Behind the Magic at Disney

Mrs. Amy Porter, Principal

Important Contact Information:

Main Office Phone: (586)439-6400

Fax: (586)439-6401

Absentee Line: (586)439-6490

24-hour recorded line, please leave your child's reason for absence and length of time out. Absences reported to this line, ensure most timely and accurate record.

School Administrative Assistant:

Mrs. Sue Mogge

Email: susan.mogge@fraserk12.org

Building Hours - 8:00 am - 4:00 pm

School Hours: 8:35 am – 3:30 pm
First Bell: 8:30 am
Instructional Bell: 8:35 am
Students must be in class by 8:35 am or they are marked tardy.

Email: Amy.Porter@Fraserk12.org
Website: https://www.fraser.k12.mi.us/Domain/9
Location: 36155 Kelly Road, Clinton Township, MI, USA
Phone: (586)439-6400

Dear Fraser Families,

Fraser’s teaching staff is committed to helping all students succeed. The Mission Statement for our district is “Innovate. Learn. Lead.” There are many ways to help students to be as successful as possible. We also realize here at Fraser, that our students do not come to us as “one size fits all” learners, have different learning styles, and learn at different rates. Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is one way to offer needed support.

Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) is a process of providing educational and behavioral support. There are three tiers in this approach, and they are as follows:

• Tier I: ALL students receive the core curriculum and instruction in their regular education classrooms as well as School-Wide Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support (SW-PBIS). The teachers work with all students at their individual levels.
  
• Tier II: ALL students receive the core curriculum and instruction in their regular education classrooms. The school provides targeted interventions to students who need more support in addition to what they are receiving in their general education classroom.
  
• Tier III: Students in this tier receive more intensive interventions. They are exposed to the core curriculum in their general education classroom but need more intensive interventions on basic skills that usually requires an individual learning or behavioral plan.

Fraser Public Schools has developed a timeline for student assessments. Your child’s general education teacher conducts additional and more frequent progress monitoring to move students fluidly through these tiers as needed based on each students’ assessment data. As a parent, you will be notified by your child’s school if your child moves into a different tier of support.

If you have any questions about MTSS, please do not hesitate to contact us. Also, the Fraser website has additional information on MTSS as well.

Sincerely,

Mary Kate Mulligan
Director of Elementary Instruction

Kyle Ray

Director of Secondary Instruction

Starting Monday, October 7th, we will begin our month long celebration of Red Ribbon Month! The theme for is “Life is a Movie, Film Drug Free." Red Ribbon month is a month where people, schools, and communities unite and take a visible stand against drugs. During HEART class students will focus on healthy habits and choices. Students will pledge to live a drug free life. We encourage students, staff, and our community to wear red every Monday this month. In addition awareness bracelets will be passed out and we will be holding our poster challenge!

We will be having our Red Ribbon Poster contest for students in grades 4 – 6. There will be 1 winner per grade level! Please review the requirements below and turn in your completed poster to Mrs. Zoli by October 11th

• Theme: “Life is a Movie, Film Drug Free”
  
• Use a white 12 x 18 poster to create how we can help our school be drug free
  
• Poster must have a slogan for being drug free and includes examples/drawings of activities and interests of what students enjoy doing and make them happy.
  
• Poster should be Neat, Colorful, Produced by Student
  
• On the back of the finished poster it must include:
  
• Full Name
• Grade Level
• Homeroom Teacher
• School Name

As you know, in September we kicked of the Second Step Curriculum in all K-8 classes to further strengthen our social and emotional learning. Second Step offers weekly, age-appropriate virtual lessons for students to help them with a variety of social and emotional skills. These weekly lessons build on and support all of the great work we're doing at Ike to support our students. Combined with our schoolwide restorative practices and consistent PBIS expectations, we are creating a firm Tier 1 foundation for supporting all of our students' social, emotional, and behavioral development.

This week, each grade-level will begin a new unit. Please view the grade-level home links below to learn more about what your child is learning and how to support them at home during the second unit of Second Step.

K-5 Unit 2 home links

Kindergarten

First Grade

Second Grade

Third Grade

Fourth Grade

Fifth Grade

Thank you for your generosity and support for our biggest fundraiser of the year. We achieved our goal to raise $25,000 as a school and our students earned a fun Mega Recess!!! Thank you to our PTO, volunteers, and community for making this fundraiser a huge success! Our students and staff appreciate your support!

Our top Classrooms

Mrs. Filip - $3,600

Mrs. Engle- $3,270

Mrs. Strickland = $2,940

Our top Individual Earners

Ella P.

Taetum Z.

Easton Z.

Join Us for a Spooktacular Trunk or Treat!

Calling all little witches, ghosts, and goblins! We’re excited to invite you to our Trunk or Treat event on October 11, 2024, from 6:00-8:00PM in the Disney parking lot!

What to Expect:

Trick-or-Treating: Collect goodies from creatively decorated trunks!

Fun Games: Enjoy games and activities for all ages!

Treats: Cider, donuts & Cinnabon

Trunk Contest: Best trunk wins a prize!

Disney families only for a night filled with fun and community spirit!

Want to Help? We’re looking for volunteers to decorate trunks and assist with activities. Register today!

Let’s make this Halloween unforgettable! We can’t wait to see you there!

Please help us make Trunk-or-Treat a great night for our students by donating candy! The classroom that collects the most weight in candy will win a classroom party! Two ways to donate:

• send unopened bags of candy to school with your student
• label bags of candy with your child's classroom teacher and feed Agatha our Candy Monster in the main office lobby!
  

• Parade: A short "Halloween Parade" will take place beginning at 10:00AM on Thursday, October 31st. Weather permitting, we will parade out door #17 and around the building. Our kindergarten students will lead the parade around each classroom and then out around the building. All are welcome to come and watch our costume parade outdoors!

