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2025-2026

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Mental Health – School-Based Supports

School Counselor: Monica Heinlein and Christina Salapata (.5)

School Psychologist: Heather Verron

International Achievement Liaison: Current Vacancy

Pupil Personnel Worker: Heather Graham

Social Worker: Rachel Clark

More information: �www.hcpss.org/supports/mental-health-wellness

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MWES School Counselors

You can go as far as you dream, think and imagine.

Monica Heinlein

mheinlein@hcpss.org

Grades 1, 2, 4 & 5

Christina Salapata

csalapata@hcpss.org

Grades K & 3

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MWES ELD Team

In diversity, there is beauty and there is strength.

Unjung Shin (ELD Teacher)

grades K, 2, 4 & 5

Emily Francavilla (ELD Teacher)

grades 1 & 3 (Mon. & Tues.)

Susan Levy (ELD paraeducator)

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MWES Reading Specialist

Hello, My name is Natalie Miskimins. I am the Reading Specialist at MWES. I support the students and staff at school. You will find me working with students in small reading groups, teaching whole class ELA lessons, and supporting the staff in Professional Development. My email is Natalie_Miskimins@hcpss.org if you have any questions.

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MWES Gifted and Talented Program

~ Primary Talent Development grades K-2 ~ Instructional Seminars grades 2-5 ~ ~Curriculum Extension Units starting in grade 3 ~ GT Mathematics in grades 4 and 5~

Amy Parker

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Third Grade Daily Schedule

8:30-8:45	Arrival and Breakfast
8:45-9:00	Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
9:00-10:00	Related Arts
10:00-12:00	Language Arts
12:00-1:00	Lunch/Recess
1:00-2:15	Math
2:15-3:05	Content
3:15	Dismissal

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RA Color Days for the Year

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Downes	Lewis	Machado	Sellers
Art	Music	Art	Technology
PE	Technology	PE/Media	Music
PE/Media	Art	PE	Art
Technology	PE/Media	Music	PE
Music	PE	Technology	PE/Media

Related Arts Schedules

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Canvas: What to Expect

CANVAS

Course Homepage:

Overview

Student privacy information

Resources

Calendar dates/events

Assignments and Gradebook

Announcements

Direct Messaging (Inbox)

Have Canvas Questions? Click the Canvas Student & Parent Orientation link under the Help icon on the Canvas homepage

Canvas courses for preK-8 students have a more simplified interface than high school. When selecting a child, you will see the same layout as that child sees in Canvas.

Canvas is HCPSS’ Learning Management System. Teachers will use Canvas to share general course information and resources, send out announcements, post assignments, share calendar events and post student’s grades. Your child’s teachers will publish a course in Canvas for each class.

CANVAS EXPECTATIONS for teachers:

Each Canvas course will have the following:

Course homepage

Overview - Information about the course and teacher information
Student privacy information - Information on homepage or grade level page regarding teachers’ use of recording devices and digital tools for school-related activities
Resources - Links to instructional tools or resources for families

Calendar dates - Share class/grade specific dates and events with families and students using the Canvas calendar
Assignments - graded assignments will be available through canvas
Gradebook - Share student progress
Announcements – Teachers will communicate timely information with students and families using announcements either through the teacher course or grade level course. By default, announcements will be sent to parent’s primary email in Family File
Inbox - The inbox an in-app messaging system. By default, inbox messages are forwarded to the parent’s primary email and can be replied to directly from the email.

Parents can learn more about how to use Canvas by going to the Canvas Orientation course (link under the Help icon on the left side of the screen). There, they can learn how to navigate Canvas and change their notification preferences.

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Sample Canvas Dashboard

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Sample Course Homepage

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Science

Life Cycles and Traits

Weather and Climate

Forces and Interactions

Plant and Animal Survival

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Social Studies

Q1: How has the past influenced the present?

Q2: How can I improve my community?

Q3: How can students help solve problems in their community?

Q4: Why does location matter?

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Health

Q1: Social Emotional Health

Q2: Violence Prevention

Q3: Injury Prevention

Q4: Personal Health and Disease Prevention

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Language Arts

Learning to Read and Reading to Learn

IDR - Independent Daily Reading.

Responding to reading in a variety of ways utilizing a wide range of texts and tools

Reading Homework (15 minutes nightly)

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Language Arts

Being a Reader &
Into Reading
Foundational Skills

Conventions~ Grammar, Spelling, Capitalization, Punctuation, Sentence Structure

Being a Writer - Students are engaged in writing daily on a variety of topics.

