Just a reminder that the 4th and 5th grade classes will be walking to Stout Middle School this Wednesday, April 18th at 9:00 a.m. to see the play “The Addams Family”.  Students must turn in a permission slip in order to attend the walking field trip.  Students should dress warmly and wear comfortable walking shoes.  We will return to school between 11:15 and 11:30 and go straight to lunch.

There are still a few open slots if you’re able to chaperone for our tigers safety service squad reward day. Your Background check must be already completed.

Please use the link below to sign up.

Thank you

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f0b45adae2ea0f94-service

5th grade continues M-Step testing this Tuesday and Thursday in Math and Friday in Science. Please make sure your child gets a good night’s sleep, eats a healthy breakfast, arrives to school on time, and brings water and snacks to school (including mint gum or candies).

All 4th and 5th graders will be walking to Stout this Wednesday to see “The Addams Family” play. Students must turn in a permission slip by Wednesday morning in order to attend. Please wear comfortable shoes for walking.

Spring Pictures are Tuesday, April 17th for those people who are paying for pictures. If you do not send in money for Spring Pictures, then your child will not get any pictures taken.

5th graders – please remember to bring your instruments on the correct day. There are only a few weeks left of band.

Monday is woodwinds and brass, Wednesday is violins and percussion.

Synergize assembly this Friday at 3:00 p.m.

The Care to the Core poetry contest ends this Friday. Any students who wish to enter the contest must complete a poem at home about anti-bullying and submit it to Ms. Sherlock by Friday, April 20th. The winning class poem will be read by the student at the Care to the Core assembly on Monday, April 23rd.

On Monday, April 23, every Dearborn Public School will highlight the great ways their school is working to create a safe school environment during the first-ever “Care to the Core Day.” Each school will participate in an activity or program that demonstrates programs that are centered on helping students resolve conflicts, understanding the impact of their behaviors, and creating a safer school environment.

Snow Elementary School will also be taking place in the festivities with a guest speaker talking to our school community, Mr. Ali Sayed. Ali is the Founder and CEO of HYPE Athletics Community, the highly popular organization that offers athletics, fitness, education and social services to the entire Metro-Detroit area including but not limited to Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, etc. Ali is also a member of the Dearborn Education Foundation, an officer position he has held for almost 10 years on the Board of Directors. Ali is also a proud graduate of Dearborn High School where he graduated from in 1999.

In addition, Snow Elementary School will be also be taking part in a “Care to the Core” Poem Contest, whereby students in grades K-5 will be able to write a poem to be shared during our assembly on being a leader and being an Upstander. We encourage you to work with your child to create a poem that they would be proud to share in front of the entire school community on this day. Here is the rubric:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_kzifKzyrYZXEOXUK0evj1AiCNBiEwtkk7dpB3oc5Zc/edit?usp=sharing

Lastly, on this day, everyone school-wide will wear blue to take a stand against bullying and encourage acceptance, kindness and leadership.

The event is from 2:15 p.m. till 3:15 p.m.

Yours in Education,

Mrs. Amal Alcodray – Principal

There are a few spots left. If you are able to chaperone/ joining us please make sure your background check is completed by April 12th. This can be done in the office with our secretary Michelle.

This year Tigers game will take place on Wednesday, May 2, 2018 from 12:00-4:45 pm.

Thank you for all your help and support!!

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f0b45adae2ea0f94-service

Welcome Back!!! I hope everyone enjoyed their Spring Vacation!

Our next Math test will be this Friday on Volume, line plots and conversations. We will be reviewing all week.

5th grade Service and Safety Tigers Game permission slips are due by April 26th. The actual game is May 2nd. There is no cost for this reward field trip. Please send in permission slips before the due date.

It’s that time of year for the 5th graders to send in a baby picture and a current picture for our 5th grade “Who Am I” bulletin board. The pictures should be no larger than a 5×7, preferably a 3×5 or 4×6 size. All pictures will be returned at the end of the year. A paper is coming home today with more information.

5th grade M-Step starts today!! Excellent job today keep it up. All 5th graders will begin with the ELA portion of the M-Step this week. Testing will be in the morning from 9:00-10:00ish every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday for the next three weeks. Students should get a good night’s sleep, eat a healthy breakfast, arrive to school on time, bring a water bottle and snack, and they may bring in their own headphones and mouse if they would like.

Snow School will have students line up on the playground in the morning before school starting this Wednesday.  Our class lines up on line #19 on the back playground off of Houston Street.  Please make sure that you do not drop your child off too early, as there is no adult supervision until 8:30 a.m.

We appreciate all of the Little Caesars Pizza kits you’ve sold!! Little Caesars Pizza kits will be delivered to school on Wednesday, April 11th. Pickup is from 3:30pm to 5:30pm.

We do not have any storage in the freezer to hold your items overnight and they must be kept cold so please make arrangements to pick up your orders.

Thank you for all your support

Team 5th Grade

We appreciate all of the Little Caesars Pizza Kits you’ve sold!!!
Little Caesars Pizza Kits will be delivered to school Wednesday, April
11th! We are looking for volunteers to help us with organizing/sorting
them and then distributing them to everyone. We will start sorting at
1:30p.m on April 11th. Pickup is from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30p.m. Please let
the PTA or Ms. Sherlock know if you can help out. The more people, the
faster it goes!

We do not have any storage in the freezer to hold your items overnight
and they must be kept cold so please make arrangements to pick up your
order.

Thank  you for all of your support
Team 5th Grade

Reminder that all Little Caesar’s Pizza Kit Fundraiser orders are due tomorrow, March 27th.

All School Book Bingo for March is Reading Month has been moved to Wednesday, March 28th from 2:30-3:15 due to the parent meeting scheduled for Thursday, March 29th in the cafeteria.

5th grade Safety and Service Squad field trip to the Tigers game is May 2nd. Please turn in your permission slips if you plan on attending. Parent chaperones should sign up on the SignUp Genius link provided

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/20f0b45adae2ea0f94-service

Parent chaperons should sign up as soon as possible for the Tigers game, because the tickets are a limited quantity.

There is NO SCHOOL for Spring Break is March 30th-April 6th. Students will return to school on April 9th.

M-Step for 5th graders will begin the week we return from Spring Break. Students will test every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in the morning for ELA, Math, Social Studies, and Science. It is important that your child eat a healthy breakfast, get a good night’s sleep, attend school on time, and bring a water bottle to school with them during these testing days. It would be greatly appreciated if you did not schedule any appointments for your child to miss school during these testing dates. Testing for 5th grade will be three weeks, then fourth graders will begin testing for M-Step the week of April 30th.