Marshall Lane News

Students at Marshall Lane work hard in all academic areas.  One of the subjects that is sometimes difficult for students is writing.  Every year, Campbell Union School District holds a Young Authors’ Fair.  Teachers submit a variety of writing samples and one is chosen to be the Young Author of the Year.

We are very proud to announce that Marshall Lane’s Young Author this year is 5^th grader Noah Hirsch.  When he was in 4^th grade last year, Noah wrote a book entitled The Other Side.  

Join us to celebrate Noah and all of the district Young Authors of the Year at Barnes and Noble on Stevens Creek next Wednesday, October 18^th at 7:00 p.m.  The authors will be speaking and signing copies of their literary works.  Hope to see you there!

Three times in October, students and families will have a chance to plan and practice how to prepare for emergency situations.

• Oct. 14: Family Emergency Preparedness at Parent University. Know how to protect your family from natural disasters the way professional first-responders do around their own homes. Sign up for Parent University online or walk in Saturday morning, 8 a.m., at Monroe Middle School. 
• Oct. 19: Great Shakeout. Earthquakes are a fact of life in California. Is your family prepared? On Thurs., Oct. 19^th, our school will join in the Great Shakeout, at 10:19 a.m. all over California.
• Oct. 23: Testing the Emergency Contact system. The District will conduct a test of its system for phoning and emailing the people listed on your child’s emergency contact form. If there have been any changes in those contact numbers/emails, please notify the school office as soon as possible or update the information using your PowerSchool Parent log-in and choosing the "school information" option from the left menu.

Every day at Marshall Lane, approximately 600 children arrive within a short period of time.  Safety is our main concern, so there are procedures in place to make sure that risks to our students and their families are minimized.  Please read the following guidelines that were sent to you in the summer mailer:

• Parking spaces in the center of the lower parking lot are reserved for our staff members.  Due to the construction, these are not marked at this time.  However, out of respect for our hard working teachers and staff members, please do not park in the middle spaces.  We greatly appreciate it!
• Students in Preschool, TK and K need to be escorted to their classrooms by a responsible adult.  Please monitor your child/ren’s behavior while they are waiting. 
• Students in first to fifth grades may be dropped off by driving through the drop off area adjacent to the ramp in front of the school or in the upper parking lot.  Please do not drop students off in the middle of the parking lot or in the drive through lane for their safety.  The drive through lane is the one that is not adjacent to the curb area.  Students should get out of their car on the school side so they are not emerging into traffic.

In the morning, a warning bell sounds at 8:17.  At this time, teachers begin to open their classroom doors so students can put away their backpacks and lunches and get ready for school to begin.

At 8:20, the final bell rings and the school day begins.  The first task that teachers do is to take roll of the students who are present.  Since this is online, it takes only about a minute to mark those who are missing and submit it electronically to the office.  Once this happens, the teacher begins to teach.  Students who arrive after 8:20 are marked absent in the system and if students do not enter campus through the office, parents receive a call telling them that their student is not at school.

If your student arrives at school after 8:20, they must go through the office and obtain a tardy slip so that the absence report can be corrected.  Please take your child through the office if you are escorting them or remind them to stop by if you are dropping them off.  Thank you!