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Math Classes

Flexible grouping

Placement based on recommendation from second grade math teacher, MAP scores, and first week task observations

Nightly homework -(10-15 minutes total)

Reinforcement of Skills (Check agenda book and Take Home Folders)
Strategies to strengthen basic math facts

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On Canvas via �HCPSS Connect

Curriculum content overview for each

Grade (PreK – 5)
Subject area

What Your Child Will Learn Guides

www.hcpss.org/connect

https://www.hcpss.org/academics/what-your-child-will-learn-guides/

Consider giving the Canvas course numbers for direct links to ELA, Math, and Content guides.

What Your Child Will Learn guides provide an overview of the instructional program for your child’s grade, as well as student goals and expectations. The guides include information to help parents monitor and support their child’s progress during the school year.

Individual guides are provided for each grade level. The guide identifies the content covered in each curriculum area, categorized by subject, e.g., Language Arts, Science, etc.

Find the guides online in Canvas. (The guides are available online only; print versions are no longer distributed.)

The guides provide general information about curriculum content. Specific student programs may differ, depending on instructional needs.

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Homework

Consistent homework guidelines for use at every school.

Homework and any events are written in an agenda book (check nightly). Students bring their homework home in the take home folder.

Teachers will monitor homework completion.

Homework will not be scheduled on evenings when Manor Woods has a community event, on holidays, or over breaks.

No more than 30 minutes of homework per night (Total ELA and Math)

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Resources for Families

FIRST IMAGE: This is the Parent SBIR canvas course. It is an open url - no password needed - where parents can find all the information about SBIR and report cards/etc. Drop link in chat: https://hcpss.instructure.com/courses/208494

Curriculum offices have included updated documents on this website, such as the Understanding Your Child’s Report Card.

This document is two sided, and summarizes SBIR and the codes, as well as has a QR code to the parent SBIR canvas course on the back. A link to this document will also be sent to parents when report cards are released for Q1.

There are also translated versions of this Understanding Your Child’s Report Card document, as well as the actual report cards, on this site as well.

Lastly, hcpss.org has been updated for parents as well - Communications is working on final touches, so it is not LIVE just yet, but will be soon.

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Parent Support Documents

Translations: All grade level report cards have been translated into Chinese, Korean, and Spanish.

Website resources: Parent SBIR Canvas site and on https://www.hcpss.org/report-cards/

Canvas gradebook: Per Policy 8010, canvas gradebook is used to communicate a child’s progress, in place of interim reports.

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Intermediate Report Cards

Letter grades

A (90-100%) Consistently meets expectations
B (80-89%) Frequently meets expectations
C (70-79%) Making sufficient progress toward expectations
D (40-69%) Making insufficient progress toward expectations
E (0-39%) Limited/No progress towards expectations

Effort Code 1, 2, 3

1= Meets Expectations

2= Making Progress towards expectations

3= Limited/no progress to expectations

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Manny the Mighty Duck

Communication

Phone Calls: between 8:00 and 8:30, after 3:15; or leave message in the office.

Email: Question/Concerns/ Important information

If you are making a change to your child’s dismissal, please send a note in the morning of the change. (Not email). If there is a change in dismissal that day, please call the front office. Teachers are not always able to access email after 1:00 during the school day.

Absence notes need to be sent to :

mwesabsence@hcpss.org

(include the teacher on the email)

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MWES Community Engagement & Volunteering

Third Grade Survey

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Family To Do List:

Update Family File

Sign Up for Text Messaging

Complete Volunteer Training Requirements

Opt-in for Canvas notifications

Send in headphones/earbuds labeled with first and last name, if possible

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Code of Conduct

Let’s work together to be GREAT!

2025 -2026

We want all students to feel SAFE and WELCOME at MWES

Goals for our School

Our goal is for them to LEARN!
We want them to ENJOY classes!
We want them to make FRIENDS and be respectful to ALL!
We want them to use their BRAIN and THINK!
We want them to build relationships with all staff at MWES.

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How We Support a Positive

School Climate & Culture at MWES

DUCK Expectations and Celebrations
Community Meetings and SEL Lessons
Community Celebrations: PBIS Rewards, Assemblies, Concerts
Buddy Teams

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The ZONES of Regulation

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Blue Zone Sad Bored Tired Sick	Green Zone (Ready to Learn) Happy Focused Calm Proud	Yellow Zone Worried Frustrated Silly Excited	Red Zone Overjoyed Panicked Angry Terrified