Pine Island Parent Press
January 2020
From the Principal's Desk...
HAPPY NEW YEAR!! I wish all Pine Island Families a new year filled with hope and promise!! Welcome Back. Hoping everyone had the time to relax and rest up! Here, at school, we are ready to make 2020 a year filled with success through hard work and dedication by providing students with daily opportunities to grow. The hard work is the responsibility of all of us- teachers, students, staff, families, and administrators. I know that together we can make learning an exciting venture!!
- Mrs. Stacy Reehl
Weather Closing Information
When there is a cancellation of school due to inclement weather, please watch or listen carefully to the names of the school districts. There is a district in Kalamazoo County named Comstock Public Schools. We are always identified as Comstock Park Public Schools in Kent County. If your information is current in Powerschool, you will also receive a message from our messaging system when we are closed.
Dress for the Weather
Please be sure to send students to school appropriately dressed for the weather. Our students spend time outside during the school day and it is very important that they come to school with proper clothing for the season. A warm coat, hat, gloves, snow pants, and boots are all necessary items during the winter months. Please have items clearly marked with your child's name. Our school policy is that they students go outside for recess unless the temperature or windchill is 0 or below.
Empowering and Inspiring Learners and Leaders for Life!
Service Projects
Our students did some amazing service projects already this school year! We collected over 500 food items and we are currently collecting household toiletry items for families in our community. What a great message we are sending to our future leaders about giving back! Be on the lookout for our next project!
January Dates
Jan 6- WELCOME BACK!
Jan 24- Chuck E Cheese 3-9pm
Jan 24- 1/2 day 11:50 Dismissal
Attendance Hot Line
Please call the attendance hotline by 9am if your child will be absent or tardy. This phone line is an answering machine. Please leave your child's name, teacher, and reason for the absence. Thanks in advance for working together to make sure your child is accounted for!
Office Contacts
Principal, Stacy Reehl
254-5504
Secretary, Mandy Rodriquez 254-5500
PBIS Coordinator, Pat Calkins 254-5503
pcalkins@cppschools.comFlu Season
It's that time of the year again, please listen to your child if they are not feeling well before school. Do not send them if they have a fever, diarrhea, or are vomiting. It makes your child miserable and also exposes their classmates. If you child is too ill to go out for recess, they are too ill to attend school. All students will participate in recess activities.
Chuck E Cheese Night
We have Chuck E Cheese nights every other month-- Our next night is Friday, January 24. What a great time to get out of the house and have your family enjoy some time together. Pine Island gets 15% back of whatever you spend that night.