Mount Pulaski CUSD #23

Mount Pulaski High School has an opening for an Administrative Assistant with a Bookkeeping focus. The starting rate of pay is $20/hour, non-negotiable, with health/life/dental/flex available. There will be pro-rated sick/personal leave for the remainder of the school year. Preferred start date is November 18, 2024, (to allow for adequate training). Application deadline: Sunday, November 10, 2024 Only qualified candidates will be considered based on the job description below. If interested, please email a cover letter and resume to Principal, Heather Fricke, at hfricke@mtpulaski.k12.il.us. Please include the names of at least 2 professional references on the resume. Attention to detail is required in this position! ----------------------- QUALIFICATIONS: Minimum Education: High School diploma Experience: Bookkeeping experience is required. REPORTING RELATIONSHIPS: Reports to Building Principal TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT: All days school is in session (176) plus three weeks prior to the beginning of school and two weeks after the end of school (for a total of 210 days). Work day is 7:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m. with a 30 minute duty free lunch. FLSA STATUS: Non-exempt POSITION SUMMARY: The high school administrative assistant (bookkeeper) provides a wide range of clerical duties, including working with varying computer programs (TeacherEase, Google, SDS, QuickBooks) & answering phones. This position is very public facing and greeting visitors, students, and staff to the office is an important aspect of the job. POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES: Greets and assists all students, staff, and members of the community. Maintains a positive and productive relationship with staff, students, and community. Answers and directs calls to appropriate personnel. Provides clerical assistance to the administrator as needed. Assists principal with typing and distribution of reports and correspondence. Orders and maintains inventory of office supplies. Assists with contacting substitute teachers on behalf of the building principal. Updates and maintains records and files for building principal. Updates and maintains student records via TeacherEase. Acts as custodian of all activity funds and accounts for the building. Prepares cash boxes for all school events and deposits profits from all school events. Enters purchase orders into the SDS system and assists staff with entering purchase orders, when needed. Monitors staff attendance and submits monthly staff attendance report to the building principal. Processes requisitions and purchase orders. Assigns and programs key swipe cards for staff, board members, coaches and activity sponsors. Acts as an administrator of the security camera software system (iVMS4200). Capability of performing additional tasks in the event of the absence of the other administrative assistant. Identify & report risks. Analyze identified risks. Select techniques to minimize risks. Monitor and, when necessary, modify selected techniques designed to mitigate risk. Must be in good health. All other duties as assigned by Administrators.

Tuesday, 11/05 - No School Friday, 11/08 - 11:30 Dismissal

All veterans and their families are invited to join Mt. Pulaski High School at our annual Veterans Day assembly to honor our veterans!

Student Council will be trick-or-treating for canned goods on Halloween!

Hoops For Hope Night! 12/12/2024 Come join us to help support Reese Volle and his family! Please contact the school if you would like to donate items for the silent auction event. Order your shirts here: https://topper-tees.square.site/

Come out to the Unity Christian football game tonight! It's Senior Night and Homecoming. Our senior football player, Gaige Turner, will be honored before the game at 6:40 p.m. The Homecoming Events and Cheer Routine will happen during half-time. Join us for the last home game of the season!

As a reminder, this evening's school board meeting is at 7pm in the Media Center at Mt . Pulaski High School. Please enter through the Spring St. or the Gymnasium entrance.

On Thursday, October 17, the 8th grade students will not be going over to the high school for any afternoon classes due to a Life Skills event going on at the high school. All 8th grade students will be dismissed at 11:24 a.m. from the Grade School on Thursday, October 17. Any student who is picked up will need picked up at the Grade School. Bus riders will board their regular bus at the grade school.

The Abe Lincoln Region is now accepting nominations for administrative awards this school year. If you have an individual that has made a positive impact on you, your student, or your family, please consider nominating that outstanding leader. Here are the award categories: Elementary Principal of the Year Junior High / Middle School Principal of the Year High School Principal of the Year Assistant Principal of the Year Herman Graves Award Reaching Out & Building Bridges Award Criteria, the nomination form, and more details are available on the IPA website: https://ilprincipals.org/awards/ Applications are due by October 31st.

We would love for parents and students to take the fall OPAA Menu survey! https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=cBDtOEpXykaEUpmtdbtj_Q91p-9_ZYdBp1WZtsNmnxxUQ1c5QUZEUkswWURUU0NSQTRGSjE0SzFFMi4u&origin=QRCode

MPHS has an immediate opening for a paraprofessional! Please contact Principal Heather Fricke if you are interested at hfricke@mtpulaski.k12.il.us or 217-792-3209.

Happy Custodian's Day to Mrs. Aikman, Mr. Grigg, Mr. Moore, and Mr. McCarty! Thanks for all you do!

A message from our partners at Chestnut Health Systems:

Need MPGS or MPHS Spirit Wear? https://topper-tees.square.site/

The October 16, 2024 Mt. Pulaski CUSD School Board meeting will take place at the Mt. Pulaski High School Media Center. This is a change from the normally scheduled location.

The increased volume of students needing picked up at the end of the day has created some bottlenecks on intersections in the front of our building, causing issues for the busses to make their turns. This attached video demonstrates the new pick-up procedure at MPHS: https://youtu.be/KRJQw0TNCw8

Mt. Pulaski CUSD Community: This is a critical notification to bring our school community up to speed regarding school safety issues in Macon County. There were reports of social media pictures on Snapchat involving threats to schools in Macon County. The Decatur Police Department has made two arrests related to the incident, per their press release below. The ages of the students involved were 11 and 14 years of age! The police department acted immediately due to the fast reporting of the incident. I strongly recommend that you and your students ALWAYS report suspicious activity of any kind, even online activity. We use the phrase "if you see something, say something", as safety is always at the forefront of our thoughts. Again, we have an everyday presence in our school between our Mount Pulaski Police Department and the Logan County Police Department to contiuously improve the quality of our relationships between students and staff. This is due to our commitment and philosophy of safety, which is always our number one priority! Thank you for your attention to detail and commitment to Mount Pulaski Schools. It's always a better day on the Hilltop! Respectfully, Jason Spang, Superintendent of Schools

If you're in MP enjoying the Fall Festival, stop by the tent and get a ribeye sandwich from the Hilltop Club! The proceeds support their scholarship fund for local seniors.

MPCUSD 23 School Community, Please view this letter regarding a recent school crisis in the national news and the safety measures we take locally to prioritize school safety! Respectfully, Jason Spang MPCUSD 23 Superintendent of Schools

MPHS Students & Mrs. Lambert are helping out with this event! Feel free to join in on the square!