Hicks Hive Hangout

Principal Amy Gee

May is Mental Health Awareness Month, let us recognize that our mental health matters. Wayne-Westland Community Schools is committed to fostering a safe and positive environment for our students, staff, and families. There are many resources available to help in any mental health needs, please click here to find out more.

Please take some time for yourself to breathe and focus on the positives in life.

Hello Hicks Families, let's welcome May and new beginnings. Many great things happened in the school this week. Keep reading to find out and more.

IMPORTANT:

Parents: If you need to speak with Mrs. Gee please call the main office to make an appointment.

Please call the office to update your phone number if it changes. It is very IMPORTANT to know what your phone number is so we can contact you in case of an EMERGENCY.

If you need to pick up your child early, you MUST be in the building by 3:30PM to pick up your student. NO EXCEPTIONS!

Literacy is always important, make sure your child finds a love for reading. Please check out EPIC to find endless books to read to your child.

Click HERE.

Click HERE to see our District Calendar

Coming Up:

Monday, May 6th - PTO Girl Scouts Informational Life Skills room at 4:15-5:15PM.

Tuesday, May 7th - Young Sharks Competition at Lawrence Tech University at 21000 W 10 Mile Rd, Southfield, MI 48075 6:00-7:00PM.

Wednesday, May 8th - Talent Show Auditions 4:00-6:30PM.

Monday, May 6th - Friday, May 10th - National Teacher Appreciation Week. Find the flier below if your child is interested in submitting a video to the Michigan Department of Education.

Thursday, May 9th - Districtwide Art Show Wayne Public Library 3737 S Wayne Rd, Wayne, MI 48184 5:30-7:00PM.

Friday, May 10th - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Bowling Alley.

Saturday, May 11th - 3v3 Basketball Tournament for 4th and 5th graders.

Wednesday, May 15th - Talent Show Dress Rehearsal 4:00-5:30PM.

Wednesday, May 15th and Thursday, May 16th - 5th Grade and Mrs. Van Proeyen's classes go to EMU.

Thursday, May 16th - 2nd Grade goes to the Ann Arbor Hands On Museum.

Saturday, May 19th - Girls on the Run 5k at Lake St. Clair Metro Park click the button or link below to register as a running buddy. The run begins at 9AM-12:30PM

HERE

Tuesday, May 21st - Talent Show 5:00-6:00PM!

Thursday, May 23rd - Kindergarten Field Trip to the Farm. 2nd Grade goes to LEGO Land and Sea Life Aquarium.

Memorial Day Recess:

Friday, May 24th - HALF DAY - Dismissal at 12:20PM.

Monday, May 27th - NO SCHOOL

Tuesday, May 28th - Classes resume.

Thursday, May 30th - Hicks Art Show at David Hicks Elementary School 5:30-7:30PM.

Wednesday, May 29th - 1st Grade goes to the Detroit Zoo.

Wednesday, May 29th - 3rd Grade Field Trip to the Toledo Mud Hens game.

Friday, May 31st - 3rd Grade End of the Year Picnic!

Monday, June 3rd - Hicks Field Day!

Wednesday, June 5th - Kindergarten Celebration at 2:30PM.

Thursday, June 6th - HALF DAY

Friday, June 7th - HALF DAY - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL!

July TBD - Third Annual Michigan Girls Future Flight Challenge

Enroll Your Young Learners Today

Do you have a child who will be ready for Young 5s or kindergarten next fall? Enrollment is now open for the 2024-2025 school year and is entirely online.

Ready, Set, Enroll ---> https://www.wwcsd.net/kickstart

National Teacher Appreciation Week is May 6-10, 2024. The Michigan Department of Education’s (MDE) Office of Educator Excellence (OEE) wishes to celebrate teachers across Michigan for the entire month of May.

MDE invites parents to submit 15-30 second videos of their students recognizing and thanking a specific teacher for their impact. Nothing fancy is required—cell phones can capture the videos. Please follow the directions on the flyer. Videos and parental consent may be submitted via the Teacher Appreciation Video Project Google Form. Videos are currently being accepted until Friday, April 19, 2024.

Submitted videos may be posted on the Teacher Appreciation Month webpage and the MDE’s YouTube channel. The Office of Educator Excellence Facebook (@MIeducator) and X (formerly Twitter) social media pages will be promoting the videos throughout the month of May.

If your child has great things to say about a teacher, don’t hesitate—use the instructions found on our website to submit a video today!

PTO at Hicks Elementary: Please join us on May 6th at 4:15-5:15PM for a presentation from the Girls Scouts of America. Please check-in at the office before meeting us in the Life Skills room. If you are interested in volunteering for the Girls Scouts please speak with Ms. Hughey or Mrs. Bellanca for more information. In the meantime, check out their link HERE.

Students learned the engineering techniques to build many of the monumental structures around the world. With Sphero Blueprints, students were working together in groups to complete the blueprints of an inclined crane. We got a lot of future civil engineers on deck at Hicks!

Please make sure your child's Social Media accounts are turned to PRIVATE! We must all be the role models and educators to our children's safety. Internet safety is more important than ever. Everyone has a duty to make sure our kids surf the web safely.

Please watch Cyber Fareedah on YouTube about different parental controls on iPhones and devices. She is brilliant in explaining different programs and apps to use to keep your child safe online. Click HERE to learn.

Please watch this video from Mr. Saunders that walks you through how to set up parental controls on an iPhone. CLICK HERE.

Food Service Survey:
Aramark, our food service provider, is running its Student ViewPOINT survey. They invite parents and students to take this survey together. Your feedback will help enhance our food service program and better meet student needs and expectations. The survey is open until May 13, 2024. Go to www.StudentVP.com and enter passcode 2024.

Please DO NOT enter the front loop from the exit!

It is unsafe for our Hicks students and their families. Mrs. Gee is working with Inkster Police to start ticketing parents that commit these infractions because student safety is our number one priority!

If you need to park, please enter through the driveway closest to Cherry Hill and follow traffic around the loop. Thank you for your continued cooperation in keeping everyone SAFE at Hicks!

Click HERE to access our iCHAT form. This must be filled out and approved prior to volunteering!

Click HERE to read out volunteer and visitor guidelines

Just a reminder to ALL Hicks families that our washer and dryer are open and available for you to use 9:10 am-4:00 pm! We will supply the laundry soap for you to use. All you need to do is call to make sure it isn't being used at the time you plan on coming up to Hicks!

There's an app for that! Wayne-Westland Community Schools has a new mobile app that enables subscribers to quickly access information from our district website. You can view lunch menus, access parent and student connect, save events to your phone from our school calendars and much more. There are also quick links to our district Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube channels.

On your device, connect to the Android Play store or the iOS App Store and search for Wayne-Westland Schools, then upload the app.

Hicks Elementary School 🐝

100 Helen Street

Inkster, MI 48141

Main Office: 734-419-2660

Fax: 734-419-2658

Attendance Line: 734-419-2666

Student Hours

Full Day: 9:10 am - 4:00 pm

AM Half Day: 9:10 am - 12:20 pm