Happy Friday Students, Parents, and Staff
The letter linked below is intended to give our stakeholders some insight to our districts efforts to keep students and staff safe. Please read carefully. We also encourage dialoge between parents and students on this topic as well.
Have a great weekend!
https://5il.co/2x6f7
SES Families,
SES would like to collect the opinions of our families about our current school calendar. Please follow the link below to answer just a few questions as we work towards approving the 2025-26 School Calendar. Thanks!
https://form.jotform.com/242263161472047
MES Parents,
The power at Morristown Elementary has been restored. We can't wait to see all those smiling faces back in our building on Monday. Have a great weekend!
Good evening Morristown parents,
Crews from Duke Energy, our maintenance staff, and additional electrical contractors have worked into the evening to try to resolve our electrical issues that started this morning.
There is some good news and bad news to share. Duke energy was able to repair the power line from the road to the school earlier this evening. That repair restored power to MHS and all of our systems are back up and running at the Jr. Sr. High School. Junior Senior High School Students will report per usual and bus routes will be running on their regular schedule tomorrow morning.
The unfortunate news is, there is another significant electrical issue within MES that prevents us from restoring power, HVAC systems and much of the lighting within the school. Because this wasn't able to be repaired this evening MES will be on a virtual learning day tomorrow, Friday 8/16. Devices were sent home with 1st through 5th graders and teachers will communicate lessons/activites before 10:00 a.m. on Friday.
Again, we do understand the inconvenience this causes our families and appreciate your patience as we work to resolve the electrical issues.
Summary: MES will be on virtual learning Friday, August 16th. There will be no Boys and Girls Club. Little Yellow Jackets Preschool/Daycare will not be operating.
Morristown Parents,
Unfortunately, the power situation has not been able to be resolved. Duke Energy needs to cut power to the entire campus to try their next repair. At this time we believe it is in the best interest of the safety our students and staff to conduct an early dismissal at 11:45 a.m. We have called our bus drivers and asked them to arrive back at school and prepare for dismissal at 11:45 a.m. this morning. We understand this a huge inconvenicene for our families, but believe it is the best possible option at this juncture. If you are not able to arrange for someone to meet your children at home, please contact our central office where the phones are still working so we can coordinate. That number is 765-544-2246. We will keep any student at school who can't be dropped off at home safely. The car rider line will open as soon as buses are dismissed. Boys and Girls Club will also not be an option this afternoon. Blue river students will still be transported to Blue River this afternoon and returned to MHS at the end of the day. We apologize for the inconvenience and will provide an update on the power outage situation later this afternoon. Thank you for your support.
Good morning MES/MHS families,
Shortly before students arrived this morning a transformer just outside of MHS went down. This has caused a partial power outage at both MES and MHS. The phone system is currently down as well. Duke energy has been notified of the outage and will update us shortly as to when power will be restored. We will provide an update to parents, students, and staff as soon as we know more. Thank you for your patience.
Regards,
Remember, today is Early Release Wednesday! Students will be released 30 minutes early today (and every Wednesday). Parents of bus riders can expect their students to arrive to their afternoon bus stops approximately 30 minutes earlier today.
Bus route information for the 2024-2025 School Year is available via Transfinder Infofinder i: https://www.infofinderi.com/ifi/?cid=SES3KAZOAJGB
Alternate Transportation Request Forms are due IMMEDIATELY! Completed forms can be faxed to the Shelby Eastern Schools Central Office at (765) 544-2247 or e-mailed directly to kfalk@ses.k12.in.us.
A new Alternate Transportation Request Form must be completed each school year for students requiring transportation from/to an address other than their home address.
If you did not receive an e-mail and need an Alternate Transportation Request Form, download it here: https://core-docs.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/1807/SES/4434667/Alternate_Transportation_Request_Form_24-25.pdf
In addition to Infofinder i, Student Transportation Schedules will also be available at Back to School Night/Meet the Teacher Night. Check with your child's school to confirm the date and time.
⚠️ There are a handful of new students to our district who are still in "Pre-Registration" status. As soon as those students are gained into our student information system, they will be able to be routed. Aside from those impacted by the "Pre-Registration" status hold, any additional transportation requests or changes received from now until the first day of school may not go into effect until Monday, August 12th. ⚠️
Please follow the link below for a reminder about our new cell phone policy in regards to the recent Indiana law change.
Regards,
https://5il.co/2sz82
Bus route information for the 2024-2025 School Year is now available via Transfinder Infofinder i: https://www.infofinderi.com/ifi/?cid=SES3KAZOAJGB
If your student was registered on or before 7/28/2024, their bus stop information will be up-to-date in Infofinder i.
Alternate Transportation Request Forms are now due! Completed forms can be faxed to the Shelby Eastern Schools Central Office at (765) 544-2247 or e-mailed directly to kfalk@ses.k12.in.us.
A new Alternate Transportation Request Form must be completed each school year. Forms can be downloaded on the Transportation Department's webpage.
