The Stinging News

Jack Yates - Principal

Email: yatesj@brightonk12.com

Website: https://www.brightonk12.com/Domain/179

Address: 4680 Bauer, Brighton, MI 48116

Phone: 810-299-4451

Parents, please remember to be checking your students head for head lice. After a long summer of sleep overs and interaction with friends, family and sporting events, it is that time of year again to be diligent about checking for lice and eggs . While they are not harmful they most certainly are a nuisance and difficult to get rid of. Should you need any more information here is a link for your reference: https://www.cdc.gov/lice/about/head-lice.html

Welcome to the 2024-25 school year at Hornung!

SEPTEMBER HAPPENINGS:

9/10: Curriculum night (1st grade - 6 pm, 3rd grade - 6:45 pm)

9/11: Red, White & Blue Day

9/12: Curriculum night (2nd grade - 6 pm, 4th grade - 6:45 pm)

9/13: PTO Meeting @ 9:05 in the Multipurpose Room

9/13: Picture Day

9/16: Pink week begins! Coin drive all week with donations going directly to Trinity Cancer Center in Brighton

9/18: Hat &/or Crazy Sock Day with Coin Drive Donation

9/19: Popcorn Day

9/20: District Wide “Pink Out” - Wear Pink! & Tropical Smoothie Fundraiser

9/27: Color Run 5-7 pm

Pink Week is September 16-20th! All week long we will be doing a Coin Drive - collecting donations in classrooms. All donations collected will go directly to Trinity Cancer Center in Brighton!

Wednesday, September 18th is Crazy Sock &/or Hat day with a Coin Drive Donation.

Thursday, September 19th is Popcorn Day! $1/bag (cash) or $1.19 (Venmo) with a one bag limit per student. Venmo payments MUST be made the Wednesday prior. If sending in cash please put in an envelope or ziploc with your students name, teacher and grade. Please indicate the same on Venmo. You may pay in full for the year. $8 (cash) or $9.52 (Venmo).

Friday, September 20th is our BAS district Wide “Pink Out”! Wear your Pink Week gear from any of Brighton’s participating stores or your own pink attire!

Hornung’s annual Color Run is Friday, September 27th from 5-7pm! Join us for a fun filled family night running our 1/2 mile loop with color stations run by your favorite staff, featuring Bash Entertainment, Kona Ice and food truck provided by Junkyard Pit Crew. A Sensory Lap will take place at 4:50pm for those interested in a color free, music free run with Hope our Mascot and Suzie our therapy dog.

Registration is $15 (cash) or per runner and includes a t-shirt and sunglasses. Look for registration forms in your students Friday folder. All runners MUST be registered. The registration deadline is September 13th. We are in need of volunteers to help with this event. Please see the sign up genius linked here if you are interested.

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/60B0A4FA5AC28A5F94-51134281-color

Thank you to our newest platinum sponsor, El Car Wash, for donating $30 wash coupons and other goodies to all of our Hornung staff members! El Car Wash is having a grand opening event at its first Michigan location at 8680 W. Grand River on Friday, September 13 from 12pm-6pm. This event will feature a DJ, an appearance from the Detroit Lions Cheer Squad, and lots of treats.

The PTO is happy to have made a Google Calendar to share with you! Below are the 3 options to access it and incorporate it into your personal calendars:

*Calendar ID for Google Calendar

HornungPTO@gmail.com

*Public URL to this Calendar

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=hornungpto%40gmail.com&ctz=America%2FNew_York

Note: Use this URL to access the calendar from a web browser. This link would not require you to subscribe or sign-in to Google Calendars.

*Public Address in iCal Format

https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ical/hornungpto%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics

Note: Use this address to access the calendar in iOS.

Your Hornung PTO,

Co-Presidents: Lauren Argillander & Andrea Shorkey
Co-Vice Presidents: Erin Bradley & Mirullia Morneault

Co-Secretaries: Mary Beth Harris & Rachel Loch

Treasurer: Michele Mannooch

Picture day is next Friday, September 13th. Even if you are not planning to purchase pictures, all students will be photographed so they can be included in our yearbook.
A few days after picture day, you will be able to access your student's photo on jostenspix.com using the code: FE223624

Retakes will be on October 18, 2023, for those desiring to have their picture re-taken or if your student is absent on picture day.

Yearbooks are available to order at http://jostensyearbooks.com?ref=A09868116. They will be delivered to your student in May. Order yours now and check something off the list!

We are bringing back the Hornung chapter for fall 2024. This is an 8-week program that focuses on empowerment, character building, and of course some RUNNING! GOTR will begin September 23rd. We will be meeting after school on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4pm - 5:30pm right at Hornung. This program is open to girls in 3rd and 4th grades and our team can enroll up to 15 students.

For more information and to register, please visit: https://www.girlsontherunsemi.org/programs. You may also email me (katherinedmitchell@gmail.com) or Stephanie Banning (skbanning130@gmail.com) with any questions.

We wanted to share a friendly reminder to our families about pets on school grounds. Because our school has a therapy dog, we ask that non-service animals be kept at home. This is for the safety of our therapy dog, Suzie. When Suzie is at school she is trained to do a job. When other dogs are on the property during school hours it is distracting for her and/or could put her in potential danger.

Thank you for understanding.

Please remember to ALWAYS bring your Driver's License or State ID when picking up your student from the office. There could always be an instance where we have a substitute Security Guard or a substitute in the office that may not know who you are. Thank you for your corporation!

There is a helpful feature in Parent Connect that allows you to enter your student’s absence. Simply log into parent connect and click on the link Report Absence. The Report Absence link will open a screen for you to complete. If you have more than one student check the name of the student for whom an absence is being submitted. Add the applicable dates. If you check the All Day flag attendance will be submitted for the am and pm periods. If you do not check the All Day flag times must be entered and attendance will be submitted for whichever periods meet during the time range (based on period schedule). If you use Parent Connect to report your child's absence you do not need to call the attendance line.

Hornung Office - 810-299-4450

Hornung Attendance Line - 810-299-4454

Jack Yates, Principal Office 810-299-4451

Hornung Fax - 810-299-4460

Hornung Friendship Center – 810-299-4461

BAS Central Office - 810-299-4000

BAS Transportation – 810-299-3890

Student Drop Off: 8:55 AM

First Bell: 9:01 AM

Second Bell: 9:05 AM

Starting Time In Class: 9:05 AM

Dismissal Time: 3:57 PM

Students eating Breakfast may enter the cafeteria at 8:45 AM

Virtual Open House Link