April 25, 2016

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04/26. 5th Grade Spring Band Concert. 7:00 PM

04/28. 5th Grade Basketball -vs- Teachers.  APMS 5:00 PM

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05/02 – 05/06.  LINDEMANN STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK 

05/04. 7:00 pm. APHS Spring Music Concert.

05/05. 6:30 pm. PTA Mtg.

05/08. MOTHER’s DAY

05/09. 6:00 pm. Kindergarten Orientation

05/14. Relay for Life.  APHS Track

05/16. 7:00 pm. Board of Education Mtg. APHS – LGI.

05/20. 6:30 pm. Lindemann PTA Carnival

05/24. 6:30 pm. Lindemann Talent Show.  Center for the Arts.

05/25. 7:00 pm. PTA/PTSA Council at Lindemann Elementary

05/30. Memorial Day – No School

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Geometry

GEOMETRY IN KINDERGARTEN!?

SLIDE ~ STACK ~ ROLL

Mr. Fasca’s kindergarten class is learning how to analyze and compare two and three dimensional shapes through a class project titled: Slide, Stack and Roll.  While visiting classes today, I had the opportunity to watch our students as they created their own shapes using play-doh and toothpicks.  Everyone was fully engaged, having fun and learning Geometry at the same time!

Here are a few photos to show off some Lindemann Pride!

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4th Grade Enjoying CRANBROOK

Students from Mr. McDermott’s class are enjoying their field trip to Cranbrook.  Field Trips provide excellent resources and first hand experiences beyond the classroom.  We want to thank our parents for chaperoning and our teachers for proving such a valuable and educational opportunity for our students.

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no dogs allowed

Good afternoon –

I would like to ask our parents to please not bring their dogs to school during drop off and pick up times at Lindemann Elementary School.  The main office has received many different complaints about several different dogs (both small and large) that are causing some anxiety with many of our students and parents.

As the building principal, I am entrusted to create a safe school environment for our school community. During the end of the school day we release around 700 students at one time.  As parents, we all know it’s a bit hectic on school grounds during that time of the day.  Even our best trained dogs can get a bit jumpy at times. I would hate to find out one of our school community members were injured due to a dog bite, scratch, etc.

Parents – please do not take matters into your own hands by confronting other adults regarding our request to not bring dogs on the property. Please continue to express your concerns to the main office so we can reach out to those individuals.

I appreciate your cooperation and understanding.  If you have any concerns please feel free to contact my office so we can further discuss this issue.

Thank you,

Mike Darga, Principal

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Michael H. Darga
Principal, Lindemann Elementary School
9201 Carter, Allen Park, MI 48101

 

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M-STEP UPDATE

I could not be prouder of our 5th grade students!  Over the past two weeks our 5th grade Lindemann Lions completed over 7 hours of state assessments.  Our students were tested in the following categories:

  • ELA Computer Adaptive & ELA Performance Task
  • Math Computer Adaptive & Math Performance Task
  • Social Studies Parts 1 & 2

I would also like to thank our staff and families for working together to prepare our students to be “test ready”.  Great things happen when we work together as a team!  As the building principal, I am excited to see our assessment results.  I will be sure to keep you updated.

Third graders are up next — beginning the week of April 25.


MARK YOUR CALENDAR – KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP

at Arno, Bennie and Lindemann Elementary

MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.

*Children who are five years of age by September 2 thru December 1 may only be enrolled for kindergarten at the request of the parent/guardian through a signed waiver process. Waiver form is available at the Riley Education Center.


 

ALLEN PARK PUBLIC SCHOOLS

JOB POSTING:

 

FROM:                   Michael S. Dawson

SUBJECT:             JOB POSTING

DATE:                    April 20, 2016

 Please be advised that the following part-time position is now open:

1) Food Truck Driver – Food Services (Riley)

Shift:  7:15AM-11:15AM (Monday-Thursday)

7:00AM-11:15AM (Friday)

Wage: $11.11/hr.

This position requires among other things, the ability to bend, turn, and twist–often and repeatedly.  Interested parties must be able to work on their feet, as well as, drive safely through city limits.  They must be able to repeatedly lift items, some as heavy as 50 or 60 pounds. Interested candidates must also have a chauffeur’s license or be able to obtain one. Other duties may be assigned.  For more details regarding qualifications and duties, please contact Mrs. Karen Guobis, Food Service Director @ 313-827-2185.

A description of job responsibilities for this position may be obtained in the Food Service Office at the Riley Center.  If you have questions or concerns, feel free to contact Karen Guobis at 827-2185.


