October 24, 2016
Parents & Guardians,
Please be sure to call the main office if you need to send a message to your child. Many of our parents are opting to send an email directly to the teacher asking them to relay a message to their child.
However, our teachers are teaching! Our teachers are encouraged to have direct instruction with their classes throughout the entire day. Rarely, do our teachers find time to check their email or even voice mail during the school day. Many of our teachers do this task after school hours.
Parents have expressed concern that their child never received their note. By the time the classroom teacher found time to sit down and scroll their email messages the students have already been released. This is not a safe or effective way to properly communicate with your child during the school day.
Please, contact the main office (just like our parents did for us). Mrs. Crete and Mrs. Bergiel are more than happy to take the message over the phone , write a note and send it down to the classroom to your child’s attention. This is safe and reliable way to communicate with your child during the school day. ~ Thank you!
In the Art Room We Need:
CEREAL BOXES! Each 4th grade student is going to start building a sarcophagus for their mummy, and we will use this thin cardboard to build the structure. Large cracker or cookie boxes may work too since they are usually made out of the similar cardboard. Students from any grade level can donate!
EGG CARTONS! We are very low here in the art room and can always use more to pour paint.
Paint shirts. We no longer share paint shirts in the art room due to health reasons, so please send your child to school with a paint shirt that they can wear to art or dress him or her in clothing that can get dirty on their art day.
What We’re up to:
- SQUARE 1 Art fundraiser! Information on our art fundraiser will be sent home very soon! The students did self portraits to start the year and Sqaure 1 will be providing each student with a free sheet of stickers with their order packet! Packets will go home next week and orders will be due Nov. 7th. Visit www.square1art.com to view the products!
- All grades have moved into our 2nd unit of art history, ANCIENT EGYPT! The kids love talking about Egypt—discuss as a family any facts you might know!
- Our warbler lives on! The Detroit Audubon Society will be honoring our Art for the Sky project in November at their annual conference.
COLOR RUN UPDATE
Due to a scheduling conflict, the color run will still be at Champaign Park on Sunday, October 23, however we will be at shelter #2 by the APAC baseball diamond. There is a parking lot off of Pelham but you may still park on the surrounding side streets and walk to the back of the park. We hope everyone is excited and ready for some fun!
Thanks! -PTA