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!

There will be a half day of school tomorrow, Friday, January 29.  Special education programs will dismiss at 11:05.

NO SCHOOL- Monday 1/18/16  (In observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day)

LATE START – Wednesday, 1/20/16 – Classes will begin 1 hour later

1/2 DAY OF SCHOOL- Friday, 1/29/16

Our Christmas Program will be with Ms. McDonald’s class tomorrow at 1:40 – 2:25.  Parents are encouraged to attend.  Hope to see you there!

Picture retakes will take place this Wednesday, December 2.  Students who would like their pictures retaken should return the original picture packet to their teacher.  Any students who were absent on the first picture day will also be photographed.  Order forms are available in the Howe School office.

There will be NO SCHOOL tomorrow, November 3.

Friday, November 6 is a half day of school.  Special Education programs will dismiss at 11:05.

Parent-Teacher Conference will be held November 12, 18, and 19 from 4:00-7:00.  Please return the conference letter as soon as possible if you have not already done so.

Our next Late Start is scheduled for Wednesday, November 18.  All students will report 1 hour later for school.

There will be NO SCHOOL November 25-27 for Thanksgiving Recess.

Students will not have school November 3, 2015 due to teacher professional development.

Students will be released at 11:05 to return home.