Rocky's Review
May 5, 2023
A Note From Mrs. V.
Hello Forest Families,
May is finally here, and so is one of the most exciting weeks of the year, TEACHER APPRECIATION WEEK! The backbone of any school are the individuals who devote each day to the growth and development of the students who attend it. I am so fortunate to celebrate each of our teachers and staff and all they do each day to make Forest fabulous. Our PTA has a wonderful week of events planned for them, and we are thankful for all of you who have helped to make the upcoming week special for our incredible Forest staff.
- Field Day will be June 6th, with our raindate being June 8th. Watch for the Volunteer Sign-Up Genius...it'll be coming out soon!
- This weekend our Kindergarten/1st Grade Math Pentathalon team will compete at Walled Lake Northern High School. Good luck Forest Rock Stars!
Have a wonderful Forest weekend!
Mrs. V.
Teacher Appreciation Week is Almost Here!
Please click the link below for next week's schedule of events! Thank you to everyone who has donated thus far, we could not have done it without you! There is still time to donate if you are interested!
Parent Input for the 23-24 School Year
It is time for us to start planning ahead for the next school year. At the end of May, the staff at Forest will begin the important process of compiling individual student data in preparation for the 2023-2024 class placement for each and every Forest student. As your child's primary educators, we take this responsibility very seriously. The final design and make-up of each classroom involves many hours of careful review and thoughtful discussions between your child's current teacher, building specialists and me. We consider academic, social and emotional data to create the design of each classroom. Such factors include the:
- Balance of academic performances
- Balance of behaviors
- Balance of gender
- Balance of cultures
- Balance of special needs
Our goal is to ensure that every Forest student is placed in a positive learning environment where he/she will function to the best of his/her abilities during the 2023-2024 school year. It is your child's current teacher who is in the best position to understand and evaluate your child's personal learning style, peer interactions and individualized classroom needs.
Therefore, we ask that you respect our policy of not accepting verbal or written requests for specific teacher and/or friends.
However, if you do have any specific information in terms of learning style, learning environment, specifics of your child's personality and/or a preferred separation that you feel are important for us to take into account, I invite you to contact me in writing, via email, no later than May 26th, as we begin placement the following week.
If your child will not attend Forest Elementary for the 2023-2024 school year, please email Mrs. Laura Konfara at laura.konfara@fpsk12.net
Nature Trail Clean-Up
Last weekend Scout Troup 389 gave back to their community by cleaning up our nature trail. Pack leaders Kevin Buck and Natasha Patel arranged the opportunity for these scounts, and some family and friends as a way to give back to their community, but also to nature. Thank you Troup 389 for taking care of our beautiful trail!
New Books? Yes Please!
Thank you PTA for this year's Book Swap!
WE WANT YOUR PLASTIC TRASH!
⭐Forest Rock Stars⭐
PTA Leaders...We Need You For Next Year
I know it sounds crazy, but now is the time that we start planning for next year's PTA events.
Please take a look and see if there is an event or group that you'd like to lead.
Or maybe you'd like to join the executive board? (Board/General meetings are held every other month.)
Check out all your options:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0B44A4A92BAB9-ptacommitteesposi4
Note: This sign-up is primarily for board members and leads, though we do have spots for committee members for some of our bigger events. For any of our events that require "day of" help, we will send those sign-ups closer to the event date.
If you have any questions, feel free to reach out to Laura Nemeth (lauranemeth@hotmail.com).
5th Grade Can Drive
The Forest Elementary 5th Graders will be having a returnable can & bottle drive May 10th and 11th.
Please save your bottles & cans to donate! Thank you!
SEL Corner
As a district, FPS is committed to supporting all students academically, socially, emotionally, and behaviorally. At the elementary level, teachers complete a universal screening tool to assess the academic, social, and emotional learning skills of all students three times a school year using the Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS). Additionally, our third, fourth, and fifth grade students also complete a universal screener through SAEBRS called mySAEBRS. This portion of the screener asks students to rate indicators on a scale of never, sometimes, often, or almost always. If you are a parent of a third, fourth, or fifth grade student and would like to opt your child out of completing the mySAEBRS screener, please click here to complete the attached form. You only need to complete this form if you want to opt your child out of the self-assessment. To opt your child out, the form must be completed by May 8th. All information is reviewed by Mrs. Saum to ensure that Forest is working to meet the needs of our students. As needed if any concern arises from a screener, Mrs. Saum will be in contact with individual families.
👕Forest's Fancy Finds🧦
If you're missing some items from your child's closet, please click on the link below to see the items we currently have in our lost and found.
Spirit Wear
Do you have your purple shirt for our District-wide "Purple Out" the first Friday of each month? If not, check out the purple tie-dye shirt we have for sale in our Spirit Wear Store. Please click the button below to order!
Upcoming Important Events
May:
- 9-4th Gd MSTEP
- 10-4th Gd MSTEP
- 11-5th Gd MSTEP
- 12-Forest Spirit Day
- 26-1/2 Day (11:45 Dismissal)
- 29-No School
June:
Forest Elementary School
Email: robin.vechazone@fpsk12.net
Website: https://www.farmington.k12.mi.us/for
Twitter: @ForestElem
Location: 34545 Old Timber Road, Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Phone: 248-785-2068