Upcoming Dates

• Friday, May 31 5:30 - 7:30 Ice Cream Social
• Sunday, June 2 6:00 - 8:00 Parent & Staff Night Out
• Monday, June 3 AAPS Summer Learning Launch
• Monday, June 10 Field Day - Morning: 1st/2nd/5th / Afternoon: Y5's/K/3rd/4th
• Tuesday, June 11 6:00 - 7:00 5th Grade Promotion
• Thursday, June 13 Last Day of School - Half Day, 11:30 Dismissal

Appreciation

Many thanks to Anne Erickson and all the parent volunteers for supporting today's Dicken Garden Planting Day! All classes had a turn coming through to help plant, clean and beautify our garden for spring!

2024-25 Save the Dates

The district calendar has yet to be finalized, but the following dates have been confirmed:

• Wednesday, August 21: 5:00 - 6:00 - Back to School Meet & Greet in the Dicken Courtyard
• Monday, August 26 : First Day of School for Students
• Monday, December 23rd - Friday, January 3, 2025: Winter Break
• Monday, March 24, 2025 - Friday, March 28, 2025: Spring Break

Noon Hour Supervisors

We will be looking to hire a few additional Noon Hour Supervisors for the 2024-25 school year. This is a great way to support our school and be part of the community. This position is an hourly pay from 11:00 - 1:30 daily. If you are interested, please apply here. Look for Job #15299.

If you have any questions please reach out to our Noon Hour Coordinator, Jean Kim: kimhy@aaps.k12.mi.us

Thank you!

Lost and Found - Reminder

Please stop by our Lost & Found located just inside the front doors. Any items that are not claimed will be donated over the summer. Thank you!

All the Best,

Heather

Happy Friday Dolphins,

I would like to thank everyone who answered the call to volunteer today at both the gardening day and tonight's Ice Cream Social! A huge thank you to our gardening coordinator extraordinaire Anne Erickson and our PTO Hospitality co-chairs Ruth Facer and Sarah Stanton who have all gone above and beyond to ensure these events are fun and engaging for our Dolphin Community! I hope to see you all tonight at the Ice Cream Social!

Here are a few ways that the Dicken PTO has used the funds we've raised this year to help our school this week:

• The PTO paid for an end of year Student Lighthouse Team celebration for our 1st, 2nd and 5th students yesterday & will have one for the 3rd & 4th graders next week.
• The PTO approved the purchase of additional "Home of a Dicken Dolphin" yard signs that will be available to all families starting this summer. Originally purchased in the fall of 2020 during virtual school, these yard signs help us display our Dicken pride throughout our neighborhood!
• The PTO is providing all the treats and prizes for tonight's Ice Cream Social to our Dicken community as a thank you for all the generosity and support the parents have shown our PTO and students this year!
• The PTO purchased healthy snacks for the staff lounge and students.
• A few more surprises and year end celebrations are in the works as well, so keep your eye out for special ways that we will be celebrating our teachers, staff and students in the upcoming weeks.
  
  

If you have had any thoughts about wanting to be more involved in the Dicken community, this would be a great time of year to consider volunteering to be on the PTO board or on one of the event committees. We are specifically looking for someone to lead the planning for the Pumpkin Patch, which takes place at the end of October and next spring's Ice Cream Social. We also still have PTO Board openings for next year which include the Hospitality Team, President-Elect and Fundraising Chair.

Hope to see you tonight at the Ice Cream Social and/or Sunday night at the Teacher and Parents Night Out at Pretzel Bell!

Hallie

—Hallie Jewell, Dicken PTO President

dickenptopresident@gmail.com

Want to connect with other parents and caregivers outside of school?

Click here for the Dicken Elementary Parents Facebook group.

Find information about events, meeting minutes, and more on the PTO website at www.dickenpto.com

All PTO Meetings take place on the third Thursday of each month from 7 - 8:30 pm via Zoom.

All Dicken community members are welcome to attend PTO meetings.

PTO meetings are done for the year. See you in September!

More Helpful Links:

Dicken Student and Staff Directory

Dicken PTO Google Calendar

AAPS School Calendar

See you tonight for the Ice Cream Social!

No tickets - free treats and games for all.

Friday, May 31

5:30 - 7:30 pm

There will be an independent food truck on site for anyone who wishes to purchase their own meal.

We have a couple spots left for running activities from 6:30 to 7:30 pm. Please consider signing up via Sign Up Genius here. Thanks again!

Meet up at Pretzel Bell outside of school hours to hang out with other grown ups in the Dicken community as the school year winds down. No RSVP required, but we'd love a general guest count, so let us know if you plan to join us.

Last call for wine pull donations!

Please donate a $12-$20 bottle of wine (red/white/or non-alcoholic)

Where can I donate?

Walker's house (1553 Covington Dr.) or text Astra at 773-332-7306

Wright's house (1842 Harley Dr.) or text Erin at 248-227-7219

Pro tip: find them at tonight's Ice Cream Social!

Location and Time: Monday, June 10, 2024; all day (rain or shine)!

Grades 1st, 2nd and 5th in the morning

Grades Y5s, K, 1st, 3rd and 4th in the afternoon

Volunteer shifts are full! Thank you!

Summer Watering & Weeding

We need families to volunteer to help keep our garden weeded and watered this summer. Join us on

What’sApp, come visit the garden, and plan to volunteer for a week, a weekend, or just one visit.

Sign up coming soon.

Garden Communications are moving to What’s App – join us!

All garden communications are being consolidated into one place. What’sApp lets us make

announcements, chat with the group or privately, and provides easy access to shared documents and links that get lost in emails or Facebook posts. Let’s all get connected before summer!

Email Anne at amcerickson@gmail.com if you need help getting connected.

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