CUBS STAFF COMMUNICATION

Our mission at Collins, with the help of the community, is to foster a caring and enriching environment that enables all students to grow academically and socially, to reach their individual potential as they become lifelong learners.

SCHOOL HOURS: 8:25-3:15 DAILY

HALF-DAY HOURS: 8:25-11:29

BREAKFAST OPENS @ 8:10-8:25

email: mailto:officecollins@uticak12.org

website: https://collins.uticak12.org

Location: 12900 Grand Haven, Sterling Heights, MI 48312

Phone: 586-797-4200

Attendance Line: 586-797-4299 (24 hours)

COLLINS Facebook: www.facebook.com/CollinsCubs

PTO Facebook: www.facebook.com/BruceCollinsPTO

JANUARY DATES:

1-3: WINTER BREAK

6: WELCOME BACK! First day back after Winter Break.

8: MEG @ PRINCIPAL MEETING 1-4

8: SAVVAS TRAINING K-4

10: MILEAGE REIMBURSEMENT FORMS DUE TO PAYROLL!

13: Week of starts SMART MOVES

17: WIDA PROCTORING Grades 1-6 8:30-11:30 training (USE QR CODE BELOW TO SIGN UP)

17: WIDA PROCTORING Kindergarten 12:30-3:30 (USE QR CODE BELOW TO SING UP)

17: NWEA WINDOW CLOSES

20: NO SCHOOL MLK JR. HOLIDAY OBSERVED

23: MEG @ PRINCIPAL MEETING 8:30-12

28: 8:30-11:30 6th Grade HMH Round 2

29: Grade Level Meetings

FEBRUARY DATES

17-21: NO SCHOOL MID-WINTER BREAK

HaPpY NeW yEaR!

I sincerely hope you all had a lovely Winter Break with family and friends. We look forward to welcoming many new students this week to our school in multiple grades. If you see a new face, please be sure to welcome them to our school.

STAFF WELLNESS WEEK JAN. 6-10th: It can be difficult to return to the busy schedules. Therefore, let's ring in this NEW YEAR properly together with a STAFF WELLNESS SPIRIT WEEK inspired to bring comfort and joy into the New Year. Your well-being matters. If at ANY time you need a break this week, please don't hesitate to contact us. See below!!

CUB ADVENTURE BOOK: If any student brings back a picture of their CUB on an adventure, please send them down to the office. We look forward to making a CUB ADVENTURE book this week.

NEW ADDITION TO COLLINS: Please join us in welcoming back Ms. Snerling for ISM and Ms. Reem Farris as our new Learning Center Tier 3 paraprofessional. Ms. Reem Farris has experience in the AIM program and as a previous personal care paraprofessional. We are excited to welcome her.

NEW LUNCH CARDS: The district has officially adopted lunch card system to scan the lunch cards when students come down. We will be placing these cards in your mailboxes.

• Students must have the card in their hand on their way down to the lunch line. They will be collected with a box at the end of their lines and returned to your class, daily.
• For our Kindergarten students, please distribute their cards when they are in line for the lunch.
• This system will be implemented throughout the district. IT WILL BE A WORK IN PROGRESS and we will tweak the system as necessary.

WEEK AHEAD AT-A-GLANCE

• NWEA TESTING WINDOW CONTINUES
• SAAVAS Training on 1-8-24

LOOK AHEAD AT-A-GLANCE

• Monday, January 13th PTO MEETING
• Tuesday, January 14th @ 3:30-Literacy Essentials
• 1-17-25: NWEA WINDOW CLOSES
• 1-28-25 6th grade HMH Round TWO
• 1-29-25 Grade Level Meetings

Happy NEW YEAR!

Warm regards,

Meghan

Let's Get 2025 off to a GREAT START!

Since we all know it might be a bit of a squeeze getting back into our normal work attire this week (eh-hem-I enjoyed way too many cookies over the break), let's get comfy, instead! I hope you are able to enjoy a Jeans Week and Wellness Spirit Week this week in order to ring in the New Year 2025, properly.

