Principal's Message
- Mission Statement -
“Our mission as a school community is to educate and support all students academically, socially, and emotionally. We do this by providing effective instruction in a positive learning environment. We do this to encourage all students to reach their full potential as learners and as citizens.”
Principal Elise Guest
Happy New Year’s Menlo Park!
Welcome back to school and welcome to 2012!! I hope everyone had a relaxing holiday shared with loved ones.
With a new year, there’s an opportunity for a renewed sense of hope and optimism. Upon reflection, I am encouraged that my hopes for Menlo Park will be met through the energy and dedication of our wonderful school community.
My hope for Menlo students is that they strive for academic and behavior excellence. By attending everyday without any tardies, students will be able to access our teachers’ challenging instruction and experience successful learning opportunities. Right now, Menlo holds an averaged 97% attendance rate. I hope we can increase this attendance rate and see our students celebrate perfect attendance as well as achievements.
My hope for Menlo staff is that they continue to collaborate and share their expertise in instructional planning, delivery, and assessment. Because of our committed and talented staff, Menlo had a successful first round of statewide testing with OAKS. I hope we continue the success by preparing more students to earn passing scores during the second round, which began at the end of January.
My hope for the Menlo community is to continue to volunteer and be present in our school’s daily activities and special events. Our first community event for the new year will be Stories and Streudels on January 5th. I look forward to seeing adults reading with our students and encouraging the love for reading.
In total, I hope everyone a phenomenal year full of hopes, dreams, and optimism!
Warmly,
Elise M. Guest, Ed.D
School Supply List
2011-2012 Menlo Park School Supply List
There is a one-time $25 supply fee per child. This fee is for consumable supplies that will be used throughout the year. It replaces the usual supply list.
Please DO NOT purchase any supplies or send any supplies from home. Your child’s teacher will purchase supplies over the summer. This fee is NOT optional.
A community supply method will be used. There are many benefits to this method for the parent, child, and classroom teacher. It will save parents money because we are able to buy in bulk, allowing us to purchase a larger variety and better quality of supplies. Students feel more equality because all supplies are the same color, style, size, etc. Students also learn many social skills from sharing supplies. By purchasing supplies over the summer, our classrooms are set up and ready for the first day of school with the supplies that are needed.
