Cougar Connect | Jan 7 2019

Coming soon to Arno…

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Jan 7

ACE conf @RESA – Steve

School Resumes

Jan 8

No events

Jan 9

Reflections district celebration APAC 6:30

PBIS meet 7:45

Jan 10

No events

Jan 11

No events

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Jan 14

Carin Cougar Week Begins

Ad Council 9:00

Jan 15

SIP Team meeting all day

Title I Parent Night 6:00

Jan 16

SIP Meeting 7:45

Jan 17

ALICE Drill 1:30

Jan 18

Play at APAC Grades 2-5- Bus departs 9:00

Mother/Son night Skore Lanes

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Arno Vision

Arno Elementary will provide a system of support to empower

and inspire students to become collaborative learners

that strive for academic excellence-

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I would like to wish you and your family

a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season!

Arno students send Christmas cheer!

Thanks Todd and Jeff for another great performance!

Board Recognition

In case you haven’t heard yet, Rachel, Barb, and Todd were honored Monday at the Board meeting for their involvement in the vocabulary our students enjoy every week, and coordination through broadcast. They informed the Board of the reasons behind the program, and also showed a great clip with Bernie Smilovitz. Well done- we are very proud of them for all the extra effort to benefit our kids!

Yoga is back…

Arno Elementary School Before School Yoga

Who: All students Grade K-5 are welcome!

When: 8:10-8:25 a.m. every Thursday

Where: The Arno Elementary School Gym

please enter through the main office doors

Why: Yoga at an early age encourages self-esteem and body awareness. Fostering cooperation and compassion is a great gift to give our children. Children derive enormous benefits from yoga. Physically, it enhances their flexibility, strength, coordination, and body awareness. In addition, their concentration and sense of calmness and relaxation improves.

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Choir Lights up the Holiday Season

Congratulations Mr. Hoffman and Thank You Elementary Honors Choir for a beautiful Winter Concert!!

Posted by Allen Park Public Schools on Tuesday, December 18, 2018

Singing songs of the holiday season 🙂APPS Elementary Honors Choir 2018

Posted by Allen Park Public Schools on Tuesday, December 18, 2018

From the PTA

Christmas is almost here! Have you been Naughty or Nice? Of course, ALL our Arno Cougars are on the nice list! December 22^nd though January 6^th is Arno’s Winter Break! School will resume January 7^th and we cannot wait to hear about your wonderful Holiday! We hope all our Arno families have a happy and safe Christmas and New Year!

Calling all Dad’s! Have you joined the ARNO PTA? We are looking to add “dad” memberships to the ARNO PTA! Dads, stepdads, uncles, grandfathers etc. ALL count! To join the ARNO PTA please visit https://arnopta.memberhub.store/shopping/categories/2860 or complete a membership form along with the $7 membership fee. When you join the PTA before December 28^th 2018 each new “dad” membership will be entered to win a free couples entry to the Mother/Son night or Daddy/Daughter Dance

Our District Reflections Tea Luncheon is on January 9^th. Invitations have been sent home to the Reflections winners.

Save the date! Mother/Son night is coming up quick on January 18^that Score Lanes! A Sign-Up Genius link will be sent out soon.

Save the date! We have our Family Caring – Pantry Food Drive for Allen Park’s Community Pantry (inside APHS) going on from January 14^th through January 25^th.

REMINDER! We do not have a PTA meeting at the beginning of January, our next PTA meeting is on January 31^st and we cannot wait to see all your smiling faces!

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Title I Workshop

Please see the open invitation below for another parent informational evening on Jan 15

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Atlas Rubicon

Here is a link to Atlas Rubicon, our curriculum management tool. We have 40 courses that have been completed by AP teachers at different levels over the summer and this fall. Most of those courses have unit calendars and standards associated with each lesson/unit/course. We look forward to more courses being added the remainder of the school year!

A guaranteed and viable curriculum was a priority of the board and Mr. Darga. Atlas is a great tool to facilitate collaboration among staff and offers transparency to stakeholders. It is a tool we plan to support for the foreseeable future, and is a district initiative, not dependent on any single person or position.

