Dear Maire Families, We Welcomed
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MAIRE ELEMENTARY ● Sonja Franchett, Principal Each and Every Child, Each and Every Day March 25, 2015 Dear Maire Families, We welcomed Spring this year with our amazing Maire Fair. This whole-school carnival event represented almost 100% participation of our Maire students and families. The funds raised, along with our upcoming Parent Auction on May 2nd, will be spread out over the next three years to purchase building improvements, classroom and technology supplies, assembly and curriculum enrichment opportunities, and outside/garden/playground upgrades. Our entire Maire Staff thanks the parents and PTO folks who put forth tremendous effort in making our fundraising efforts both fun and successful. Along with our Carnival success, students and teachers at Maire have been engaged and learning in a wide variety of projects and enrichment experiences this past month. Fifth graders have been researching countries throughout the world to prepare for their EXPO projects and to create presentations about the Spanish speaking world. Fourth graders visited the capitol at Lansing, and learned about people’s differences in a day-long “Disability Awareness” workshop. They also created their own businesses and marketed and tested their own vehicles in a STEM engineering project facilitated by Ms. Moir and some of our automotive engineering parents. Second graders have been studying about local businesses, and will begin research of famous people for the Living Museum. Third grade students have been honing their Michigan history skills, and will begin research about famous Michigan products for a Made in Michigan project. First graders and kindergarteners are continuing to grow their writing and reading skills during Readers and Writers Workshop every day! During lunchtime enrichment students are choosing to write their own creative plays, work with ceramics, grow their knitting skills, sing in lunch choir, and learn about geography and cultures of the world in the Passport Club. All of these multiple opportunities for children are due to the hard work and dedication of the many adults who volunteer their time and energy to our school. We look forward to conferences this week, and the opportunity to discuss your children’s academic, social and emotional growth with you. Maire students succeed because of the positive relationships and support that stem from school and home working together. Enjoy the rest of March. We will hope for March to go “out like a lamb.” Sonja Franchett 79 Years of Excellence ● 1936-2015 IMPORTANT MARCH DATES... ADOLESCENT HEALTH EDUCATION The 4th and 5th grade Adolescent Health Wednesday, March 25th Education PARENT only meeting will be held: Parent-Teacher Conferences—EVENING Wednesday, April 29th, 7:00 PM Thursday, March 26th @ RICHARD Elementary NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS AM/PM/EVENING Conferences KINDERGARTEN 2015/2016 In Michigan, according to Public Act 198 of IMPORTANT APRIL DATES... 2012, children must be FIVE YEARS OF AGE ON OR BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2015, TO REGISTER FOR THE 2015-16 SCHOOL YEAR. Parents of children Friday, April 3rd thru Friday, April 10th who turn five years of age after September 1, SPRING BREAK—NO SCHOOL but on or before December 1, may still Classes Resume Monday, April 13th @ register their child for kindergarten next year 9:05 AM if they notify the district in writing using the kindergarten entry age waiver form available Tuesday, April 14th in the kindergarten registration packet. Grade 4 Arbor Day Posters Due GREEN TEAM NEWS Wednesday, April 15th PTO Meeting—7:00 PM We are officially a Michigan Evergreen School for the 2014-15 school year. This achievement comes with our entire school working together to be environmentally Saturday, April 18th conscious. We have a long list of accomplishments Daddy-Daughter Dance including the following: @ Pierce Gym -7PM-9PM Recycling in the lunchroom and classrooms 4th graders participating in DTE’s Think Energy Sunday, April 19th assembly Mother-Son Bowling Holiday Craft Fair reusing milk carton for a project Girl Scouts maintaining the Butterfly Garden @ Lakeshore Lanes 11:30AM-2PM 5th grade science lessons on alternative energy sources Monday, April 20th Switching from gas to lithium battery operated leaf Instrumental Assembly for Students blower and trimmer Student council raising money to help endangered 1: 30 PM species 2nd grade attending Metro Beach Nature Walk Tuesday, April 21st Library purchasing books focused on being Green Maire/Trombly Instrumental Concert for Raising money for recycling bins outside the building Parents School wide walk to school EVERY day promotion @ Maire Gym—7:00 PM In other great news, we have had several generous