Husky Happenings

Happy Friday!

We had an AMAZING turn out for our Monster Mayhem last night! So many students and families were able to join us for a night of fun. We appreciate and are thankful to all of the volunteers that were able to help make this happen! Thank you to the PTA for a great night and organizing the entire event. If you were not able to volunteer last night, there will be many more events coming up this school year where we can always use your help!!

This week in the Positivity Project we will be discusing the character strength of Integrity. Integrity means being honest, truthful, and genuine. Please read the letter and talk about this trait with your family during the week to reinforce what we are talking about in school. .

Please feel free to email me with questions you might have and I will get back to you as soon as possible. Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs. Sheppard

Principal

If a student misses at least 10% of school days in a year, INCLUDING excused or unexcused absences, they are considered chronically absent. In a regular school year of 180 days, that is about 18 days of absences. Chronic absenteeism can hinder the development of critcal skills, reduce academic success, and creating lasting challenges throughout a student's life!!

Please refrain from bringing in FAST FOOD for your child for lunch. All students are welcome to bring a lunch from home OR get our FREE lunch that is served every day to them at Graham.

All students at Graham receive Free Fruits and Vegetables for a snack in the afternoon a couple of times per week. Typically, these are fruits and veggies that they may not have tried before. You can see the picture below for the month of NOVEMBER to see what fruits and veggies they will be trying out!

Room Parent: We are still looking for several parents to take on the ROOM PARENT role. You would be in charge of helping get volunteers for classroom parties, things for the classroom that the teacher might need, etc. Please let your child's teacher or Mrs. Sheppard know if you are interested on this!

We are missing parents for the following teachers:

Ms. Hanlon

Ms. Held

Ms. Taylor

Ms. Williams

Ms. Nordeen

Ms. Beaty

Ms. Gutt

Ms.Jacobs

Ms. Widrig

Ms. Gamble

Ms. Green

Mr. Owenby

Ms. Closser

Ms. Clemons

Ms. Vandoorne

As you can see, we are missing SEVERAL parents to be a room parent in these classrooms. The job is not too tough. It would just be helping the teacher organize sign ups for class parties, the Spring Carnival Basket, and maybe some other small things. Please reach out to me if you would like to take on this volunteer job.

The Staff at Graham are holding a Spirit Wear Fundraiser to raise money to support our PBIS program. Once a month, our school store goes around and students are able to purchase prizes with their posivtive dojo points. They receive points throughout the month for being Safe, Kind, Respectful and Resonsible. Money earned from this fundraiser will be used to purchase prizes for this store. We want to be able to give our students some really cool items!

Please read this message from Acting Superintendent Jennifer Curry with information regarding the Wayne County Enhancement Millage that will be on the November 5 ballot.

10/31

• Half day of School: Dismissal at 12:20 pm
• Halloween Parade at 11:00.

There are some days when the menu could possibly change due to food items not being available. We will let the students know if there are changes as soon as we find out.

Our 5th graders will be selling snacks during all three lunches to raise money to go to Camp! All snacks are $1.00. Cash Only PLEASE!!!

10/31 Half Day of School- dismissal at 12:20 pm

10/31 HALLOWEEN PARADE at 11:15 am

11/5 NO SCHOOL-Election Day!!!!

11/13 Picture Retake Day!

Attendance Line: 734-419-2626

Secretary: Mrs. Harper harperb@wwcsd.net

Principal: Mrs. Sheppard sheppardl@wwcsd.net

Email: sheppardl@wwcsd.net
Website: https://www.wwcsd.net/schools/elementary-schools/graham/
Location: 1255 South John Hix Road, Westland, MI, USA
Phone: 734-419-2620
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PDGrahamHuskies