The Chat

It was a fantastically beautiful morning to celebrate the Maple Syrup season in Michigan! Guests enjoyed pancakes, homemade sausage, quiche, and special sweet treats. Everything was produced by Chatfield students and locally sourced. It was a great breakfast!

This special event helped us to raise about $1000 for our upcoming stage project. See more information about the stage project below.

Yearbooks must be ordered by March 22. The link to order is:

https://store.geskusphoto.com/search/YB2439

Yearbooks will NOT be sold after March 22. Yearbooks will not be available for purchase in June when they are passed out.

Special thank you to everyone who helped with Egg-A-Peep! Eggs are being delivered on the 20th. All students will recieve at least one!

The Mother-Son Night is coming up on April 11! Please make sure to turn in your registration form by April 8. A paper copy has been sent home.

Are you available to help out with this event? We still need volunteers...especially dads! Use this link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090B44AFA82BA6F58-48394849-motherson#/

Proceeds from this event benefit Grades 3-5.

The Daughters and Dad/Special Guest Event will be held on Thursday, April 18! LINK to Form A paper copy will be sent home.

Orders for flowers must be turned in to the office by April 8, 2024.

Proceeds from this event benefit 8th grade.

3/19/2024 County Spelling Bee

3/19-21/2024 7:00 PM Finding Nemo Middle School Musical

3/22/2024 27th Annual Spring Candy Hunt

3/22/2024 End of 3rd Card Marking

3/22/2024 Half Day of School 11:30am Dismissal

3/25-4/1/2024 Spring Break No School

4/2/2024 School Resumes

4/10/2024 4PM PIE Meeting

4/11/2024 Son and Mom/Special Guest "Rock Night" sponsored by Upper El.

4/18/2024 Daughter and Dad/Special Guest Event sponsored by 8th Grade/P.I.E.

4/18/2024 LEAF Deposit Day K-4 PM

4/21-26/2024 8th Grade Washington DC

4/29/2024 No School

5/2/2024 6:30 PM Band Concert

5/3/2024 Cinco de Mayo Pinatas K-5

5/6/2024 Scholastic BOGO Book Fair through 5-10

5/7/2024 5PM 6th Grade Pictured Rocks Meeting Chaperone meeting immediately following

5/8/2024 6:30 PM NJHS Induction

5/8/2024 4:00 PM P.I.E. Meeting

The 2024-2025 school year calendar is attached to this newsletter. Please note that the calenar reflects the requirements of the Michigan Department of Edcuation and the Lapeer County Intermediate School District.

Mr. Dumas asked that everyone be reminded of how criticial it is to drive slowly in the parking lots. He especially wants to point out in the north parking lot as people come around the library towards the gym lobby that people drive SLOWLY.

If your current Chatfield student has a sibling entering Kindergarten through Eighth grade and you would like to enroll them for the 2024-2025 school year, please complete the Sibling Enrollment Registration form (attached to this newsletter or found on the website enrollment page. Please turn this form in the office by April 5, 2024 to insure priority for possible enrollment.

We anticipate having some openings at every grade level for the 24-25 school year. Please share the following information meeting dates with friends or family that may be interested in enrolling their student for the 24-25 school year. At the seventh and eighth grade level, we sometimes have openings that allow for immediate enrollment. Encourage those who may be interested to register for the enrollment lottery. The kindness of a referral to a friend, neighbor, or family member is the greatest compliment we can receive and the best way to support the well-being of the Chatfield School program.

We would like to congratulate the following students who have been recognized by Chatfield staff for an outstanding contribution or accomplishment! Congratulations! Please stop by the lobby to read the great reports.

Maisey Gardner

Skylar Schafer

Tindle Coulter

Jacob Vanecek

Rowan Gardner

Evie Moss

Brayden Wilson

Jordan Ray

Michael Neumeyer

Tanner Floyed

Jaxon Lyman

Jacob Neumeyer

Corbin Viers

It is our pleasure to share a special project with you. We are upgrading our portable stage equipment. For those of you who have attended a Chatfield honors program, play or musical in the school gymnasium, you are familiar with the difficult lines of vision that occur due to our rather short stage platform. We would like to replace and upgrade the stage to a taller platform and to increase the square footage of the stage to allow for greater performance space.

