Edison Weekly

Building Hours

Office Hours- 8:00AM-4:00PM

Important Contact Information

Main Office: 586-439-6500

Attendance Line: 586-439-6590

Fax: 586-439-6501

Address: 17470 Sewel Ave, Fraser, MI 48026

Principal Email: kristina.wiegand@fraserk12.org

Administrative Assistant Email: shelby.barc@fraserk12.org

Staff Directory: https://www.fraser.k12.mi.us/Page/114

Upcoming Events:

• 11/26- End of 1st Trimester
• 11/27 - 11/29 - No School - Thanksgiving Break
• 12/5- Half Day (12:00PM Dismissal)
• 12/6- Half Day (12:00PM Dismissal)
• 12/9-12/11- Santa Shop Open
• 12/11- Report Cards Sent Home With Students
• 12/23-1/3 Winter Break: No School
• 1/6- School Resumes
• 1/20- No school MLK Jr. Day

Access the full 2024-25 Academic Calendar here!

At this time, families are able to request to change the learning mode for their student(s) for the second semester of the 2024-2025 school year. Students who are currently attending school in-person in can switch to virtual, and students who are enrolled in virtual can switch to in-person. If you do not wish to switch your child’s learning mode, no action is necessary.

Requests will be handled on a case-by-case basis. Submitting the form linked in this email does not guarantee a request will be granted. Requests will be reviewed by building and district leadership and the parent/guardian will be notified. If approved, the change will be effective for the second semester (January 6, 2025 - June 6, 2025).

Please carefully consider this semester-long commitment before submitting this application, as requests to change during the second semester will not be granted. However, the District may change your child’s learning mode if appropriate academic progress is not met throughout the semester.

If you are interested in changing your child’s learning mode for the second semester, please click the button below to complete the application. You will need to submit one request for each student.

Thank you to the many families who have submitted this form this year!

If you have not yet completed this form this year, the forms are due by Tuesday, 11/26. We want to make sure all families who may typically have qualified for free/reduced lunch have submitted this form, as it helps our school in a variety of ways!

Please take a couple minutes to submit!

All students, grades Young 5s-12 use Canvas, a learning management system. Classroom teachers use Canvas to provide instruction, resources, activities, and assessments for students, as well as parent communication.

Parents are encouraged to set up a parent/observer account to stay abreast of student learning. Canvas will allow parents 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

Downloadable directions are linked below. In addition, helpful videos and walk-throughs may be found linked HERE.

If you have any trouble at all, please reach out to Edison's Media Clerk, Steve Belz at Steven.Belz@fraserk12.org or Kim Keith at kimberly.keith@fraserk12.org..

Edison will be selling Texas Roadhouse gift cards just in time for the holidays! Packets were sent home last week.

The window for this fundraiser will conclude on Monday, December 2nd. Students should return their order forms and money prior to this date. Gift cards will be returned to the school the following week and distributed to families.

This is a prepaid fundraiser, so please be sure to collect full payment for each gift card your child sells. Use the provided envelope to track and hold the payment for your orders. Don't forget to write the student's name and teacher in the space provided on the envelope.

Everyone loves Texas Roadhouse, so selling gift cards is easy and they make the perfect gifts for the holidays. These gift cards are accepted at all locations, over 800 nationwide, and never expire or lose value. Gift cards may also be used at our sister store, Bubba's 33!

Gift cards are available in the following denominations: $5 to $100 amounts.

Cash is ideal so the school can get a faster return, but if you would like to write a check instead: Make all checks payable to: Edison Elementary

The school will be earning 10% of all gift card sales from this fundraiser.

The top three selling students in each school will win prizes listed below: ($350 minimum to qualify)

1st Place: Squishmallow, VIP Night at TXRH,

Free Kids Meal for a year, Lunch for your Classroom

2nd Place: Squishmallow, Free Kids Meal for 6 months

3rd Place: Squishmallow, Free Kids Meal for 3 months

Please be sure to return your order envelopes with all payments collected no later than December 2nd..

Please be sure to send your child to school dressed for the weather each day. Before we know it, students will start needing warm coats, gloves, hats, scarves, and/or boots daily throughout the fall/winter.

Please take time to label each and every item- because our lost and found gets bombarded with lost winter accessories throughout the season

Please note that, per Board Policy, we will be having outdoor morning lineup and heading outdoors for our 20 minute recess(es) if the windchill is 10+ degrees.

Time outdoors is time well spent for kids, in all seasons

• Please adhere to our 5mph speed limit in our parking lot. We've recently received several reports of cars driving too fast in the parking lot at arrival/dismissal time. Please drive slowly and use caution!

• We do not have crossing guards for our parking lot. Our Y5-2 students must be accompanied by an adult through the parking lot. However, it is highly recommended that all parents park their cars and walk up to retrieve their students to escort them through the lot at dismissal time.

• Unfortunately, we don’t have a “bus loop” at Edison, which also limits our ability for a curbside drop off/pick up lane. Our transportation department needs us to stop stopping/parking/idling in the areas marked with a red 'x' (essentially, every turn/curve of the lot) because the busses cannot get through.

• Please park in a designated parking spot at arrival and dismissal, while you wait to drop off/pick up your children.

• All Y5-2nd grade students must be picked up by an adult at their doors.

• 3rd-6th grade students are dismissed out their doors and may navigate the parking lot as their parents see fit. Please note, our staff does our best to help kids cross when possible, but we do not have designated crossing guards in our lot. The safest option will always be for parents to park, walk up, drop off/retreive their child(ren), and navigate the lot with their child(ren).

• At dismissal time, please don’t sit idle in driving lane while waiting for your student.

This year, our PTO will be led by the following officers. As always, we're so appreciative of the parents that take time out of their lives to enrich ours! Please consider joining forces with the amazing moms below to help make Edison a happier place!

• President: Sarah Moaut
• Vice President: Lisa Heckman
• Treasurer: Cierra Prophit
• Secretary: Melissa Loder

Our next PTO Meeting will take place on Thursday, January 16 at 4:00PM in the Edison Media Center.

Elementary breakfast & lunch menus may be found HERE.