Just a few reminders for February…

February 14th – Bowling and Pizza at Ford Lanes Cost $8 each. All students have money in their accounts to cover the cost.

February 17-21 Mid Winder Break Enjoy!

Thank you!

We are off to a great start to 2014!  This month, we are focusing on exercise and healthy eating with a “New Year – New You” theme!  Students have had their BMI calculated and we will be tracking their numbers to see how exercise affects their weight.  In addition, students will be learning about the different food groups and how to make healthy meal choices.

Please remember the following dates:

January 20th – No School – MLK

January 24th – Half day

January 25th – No School

As 2013 comes to a close, We’d like to wish all of our families a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! We hope you will enjoy your time together, and come back relaxed and refreshed, and ready for 2014! We’ve done some great things already, we are looking forward to what’s to come! Enjoy!

Sincerely,
Mrs. Camp, Mrs. Barton, Mrs. Stanton, Ms. Cieslak

Tomorrow we will celebrate Thanksgiving in our classroom and have a Thanksgiving feast at noon. Thank you to everyone who contributed to our dinner. Each student participated in making the recipe for ingredients they brought in. We are all excited to celebrate together!

We will only be in school two days next week. The next time we are all together it will be December! Here are the events we have planned to date:

December 6th 5 Below to shop for Gift Exchange
December 13th 5 Below to purchase for gift exchange
December 19th Bake Sale
December 20th Holiday Party at Ford Lanes
December 23rd – Jan 3rd No School – Winter Break

November 8th – 1/2 day. Students will be dismissed at 11:10
November 12th – Swimming in the a.m.
November 15th – Class lunch trip to Chili’s
November 19th – Book Fair preview
November 22nd – Class Thanksgiving Dinner (please see note sent home) + Book Fair purchase
November 26th – Bake Sale
November 27, 28, 29 NO SCHOOL – HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Parent Teacher Conferences – November 14, 20 & 21 from 4-7. Please return conference request form if you would like a conference. Thank you!

Hello! As we approach the last few weeks of October, here are the events we have coming up:

October 25th – Bake Sale

October 28th – Volunteer Opportunity – Cleaning at the Soup Kitchen (selected students only) 8:30-12:00

October 30th – Toledo Walleye Hockey Game 8:30 – 1:30

October 31st – Halloween Party – Happy Halloween! (No Costumes)

Please join us at the Administrative Service Center (Board Room) on October 18th, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for this special presentation.  Mr. Dohn Hoyle, Executive Director of the ARC, Michigan, will present Guardianship options to parents who have children with special needs.  This is open to all parents who have children in Special Education in the Dearborn Public Schools, and is free of charge! Please don’t miss this important information!

Things are under way in the Transition Class at Howe School! We will be having our first bake sale this Friday, September 27th and have already started our Sheet Fundraiser. All profits go directly to the classroom so that we can provide more opportunities to our students. Thank you for supporting our class!

Today we went to Henry Ford Centennial Library for a tour and we students will begin going to the library on alternating Monday’s. Students may check out books, music, games and movies. (Movies must be G or PG only) Students will not be bringing these items home, because we have had a problem with returns in the past, but they will be available here in the classroom every day.

Topic of the Month: Personal Health Care
Students have been learning about personal health care, and we have been talking about things like:
Staying home when you are sick
Calling your boss
Going to the doctor’s office
Taking medicine
What/Where is a pharmacy?

This week, students began practicing putting “medicine” in a pill container. So if they come home and tell you they took medicine at school, I assure you they did not – they were only jelly beans! 🙂

Welcome back to the 2013-2014 school year! You should have received a small information packet on the first day of school, with information about different aspects of our classroom. Please take time to read that over and feel free to ask me if you have any questions.

We will be starting work at S.T.E.P.’s soon, as well as our Community Based Instruction trips. In addition, we have many new things planned this year, and I am excited to see them come to fruition.

As always, I am available if you have questions or concerns. Please call the office or drop me an email (campd@dearbornschools.org) and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

As a quick reminder, please be sure to check your son/daughter’s back pack for the red communication folder daily.  The folder will contain important important paperwork and notices.   You should have already received photo and field trip permission slips as well as forms for free and reduced lunch.  The folder should be returned to school every day.

Finally, students who do not take the bus should be in school by 7:50 a.m.  Students who are consistently late miss out on important instructional time, and are disruptive to the entire class.  Unless there is a medical reason for students to be late (doctor’s appointment, therapy, etc.), they are expected to be here by 7:50 a.m.   Thank you in advance for your cooperation!

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