As you leave the comforts of your home and special family memories, I sincerely hope this week you are able to focus on your well-being. It is hard getting back into the groove of our busy schedules. If you need a break or need to step away this week, please let us know. We are here to support your well-being. Need something? Just ask!!

As always, participation is of course, voluntary. WELCOME BACK and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

CALLING ALL PROCTORS!

If you are interested in becoming a PAID PROCTOR for our WIDA, please sign up by scanning the QR code below from the SUP'S BULLETIN (Item #4, December 12th issue)

Proctors will need to register for the required WIDA test training via the QR code on the flyer. All training sessions will take place at Walsh Community Education Center. The following training dates and times are available via the QR code.

Elementary Proctors Grades 1-6
Friday, January 17, 2025, 8:30 - 11:30 a.m.

Kindergarten Proctors
Friday, January 17, 2025, 12:30 - 3:30 p.m.

ALL ARE DUE TO PAYROLL AFTER BEING APPROVED BY ADMINISTRATOR BY JANUARY 10, 2025. ATTACH THE FORM TO BE COMPLETED

The end of the second marking period is Friday, December 20, 2024. All direction sheets and video links related to Report Cards are posted to the Executive Administrators of Schools folder in Inside UCS.

REPORT CARD PILOT (per Sup's Bulletin)

Elementary Report Card pilot teachers need to complete Quarter 2 grades and standards in PowerSchool. Pilot teachers are to email Catherine Einhaus (catherine.einhaus@uticak12.org) that their report cards are ready to be generated by 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Catherine Einhaus or Heather Felton will generate the report cards and send the PDF file to the pilot teachers for review. If there are no changes needed, pilot teachers are to upload their PDF file to their building Quarter 2 Report Card folder. If there are changes needed, pilot teachers are to make the changes in PowerSchool, email whomever sent the file that changes were made and a new file is required, Catherine or Heather will regenerate the report cards and a new PDF file will be sent back to the pilot teacher. All Pilot teachers need to upload their PDF report card to the Quarter 2 Report Card folder by 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

6th Grade Specials Quarter 2 Report Cards: (SUP'S BULLETIN)

UCS will generate report cards for each specialist. The report card will contain the name of the school, the student, the specialist teacher, the homeroom teacher, the student ID number and the special. A folder will be shared with each specialist that contains the report card for their individual class by 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, December 17, 2024. The report cards will be in one Word Doc. Each student is a new page in the Word Doc. Specialists should mark the five citizenship areas, the five standards and type in comments if desired. Specialists should save the document as a Word Doc in the original folder. Specialists should then copy the Word Doc from the original folder into the building 2024-2025 report card folder by Tuesday, January 7, 2025. Building administrators will handle the report card distribution process.

Help Document: How to Create a Shortcut for a Shared File in One Drive - https://www.iorad.com/player/2107532/How-to-Create-a-Shortcut-for-a-Shared-File-in-OneDrive?isStaticShare=true

Special thank you to Mrs. Rudai and Mrs. Oltersdorf for being our ELA and MATH High Dosage Tutors. Please see information below from SUP'S BULLETIN.

The Macomb Intermediate School District will be supporting High Dosage Tutoring. The goal of the program is to maximize academic potential, build self-esteem/motivation and ensure the academic success of Macomb County students.

• Window: Monday, January 27, 2025 – April 18, 2025 – No exceptions
• Target Groups:First Grade – Fifth Grade
• Subjects: Reading or Math

Literacy instructors will be using How to Plan Differentiated Reading Instruction by Sharon Walpole. K-3 teachers have been trained on this resource.

Math instructors will be using Bridges Intervention.

• Times: Before or After school
• Meeting requirements: Must meet 3 times per week for 60 minutes for 10 weeks. 1.5 hours of planning each week. Two additional hours for pre and post testing. No more than 3-4 students per instructor. Professional development and monthly meeting provided by the MISD.
• Compensation: Rate of pay: $40 an hour

For the 2024-2025 school year, each elementary building can run 2 sessions of High Dosage Tutoring. These sessions can be 2 Reading, 2 Math or 1 Reading and 1 Math. Building administrators can work with their staff to identify teachers to implement the tutoring program. A teacher can only teach one 10-week session of High Dosage Tutoring. Buildings will identify students to participate in the program. It is essential that the family is committed to attending and can provide transportation for their student. Below is the MISD training information. Registration is open for all training sessions.

