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Welcome Morrow Patriots     

Morrow Elementary 2024-2025 Beginning of Year Newsletter

We are extremely excited to welcome all our Morrow Patriot scholars and families to our community 
of learning for the 24-25 school year. We are proud to announce that Morrow Elementary continued 
the upward trend in student achievement as measured by the 2024 Florida Assessment of Student 
Thinking (FAST) PM3. I want to thank all staff members for all the challenging work in helping to 
improve student achievement. Our theme this year is:
Morrow Patriots Accelerating to Excellence, Realizing Their Genius and
Building “A” Strong Foundation for Academic Success.

At Morrow Elementary, we continue the PATHS (Positive Attitude, Treat others with Respect, 
Honorable, and Stay Safe) to Success. We are proud to serve you and look forward to a year of 
positive relationships in our learning community. Our dedicated team is united to empower ALL 
learners to become academically proficient, providing them with tools for College and Career 
Readiness. We are committed to providing a safe, nurturing, and engaging learning community where 
every student will have access to grade-appropriate assignments, explicit standards-based 
instruction, authentic engagement, and teachers with high expectations for each learner.
We believe that every student and family are authentic partners and should have real opportunities 
to shape the experiences students have in school, receive accurate and accessible information about 
students’ progress, and have a legitimate role in the decision-making process. We will continue to 
foster strong partnerships between our families and the community as this is essential to the 
success of our scholars. All families are encouraged to take an active role in their child(ren)’s 
education by participating in our school activities, attending parent/teacher conferences, and 
staying informed about the academic progress through regular communication with teachers.

Our goal is to provide the most up-to-date information available to our Morrow
stakeholders. Please review the essential information on the next page regarding our procedures and 
upcoming events. In addition, you may explore the website for updated information. 
https://www.browardschools.com/morrow

Beginning of Year Information

School Unified Dress Code: For the 2024-2025 school year, the students are expected to wear 
clothing based on the unified dress code: Shirts - (Polo Style) Colors - Blue, Red, or White. 
Bottoms - (Pants, Shorts, Skorts, or Skirts) Colors - Navy or Khaki.

“Meet & Greet” – Friday, August 9th • 8:30 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.

First Day of School – Monday, August 12, 2024

1.  We are pleased to inform you that Morrow Elementary will be operating Community Eligibility 
Provision (CEP) in the 2024-2025 School Year. The provision is available to schools participating 
in the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs, with 40% or higher of students 
receiving SNAP, TANF, and Extension of Benefits. Great news for you and your students! All enrolled 
students of Morrow Elementary are eligible to receive a nutritional breakfast and lunch at no cost 
to your household. No further action is required of you. Breakfast is served daily from 7:20 a.m. - 
7:40 a.m. in the cafeteria for kindergarten through grade 5 students. Children will NOT be allowed 
on campus before 7:20 a.m. If children are eating breakfast at home, they should not arrive at 
school until after 7:30 a.m.

2.  School begins promptly at 7:50 a.m. and ends at 1:50 p.m. for students in Grades 
Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 5. Students who arrive to school after 7:50 a.m. must be escorted to 
the front of school and signed in by a parent. The parent will need to wait for a staff member to 
escort the child to class.

3.  We will escort Pre-K students directly to their classrooms in the mornings. Staff will be at 
the north gate beginning at 7:40 to escort Pre-K students to class. We are asking parents to arrive 
between 7:40 and 7:50 a.m. If you arrive early, please move all the way to the north to allow other 
vehicles to enter and leave the campus. Pre-K Students will eat breakfast with their teachers 
between 7:50 a.m. and 8:10 a.m. in the cafeteria.

Suggested Student Supply List – The suggested supply list is posted on the school’s website: 
https://www.browardschools.com/morrow. You may also stop by the office for a copy of the suggested 
supply list. In addition, please purchase a personal set of Headphones for your child (Please no 
rolling backpacks).

FOCUS PARENT PORTAL - The District will implement a new Student Information System (SIS), Focus 
School Software, beginning in the 2024-2025 school year. Focus will replace Pinnacle and Virtual 
Counselor. It centralizes all applications used by parents into one districtwide system, 
incorporating attendance, grade book, scheduling, report cards, transportation, and communication. 
To sufficiently inform parents and guardians, the Parent and Community Involvement Task Force and 
District staff hosted a Parent University: Get Focus(ed)! on April 8, 2024, to provide an 
introduction and overview of the system. The recorded webinar may be found at 
https://www.browardschools.com/parentuniversity. For detailed information, Focus Frequently Asked 
Questions (FAQs) and translated directions for parents and guardians to register for the Focus 
Parent Portal, visit https://www.browardschools.com/focus.

SAC/SAF Meeting: Wednesday, August 21, 5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
Title 1 Open House: Wednesday, August 21, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Please contact the school at 754-322-7150 if you have questions or need additional information. 
Please plan to attend our “Meet and Greet” on August 9ᵗʰ between 8:30 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. to meet 
your child’s teacher, see the classroom, and drop off any supplies you may have for your child, as 
parents will not be allowed in the classrooms on the first day of school. We also ask for your 
patience during the first days of school as our new families get familiar with the routines and 
procedures.
Our goal is to provide our Morrow Patriots with the tools to build a strong foundation for academic 
success. We are honored to be part of your child (ren)’s academic journey and look forward to 
collaborating with you to make this a successful and memorable year.

How to Provide Proof of Address
Submit current proofs of residence from the table below, based upon your type of residence 

If you OWN or RENT your residence: (option 1)   
- Submit one document from both Columns A and B   

If you SHARE the housing of another person who owns/rents the home: (option 2)   
-Both the registering parent and owner/renter of the residence complete a notarized Affidavit  of Shared Residence Form 
-The owner/renter of the residence must submit one document from both Columns A and B and 
-The registering parent must submit two documents from Column B.   

Sincerely,   

Dr. Laurel Crowle  Principal