Dear Glengary Families,

We had SUCH a great month of September! I am so proud of our Gators. They continue to show us how hardworking and dedicated they are to learning and growing.

We have lots of activities and events planned during the month of October. Please see below for more details.

As always, the Glengary Staff is here to support you. Should you have questions or if concerns arise, please reach out to your child's teacher or myself and we will work together to find a solution. I can be reached at rosaleighjohnson@wlcsd.org or at 248-956-3100.

Here's to a GREAT week ahead!

RosaLeigh Johnson, Principal

October

10/11-10/12: 5th Grade Camp

10/13: Glengary PTA Chipotle Fundraiser 5:00-9:00 PM

10/19: Fun Run Final Donation Date

10/22: Fun Run

10/28-Truck or Treats- PTA Event

10/29: Half Day

Last week, our students learned about one of the 5 pillars of the Positivity Project, Being Present & Giving Others My Attention. The character strength of focus for the upcoming week (Oct 10-16) is Integrity. Please take a look at the links below about integrity as they will provide you with the knowledge and tools needed to partner in this important work. The resources in the links below were created to help parents reinforce this important learning at home. Thank you!

We are excited to announce a new Halloween Event at Glengary Elementary. Our PTA has planned our first ever, Trunk or Treat, which will be a fun-filled evening for students and their families. Join us for a SPOOKTACULAR night! Costumes are encouraged!

Please note: We will not be doing a Halloween Parade during school hours this year. Please do not send your student to school with or in a costume. Students will have the opportunity to show off their costumes and trick or treat at our Trunk or Treat event on October 28th from 6:00-7:30 p.m.

We will have a Halloween Themed Spirit Day on Friday, October 29th. Students are invited to wear Halloween Spirit Wear including Halloween colors, pajamas, t-shirts, etc. while they enjoy Halloween activities within the classroom. Please note that to ensure the safety of all, we will not be holding class parties with volunteers this year.

The Walled Lake Consolidated Schools are again participating in a program to honor exemplary teachers. We hope you will join us in an effort that will result in the selection of the TEACHER/EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR for the Walled Lake Consolidated School District at the elementary, middle school and high school levels. This honor will be bestowed at our January 6, 2022 school board meeting.

Each school building will select a teacher of the year and that person’s name will be submitted to the district committee for final selection. All names will be removed from the forms and only the building principal will have knowledge of the candidate’s name. The principal will appoint a committee to help with the local selection. That person’s name will then be submitted to the district committee. We are requesting that this form be returned to your school NO LATER THAN FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2021.

WHO IS ELIGIBLE?

Any FULL TIME, CERTIFIED, TENURED teacher/educator who spends 50% of his/her time in a classroom. Nominees must have a minimum of five (5) full years of classroom teaching experience

WHO MAY NOMINATE?

Any person in the community may nominate any teacher/educator in the district for this honor. Please send or deliver this form to the nominee’s school.

HOW TO SUBMIT A NOMINATION FORM

Please send or deliver Nomination forms to the nominee’s school in an envelope marked clearly with “TEACHER/EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR”.

In an effort to be as transparent as possible and at the same time respect the privacy of our students, staff, and families, we will be enhancing our communication process related to COVID positive cases in our building. When we have a COVID positive case, the families of the students in the classroom will receive a specific email letting them know that their child was in a classroom with a COVID positive person during the infectious period. Then, the families of the grade level will also receive an email letting them know that there was a COVID positive case in that grade level. As always, if anyone has any general questions about the number of positive cases in a particular school or our District, please access the District COVID dashboard.

The Michigan Legislator questioned the Oakland County Health Division’s Mask Mandate based on the recent Michigan Budget Bill. Provided, the Governor’s statement and in consultation with our attorney, we are required to uphold the OCHD’s Mask Mandate. Moving forward, the mask criteria as of the beginning of this school year will remain in place. If the Governor or the OCHD make further changes in the future, we will communicate in a timely manner.

