The Primary Connection

This past week, we had a number of important activities aimed at promoting safety and awareness throughout our school community.

• Learning ALICE: Students were introduced to the ALICE protocol, an important safety procedure designed to help keep everyone safe in emergency situations. ALICE stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate, and students learned how to respond effectively in various scenarios.

• SADD Student Involvement: Our Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) members took time to visit classrooms and read books related to safety, helping to reinforce these important lessons with younger students.

• Fire Department Visit: We were also excited to have the local Fire Department visit, complete with a fire truck! Students had the opportunity to explore the truck and learn more about fire safety from the professionals who keep our community safe.

OCTOBER 28TH - PICTURE RETAKE IN THE AM

October 28th - Board of Education Meeting - 7:00 PM

October 29th - SADD Spookathon - 5:00 - 7:00 PM

October 31st - Halloween

November 1st - End of the First Marking period

November 5th - Early Dismissal, Parent/Teacher Conferences 5:00 - 8:00

November 6th - Early Dismissal, Parent/Teacher Confernces, 1:00 - 4:00, 5:00 - 8:00

November 7th & 8th - No School

Edwardsburg has a long standing custom of not having Halloween parties. This year, the K-3 buildings are going to try to have costume parties. However, we are placing some pretty strict guidelines on costumes for two reasons: 1) we need to protect the innocence of our young students and 2) what might not be scary for some students, may be terrifying for others.

Party information will come from individual classrooms.

When picking out a costume for your child, please follow the following guidelines:

• All costumes are to be appropriate for school and should not be offensive in design or intent.
• Costumes cannot feature inappropriate themes or characters or reference drugs/alcohol etc.
• Props including plastic swords, guns, wands, bows, arrows, etc. are not permitted. If brought to school, these items will be held in the office until a parent/guardian can pick them up.
• Please avoid costumes that are overly scary, including any variance of a clown costume.
• Face painting and hair coloring should be done at home.
• No "blood"

We would really like this to be a fun event for our students, so please help us make it fun for everyone by adhering to our costume requests.

If you were unable to make it to the Parent University Training that focused on ALICE, please see the attachments so you are familiar with this protocol that the district has adopted.

Parent conferences are right around the corner and we strive to have 100% participation at the Primary. If you have not yet scheduled your conference time, please see the list below to schedule with your child's teacher.

Edwardsburg Primary is home to our district's Kindergarten and 1st Grade Students. Located in the village of Edwardsburg, Michigan, we offer classes that are traditional, gender specific, looping and multi-age. There is something for everyone at Edwardsburg Primary.

Office Hours: 7:30 - 4:15 PM

(Regular office hours begin September 3, 2024)

Email: tspaulding@goeddies.com
Website: www.edwardsburgpublicschools.org
Location: 69100 Section Street, Edwardsburg, MI, USA
Phone: 269-663-1037
Facebook: facebook.com/edwardsburgpublicschools