Pine Street Press

February 2023

January ROARS Winners

Congratulations to our January ROARS winners! These students were nominated by their teachers to Recognize Outstanding Achievements in Respect, Responsibility and Safety. Congratulations to Kenzie VerSluys, Piper Brown, Kiersten Marquard, Abbie Desposito, Ella Gamble, Caroline Russell, Grayson Garcia, Carter Farrell, Arland Schipper, and Makayla Boverhof.
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Pine Street Spelling Bee

On January 25th, Pine Street held our annual spelling bee. Students signed up to participate and completed a pre-test in order to be selected to participate. Twenty-two 4th and 5th grade students qualified to participate in the school wide spelling bee. This years winner was 5th grade student Ex Ingles and the runner up was 5th grader Audra Collins. Congratulations Ex and Audra! The top five spellers will now move on to compete in the Allegan County Spelling Bee at Otsego Middle School on February 28th. Our top five spellers were Ex Ingles, Audra Collins, Charlotte Vronko, Nolan Kopenski and Annalise Molina-Gonzalez . Congratulations and good luck spellers!

Snowcoming Spirit Days

Snowcoming is coming up next week, February 6-10th. Pine Street Elementary will be participating in Spirit Week to show our Wildcat Pride and support the Coaches vs. Cancer Snowcoming Basketball game. Our spirit days are:

Monday- PJ Day

Tuesday- Favorite Color Day

Wednesday- Jersey Day

Thursday- Tie Die Day

Friday- Purple Out for Coaches vs. Cancer

Capturing Kids Hearts

February-Kindness

This month our Capturing Kids Hearts theme is Kindness. Students will be learning about kindness and will practice showing kindness to others through affirmations and other acts of kindness.


February Newsletter
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Fun Friday

Our next Fun Friday sponsored by WIPTO is this Friday, February 3rd. Make sure to send in your permission slip and money before Friday. If your student needs a new permission slip they can be picked up by the office.

A message from Mrs. Oostdyk's Music Classroom

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Hello Pine Street Family,

The 4th Graders will be playing the recorder in music class beginning the week of February 6th. Please be sure your child comes to music class on their day of the week with the book Be a Recorder Star by Macie Publishing, and a recorder. You can purchase these from the school by going to the website waylandunion.org. Scroll down near the bottom and you will find the RevTrak store. Choose Elementary Schools, Pine Street and you will find the option to buy a recorder, a book, or both. The cost is $4.50 for a recorder, $4.95 for a book, or $7.95 for a package of both. It is fine to purchase your own recorder, but please do not buy a toy recorder such as those found at a dollar store. It is also okay for students to use a sibling's Be as Recorder Star book.

The 5th Graders will also be playing the recorder in music class beginning the week of February 6th. It will not be necessary for them to bring a book. If they do need a recorder you can purchase these from the school by going to the website waylandunion.org. Scroll down near the bottom and you will find the RevTrak store. Choose Elementary Schools, Pine Street and you will find the option to buy a recorder, a book, or both. 5th grade students only need a recorder. The cost is $4.50 for a recorder. It is also fine to purchase your own recorder, but please do not buy a toy recorder such as those found at a dollar store.

Thank you, have a great week.


Mrs. Oostdyk

Upcoming Dates

February 8- Student Count Day

February 14- Valentine's Party

February 17-20- Mid Winter break- No school Feb. 17th or 20th

February 23, 24 and 27- 4th Grade Field Trips

Mike Omness, Assistant Principal