A Message from WLCSD Food Service Department:

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we are seeing nationwide disruptions to manufacturing, supply and distribution channels. You may have experienced this yourself while shopping online or in stores.

This disruption also impacts school meals, as we are having trouble obtaining certain foods and supplies. Students may notice that we’re serving menu items that were not previously available or listed on menus.

While this situation is out of our control and something that school districts all across the country are experiencing, we are doing our best every day to come up with solutions to these challenges.

We will continue serving our students a variety of nutritious foods. Everything we serve will continue to meet nutrition guidelines set by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). All schools that operate the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program must follow these guidelines. We will also continue to accommodate students with special dietary restrictions and allergies.

We remain committed to providing our students with the nutritious meals they need to grow and learn. We appreciate your patience and understanding.

As a reminder, school meals are free for all students again this school year.

Fifth grade camp is Monday! Your child only needs to bring a backpack to school with them, no snacks or food is needed. They can bring sunscreen, a water bottle, bug spray, an extra set of clothes, a jacket/pullover, rain gear and shoes. The weather is forecasted to be warm on Monday and Tuesday, but the students must be sent to camp wearing long pants, as shorts are not allowed on the hiking trails. They can pack a pair of shorts to change into later in the day if they want to.

***Pick-up: The students will be brought back to school on the bus and the bus will be departing camp around 8:30 p.m. Since our school is so close to camp, please be at the school at 8:40 p.m. to pick-up your child. Please pull-in the south parking lot and line-up as cars would usually line-up for Apple Pick-up. If you have an Apple Pick-Up sign, please bring it and display it in the passenger side window. If you do not, please make a sign with your child’s name on it and display it to help the pick-up process move smoothly. We will also have a sign-out sheet for you to sign before you leave with your child.

Does your child enjoy art, music and dance or have an interest in writing, producing films and taking photos? If so, have them join us and have fun unleashing their inner artist with PTA reflections!

National PTA’s Reflections program has helped students explore their own thoughts, feelings and ideas, develop artistic literacy, increase confidence, and find a love for learning that will help them become more successful in school and in life.

Each year, over 300,000 students in Pre-K through Grade 12 create original works of art in response to a student-selected theme. In response to this theme, students create works of art in one or all the available arts categories:

1. Dance Choreography

2. Film Production

3. Literature

4. Music Composition

5. Photography

6. Visual Arts (2D and 3D)

7. Special Artist (must qualify)

This year's theme, "I Will Change the World By...," calls for students own unique interpretation through the arts.

To learn more, check out the videos below.

If your student is interested in submitting an entry, complete the below form by November 15, 2021.

Please contact GlengaryReflections@gmail.com or call / text parent, Yoko Metcalf at (734) 837-3984.

A HUGE thank you to all of our families who helped to make the Fall Mumpkin sale such a success! Thanks to your support, we reached our fundraising goal which will directly support the students at Glengary. Thank you also to all of our amazing volunteers who helped organize a successful pick-up last week!

Please reach out to Alison Burke at 248-974-9387 or alisonburke521@gmail.com with questions or if you want to help out!!!

Calling all Parents, Grandparents and Care givers!

Our Membership drive is underway and the deadline for the membership contest is November 1st. Every adult in the household can sign up as a member and add to each class total for a chance to win a PJ, popsicle or pizza party for the whole class!!! Every adult counts! Membership dollars help us pay our dues to the district, state and national PTAs without having to take the money we raise from our fundraisers - and joining requires no obligation otherwise - you are always welcome at our meetings and we LOVE our volunteers - but simply being a member supports our school, too!!!

Sign up online via memberhub linked below!

Dining to Donate kicks off Wednesday, October 13th, starting at Chipolte in Novi! Dine in or carry out (delivery orders do not count toward fundraiser) from 5-9pm and we will get 33% of sales made! See attached flier and watch for them coming home as the day approaches!

