Muskego-Norway News October 2024 - Please Scroll Down to See Contents

• Master Planning Update
• Threats are Taken Seriously
• School Safety
• Guest Teacher
• 2024-25 Parent Advisory Team
• Annual Meeting Information
• Conversation with the Superintendent

A MESSAGE FROM THE SUPERINTENDENT

The weather is changing, and soon, the vibrant colors of fall will be in full swing. It’s truly a beautiful time of year! With it also comes our first round of parent-teacher conferences across the district. We greatly value and appreciate your participation in these important conversations.

Great schools are built on strong partnerships, and partnerships thrive when communication is open, and there’s a shared commitment to helping every child learn, grow, and succeed. Our staff deeply values the opportunity to collaborate with you to ensure we are fully living our mission.

Thank you in advance for your continued support and partnership. We have great schools because of the awesome support from the families we serve and the community we are a part of. Your involvement and support are greatly appreciated, and we look forward to continuing our work together. Because together, we are 1Warrior!

Master Planning Update

We have completed the first full month of school, and students and staff are making great use of the new spaces at MHS and Lakeview!

Threats are Taken Seriously

Please remember that if you or your children see or hear something suspicious to immediately say something to an administrator, a School Resource Officer, or call the local police department. We are committed to ensuring a safe learning environment for our students, and we are fortunate to have great partnerships with you, our parents/guardians, in our district. With threats occurring more often in school districts, it is important that we take a moment to lean on this partnership and ask you to have a conversation with your children regarding the serious implications of making a threat on a school. Such behavior may leave a lasting impact on a child’s education and future. The impact on the entire family is profound. Rather than waiting, we are asking you to personally discuss this issue with your children now. Whether a student perceives making a threat as a joke or not a big deal, making a threat on a school could result in suspension, expulsion, and/or being charged as an adult with a felony. According to State of WI statue 947.015: “Whoever intentionally conveys or causes to be conveyed any threat or false information, knowing such to be false, concerning an attempt or alleged attempt being made or to be made to destroy any property by the means of explosives is guilty of a Class I felony.”

We continue to encourage our students and school community to report through Speak Up Speak Out (SUSO) anything that could constitute a threat to school safety. As always, we work closely with local law enforcement to assist in these situations. Thank you for taking a moment to have this discussion with your children.

School Safety

Please know that Muskego-Norway Schools have safety plans and practices in place to prepare our school community for a crisis. Safety efforts and practices include:

• Three (3) Muskego Police Officers, serving as School Resource Officers in our buildings. We lead Waukesha County and all rural school districts in southeast Wisconsin when it comes to staffing police in our schools.
• District and school-level Emergency Response Teams who meet regularly with the Muskego Police Department to research and implement the most up-to-date procedures in protecting our students and staff from dangers in a crisis, as well as disseminating to staff at all buildings our safety procedures and protocols to follow.
• Safety plans are reviewed and approved annually by the Muskego-Norway School Board.
• All external doors ​are ​locked during school hours and we have supervised main entrances ​at all of our buildings.
• Visitors need permission to enter school buildings using an official ID.
• Background checks are required for volunteers and staff members to enter our schools and work with students.
• Students who leave the learning environment during school hours and return are required to check-in through the front office.

We know that schools are safer when students, staff, and families work together to reduce violence and address potential safety issues. We are asking that you continue to monitor your child’s and others’ online and social media activity and report any school safety concerns to law enforcement and school officials immediately. We are grateful for your partnership as we work together to keep our children safe.

Guest Teacher

We are once again looking for those who are interested in serving as a guest teacher within our district. Should you have a desire or believe you know someone who is looking for a wonderful, well-paying part-time employment opportunity, please APPLY HERE.

2024-25 Parent Advisory Team

Our first Parent Advisory Team meeting is in the books, and it was a great event with many new relationships and partnerships formed. If you are interested in being part of the Parent Advisory Team and working with others to help our district realize our vision to be the District of Choice, please consider joining us for any of our upcoming meetings. RSVP by completing this survey. Meetings are held at the Educational Services Center from 5:00-6:30 p.m. on the following Mondays: December 16, 2024 (Student Services Focus), February 24, 2025 (Strategic Plan Focus), April 28, 2025 (Safety, Communication, Culture, Co-Curricular Focus).