Specifically our new stage would provide a stage height of 32 inches (currently 18 in.) and a performance space of 700 square feet (currently 432 sq. ft.). The new stage will have updated safety features and handicap accessibility. The project also includes plans to upgrade the staging structure for lighting and curtains.

This project is expensive. The Chatfield School Board of Directors and the Chatfield Partners in Education (P.I.E.) have each set aside significant funding for the project, but there is still work to be done to achieve the total amount needed. In addition to seeking grant funds, support from local service organizations, and running small fundraisers, we would like to ask if you would consider getting involved in some way. Perhaps you might like to support the project by attending a fundraiser or providing a specific financial gift to the project.

To give to the project please send a check to Chatfield School (see address above). Donations can also be made at www.onthestage.tickets/chatfield-school/donate with a minimal convenience fee. Your donation can be given anonymously if you wish or with a designation to honor or memorialize a staff member or student. With your donation you will receive a letter of thanks for tax purposes and recognition when the stage is in use.

The stage upgrade project is one that we can achieve together. Your involvement would be greatly appreciated.

Congratulations are in order for our Elementary and Middle School Archery Teams! Both teams have qualified for Nationals! This is a huge accomplishment! We are super proud of you! We would like to thank Chatfield P.I.E. who has made a donation of $980 to pay the registration fees for each student at Nationals.

The archery team has kicked off a Kookys n Cream fundraiser to raise money to help defray costs for Nationals. You can help!

Visit www.kookykindness.com then at checkout enter FUNDRAISER ID: ARCHERY

Kooky’s ships to your house. Easy & Simple!

There is no chess club this week. The Chess Club Tournament starts April 2nd! Way to go players and coaches!

The virtual pot-of-gold was hidden by the dolphin statue at the front entrance!! We had a lot of correct and close guesses! We have 1 pot-of-gold winner and 3 runners up.

The first to answer correctly after 8:10am this morning were........

Drum Roll Please.......2024 Winner:

Hope Garner!!

Our runners up:

Ansley Galat

Isabella Musselman

Lilyanna Epperly

Congratulations to each of you!

Thank you all for participating! Fantastic job guessing where the pot of gold ended up this year!

We would like to thank Chatfield P.I.E. for the generous support that made this event free for about 160 guests that atttended. This included pizza, science activities, a free book for every child and lots of fun! Thank you to all of the volunteers that participated.

Does your child have something to celebrate - perhaps an athletic accomplishment, a dance competition result, a special camp or program completion? We want to celebrate extra-curricular student success too! Let us know about it and we will celebrate it in the newsletter and on Facebook/Instagram. Send an email to Mr. Kraly (bkraly@chatfieldschool.org) with your child's first and last name, information about the success, and a quality picture (jpeg) or video.

Examples: Athletic award achieved, dance award, special recital, technology achievement, scouts or other organized program recognitions.

Any and all spirit wear can now be purchased locally at VillageTee! Please visit the link and the Village Tee website to see all of the possibilities available. We are just getting started! www.villagetees.net/product-category/chatfield

A.L.L.Y, Accepting Learners Leading Youth, is our middle school peer-to-peer program. A.L.L.Y. is excited to be selling pickles again this year! Pickles are $1.00 and will be sold after school in the lobby on Thursdays. The funds will go towards the programs’ after-school classroom supplies, project materials, and after-school activity needs. Thank you for your support!

The student & parent handbook for 2023-2024 is available now. Please take time to read it over. If you have any questions or concerns please let Mr. Young or Mr. Kraly know.

Handbook LINK

Link to confirm you have read the Handbook:

https://forms.gle/AfA6UCkprHQgcPAD8

The Chatfield School, a tuition-free, public school academy nestled in the heart of Lapeer, offers the best educational opportunities for students in grades K-8.

Email: chatfieldschool@chatfieldschool.org
Website: www.chatfieldschool.org
Location: 231 Lake Drive, Lapeer, MI, USA
Phone: (810)-667-8970