7:45 a.m.
Class Begins (tardy bell) 7:50 a.m.
Monday -Thursday Dismissal 3:05 p.m. Friday Dismissal 1:05 p.m.
One of the most important things your child can do to achieve success is going to school every day and being on time. As a parent/guardian, it is crucial to convey the importance of regular, on time attendance to your child. As a reminder, Wisconsin State Law authorizes 10 days of excused absences per parent request per year. After 10 excused absences, a doctor’s note must be provided.
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Mileage club starts September 8th for any students who are interested. Kindergarten through 2nd grade will meet on Mondays and Tuesdays, 3rd through 5th grade will meet on Wednesdays and Thursdays both at 7:25 a.m. Students who also get breakfast at school will go down to the cafeteria at 7:40 |
Please review the important information outlined below about safety drills that will be conducted at Parkside during the 25-26 school year.
Fire Drills- It is required that a drill is conducted each month. Students may or may not be notified in advance for these drills. The alarm sounds and students evacuate to designated areas on the playground with their class.
Tornado Drills- It is required that two drills are conducted each year. Students will be notified in advance when a tornado drill will be conducted. Students proceed to designated areas during this drill.
Medical Emergency Drill- One medical emergency drill will be conducted during the school year. A medical emergency could be for a classroom injury or medical event pertaining to any student or staff member. In this type of drill classroom instruction continues while trained staff report to the location of the emergency. Classroom staff are instructed to keep students clear of hallways for privacy and safety in the event emergency personnel have been called to the building.
ALICE Drill- It is required that two drills are conducted each year. Over the course of the week of September 22nd-26th, your child will participate in this important safety drill. This drill will be conducted again in the spring.
ALICE is a proactive approach to responding to a dangerous event. ALICE stands for: Alert, Lockdown (hide/barricade), Inform (staff announce information about what they see/hear), Counter (make noise/movements/distractions), and Evacuate (run).
An age appropriate lesson about ALICE will take place in each classroom. Teachers will walk through different scenarios, read a children’s book or share a presentation with the class based on the grade level. The children’s book is titled, “I'm Prepared Not Scared” and is available on YouTube if you wish to watch it.
For our fall drills, a classroom level practice with students evacuating the building as a homeroom and proceeding to a designated location off school grounds will also take place. In the spring a full school evacuation will be done.
We understand that safety drills can cause anxiety or fear for students. We encourage you to have conversations at home about these very important topics. We strive to keep all of these drills as routine as possible to ensure students feel comfortable with these procedures in hopes we never need to execute them during school.
Please feel free to contact me at anytime throughout the year if you have questions about our safety procedures or drills.
Thank you,
Mrs. Trame
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We are excited to welcome certified therapy dog Maximus King Ryan back to Parkside classrooms again this year!
Maximus is a calm and patient listener. He enjoys spending time with our students and even participates in dress up days!
Please let us know if your student has a fear of or allergy to dogs.Â
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Parents/ Guardians,
Please put an extra set of underwear/clothes/socks in your child's backpack in case of accidents or spills. The nurse's office has a very limited supply of extras and kids often feel most comfortable in something of their own in these situations.
~Mrs. Wilson Parkside Nurse School
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School Picture Day
Dress your best on Monday, September 15, 2025
Picture re-take day is Tuesday, October 21, 2025. NO spring picture day.
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Parkside Elementary School Store Information
This 2025-2026 school year, Parkside is going to be running the school store again!Â
Below states the information that you will need to know.Â
What is the school store?
The school store is a small store that teachers and students set up at Parkside. It will have small knick-knacks and some fun school supplies for sale at a very low, reasonable price for students to purchase. Here are just some of the items that will be at the school store: notebooks, folders, pencils, erasers, pencil grips, pens, pencil sharpeners, earbuds, and other various items.Â
When is the school store open?
During lunch recess (11:00-12:30) on the following dates:
- - Friday, October 17, 2025
- - Friday, November 21, 2025
- - Friday, December 19, 2025
- - Friday, January 23, 2026
- - Friday, February 20, 2026
- - Friday, March 20, 2026
- - Friday, April 24, 2026
*This is only for students, if parents would like to volunteer with supervision, please contact Mrs. Taurie Meier.
Where is the school store located?
The school store is in Parkside’s LMC.Â
Why is there a school store?
The purpose of the school store is to allow students to have a fun learning experience with understanding the concept of money, customer service, responsibility and a strong work ethic. Some of our 4th graders will be our school store workers during this time.
