Coming soon to Arno…
March 12
Ad Council 9:00
ICC 4:00
March 13
Cervantes obs 9:45
Andersen obs 11:15
March 14
Comfy and Kind Day
SIP Team Meeting full day
PBIS meeting 7:45
SIP meeting 3:45
March 15
Green Team Meeting full day
Safety committee meeting 9:30
Summer Reading Committee 7:45
Chris Bak Author Visit
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Grades K-2 @ 9am
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In the gym
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About 30 minutes long
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Grades 3-5 @ 10am
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In the gym
- About 45 minutes long
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Bingo for Books
March 16
Nothing scheduled
March 19
Leadership Conf/Mike Schmoker full day
-Steve, Carrie, Sarah K
March 20
Stanley obs 9:20
March 21
Steve out
Dr. Hall reads
PTSA at Arno 7:00
March 22
Staff Meeting 7:45
March 23
Gordon Miller visit 9:00
Consultants and 1st grade team observe GR is Dawn’s room
Coaching Visits
Our week was certainly busy, report cards, spring pictures, normal everyday things, but through it all I was so proud of you all with your professionalism in the midst of this that you were able to collaborate with literacy coaches to add to your craft of guided reading.
I have numerous resources that I have copied from the consultants including the prompts, teaching plans, lesson plans formats, Jan Harding’s book plus the guided reading resource folder that I have already shared with you.
As we approach walk-throughs and observations, I am looking forward to seeing your guided reading groups at whatever level you may have implemented them. Please use the resources that I will get out to you, and let me know what else I can do for your professional learning.
Thank You Green Team!
Thanks to Carrie and our Green Team committee for earning us 2018 Evergreen School Designation! Thank you to all for your efforts in energy saving and environmental activities! I included the email below because there is a nice bragging point included below…
Dear Carrie,
I received and reviewed your Michigan Green School activity verification. Congratulations! Because of the hard work from the teachers, students and families, Arno Elementary School has received the 2018 Michigan Evergreen School designation, by completing at least 20 energy saving and environmental tasks. The efforts you made to complete the tasks are very impressive. I especially enjoyed learning about the Flip Your Lid project, the composting project and the very important storm drain lesson. I urge Arno Elementary School to continue with the energy saving and environmental tasks and hope you encourage others to follow.
Thank you for the well written and organized documentation, I very much appreciate it. I hope it’s OK to use your application as a “perfect example” to share with those who need a bit of assistance. I’ll take off all names and locations.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
See my suggestions below. Let me know if you were thinking something different.
Thank you,
Nancy Gregor
Wayne County Michigan Green School Coordinator
Big Shout out to the ARNO staff!
Thank you Rachel and all of the staff the helped make this year’s Fun Fair a huge success. After expenses we netted $1700 towards the scholarship fun! Enjoy some pics
March is Reading Month Pics
Mrs. Warneck’s room plays “reading” games with middle and high school volunteers, and more guest readers
From the PTA
It’s almost Spring!! What better way to get ready than to do a little Spring Shopping at our PTSA Spring Fever Craft and Mom to Mom Event at the High School this Saturday, March 10thfrom 9-3! All proceeds go towards our Senior Scholarship Fund.
The Daddy/Daughter Dance is approaching. Please get your RSVP’s in soon! Do not miss out on this Enchanted Night! All RSVP’s are due on or by March 28th (this date is FINAL)! Please see the attached link below and our PTA Facebook Page for the link for more information, to pay, and RSVP!
http://www.signupgenius.com/
Thank You to everyone that braved the weather to attend our last PTA Meeting. We heard some great ideas and proposals for our end of year funds! We will be putting together a ballot sheet with all the choices to be voted on at our April meeting.
We hope everyone has a great weekend!!
Golden Tray Winners
Congrats to our Feb. Golden Tray Winners:
Mrs. Haskin
Mrs. Martinchick
Mrs. Wesley
Mrs. Kalis
Ms. Andersen
Syrup time!
