The Spencer Scoop
Spencer Elementary - January 24, 2020
Note from the Attendance Secretary
Kindergarten Round Up is Coming!
Note from the District Nurse
A friendly reminder: when calling in your student, please give specific symptoms so we are able to track certain illnesses. Also, if your student has been diagnosed by a licensed professional then please state the diagnosis. Thank you!
Linda Barrett, RN
BAS District Nurse
Spencer Family Book Fair
Book Fair hours:
FAMILY NIGHTS
Wednesday, Feb 5, 4:00-8:00 pm
Thursday Feb 6 4:00-8:00pm
LUNCH WITH A LOVED ONE
Wednesday Feb 6 - during lunch recess
Thursday Feb 7 - during lunch recess
We need volunteers for set-up and break down, as well as cashiers. Sign up here - https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0944A8AB2FA3FA7-spencer4
PTO News and Information
STEAM Night
** Volunteers Needed** Wednesday February 5 from 6:30-8pm will be our annual S.T.E.A.M. Night at Spencer. We have a lot of fun activities planned for the evening including:
15 stations from the Ann Arbor Hands on Museum
The Livingston County Gem and Mineral Society will be there to share their wisdom with all you rockhounds.
Sylvan Learning Center will have a hands on robotic activity.
Student Science Projects in the gym.
The Design Studio will be open.
Art displayed
S.T.E.A.M. Activities in the library
Book Fair in the multipurpose room
We of course need volunteers for the evening, please sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ca4a82ea7fe3-spencer2<https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e4ca4a82ea7fe3-spencer2?fbclid=IwAR1MEkkyRllnKyZJ9Z30Pk0tL_t45vP8ZTwSMkzEdwcgOJQcmIohIu8qzkQ>
Thank you in advance for your help to make this night great!
Kindness Week
Brighton Area Schools will be celebrating Kindness Week the week of February 10th. We are selling "kindness" shirts - the sales of these shirts will benefit the I Will Right Now Foundation. We are encouraging anyone that chooses to purchase a shirt to wear it on Thursday February 13th.
The pre-order is now through Wednesday Jan 29th. There are 3 designs to choose from & all are available in a tee or a hoodie.
Details on ordering and delivery are on the website.
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The I Will Right Now Foundation is a Brighton charity that helps BRIGHTON families that are experiencing financial distress due to life altering circumstances. To date, IWRN has helped more than 45 BRIGHTON families with more than $80,000 in support.
Design Studio
The Design Studio is running low on supplies. Please consider donating items if you’ve been saving/collecting things. Examples include: buttons, bottle caps, fabric, cardboard rolls from empty paper towels or toilet paper, yarn, thread, pipe cleaners, popsicle sticks. Anything the kids can create with. Alternatively, there is a great store Mrs. McColgan shared called “The Scrapbox” in Ann Arbor. If you happen to be in the area, would you mind filling a bag and bringing it in? Thank you!
Spencer Kids Presents....Alice In Wonderland
The PTO wishes to extend CONGRATULATIONS to the cast of Alice in Wonderland for a wonderful performance last weekend. The kids dedicated much time and energy to our drama club, and their hard work paid off. Huge thanks to volunteer directors Meg Christie and Meghann Calvin for making this incredible opportunity available to our students. Bravo!
Girls on the Run for 3rd and 4th grade girls
We still need coaches for girls on the run! It can be two full time coaches, one full time and two part time, or four part time coaches! It can be moms or dads, aunts, uncles, older siblings (high school age or up), friends, relatives, etc. This is a phenomenal program that empowers our girls of today to be amazing women of tomorrow. The days for coaching depends on the coaches. You pick the two days of the week. The time is 3:45-5:15. Season starts in March and goes until May. www.girlsontherunsemi.org<http://www.girlsontherunsemi.org/?fbclid=IwAR0_aun300Or36ys97XWYhd6OaP8sXak3hOYhNksmvycUxiOc2cQBOas3Lg> will give you more information or you can call Heather at (313) 414-1097.
President – Kristie Hopka
Vice President – Katie Tierney
Vice President - Erin Daksiewicz
Treasurer – Amanda Hoffmann
Secretary – Jen Lumsden
Join our Facebook group for the latest news, events, sign-ups, and more: Spencer Elementary PTO - Team Spencer
"Special Treat Friday " on February 14th
Girls on the Run
Events From Around the District
2020 Brighton Youth Boy's Lacrosse
2020 Brighton Girl's Lacrosse
Parenting Series Workshop
Upcoming Events from Brighton Community Education
Important Dates:
24 - Popcorn Friday
27 - Vision Screening - 1st & 3rd Grades only
February
3 - Book Fair Set-up 2:00-3:40 PM
4 - Family Book Fair 4:00-8:00 PM
5 - "Lunch with a Loved One" Book Fair during lunch recesses
5 - Hungry Howie's Pizza Night
5 - Book Fair from 4:00-8:00 PM
5 - STEAM Night from 6:30-8:00 PM
6 - "Lunch with a Loved One" Book Fair during lunch recesses
6 - Book Fair breakdown 1:35-3:40 PM
11 - PTO Meeting at 4:00 PM
11 - Dairy Queen Fundraiser from 6:00-9:00 PM
14 - Special Treat Friday
21 - Special Interest Day - more info to come
Breakfast and Lunch
Elementary Lunches are $2.75 includes milk
Milk - .50
At Spencer, the students will go outside for recess first and then come in and eat lunch. We will have hand sanitizer available for the students. Feel free to attach a keychain hand sanitizer to your child's lunchbox. Below you will find the grade levels and their recess time and lunchtimes.
Recess will be 20 minutes and lunches will be 25 minutes
K- 11:30 - 12:15
2-12:00 - 12:45
4- 12:25 - 1:10
1 - 12:50 - 1:35
3 -1:15 -2:00
The individual classroom teachers will notify you of snack time in the classroom.
The lunch menu can be found here: https://brightonareaschools.nutrislice.com/menu/spencer-elementary/lunch/2019-08-14?mode=browse
Daily Start Time
First Bell - 8:46
Starting Time in class- 8:50 AM
Dismissal Time - 3:42 PM (Please note this is earlier than previous years)
Attendance Line*- 810-299-4354
*Please remember to call your child's absence in as early as possible.
Spencer Elementary
Email: rennerb@brightonk12.com
Website: https://www.brightonk12.com/Domain/238
Location: 10639 Spencer Road, Brighton, MI, United States
Phone: 810-299-4350
Twitter: @SpencerElem