Schedule of Events

November 12 - Field Trip for 5th to Fernwood Botanical Gardens

November 14 - Picture retake day

November 18 - Board of Education Meeting, 6:00 p.m. @ PAC

November 21 - Grandparent/Special Adult Day

November 27-29 - Thanksgiving Break

From the Desk of the Principal

Fall Pictures: We have received the fall picture packets and will be sending them home on this week with students. Picture Retakes will be on Thursday, November 14th for those students wishing to retake their picture and for students who were absent on the original picture day

HERO Expectations: Honesty, Earning and Giving Respect, Responsibility, and Orderly and Safe! Today we focused on being Orderly and Safe! Please discuss with your child how they can not only be orderly and safe at school, but in the community as well!

Attendance: Please remember the importance of attendance; attendance matters! Keep up the great work families as we have several students who have not missed a single day of school to date. Let's work on getting perfect attendance for the whole month of September!

END OF DAY CALLS and PICK UPS: You must call the office by 3:00 p.m. to make arrangements for your student to go home a different way. This is a policy that we have had in place and unfortunately have to enforce. Thank you for your anticipated cooperation.

Cold Weather: Cold weather as arrived and this means we need families to start sending students to school with warm coats, hats and gloves.

Bus Rider Families: Please ensure you arrive at the bus stop for pickup and are prepared to board the bus 5 to 10 minutes early each day. This will help the drivers maintain their schedule and adhere to the designated routes. Thank you!

Outside Lunches: The district does not allow outside lunches to be delivered or brought into school for the students.

Sick Children: Please call the office and report that you are keeping your child home due to illness. he Cass Van Buren Health Department requires school to report illnesses every week.

Building Highlights

Ms. Clanton's 1st grade classroom learned about the voting process. They read Duck for President and held their own election. Students made their very own voter ID cards and used ballots to vote.

Our 3rd, 4th, and 5th graders attended the South Bend Symphony on Wednesday, November 6th to participate in the 2024 Shein Trust Young People's Discovery Concert.

We are thankful to be able to participate in such an awesome event!

Building Events

November 12th Ms. Ortiz and Mr. Suvarna will be taking their classes to Fernwood Botanical Gardens to participate in a hands on activity about food webs.

PTO Spirit Wear: In honor of Ms. White we have decided to have a spirit wear design contest. Students can design a t-shirt. Submission deadline is Friday November 15th. The winning design will be placed on our shirts and all proceeds from the sale of that shirt will go towards a memorial for Ms. White at the school. We are super excited to see all the amazing designs these kids will come up with.

*Spirit Wear sales will run from Monday 11-25 to Friday 12-6*

Community Events

Reminders

The Second Annual Project Pajama fundraiser will run through Friday, December 13. Each school will have a collection box for new, unworn pajamas, which will be donated to families in need.