Third grade recently visited the University of Michigan Dearborn’s environmental interpretive center. They had loads of fun and learned about trees, sap collection, and how maple syrup is made.
Fun Fair
Thank you so much to everyone who cam out enjoyed a Saturday afternoon at Arno’s annual Fun Fair. Food, friends, and fun were all served up, especially a lot of desserts! Thanks to all of your donations to ticket and raffle sales, we were able to raise $1700 to put towards the annual APHS Scholarships!
Thank you!
Allen Park Middle School
PTSA is still looking for all kinds of GENTLY WORN OR NEW SHOES: sneakers, casual shoes, dress shoes, boots, slippers, etc. (All footwear except roller skates, roller blades and ice skates will be accepted).
Donations can be dropped off at the AP Middle School Office, Denise Crank at the Riley Education Center/Central Office or contact Christina Forth at bellaboxer10@gmail.com to arrange a porch pick up. Donations will be accepted thru March 15th.
Thank you for your help!!
Is your Kroger card linked to us? If not please do it today!f you already have your card linked look at how you’ve helped!
Arno PTA Kroger Rewards History
Date Quarter Households Amount
08/2016 Q1 10 $36.52
11/2016 Q2 19 $163.83
03/2017 Q3 37 $267.04
05/2017 Q4 48 $272.77
08/2017 Q1 51 $270.17
11/2017 Q2 64 $283.44
03/2018 Q3 70 $327.28
05/2018 Q4 ? ?
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Total two year income $1,621.05
Ist quarter May, June, July, check sent in August.
2nd quarter August, September, October check sent in November.
3rd quarter November, December, January, check sent in February.
4th quarter February, March, April, check sent in May.
Imagine what could happen if we could double our enrolment! Registering is fast & easy!
TO USE THE KROGER COMMUNITY REWARDS PROGRAM: Register your card online at www.krogercommunityrewards.com if you haven’t already. Click on Sign In/Register. Sign up for Kroger Rewards Account by entering your zip code, clicking on your favorite store, entering your email address and creating a password, and agreeing to the terms and conditions. You will get a message to check your email inbox and click on the link within the body of the email. Click on My Account and use your email address and password to proceed to the next step. Click on Edit Kroger Community Rewards information and input your Kroger Plus card number. Update or confirm your information. Enter NPO number 54361 or name of organization, select organization from list and click on Confirm. To verify you are enrolled, you will see your organization’s name on the right side of your info. Do you use your phone number at the register? Call 877-576-7587 to get your Kroger Plus card number linked with us!
Bingo for Books
March 15th marks our annual Bingo for Books event. Please see the link below for more details on how to be part of the evening.
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K-5 Yoga is here!!
This year we started yoga sessions for our mentors and mentees. We are excited to announce that we are opening it up to anyone who is interested. Please see the flyer below for more information on this exciting opportunity
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District Communication on Young Five’s
Please share this information with friends and neighbors in the APPS boundaries with young children getting ready for school this fall!
Registration is still open for screening for the district’s Young Five’s Program. Ideal candidates for the program are turning 5 years of age between July 1 and December 1. (December 2 and later are not eligible and consideration will not be given to students born before July 1). The Young Five’s Program is currently open for residents of Allen Park Public Schools.
(Kindergarten Enrollment Info is also attached)
Young Five’s or Kindergarten?
Children enter kindergarten with a range of skills, including physical, cognitive, social, and emotional. Often, children who turn five years of age later than their peers will have a significantly different level of development than a child approaching their sixth birthday. For this reason, we offer a Young 5’s Program.
The program is designed for students who have a summer or fall birthdate. The focus of the program is to provide eligible children another year to learn and grow, helping to prevent them from experiencing the frustration of the high demands of kindergarten when they are not ready.
This program does not replace preschool or kindergarten; rather, our Young Fives Program offers an additional year as a gift of time. Enrollment in the Young Fives Program is a decision made in collaboration between parents, teachers, and administrators that begins with a screening process.
