Erie Elementary School
Summer 2023
Have a Great Summer!
I would like to take this opportunity to thank Erie’s students, staff, and parents for making this school year a positive and productive one. Thank you for your continued support of the many wonderful things that happen at Erie on a daily basis. Erie’s staff members care for children, and work hard to ensure success for every child. This dedication to children includes providing a safe and nurturing environment for all students to find success. We appreciate our staff for their involvement in school improvement efforts, and their commitment to the Erie Community.
We will continue to work in partnership with parents to make certain our children are provided the necessary tools to succeed. We are extremely grateful for all of the time and effort our parents give to us over the course of the school year. Our PTO is very active, providing financial support as well as important activities that all Erie students may enjoy. Parent volunteers are critical to our success.
We are very proud of everything that our students have accomplished this year. There are so many positive experiences that our students can be a part of throughout the school year. Our best wishes go to our fifth-grade students as they continue their educational journey to Algonquin and Wyandot Middle School. Remember that your experiences at Erie will help you to be successful at the next level.
On behalf of the Erie staff, I wish you a safe, restful and relaxing summer. Thank you so much for the opportunity to be a part of your lives! Along with having fun and relaxing, there is always time to continue reading books, writing, or reviewing math facts. Over the summer, I encourage you to continue educating your child as summer learning can make a big difference in preparing your children for their next grade level.
Enjoy your summer!
Yours in education,
Mr. Johnson
Important Dates...
- 8/29 - Sneak Peek - TIME TBD
- 9/5 - First Day of School - Half Day
- 9/12 - Picture Day
More dates to come...
Keep Learning...
Back to School 2023-2024
Dear Erie Families,
We would like to extend an invitation for our Erie families to attend a special Sneak Peek/Curriculum Day event on Tuesday, August 29th, at Erie Elementary School. Students and families will have the opportunity to walk through the building, view their classroom, and receive curriculum information.
Erie Elementary Parking Lot Map
For the safety of our students, staff, and community, please drive slowly through the parking lot, look out for pedestrians, and follow the Parking Lot Map for specific traffic patterns. Always use the one-way entrance and one-way exit. If you need to cross the bus lane, please use the designated cross walk.
If we ALL follow these procedures, our students, staff, and community will be safe.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Thank you PTO!
Thank you to the PTO for providing our Erie students and staff with rolling baskets that contain recess and classroom supplies for our students!
Stay Healthy!
As the weather changes, the chance of germs in our school increases. We will continue to clean classrooms daily and high frequency areas as often as we can. Please review the steps below to make sure we are all doing our part to stay healthy and safe:
· Wash your hands frequently, with soap and water for at least 20 seconds
· Cover your Cough
· Keep things clean. Make sure countertops are clean in the kitchen and bathrooms, especially when someone in your family has a cold. Discard used tissues right away.
· Don't share drinking glasses with others.
· Wash toys regularly. Do this especially when your child or a playmate is sick.
Chippewa Valley Schools is committed to providing a clean and safe environment for our students, staff, and community. All student and staff areas will be cleaned and disinfected on a regular schedule.
Parents are asked to check their child each morning before sending them to school. Students that are sick should stay home from school.
Keeping Everyone Safe...
As we progress through the school year, we have discussed safety protocols during the school day. As a staff, we continue to look at our arrival and dismissal procedures and how we can keep our students and community feeling safe.
Help our school community feel safe by supporting the following:
- Friendly Pet Reminder: please note that when walking to school to drop off/pick up students, dogs should be left at home.
- Please do not enter the playground or wave students over to the bus loop during the school day.
- If you are picking your child up from their classroom door during dismissal, please refrain from entering the playground until 3:10 PM, as we may have classes outside during this time.
Thank you for your cooperation and keeping the safety of others in mind.
Erie Staff
School Meals
All school breakfasts and lunches are available for purchase.
Birthday Treat Policy
Erie Elementary will be celebrating our students’ birthdays in a new way. Birthdays are very important, as they are special milestones in the lives of our children. In lieu of bringing in a specific food product, our staff would like to offer an alternative in the form of a non-edible treat. Past birthday treats have proven to be messy, full of sugar and they sometimes add permanent stains to our students’ clothes. Switching to a non-edible treat will help eliminate those sticky situations. The following treats are suggestions for celebrating a classroom birthday with a non-edible treat:
- Classroom book
- Classroom game
- Stickers
- Pencil
- Special eraser
- Treat coupon (ex. Dairy Queen, Orange Leaf, 7-11 Slurpee)
Please contact your child’s teacher for approval and/or alternative ideas before bringing in a non-edible birthday treat for the class. Celebrating a birthday will continue to be a positive experience at Erie.
Thank you for your cooperation and continued support.
Example below from an Erie Elementary student:
Safety at Erie Elementary
Our goal at Erie is to ensure the safety of all students and staff every day. Chippewa Valley Schools has put into place security measures for all buildings for the 2022-2023 school year.
All school doors will be locked while students are in session (8:30 AM - 3:14 PM).
When visiting during the school day, please enter through the Main North doors only. All other doors will remain locked.
Doors will be open for student arrival and dismissal, and day/evening programs.
At the Main Entrance, all visitors MUST press the "office button" for access to the office staff. There is a SACC button to notify Child Care. Please look directly into the camera and provide your name, name of your student, and teacher’s name for our employees monitoring the camera. Please present your identification to our office staff or in the case of SACC, our Child Care staff.
Student safety is always a top priority. We have outlined in this newsletter a few reminders about our parking lot to help ensure our students are safe when entering and exiting the building. Please take a few moments to read through the parking lot procedures. If we all follow these guidelines, we will have a safe parking lot for all our Erie families. Thank you for your cooperation.
Hand Hygiene:
Hand washing and hand sanitizer will be used frequently throughout the day.
Screening for Symptoms
Parents are asked to check their child each morning before sending them to school. Students that are sick should stay home from school.
Chippewa Valley Schools COVID Information
Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, our top priority is always the safety of our students, staff, and school community. When making determinations on the safest way to deliver instruction, while also mitigating the spread of the virus, we rely on many sources of information. We regularly confer with the professionals at the Macomb County Health Department (MCHD) on COVID-related issues and we monitor data sources that inform of the prevalence of COVID-19 in our school community.
If your child has tested positive for COVID-19, or been exposed to a positive case, please fill out the following form. The questionnaire will help us determine quarantine time for your student. If you are reporting for multiple children, please complete a separate form for each child. After your responses are received our COVID Assistant (Laurie Freedman, (586) 723-2178) will contact you as soon as possible.
COVID Reporting Community Form
Cleaning & Disinfecting
Chippewa Valley Schools is committed to providing a clean and safe environment for our students, staff, and community. All student and staff areas will be cleaned and disinfected on a regular schedule.