See you next year!

I would like to wish everyone a joyous Christmas and hope that all your wished come true over the holidays.  This is a special time to relax, reflect, and look forward towards an abundance of joy in store for you in 2016.  Cherish your time and enjoy your family and friends!  Have a Merry Christmas and an Awesome New Year!

Steve

 

Coming soon to Arno in 2016…

Christmas Break December 19-Jan.3

January 4

Welcome Back!!

January 5

Nothing Scheduled

January 6

3rd Grade DRA Day – make sure your subs are set

PTSA Reflection Tea

January 7

PTA Meeting- Founders Day Nominations read

ICC 4:00

January 8

Nothing Scheduled

 

Ugly Sweater Day- The New Awesomeness!

Check out these in style, Christmas masterpiece sweaters that some of our great teachers wore on Ugly Sweater day (Check out the pants, too!).  Way to get in the holiday spirit!

Arno Decks the Halls with Christmas carols

The building was alive with the sounds of our Arno students belting out some awesome Christmas carols, helping all of us feel the holiday spirit (still no snow to do that).  Huge thanks to Todd and Jeff for an outstanding performance and in leading in holiday song this morning, much appreciated!

 

 

 

Honor Choir Holiday Concert

What a wonderful holiday performance from our Elementary Honor Choir Thursday from Arno, Bennie, and Lindemann.  congratulations to all of our students and to Mr. Tracy Hoffman for showcasing the incredible talent we have at Allen Park Schools!

 

 

February Data Day

Please add February 23 to your calendar for data day.  We will follow the same schedule and cover your 2nd common assessment, talk M-STEP, and look at reading.

The schedule is as follows: Arno Elementary

8:45-9:30         Grade 3

9:-35-10:15       Grade 5

10:20-11:05      Grade 2

11:10-11:55        Grade 4

12:45-1:30         Grade 1

1:45-2:30           Grade K

 

M-STEP Update on Classroom Activities

The Office of Standards and Assessment has decided to remove the classroom activities associated with the mathematics and English language arts (ELA) Performance Tasks (PT). In the last few months, the performance tasks in all grades underwent extensive review to determine if the classroom activity associated with the performance task was crucial to student understanding the context of the performance task. The ELA performance tasks were determined to have sufficient embedded resources to allow students to demonstrate what they know and can do without participating in a preceding classroom activity. Similarly, most of the mathematics performance tasks can stand on their own without a classroom activity. However, the review documented four mathematics performance tasks for which the classroom activities are likely necessary additional supports for students. Those four PTs have been removed from the pool of available performance tasks. For the Spring 2016 M-STEP administration, the mathematics assessment will continue to contain performance tasks at grades 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, but there will no longer be classroom activities to administer. The updated ELA assessment will contain performance tasks at grades 5 and 8 only, which will no longer require classroom activities.

Arno Family Caring Night

What a great time we had together last Friday night as an Arno family, enjoying each other’s company and showing how much Arno cares about the community.  At our Caring Night, kids and parents enjoyed pizza, listened to Christmas stories, of course crafted an ornament for the residents of the local senior center.  Way to go Caring Cougars!

 

Arno Cares

What an incredible job Arno did in collecting cold weather gear and food.  That included 166 cans of Spaghettios!  Thank you for being so generous and showing the true meaning of Christmas!

Below, Darren Putnum, Seth Black, Tyler Tillery and Bryce Sauve help load up all the donations to area people in need.

 

 

 Winter DRA Schedule- Mark your calendars & call a sub

Date	Grade Level/Teachers	# of Subs Needed
January 6	Third Grade	4
January 12	Second Grade	3
January 20	First Grade	3
January 21	Kindergarten	3

 

The advanced Google searches every student should know

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3rd Grade Fur Trade

Metro Parks visited Arno 3rd graders once again this past week to talk about the fur trade back in the day.  The students got treated to lots of history on the fur trade in Michigan hosted by a French accented colonial woman that helped them understand what it involved.  Thank you Metro Parks!

Obsolete Books/Textbooks

Guidelines to support policy/regulation 3900, 3900-R, 7350-R-3

-Annually, prior to June 30, the building administrator seeks permission from the superintendent in writing (electronically is acceptable) to dispose of obsolete books/textbooks.  

-The building administrator shall provide a list of the books/textbooks, year published, reason for disposal, and other pertinent information to the superintendent.

-After permission for disposal is granted, the obsolete books/textbooks shall be stamped on the inside cover as “obsolete.”  

-All books/textbooks for disposal shall be placed in boxes, secured with tape, and disposed of via the school district’s waste receptacle.  

See you in 2016 Arno Cougars!