How much will school store items cost?
Items will vary from 25 cents to $3. All items will be in $0.25 increments.Â
Taurie Meier
Title I Math
Parkside Elementary - School District of Monroe
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- Your student is absent or has an appointment.
- You are picking up your student early.
- There is a change to your child's regular pick up routine. We never take the word of a student on their changed plans, we must hear from a parent/guardian.
- You have questions about sick guidelines and need assistance determining if your child should come to school.
- You are wondering if your child has an item in the lost and found.
- You have any other questions- we will do our best to help!
(608) 328-7130 - voicemail messages may be left 24/7
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As much as we want your child to be in school every day possible, please keep your child at home if they have any of the symptoms listed below. School is not a place that a child can easily rest if they aren't feeling well. Being at school also increases the chance of the illness being passed on to the other children.
- Fever over 100.0 degrees
- Vomiting in the past 24 hours.
- Diarrhea- runny, watery or bloody stools.
- Sore throat with fever.
- Rash with fever.
- Eye discharge- "goopy" thick discharge, matted eyelids and pink eyes.
- Cold symptoms that cause sinus or chest pain. Coughing up mucus.
Your child should stay home until free from a fever, vomiting or diarrhea for 24 hours without medication to control the symptoms. Children often come back too early and have to be sent home again when symptoms return.
Full sick day guidelines are linked below.
Dana Kundert, RN, BSN
District Nurse
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The Consent for Over-The-Counter Medication must be signed by a parent/ guardian and kept on file in the school health office. We will only have the following over the counter medications available in each school: Tylenol, Ibuprofen, Zyrtec, Calamine Lotion and Sting Relief.
If there is not a form signed, per state law and school policy we are not allowed to administer any form of over the counter medication to your student. We can no longer take verbal consent from a parent/guardian to give a medication.
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When it is raining or there is a negative "feels like" temperature:
- Students arriving on the East side of the building will enter through the K/1 recess doors (door #5).
- Students arriving on the West side of the building will enter through the 3rd grade recess doors (door #10).
- Students will sit in the hallway outside their classrooms to wait for the morning bell to ring, breakfast will be available in the cafeteria like usual.
Please remember that the front DRIVEWAY IS FOR BUS DROP OFF ONLY.Â
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Parkside PTO would like to welcome you to a new year! PTO is a volunteer organization made up of parents, guardians, teachers, administrators and support staff who are all dedicated to a successful education of our children. PTO works hard to help make the school year both enjoyable and exciting for students, teachers and staff.
In previous years, our PTO has assisted funding for field trips, purchased a book vending machine and books, assemblies, purchased technology, new playground toys, student PBIS rewards as well as hosting family events at Parkside throughout the year.
PTO meetings are the first Wednesday of each month at 6:00 in the Parkside LMC. All are welcome at anytime even if you can't attend every meeting. You can volunteer to help with events or give feedback at the meetings or just come and listen/learn about things at Parkside with no obligation to volunteer or sign up for anything!
The next meeting is October 1st. If you have any questions about Parkside PTO, please email parksideelementarypto@gmail.com.
PTO Officers:
Shawn Danzinger, President
Allison Donovan, Co Vice President
Katie Dillenburg, Co Vice President
OPEN, Secretary
Hailey Laws, Co Treasurer
Stacy Schmid, Co Treasurer
Heidi Adrian, Co Treasurer
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You can support the Parkside PTO by ordering online from Papa Murphy's September 11th-13th!
All you need to do is order online and use code: SCHOOL at checkout. Parkside PTO will get 20% of your total online purchase.Â
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Coming soon! PTO is finalizing the clothing order form and will be sent home with your student soon. Options include the Parkside 25-26 theme along with Monroe gear options. |
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School mornings can be crazy, especially at the start of a new school year . . . . but they don’t have to be! Here are a few tips to help make your mornings a little less stressful.
- Make wake up calls more pleasant: Set the alarm to your child’s favorite song. Wake up with snuggles versus loud voices.
- Follow a routine: Try a checklist or picture task sheet with every activity your child needs to complete before leaving for school. This will also foster independence. Â
- Make clocks visible: Clocks in every room can help with time management. It also gives a visual for “Out the door at 7:30”.
- Prep the night before: Take care of showers/baths, pack backpacks & lunches, & pick out clothing the night before to save time in the morning.