Cuts against Cancer

April 15, 2016

Attention parent/ guardian:

Allen Park Middle School is participating in our 2nd annual hair event called, “Cuts Against Cancer.” Your child has signed up to donate at least 8 inches of hair on May 16th (Monday) after school with Mrs. Brown (social worker) and Mrs. Speakman (Science teacher). All of the hair donated will go to the organization, Children With Hair Loss. Please encourage your child to continue to grow their hair out so it will be long and healthy for the event. If you would also like to participate in the event, or if you know others who would like to, please invite them to help us reach our goal of 25 ponytail donations. On May 16th  your student will meet in the Multipurpose room near the gym, directly after school. A stylist from Anthony’s salon in Allen Park will be on site providing blunt cuts. A donation jar will be on site if you would like to make a donation to Anthony’s salon. If you would like to cut your hair prior to the event and would like to donate your ponytail to our cause, please drop it off from 2pm-4pm in the multipurpose room on May 16th.

Originally, CWHL’s focus was on children fighting cancer, until we found out that there were a lot of other reasons why children lost hair including Alopecia, burns, Trichotillomania and other rare diseases and disorders. To this day, Children With Hair Loss has never charged a child. Currently, they provide a customized human hair replacement and care kit to over 300 children a year.

  • Hair should be at least 8 inches in length or longer is preferred.
  • Hair must be clean and dry, pony-tailed and/or braided (this keeps the hair in one direction).
  • Place rubberband or pony tail holder on each end.
  • Non-chemically treated hair is preferred (but any hair in good condition will be accepted).
  • Gray hair is accepted.

I give my permission for my child to participate in the hair cutting event on May 16th, 2016.

Parent Signature______________________________________________________

Student’s name_____________________ Phone number______________________


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The Children’s Hospital of Michigan Annual Cereal Drive to Combat Child Hunger

Children’s Hospital of Michigan 2016 Cereal Drive Gleaners Community Food Bank of Southeastern Michigan is delighted to partner and be the recipient for the seventh year of the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Professional Nurse Council’s annual Cereal Drive ‘because hunger doesn’t take a summer vacation’ June 3 – June 10, 2016.

In 2010, the Children’s Hospital of Michigan Cereal Drive raised over 160,500 servings of cereal (14,180 pounds), the largest cereal drive in Gleaners history! Every year the Cereal Drive continues to exceed the previous years’ serving totals. For the sixth year celebration in 2015, 895,382 cereal servings were collected. An amazing total of over 2 million cereal servings have been collected by the Children’s Hospital of Michigan in six years! The impact of this community project is invaluable in the fight against child hunger. In southeast Michigan, more than 300,000 children receive free and reduced-price school meals. For many of these children, breakfast and lunch at school are the only meals they can rely on. The Cereal Drive affords Gleaners large quantities and choices of cereal to distribute through our partners to our community’s children who are home from school for the summer. Thank you to our friends at the Children’s Hospital of Michigan for their continued commitment to the health and well being of the children in our community beyond the walls of their hospital.

We look forward to the seventh annual 2016 Cereal Drive and hope you can join us. Gleaners’ thanks you in advance for your support.

Gleaners Community Food Bank is a 501 [c] [3] organization. Founded in 1977, Gleaners is one of the oldest and largest food banks in the country. In 2015, Gleaners distributed over 34 million pounds of donated and purchased food to 510 soup kitchens, food pantries, homeless shelters, senior homes, schools and other partner agencies that feed hungry people. A copy of our non-profit tax exempt letter is available on request.

LINDEMANN ELEMENTARY

Will be collecting Cereal Boxes from:

May 30 – June 3rd.

In The Main Office



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Teacher Request Procedure


 

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TEACHER REQUEST PROCEDURE

As we close one school year and begin to plan for the next, student placement is one of our primary considerations.  Our school team of teachers, administrator and social worker spend many hours working together to form classrooms for next year.  We strive to balance classrooms with a blend of students based on academic strengths and needs, social and emotional supports, and the unique personalities of each child.

If you have any special concerns about your child’s placement for next school year, please submit a written explanation of the concern.  For example, “my son is very active and needs to be placed in a classroom where he will have opportunities to move around” or “my daughter struggles with reading and needs a teacher with a strong background in reading”.

We do not/cannot accept any requests for a specific teacher.  Letters requesting a specific teacher will not be honored.  The one exception is a request for your child to not be placed in a specific classroom based on previous first-hand experience you’ve had with a teacher.  And, that parent concern / issue should be documented in the office.  All such letters are due to the office no later than Friday, May 20, 2016.

