Principal Lawera

Please remind your child to use the crosswalks during dismissal each day.

Thank you

The official count day is Wednesday, October 3rd, 2018.

Our goal is to have 100% attendance that day.

Thank you

All middle school teachers have called home if a child was failing their class.  If you have any questions, please contact your child’s teacher or our school counselor.

Thank you

Dear Parent/Guardian,

* Thank you to all the parents who attended our last Parent Principal Forum meeting on Sept. 26.  We had a great turnout.  We discussed the following topics:

1. M-Step Reports
2. Middle School Schedule and Updates
3. “1 or More E’s Reports”
4. “2 or More E’s Plan”
5. PBIS, Bullying, Rules
6. Other(s)
7. Q and A

* Parent communication is key!  We stressed the importance of parents contacting teachers if they have a question or concern.  Checking teacher iblog sites and going on to Parent Connect is important as well.  As of now, all teachers have called home if a child was failing his/her class.

* Your child’s M-Step report was mailed home.  Directions were also sent in Arabic and English on “how to read your child’s score report.”

* We also discussed the importance of reminding students to use the crosswalks at dismissal.

* Last, we talked about Summer School.  Any student that has 2 or more E’s at the end of the school year will have to go to a Mandatory Summer School program.

If you have any questions about any of these topics, please stop by the school and talk to one of our staff.

Sincerely,

Mr. Lawera

Click on the link below for directions:

M-Step Report; How to Read Your Child’s Score Report

Student M-Step Reports were mailed home.

Please join us in the conference room at 8:30 a.m. for our first PPF meeting.

Agenda:

“Dearborn Schools Offering Free Lunch, Breakfast To All Students

-All students except preschool now eligible for free meals under special federal guidelines

Dearborn Public Schools is expanding its free lunch programs to all students, regardless of family income.

The District was recently informed by the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) that it was eligible to offer free meals across the district based on criteria in the Community Eligibility Program (CEP) under the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s school meals program.  Previously, free meals under CEP were offered to all kindergarten to 8th grade students at 14 schools in the district.   Free meals across the rest of the district started the week of September 10, 2018.

“Any time we can provide our students with resources that will help them be successful in school, such as a nutritious breakfast and or a healthy lunch, that’s a positive that we cannot pass up,” said Superintendent Dr. Glenn Maleyko.

Studies show that good health, including good nutrition is important to student success.  

While students will not need money to buy meals, most schools will continue to offer individual items for sale in their cafeteria such as extra milk, snacks, or a second lunch.  Children would need money in hand or in their student account to buy those items.  

The CEP program will be retroactive to the beginning of the school year.  Students who already paid for lunches will have that money refunded to their student accounts or might be eligible for a refund.   Any refund details are still being considered, and details will be shared with schools as soon as they are available.

Even with the expansion of the lunch program, the district will still ask families to fill out information about household income, although on a different form.  This information is needed for schools to be eligible for other programs, including federal Title 1 funding. Dearborn Public Schools received more than $12 million in such funding last year. Dearborn Schools will also have to occasionally survey selected families to see if the district still qualifies for CEP.

While not all of Dearborn’s schools qualify for CEP on their own, the district used a provision that allows it to average schools together to meet the threshold for all its 36 kindergarten through 12th grade schools.  The program is not available to preschool students, so it will not be offered at Cotter School. (Students enrolled in the GSRP program at Cotter can qualify for free or reduced lunch under other federal programs.) Students will also be able to get free breakfasts in the buildings that offer the CEP program.  Across Michigan, 652 schools participate in CEP.

CEP was designed to allow schools or districts with a higher percentage of low-income families to streamline the free lunch process.  To qualify for the program, the area needs to have 40 percent of students automatically identified for free lunch. Typically, that means the family already receives some other type of assistance such as food stamps or Medicare.

The schools that were already enrolled in CEP include Becker Elementary, Henry Ford Elementary, Lowrey School, Maples Elementary, McCollough Elementary, McDonald Elementary, Miller Elementary, Oakman Elementary, River Oaks Elementary, Salina Elementary and Intermediate, Unis Middle, William Ford Elementary and Woodworth Middle.”

This week, all students attended the PBIS/Response to Bullying Assemblies.  We addressed the following with the students:

1. PBIS Teacher Feedback-Based on what teachers have noticed in the classroom/hallway, etc.
2. Building Expectations
3. Academics
4. Behavior
5. Bullying
6. Positive Choices/Incentives/Celebrations
7. Salina Pride

Note: We will have a similar presentation to share with the parents during our first PPF meeting.  (Parent Principal Forum Meeting)

September2018

Newsletter: Click on the link above.

Note:  Students are to report to the following locations at 7:50 a.m. before going to their first class on Monday, August 27, 2018.

4th Graders:  Please report to the Auditorium.

5th Graders:  Please report to the Cafeteria.

6th Graders:  Please report to the Old Gym.

7th Graders:  Please report to Gym B.  (Girl’s New Gym)

8th Graders:  Please report to Gym C.  (Boy’s New Gym)

Remember:  It is a half day of school on Monday.  Dismissal is at 11:05 a.m.

Note:  Students are to report to the following locations at 7:50 a.m. before going to their first class on Monday, August 27, 2018.

4th Graders:  Please report to the Auditorium.

5th Graders:  Please report to the Cafeteria.

6th Graders:  Please report to the Old Gym.

7th Graders:  Please report to Gym B.  (Girl’s New Gym)

8th Graders:  Please report to Gym C.  (Boy’s New Gym)

Remember:  It is a half day of school on Monday.  Dismissal is at 11:05 a.m.