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Starting the beginning of October our Backpack Buddies program will begin again for the school year. This program is offered to all district families. Backpack Buddies consists of a weekly distribution of dry food items for your children. Some examples of items that may be included: Mac-n-cheese, cereal, canned tuna, microwave popcorn, crackers, etc... Each school aged child can receive a bag weekly and will be sent home on each Thursday or Friday.
Would this be something you would be interested in? Please let me know either way whether or not you would like to participate.
Thanks,
Mrs. Wilson, LPN
School nurse-Parkside
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Have a great September!
~Mrs. Houston
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The USDA free/ reduce program only covers a full breakfast and full hot lunch for free/reduced pricing.
Milk for cold lunches are available for purchase for 60 cents. Students can bring cash or they can charge their lunch accounts. There is a parental control option that can be put on the student's account to prohibit lunch charges. If interested, please contact the office. All students have access to water in the lunchroom for free.
Snack milk is covered under the USDA program and is free only to those that qualify. If your family needs a food service application to qualify for financial assistance, please contact the office.
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Every Day Counts!
When students attend school regularly, they build strong habits, deeper connections, and more opportunities to learn.
đź“Ś Did you know?
- Families are the #1 influence on student attendance.
- Half of the students who miss 2-4 days in September are likely to miss more than a month of school.
Building good routines—bedtime, morning prep, and consistent schedules—helps students show up ready to learn. Thank you, Monroe families, for making Every Day Count!
#EveryDayCounts #AttendanceMatters
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What 10 Days Look Like
đź“Ś Did you know?
Chronic Absence is missing just 10 days of school, excused or unexcused. This is like being out 2 full weeks—that’s nearly a month of learning missed over the course of the year!
Even excused absences add up, so showing up consistently is key. Every day matters, because Every Day Counts!Â
How Families Can Help
🤝 Families make a difference!
- Set a consistent bedtime and morning routine
- Schedule appointments outside of school hours when possible
- Schedule vacations during breaks
- Talk to your child about why showing up matters
How the District Supports Students
💡 We’re here to help! The School District of Monroe provides supports for students who struggle with attendance, including:
- Tiered interventions for academic and behavioral support
- Social-emotional check-ins and counseling
- Family partnerships to remove barriers to school
When families and schools work together, students are more likely to attend every day. Let’s make attendance a priority—because Every Day Counts! ✨
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Check out Parkside's website for PTO, handbook information, events and more! |
Click here for the district's academic calendar showing no school days for 25-26 year |
For home varsity football games, elementary and middle school students are expected to have an adult that is attending the game to be responsible for them. This policy is to ensure the safety of all elementary and middle school students of the School District of Monroe. Please make sure the adult is walking into the game with the students that they will be responsible for.  |
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*all events are subject to change at any time
September 11-13: PTO Monroe Papa Murphy's Pizza Fundraiser
September 15: Picture Day
September 24: 5th Grade Field Trip
October 1: PTO Meeting 6-7pm
October 3: No School
October 6-10: Homecoming week spirit days (specific themes coming later)
October 7: 4th Grade Field Trip
October 21: Picture Retake Day
October 30: PTO Fall Fun Day & Classroom Parties
October 31: No School
November 5: PTO Meeting 6-7pm
November 13: Fall Conferences 4-7pm November 18: Fall Conferences 4-7pm November 25: PTO Bowling Fundraiser November 26-December 1: No School December 3: PTO Meeting 6-7pm
December 15: 2nd/3rd Concert at MHS PAC 6:30pm
December 18-20: PTO Monroe Papa Murphy's Pizza Fundraiser
December 17: PTO Book Swap
December 23- January 2: No School
January 7: PTO Meeting 6-7pm
January 16- End of Semester 1
January 19: No School
February 26: PTO Family Movie Night in Gym (Doors open 5:45, movie starts 6pm)
February 27: No School
March 2: K/1st Grade Concert at MHS PAC 6:30pm
March 4: PTO Meeting 6-7pm
March 12: 5th Grade Combined Elementary Chorus at MHS PAC 7pm
March 19: Spring Conferences 4-7pm
March 24: Spring Conferences 4-7pm
March 30- April 3: No School
April 8: PTO Meeting 6-7pm
April 16: Parkside Open House 4:30-6:30pm
May 6: PTO Meeting 6-7pm
May 18: 4th/5th Grade Concert MHS PAC 7pm
May 21: PTO Family Fun Night 4:30-6:30pm
May 25: No School
June 4: Last day of school (half day, no lunch)
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