April 4

Coming soon to Arno…

April 4

Welcome Back!

April 5

Honor Choir Concert @Riley 7:00

April 6

No events

April 7

Spring Picture Retake

PTA Meeting 6:30- Election of Officers

April 8

End of 3rd Quarter

 

Report Cards

Important- please know that report cards are coming home for the 3rd quarter on April 15.

MSTEP 

We drawing very close to the start of the 5th grade window (Begins April 11).  Please find a parent letter regarding MSTEP to all parents in grades 3,4, and 5th.  Please let us know if you have any questions about the upcoming testing

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6th Grade Camp

Camp got off to an awesome start as temps soared to around 60 degrees under sunny skies for the campers first day.  Here are initial pics to enjoy from Day 1, more will follow soon.  I was really impressed with how well all of our kids respected the camp staff, were on their best behavior, and showed the camp staff what Arno kids are made of!

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Raymond Winter proudly sits by his art work at the district Spring Art Show

District Spring Art Show

Congratulations to all of our young artists who had work on display at the spring art show this week.   There was a great crowd on hand taking in all of the art and listening to the second graders sing from Bennie Elementary.   A BIG thanks to Elizabeth Cunningham, Rachel Trapani, Tracy Hoffman, and Jeff Skebo for another magnificent show!

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March is Reading Month

Thank you to everyone for a successful and fun March is Reading month. All students enjoyed a “flying saucer” doughnut from Krispy Kreme in celebration of the entire month.

Please enjoy some final pics from March and our Author assembly from Thursday.

Ms. Downriver, Shelby Saint Souver 2015, read to numerous classrooms this month

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More guest readers…

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4th graders read with their light sabers during March

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Author Visit from Paul Orshoski

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4th Grade Book Reports and Wayne State Field Trip

Take a look at some very cool projects to go along with 4th grade book reports

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Spirit Wear Online Fundraiser

It’s back by popular demand- Arno Spirit sale is now online.  Awesome news- if you purchase from 3/14-3/28, you will get free shipping  so be sure to order your spirit wear now!  The site link is below, I am also adding it to the right side bar so you can go on anytime (even past this sale) and order Arno wear.

http://arnospiritwear.com/

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DISTRICT SCHOOL OF CHOICE INFORMATION

We ask that you help us by sharing this information with friends and/or family members who may be interested in having their children become a part of the Allen Park Public Schools Family.

Allen Park Public Schools

Limited Schools of Choice Program for 2016-17

The Allen Park Public School District has established a successful Schools of Choice Program for the past several years and the Board of Education has approved continuation of the program for the 2016-17 school year for Kindergarten through 8th Grade.  (Requests for specific elementary schools cannot be guaranteed)

Applications are available beginning Monday, April 4 at the Riley Education Center, 9601 Vine.  Completed applications will be accepted beginning Monday, April 18 through Friday, May 6, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. weekdays in the Pupil Accounting Office at the Riley Education Center.  Completed applications must be presented in person to ensure that all information is complete.  A random draw selection will be held on May 11 at 9:00 a.m. at the Riley Education Center.  The draw will determine numerical selection for acceptance of candidates.

For more information about the Schools of Choice Program, please visit our website at apps.k12.mi.us or call (313) 827-2105.

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AUTISM WALK-RUN TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE

The entire community is cordially invited to participate and/or attend the Autism Walk-Run to Solve the Puzzle Color Run sponsored by the Allen Park HS Autism Awareness Club on SUNDAY, APRIL 24 – 1:00-4:30 p.m. at Champaign Park.

Silent Auction, DJ/Music, Face Painting, Temporary Tattoos, Food/Refreshments – bring the entire family for a walk and some fun!  Come cheer on the runners and spread some color! All proceeds benefit the APHS ASD Program.

Discounted pre-registration available – $15 – includes walk/run number, t-shirt, color packet to throw and bidding at silent auction.  See attached for more details and registration form!  Let’s come together as a school community and walk!

SAFETY TOWN

Who:  Kindergarten to 1st Grade in September 2016

When:  Session (A) June 20 -June 30  (9:00am to 11:30am)

Session (B) June 20-June 30 (12:30pm to 3:00pm)

Where:  Lindemann Elementary (9201 Carter, Allen Park)

A registration form will be sent home with your child the first week of April. Walk-in registration will also be available at the Allen Park Recreation Center Lobby on April 11th from 4-6 p.m.
Safety Town is an interactive safety awareness program for children from 5-6 years of age. Each day the children will be introduced to various safety issues in a fun and safe environment. The program is taught by a Police Officer and a certified teacher, with hands-on topics led by community guest speakers as well as visits from the Allen Park Police & Fire Departments. Teen volunteers from Allen Park High School lead the children through safety town every day and receive valuable training along with obtaining National Honor Society service hours. The children learn about stranger danger, water and beach as well as playground safety, fire safety, pet and bus safety, electrical and gun safety, personal safety with an emphasis on pedestrian safety. The kids will be bicycling about a miniature town complete with streets, sidewalks, buildings, stop signs and a working traffic signal. Importance is placed on having the children memorize a cell phone number to call if they should ever become lost. We use fun songs to reinforce all of these principles and the children memorize our very own Safety Town Pledge!

