{"id":282,"date":"2015-09-11T12:40:25","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T16:40:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/?p=282"},"modified":"2015-09-11T13:04:22","modified_gmt":"2015-09-11T17:04:22","slug":"friday-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/2015\/09\/11\/friday-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday News&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The first week of school has been great!\u00a0 It will be another week or so before we begin job sites and CBI sites, but we have been having a good time getting to know each other, and settling into a classroom routine.\u00a0 We have several new staff members this year.\u00a0 Returning are Ms. Mona Haidar, and Ms. Sue Brickey.\u00a0 We&#8217;d like to welcome Ms. Cathy Yancura, Ms. Laurie Lambert, and Ms. Nehmat Dakroub.\u00a0 They have been excellent additions to our program and we are excited to have them here!<\/p>\n<p>We have several announcements and reminders we&#8217;d like you to be aware of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please call to make an appointment with us if you need to speak with us personally.\u00a0 Often times we are out of the building and we would not want you to show up\u00a0and not be able to speak to us.\u00a0 Also, arrival and dismissal times are not ideal for meetings.\u00a0 Our students need our undivided attention during this time.\u00a0 Thank you for your consideration.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>There are about 6 students who do not have their planners yet.\u00a0 We use these every day and we will be keeping track of job sites, CBI sites, field trips, etc.\u00a0 It is important for every student to have one so that they can complete the activities in the class.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Please inform us of any allergies or medical concerns we may not be aware of.\u00a0 The nurse is working on the medical information as we speak, but if there is anything we should know &#8211; please just drop us a line or give us a call.\u00a0 We are aware of the larger issues, but may not know of all the allergies or the extent of those allergies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Bank accounts &#8211; we are ready to start setting up student bank accounts.\u00a0 The money will be used for our\u00a0CBI trips.\u00a0 The money will be locked up, and will be in their own individual accounts.\u00a0 We recommend sending $20-40 to start, preferably in singles;\u00a0 this should last us until the winter break.\u00a0 (This does not include larger trips such as bowling, dining out, etc.)\u00a0 Students spend between $3-$5 at a time, and when they return to school, the activity is to balance their account.\u00a0 You can begin sending money in next week.\u00a0 We&#8217;d like to have everything set up by the time we are ready to start going out into the community.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Marathon\u00a0Walkers!\u00a0 We have a fitness hour every day after lunch.\u00a0 Currently the students are working on walking a marathon.\u00a0 A marathon is 26.2 miles, which is 210 laps around the track!\u00a0 We will have a celebration when we get there!!\u00a0 They are very motivated and excited about this!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lunches\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0it&#8217;s great to see all the healthy lunches\u00a0the students are bringing in!\u00a0 As we go forward, please\u00a0encourage your son\/daughter to make their own lunch\u00a0or to contribute.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Save the Date!\u00a0 I am working\u00a0on\u00a0a new project that will provide activities for our students to participate during after school hours.\u00a0 Not every activity will be suitable for every student, but every student will have activities to attend over the course of the school year.\u00a0 The first activity\u00a0is scheduled for\u00a0 Saturday Oct 17th, late\u00a0afternoon or early evening.\u00a0 \u00a0We will be going to see the Goosebumps movie.\u00a0 It&#8217;s scheduled release date is the October 16th, so as we move close to the date,\u00a0 I will have more details and the requirements for students to attend.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for now!\u00a0 Have a great weekend!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The first week of school has been great!\u00a0 It will be another week or so before we begin job sites and CBI sites, but we have been having a good time getting to know each other, and settling into a classroom routine.\u00a0 We have several new staff members this year.\u00a0 Returning are Ms. Mona Haidar, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":587,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-class-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/587"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/campd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}