
Salk Seahawk Scoop
Week of 3/9/2025
March is Reading Month
March is designated as “Reading Month” in schools all around Michigan. Our goal is to promote a love of reading and to help our students learn that one way to build knowledge is through reading. We want to encourage our students to make good habits by reading every day! Our theme for this year is “Under the Sea” Here are some fun things we have planned for the month:
Logs: Starting Saturday March 1st, students will need to start keeping track of how many minutes they read on their logs. Students need to turn in their logs with a parent/guardian signature every Friday (the 7th, 14th, 21st, Monday the 31st). Logs that are due on March 28th will be accepted on the 31st. The school is divided into 3 teams: Starfish, Jellyfish, and Squid. All classrooms on the team with the most reading minutes will earn a prize! One Y5-2 and one 3-6 classroom with the most minutes will get to schedule a time before the end of the school year for a movie and popcorn party in the Media Center or their classroom. Also, students who read at least 300 minutes during our Reading Month will be receiving a free ticket to a USPBL baseball game at Jimmy John’s Field in Utica!
Teams:
Starfish: Makowski, Kowalkowski, Sally, Boskovich, Lasater, Armstrong, Smith
Jellyfish: Amigliore, Dixon, Browe, Gutow, Monette, Edmunds, Jenks, Mackezyk
Squid: Sarah, Gallagher, Hawkins, Filie, Herrera, Budnick, Gutc
Spirit days: We have a whole month of fun spirit days to get students excited about reading! Please encourage your students to participate!
Salk Seahawks Make a Difference!
In the true spirit of giving, our Salk community came together during Charity Week Spirit Week and raised an incredible $1,100! This generous donation will go to St. Jude’s Research Hospital on behalf of Salk to support the fight against childhood cancer. Congratulations to Mrs. Monette's class for achieving the top raising classroom at $151.25. The will be receiving a pizza party from Student Council.
A huge thank you to all the students, staff, and families who participated and contributed. Your kindness and generosity will make a real impact on the lives of children in need.
Way to go, Salk Seahawks! Together, we are making a difference.
March Town Hall
This week Salk held it's March town hall meeting. The town hall meetings are hosted by a grade level and run by the students of that grade. The purpose of the town hall is to recognize our character trait winners for the previous month and allow our students to share and explain what the new month's character trait means to them. March was hosted by our 2nd grade students and they shared what optimism means to them. Optimism is March's character trait and teachers will be looking for individuals that demonstrate optimism in their classroom. The winners will be introduced next month and be invited to a pizza lunch with the principal. Second grade did a great job!
In addition we also award our classroom winners for the most class hawk cash for the month. February's winners are Mrs. Boskovich's class for lower elementary and Mrs. Jenk's class for upper elementary. Way to go!
Soaring with Character
Congratulations to February's winners who demonstrated exemplary character for February's theme: Kindness and Empathy
Students were rewarded with a pizza lunch and a fun game of eraser tag.
Young Five
- Kameron Smith – Ms. Amigliore
Kindergarten
- Jameson Pough – Mrs. Makowski
- Aidan Logan – Ms. Sarah
1st Grade
- Steven Garrett – Mrs. Dixon
- Kyle Browe – Mrs. Kowalkowski
2nd Grade
- Avriella Griffin – Ms. Browe
- Paul Huggins – Mrs. Gallagher
- Havana Valdez-Steward – Ms. Sally
3rd Grade
- Charley Taylor – Mrs. Boskovich
- Lucas Dedaj – Mrs. Gutow
- Hope Thomas – Ms. Hawkins
4th Grade
- Alaina Gaffney – Mrs. Filie
- Pieper Skladanowski – Mrs. Monette
5th Grade
- Sofia Addelia – Mrs. Edmunds
- Logan Ireland – Ms. Herrera
- Ella Dale – Ms. Lasater
6th Grade
- Olivia Addelia – Mrs. Armstrong
- Christian Tomina – Ms. Budnick
- Connor Ledford – Mrs. Jenks
SSLI
- Michael Vickers – Mrs. Mackezyk
- Mia Gonzalez – Mrs. Gutc
- David Lorenz – Mrs. Smith
Resource Room
- Patricia Withers – Ms. Ludeke
- Alex Mikhael – Mrs. Prestel
As a special thank you for your participation in Kids Heart Challenge, the American Heart Association is inviting Salk Elementary School families to celebrate with Detroit Pistons on Friday, April 11th at 7PM as they take on the Milwaukee Bucks!
