Hello Raiders,
The first snow or winter weather event always seems to stir up the excitement that school may be cancelled. We pride ourselves on student safety; however, that has to be balanced with the fact that we live in central Illinois, and it does snow and get cold in the winter months.
As I’ve mentioned in the past, I try make decisions on weather events based upon whether I’d want my own children driving or attending school on those days. I also personally drive roads in our district to make my decisions. With our district residing in two different counties, it’s important to understand that one county may plow roads in time for school while another may choose to wait. All these factors go into making the best decision possible for students and staff. Granted it’s never perfect.
In general, if I can’t drive a small call on the roads we’re going to cancel. It’s important to remember that snow is much easier to deal with than ice. Our buses cannot operate safely on ice, but they do fine in minimal snow. The other factor to consider is how cold it is outside.
Finally, if we do need to cancel school, I will send out a call/text message. If you’ve not been getting our messages, please make sure your phone number is correct in TeacherEase or call our offices to confirm. We’ll post on our Facebook pages and do our best to contact local television stations as well. Because our buses start early, we will always aspire to cancel before 5:30 AM.
Thank you for your understanding and patience as we work to navigate the Illinois winter weather. As the saying goes…if you don’t like the weather today…wait until tomorrow.
Sincerely,
Todd Hellrigel
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Raiders.... HAPPY NEW YEAR! May this new year be full of adventure and growth.
Merry Christmas Raiders!
Reminder - The Green Valley Fire Department is hosting a community blood drive at MCMS on Wednesday, December 27th at 6:00 PM.
You can schedule an appointment by calling Angela at 309.210.4560 or Chief Scott at 309.840.0195 or visit www.RedCorssBlood.org (Enter Sponsor Code: GreenValley).
Izabella Graves has read 100 books so far this year!!!!!! WAY TO GO!!!!
The MCPS Food Service staff really enjoyed meeting Santa today!
Elijah Hummel and Quinton Hummel have both read 100 books so far this year!!!!!! WAY TO GO GUYS!!!!
Midwest Central schools will be having their Winter Concert on Sunday, December 10th at 6:00. The HS Band, HS Choir, MS Band, MS Choir, and 5th Grade Band will be performing. The doors will open at 5:45.
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CONGRATS to our November PBIS raffle winners:
Sterling B/2nd grade
Paul R/3rd grade
Kashton M/Kindergarten
Parker P/4th grade
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! SAVE THE DATE for December 4th-8th and get ready to empower your reader with book choice. Start exploring together: https://www.scholastic.com/bf/midwestcentralprimary #ScholasticBookFairs
Happy Thanksgiving!
Raiders - Enjoy your Thanksgiving Break!
It's time to RSVP for Preschool Family Night... and we hope all of our Raider families will be able to make it!
Your Snow Buddies family is waiting for you! Don't forget to grab a family to shop for in time for all the amazing holiday sales happening right now!
You can also still drop off monetary donations!! If you don't have time to shop, we've got you covered! We have elves that will do the shopping for you. All you have to do is drop off your cash or check (made payable to Midwest Central with "Snow Buddies" in the memo line) donation to any of the school offices.
All gently used items and new presents for your "adopted" Snow Buddies need to be turned in before December 12th.
5th graders got to use their reading and measurement skills of reading a Thanksgiving recipe to make pumpkin pie in a cup.
Raider Nation, we invite you to save the date for a very special performance! All from the community are welcome to join us for our Winter Concert in the MCPS Gymnasium starting at 5:30 PM on Tuesday, December 12th. We hope to see you there!
Today we are thankful for the tasty "Thanksgiving Dinner" for lunch!
It's time!!!!! You can now "adopt" a Snow Buddy family to shop for!!!!
You can also still drop off monetary donations!! If you don't have time to shop, we've got you covered! We have elves that will do the shopping for you. All you have to do is drop off your cash or check (made payable to Midwest Central with "Snow Buddies" in the memo line) donation to any of the school offices.
All gently used items and new presents for your "adopted" Snow Buddies need to be turned in before December 12th.