donors who have made it possible to purchase two Wednesday, April 29th recycling bins to put outside on our school grounds. A grant from LocalMotionGreen (http:// PARENT ONLY Adolescent Health www.localmotiongreen.org/) is covering $300 of the Information Meeting $500 cost for each bin. @ Richard Elementary—7:00 PM Thank you to Jennifer Adlhoch, Susan Dundon, the Lee Family, and the Neal Family for their donations to make this happen for our school. The bins are being made and we are hopeful to have them sometime around Earth Day! BOX TOPS CAMPAIGN This month’s classroom winner is Mrs. Davis’ 5th grade with 137 Box Tops! Way to go Mrs. Davis’ class! REQUIRED ON-LINE REGISTRATION Who will be the top collecting Is your e-mail current with the school classroom in April? district? Like our secondary schools, the elementary schools have moved to a Our year goal is 10,000 mandatory online pre-registration for all Box Tops with 8,963 already Grosse Pointe Public School students. Your collected! Keep clipping “access key” for the online pre-registration and send in those Box will be coming to you this summer via your Tops April! current e-mail that is on file with the school district. JUMP ROPE FOR HEART If you need to update your e-mail with the school district, log in to ParentPortal and click WOW! Our Maire students on “My Information” in the upper right corner. raised $3,708.00 for the American Heart Association You can also e-mail during our Jump rope for [email protected] from your Heart events. email we have on file, or call 313-432-3131 from the phone number in our records so we Congratulation to all of our can verify who you are, and provide: fundraising students and your name thank you to our Maire families for their child's name donations. present school name and your old and new e-mail address as soon as possible. Our top fundraisers this year We are asking families to do this by May 1 to ensure you receive registration communications in a timely manner. However, Grant Corrion $250 we always seek to have your most current contact information on file in case of Lucy Gill $210 emergency. Jacob Ashkar $200 If you do not have an email address or access James and Liz Peberdy $200 to a computer, please know that our school Maureen Scanlon $195 computer labs will be open and stations are available at the administration building, 389 Lucas Valice $150 St. Clair Avenue, to complete the online Julian Lancaster $138 registration process. Abby Macey $130 Thank you for helping with this. Audrey Smihal $125 Meghan Eccelstone $100 MARCH OF DIMES March of Dimes Reading Champions Program – Finish Strong! Just a few days left in the month of March to read a lot of MINUTES for the March of Dimes Reading Champions Program. Record all of your minutes read during the month of March (March 1-31). Reach out to family and friends to raise DONATIONS to support the March of Dimes’ mission of improving the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. All reading calendars (or other tally of minutes) and donations must be turned in to the school office no later than Wednesday April 15 to be considered for awards. Remember to put your student’s name and class on the calendar. Awards will be announced at our April PBS Party and MOD Awards Assembly on April 30. Thank you to Makenzie A., Blake J., and Elizabeth P. for creating posters to celebrate reading and the March of Dimes. Look for their posters on the first floor of Maire. And thank you to Makenzie’s little sister Parker for serving as our Maire face of the March of Dimes. Parker is a future Maire Bear who has benefitted from the great work of the March of Dimes. Thanks also to local author Michelle Balconi for sharing her book, Let’s Chat About Eco- nomics, with Maire and for waiving her speaker’s fee. For more information, check out www.letschatabouteconomics.com. Autographed books can still be ordered for $14 (checks to Gichigami Press, Inc.) by contacting Mrs. Balconi at [email protected]. MARCH OF DIMES POSTER CONTEST Recognized Posters… Elizabeth P. Blake J. Mrs. Wilkins Mrs. Maison Makenzie A. Mrs. Hunwick Come see ALL the great posters hanging all around Maire! DIVERSITY CORNER Detroit - The ‘D’ - The Motor City We are so lucky to witness Detroit’s renaissance! Detroit is making an incredible comeback and is becoming an urban oasis for food, entertainment, and city living! Now is the time to support Detroit and show our children what an amazing city it is! Detroit has fantastic things to do for kids that both educate and entertain. It’s an incredibly fun and surprisingly green place! There are many free and low cost activities that every family can enjoy, such as Belle Isle and the wonderful museums downtown. Belle Isle State Park Rich with history and natural beauty, Belle Isle is a Detroit gem and Michigan's 102nd state park.