Weekly Family Newsletter
Burns Park Elementary
January 22, 2023
Dear Burns Park Families,
Happy Lunar New Year! It is the Year of the Rabbit! This 15 day celebration begins today with the New Moon and lasts until the next full moon.
This week we return to previous masking policies. Masks are optional, but encouraged. Thank you for helping us stay masked and healthy last week!
As a reminder - we are asking that you DO NOT park in the parking lot for morning drop off. We have very limited parking spaces and many of our staff were unable to park at Burns Park last week due to spaces being consumed for drop off. You can park along Wells St. and other neighborhood streets to drop off your student or wait in the drop off line. Thank you for helping to ensure there is adequate parking for staff!
Have a wonderful week,
Heather & Leslee
Library News!
NWEA Testing
AAPS Masking Policy
As of today, January 22, Washtenaw County is in the CDC MEDIUM/YELLOW Community Level. Masks are optional, but encouraged. Link to CDC Community Level page here.
For more detailed information about the AAPS Fall 2022 COVID and Health Guidance, please click here.
New Staff
WESO Assembly
Burns Park Blood Drive
The Burns Park Blood Drive is back baby! This is a "Save the Date" and plan ahead message for our Blood Drive on Friday, March 3, 2023. Feel free to sign up as well! We'll have regular pints and double reds available (also called "Power Reds"). We look forward to serving you!! This is our 16th blood drive, and we aim to beat the Michigan record (set by us)!! Don't worry, we will remind you.
Go to this link to sign up: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=bpe
Thank you for your help and support!
Noon Hour Volunteers Needed!
Girls on The Run
Girls on the Run is looking for coaches! This program is for girls in grades 3-5 and helps girls build healthy habits and develop strong character traits through fun and engaging lessons. The spring season starts in March. If you are interested in volunteering, please sign up!
Viki Tijunelis (vsusinskas@gmail.com) was the site leader and coach last year and is happy to answer any questions.
Items from Home
From the PTO
Dear Fantastic BPE Families,
I hope that everyone had a neat nineteenth week of school. Below we have requests for volunteers for the Science Olympiad & Disability Awareness Workshop, as well as a reminder about shopping at the PTO Thrift Shop & the upcoming Burns Park Saturday on February 25.
Science Olympiad student registration opens Tuesday!
The Washtenaw Elementary Science Olympiad (WESO) is an extracurricular, hands-on science learning club and competition for students in grades 2-5. This year there are 14 events. For more information or to register your child, see our website.
We still need coaches and assistant coaches! You do not need to be an expert! Many events are simple build competitions like paper airplanes or clay boats.
We also still need a key volunteer for the competition day, May 13. The position descriptions can be found here.
If you are interested in coaching, assistant coaching, or being our key volunteer, please sign up here. If you're interested, but not sure, join our prospective coaches meeting, January 25 at 7pm. See the webpage for the zoom link.
Please email us if you have further questions: scienceolympiad@bpepto.org
Thank you!
Rebecca Snider and Jen D’Souza
Disability Awareness Workshop
The Disability Awareness Workshop is a pre-covid tradition at BPE that enabled 4th graders to learn about the lived experiences of those with disabilities through a series of on-site events coordinated by the Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (CIL). This year’s event at BPE is scheduled for May 12 and for one year only, will also include 5th graders who were not able to participate in this event last year.
To help prepare the school for this activity, we need one or two parents to volunteer as Parent Coordinators, with the CIL provided timeline/job description here. Please contact the PTO President at info@bpepto.org with any questions or to volunteer.
Ann Arbor PTO Thrift Shop:
The Ann Arbor PTO Thrift shop is a non-profit which provides support to all AAPS PTOs from their sales, see their flyer attached below this message. Every academic year, each school is also assigned one Saturday when 10% of proceeds are earned for that specific school and BPE’s day will be February 25, 2023.
Your Burns Park PTO
Al Masias, President
From the Community
Upcoming Dates
January 24, 2023
WESO Assembly (Grades 2-5)
January 31, 2023
Early Release Day
February 7, 2023
3rd Grade to Imagination Station
February 8, 2023
5th Grade Healthy Hearts Field Trip
February 13, 2023
NAAPID/5th Grade Winter Survival
General Information
Leslee Bullock, Principal, jonesl@aaps.k12.mi.us
Heather Miller, Assistant Principal, hooppaw@aaps.k12.mi.us
Email: burnspark@aaps.k12.mi.us
Website: a2schools.org/burnspark
Location: 1414 Wells Street, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
Phone: 734-994-1919
Twitter: @HMillerAP