Coming up at Arno..

Feb. 1

Parent, Student, and Staff survey window begins

Texas Roadhouse fundraiser kickoff Grades K-4

Medical Meetings- Sandy 10:00

Feb. 2

Science training 2nd grade all day

Feb. 3

Science training 3rd grade all day

Feb. 4

AXA Equitable reps will be here during lunch if you would like to meet with them 11:00-1:00

ICC 4:00

PTA Meeting 6:30

Feb. 5

No events

Feb. 6 (Saturday)

Arno Fun Fair 11:00-2:00

 

Board Appreciation Month Video

Thank you Board of Education-

 

Dear APPS Staff and Community Members,

January is School Board Recognition Month – a time to salute the work of our elected School Board Members and to celebrate public education. The theme, “School Boards Lead” reflects our combined commitment to leadership and accountability assuring that ALL children succeed.

As a state, Michigan has faced many challenges, but the key to a brighter future is a strong public education system. Public education is the backbone of American society, and local school boards are deeply rooted in U.S. tradition. It’s the foundation on which our democracy was built. The Allen Park Board of Education continues to do the most important work of the community – that of educating our youth.

School Board Members in Allen Park Public Schools develop policies and make tough decisions that help shape the future of our education system. Their job is to ensure schools are accountable to the community and strongly advocate for continuous improvement in student learning. They bear responsibility for an annual budget of $35.6 million, 3,800 students, 428 employees and six buildings. They are citizens whose decisions affect our children and build our community.

Showing appreciation for the important work of school boards should be a year round process, but too often we neglect to recognize the dedication and hard work of these men and women who represent us. We are asking all members of the community to take a moment and thank a School Board Member.

At the Board of Education Meeting on January 25, Allen Park High School and Allen Park Community School staff and students will play the lead role in honoring the Members of the Board of Education this year. APHS and APCS Art, Industrial Arts and Life Management students are creating a special gift for Board Members and the Allen Park High School Jazz Band will perform a few musical selections.

Thank you to the men and women who dedicate countless personal hours to ensure the needs of our community are met by our public schools. We salute the public servants of APPS whose dedication and civic responsibility make local control of public schools in our community possible. We applaud them for their vision and voice to prepare today’s students to be tomorrow’s leaders.

The men and women serving the Allen Park Public School District are: Mr. Guy DesJardins, Dr. Janine Hall, Mr. Paul Klenczar, Mrs. Margaret Marten, Mr. Gordon Miller, Mr. Rick Moynihan and Mrs. Julie Sheppard. 

Sincerely,

John J. Sturock, Ed.D.

Superintendent of Schools

 

Parent/Teacher Conferences (from Parent blog)

Winter conferences are coming up quick on February 10 and 11 from 5:00-7:30 each night.  This conference is slightly different in that not every family generally attends, but is still open as an option for all who would like a conference with the teacher.  Some fast facts:

1. If your classroom teacher is requesting a conference with you, you will receive a notice by Feb. 4.

2. If you did not receive a notice from the teacher, you may still request a conference with the teacher OR decide that you don’t feel a conference is necessary at this time.

3. All classroom links will come from the teacher and be live on the Feb. 5 blog release to sign up for a time on signupgenius for those who need to attend conferences.

Once again, please do not sign up for a slot on signupgenius if a conference is not needed at this point.

 

Perception Surveys

All surveys for this year’s SIP- parent, student, and teacher will be made available on Feb. 1.  The perception surveys will remain open the first two weeks of the month, with the closing of all surveys on Feb. 12.

– The blog and email blast will advertise for the parent surveys, with links, computers will be set up on both conf. nights for those wishing to do it on the spot

– The student link will be on bookmark bar on all chrome books (as well as the lab).

Once the surveys begin, please be sure to organize a time for your class to complete it online.

The staff survey is now open at:

http://eprovesurveys.advanc-ed.org/surveys/#/action/269/20337

 

Class Dojo Mindset video

When you have an opportunity, please show this short mindset video from Class Dojo.  There will be a series of them and I will get them into the blog as they are available.  These are in line with the B B in the main hall.

 

SIP

We had a great working session at our SIP meeting this past Tuesday, as we tackled the interim self-assessment and completed it.  This year’s assessment is very important in that it will be the one used for the upcoming external state review.  Participants reviewed a section of the doc, discussed last year vs. this year and made determinations to either add, delete, or leave answers the same.  We then had our groups log this into the system and we will submit sometime next month- 1 down!

We have the SIP Data team meeting this week to look at m-step data, DRA and NWEA.  They will have the task of completing some areas of the School Data Analysis Document, in preparation of the main SIP plan

M-STEP

Not much new on the m-step front.  At some point soon I will be sitting down with each grade level and looking at building that test schedule, which will work well with our many carts.  I’ll keep you updated as info come out.

 

Mid-Year Review

As we make our way into February, I will need everyone to set up a time with me to go over the mid-year review in relation to your goals you wrote in the fall.  Please review the docs below and arrange a time to meet me with Feb 29 being the end date for all to be complete.

MidTerm Evaluation Checklist 2014-15

Mid-Year Evaluation Reflection 2014-15-2

Walkthrough obs will resume in March with full completion of the cycle by May

 

Arno Olympics

A big Shout-Out to Nicole for running another fun Arno Olympics!  It was great to see such a large crowd out on a late January night to compete for bragging rights in golf, ring toss, and hockey to name a few.  In the end, it seemed that the kids were always coming up the winners!  Thanks Nicole for organizing all of this, the families had a great time!

 

Spirit Week

Calling all Arno spirit!!! Please read the flyer below for more information on our upcoming Spirit Week and our ending activity- Pie in the Face

Monday: Spirit wear- Students may wear their Arno or Allen Park spirit wear

Tuesday: Pirates and Princesses- Students may dress as pirates or princesses. No weapons allowed

Wednesday: Inside out- Students may wear their clothes inside out.

Thursday: Rainbow- Each grade level wears a t-shirt of a designated color

K- Red     1- Orange     2- Yellow     3- Green     4- Blue      5- Purple

Friday: Tropical- Students may wear school appropriate, tropical attire.

Our Pie in the Face assembly will take place in the gym on Friday, Feb. 12th K-2 @2:30-3:00, 3-5 @1:30-2:00

2016 Staff Spirit Week Info

 

**If you read this far, comment here by Monday 2/1 for a free 30 minute prep coupon

 

Texas Fundraiser

Just a reminder that the Texas Roadhouse roll fundraiser starts on Monday.  The timeline is below, all proceeds go towards our purchase of kindles for the lower elem.

Fundraiser Timeline

February 1- February 12 Fundraiser Sale

February 19 All money due

February 29- March 4 Come to Arno to pick up your voucher

March 7-March 18 Window to pick up rolls at the restaurant.  Your voucher will specify the date

Spring (winter) Book Fair

Our spring/winter book fair will be taking place the week of Feb. 8, with a Groovy theme!  The book fair will also be open on some special days that week including Feb. 6 (Fun Fair) and Feb. 10 and 11- the nights of parent/teacher conferences.  Please stop by and browse all of the great books that Scholastic offers.  This is a PTA sponsored event with proceeds going to the Arno PTA.

 Have a great week Cougars!