Have a Blessed Easter and Restful Break!

 

 

March 21

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Coming soon to Arno…

March 21

No events

March 22

5th Grade Camp Begins- Mr. Zielinski @camp all day

School Improvement Meeting 3:45

March 23

District Art Spring Show 5:30

5th grade camp

PTSA Council Meeting 6:30

March 24

5th grade camp

Author Assembly 9:00

Kindergarten Spring Celebration 1:30

March 25

No School- Spring Break Begins

March 25-April 3 Spring Break- No School

Have a Happy Easter and Restful Break!

On behalf of the entire Arno staff, have a Happy Easter and enjoy every minute of your break!  (We’ll cross our fingers for good weather!)

District School of Choice Program FYI

We ask that you help us by sharing this information with friends and/or family members who may be interested in having their children become a part of the Allen Park Public Schools Family.

Allen Park Public Schools

Limited Schools of Choice Program for 2016-17

The Allen Park Public School District has established a successful Schools of Choice Program for the past several years and the Board of Education has approved continuation of the program for the 2016-17 school year for Kindergarten through 8th Grade.  (Requests for specific elementary schools cannot be guaranteed)

Applications are available beginning Monday, April 4 at the Riley Education Center, 9601 Vine.  Completed applications will be accepted beginning Monday, April 18 through Friday, May 6, 2016 from 7:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. weekdays in the Pupil Accounting Office at the Riley Education Center.  Completed applications must be presented in person to ensure that all information is complete.  A random draw selection will be held on May 11 at 9:00 a.m. at the Riley Education Center.  The draw will determine numerical selection for acceptance of candidates.

For more information about the Schools of Choice Program, please visit our website at apps.k12.mi.us or call (313) 827-2105.

Board of Ed Meeting

Monday’s Board meeting featured all of the elementary buildings presenting on our current status of the SIP plan and associated data.   Sarah Kalis, Megan Schultz, Melissa Hool, and students Gerry Klos and Kaylee Daniels joined us for the Arno presentation.  I wanted to thank everyone for all their hard work and dedication to make learning the best it can be at Arno.  Great job team!

The other agenda item for the night was adopting Singapore Math as the new new math series (not curriculum) for the elementary schools.  This has been an exciting process and the elementary staff is eager to get training for our fall 2016 implementation of the new program.  More information will be coming out as get closer to next school year, including info for parents on the program.

SIP Board Presentation March 2016

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Spirit Wear Online Fundraiser

It’s back by popular demand- Arno Spirit sale kickoff is this Monday, March 14.  Awesome news- if you purchase from 3/14-3/28, you will get free shipping  so be sure to order your spirit wear now!  The site link is below, I am also adding it to the right side bar so you can go on anytime (even past this sale) and order Arno wear.

http://arnospiritwear.com/

March is Reading Month continues…

Wear a Word Day

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Although March is winding down this week, we still have some great things going on at Arno!

School-wide DEAR: (Drop Everything and Read) Students will read every Tuesday and Thursday morning in their classrooms.

Book Commercials: Different books commercials will be presented during morning announcements.

Caught Reading” Bulletin: Students will try to “get caught reading” at home and/or school and have their photograph taken and displayed in the hall.

Teacher Reading Swap: Teachers will read to different classrooms.

Culminating Read-a-Thon: Monday, March 21st. As a celebration to end MIRM, kids can wear their pajamas and bring in their favorite books/magazines. –

Author Visit: Paul Orshoski – March 24th

May the Force Be With You!

March Guest Readers 

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March 14

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Coming up at Arno…

March 14

Spirit Day Fundraiser Kickoff

Board Presentation 7:00

March 15

No events

March 16

Be a word” day! Wear a word pinned to the front of your shirt. Pin the definition on the back.

March 17

Happy St. Patty’s Day

Tornado Drill

March 18

NO SCHOOL- Teacher PD

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Board of Ed Meeting

Monday’s Board meeting will feature all of the elementary buildings presentation on our current status of the School Improvement Plan plan and associated data.   We would love to see you come out and support Arno!

