Monday, February 5th:

Tuesday, February 6th:

3:00-4:15 After School Math

Wednesday, February 7th:

Deposit Day!

3:00-4:15 After School Math

3:15-4:15 Kindness Squad

Thursday, February 8th:

3:00-4:15 After School Math

Friday, February 9th:

Friday Treat: Tootsie Pops 50 cents each/ Limit $2.00

Upcoming Important Dates:

February 12th Early Release

February 12th Regular Board Meeting

February 14th Count Day and Valentine's Parties

February 16-20 Mid Winter Break for Students

February 26-March 1st Scholastic Book Fair

February 29th March Is Reading Month/ One School-One Book Kick Off Party

March 11th-14th Parent Teacher Conferences/ Early Releases

March 15th No School for Students

March 19th PTO Meeting

March 26th 6:00 2nd Grade Spring Concert

March 27th 6:00 3rd Grade Spring Concert

March 29th-April 7th Spring Break

April 8th Early Release

April 9th PTO Meeting

April 16th 6:00 4th Grade Spring Concert

April 23rd 5:30-7:00 Title I Lego STEAM/Math Night

May 13 Early Release

May 14 PTO Meeting

May 21 6:00 5th Grade Musical

May 22nd 5th Graders- Camp Pendalouan

May 22nd 2nd and 4th Grade Field Day

May 23rd 3rd and 5th Grade Field Day

May 24th Early Release- Memorial Day

May 27th- No School- Memorial Day

June 3rd 2:00 5th Grade Parade and Celebration

June 5th End of the Year Assembly @ HS Track

June 6&7 Early Release

June 7 Last Day of School

Our next Kickstart to Career Deposit Day is February 7th. Forms were sent home last week.

Families,

This week we have started to enforce no hats or hoods in school. Hats and hoods are appropriate on the playground in the cold weather, but not in the classroom or while students are moving throughout the building during the day.

We shared with students the "why". That we are seeing that students are using hats and hoods to disengage from learning, increased disrespect towards staff from students wearing hats and hoods, and most importantly, school safety. We need to be able to easily identify our students both in person and on video. We are working to upgrade our camera system, and we need to be able to identify students. Students wearing hats and hoods makes this difficult or altogether impossible.

If students are seen wearing hats and hoods other than recess, arrival, and dismissal, they will be asked by staff to remove them. Failure to do so will result in parent contact and disciplinary action.

If you have concerns with this policy, please contact Heather MacDonald or E'lyse Benson.

Please send students dressed appropriately for winter weather. As we are experiencing cold, snowy weather, it is important that students are properly dressed for outdoor temperatures, snow, and slush. Boots, snowpants, hats and mittens are helpful. Students will not be permitted to stay indoors unless the temperature "feels like" less than 10 degrees.

We recommend labeling all winter wear so it is easy to identify when lost or when items get mixed up between students.

Finally, please use extra caution in the drop off and pick up lanes. Icy conditions can lead to accidents and we don't want students, parents, or staff to be hurt!

Cardinal Families,

Please review the poster below.

We are here to work collaboratively to provide a safe, nurturing school for your children. We are happy to meet with you regarding any concerns you may have. We do ask that you follow the expectations outlined below, or you will be asked to leave and schedule a time to meet with us later.

Thank you for your assistance with this.

Sincerely,

The Cardinal Elementary Office, Teachers, and Staff

Please do not allow students out of vehicles until 8:00. There is not staff available to supervise students and it is not safe to have children standing outside unsupervised.

School begins at 8:10 and your student is tardy at 8:10.

Our staff stands outdoors from 8:00-8:10 each morning. At 8:10, we start walking towards the doors and once we are inside, your student will need to be signed in tardy at the office window in order for us to maintain accurate attendance records. If an adult signs the student in, it is an excused tardy. If there is no adult to sign in the student, it is an unexcused tardy.

While we understand that this may be frustrating, this can be avoided by ensuring that your student arrives to school prior to 8:10.

At Cardinal Elementary, we believe that when our students work hard all day, they should not come home with hours of homework. When they come home, they should have time to play, participate in activities, and have quality time with family.

We DO prioritize reading at home for 20 minutes daily. This can be done through reading to self or being read to. Research shows that children who read at home daily achieve higher literacy outcomes. Here is a link from What Works Clearinghouse on Tips for Supporting Reading Skills At Home

The only other homework sent home will be work that has not been completed during time provided at school and occasional study guides for unit assessments.

Please check out our Cardinal Elementary Webpage. We update this with information daily. On the Homepage, you will be greeted with our daily Cardinal News Network where our students talk about what it means to SOAR at Cardinal and share news updates. You might even see your student being featured.

On the "Parents" page, there are updates about upcoming activities and other important information for parents.