Students enrolled in the Young Fives Program have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities designed to bridge the gap between preschool and kindergarten. Students engage in activities that teach thinking, reasoning, and decision-making skills. They also develop their listening, social/emotional, and literacy skills.
The Program allows children to use a hands on approach to learning. The curriculum is similar to kindergarten but moves at a slower more manageable pace. This program provides a strong foundation that helps children become more successful students and ignites a love for learning that lasts a lifetime.
Young 5’s Screening Sessions
Schedule a Screening for your Young 5 at the link below on March 12, 13 or 14, 2018:
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0e45adae22a4fb6-young4
Screening Location:
Riley Education Center
9601 Vine Ave
Allen Park, MI 48101
WHO IS A GREAT CANDIDATE FOR YOUNG FIVES?
The Young Five Program is intended to be a bridge between preschool and kindergarten
Ideal candidates include children who:
- Turn 5 years old between July 1st and December 1st.
- Live in the Allen Park Public Schools district
- Could benefit from an extra year of social and emotional growth.
- Have made significant progress in preschool, but are not yet ready for the demands of Kindergarten.
- Have attended preschool (not a mandatory requirement, but strongly encouraged)
- Have a basic understanding of academic concepts
- Able to identify several letters, letter sounds, shapes, and colors.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Q: Is the Young Fives Program full day?
A: Yes, the children start and end school with all other K-5 students.
Q: Where will my child go after completing the Young Fives Program?
A: Your child will advance to kindergarten.
Q: Do students in the Young Fives program attend gym, art, music, media and technology?
A: Young Five students attend these classes as well as lunch with our Kindergarten students.
NOTE: The District’s Preschool Program will hold an open house on April 19 at Lindemann at 6:00 p.m. Registration for the Preschool Program will begin on April 20 for in-district families (Open enrollment begins May 4) For questions about the Preschool Program, please call Kristy at (313) 827-2662.
Barbara Zdrodowski
Kindergarten Registration Information 2018-19
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MARK YOUR CALENDAR – KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP
MONDAY, MAY 7, 2018 – 6:30 p.m.
at Arno, Bennie and Lindemann Elementary
Alternatives to YouTube
Use the search engine below to find educational videos that are not hosted on YouTube.
Some excellent educational content can be found on YouTube. However, many teachers cannot access YouTube in their classrooms. Therefore, I compiled a list of other places to find educational videos that don’t rely on YouTube.
1. School Tube is a website dedicated to the sharing of videos created by students and teachers. School Tube allows teachers and schools to create their own channels for sharing their students’ works. School Tube also provides excellent how-to resources, copyright-friendly media, and lesson plans for using video in the classroom.
2. Teacher Tube has been around for a while now, but I still run into teachers who have not heard of it. Teacher Tube provides user generated videos for teachers by teachers. Many of the videos on Teacher Tube have teachers sharing lesson plans in action. Some videos on Teacher Tube are simply inspirational. And other videos don’t have teachers or students in them, but contain educational lessons none the less.
3. Next Vista is a nonprofit, advertising-free video sharing site run by Google Certified Teacher Rushton Hurley. Next Vista has three video categories. The Light Bulbs category is for videos that teach you how to do something and or provides an explanation of a topic. The Global Views video category contains videos created to promote understanding of cultures around the world. The Seeing Service video category highlights the work of people who are working to make a difference in the lives of others. Watch this interview I did with Rushton to learn more about Next Vista.
4. Academic Earth is a video depot for individual lectures and entire courses from some of the top universities in the United States. Visitors to Academic Earth will find lectures and courses from Yale, MIT, Berkeley, Harvard, Princeton, and Stanford.
And if you are fortunate enough to work in a school that allows you to use YouTube, you still might want to use View Pure, Safe Share, or A Cleaner Internet to prevent the accidental display of inappropriate “related” videos or advertisements.