Are you someone who is interested in helping with this year's yearbook?! Being back in school and having events like the Fun Run and Trunk or Treat make putting the memories together, fun and totally worthwhile. Please reach out to Alison Burke for more details!

The Glengary PTA website is under CONSTRUCTION – but the minutes from last week’s meeting are up in case you missed it!

Check out the link below for a variety of Community Ed classes that are offered through WLCSD.

Dear WLCSD Families:

Thank you to all of those who attended our 10th annual Warriors for Warriors Pink Out game at Walled Lake Western, as well as the first annual Walled Lake Northern Green Out game, focused on raising awareness for mental health.

This week, we invite you to enjoy a performance of Almost, Maine. Tickets for the performance are still available for October 7, 8 and 9 at 7:00pm and may be purchased online here.

Continue on with this week’s Parent District Update for more insight to the latest on WLCSD and our community.

Wednesday, October 13 is a day of testing for high school students in grades 9 - 12, who opted in to take the PSAT, PAT/NMSQT or the SAT. The schedule for the day will be as follows:

· Students who have already opted in to take these assessments will attend school for an abbreviated day arriving at the normal time and dismissing at approximately 11:15 a.m.

· Students in the following Special Education Basic Programs (CI, ASD or ATP) will be dismissed at 10:45 a.m.

· Students not participating in these assessments will not be required to attend school on October 13 but it will be marked as an excused absence..

Transportation to and from school will be provided. All students testing will receive a free breakfast and lunch if they are interested. Please contact your building principal if there are additional tests for which your child missed the sign up deadline.

ALMOST, MAINE PERFORMANCE AT WALLED LAKE NORTHERN

Walled Lake Northern Performing Arts Proudly Present Almost Maine at WL Northern HS.

· Thursday October 7, 2021 @ 7:00pm

· Friday October 8, 2021 @ 7:00pm

· Saturday October 9, 2021 @ 7:00pm

Tickets Are Available Here.
NOTE: Parental Discretion Recommended- Show contains mature content.

SCHOOL MENU CHANGES DUE TO NATIONWIDE FOOD DISRUPTIONS

As the COVID-19 pandemic continues, we are seeing nationwide disruptions to manufacturing, supply and distribution channels. You may have experienced this yourself while shopping online or in stores. This disruption also impacts school meals, as we navigate obtaining certain foods and supplies. Students may notice that we’re serving menu items that were not previously available or listed on menus.

While this situation is out of our control and something that school districts all across the country are experiencing, we are doing our best every day to come up with solutions to these challenges. We will continue serving our students a variety of nutritious foods, our menus will continue to be updated here as we see changes. Everything we serve will continue to meet nutrition guidelines set by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). All schools that operate the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program must follow these guidelines. We will also continue to accommodate students with special dietary restrictions and allergies.

We remain committed to providing our students with the nutritious meals they need to grow and learn. We appreciate your patience and understanding. As a reminder, school meals are free for all students again this school year. If you have questions, please contact Julie Fortner, Food Services Supervisor at 248-956-3080.

VIEWFEST 2021: OCTOBER 9, 11 a.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Viewfest is a first of its kind, psychology-oriented community event that includes fun, engaging and impactful activities for children, teens and young adults. The event includes music, food trucks, arts and crafts, sports, community resources and a whole lot more. The festival will be highlighted by Viewspire’s Hug Buddy postcards as well as hosting a tribute center for those in our community who we have lost to suicide. The purpose of the event is to provide our community with mental health resources and support, but do so in a way that does not feel clinical. In fact, most attendees will not even realize that there is an underlying mental health narrative to the day. However, resources will be available as will other community members, peers and leaders.

SALUTE TO SERVICE GAME

Walled Lake Central and Walled Lake Northern Football teams will be honoring United States Military personnel, veterans and first responders on Friday, October 15 at Walled Lake Northern. More than 75 first responders and military men and women will be recognized as players from each school will wear jerseys in their honor on the football field. Following the game, players will present their game-worn jerseys to each of the honored.

