{"id":20,"date":"2013-09-04T18:31:55","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T18:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www5.milwaukee.k12.wi.us\/school\/neeskara\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2026-01-28T15:05:17","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T15:05:17","slug":"families","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/k12.mps.school\/neeskara\/families\/","title":{"rendered":"Families"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are several ways that parents and families will receive information from Neeskara School about issues, events, activities and information that parents will need to know throughout the school year.<\/p>\n<p><b>Neeskara School Newsletter:\u00a0 <\/b>All parents and families will receive the\u00a0 <strong>Eagle<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Newsletter<\/strong>\u00a0every\u00a0month\u00a0in the <strong>Wednesday<\/strong><b>\u00a0Folder<\/b>. <strong>The Eagle\u00a0<\/strong>is a short one-page newsletter of current information and events and will keep families and parents up-to-date on what\u2019s going on at Neeskara.<\/p>\n<p><b>Wednesday Folders:\u00a0 <\/b>Every child will be bringing home a <strong>Wednesday<\/strong>\u00a0<b>Folder <\/b>on <b><i>Wednesday&#8217;s<\/i><\/b>. All communication from the school will be in the <strong>Wednesday<\/strong><b>\u00a0Folder<\/b>. Parents are asked to please look for the <strong>Wednesday<\/strong><b>\u00a0Folder <\/b>every week in your child\u2019s backpacks, take out all of the information, and return any necessary information. The <strong>Wednesday<\/strong><b>\u00a0Folder <\/b>must be returned to school on <strong>Thursday&#8217;s.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><b>Messenger Robo Call:\u00a0 <\/b>Throughout the year, parents and families will receive voicemail messages on their home phones or cell phones with voicemail capability, from Neeskara School with reminders about events, activities, due dates and more! MPS will also be sending messages on the Messenger Robo Call voicemail message system. To ensure that every family receives these messages, parents are encouraged to make sure the school has all current telephone numbers.<\/p>\n<p>Parents will be sent an Messenger Robo Call information form at the beginning of the year and asked to provide current telephone numbers including cell numbers for text information and current email addresses. In this way, MPS and Neeskara School will be able to contact parents with urgent or important messages in a variety of ways:\u00a0 voice mail, email and text mail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Social Media &amp; ClassDojo:<\/strong> Neeskara is on Facebook! Please be sure to <strong><em>LIKE<\/em> <\/strong>our official page to stay tuned for updates, information on events, and more! Join ClassDojo to receive real-time updates on your child&#8217;s behavior and academics.<\/p>\n<p><b>Neeskara School Sign:\u00a0 <\/b>The school sign on Hawley Road has messages throughout the year, announcing school events and activities, as well as reminders about school registration, and more.\u00a0 Check it out as you walk or drive by on Hawley Road!<\/p>\n<p><b>Classroom Newsletters:\u00a0 <\/b>Many classroom teachers provide parents and families with a weekly classroom newsletter.\u00a0 Teachers will communicate with parents at the beginning of the year about the specifics of their classroom newsletters.<\/p>\n<p>Our school web master is Mrs.\u00a0Sheila Burris, the parent coordinator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are several ways that parents and families will receive information from Neeskara School about issues, events, activities and information that parents will need to know throughout the school year. 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