Get Excited for the Fall Festival - Bike Rodeo! You and your family will not want to miss this great family event and fundraiser for Chatfield programs. We need your support and we hope you will attend! Register at: https://forms.gle/f321obiJu5eT4U3U7

We need lots of volunteers to make the Fall Festival - Bike Rodeo a success! Here is the link to sign up to volunteer! Please help out! From set up, to face painting, to grilling, to bike races, we need your help! Sign up at: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4CA4A92CA0FA7-44355941-fall

Parent Teacher conferences with your child's homeroom teacher will be held on Thursday, October 5 and Tuesday, October 10! Please see your child's newsletter to sign up for a time for conference. Elective teachers will be present for drop in conferences on these days. The teachers are expecting 100% participation in Fall Conferences.

For Night 2 of Parent Teacher Conferences on Tuesday, Oct. 10 we would like to provide the teachers and staff with a potluck dinner. Please volunteer to bring a delicious dish, dessert, supplies or to help with set up and clean up. If you want to help with set up or clean up, set up will be around 5:10pm and clean up will be around 6:15pm with staff actually eating anytime between 5:20 and 6:15pm. Sign Up Link: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/409094FA5A922A02-44797065-feed

It is time to get ready for Trunk or Treat 2023! We ask that each child bring in 50 pieces (or more) of wrapped candy to populate the candy supply. Students should deliver this candy at the start of the day to the candy bins located at the front door entrance and the gym lobby entrance. Please make sure your candy is donated by October 23. Thank you!

Would you like to decorate your trunk for Chatfield's Annual Halloween Trunk or Treat? If you would like to participate, please complete the form linked below by October 16. Decorators should plan to set up around 1:30pm with the first classes coming through around 2pm! We will supply the candy with parent donations. This activity is weather dependent and if cancellation is necessary because of weather we will notify families by Noon.

https://forms.gle/xqH8n6F9Eb8V6fQC6

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

At the North Branch meet last week, Micah Stern and Levi Schaller ran their way into the top 20 fastest 8th graders of all time for Lapeer!. Congratulations! The season isn’t over yet, so we hope they keep moving up the list!!

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.

You are invited and encouraged to attend the Chatfield P.I.E. meetings to be held the second Wednesday of each month at 4pm in the middle school commons. The second meeting is October 11 at 4pm. Chatfield P.I.E. serves as an organization to provide student and family engagement and participation and to support school activities. The P.I.E. meetings provide a forum for the school staff to share information with parents. Again we highly encourage you to attend! WChristina Hall is President, Tracy Coulter is Vice-President, Amanda Blay is Secretary, and Jacqueline Wellington is Treasurer. Erin Sawgle and Stephanie Klee remain on the board as trustees.

Meeting dates

Oct. 11, Nov. 8, Dec. 13, Jan. 10, Feb. 14, Mar. 13, Apr. 10, May 8

The Bike Rodeo Fall Festival is scheduled for October 7! It is just around the corner!

Breakfast is served "to go style" in the lobby from 8:00 to 8:20. Students do not need to order in advance. They will take their breakfast to the classroom. Students must be on time to class, breakfast can not be used an excuse for tardiness.

For lunch, students must order their lunch each day when arriving to homeroom. Both breakfast and lunch are served without cost to students/families! If a student orders only milk or purchases 2 milks they are charged for the cost of the milk. Unfortunately, milk is a la carte it is not free. If a student arrives after 8:50am they must bring their lunch to school because it is too late to order for the day.

The middle school students will be selling holiday Poinsettias, greenery, and wreathes this Fall. We have always been very happy with the products.

Mandels Poinsettia/Green Fundraiser:

Starts: 10/9-10/25

Delivery 11/16

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

10/5/2023 Parent Teacher Conferences

10/10/2023 Parent Teacher Conferences

10/16-19/2023 5th Grade Camp

10/20/2023 No School

10/25/2023 Picture Retakes (AM)

10/27/2023 End of 1st Marking Period

10/27/2023 Half Day of School 11:30am Dismissal

10/31/2023 Halloween - Trunk or Treat (PM)

11/3/2023 Report Cards Sent Home

11/6/2023 No School-Teacher Professional Development

11/9/2023 LEAF Deposit Day Grades 1-4 (PM)

11/20-24/2023 No School

11/23/2023 Thanksgiving

11/27/2023 Scholastic Book Fair Week through 12-1

Parents & Guardians,

We are hiring some part time employees! If you are interested in being on one of our teams please let us know! Specifically we could use some support on our lunch team, child care team, and on our substitute team. Contact Mr. Kraly at bkraly@chatfieldschool.org or Mrs. Davis at adavis@chatfieldschool.org

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