Friday, October 25

Families,

Thank you to all the families who joined us for Parent-Teacher Conferences! We deeply appreciate you taking the time to connect with our teachers and engage in meaningful conversations about your child’s progress. Your partnership is essential in fostering a supportive and collaborative learning environment, and it was wonderful to see so many of you.

Trunk or Treat: Wednesday, October 30:

Next week is a fun filled week with Halloween activities! Just a reminder, the Burton PTA Trunk or Treat is Thursday, October 30th from 6:00pm-7:00pm (set up begins at 5:30pm) at HW City Hall parking lot. Please tap the link below to decorate your trunk and pass out candy.

Halloween Parade: Thursday, October 31 at 9:00am.

Please see details in the newsletter for the parade route.

Go Blue Jays!

Lauren Fragomeni

Burton Elementary School, along with other schools in the Berkley School District are Leader in Me Schools. Leader in Me (LiM) is an evidence-based, comprehensive school-improvement model—developed in partnership with educators that empowers students with the leadership and life skills they need to thrive in a global community. Leader in Me is about empowering your child to reach their full potential while ultimately finding their voice.

Since the start of the school year your child has been learning about the 7 Habits. Burton teachers have introduced vocabulary such as "Be Proactive, Reactive, Begin with the End in Mind, Priority, Think Win-Win, Emotional Bank Accounts, Withdrawls, and Deposits.

Parent-Teacher Conferences provided an opportunity to learn about your child as a leader at school, however, they can also be a leader at home. This week, think about different leadership roles for your Blue Jay at home.

With the start of construction at Burton, families need to plan differently so they can arrive on time. Have your child be in charge of their items for school, they can be a Materials Manager or a School Specialist (they specialize in school so they can pack their backpack, get their snack, fill their water bottle) so they can help the family to be on time each morning.

Costumes

When choosing a Halloween costume for your child, horror or violence theme costumes are not allowed. Students may NOT bring toy guns, knives, or swords to school as part of their costume. Students will wear their costumes to school on Thursday, October 31st. After the parade and Halloween party, children may or may not change out of their costume and into their clothes.

Burton Annual Halloween Parade

The Halloween Parade is an exciting tradition at Burton. All families are invited to watch as our Blue Jays, BHS Marching Band and Huntington Woods Public Safety parade around the neighborhood.

Parade Details:

• Parade will begin promptly at 9:00am.
• Students will exit the Nadine Doors and parade East on Nadine, left onto Newport, left onto Hart.
• The parade will end at the Plaza Door Entrance.

Join the Berkley Education Foundation (BEF) for its inaugural BEF Open,

an X-Golf Tournament, November 8, 7-10 pm.

Every dollar the BEF raises supports teacher innovation-grants, the free student enrichment program, student scholarships and the 8th grade college tour.

Guests will have the chance to support the BEF by playing a round of golf, being a spectator, playing golf-related games for prizes and sponsoring a game. Golfers, in teams of four, will have the chance to play 18 holes at X-Golf on a world-renowned course. Teams will play an alternate ball style game and enjoy hot dogs at the turn. The team with the lowest score will win the grand prize. Only 9 teams are left - reserve your team before they sell out. Teams can utilize mulligans and sabotages to help their scores.

Golfers can also enter the Longest Drive contest, Closest to the Pin contest and Putting Challenge. Winners take home big prizes.

Not a golfer? Come for a Friday night out!

Enjoy an evening out, courtesy of the BEF, as a spectator. For those who are not avid golfers, don't want to commit to playing 18, or have never swung a club, stop in and enjoy the party. Spectator tickets are $25/person and include appetizers, hot dogs and an opportunity to play in the individual golf competitions.

Mark Your Calendar

Friday, November 8

7-10 pm

X-Golf, Royal Oak

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Price

$500/team

$25/spectator

October:

*October 30 - PTA Trunk or Treat (Set up begins at 5:30pm, 6:00pm-7:00pm trunk or treat) HW City Hall

*October 31 - Halloween Parade at 9:00am

November:

*November 4 & 5: No School for Students - District Professional Learning (Election Day)

*November 12 - PTA Meeting at 7:00pm in Media Center

*November 16: Daffodil and Leaf Clean Up, 2-4pm

*November 27, 28, 29 - District Closed - Thanksgiving Break

*December 2 - School Resumes

Each week our morning announcements on kindness, respect, and empathy featuring:

• The Pledge from a different classroom each week
• Wednesday Would You Rather? and Too Cute Tuesday!
  
• Friday Read Aloud
• Important events happening at Burton

Please note, the map above is not exact or to scale. Just to give an idea of the ongoing construction.

Bond Update:

This is the first phase of our construction work. As a reminder, here is the plan for this construction season:

• Burton’s new multi-purpose/cafeteria addition will be attached to the building at the northeast corner of the playground by the gym. It will house a new lunchroom, a new kitchen, storage rooms, restrooms and will be a wonderful space for collaboration.

• Half of Burton’s playground (east side) and parking lot will be fenced off by mid-October to prepare for construction. The playground doors will remain open with the construction fence just to the east.

• Construction fencing will also go up in the southeast section of the field inside the track, to prepare for a new, smaller playground area. The park entrance will still be accessible.

• Due to the location of the addition, some Burton playground equipment (swings, monkey bars, tubes, shade sails) will move to inside the track permanently.

• The street-side parking on Nadine plus the sidewalk will remain open through November/December.

• Once the new playground area is completed in the field, the Nadine parking lot and sidewalk adjacent to the parking lot will be closed to the public through the end of August 2025. At that time, Burton families and students will use a gate near the field for drop off and pick up.

• As construction dates get solidified, we will share them with the Burton and Huntington Woods community so everyone is prepared for the full construction season.

On Tuesdays, Domino's Pizza will be among the five food choices students can select. All students ordering pizza will receive ONE free slice and a vegetable, fruit, and milk. If your child would like an additional slice of pizza (2 slices total), they must preorder it in the morning and have at least $2.00 in their student account. On Tuesday mornings, classroom teachers will ask students if they would like one slice or two. This is helpful so the lunch team is accurate on the total pizza slices to decrease food waste.

To add funds to your child's account, please access the Parent Portal.

You are invited to join us for our Halloween Pops Concert on Tuesday, October 29th at 7:00pm in the BHS Auditorium. Students and families can wear a costume to the fun event. Students in 5th-8th grade that attend the event will be entered into a drawing to win special candy bucket prize.

Hello Burton Blue Jay Families!

The PTA is excited to announce that the 2nd Annual Burton Trunk or Treat is right around the corner. Given the impending construction coming our way, we are unable to plan to have the event in the Burton parking lot this year. The Huntington Woods City Hall has graciously given us use of their parking lot, and we are excited to collaborate with them for this fun event! Come to share in trunk or treating with our Burton community, and then head inside city hall since they will be staying open late to pass out candy and give the kiddos a chance to vote on their favorite trunk decoration! They will also be available to receive absentee ballots, issue absentee ballots, register people to vote, and answer any questions you might have. Please be sure to park on the side streets and walk up to the event. There will be no space for people attending the event, who have not signed up with a decorated trunk, to park in the parking lot.

We are also looking for families interested in decorating their trunks and passing out candy! Please note that each family with a decorated trunk is responsible for providing their own candy. PTA will have some extra candy available if needed! Please sign up via the provided link for car decoration, if interested, but also if you plan to join in on the trunk or treating fun. Having a number of how many children planning on attending gives the families with decorated trunks an idea of how much candy to get!

Reach out to Leah Wallbillich at Leah.Wallbillich@gmail.com with any questions.

Go Blue Jays!