In addition to Infofinder i, Student Transportation Schedules will also be available at Back to School Night/Meet the Teacher Night. Check with your child's school to confirm the date and time.
Parents, you must complete online registration in PowerSchool Enrollment Express for your students for the 2024-2025 School Year. Registrations do not roll over year-to-year. Even though your student may have a classroom assignment for this coming school year, until you enroll them, your student will not receive transportation or other support services.
Need help? In-person registration assistance is available on the following dates and times:
Morristown Campus - Friday, July 19th (Today!)
Waldron Campus - Monday, July 22nd
Both sessions will run 1:00 PM-6:00 PM. Registration will be located in the High School.
In-Person Registration Reminder:
Morristown Campus (@ MHS), tomorrow, Friday, July 19th, from 1:00 PM-6:00 PM.
Waldron Campus (@ WHS), Monday, July 22nd, from 1:00 PM-6:00 PM.
If you need assistance registering your student(s), please plan to attend one of these two sessions.
SES Parents: The link to the Free and Reduced Lunch Application has now been updated and will direct you to the My School Apps page where it can be completed online. If you have already submitted the online application for free and reduced lunch, you do not need to do so again. Thank you in advance for getting your form submitted. Have a great rest of the week.
Link: https://www.myschoolapps.com/Home/PickDistrict
Sometimes, it's hard to put into words how we feel about all the great things our schools are accomplishing at SES. So, instead of just using words, we made a video highlighting just a few of the outstanding things going here. It's the students, families, staff, and community that make a school great. Thank you for being a huge part of what we are doing at SES!
YouTube Link: https://youtu.be/vlHBVA8PIDs
Registration for all SES schools for the 2024-2025 School Year is now open! This year, we have streamlined our process to make it smoother for parents and our schools. Online registration can be completed by computer or smartphone.
We will also be offering in-person registration assistance at the Morristown campus from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Friday, July 19th, and again at the Waldron campus from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM on Monday, July 22nd -- both in-person registration assistance sessions will be located in the High Schools.
Link to Registration Information: https://www.shelbyeastern.org/page/registration
Step-by-Step Instructions for Enrollment Express: https://shelbyeasternin.sites.thrillshare.com/page/enrollment-express-main
ROOMS is here! Elementary parents/guardians, look for invites via email & SMS on May 20. Click the link to create a password & use that login for "Rooms"in the bottom right of the app to see your student’s classes automatically.
Greetings Waldron parents,
On Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, the walls of the new elementary school gymnasium will be raised. This is an exciting development in our Envision 2025 plan, but will create some temporary inconveniences. This process includes deliveres from more than 40 semi-trailers. These trucks will start arriving on campus around 7:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. Their path will not impede student drop-off or pick-up lines, but it could cause some delays getting in or out of our campus for the next couple of days. Thank you for your patience and understanding. Have a great day!
Morristown Families,
Morristown Families, we are excited to announce that over the next two weeks, the pre-fabricated concrete walls for our new gymnasium will be delivered and lifted by a crane into place. Because of this construction, we are required to close the back parking lot for a short period of time eliminating our ability for the flow of our current car rider line.
To accommodate our car riders and ensure the safety of everyone involved, we are going to be doing pickup and drop off on the MHS side of the campus. In the attached image, you will see all parents (MES and MHS) will need to drop off at Door # 2. We will have additional staff there to help escort students over to the elementary school.
In the afternoon, student pick up will also take place on the MHS side, but parents will need to walk up to the awning with their pickup number where staff will then release students to the parents.
We apologize for this temporary inconvenience and appreciate your patience as you grow with us.
Regards, Dr. Todd Hitchcock
Good afternoon SES Parents,
You only have just a few days left to participate in our 2024 Family and School Relationships Survey. We are still a little short of our response rate goal of 100 submissions per school. If you have not already done so, please take a few minutes to complete our survey. Thanks for your continued support.
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/shelbyeasternschoolsin/4502055859/surveys
Spring is here, and it’s time for our Bi-Annual Parent Stakeholder Survey. Our goal is to get the majority of our parents to participate in our 2024 Climate and Culture Survey. We truly need and value your input. The data we collect is used to help set district goals for future improvements and measure our progress on our current set of goals.
The needs of our students and families are ever evolving, and this survey process serves as a primary data point for us to know how we as a school district are adjusting to those needs. Your voice matters, and we want to hear from you! The survey should take less than 15 minutes to complete. In the coming days, our students and staff will also be asked to complete similar surveys from their perspective.
The survey window is now open and we will accept responses through Friday, April 26th. To get started, simply follow the link below and select your school of attendance. If you have students in multiple schools, you are welcome to complete more than one survey. Thank you in advance for your participation.
Link to Survey: https://surveys.panoramaed.com/shelbyeasternschoolsin/4502055859/surveys
Link to Original Parent Letter: https://5il.co/2ieze
⚠️ This survey is for PARENTS ONLY. ⚠️