This is the same procedure that has been used in previous years and is the same procedure used at Arno and Bennie Elementary Schools.  If you have any questions or concerns about this process, please feel free to contact my office.

Michael H. Darga, Principal

April 18, 2016

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04/18.Taxes Due!

04/22. Earth Day.  

04/24. Autism Awareness Walk-Run To Solve The Puzzle Color Run.  Champaign Park. 1 – 4PM

04/26. 5th Grade Spring Band Concert. 7:00 PM

04/28. 5th Grade Basketball -vs- Teachers.  APMS 5:30 PM

 

may

05/02 – 05/06.  STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK  

05/04. 7:00 pm. APHS Spring Music Concert.

05/05. 6:30 pm. PTA Mtg.

05/05. 6:00 pm. Empty Bowls Event.  Bennie Art Room.

05/08. MOTHER’s DAY

05/09. 6:00 pm. Kindergarten Orientation

05/14. Relay for Life.  APHS Track

05/16. 7:00 pm. Board of Education Mtg. APHS – LGI.

05/20. 6:30 pm. Lindemann PTA Carnival

05/24. 6:30 pm. Lindemann Talent Show.  Center for the Arts.

05/25. 7:00 pm. PTA/PTSA Council at Lindemann Elementary

05/30. Memorial Day – No School

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Lindemann Championship – FAMILY FUN!

THURSDAY, APRIL 28 at 5:30 PM. Middle School Gym.

The tradition of combing a good time with a good cause continues Thursday, April 28.  For the 9th year in a row the 5th graders at Lindemann have accepted the challenge to play a team of teachers in a competitive game of basketball.

The good cause this year is Relay for Life.  All proceeds from the game will go to Relay for Life.

The Lindemann Championship game is scheduled for Thursday, April 28 at 5:30pm.  The Allen Park Middle School gym is the location for this event.  We will be asking for a $2 donation to attend the game.  The doors open at 5:00pm.

The 5th graders are really excited to play against their current and former teachers.  The teachers are also looking forward to continue the lessons on the court.  But both sides will appreciate your support for this good cause.

 


 

Talent ShowFamily Fun Night!

6:30 PM – May 24, 2016  

Allen Park Center for the Performing Arts

Talent Show


 

LINDEMANN ELEMENTARY CELEBRATES

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Autism Marquee

Autism Pic

Student and staff members were given puzzle pieces help create this beautiful piece of art that is hanging in our hallway.

Along with the puzzle pieces, teachers shared information about Autism with their classes.

Lindemann is proud to bring awareness to Autism through student and staff participation.


Mstep Pic

Wishing our students and staff great success

with our M-STEP Assessments.


 

science

Science Fair Participants 15/16

CONGRATULATIONS!!

Amani Al-Maatani – Caityln Babin – Lucy Bagdonas – Baylee Benedetti – Ava Benkert – Austin Bowling – Sophia Buchanan –    Ava Clark – Kathryn Clark – Kherington Cooper – Brayden Dellapenna – Collin Ecie – Fernando Hernandez – Embassy Komray – Tommy Komray – Owen Lacey – Landon Leone – Allison Murdoch – Lily Murdoch – Isabella Orsette – Evan Pledge – Griffin Teems – Adeline Tuccini – Luca Tuccini – Rhiannon Sobieski – Dominick Walaszek –  Korbyn Walters -Connor Wilkes

Mr. Fasca and Mrs. Rimsa’s classes also participated with a class project

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THANK YOU SCIENCE FAIR SPONSORS:

Mrs. Lacey & Mrs. Kusulas

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ART FOR THE SKY

LINDEMANN ELEMENTARY

Art for the sky

A note from Miss Trapani, Lindemann Art Teacher:

“Art For the Sky is a unique, team building activity for schools and special events that helps dissolve boundaries that often exist in our daily lives. These enchanting creations are a whole-body way of stimulating our imagination to see the elusive “big picture” and help us understand our interconnection with one another and all life.”                 

“With hundreds of people collaborating in the creation of something beautiful, each living painting is a blessing and a promise to better care for our world and one another. Each is a heart-felt way of reaching out to the Universe to show our love and respect for the beauty of creation. In a mythological sense, these experiential works are a way to repair what we have broken and strengthen what remains. All together upon the Earth in an act of cultural magnificence, we get a glimpse of “the Promise Land” and a dose of joy enough to fuel our dreams for years to come.”

Dear Lindemann students and families,

I am so excited to announce that earlier this school year we were awarded a grant through the MCACA – Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs to fund a school-wide project called Art for the Sky.   Daniel Dancer is the founder of Art for the Sky and has completed this project at hundreds of schools all over the country and a few international projects. Our Art for the Sky project is scheduled for the second week in June.  Daniel Dancer will be at our school Wednesday June 8th – Friday June 10th with our “Sky Art” day schedule for Thursday 9th.