VOLUNTEER POLICY

As of Friday, October 1, parent volunteers once again have access to school buildings.
We are very proud of the relationship with our community and we know that our parents enjoy volunteering in our buildings. With this and low COVID-19 positive cases in mind for our district, volunteers may return to our buildings beginning October on a limited basis. Our principals will be notifying their communities with the process of allowing volunteers back in their buildings. All of our volunteers will be required to follow our policies related to mask usage. We look forward to having our parents back in our classrooms to support the educational needs of our children.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Employment opportunities are available for support staff personnel, substitute teachers, preschool teachers, bus drivers and a variety of positions at the Outdoor Education Center.

CONGRATULATIONS & THANK YOU TO:
Dan Durkin, who will be the Director of Community Relations after Vildana Kurtovic steps down. With Durkin’s appointment, pursuant to Board approval tonight, he will return to WLCSD, after spending three years at West Bloomfield Schools where he was the Public Relations and Marketing Coordinator. He was the WLCSD Video, Web and Print Specialist for six years prior to joining WBS. He will start on Monday, October 18. Vildana resigned due to personal circumstances with her last day being on Friday, October 8.

Mary Guiles, Prime Time Care supervisor at Glengary and Terri Armstrong, parent volunteer at Commerce, who will be honored with Golden Apple awards at tonight’s Board of Education meeting.

The Warriors for Warriors Pink Out committee on the success of the 10th annual event last Friday.

Former Walled Lake Northern’s Kyle Arnoldi making a difference for the Broncos.

DISTRICT LINKS:

· 2021-22 Academic Year FAQs

· LAYA Adopt a Child Application (Deadline Friday, Nov. 5)

· Consider contributing to the WLCSD PAL’s Therapy Dog Program

· E-Sports for middle and high school students

· Fall Adult Education Programs

· 2021-2022 calendar

· Salute to Service Game at WL Northern - Friday, Oct. 15

· Foundation for Excellence-Walled Lake Schools celebrates 30 years of service: Back to School 2021 Newsletter.

· Community Education Fall Brochure

· Eligible households are encouraged to complete the free and reduced price meal application in the Skyward Family Access Back-to-School packet. WLCSD will be participating in the Seamless Summer Option as part of the National School Lunch and School Breakfast Programs for the 2021-22 school year.

· Hospitality House Food Pantry is here to help and NEEDS your help.

· Lakes Area Youth Assistance Referral Form

· COVID-19 Dashboard

· August 2021 LEARNING newsletter

COMMUNITY LINKS AND SPORTS LINKS (Click link to view)

Thank you for referring to the District website for up-to-date information.

Sincerely,

Vildana Kurtovic
Director of Community Relations

Please take note of the symptoms below. Based on guidance from the Oakland County Health Department, if a student presents the following symptoms, they may be suggestive of COVID-19.

1. Is this student currently experiencing ONE or more of the following symptoms unrelated to a known pre-existing condition (e.g. asthma, allergies)?

* New Cough

*Shortness of breath

*Difficulty breathing

*New loss of taste or smell

2. Is this student currently experiencing any TWO or more of the following symptoms unrelated to a known pre-existing condition (e.g. asthma, allergies)?

*Fever (100.4 degrees +)

*Chills

*Diarrhea (2x in 24 hours)

* Fatigue

*Congestion/runny nose

*Headache

*Muscle aches

*Sore throat

*Nausea/Vomiting (2x in 24 hours)

Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) COVID-19 testing is strongly recommended. Contact your medical provider and get tested for COVID-19.

For the student to return back to school, there are three options:

1. Receive COVID-19 testing, and return to school with proof of a negative PCR (Polymerase Chain Reaction) test result, provided symptoms have improved and fever resolved for 24 hours without fever reducing medicine. Rapid test results are not acceptable.

