Friday, November 1

Friday, November 1

Families,

I wanted to take a moment to thank you for making this Halloween season one to remember! Our Trunk or Treat event was a fantastic success, we had trunk themes like cookie monster, skeletons, Harry Potter, and so much more! It was truly a joy to see so many smiling faces, and we appreciate everyone who came out to celebrate with us. A special thank you to our PTA for organizing this incredible evening!

We’re also grateful to everyone who helped with our school’s Halloween parade and classroom parties. The high school marching band, Public Safety, and all our Blue Jays made the parade a joyful experience, and the parties that followed were filled with excitement, laughter, and treats galore.

Thank you again for your time, energy, and support in making these Halloween celebrations unforgettable for our students. We’re so lucky to have such a wonderful community of families!

Go Blue Jays!
Lauren Fragomeni

I am thrilled to share that the Burton Blue Jays have a newly designed school logo. A big thank you to Robbie Biederman (Burton parent) for creating a logo that truly symbolizes Burton's legacy and a vision for our future.

The updated logo features a crest, much like the classic football clubs, signifying the strength and lineage of our community. The bricks proudly represent our school building, the welcoming front sign, and the iconic clock tower—a true testament to our heritage. And, of course, our Blue Jay has been given a modern look, embodying the spirit of growth and innovation that defines us.

Our new logo will now be featured across Burton and in our spirit wear collection, which will be available starting Thursday, November 7th at our new online Spirit Wear Shop! From T-shirts and hoodies to accessories, we’re excited to offer an array of options for students, staff, and families to show their Blue Jay pride.

Next Fall, I look forward to celebrating Burton 100th anniversary with the community and showcasing our bond upgrades including the multipurpose room/cafeteria!

A glimpse of some spirit wear items to show your Blue Jay pride!

Caring & Sharing is a Berkley Area PTSA Council annual event that provides holiday gift cards to families in the Berkley School District and local Veterans. Historically, this event has been a partnership inside our schools through non-perishable food drives and PTAs purchased turkeys, extra food & fresh produce to distribute holiday baskets.

Since 2020, the PTSA Council has collected funds through online fundraising, hoping to raise as much money as possible to give families generous gift cards to purchase groceries to meet their needs.

In 2023, Caring & Sharing raised $20,420, fed 85 families, and gave over $1,000 to the American Legion. In addition to monetary donations through Memberhub, substantial donations were also received as part of the Berkley Cares Days at each school.

If you know of a family in need, or your family is in need this holiday season, please complete the form below. All referral information will be used confidentially to provide families in need with a gift card this holiday season.

We are asking for your support as we come together to help our friends & neighbors this holiday season. Please make a donation today and spread the word within our Berkley School Community!

If you would like to make a monetary donation, please tap below.

We will also be participating in a glove drive and Berkley Care Days beginning November 8th (hat day). Please send gloves to the front office.

Any questions? Contact this year’s Caring & Sharing Chair Abby Watteny

Join the Berkley Education Foundation (BEF) for its inaugural BEF Open,

an X-Golf Tournament, November 8, 7-10 pm.

Every dollar the BEF raises supports teacher innovation-grants, the free student enrichment program, student scholarships and the 8th grade college tour.

Guests will have the chance to support the BEF by playing a round of golf, being a spectator, playing golf-related games for prizes and sponsoring a game. Golfers, in teams of four, will have the chance to play 18 holes at X-Golf on a world-renowned course. Teams will play an alternate ball style game and enjoy hot dogs at the turn. The team with the lowest score will win the grand prize. Only 9 teams are left - reserve your team before they sell out. Teams can utilize mulligans and sabotages to help their scores.

Golfers can also enter the Longest Drive contest, Closest to the Pin contest and Putting Challenge. Winners take home big prizes.

Not a golfer? Come for a Friday night out!

Enjoy an evening out, courtesy of the BEF, as a spectator. For those who are not avid golfers, don't want to commit to playing 18, or have never swung a club, stop in and enjoy the party. Spectator tickets are $25/person and include appetizers, hot dogs and an opportunity to play in the individual golf competitions.

