Hawk Weekly
November 29th-December 3rd
Havel Elementary
Our mission is to educate students, promote life long learning and encourage students to become productive citizens within a positive and safe learning environment.
Email: kristina.tepper@uticak12.org
Website: havel.uticak12.org
Location: 41855 Schoenherr Road, Sterling Heights, MI, USA
Phone: 586 7975200
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HavelElementary/
Outdoor Recess
Please keep an extra pair of dry socks in your child’s backpack. After recess, many students come in with wet feet!
Please send a dry pair of shoes for your child to change into after playing in the snow/wet. This helps keep our classroom floor dry!
Check Out Information From Our Parent Group!
Ski Club
Who: All students and families interested in joining us on
FRIDAY NIGHTS
at Pine Knob for skiing and snowboarding
(Students Ages 7-18)
Student Membership cards cost $25.00 but you get that back in credit for lessons. The $25.00 credit can be used as follows: 2 ski lessons or 1 snowboard lesson or $25 towards the cost of a private lesson if you choose.
**Parents who want to ski with their kids are eligible for the discounted lift tickets and rental with purchase of an Adult Membership card for $25.00. Parents only get the discounted rate on our club night.
Once you have purchased your membership card for our club, you will buy lift tickets/rental every Friday you attend. ALL purchases will all be online this year. You will only see us at the table Friday Night to pick up what you ordered this includes the membership cards. Pine Knob has eliminated sponsors collecting money. Weekly costs to ski are as follows:
Lift Ticket...... $25.00 (admission to be out on hills)
Rental.......$25.00
Helmet rental.......$10.00
Lessons are provided through Pine Knob Ski School. They start beginner up to expert. After the first beginner lesson, students start to earn patches for each lesson passed. (Ski lessons start at age 7, Pine Knob recommends age 10 for snowboard lessons)
Please know this a great opportunity to take advantage of the club discount. If you went to Pine Knob on Friday night on your own to ski the lift tickets are $60 and rental equipment is $40 and helmets are $10.
Please email fridayskiclub@yahoo.com if you are interested.
Havel Elementary Is Hiring!
Ever thought of joining the team at Havel?
Our school has a variety of positions now open for parents who may be interested in working here with a family-friendly calendar. It is an opportunity for you to be even more involved in your child’s school and have a direct impact on the students in this community.
Positions we have available at our school include:
Daily Classroom Substitute Teachers
Daily Health Aide
Special Education Para Professionals
Lunch Supervisors
Office Aide
Openings across the district for positions that provide an important service to Havel include:
Food Services
Transportation
Child Care
Skilled Trades
We hope you will take advantage of this opportunity. If interested, the district will be hosting a job fair on Wednesday, November 10 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Community Education Building at Walsh, 38901 Dodge Park Road (at 17 Mile Road), Sterling Heights, MI 48312.
More information is available at: https://uticak12.org/ucsjobs
Lunch Room Helpers Needed
We have openings for lunch supervisors at school daily. The lunch supervisors work both inside the lunchroom (helping students open lunch items, handing out napkins, etc) and supervising at recess (indoors or out), and typically work between 1 and 1.5 hours daily. Accommodations can be made for those wanting to work less than 5 days per week as well!
Those interested - please call the school office to request information on how to apply.
Attendance Policy
Your child will be excused from class for illness, bereavement, recognized religious holidays and medical or dental treatment that cannot be scheduled after school or on weekends.
Your child is responsible for makeup work.
Homework requests may be made for an absence of two or more days in the case of both excused and pre-excused absences.
Homework requests require 24 hours to process.
VACATION POLICY
Absence for family travel during scheduled school days is discouraged.
However, should family travel be necessary, parents must submit a written request to the teacher for a pre-excused absence at least one week in advance.
Arrangements to complete classroom assignments can be made with the teacher.
You can arrange for home study through the school principal should your child be absent from school for an extended period due to physical disability or illness.
LATE ARRIVAL
If a student arrives late to school, the parent must accompany the student into the office, and the student must be signed in before he or she can go to class.
Truancy officials will be contacted in the event of a student having excessive tardies or absences.
Birthday Celebration Reminder
All teachers and staff at Havel support and encourage the recognition of a child’s birthday during the school day. It is an annual milestone in every child’s life that should be celebrated! While there are many wonderful and creative ways to celebrate a child’s birthday in school, birthday celebrations at Havel will not include food treats or items delivered to the school. As adults, we will certainly acknowledge children who are celebrating a birthday in the same way as usual (for example: a crown, a sticker, a visit to the Principal). Some possibilities for recognizing the day in a variety of special ways that do not include food treats include:
· Class sings “Happy Birthday”
· Happy Birthday Recess gift to class from child
· Morning “Happy Birthday” PA announcement
· Parent makes a donation of book to class library/read to class
· Student reads favorite book to class
Your child’s teacher will have more information on how birthdays will be celebrated in the classroom. As educators, caregivers and loved ones we all want the best for our students. Thank you for joining us in giving students healthy opportunities to celebrate important events and achievements.
Covid Exposures & Quarantining Process
Critical to our keeping kids in school is knowing when to keep your student at home. Whether you’ve been exposed to COVID or not, anyone who is sick should stay home. Whether it is COVID, the flu, or other ailments, if you have more than one of the minor symptoms (headache, runny nose, fever, etc.) or ANY of the major symptoms (including cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, or loss of taste or smell, your student MUST stay home. That and following Macomb County Dept. of Health Mitigation Strategies will help keep our students safe, well and in school!