Hi 5th Grade Parents!

We would like to invite you to a meeting to hear about the plans for Camp Pinewood. The meeting will be this Thursday, Sept. 8 at 6:30 in the cafeteria. We will also be sending the information home if you can’t make it. 5th grade students will be attending Camp Pinewood Oct. 5-7 this year.
Thank you team 5th grade 

It was wonderful to meet all of your children today! We will be getting to know each other for the next couple of weeks…a few things that I did not go over with the children:
They can bring a healthy snack to eat tomorrow. We will have lunch from 11:10-11:40 each day. The special schedule has not been finalized. I will let you know the days that we have gym, art, music and media when I get the schedule.

thank you for all of the supplies! It is great to have supportive parents!

Have a great afternoon and stay cool!

Good morning,
It seems that there are many complaints and some confusions about our new arrival and dismissal procedures. We absolutely don’t want students walking through the parking lot at arrival or dismissal for obvious safety reasons. I encourage parents who have concerns to discuss them with me as I believe that everyone who has approached me with an issue we have been able to accommodate with a solution.
Just for the record, this is not something that is being mandated by the Superintendent or the Board. It came about as a result of parent and teacher complaints about the lack of orderly arrival and dismissal procedures, particularly last year. After reaching out to other principals, including observing their arrivals and dismissals, and talking to our staff, I decided to try this approach. As some have noted, many of the other Dearborn schools, particularly on the west side, do it this way. We also experimented with it at summer school. 

It has only been 4 days and this is a pretty big change. We announced some tweaks to the procedures on Friday in order to address a couple of problems. I anticipate that we will make more as we all settle in to the routines.  

I would like to convene a Task Force of interested parents and staff to work with me to develop solutions that will work for everyone. Once I get some volunteers, we can find a meeting time that would work one evening this week or early next week. Please email me at groover@dearbornschools.org if you’d like to participate in the Task Force.

Enjoy the beautiful weather and we’ll see you tomorrow.

Thanks,
Ross

Thank you for a wonderful school year! I was blessed with a GREAT class! Please remember to keep your child engaged in learning over the summer with the M&M challenge and math websites. 

I hope that your summer is filled with family time, swimming, bike rides, picnics, fireworks, bonfires, s’mores and whatever you love to do the most!! Enjoy every moment!

Take care,

Ms. Sherlock 

Tomorrow is our last full day of school. Please make sure to bring a backpack and an extra bag. We will be emptying our desk tomorrow. Except a penci box. 

Just a reminder that Thursday is a half day and the last day of school. The students will be released at 11:45 to begin enjoying the summer!

Please make sure you check your child’s backpack Thursday it will contain their report card and a gift from me. 

Thank you so much to all theChaperones that came with us to the zoo today!! So grateful to have you. We had such great weather the kids had an amazing time. 

*This will be the last week for spelling words.
Thank you to the following families who donated items to our Water/ outside toys basket. The PTA is putting the baskets together this week, so any last minute donations must be brought in by tomorrow.

The Snow School picnic is this Friday, June 10th from 5:00-8:00 p.m. Pre-sale tickets are on sale, otherwise you can buy tickets at the picnic.

Our last Math Test on chapter 11 was today!! They will be going home this week. 

 The study guide for science  is coming home today. Please review with your child. The test is Wednesday June 8th. Their science book and notebook will help with reviewing. 

Our Field trip to the zoo is this Thursday. Please make sure to wear comfortable shoes and to apply sunscreen before coming to school. Make sure all students have a brown bag lunch with disposable items. 

Chaperones please be at the school by 9 AM. Or at the zoo by 9:30 AM. Thank you again in advance for taking the time out of your busy schedule.

For the last two weeks of school, second choice for lunch will be cheese pocket.
First choice:

June 13 – nachos and cheese

June 14 – fish patty

June 15 – sack n go (cheese and crackers)

Tomorrow is Field Day! Have your child dress for the weather and wear sunscreen. They will be outside from 9am-11am for games and activities! A refillable water bottle needs to be sent in from home for your child as well. Please make sure you bring a change of clothes or a towel to dry off with. There will be some water activities.