Husky Happenings

Dear Graham Families,

Happy Friday!

What an awesome Halloween we had this year! The weather was AMAZING and so was our parade!! We hope we can do that EVERY year because it was so nice to be outside and also nice for the families and friends to be able to spread out and not be so crowded inside the building. I guess we will just have to hope for great weather every year so we can continue this method of showing off our costumes. We really had so much fun this year. I love this school community and how everyone came out to see our staff and students! We always have so much fun here at Graham!!!

Please remember that there is NO SCHOOL on Tuesday, November 5th due to Election Day. Staff has Professional Development this day as well. We do have a very important PROPOSAL on the ballot for the Wayne County Enhancement Millage. I hope you will continue to support our schools! There is some information in my letter below if you want to read more about it. This millage passed several years ago so this is the renewal of it. This will help give us funds to upgrade our technology and support safety in the buildings.

This week in the Positivity Project we will be discusing the character strength of Creativity. Creativity means coming up with new and original ways to think about and do things. Please read the letter and talk about this trait with your family during the week to reinforce what we are talking about in school.

Please feel free to email me with questions you might have and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Sheppard

Principal

Please read this message from Acting Superintendent Jennifer Curry with information regarding the Wayne County Enhancement Millage that will be on the November 5 ballot.

The Staff at Graham are holding a Spirit Wear Fundraiser to raise money to support our PBIS program. Once a month, our school store goes around and students are able to purchase prizes with their posivtive dojo points. They receive points throughout the month for being Safe, Kind, Respectful and Resonsible. Money earned from this fundraiser will be used to purchase prizes for this store. We want to be able to give our students some really cool items!

I wanted to let everyone know that this fundraiser will last the entire school year! Your child can sign up at any time. You can purchase items online through the specific stores and we get a kick back from it. If you want to shop, go to schoolstore.com Once you get there you will want to find our school so that we earn points. If you click on MERCHANTS at the top, and scroll down, you will find MULTIPLE different stores where you can shop online and we will get a percentage from your purchase. It is so easy!

Students who have not registered yet, can do so at any time. They just have to have six email addresses with their account to be able to get a book buddy. So far we have earned over $300!!! Please reach out to me if you have any questions!

It is that time of year again! Students will need to have a coat to go outside for recess. We go out EVERY DAY unless it is below 20 degrees. Please be sure that they have something to keep them warm. If you need a coat for your child, please let the office, or a staff member know so we can work on getting one for your child. Thank you!

Room Parent: We are still looking for several parents to take on the ROOM PARENT role. You would be in charge of helping get volunteers for classroom parties, things for the classroom that the teacher might need, etc. Please let your child's teacher or Mrs. Sheppard know if you are interested on this!

We are missing parents for the following teachers:

Ms. Hanlon

Ms. Held

Ms. Taylor

Ms. Williams

Ms. Nordeen

Ms. Beaty

Ms. Widrig

Ms. Gamble

Ms. Green

Mr. Owenby

Ms. Closser

Ms. Clemons

Ms. Vandoorne

As you can see, we are missing SEVERAL parents to be a room parent in these classrooms. The job is not too tough. It would just be helping the teacher organize sign ups for class parties, the Spring Carnival Basket, and maybe some other small things. Please reach out to me if you would like to take on this volunteer job.

If a student misses at least 10% of school days in a year, INCLUDING excused or unexcused absences, they are considered chronically absent. In a regular school year of 180 days, that is about 18 days of absences. Chronic absenteeism can hinder the development of critcal skills, reduce academic success, and creating lasting challenges throughout a student's life!!

11/5 Election Day/NO SCHOOL

11/7 Student of the Month Assembly (INVITATION ONLY!!!)

There are some days when the menu could possibly change due to food items not being available. We will let the students know if there are changes as soon as we find out.

Our 5th graders will be selling snacks during all three lunches to raise money to go to Camp! All snacks are $1.00. Cash Only PLEASE!!!

11/5 NO SCHOOL-Election Day!!!!

11/13 Picture Retake Day!

Office Hours are 8:30-4:30 Monday-Friday

Attendance Line: 734-419-2626

Secretary: Mrs. Harper harperb@wwcsd.net

Principal: Mrs. Sheppard sheppardl@wwcsd.net

Email: sheppardl@wwcsd.net
Website: https://www.wwcsd.net/schools/elementary-schools/graham/
Location: 1255 South John Hix Road, Westland, MI, USA
Phone: 734-419-2620
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PDGrahamHuskies