Parents of current 5th grade students are requested to attend the middle school open house held on March 5 at 6:30pm. This meeting is also open to anyone who is interested in learning about enrollment in grade 6, 7, or 8 for the 2022-23 school year.

Sign up for this great family event for students in k-5. Families will have dinner and then participate in three different unique science activities! Space is limited. Please note this event is free for families because of your generous support of P.I.E. Sign up at this LINK. The deadline to signup is today at 9pm.

We want to thank everyone that attended parent-teacher conferences or those who have a parent-teacher conference scheduled for this week. If you have not been able to schedule your parent-teacher conference please contact your child's homeroom teacher. As always, if you have any concerns about your child's progress please do not hesitate to reach out to your child's teachers immediately.

Lost and Found , located by the gym lobby doors, will be cleaned out on March 15. Please make sure to claim your items by then.

Yearbooks must be ordered by March 22. The link to order is:

https://store.geskusphoto.com/search/YB2439

Yearbooks will NOT be sold after March 22. Yearbooks will not be available for purchase in June when they are passed out.

It is our pleasure to share a special project with you. We are upgrading our portable stage equipment. For those of you who have attended a Chatfield honors program, play or musical in the school gymnasium, you are familiar with the difficult lines of vision that occur due to our rather short stage platform. We would like to replace and upgrade the stage to a taller platform and to increase the square footage of the stage to allow for greater performance space.

Specifically our new stage would provide a stage height of 32 inches (currently 18 in.) and a performance space of 700 square feet (currently 432 sq. ft.). The new stage will have updated safety features and handicap accessibility. The project also includes plans to upgrade the staging structure for lighting and curtains.

This project is expensive. The Chatfield School Board of Directors and the Chatfield Partners in Education (P.I.E.) have each set aside significant funding for the project, but there is still work to be done to achieve the total amount needed. In addition to seeking grant funds, support from local service organizations, and running small fundraisers, we would like to ask if you would consider getting involved in some way. Perhaps you might like to support the project by attending a fundraiser or providing a specific financial gift to the project.

To give to the project please send a check to Chatfield School (see address above). Donations can also be made at www.onthestage.tickets/chatfield-school/donate with a minimal convenience fee. Your donation can be given anonymously if you wish or with a designation to honor or memorialize a staff member or student. With your donation you will receive a letter of thanks for tax purposes and recognition when the stage is in use.

The stage upgrade project is one that we can achieve together. Your involvement would be greatly appreciated.

Students will be hosting a maple syrup open house at the Willows and Chatfield Sugar Shack, Saturday, March 16, 10:00 am-2:00pm. Please join us to celebrate Spring and let us share everything we know about the miraculous world of Maple Sugaring. Tapping trees, processing firewood, hauling buckets of sap, filtering and canning the finished syrup have all become part of the school day during this busy spring season. Students will be offering samples of our Maple syrup with French toast. Students will be selling their homemade Maple syrup, homegrown pork sausage, and whole organic chickens! This event is free and open to the public.

Student led activities include

• See the evaporator in action

• Winter tree identification

• How to Tap a maple tree and equipment

• Sugarbush tours

• Filtering and Canning

• Historical sugar production by Native Americans

• Cutting firewood with a crosscut saw

• Free Samples!

Egg A Peep

“Egg” your child, grandchild, teacher or friend – plastic egg with candy

Eggs cannot be purchased for someone that does not go to Chatfield.

Eggs are $1 each – Delivered on March 20

Forms and payment must be turned in to teacher/office by March 15

Make checks payable to Chatfield P.I.E.

Click the link below to watch a fun introductory video of the Finding Nemo cast!

The Boys basketball season came to a close this past week. Both teams learned a lot and improved over the course of the season. Thank you parents for support and commitment to getting them to practice every day and for cheering them on from the sidelines. A special thank you goes out to all of our coaches for their time and dedication to helping our boys improve

14U Coach : Jason Martin

12U Coaches: Stefan Brady, Rob Lyman, and Jacklyn Lyman

Thank you, thank you, thank you!!!

The CYBB program finished up over the weekend with their parents vs players game. It was a lot of fun! Thank you to all the parents for jumping in and helping when needed. I would like to give a special thank you to David Smith, Owen Boyle, and John Dunkel for helping out every week to help the students improve!

