Dear Whitmore Families,

Our friends at the Michigan League for Public Policy have announced that its Kids Count project is holding a youth art contest. The contest is open to children from preschool through 12th grade and the theme revolves around the question, “What’s it like to be a kid in Michigan?”

The Kids Count in Michigan project, which is part of the national KIDS COUNT project at the Annie E. Casey Foundation, seeks to improve and strengthen our state so that Michigan’s kids can thrive in a world where they are supported. The youth art contest is a chance for kids to be part of the 2019 Kids Count in Michigan Data Book.  The annual data book covers a variety of issues facing children and teens in our state, and though it is not required, artwork can relate to topics such as: friends, family, health, nutrition, childcare, school, career goals, teen issues, home life, culture, emotions, food, sports, money or jobs.

Artwork can be done in crayon, ink, acrylics, oil paint, pastels, watercolor, colored pencils, scratchboard, color marker, chalk, pastels, charcoal, or paper collage. They cannot accept artwork done using plain black pencil or weak colored pencil.

Please visit https://mlpp.org/kids-count-2019-youth-art-contest/ to submit.

Digital Learning Day is coming Feb. 28!!!!

Dear Whitmore Families,

The Dearborn Education Foundation’s big Mardi Gras Celebration is March 5 at the Dearborn Hills Golf Course Banquet Room. The fun starts at 4:30 p.m. and continues until 8:00 pm. It’s a party with fun, upbeat music so be sure to bring your dance moves with you! The Mardi Gras party includes fun activities such as a 50/50 raffle, a doubloon contest, tin can raffle, a Silent Auction and more. General admission is $25, ($30 at the door) and comes with 1 drink ticket, dinner, and a party favor. Don’t miss this one-of-a-kind event!  For more information, including sponsorship opportunities, visit the Dearborn Education Foundation website.

Parent University will begin February 22nd at 9:00am and run six consecutive Fridays until March 29th.  Below is the schedule of dates and the topics to be covered. In addition to GSRP staff the following community resources will be presenting on specific topics:

Speech & Language– Kellyann Rodriguez, Social Worker and Samah Saidi, Speech Pathologist           from Dearborn Public Schools

Social/Emotional–Shannon Mathison from Ages and Stages (ASQ)

Gross Motor—        LAHC

Dental—                 Nancy Werner from Covenant Community Care

Dear Whitmore Families,

This is just a friendly reminder that there will be a

Half Day tomorrow (Thursday) Feb 14th, dismissal will be at 11:45am,

NO SCHOOL on Friday Feb. 15th and

NO SCHOOL Monday Feb. 18th!  Have a great weekend!

Dear Whitmore Families,

Calling all 4TH, 5TH, 6TH grade girls! Are you interested in Math, Science, and Technology? Come join us at the Society of Women Engineers Girls Engineering Exploration!

WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019
TIME: 9AM – 4PM
WHERE: MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER
COST: FREE!
LUNCH PROVIDED

Learn how engineers use math and science in their everyday careers! Talk to female engineers! Do hands-on activities! Take home a backpack filled with goodies! Click on the 29B GEE Flyer below for further detail.

TO REGISTER: Visit tinyurl.com/GEE2019 Complete all sections and submit by February 23, 2019

QUESTIONS? Contact us at: SWEdetroitGEE@gmail.com

29 B GEE Students Flyer 02 2019

Dear Families,

Parents and Teachers! Join Us at the Society of Women Engineers Girls Engineering Exploration!

We have an exciting day planned for parents and teachers!
Information on: Engineering curriculum in K12 schools, Why engineering is still missing women and minorities, Projects and experiments that will engage your child/student, Doing inquiry at a museum, Summer programs for your child/student, College scholarship opportunities, Overview of professional engineering organizations, and Women in Engineering panel to answer
questions.  Please click on the 29 A GEE Parents Flyer 2019 below for further detail.

WHEN: SATURDAY, MARCH 9, 2019
TIME:9AM – 4PM
WHERE: MICHIGAN SCIENCE CENTER
COST: FREE!
LUNCH PROVIDED

TO REGISTER: Visit tinyurl.com/GEE2019 Complete all sections and submit by February 23, 2019

Questions: Please contact SWEdetroitGEE@gmail.com

29 A GEE Parents Flyer 2019

STEM Middle School would like to thank everyone for their interest in attending our school for the 2019-2020 school year.  To answer the most popular question we hear, there is no application process in order to be considered for STEM for those students who attend Dearborn Public Schools; instead, invitations will be sent out to all those 5^th grade students in the district that are found to be eligible.  To be eligible students must have the following:

–       A Winter NWEA math score in the 85^th or higher percentile.

–       A Winter NWEA reading score in the 85^th or higher percentile.

–       A Winter NWEA science score in the 85^th or higher percentile.

–       ADVANCED on the 2018 ELA and Math M-STEP.

Our hope is to have invitations sent out to all eligible 5^th grade students by the end of February.  From there, students who receive an invitation and indicate that they are interested in actually attending STEM in the fall, will be selected by lottery.  We will accept a final number of 60 students in to our 2019-2020 6^th grade class.

If you live within the Dearborn Public Schools, and do not currently attend a Dearborn Public School, OR you are currently a 6^th or 7^th grader and would like to apply for a POSSIBLE empty slot, an application will be available on the STEM Middle School website (https://stem.dearbornschools.org/) under the tab “ADMISSIONS” starting in mid-February.   Invitations will be sent out to grade students that meet the below standards:

–       A Winter NWEA math score in the 85^th or higher percentile.

–       A Winter NWEA reading score in the 85^th or higher percentile.

–       A Winter NWEA science score in the 85^th or higher percentile.

–       ADVANCED on the 2018 ELA and Math M-STEP

Once again, thank you for your interest in STEM Middle School – a 2018 National Blue Ribbon School for Academic Excellence.