Spirit Wear Online Fundraiser

It’s back by popular demand- Arno Spirit sale kickoff is this Monday, March 14.  Awesome news- if you purchase from 3/14-3/28, you will get free shipping  so be sure to order your spirit wear now!  The site link is below, I am also adding it to the right side bar so you can go on anytime (even past this sale) and order Arno wear.

http://arnospiritwear.com/

PTA March Newsletter

Please enjoy News from your Arno PTA…

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2016-03 Arno PTA Newsletter

Bingo for Books

A big thank you to Mrs. Hool for organizing our Bingo for books and all of the staff that attended to assist.  It was really a fun time and the kids had great big smiles all the way around!  Thanks to everyone for coming out.

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Star Wars Door Winners are…

Congratulations to Mrs. Schultz, Ms. Yesh, and Mrs. Jensen for winning this year’s March Door Decorating contest!  The winning classrooms will receive a delicious ice cream sandwich.

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March is Reading Month 

We have had great success so far this month in filling our our reading logs for prizes and stickers.  I would like to encourage all of our students to read, read, read and get those logs in next Monday for our next Star Wars reward!  This past Monday, those who turned in their logs received a cool Star Wars pencil, with a Star Wars bookmark coming up next week.  In the meantime we have some more guest readers coming to Arno, and some fun activities coming up:

Wear It Wednesdays:

Every Wednesday during March students can wear it and read it!

*March 16th – “Be a word” day! Wear a word pinned to the front of your shirt. Pin the definition on the back.

School-wide DEAR: (Drop Everything and Read) Students will read every Tuesday and Thursday morning in their classrooms.

Book Commercials: Different books commercials will be presented during morning announcements.

“Caught Reading” Bulletin: Students will try to “get caught reading” at home and/or school and have their photograph taken and displayed in the hall.

Teacher Reading Swap: Teachers will read to different classrooms.

Culminating Read-a-Thon: Monday, March 21st. As a celebration to end MIRM, kids can wear their pajamas and bring in their favorite books/magazines. –

Author Visit: Paul Orshoski – March 24th

May the Force Be With You!

Guest Readers this week

Mr. Creutz’s father reading to Mrs. Haskin’s  class

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Dr. Sturock and Mrs. Metzger came in to share their favorite books with our Cougars!

 

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MSTEP UPDATE

This spring, our students in third through fifth grades will be participating in the statewide assessment, M-STEP.  This year, all of our schools will be testing online on Chromebooks.  In addition to some changes made at the state level regarding testing times and format, our staff is working to familiarize the students with the look and feel of the online format of the M-STEP.  By spending a little time each week, we are hopeful that this will provide our Cougars with the best opportunity to showcase the knowledge and skills they have been developing all year.  Below are the links to the online practice sessions, and student tutorial videos that will be shared with students at school.  Please feel free to check them out so you are familiar with the assessment.  We are asking for your cooperation by reminding your child that he or she has learned many great things to be ready for this test, and that we are confident that each of our students will do his or her best.

M-STEP Student Tutorial Videos

M-STEP Student Sample Item Sets

SAFETY TOWN

Who:  Kindergarten to 1st Grade in September 2016

When:  Session (A) June 20 -June 30  (9:00am to 11:30am)

Session (B) June 20-June 30 (12:30pm to 3:00pm)

Where:  Lindemann Elementary (9201 Carter, Allen Park)

A registration form will be sent home with your child the first week of April. Walk-in registration will also be available at the Allen Park Recreation Center Lobby on April 11th from 4-6 p.m.
Safety Town is an interactive safety awareness program for children from 5-6 years of age. Each day the children will be introduced to various safety issues in a fun and safe environment. The program is taught by a Police Officer and a certified teacher, with hands-on topics led by community guest speakers as well as visits from the Allen Park Police & Fire Departments. Teen volunteers from Allen Park High School lead the children through safety town every day and receive valuable training along with obtaining National Honor Society service hours. The children learn about stranger danger, water and beach as well as playground safety, fire safety, pet and bus safety, electrical and gun safety, personal safety with an emphasis on pedestrian safety. The kids will be bicycling about a miniature town complete with streets, sidewalks, buildings, stop signs and a working traffic signal. Importance is placed on having the children memorize a cell phone number to call if they should ever become lost. We use fun songs to reinforce all of these principles and the children memorize our very own Safety Town Pledge!

3rd Grade Maple Tapping (Yummy) and field trip to U of M

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Have a fantastic weekend!

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Coming up at Arno…

Be sure to read the March is Reading Month calendar for all the happenings during the week

March 7

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March 8

3rd Grade class to U of M

March 9

PBIS Meeting 3:45

Wear a t-shirt with words or a phrase on it.

