The picture speaks it all- Arno staff is always willing to do whatever it takes…
Coming soon to Arno…
Oct. 1
Fire Drill 1:30
Oct. 2
Steve out at TC
Oct. 3
Steve out at TC
Oct. 4
Steve out at TC
PTA meeting 6:30
Oct. 5
Half-day dismissal 11:30
P.M. PD
Oct. 8
No events
Oct. 9
5th Grade BAS
PBIS Pizza lunch
Oct. 10
4th Grade BAS
PBIS Meeting 7:45
Oct. 11
Staff Meeting 7:45
Oct. 12
Reflections Kick-off
Arno Vision
Arno Elementary will provide a system of support to empower
and inspire students to become collaborative learners
that strive for academic excellence
Committees Meet
The Chairs of the Instructional and School Improvement Committees met this week to discuss the integration of Journeys into the SIP and vice-versa. There were some great discussions on how these activities, along with Journeys, will help bolster the instruction at Arno.
Summer Reading Log reward info
The reward for extra recess and popsicles will be on Oct. 10th K-2 will be at 10:30/3-5 will be at 1:30 for 30 minutes each
Food Drive
Please see the attached flier for information on a food drive that be will be occuring at Arno from Oct. 22-Nov. 9th. Boxes will be brought in, and collected by the coordinator.
Mimi’s Mission Food Drive Flier (1)-16qt8g0
From the PTA
IT’S FUN RUN TIME!!! This is our biggest fundraiser of the year! Come cheer on the students today as they run/walk to some awesome music! Last year the FUN RUN donations allowed us to purchase a new Playscape, provide multiple assemblies, weekly readers for the students, staff appreciation week, computer class robots and gifts cards for the Allen Park food pantry. Donations can still be submitted until October 5th so please keep sharing it on social media and emails! Cash donations can also be turned in to the school office.
The next PTA meeting will be held on October 4th at 6:30 p.m. Spirt wear will be sold that night, come see our new designs and new colors! We hope to see you there!
Don’t forget, if you haven’t signed up or renewed your PTA membership you can still do so! You can sign up/renew online and also buy extra ice cream scoops for your child’s class! The membership drive is still in high gear! We currently have 113 members and our goal this year is 300! Ms. Watson’s class is currently in the lead with 23 scoops and Ms. Smalley is in 2nd place with 19 scoops and Mrs. Martinchick is in 3rd with 18 scoops. Our membership drive will end on October 26th and the top three classes will be rewarded on October 30th. https://arnopta.memberhub.com/ dues
Halloween skate party is coming up on October 25th from 6-8 pm at the Lincoln Park Skate Center. Have your kids put on their costumes and come skate with us!!! There will be a Halloween costume contest with prizes for the top boy and girl! Watch for the flyer to come home soon! Thank you Corey Osinski for chairing this event, without your support this event wouldn’t happen!
Reflections kick off is October 12th and the theme this year is “Hero’s Around Us”. Encourage your little artist to submit a piece of his or her artwork! More details to come. Thank you Jenn Yuhaz for chairing this event, without your support this event wouldn’t happen!
Last but definitely not least is our Angelina’s Fundraiser on October 16th! Come visit for Taco Tuesday and support Arno PTA! 20% of your bill (dine in, carry out and drinks are all included) will be donated to our PTA to help out our amazing caring cougars! All three locations (Allen Park, Wyandotte and Southgate) will be participating. Watch for the flyer to come home for more details.
Picture retake day is Nov. 15th
FROM THE HR DEPARTMENT:
For those employees required to complete Safe Schools Training, the system is now open and available to complete for the 2018-2019 school year. The modules need to be completed by October 31. Please email me if you have any issues.
Halloween Parade
The annual Halloween parade will be on Oct. 31 @10:00. We will once again make our way from Kindergarten- to 5th grade then outside and around the playground back to the main office.
PBIS Smencils for Sale
Smencils sales will begin again starting Oct. 9th! Smencils will be sold on Tuesday afternoons at 2:30p. The proceeds from Smencils benefits the PBIS program at Arno. The prices for items are as follows:
Smencils: $1
Smens: $2
Smencils Pouches: $8
From the District
Lots of fun events going on in the area this fall… info below/attached.
Also, please consider dining at the Chili’s in Allen Park on September 26 – 20% off your ticket will be donated to the Allen Park Barracudas Swim Club!
Attachments:
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Good Eats for a Cause – Chili’s supports AP Barracudas Swim Club
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City of AP Touch a Truck event tomorrow – reminder!
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AP Hockey Association – Learn to Skate & Play Hockey – 1st session begins Oct. 3
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City of AP – Public Open Ice Skating Schedule
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Fall Harvest October Weekends at Heritage Park Petting Farm
https://www.intouchk12.com/IntouchPortal/DesktopModules/Edulink/DownloadFile.aspx?did=f371927e-108b-4e07-90d2-7d71e41e3c7f&/AP%20Barracudas%20Swim%20Club-CHILILS%20FUNDRAISER.pdf
Reminders:
o National Walk & Bike to School Day on Wednesday, October 3
o ½ Day for all APPS students on Friday, October 5
Vocabulary Focus
As we continue to start our high focus on vocabulary this year- take a look at this great vocab site:
A Good Site for Vocabulary Lists and Practice Activities
Vocabulary.com is an excellent vocabulary study service offering thousands of vocabulary practice lists and activities for students in elementary school through graduate school. In addition to lists of SAT, GRE, and other test prep words, you can find vocabulary lists that are attached to novels, historical documents, famous speeches, and current news articles.
When you sign up for Vocabulary.com you will be given an assessment quiz in order to give you suggested lists with which to start your practice. After completing the assessment you can use the practice lists suggested by Vocabulary.com or choose your own lists from the huge gallery of vocabulary lists.
Applications for Education
One of the aspects of the Vocabulary.com activities that I like is the instant feedback for every practice question a student attempts. As you can see in the image above, if a student answers incorrectly on his first attempt, he will see the definition and the word in context.
Good Review Tool with Games
Blended Play – A Blend of Online and Offline Review Games
Blended Play is a service for creating educational games to use in your classroom. Unlike the game creation tools featured in my previous post, all of the games on Blended Play have to be played in your classroom. They have to be played in your classroom because Blended Play games are designed to be projected in the front of your room and students answer questions aloud to progress through the games.
To use Blended Play you first have to create a free account on the site. Once you have created your account you can use any of five game board templates. All games use the same question and answer format. It is just the presentation of the questions and the progress display that changes between games. For example, you can use the same ten geography questions in multiple games. When you are ready to play a game in your classroom simply log into your account, open a game, and select your questions to use in the game. You then project the game on a screen in front of your classroom and when students answer a question correctly, you mark it correct and their game pieces move forward on the digital game board.
Applications for Education
Blended Play is essentially a set of digital board game templates that you can project in your classroom to use for group review activities. It’s a nice alternative to the standard Jeopardy or Bingo review activities that have been around since the dawn of time for decades. Using Blended Play isn’t going to radically change your classroom, but it could provide a nice way to engage kids in a review activity.