Wolverine Weekly #24

March 2, 2025

March 3-7, 2025

Hello AES Families,

We closed out February Fun with our focus on Curiosity, Black History Month and Attendance and are shifting to March Madness with our focus on Reading Month, Confidence and Meta-Moments.

A big thank you to all of our upper elementary parents for supporting your upper elementary students in completing the projects which taught us about people who have made significant contributions during the Black History Month presentations on Friday.

And another shoutout goes to our Second Graders who won the February Attendance Challenge with the highest average attendance rate at 97% overall for the whole month! Every grade level had an average monthly rate above 90%! Thank you for giving students a reason to show up every day!

Kdg: 92% 1st: 92% 2nd: 97% 3rd: 95% 4th: 94% 5th: 93% 6th: 92%

Here's what's happening for the first week of March:

3/3 Monday - National SEL Day and School Social Workers Week - Thank you, Carrie Summers!

3/3 Monday - Reading Month Kick-off Assembly 8:45am in the cafeteria

3/3 Monday - One Book, One School Calendar begins and sent home with students

3/3-3/5 - AES Spelling Bees in Grades 4, 5, 6

3/5 Wednesday - February Attendance Challenge Winners - 2nd Grade - Celebration

3/5 Wednesday - Student of the Month Pizza Lunch with Mr. Wells and Mrs. Fonger

3/5 Wednesday - ELGA Deposit Day 1pm

3/5 Wednesday - Parent Teacher Conferences 4-7pm by appointment

3/5 Wednesday - Kindergarten Registration 4-7pm - call to schedule an appointment

3/7 Friday - Popcorn Friday - sponsored by the AES Parent Group - 50 cents / 4 bag limit

3/7 Friday - Half Day of School - dismissal at 12:05pm

Warmest regards,

Mrs. Fonger

AES Principal

jfonger@athertonschools.org

810-591-0604

Call for an appointment to register children who will be 5 years old by 9/1/25

Please Complete the Winter Parent Survey for School Improvement

AES Yearbook Sales

ATHERTON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

2024-2025 YEARBOOK

Pricing & Deadlines

$15.00 until 3/26/2025

Your 2024-25 YEARBOOK can also be purchased at the school. Order forms with envelope were sent home. Please fill out the form and send exact change in when ordering. Checks cannot be accepted.

Order online at:

WWW.STRAWBRIDGE.NET

ONLINE CODE: YB32439

Mommy Son Dance March 22nd

Please send cash only to purchase tickets in an envelope with your child's name, grade and the number of tickets on it.

RULER SEL Theme - Curiosity

February Students of the Month for Demonstraing Curiosity

Kindergarten - Zachary Perigo and Dajuan Itson

First Grade - Raymond Murdock and Gabriel Monreal

Second Grade - Jaylend Tremain, Arian Estrada and Alexa Lowder

Third Grade - Abby Embury and Ci'Ana Hughes

Fourth Grade - Ryleigh McKamie and Liliana McConnell

Fifth Grade - John Edgette and Evening Buccaneer

Sixth Grade - Caleb Hansen and Chase Couture

March Student of the Month / SEL Monthly Theme - Confidence - teaching confidence in elementary students is crucial because it fosters a positive self-image, encourages them to take on challenges, enhances their resilience in the face of setbacks, and ultimately contributes to their academic and social success; you can build confidence by setting realistic goals, praising effort and perseverance, encouraging a growth mindset, allowing them to try new things, and celebrating their achievements, no matter how small. Click here for ideas on how to teach confidence.

RULER Meta-Moment

AES Teachers will be modeling and introducing the four steps for taking a Meta-Moment as the next step in teaching our students to use RULER SEL tools including the Mood Meter, Charter, Meta-Moment and Blueprint. We have been using the Mood Meter and Charter.

March is Parenting Awareness Month in Michigan

March is Parenting Awareness Month - Parenting Awareness Michigan

Celebrates people raising children and promotes year-round education and resources for parents and caregivers. Its mission is to promote parenting awareness, education, and resources through state outreach and local effort. For more information visit: https://www.preventionnetwork.org/pam

SEL Resources from MDE

An important piece to the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) work is helping families understand what SEL is and how they can strengthen their child’s SEL skills with simple, and fun, activities at home. Michigan Department of Education offers three Family Matters Fact Sheets that center Social Emotional Learning. These family resources are available in three languages: English, Arabic, and Spanish.

Family Matters SEL Fact Sheets:

What is Social Emotional Learning and Why It’s Important – Defines social emotional learning and explains how families and schools can support students to strengthen SEL skills.
Social Emotional Learning Concepts and Skills – Shares key SEL concepts and skills and how they support skill development in areas such as communication, emotion regulation, decision-making, problem-solving, and positive relationships.
Supporting Social Emotional Learning at Home – Offers activities that families can do together to support wellbeing, growth mindset, acts of service, communication, and emotion regulation.

*To locate the fact sheets in Spanish and Arabic, click on MDE’s Family Matters page and search for the SEL fact sheets by either the “Family Support and General Resources” category or by alphabetical order by title.

From Atherton School Nurse - Nurse Maddie

Please click on the links below to read the resources from Nurse Maddie:

Genesee County Vision Resources

Genesee County Youth Resource Guide

CDC Hypothermia and Frostbite

Respiratory Illness Parent Letter from Nurse Maddie

Connecting Kids to Health Care Coverage

Did you know that health issues are the #1 reason for school absenteeism? Sometimes it's because there is an untreated health condition. Whether out of school or in school, illness can prevent kids from being engaged learners. Access to health care coverage can be an important factor in addressing student health issues and supporting school success. Connecting Kids to Coverage is one program to help families apply for health care coverage. (Call or text 810.853.6458)

Enrollment specialists from all of the managed health care plans are available to personally help families with the screening and enrollment process. As a parent's trusted partner, you may be the connection they need to health care coverage for their children.

Blue Cross Complete

Genesee County Health Department

Genesee Health Plan

HAP Empowered

Hamilton Community Health Network

McLaren Health Plan

Meridian Health Plan

Molina

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan

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