ELA Training Dates

Thursday, January 9, 2025, 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Thursday, January 16, 2025, 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.

Math Training Dates – New tutors must attend 2 training sessions. Returning tutors need only attend the 2nd training session.

Math Session 1 – Thursday, January 9, 2025, 4:30 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Math Session 2 –
Monday, January 13, 2025, 4:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. – Must bring Pretest Data to training.
OR
Thursday, January 23, 2025, 4:30 p.m.– 7:30 p.m. – Must bring Pretest Data to training.

Principals are asked to complete the survey below by Friday, December 20, 2024. The survey will provide Teaching and Learning the grade level, content area and names of tutors for each building.

https://tinyurl.com/UCSHighDosageTutoring

CONGRATULATIONS!

There were too many doors to choose from, so we involved the help of the community on FB. Take a look at the amazing participation. All winners will be notified and little prizes will be given. Thank you for helping us to decorate the hallways to read!!

Jan. 10,2025

Apr. 25, 2025

May 30, 2025

June 6, 2025

COLLINS CLOSET:

Once again, we are excited to open our COLLINS CLOSET to our community members. If you have a student in need of a winter jacket, hats, gloves, etc., please let the office know. We can help the family to shop in our COLLINS CLOSET!!

LOOKING FOR DONATIONS:

If you would like to donate materials for the Collins Closet, please add them to our collection in the closet area attached to Conference Room 2.

Safety remains a priority for our school. Collins Elementary is once again providing training to our students on our safety protocols. The protocols identify actions that students may be asked to take in the event of a potential incident: hold, secure, lockdown, evacuate and shelter.

The training is provided through a short, animated video. In the video, the teacher – Mrs. Appleton – and her students walk through the different responses in a very relaxed and engaging way for younger children. The script was written by our staff.

The protocols will continue to be part of the training while practicing our regular school safety drills, such as fire drills, security drills, tornado drills, evacuation procedures, etc.

The video is available for you to review at this link: UCS School Safety: Standard Response Protocol - Elementary - YouTube If you have any questions, please contact our office.

ALL STAFF MEETINGS ARE TUESDAYS IN THE MEDIA CENTER @3:30-4:30

1. September 10: 3:30-5 (HEALTH and SAFETY TRAINING-Duzey and SSO Edwards
2. September 24- CANCELLED
3. October 8- School Improvement DATA DIGGING and GRADE LEVEL MEETING
4. November 19-School Improvement-Grade Level Goals Data Analysis
5. December 3-Data Digging Presentation Data Analysis
6. December 10th: DATA DIGGING PRESENTATION for MR. Monroe
7. January 14-Essential Literacy Strategies/PBIS REVIEW
8. February 4-Continuous Improvement NWEA REVIEW and PLANNING DATA
9. March 4: MSTEP TRAINING PART 1
10. March 18: MSTEP TRAINING PART 2
11. April 8
12. April 29-GROUPINGS MEETING
13. May 13-GROUPSING MEETING
14. June 4

If you need to contact someone for help, please know that our Care Match site is always running. At anytime, students, staff, or families can submit an anonymous request to care through your district's custom link caresolace.com/utica.

FIELD TRIP REMINDERS:

No field trips on Count Day- October 2nd

Please see the updated rules and regulations for student travel, any paperwork moving forward should be on the document below. Two key changes to note-

"For elementary school day trips, a ratio of one adult to five (or less) students is recommended"

"The trip sponsor is responsible for ensuring that copies of medial forms are readily available. In addition, all required medication must be available and properly administered according to individual student health plans and Board of Education Policy 5325 – Administration of Medication."

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Principal of Collins Elementary

Email: collinsquestions@uticak12.org
Website: https://www.uticak12.org/Collins
Location: 12900 Grand Haven Drive, Sterling Heights, MI, USA
Phone: (586)797-4200
Facebook: facebook.com/collins