SAYRE Weekly Update
September 2, 2022
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Hello Sharks!
We are so excited to see you on Tuesday, September 6th for our first day back!
As a reminder, the first day is a half day for grades 1 through 5 from 8:15 AM-11:09 AM.
Teacher assignments are currently available through your Skyward Family Access account.
Parents/Guardians please read our Student and Family Handbook (linked here Sayre Handbook 2021-2022.pdf), which includes details about arrival, dismissal and other important information. Please make sure to look it over prior to the first day.
Below you can watch helpful videos regarding our Sayre Car Rider pick up process (those students who are picked up by a private vehicle at dismissal.
Here are some important bits of information to remember for the first day of school for our Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten students.
Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten students have a pop in format for the first day and do NOT ride the bus.
Junior Kindergarten schedule:
8:45-9:15 students with last name A-L
9:45-10:15 students with last name M-Z
Kindergarten schedule:
9:00 - 9:30 students with last name A-L
9:45 - 10:15 students with last name M-Z
Grades 1-5 students will say their goodbyes at the doors and Sayre staff will help them get to their classrooms.
Please remember that the 2nd day of school is a full day and that bus service will begin for our kindergarten and junior kindergarten students that day.
Have a wonderful holiday weekend! We look forward to seeing you on Tuesday!
Principal Maurus
UPCOMING EVENTS:
Tuesday, 9/6 - First Day of School:
Kindergarten and Junior Kindergarten students have a pop in format for the first day and do NOT ride the bus. Please see your designated pop in time based on the student's last name,
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grades has a Half day - 8:15AM - 11:09AM
Wednesday, 9/7 - First FULL Day of School for all grade levels Junior Kindergarten through 5th Grade - 8:15AM - 3:18PM
Morning Drop Off How To Video
We are looking forward to welcoming your student(s) each morning. If you plan to bring your student to school in a private vehicle for morning drop off please watch the video below. Students can be dropped off at the curb or park and walk your student to the exterior door beginning at 8:05 AM when the doors unlock. Any parent who wishes to enter the building must enter through the main entrance (DOOR 1) and sign in at the office.
Afternoon Dismissal with PikMyKid
1. SLCS School Bus - Bus assigned by SLCS transportation in Skyward Family Access
2. Sayre Car Rider - Parent/Guardian or Skyward Emergency Contact as designate by the parent/guardian picks up student(s) in a private vehicle. IMPORTANT NOTE: We are no longer using the Sayre Sign IN/OUT form for AFTERNOON DISMISSAL. We will only use the PikMyKid App.
3. Day Care Provider Bus (Everbrook Academy, Kindercare, The Learning Experience - 8 Mile, and The Learning Experience - 10 Mile).
4. Kids Club - Currently full at Sayre - Please visit the website under slcs.us/Departments for the Kids Club Information
5. Walkers - ONLY for our families who live within the designated WALK BOUNDARY. These students are NOT eligible for SLCS Bus Transportation. For Walkers your students default is that they will WALK home each day. If you need to pick them up by car or designate and Emergency Contact to pick them up by car then please use the PikMyKid App to do so. If your child is a walker and will be picked up on foot, please ensure that your address is in a walking boundary of the school. If you are unsure, please contact the office by emailing sayre@slcs.us
2022-2023 Sayre Suggested School Supply List
SAYRE COMMUNICATION:
The Sayre Elementary Principal is Mrs. Susan Maurus - mauruss@slcs.us - during the school year, whenever possible, her office sends a weekly email of information which often includes a video.
Please add these three contacts to your phone/email list of contacts:
Sayre Elementary Office, Phone: 1-248-573-8500, Email #1: sayre@slcs.us, Email #2: donotreply@slcs.us
Sayre Attendance - please call 248-573-8475 - to report your student(s) absence/late arrival/early departure. Please include your student’s first and last name with the spelling of the last name along with the reason for absence from school. The office is busy in the morning so please call this number to leave a recorded message with any attendance related information - absences, late arrival, early dismissal - prior to 9:30AM. If you are emailing your student's teacher in advance about any planned absence (appointments, vacation, days off, holiday) then please also copy the Sayre Office at sayre@slcs.us. For student safety and Michigan Department of Education state regulations attendance for each student is reconciled each day by the office staff. Including the office in your email communications regarding attendance helps your student’s teacher from having to forward your communication to the office for the attendance record.
Sayre Elementary PTO - sayrepto@gmail.com - Please read the monthly edition of the PTO's Sayre Sayre
Sayre Elementary School
Email: sayre@slcs.us
Website: slcs.us/sayre_elementary
Location: 23000 Valerie Street, South Lyon, MI, USA
Phone: 248-573-8500
Twitter: @SLCSSayre