Hello Elmwood Students and Families!

This coming Monday are picture retakes. If your student did not yet get their picture taken or if you'd like a re-do please make sure they are picture ready 📷. Also, all club photos and yearbook photos will be taken on Monday.

Please send back the Emergency Data Verification Forms with your corrections and updates. This will ensure we have your correct contact information on file.

Report Cards for quarter 1 are available on PowerSchool. Please click this link to see how to access them on your PowerSchool Parent Portal.

The canned good and non-perishable food drive for Goodfellows is continuing through December 15th. Please send in items to help support families in need. 🥫

We love our parent volunteers 💛💙 If you would like to volunteer to help out at lunch please click here.

5th Grade parents please check out the letter regarding the End-of-the-Year Party by clicking the link. Also, check out information on the upcoming STARBASE Field Trip by clicking the link.

Lastly, please check out the community section below for all of the newest opportunities and family assistance available.

Warmly,

Mrs. Bowersox, Ed.S 💛💙

We are still looking for noon monitors to help us out at lunch 🍽️ Please click the blue button for employment opportunities to apply and/or click here or come in and fill out a volunteer form to help out.

Ask your students about the salad bar that houses fresh apples, sliced oranges, pears, carrots, broccoli, apple sauce, chunked cantaloupe and dried cherries 😋

Get Involved in the After School Fun

• Cavbots (Lego Robotics): Mondays 3:30-5:00
• Michigan Stage Theater: Mondays & Tuesdays 3:30-5:10
• Anime Club: Wednesdays 3:30-4:30
• Healthy Kids Walking Club: Fridays 3:30-4:30
• Bucket Drumming Club: Thursdays 3:30-4:30
• Ecology Club: Tuesdays 3:30-4:30
• Student Council: In School Participation
• Safety Squad: In School Participation
• Service Squad: In School Participation

Before and After school child care is available. Please stop in the Front Office for registration forms and/or click the link below.

(4th & 5th Grade Girls)

Drop Off and Pick Up Reminders

• We want to encourage our students and families to cross California and the surrounding streets safely. It is important to use the crosswalks and crossing guards available.

• It helps the flow of traffic if your child is ready to exit the car.
  
• Parents should stay in the car, to keep the drop-off line moving!
• There is NO Parking, dropping and/or stopping in front of the school on California. When this is done it prevents the busses from traveling safely and it causes quite a jam. There are signs up and police will ticket persons who are there.
• The front loop is ONLY for Busses.
• Parents may use the West Parking Lot/Loop to Stop and Drop their student(s).
• There is NO Left Turn out of the West Parking Lot/Loop.
• Parents may park on Malvern on the East side of school and/or on Alice on the West side of the school to walk their student to their entry door.
  







Lastly, please be mindful of school hours and do not drop off your children prior to 8:10. At 8:10 there should be a staff member outside to supervise them. 💛💙

If your child will be absent or late, please contact the office to let us know. You can either call the attendance line @ 586-435-1103 or email Mrs.Smith. When leaving a message, please state the child's name, teacher's name, date of absence and reason for absence (i.e. child is ill with fever, cough, etc.)

Be sure to order a Hot Lunch if they will be late and need a lunch. Orders must be in by 8:45 AM Thank you!!

11/22-11/24: Thanksgiving Break 🦃🌽

Below check out the links to apple and android family sharing information which will guide you through making your children's technology "safe" for them by allowing you to control the content they see, the time they use it and observe the messaging they send and receive.

Next, PTO Meeting is on Monday, December 11th @ 6PM in Elmwood Elementary School's Library.

If anyone has questions and/or comments please reach out to SouthLakeElemPTO@gmail.com

2023 / 2024 PTO Board Members.

President: Andreea Tatu

Vice President: Sharita Gore

Treasurer: Chelsea Rumohr

Secretary: Haley Pencak