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The way students, families, teachers, and other school staff experience Fraser Schools and school-related activities affects student attendance, learning, and achievement.

As the district embarks on our next five-year strategic plan, it is critical to use data to develop our next steps. School Climate is an important part of that work. Therefore, we invite you to complete the parent survey from the US Department of Education’s School Climate Survey (EDSCLS). The district also uses this survey for both our School Improvement process and to support the next Strategic Plan. For more information and to see the survey questions, please visit the EDSCLS website.

The survey is open to all parents/guardians from now through December 18th. If you have children in multiple buildings, you may take the survey more than once. Each time you take the survey, it will ask for the building and grade level your child attends.

LINK TO PARENT SURVEY

Your answers will be combined with the answers of other parents at the school and district levels, and used to create records about the climate of our schools. These reports will not identify any person or their responses.

As a parent of a Salk Elementary student, you are a valued member of the Salk PTO. Our official Facebook group is here: Salk PTO. Please help us build the group by sharing with other Salk families and adding them to the group.

Next PTO meeting is January 18, 2024 at 6:00 in the Salk Media Center.

We're starting to see MANY students bundled up each day, which is great! Please be sure to send your child to school dressed for the weather each day. Students will start needing warm coats, gloves, hats, scarves, and/or boots daily throughout the winter.

Please take time to label each and every item- because our lost and found gets bombarded with lost winter accessories throughout the season

Please note that, per Board Policy, we will be having outdoor morning lineup and heading outdoors for our 20 minute recess(es) if the windchill is 10+ degrees.

Time outdoors is time well spent for kids, in all seasons.

As we prepare for the end of the first semester and winter break, we are grateful for everyone who has helped to restore a routine for showing up to school while supporting students and families.

Daily routines are essential for reducing stress and creating a sense of security for students and adults.

In Fraser, attendance rates continue to increase or hold steady at all our schools. More than 94 percent of students in Fraser were on Tier 1, which means they had missed 19 percent or less of the school days. That is an increase of more than 2 percentage points from the end of September.

Please take steps to keep your child healthy and send them to school unless they are truly sick. Every day of school is an important opportunity for students to learn and connect to peers and their teachers.

Attendance Works has put together a helpful list of tips to help keep your child healthy and in school.

We want to thank all our families, students, and staff for their continued support of our attendance initiatives.

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Charlie has made several visits to Salk with great success. Students are happy to see him and he really brightens the mood. Charlie will visit on December 21, 2023.

Charlie's purpose is to ease student's anxieties and increase positive emotions. We do not want his presence to cause fear or anxiety. As a reminder, parents have the ability to opt out of having their student interact with Charlie. If you DO NOT want your student to be around Charlie, then please fill out the opt out form linked here.

For the safety of students with allergies and Charlie, he will not be in the lunch room. Charlie will also remain out of classrooms in which parents have a student who opt out. Charlie will be under my supervision and kept on a leash at all times.

Rules for Interacting with Charlie:

Use calm bodies and inside voices when around Charlie.

Always ask before petting Charlie.

Don't take food around Charlie/feed Charlie

As you may have heard, all students in Fraser Public Schools are eligible to receive free meals this school year. Every student enrolled in our district can receive a healthy breakfast and lunch at NO CHARGE to your household each day

Breakfast & Lunch menus may be found HERE.

Our partnership with Gleaners will continue! They will be set up from 9-11 AM on the following dates:

January 11

January 25

February 8

February 22

March 7

March 21

April 4

The drive-thru pantry will be located in the Klein Road parking lot at Fraser High School.

If you are in need of food assistance, you can find pantries in your area by visiting https://pantrynet.org.

• 12/14- Early Release Day (1:30PM Dismissal)
• 12/15 Salk Family Movie Night (6-8 Pre-registered)
• 12/25-1/5- No School (Holiday Break)
• 1/8- School Resumes
• 1/15- No School (MLK Jr. Day)

Access the full District Calendar HERE at any time!

The 2023-24 Executive PTO Board:

Stephanie Tompkin - President

Amy Wiederhold- Vice President

Jackie Lempinen and Natalie Meyer- Secretary

Christina Burrows- Executive Assistant

Christine Ireland - Treasurer

To contact the PTO - ptosalk@gmail.com

Important Contact Information:

Main Office: (586) 439-6800

Absentee Phone Line: (586) 439-6890

• 24 hour recorded line, please leave your child's reason for absence and length of time out. Absences reported to this line ensure most timely and accurate record.

Principal: Mr. Anthony Birkmeier, anthony.birkmeier@fraserk12.org

School Administrative Assistant: Mrs. Marcy Krebs, Marcy.Krebs@Fraserk12.org

Building Hours - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

School Hours: 8:35 am – 3:30 pm

First Bell: 8:30 am

Instructional Bell: 8:35 am

Students must be in class by 8:35 am or they are marked tardy