Martell Monitor
Volume 1: Week 10 October 26, 2018
Dear Martell Families,
Dear Families,
This week we had fall conferences. It was a fantastic turn out. Thank you for being here to support your child and our teachers. It is always such a joy to hear staff talk about the time they have with you sharing about your child. We enjoy preparing and sharing with you as much as you enjoy hearing it all.
Today we had an assembly honoring all the good things happening at Martell. We celebrated the Fun Run, Hat Day, and the Pink Out. It is was so inspiring to see our students come to me with the idea to raise funds for Breast Cancer Awareness and to see our students take ownership and run much of the assembly! Our students also performed a skit on 'Team Huddle'. We will be having our first huddle very soon! Watch for special information about this!
We are looking forward to Halloween week. Please see the attached map and times for the parade. Please note, all costumes need to be school friendly. Please no weapons or other suggestions of overt violence; including guns, swords, axes, lightsabers, and fake blood. Also, please no gory, gruesome, bloody or revealing costumes. We are excited to see the students in their costumes!
Have a wonderful weekend!
In Partnership,
Michelle Barsh
Upcoming Events
October Upcoming Events
Monday, October 29 - 5:30PM-7:30PM Trunk or Treats
Wednesday, October 31 - Halloween, see info below
November Upcoming Events
Thursday, November 1 - 12:39AM Early Release Day
Monday, November 12 - 6:30PM PTO Meeting
Wednesday, November 21 - Friday, November 23 - Thanksgiving Recess, No School
Monday, November 26 - School resumes
Wednesday, November 28 - 12:39PM Early Release Day
Friday, November 30 - No School for K-5 students
December Upcoming Events
Monday, December 5,6 - Holiday Shop
Thursday, December 20 - Classroom Holiday Parties
Friday, December 21 - Last full day before Winter recess
Monday, December 24 - Winter recess begins
Monday, January 7 - School resumes full day
Please check for updates!
Calendar subject to change as we add more awesome events to Martell!
Halloween Party Information
October 31 Halloween Parties
Parties will be at the end of the day. We will be working hard to preserve instructional time until the parties begin. Parents involved in party set up may begin at 2:00pm. We ask all parents watching the parade to wait outside on the sidewalk surrounding the bus loop.
Halloween Party
2:00 - Room Parents set up, students prepare/grade levels go outside
2:10-2:30 - School Parade begins outside in front loop
2:30-3:10 - Classroom Parties
3:10 - Clean up
3:15 - Parties end
Halloween Parade Information
Coming in January...BOX TOPS!
Start saving those Box Tops! Martell earns free money! We will let you know the first collection date!
Martell Spirit Wear All Year Round
Martell PTO
Monday, November 12 next meeting at 6:30PM
Please come join us!
PTO Meetings
Monday January 14
Monday February 11
Monday March 11
Monday April 8
Monday May 13
Danielle Favret - Co-President
Jenny Dobbs - Co-President
Jennifer Zaner - Secretary
Nikey Bergi - Vice President
Emily Karstensen - Treasurer
Please see the link at the bottom of the Monitor to sign up for Kroger Rewards! This is free money for Martell 3 times a year. Our last check was $458.00!!
Martell Celebrations!
Fun Run Class Winners: 1st Mr. Maliepaard, 2nd Mrs. Childress, 3rd Mrs. Martin total @ $16,000!
Hat Day Donation totals: $325.00!!
Pink Out Day totals: $370.00!!
Amazon and Kroger Reward Winners: 1st Mrs. Young, 2nd Mrs. Childress/Mrs. Giroux tied
Martell Elementary Social Media
Martell website
https://martell.troy.k12.mi.us/
Facebook users:
Please join the Martell Elementary PTO page on Facebook!
https://www.facebook.com/groups/358781684308950/
Martell's PTO Page
https://martell.troy.k12.mi.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=364224&type=d&pREC_ID=806378
Twitter users:
Please follow #martellthinkers
Troy High's Trunk or Treat for a cause
World Class Vision
Important Reference Documents
Friday Martell Monitor
The Friday Martell Monitor is the way we keep families informed about school events throughout the year and is emailed to parents every Friday!
Martell Elementary School
Email: mbarsh@troy.k12.mi.us
Website: https://martell.troy.k12.mi.us/
Location: 5666 Livernois Road, Troy, MI, USA
Phone: 248-823-3800
Twitter: @michellebarsh