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Tigers,

It's a very exciting week as we get ready for our two week break! We will have a spirit day each day this week so please make sure to take a look so your child is prepared to enjoy each day! We also have our next BAGEL DAY CASH ONLY $2.00 bagels and $. 50 Cream Cheese ( please have exact change) on Tuesday December 17th. Our Classrooms will also have classroom celebrations from the 18th-20th so please make sure you are reading your classroom teachers emails!

Enjoy this week full of fun and thank you for everything you do Monteith Community!

We hope you all have an amazing break and we will see you back on January 6th 2025.

Reminders:

Time to start sending in the snow gear! As it gets colder please remember to send in hats, gloves, warm coats, boots, and snowpants so that students are able to play outside during recess.

As the weather continues to change please make sure that your child has an EXTRA SET of CLOTHES in their lockers! In michigan you never know if it's going to rain, snow, so it's important to have that extra set just in case.

Your Partner in Education,

Dr. Keelean

The Monteith Green Team will be donating cold weather clothing this week and with your help Green Team collected the following items:

12 Snow pants

21 Coats/snowsuits

11 Pairs of boots

17 Pairs of gloves

33 Hats

23 Scarves

THANK YOU FOR YOUR KINDNESS!

A few parents have also asked if there is something they can do at home to support their child's reading and math growth. In GPPSS we are lucky to have 3 online programs that you can access at home to support your child:

Lexia

RGR (K-4)

Freckle

All of these can be accessed through your child's Clever Login

We celebrate birthdays at Monteith by giving each student a birthday book and bookmark during their birthday month.

Due to the large number of student allergies, we no longer can allow any type of birthday cakes, cupcakes or cookies in the elementary schools (except for teacher scheduled celebrations) . Please save the present celebrations for home parties. If students want to bring in a small goodie bag of non-edible items ( Ex: pop-its, pencils, etc.) that is allowed but not necessary. If you do send in something with your child it needs to be for the whole class not just a couple students.

Kindness matters at Monteith and Always!

Our Boomerang Award winners this week: Mr. Stahl (Engineer) and Mrs. Bachert (Young 5)

Mr. Stahl: He doesn't realize the difference he makes with all his hard work, but WE do notice each and every day. He's always quick to answer the call when a situation arises. Keeping our school and grounds clean and safe,and many other duties, Mr. Stahl goes above and beyond and that is why Monteith always looks so beautiful!! Thank you Mr. Stahl for being an integral part of the Monteith team!!

Mrs. Bachert: Mrs. Bachert's hardwork and dedication to her students shows through in everything she does each day. She goes above and beyond to make sure the youngest of learners are engaged, challenged, and having fun, and she does it with the patience of a saint. Her students love her, and we are so lucky to have her here, shaping the future of Monteith.

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The library is getting festive and ready to celebrate the winter holidays soon. But before we can celebrate we have work to do for Hour of Code. All grade levels learned about coding and how it works. Young 5's and Kindergarten listened to the book Sonia's Digital World and talked about how technology connects us all and contributed to a chain link display to show those connections. The other grades played a game called Coding Hopscotch to practice creating sequences and running the commands. Next week Y5's and Kindergarten will be introduced to coding through the use of our Ozobots and 1st-4th graders will be working on coding exercises through the Kodable or Code.Org sites depending on their level of experience. We will end the month by learning about several winter holidays.

In Kindergarten music, we learn to keep a steady beat and use a singing voice. We listen and move our bodies to music to demonstrate fast/slow and loud/quiet. Students also learn to play different classroom instruments such as drums, boomwhackers, rhythm sticks, and maracas.

Its that special time of year... Reindeer games in PE! Who will the winning Reindeer be?!? The kids are having fun and working off all that extra holiday excitement to help their Reindeer take the lead!

Fourth grade students completed a wonderful portrait earlier this year using cubism based on Pablo Picasso's portraits. In this project, students learned the aspects of creating a sculpture using a low relief technique, additive method, using bright colors, and textures. Students first designed their sculpture portraits including aspects of the face and cubism. Next, students used model magic and their design as a guide to translate their 2D design into a 3D face sculpture. Lastly, after our model magic was dry, students used markers to color their mask using bright colors.

~Miss Zoufal

December

SPIRIT WEEK!!!

16th- Spirit Day: Fun Holiday Socks

17th-Spirit Day: Holiday Head Gear ( Headbands, hats, etc)

17th- BAGEL DAY CASH ONLY $2.00 bagels and $. 50 Cream Cheese ( please have exact change)

18th- Spirit Day: Fun Holiday Sweater or Shirt

19th-Spirit Day: Sparkle and Shine!

20th-Spirit Day: Comfy Cozy PJ Day

23rd- Jan. 3rd (Winter Break)

January

6th- Students return to school

7th- BAGEL DAY CASH ONLY $2.00 bagels and $. 50 Cream Cheese ( please have exact change)

8th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

20th- MLK Day (No School)

21st - BAGEL DAY CASH ONLY $2.00 bagels and $. 50 Cream Cheese ( please have exact change)

31st- Taher Pizza Day

February

8th- PTO Glow Dance (5-7pm)

12th- PTO meeting 6:30pm

17th- 21st- Mid Winter Break

March

12th- Monteith Spring Concert (Brownell)

6pm - K,1,2 & Choir

7:15pm 3,4, & Choir

19th - Full day of School Evening conferences (Virtual)

19th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

20th- 1/2 day 11:36 Dismissal

20th- Afternoon conferences in person

20th- Evening conferences Virtual

21st- 1/2 day 11:36am dismissal

24th- 28th- Spring Break

April

4th- Taher Pizza Day

9th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

18th - Good Friday (No School )

21st- No School (Staff PD day)

May

3rd- PTO: Flower Delivery Day

9th- Kindergarten Farm Trip

14th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

26th- Memorial Day ( No School)

30th- Monteith Field Day & Taher Pizza Day

June

7th- PTO Summer Celebration

9th- 4th grade Promotion Rehearsel and Picnic

10th- 4th Grade trip to Lansing

11th- 4th Grade Promotion

13th- Last Day of School (1/2 Day 11:36am dismissal)

If your student will be taking medication during the school day, please bring the medicine and

Medication Administration Authorization form to the office on the first day of school The form is requjiured for all prescription and over the counter medications to be given by school staff.

If your child will be staying home because of illness, please call the attendance line at 313-432-4501 and leave a brief message. Please refer to Guidelines to Exclude a Child from School.

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