Monteith Messenger

Tigers,

WOW! The Pumpkins are incredible this year for the 22nd annual contest! It is such a joyous week seeing all of the hard work and love that each family has put into their design. The students love coming down to see the pumpkins and celebrate the work of all our designers!

Next week is our 1/2 day Halloween celebration! Please make sure that your student is dressed and ready to go in their costumes when you drop them off in the morning so they can enjoy their classroom celebrations.

We are changing it up this year and will have the parade at the end of the morning starting around 10:50 am which means that anyone watching the parade can line up outside the building to enjoy the parade. This also means that students may leave with their parent/guardian after the parade.

Mark your Calendars:

10/31: 1/2 day for Students. HALLOWEEN PARADE FOR WHOLE SCHOOL: will be at 10:50am this year so then students are able to leave right after parade. Parents/Grandparents/Guardians are welcome to come and line up around the school to enjoy the parade! We will come out the front door around the playground and back through the 1st grade doors.

11/5: Election Day (No School)

11/12: PICTURE RETAKE or MAKE UP DAY

Your Partner in Education,

Dr. Keelean

We celebrate birthdays at Monteith by giving each student a birthday book and bookmark during their birthday month.

Due to the large number of student allergies, we no longer can allow any type of birthday cakes, cupcakes or cookies in the elementary schools (except for teacher scheduled celebrations) . Please save the present celebrations for home parties. If students want to bring in a small goodie bag of non-edible items ( Ex: pop-its, pencils, etc.) that is allowed but not necessary. If you do send in something with your child it needs to be for the whole class not just a couple students.

Kindness matters at Monteith and Always!

Our first Boomerang award winners of the year are Mrs. Wallace (3rd Grade) and Mrs. Radomski (SSW).

Mrs. Wallace is an incredible teacher who is dedicated to her job and makes sure that her students always come first. She brings joy and happiness to those around her and she values the relationships she has built with the Monteith Community and we know that the students value the love and care she puts into everything she does.

Mrs. Radomski joined us this year to help with Social Work well Ms. Jo is on leave. As an adminstrator and a parent myself, I can't tell you enough how important the Social Worker role is to the well being of our educational community. When Mrs. Radomski stepped in, she stepped in with both feet and has been supporting students, staff , and families. We are so fortuntate to have her at Monteith and we wish we could have her and Ms. Jo together because they would be an incredible team for the mental health of our community.

Lunchroom: The volunteer's responsibility is to help answer questions, open lunches or capri suns, and push the garbage can around the gym.

Recess: The responsibility is to supervise the students to ensure they are safe and respectful. You are circulating the playground, and if you have questions, please ask a staff member for help.

Please do not take pictures or videos when you are supervising.

Week of 10/28- 11/1

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The library was full of fall-filled fun this week. Young 5's through 2nd grade heard the story A Bold Pumpkin Plan by Katy Hudson and learned about the design plan, working as a team and asking friends for help to complete important tasks. Then each grade was asked to design a new pumpkin house for hedgehog from the book. Young 5's and Kindergarten drew their houses. 1st grade drew a realistic pumpkin with Art for Kids Hub then designed it into a house. Finally, 2nd graders learned how to use Google Drawing and created a house for hedgehog on the computer. 3rd and 4th graders continues working on their reader's theatre plays, creating their title slides and recording their voices into Adobe Express to share with everyone for a spooky story time.

4th graders are anxiously awaiting the arrival of their recorders! We are practicing reading and writing the lines and spaces of the treble clef so we are ready to play in November.

Fourth grade students learned about the human body and human proportion. We studied how certain body parts can be measured in relation to other body parts. Did you know that the length between your wrist and your elbow is the same length as your foot? Students practiced drawing human skeletons using their knowledge of human proportion. Next, students drew a skeleton on black paper creating contrast between black and white. We focused on making the bones look real and having at least one moving body part. Lastly, we added something fun to our skeleton.

~Miss Zoufal

October

31st- Halloween 1/2 day for students 11:36am dismissal (PARADE WILL BE AT 10:50am)

November

3rd- District Open House 12-2pm

5th- Election Day (No School)

6th- BAGEL DAY

12th- Picture Retake Day and Club Photos

13th-PTO meeting 6:30pm

14th- PTO Math Night 5:30pm- 7:30pm (GYM)

19th- BAGEL DAY

22nd- Taher pizza Day

27th-29th - Thanksgiving Break

December

3rd- BAGEL DAY

11th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

13th- PTO Jingle Jamboree (6-8pm)(GYM)

17th BAGEL DAY

23rd- Jan. 3rd (Winter Break)

January

6th- Students return to school

7th- BAGEL DAY

8th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

20th- MLK Day (No School)

21st - BAGEL DAY

31st- Taher Pizza Day

February

8th- PTO Glow Dance (5-7pm)

12th- PTO meeting 6:30pm

17th- 21st- Mid Winter Break

March

12th- Monteith Spring Concert (Brownell)

6pm - K,1,2 & Choir

7:15pm 3,4, & Choir

19th - Full day of School Evening conferences (Virtual)

19th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

20th- 1/2 day 11:36 Dismissal

20th- Afternoon conferences in person

20th- Evening conferences Virtual

21st- 1/2 day 11:36am dismissal

24th- 28th- Spring Break

April

4th- Taher Pizza Day

9th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

18th - Good Friday (No School )

21st- No School (Staff PD day)

May

9th- Kindergarten Farm Trip

14th- PTO Meeting 6:30pm

26th- Memorial Day ( No School)

30th- Monteith Field Day & Taher Pizza Day

June

7th- PTO Summer Celebration

9th- 4th grade Promotion Rehearsel and Picnic

10th- 4th Grade trip to Lansing

11th- 4th Grade Promotion

13th- Last Day of School (1/2 Day 11:36am dismissal)

If your student will be taking medication during the school day, please bring the medicine and

Medication Administration Authorization form to the office on the first day of school The form is requjiured for all prescription and over the counter medications to be given by school staff.

If your child will be staying home because of illness, please call the attendance line at 313-432-4501 and leave a brief message. Please refer to Guidelines to Exclude a Child from School.

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