The common standards at each grade level are the “guaranteed” part of our curriculum- what each child is expected to know at the culmination of their time in that class.

Our unit calendars and curriculum maps are not something that are set in stone, we will be constantly re-visiting them. We understand you cannot get to everything all the time- that is an unreasonable expectation. As I have said before and we discussed as a district SIP team last year, between 70-80% of the curriculum is common across buildings (or in the MS, CS, and HS, across classrooms), and the rest is teacher/building choice. Think of it as planning 30-32 weeks of common curriculum, with 7-10 weeks throughout the year for extensions, interventions, assessments, recovery, snow days, spirit days, etc…

If you do not have a login, please let me know and I will create one for you. If you have any other questions related to Atlas, please let me know. Have a great day!

https://authenticate.rubicon.com/#/login

Assessment time

It went by quick, but it’s time for round 2. Assessment time windows are below, as well as the schedule for your BAS dates. This will then lead up to the next round of data days, as well as an MTSS data dive by that committee as well.

NWEA

Jan 8 – Feb .1

Dibels

Jan 8-Feb 1

BAS

Window Jan 8-Feb 1- Schedule:

Jan 10

Todd Creutz

Melissa Hool

Erin Higgins

Jan 16

Lisa Smalley

Brian Trionfi

Sarah Kalis

Jan 17

Rachel Warneck

Beth Wesley

Renee Guyot

Jan 22

Megan Schultz

Alex Cervantes

Nicole Amonette

Jan 23

Dawn Watson

Barb Pushman

Julie Martinchick

Jan 24

Nickie Stanley

Cristina DiCarlo

Megan Johnson

Time to pack for Kalahari

Please see the attached brochure for another Arno fundraiser at Kalahari Resort. Thanks to Rachel for setting this up again!

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Take a peek at Santa’s Reindeer

https://reindeercam.com/

Track Santa with NORAD help

https://www.noradsanta.org/

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Coming soon to Arno…

Arno Vision

Arno Elementary will provide a system of support to empower

and inspire students to become collaborative learners

that strive for academic excellence-

I would like to wish you and your family

a very Merry Christmas and a happy holiday season!

Arno students send Christmas cheer!

Thanks Todd and Jeff for another great performance!

Board Recognition

Yoga is back…

Arno Elementary School Before School Yoga

Who: All students Grade K-5 are welcome!

When: 8:10-8:25 a.m. every Thursday

Where: The Arno Elementary School Gym

*please enter through the main office doors*

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Choir Lights up the Holiday Season

From the PTA

Our District Reflections Tea Luncheon is on January 9th. Invitations have been sent home to the Reflections winners.

Save the date! Mother/Son night is coming up quick on January 18th at Score Lanes! A Sign-Up Genius link will be sent out soon.

Save the date! We have our Family Caring – Pantry Food Drive for Allen Park’s Community Pantry (inside APHS) going on from January 14th through January 25th.

REMINDER! We do not have a PTA meeting at the beginning of January, our next PTA meeting is on January 31st and we cannot wait to see all your smiling faces!

membership application (1)-1nwholn

Dad drive-1kpw9je

Mother Son 2019-1fgsua0

Title I Workshop

Please see the open invitation below for another parent informational evening on Jan 15

Title I Parent Writing Workshop _ January 15 2019 (1)-15n20li

Atlas Rubicon

Assessment time

Time to pack for Kalahari

Take a peek at Santa’s Reindeer

https://reindeercam.com/

Track Santa with NORAD help

https://www.noradsanta.org/

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Our District Reflections Tea Luncheon is on January 9^th. Invitations have been sent home to the Reflections winners.

Save the date! Mother/Son night is coming up quick on January 18^that Score Lanes! A Sign-Up Genius link will be sent out soon.

Save the date! We have our Family Caring – Pantry Food Drive for Allen Park’s Community Pantry (inside APHS) going on from January 14^th through January 25^th.

REMINDER! We do not have a PTA meeting at the beginning of January, our next PTA meeting is on January 31^st and we cannot wait to see all your smiling faces!