March 10

No events

March 11

Light Saber Day- Bring in a flashlight and your favorite book to

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Penny Wars

Arno School will be participating in a March is Reading Month Penny War on Monday, March 7th-Thursday, March 10th from 8:35-8:50 am. Each classroom’s goal is to have the most pennies in their bucket and to put silver coins/bills in other classroom buckets. The funds earned from our Penny War will go towards purchasing books at Arno School.
If you would like your child to participate, please have him/her bring their coins/bills in a ziploc bag labeled Penny War and your child’s name. This will help the Arno Staff know what the money is for. Also, the ziploc bag will make it easier for your child to carry around their coins/bills while they are participating in the Penny War.

March is Reading Month Continues

We are so excited that March is finally here and the Arno staff has planned some awesome activities throughout the month which includes things like a book exchange, Bingo for Books, prizes, and a Star Wars theme!  If you are in the building this month, please take note of all the cool themed doors that all of  our classrooms worked on.  Please see below for more information on all of the exciting plans for the rest of March…

Happy Reading! 

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Wear It Wednesday 2016

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Mrs. Sheldon returns as a guest reader to Arno…

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And another special guest reader…

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Jacob Yesh, son of Ms. Yesh our Kindergarten teacher, also got into the March act of guest reading to many classrooms, this particular class is Mrs. Hool.

Look for other special guest readers all through the month at Arno!

 

Enjoy Dr. Seuss’s Green Eggs and Ham (Yummy!!)

From a Galaxy Far, Far Away

Enjoy Fun Friday Pics with a Star Wars Flare!!

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Look at Our Cool Doors

The Arno staff and students also got together to do some Star Wars door decorating for March.  Check out these awesome doors- we’ll show more next week

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Roller Skating Party Update

Due to the district closing, the roller skating party was cancelled our last snow day.  The PTA is still currently working on a new date.  If you have paid already for the party, the PTA will address that when a data is selected.

Shrek the Musical coming soon…

It’s a “big bright beautiful world” for everyone’s favorite ogre in Shrek The Musical, based on the Oscar-winning DreamWorks Animation Film.

In a faraway kingdom, the green ogre Shrek finds his swamp invaded by banished fairytale misfits, runaways who’ve been cast off by Lord Farquaad, a tiny terror with big ambitions. When Shrek sets off with a wise-cracking donkey to confront Farquaad, he’s handed a task – if he rescues feisty Princess Fiona from the Dragon-guarded tower, his swamp will be returned to him. But, a fairy tale wouldn’t be complete without unexpected twists and turns along the way.

Part romance and part twisted fairy tale, Shrek is an irreverently fun show for the whole family. With abundant opportunities for imaginative sets and costumes and familiar characters that prove that beauty is in the eye of the ogre.

Performances will be on the weekend of March 18 -19 at 7pm & March 20 at 2pm.

Tickets Prices:
Adults $12
Students/Seniors $10
Family ticket $35 (2 adults and all children living in your home under 18)

Early bird prices are $2 off individual tickets through March 17th

Tickets are available at the APHS office or emailing Andrea Demorow at demorow@appublicschools.com

Shrekfest
Have breakfast with Shrek, Fiona, Donkey, Farquaad, and all the fairytale creatures!
Saturday, March 19, 2016
10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Allen Park High School Cafeteria
Children: $15
Adult: $20
Sponsored by: Bierkeller
Tickets include your show ticket to any performance!
Contact the APHS office or email Andrea Demorow at demorow@appublicschools.com

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR – KINDERGARTEN ROUND UP

at Arno, Bennie and Lindemann Elementary

MONDAY, MAY 9, 2016 – 6:00 p.m.

*Children who are five years of age by September 2 thru December 1 may only be enrolled for kindergarten at the request of the parent/guardian through a signed waiver process. Waiver form is available at the Riley Education Center.

M-STEP STATE ASSESSMENT

In April, we will be starting the first window of online M-STEP testing.  This is the state test that measures academic achievement and growth in English Language Arts, Math, Science (4th grade), and Social Studies (5th grade).  Please see the schedule below as we ask for good attendance during the testing window.  You will notice that the grade levels are separated by weeks.  Students will not be testing every day during these windows.  More specific information on Bennie’s test dates will be coming soon!

Students will be practicing with their teachers so they are familiar with the format, tools, and test-taking strategies when the assessment begins.

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In addition, please take some time and view the practice test link (Must be on Chrome) with your child.  You can get an idea of the caliber of the test and share the information together.

http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,4615,7-140-22709_70117-350540–,00.html

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