- All students will receive a complimentary ticket with the purchase of an adult ticket.
- All students will have the opportunity to take a free throw shot on-court post-game.
- 15 students will be chosen at random to participate as Anthem Buddies on court!
Tickets can be purchased at www.pistons.com/aha.
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Salk PTO
The next PTO meeting is March 12, 2025 at 6PM in the Salk Media Center.
If you cannot make it in-person, you can join online this year:
Salk PTO Online Meeting Link
Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone.
https://meet.goto.com/940797093
This meeting is locked with a password : SALKPTO24-25
You can also dial in using your phone.
United States: +1 (224) 501-3412
Access Code: 940-797-093
Join from a video-conferencing room or system.
Dial in or type: 67.217.95.2 or inroomlink.goto.com
Meeting ID: 940 797 093
Or dial directly: 940797093@67.217.95.2 or 67.217.95.2##940797093
Get the app now and be ready when your first meeting starts:
Salk PTO Information
The 2024-25 Executive PTO Board:
Jackie Lempinen - President
Amy Wiederhold- Vice President
Nicole Demura and Sara Sabon- Secretary
Christina Burrows- Executive Assistant
Christine Ireland - Treasurer
To contact the PTO - ptosalk@gmail.com
The March 24th Great Skate Night has been cancelled.
Parking Lot Reminders!
A FEW REMINDERS:
* Please remember that the drop-off lane is not for parked cars.
* The bus loop is for buses only!
* If you want to walk your child to their door, please park in a parking spot and walk up together.
* The church graciously allows us to use their parking lot. Please do not park in reserved spaces.
Thank you for helping to create a safe parking lot for all our students!
Canvas- Parent Access
All Fraser classroom teachers provide instruction, resources, activities, and assessments to students utilizing the Canvas LMS. As a result, students have continuous access to the course materials and information regarding their achievement.
Parents/Guardians can also have continuous access to their student’s course materials and grades in Canvas by creating a parent/observer account. In addition, parents of multiple students can easily switch between their students to view grades and assignments within the same parent account.
All sign up information and resources are provided on the Fraser website.
Important reminders when using Canvas:
- Canvas works best in Chrome
- Please do not install the Canvas app (for parents or students). We are not supporting it as our staff and students are utilizing the web-based version of Canvas and it looks and works differently.
- If you signed up and paired with your students last year, you still have access to those students and their new courses this year.
- If you need to add more students to your account this year, please follow the directions provided below.
- If you have forgotten your password, you can use the Forgot Password? link on the parent sign in page. Then, enter the email address you used to set up the account to receive a password reset email.
- If you have forgotten the email you used, please reach out to Kim Keith, Kimberly.keith@fraserk12.org, for additional assistance.
Downloadable directions are linked below. In addition, helpful videos and walk-throughs may be found linked HERE.
Charlie the Therapy Dog
Charlie has made visits to Salk the last couple of years with great success. Students are happy to see him and he really brightens the mood. Charlie will make his next visit on Friday, March 14, 2025.
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
Free Meals for All
Although not required, we do ask that families complete the Education Benefit Form located HERE. By doing so you help ensure the school receives additional funding.
RMS Swim Team Open to 6th Grade Students
Save the Date
3/10- 1-3 Spring Concert (High School Auditorium, 7 PM)
3/12 - PTO Meeting (Salk Media Center, 6 PM)
3/13 - Elementary Open House @ Salk
3/20 - PTO Spring Bingo Night
3/20 - Dooley Open House
3/24 - 3/28 - Spring Break
Access the full District Calendar HERE at any time!
Contact Us
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