Mark Your Calendar

Friday, November 8

7-10 pm

X-Golf, Royal Oak

TICKETS ON SALE NOW

Price

$500/team

$25/spectator

November:

*November 4 & 5: No School for Students - District Professional Learning (Election Day)

*November 8: Caring & Sharing - HAT DAY!

*November 12 - PTA Meeting at 7:00pm in Media Center

*November 15: Caring & Sharing - PAJAMA DAY!

*November 16: Daffodil and Leaf Clean Up, 2-4pm

*November 22: Caring & Sharing - SCHOOL SPIRIT DAY!

*November 27, 28, 29 - District Closed - Thanksgiving Break

December:

*December 2 - School Resumes

*December 3 - PTA Meeting at 7:00pm in the Media Center

*December 4,5,9 - Hearing Testing - TK, K, 2nd, 4th

*December 6: Caring & Sharing - MVP DAY!

*December 23 - January 3 - District Closed (winter break)

January:

*January 6: School resumes

*January 7: PTA meeting at 7:00pm in Media Center

*January 9: Burton Winter Family Night, 6:15pm-8:15pm

*January 16: Burton TK/K Information Night at 6:30pm

*January 20: No School - MLK Jr. Day

Each week our morning announcements on kindness, respect, and empathy featuring:

• The Pledge from a different classroom each week
• Wednesday Would You Rather? and Too Cute Tuesday!
  
• Friday Read Aloud
• Important events happening at Burton

The entrance to the Burton field is closed during school hours. The construction crew closes the fence to the entrance of Burton field to allow construction trucks to enter/exit the field.

Please note, the map above is not exact or to scale. Just to give an idea of the ongoing construction.

Bond Update:

This is the first phase of our construction work. As a reminder, here is the plan for this construction season:

• Burton’s new multi-purpose/cafeteria addition will be attached to the building at the northeast corner of the playground by the gym. It will house a new lunchroom, a new kitchen, storage rooms, restrooms and will be a wonderful space for collaboration.

• Half of Burton’s playground (east side) and parking lot will be fenced off by mid-October to prepare for construction. The playground doors will remain open with the construction fence just to the east.

• Construction fencing will also go up in the southeast section of the field inside the track, to prepare for a new, smaller playground area. The park entrance will still be accessible.

• Due to the location of the addition, some Burton playground equipment (swings, monkey bars, tubes, shade sails) will move to inside the track permanently.

• The street-side parking on Nadine plus the sidewalk will remain open through November/December.

• Once the new playground area is completed in the field, the Nadine parking lot and sidewalk adjacent to the parking lot will be closed to the public through the end of August 2025. At that time, Burton families and students will use a gate near the field for drop off and pick up.

• As construction dates get solidified, we will share them with the Burton and Huntington Woods community so everyone is prepared for the full construction season.

On Tuesdays, Domino's Pizza will be among the five food choices students can select. All students ordering pizza will receive ONE free slice and a vegetable, fruit, and milk. If your child would like an additional slice of pizza (2 slices total), they must preorder it in the morning and have at least $2.00 in their student account. On Tuesday mornings, classroom teachers will ask students if they would like one slice or two. This is helpful so the lunch team is accurate on the total pizza slices to decrease food waste.

To add funds to your child's account, please access the Parent Portal.

Calling all Burton School Artists, Writers, Dancers and Photographers! This year's theme is Accepting Imperfection.

Reflections (a National Art Contest) is happening now! Entries due by November 6th. This year we have added Photography!

Reflections General Rules:

• Each entry is the work of only one student.
• Dance Choreography entries can have performers other than the entering student but the choreographer person is the student entering the contest.
• Do not write the student's name on the front of any entries. Do not include the student's name inside any dance files.
• Only 1 entry per category per student is accepted at the state level.
• All entries must be original and inspired by this year's theme "Accepting Imperfection"
• Use of copyrighted material is prohibited. Plagiarized entries will be disqualified.

There are 5 Age Groups/Divisions:

Primary Age Group (Pre-K to Grade 2)

Intermediate Age Group (Grade 3 to Grade 5)

Middle Age Group (Grade 6 to Grade

High School Age Group (Grade 9 to Grade 12)

Go Blue Jays!