Cardinal Elementary News

Sunday, March 9th

Daylight Savings Time Begins- Spring Forward!

Monday, March 10th:

Early Release for student and staff @ 1:45

4:30 PTO Meeting in Collab Lab

Tuesday, March 11th:

Read to a pet or stuffed animal!

Early Release 1:45

Wednesday, March 12th:

Wear your words!

Early release @1:45

Thursday, March 13th:

Early Release @ 1:45

Friday, March 14th:

No School for Students

Professional Development Day for staff. The office will be closed.

Upcoming Important Dates:

Week of March 10th Parent Teacher Conferences

March 10th-March 13th Early Release for conferences

March 14th No School for Students

March 28th 9:00 Vocabulary Parade

April 2nd 6:00 3rd Grade Concert "Let's Give Michigan a Hand"

April 5th State DI Tournament @ Ravenna

April 16th and 17th Smile Program Mobile Dentist

April 25th Special Person Dance

May 10th Girls on the Run Celebration 5K @ Heritage Landing

May 13th 5th Grade Camp

June 3rd 5th Grade Completion Celebration

June 4th End of the Year Assembly- Time and Location TBD due to Fieldhouse Construction

This week, we will have early release at 1:45 Monday through Thursday due to Parent-Teacher Conferences. Please pick up students promptly so our staff can be prepared and timely for your conference times.

March 31st will be our last Monday early release. Starting April 14th, students will be released at 2:45 on Mondays.

There will be no school for students on Friday, March 14th. Staff will be in professional development and the office will be closed for the day.

Dear Orchard View Parent/Guardian/Family:

We want to hear about your experience with your student’s education. We invite you to participate in completing the School Climate Survey. This survey includes questions about your student’s learning, school safety, sense of belonging, and your personal involvement in school.

Your responses will be very helpful in improving student relationships, learning conditions, and the overall school environment.

All your responses are completely anonymous. We have no way to connect you to your answers, and results will only be reported as group responses. There are no right or wrong answers. We just want to know about you and your students’ school perspective. As you respond to each item, think about your own personal experiences as a parent, caregiver or guardian at your student’s school.

We invite all parents, guardians and caretakers to complete this survey for our school. You can take the survey until the survey window closing date of March 28, 2025 by using the following unique school linked here: 2025 Cardinal Elementary Family Climate & Culture Survey.

As you respond to each item, think about your own personal experiences as a parent, caregiver or guardian at your student’s school. Please answer all of the questions, or your answers won’t be recorded, but you can mark “I prefer not to answer” if you don’t want to answer a question about you. We hope you will take the time to provide us with this valuable information. Each school’s total survey results will be used to inform and develop appropriate strategies, procedures, and/or programs to enhance our school climate. Thank you for your time and participation!

Sincerely,

Heather MacDonald and E'lyse Benson

Please check out our One School One Book Webpage. You will find information along with The Mouse and the Motorcycle chapter read alouds by Cardinal staff.

The Smile Program Mobile Dentists will be visiting Cardinal Elementary on April 16th and 17th. To register online, please click on the link

We will be holding our next PTO meeting on Monday, March 10th at 4:30 in the Cardinal Elementary Collab Lab.

Parents or Grandparents are welcome to attend and pizza will be provided by the PTO. Students will receive a book coin for the book vending machine if they have a family member attend the meeting.

Meetings will be held on the second Monday of each month.

During our March meeting, we will be planning for the Special Person Dance and begin planning for the Cardinal Color Run in September of 2025.

Any and all are welcome!

Attention 3rd Grade Parents & Guardians!

I’m so excited to share that our 3rd Grade Spring Concert is coming up on Wednesday, April 2nd, at 6:00 PM! This year’s theme is "Let's Give Michigan a Hand" and the students have been working hard to prepare a wonderful performance for you.

Here’s what you need to know:

The concert is on Wednesday, April 2nd, at 6:00 PM.
Students should arrive by 5:45 PM and enter through the auditorium doors.
If they’re wearing a coat or jacket, they’ll need to leave it with their adult before heading to the music room.

Please mark your calendars—we can’t wait to see you there and celebrate all the hard work our students have put into this performance! Thank you for your support, and I look forward to an amazing concert night with all of you.

Please review our Spectator Guidelines with your children before attending sporting events and other special events.

Cardinal Families,

Please review the poster below.

We are here to work collaboratively to provide a safe, nurturing school for your children. We are happy to meet with you regarding any concerns you may have. We do ask that you follow the expectations outlined below, or you will be asked to leave and schedule a time to meet with us later.

Thank you for your assistance with this.

Sincerely,

The Cardinal Elementary Office, Teachers, and Staff

Please check out our Cardinal Elementary Webpage. We update this with information daily. On the Homepage, you will be greeted with our daily Cardinal News Network where our students talk about what it means to SOAR at Cardinal and share news updates. You might even see your student being featured.

On the "Parents" page, there are updates about upcoming activities and other important information for parents.

Cardinal Weekly Attendance: 94.83%

Top 5 Classrooms!

#1 Miss Caves' 5th Grade Classroom 99.2%

#2 Mrs. Mosley's and Mrs. Miller's 5th Grade Classroom 98.5%

#3 Mrs. Cooper's 2nd Grade Classroom 96.5%

#4 Mrs. Lewis' 5th Grade Classroom 95.5%

#5 (tie) Mrs. Mastbergen's 4th Grade Classroom 95.2%

#5 (tie) Mrs. Hilton's 2nd Grade Classroom 95.2%

#5 (tie) Ms. Hemry's 5th Grade Classroom 95.2%

If you would like to recognize a Cardinal Elementary staff member, please use the QR code to complete a Cardinal Staff Shout Out.

Email: heather.macdonald@orchardview.org
Website: https://www.orchardview.org/schools/cardinal-elementary/
Location: 2310 Marquette Avenue, Muskegon, MI, USA
Phone: 231-760-1700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/147170625423848