• There will be no club February 16th, 19th, or 20th over the mid-winter break.
• February 22nd 4:00-6:00 BGC Family Engagement Night

Each month, we hold a SOAR assembly to look at our school-wide data, celebrate students of the month, and reward SOAR ticket winners.

In January, we had a remarkable decrease in behavior from the year before that we were able to celebrate as a school. We would love to keep this trend up in February!

Weekly Average Attendance: 89.37% We dipped a little again this week.

Top 5 Classrooms

#1 Mrs. Gannon 97.3%

#2 Ms. Janusiewicz 95.8%

#3 Mrs. Mastbergen 95.2%%

#4 Mrs. Morehouse 94.0%

#5 Ms. Endres and Mrs. Buchanan Classrooms 93.8%

No Days Missed and 0 Tardies!

Caleb Binkerd

Landon Bradley

Mila Campbell

Braxton Denig

Melanie Fisher

Lilli Gee

Nevaek Graham

Emilio Gutierrez

Lexi Hernandez

Nikko Hernandez-Taylor

Brycen Johnson

Tristen Jones

Emanuel Kitchen

Leighana Lamb

Brooklyn McCombs

Dalton McMann

Brenton Mitcheltree

Isaac Neading

Lucille Nichols

Javion Pascavage

Aubree Praay

Kole Rake

Raelyn Roper

Brantley Santo

Lacey Santo

Davis Steele

Liam Stutler

Elsie Szot

Ava Tate

Tamia Trotter

Aurora Welch

D'arra Williams

No Days Missed and 0 Tardies:

Kayden Bissell

Hazel Bowen

Elia Bowen

Ka'nard Brown

Audrianna Carie

Elias Coronel

Charlie Cothran

Kamryn Dowdell

Grace Duell

Makayla Fletcher

Makenzie Fletcher

Ariana Garcia

Jameson Garcia

A'brielle Gilbert

Unique Grigsby

Joseph Irving

Karter Kiesgen

Rodrigo Mendiola

Julian Moses

Judah Neading

Quinn Pringle

Xavier Ross

Hailey Short

Colten Smith

Ethan Stribley

Amoree' Tate

Omar Varona

Quatilon Watts

Nevaeh Wright

Maverick Zuniga

No Days Missed and 0 Tardies!

Nevaeh Anderson

Mia Atkin

Kaydence Bayer

Karter Brown

Akeem Buchanan

Silas Campbell

Chazlyn Church

Natalie Fisher

Jaxson Galarneau

Tucker Glover

Aiden Greer

Deegyn Harter

Levi Hernandez

Amos Hulbert

Da'marrion Jackson

Isaiah James

Deandre Kimbrough

Dylan Lamb

Natia Ley

Admyr Mendoza

Laketyn Miller

Ian Morse

Dylan Nowak-Duren

Aniya Peterson-Graham

Eliott Rice

Karsyn Sternberg

Alayna Stimage

Demari Thomas Mathews

Ta'nia Williams

Isley Woerpel

No Days Missed and 0 Tardies

Olivia All

Ayanna Anderson

Avan Anderson

Alazia Ashford

Thomas Ashley

Bryce Belmonte

Bre'asia Camacho-Navarro

O'rion Coles

Noah Daul

Adrianna Elmer

Justice Flowers

Elizabeth Gooden

Tonya Grammar

Silas Hardy

Markwan Herron

Johanna Horsly

Stella Houghtaling

Ahmyla Logan

Marriah Maybanks

Audira McCann

Deonna Nesbary

Alaina Nicholes

Kolter Poore

Kyah Russell

Kaleb Short

Kloey Smith

Paisley Talley

Nathan Town-Raymond

Treyvon Turner-Sneed

Maliya Wilson

Our PTO Meetings will be held in the Cardinal Collab Lab the second Tuesday of the month at 3:30 PM.

Our next meeting is February 13th. We hope to see you there!

Hey!

Join us in earning cash for our school PTO by using the Box Tops app. It’s an easy way to make a difference. All you have to do is buy Box Tops participating products (like Cheerios!) and scan your grocery receipt. Box Tops are worth $.10 each and they add up fast! Twice a year, our school receives a check to help pay for whatever we need - equipment, supplies or experiences the kids love!

Download the Box Tops for Education app here: https://btfe.smart.link/c2jjdifkw?referral_code=BIQ06E75

Limited Time! With every new Box Tops participant, the impact on schools doubles (or more!). So right now when you refer a friend and they scan their first receipt between now and 9/7, you’ll earn 40 Bonus Box Tops for your school. Link

Don't forget: Every scan gets you an additional entry, so the more you scan, the more you increase your odds of winning $1,000 for yourself and $1,000 for your school in our Back to School mega sweeps! Ends 11/30.*

Email: heather.macdonald@orchardview.org
Website: https://www.orchardview.org/schools/cardinal-elementary/
Location: 2310 Marquette Avenue, Muskegon, MI, USA
Phone: 231-760-1700
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Twitter: @heather_macdon