  
  

  Classroom Activities: Classrooms/grade levels may be planning for Halloween activities and celebrations individually, either before or after the parade. If teachers request parent volunteers to help facilitate the classroom activities, all volunteers will have to submit a Background Check at least 48 hours prior to volunteering.

  
  

  Costumes: Students may come to school in costume on Thursday, October 31st. They can stay in costume for the duration of the day. Costumes need to be school appropriate and cannot depict violence or excess blood/gore. No fake weapons are allowed in school (i.e. toy guns, swords, blades, etc). Costume masks can be worn for the parade only, but not throughout the day. For costumes that have short skirts/shorts, leggings or pants need to be worn underneath.

  
  

Our lost and found is filling up with a large number of zip-up hoodies and sweatshirts. If your student is missing any items, please have them check the lost and found!

You can help us reduce the number of items in our lost and found by labeling tags and water bottles with your students name. When found, we will return to your child!

We are looking forward to having our teachers meet with you and your child during Disney's Student- Led Conferences. During this time, students will showcase their goals and academic progress. It is important to include your child in these conferences so that they can take ownership of their academic plan for the year. Conference dates and times are as follows:

• Wednesday, October 23rd from 4:30 to 7:30 PM
• Thursday, October 24th from 1:00-3:30 PM & 4:30-7:30 PM

On Thursday, October 10th each classroom teacher will be sending home classroom and/or grade-level specific conference information via email. Our teachers will once again be using the online scheduling service, Sign-Up Genius, to do so. This process is very easy, and only takes a few minutes to sign-up for a time. If you have multiple children at Disney, you will receive an email from EACH teacher and will need to review information from them to ensure multiple conferences are scheduled. Links will also be included in next week’s edition of Behind the Magic.

We look forward to seeing everyone at conferences. Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us

All Fraser classroom teachers provide instruction, resources, activities, and assessments to students utilizing the Canvas Learning Management System. As a result, students have continuous access to the course materials and information regarding their achievement.

Parents/Guardians can also have continuous access to their student’s course materials and grades in Canvas by creating a parent/observer account. In addition, parents of multiple students can easily switch between their students to view grades and assignments within the same parent account.

Parents can use Canvas to

• Contact their child’s teacher

• View grades, due dates, and events

• See, and in many cases access, what the child is doing at school

• Support an absent student

• View classroom and building announcements

• And more!

For the first step you will need to have two devices (tablet, laptop, computer or phone) available to be paired. One device will be used to log into your student’s canvas account. The other will be used to create your parent canvas account.

For parents/guardians of students whom are in young fives through 2nd Grade:

A QR code of your students’ username and password will have been sent home. Use your camera function to scan the QR code to access your student’s Canvas Account. If you are having issues with the QR code, contact your teacher or elementary media tech.

For parents/guardians of students whom are in 3rd-6th Grade:

To log in as your student, go to this website (preferably in Chrome, but Safari is okay):

https://www.fraser.k12.mi.us/myfps Click on the icon that says Canvas Student Login.

Your student should know their username and password. If not, contact his or her teacher or your elementary media tech.

Next Step-

To create and/or log into your Canvas Parent Account:

On a different device (tablet, laptop, computer or phone) Visit this website –

https://www.fraser.k12.mi.us/myfps

Click on the icon that says Canvas Parent Login.

Get ready! The Scholastic Book Fair is coming our way (YAY!). Choosing their own books empowers kids and inspires them on their journey to becoming lifelong readers. AND—as always—every purchase at the Fair benefits our school.

Here’s what you need to know about the big event, which will take place:

October 21st – 25th

Walt Disney Media Center

Open Late on October 24th during conferences

Say goodbye to cash and hello to eWallet—your child’s digital payment account. Before the Fair, set up eWallet for worry-free, cash-free purchases. Anyone can contribute! Share each child’s eWallet so friends and family can add funds and give your kids more books to enjoy.

If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop at our school’s Book Fair online. All orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free for book orders over $25. Every online purchase will also benefit our school.

Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping:

https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/disneyelementaryschool2

We accept cash, credit, or wallet.

The countdown to more Bookjoy is on! Catch you at the Fair!

Students may have a variety of accidents throughout the school day that require a change of clothes. To help prevent a call home, please make sure to have an extra set of clothes in your child’s backpack in case of an accident throughout the school day. Thank you!

Interested in additional Disney Spirit Wear? Then checkout the Disney Spirit Wear shop to find all of your Disney Elementary spirit wear and school spirit apparel for both youth and adult all in one place. The store will be open all year long! Currently there is a 30% off sale on all items!

• 10/8- Clinton Macomb Library Visits Disney
• 10/9 - PTO Meeting - 6pm Disney Media Center or Virtual
• 10/11 - Disney PTO Trunk-or-Treat
• 10/15 - 5th Grade Recorder Concert
• 10/17 - 5th Grade Vistis Detroit Science Center

• 10/21 - 10/24 - Book Fair
• 10/22 - 1st Grade visits Westview Farms
• 10/23 - Student-Led Conferences from 4:30 to 7:30 PM
• 10/24 - 1/2 Day (12:00 Dismissal)
• 10/24 - Student-Led Conferences from 1:00 - 3:30 & 4:30-7:30
• 10/31 - Early Dismissal (1:30 dismissal)

Access the full District Calendar HERE at any time!

Gleaners Food Bank offers multiple distribution sites throughout Michigan. You can find a list of all locations by clicking here. This year, they will also continue their distribution at the Fraser VFW location every other Thursday. Their next distribution is on Thursday, October 3rd.