Please join us on September 20th from 6:00 to 7:30 PM for Open House.  Additionally, the first PTA meeting will be held during this time at 7:00 PM in the cafeteria.  You can support the PTA and all it does for our students by signing up for individual membership that is only $10, by providing input and volunteering for school events/activities, and/or by attending PTA meetings.  The PTA meetings are scheduled as follows:

September 20 – 7:00 pm (meeting during Open House) – in cafeteria

October 18 – 6-8pm (meeting) – in cafeteria

November 15 – 6-8pm (meeting) – in cafeteria

January 24 – 6-8pm (meeting) – in cafeteria

February 28 – 6-8pm (meeting) – in cafeteria

March 21 – 6-8pm (meeting) – in cafeteria

April 18 – 6-8pm (meeting) – in cafeteria

May 23 – 6-8pm (meeting) – in cafeteria

I look forward to seeing you!

Dear Parents and Support Providers,

I hope you have all had a wonderful summer and are ready for another great school year!  Currently the paraprofessional in my classroom is Deborah Thompson.  If you need to contact me, e-mail is usually the quickest method to do so.  My e-mail is rayl@dearbornschools.org or you can contact me at (313)827-7000.  Also, please follow our school blog and my blog to get classroom updates at:

https://howe.dearbornschools.org/

https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/lindseyray/

Materials that would be helpful for our class are:

Dish Soap

Hand Sanitizer

Hand Soap

Sponges

Laundry Detergent

Lysol Wipes

Zip-Lock Sandwich Bags (Generic will work just fine as well)

9 Volt Batteries

Gift Cards for printing pictures (we use pictures for visual aids and crafts we               send home)

Lysol Disinfectant Spray

Other materials you may want to send specific to your student might include:

A change of clothes

A light sweatshirt

Snacks and drinks they like

Diapers and Diaper Liners

Formula

Chapstick

I look forward to a wonderful school year together!  Thank you for your support and all you do!

Best Regards,

Lindsey Ray – SXI Classroom Teacher

April 6, 2016

Dear Parent/Guardian,

We are going bowling!  On April 25, 2016 we will be going to Imagine Theater in Royal Oak for a bowling field trip.  They have kindly agreed to let us bowl for free, however students will need to bring in their own lunch.  Be sure to send your child with a lunch and drink that day.  Please return the permission slip that was sent home in your child’s folder today no later than April 20, 2016.  Also, chaperons are welcome so if you are able to go we would love to have you!  Feel free to contact me at (313)827-7000 with any questions.

-Ms. Ray

Dear Parents/ Guardian:

It is that time of year again for Parent/Teacher conferences! Parent/ Teacher conferences will be held for the SXI classes at Howe on

Wednesday, March 23 from 4:00 – 7:00 PM. Conferences will be held every 15 minutes. The last conference will be scheduled at 6:40.  If you would prefer to have a phone conference we can arrange that as well.

Please indicate your choice of date, time, or phone conference on the letter that has been sent home.

If there is any conflict in the times, I will call and see if we can arrange an alternate time.

Please return this form by March 21^st.

Thank you,

Lindsey Ray

SXI Teacher

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• We have been discussing Michigan’s watershed.
• Bake Sale – We will be having a Bake sale after school on 3/8 to raise money to help the people of Flint with their water problems and to help support cleaning the Rouge River.  Bake good donations are needed.  Please drop them in the office kitchen on 3/8.
• Scholastic Book Fair – You may also visit the book fair at this time.
• Waste Free lunch-We need your help! The Green Team has been working to promote students bringing a waste free lunch.  Please try to pack items in reusable containers,  don’t buy single serving items of chips, yogurt or fruit try to pack a small amount in a reusable container, buys a reusable water bottle instead using plastic bottles, buy a reusable lunch sack.  Each student that brings a waste-less lunch and throws nothing away can have a sticker.
• Recycling– We have increased our recycling program this year.  We are now recycling paper plastic and metal in all classrooms.  We are recycling ink cartridges in the office and we are starting a clothing drive to donate to local shelters and resale shops.

Dear Parents/Guardians,

Our classroom is running extremely low on the following items:

– Hand Sanitizer

– Wet Wipes

– Hand Soap

– Dish Soap

– Kleenex

– Sponges

Any donation you could make to help our classroom remain as clean and germ free as possible would be greatly appreciated.  Thank you.  Enjoy the long weekend.

Sincerely,

Ms. Ray

Tomorrow, Thursday 2/11/16, will be the FINAL day to order yearbooks.

This Wednesday, February 10 is a late start.  All classes will report 1 hour later. Special education programs will begin at 9:00 and Montessori student arrival will begin at 9:35.

There will be NO SCHOOL on Friday, February 12 and Monday, February 15 for Mid-Winter Break.

Green Team update –

The Green Team has used $110 of the money that we earned from our used book and bake sale to adopt 2 Endangered animals the lion and the wolverine.  You can see the adoption certificates in the hall by the showcase.  Our lion adoption kit arrived today!  He will be passed around to all the classes and then put in the showcase with our other adopted animals.  We should be getting the wolverine soon.

The Green Team has been working hard on a Use Less Waste Less campaign for the school.  We have used $80 of the money that we earned to purchase plastic/metal recycling bins for the classrooms and common areas of the school.  We will now be recycling plastics and metal and we need families to help by occasionally bringing some recycling home.  The Green Team members will be interviewing the kitchen staff to discuss ways to help the students waste less food.   We will now be recycling paper, newspaper/magazines, cardboard, plastic, metal cans and printer cartilages.

The Green Team is also helping the animals on our campus.  We made bird feeders out of recycled water bottles and hung them on Nature Area fence.

We are right now having a contest for the Wayne County Green School Logo Contest.  The entries are on the Green Team board.  All the classes will be voting for their  favorite.

Our next meeting we will be discussing Michigan’s watershed and discussing ways that we can help support the situation in Flint and the Rouge river.  We will be writing letters to government officials to support legislation to clean up Michigan’s fresh water.

We are asking parents to try to help us by packing a waste less lunch. We challenge you to try to pack a lunch where NOTHING is thrown away.

Here are some suggestions:

• Instead of a juice box get a small refillable bottle for juice.
• Instead of a plastic sandwich bag get a reusable sandwich box
• Instead of a paper lunch bag get a reusable lunch bag
• Instead of individual bags of chips get a big bag of chips and put a small amount in a reusable container.
• Instead of throwing away plastic spoons and forks wash them and use them again or buy metal ones they can use again
• Instead of a paper napkin use a cloth napkin.

Thanks for all your help in making us a Green School!