To learn more about our project please click the link below:

Art for the sky parent announcement


 

 

SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK

 

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SEVERE WEATHER AWARENESS WEEK

April 10-16, 2016

BE STORM SMART! 

DO YOU HAVE A PLAN IN PLACE?

Basic Emergency Supply Kit:

  • Water, 1 gallon of water per person per day for at least 3 days for drinking and sanitation
  • Food, at least a three day supply of non-perishable food
  • Manual can opener for food (if kit contains canned food)
  • Special needs for baby, pets, the elderly and disabled
  • Medical needs including prescription medication
  • Battery-powered radio. Batteries for radio
  • Flashlights and batteries
  • First Aid Kit
  • Whistle to signal for help
  • Moist towelettes, garbage bags and plastic ties for personal sanitation
  • Important telephone numbers including utility company
  • Local Maps
  • Cell Phone with charger

Preparing for a tornado or thunderstorm:

  • Plan ahead. Be sure everyone in your household knows where to go and what to do in case of a tornado or thunderstorm warning.
  • Know the safest location for shelter in your home, workplace, and school. Load-bearing walls near the center of the basement or lowest level generally provide the greatest protection.
  • Know the location of designated shelter areas in local public facilities, such as schools, shopping centers, and other public buildings.
  • Have emergency supplies on hand, including a battery-operated NOAA Weather Radio, flashlight, and a supply of fresh batteries, first-aid kit, water, and cell phone.
  • Keep a three-day supply of food on hand. Keep some food in your supply kit that doesn’t require refrigeration. For more information on food safety following an emergency, visit www.bt.cdc.gov/disasters/poweroutage/needtoknow.asp.
  • Make an inventory of household furnishings and other possessions. Supplement it with photographs of each room and keep it in a safe place.
  • Sign up to receive text or e-mail alerts from your local media, weather provider or the Weather
  • Channel at www.weather.com.

What to do when a thunderstorm approaches your area:

  • Stay tuned to your weather radio or local news station for the latest updates from the National
  • Weather Service or go to the National Weather Service Web site, www.nws.gov.
  • Seek safe shelter when you first hear thunder or when you see dark threatening clouds developing overhead or see lightning. To determine the proximity of the severe weather, count the seconds between the time you seelightning and hear thunder. If the time between is less than 30 seconds, ensure you are in a safe location and stay inside until 30 minutes after you last hear thunder or see lightning. Remember, lightning can strike more than 10 miles away from any rainfall.
  • When you hear thunder, run to the nearest large building or a fully enclosed vehicle (soft-topped convertibles are not safe). It is not safe anywhere outside.
  • If you are boating or swimming, get to land and seek shelter immediately.
  • Telephone lines and metal pipes can conduct electricity. Any item plugged into an electrical outlet may cause a hazard during a tornado or thunderstorm. Do not use corded (plug-in) telephones except in an emergency.

What to do when a tornado warning is issued for your area:

  • Quickly move to shelter in the basement or lowest floor of a permanent structure.
  • In homes and small buildings, go to the basement and get under something sturdy, like a workbench or stairwell.
  • If a basement is not available, go to an interior part of the home on the lowest level.
  • A good rule of thumb is to put as many walls between you and the tornado as possible.
  • In schools, hospitals, and public places, move to the designated shelter areas. Interior hallways on the lowest floors are generally best.
  • Stay away from windows, doors, and outside walls. Broken glass and wind-blown projectiles cause more injuries and deaths than collapsed buildings. Protect your head with a pillow, blanket, or mattress.
  • If you are caught outdoors, a sturdy shelter is the only safe location in a tornado.
  • If you are boating or swimming, get to land and seek shelter immediately.

After a tornado or thunderstorm:

  • Inspect your property and motor vehicles for damage. Write down the date and list the damages for insurance purposes. Check for electrical problems and gas leaks, and report them to the utility company at once.
  • Watch out for fallen power lines. Stay out of damaged buildings until you are sure they are safe and will not collapse. Secure your property from further damage or theft.
  • Use only chlorinated or bottled supplies of drinking water.

PARENTS:  Preparing for emergencies shouldn’t fall on your shoulders alone. Young children and teens alike need to be part of the process — for their own safety and sense of empowerment.

  • Work together to build an emergency kit.
  • Sit down as a family to talk about your communications plan.
  • Role-play what you would do during a disaster.
  • Hold fire drills in your house.

http://www.ready.gov/kids