Issue 4 is ready to read at: Issue 4 LINK

March is Reading Month!

3/5/2024 5th Grade Middle School Transition and Prospective Students to Middle School 6:30PM

3/7/2024 Science Night Dinner K-5 5:30 PM-7:30PM

3/9/2024 K-8 2024-2025 Future Enrollment Community Meeting and Tour 10am

3/16/2024 Willows Pancake Breakfast

3/16/2024 Willows Maple Syrup Open House

3/19/2024 County Spelling Bee

3/19-21/2024 7:00 PM Finding Nemo Middle School Musical

3/22/2024 27th Annual Spring Candy Hunt

3/22/2024 End of 3rd Card Marking

3/22/2024 Half Day of School 11:30am Dismissal

3/25-4/1/2024 Spring Break No School

4/2/2024 School Resumes

4/11/2024 Son and Mom/Special Guest "Rock Night" sponsored by Upper El.

4/18/2024 Daughter and Dad/Special Guest Dance sponsored by P.I.E.

If your current Chatfield student has a sibling entering Kindergarten through Eighth grade and you would like to enroll them for the 2024-2025 school year, please complete the Sibling Enrollment Registration form (attached to this newsletter or found on the website enrollment page. Please turn this form in the office by April 5, 2024 to insure priority for possible enrollment.

The 2024-2025 school year calendar is attached to this newsletter. Please note that the calenar reflects the requirements of the Michigan Department of Edcuation and the Lapeer County Intermediate School District.

We anticipate having some openings at every grade level for the 24-25 school year. Please share the following information meeting dates with friends or family that may be interested in enrolling their student for the 24-25 school year. At the seventh and eighth grade level, we sometimes have openings that allow for immediate enrollment. Encourage those who may be interested to register for the enrollment lottery. The kindness of a referral to a friend, neighbor, or family member is the greatest compliment we can receive and the best way to support the well-being of the Chatfield School program.

We would like to congratulate the following students who have been recognized by Chatfield staff for an outstanding contribution or accomplishment! Congratulations! Please stop by the lobby to read the great reports.

Thomas Mohlmaster

Brycen Chateauvert

Oakley Lange

Tinley Secord

Ethan Moss

Owen Rex

Camden Adam

Evan Corbett

Josie D'Andrea

Levi Schaller

Micah Stern

Charles Zheng

Kash Stearns

Tessa Middleton

Landon Grant

Jocelyn Carrillo-Acuna

Xander Roberts

Eli Kreiner

Riley Woodruff

Athena Deola

Landon Grant

Olivia McSpadin

Destiny Markham

Alex Carrillo-Acuna

Jillian Broughman

Quinn Chateauvert

Lily Brennan

Skylar Schafer

Does your child have something to celebrate - perhaps an athletic accomplishment, a dance competition result, a special camp or program completion? We want to celebrate extra-curricular student success too! Let us know about it and we will celebrate it in the newsletter and on Facebook/Instagram. Send an email to Mr. Kraly (bkraly@chatfieldschool.org) with your child's first and last name, information about the success, and a quality picture (jpeg) or video.

Examples: Athletic award achieved, dance award, special recital, technology achievement, scouts or other organized program recognitions.

Any and all spirit wear can now be purchased locally at VillageTee! Please visit the link and the Village Tee website to see all of the possibilities available. We are just getting started! www.villagetees.net/product-category/chatfield

A.L.L.Y, Accepting Learners Leading Youth, is our middle school peer-to-peer program. A.L.L.Y. is excited to be selling pickles again this year! Pickles are $1.00 and will be sold after school in the lobby on Thursdays. The funds will go towards the programs’ after-school classroom supplies, project materials, and after-school activity needs. Thank you for your support!

The student & parent handbook for 2023-2024 is available now. Please take time to read it over. If you have any questions or concerns please let Mr. Young or Mr. Kraly know.

Handbook LINK

Link to confirm you have read the Handbook:

https://forms.gle/AfA6UCkprHQgcPAD8

The Chatfield School, a tuition-free, public school academy nestled in the heart of Lapeer, offers the best educational opportunities for students in grades K-8.

Email: chatfieldschool@chatfieldschool.org
Website: www.chatfieldschool.org
Location: 231 Lake Drive, Lapeer, MI, USA
Phone: (810)-667-8970