2. Exclude from school until 10 calendar days have passed since symptom onset and at least 24 hours fever free without fever reducing medicine.

3. Provide a note from your physician indicating a clear alternative diagnosis (e.g. positive strep throat, urinary infection, etc.). Must be fever free for over 24 hours without fever reducing medicine with improvement in symptoms.

We continue to urge all families to check your child's health daily and make decisions that will help ensure we keep our students, staff and community healthy and safe.

Daily Health Checks: Please check your child(ren) daily for ANY signs of illness before attending school. Check for the following symptoms:

• Fever/Chills
• Cough
• Fatigue
• Shortness of breath/difficulty breathing
• Muscle of Body Aches
• Headache
• New loss of smell or taste
• Sore throat
• Congestion
• Runny Nose
• Nausea or Vomiting
• Diarrhea

If your child has any of these symptoms, please err on the side of caution and keep them home until they are feeling better! We appreciate your partnership as we continue to work together to keep our community healthy and safe!

Please review the following information from our transportation department:

• If your child is eligible for bus transportation, it is recommended that they start this routine on the first day of school.

• Bus Stops/Routes: Bus stops/routes will be posted on the district website and Skyward Family Access the week of August 16, 2021. www.wlcsd.org

• Bus Drivers - Bus drivers will be contacting all kindergarten families to introduce themselves. You can expect a phone call from your child’s driver in the coming weeks! Our drivers take care to ensure our kindergartners get on/off the bus safely each day.

Please click on the below link for information on the Glengary Healthy Snack and Water Bottle policy.

Registration for Prime Time Care/Teen Club is now open. Due to technical difficulties, registration will not be online. Please use the forms located on our website, under "Resources".

If your child needs to have medication administered at school, parents must complete an AUTHORIZATION to ADMINISTER MEDICATION FORM.

Please click on the link to view. Print out and complete the form. Please drop it off at our main office as soon as possible. You can also email it to our secretaries Cheryl Maten or Melissa Roth.

Cheryl Maten - cherylmaten@wlcsd.org

Melissa Roth- melissaroth@wlcsd.org

For the 2021-22 school year, breakfast and lunch is free for all students. If you would normally fill out a form to receive free or reduced lunch, we ask that you do so for accounting purposes. Forms are available on the district food service web page.

Below you will find the breakfast and lunch menus for October. You will also find the contact information for our Food Service Department.

SKYWARD FAMILY ACCESS

It is critical that parents keep an updated email address and let us know if it changes as soon as possible. Parents may update this information for us on Skyward Family Access. All teachers at Glengary utilize Skyward Family Access to communicate with parents.Report cards, lunch account information, progress reports, attendance, and other important information will always be posted on Skyward Family Access. If you are a new family to Walled Lake Schools or have misplaced or lost your Family Access ID and password, please click HERE to get connected.

Glengary Gazette AND School Web Page

Our Glengary Gazette newsletter will be sent electronically to families. This is typically a bi-weekly communication filled with all important school and PTA updates. As we begin the year, the communication may be sent on a weekly basis if needed. An archive of newsletters will be posted to our school website. Please visit this page often for information about our school. You will find links to important documents, websites and blogs from your child's classroom, PTA forms and information, and important updates and forms that you will need to access.

PTA Website and Updates

Our PTA has an excellent website with upcoming events, fundraiser information, PTA membership links, and other pertinent information and forms. PTA information and updates are also shared with the Tuesday Tidbits.

Social Media

Glengary Elementary also has a Facebook page, Instagram, and Twitter which are linked below!

Principal: rosaleighjohnson@wlcsd.org

Cheryl Maten

Principal's Secretary: cherylmaten@wlcsd.org

Melissa Roth

Building Secretary: melissaroth@wlcsd.org

Important Phone Numbers:

Main Line: 248-956-3100

Fax Line: 248-956-3105
Attendance: 248-956-3190