The Dragon Newsletter
May 2016
Message from Mr. Adams about Summer Learning Opportunities
Clarkston Elementary families,
Many parents often ask me what their kids can do over the summer to further their learning. Therefore, I asked Phyllis Ness (our District Reading Specialist) to come up with a list of potential summer learning opportunities.
Phyllis provided me with the following information that might help point parents in the right direction. Please note that this is not a complete list of summer opportunities. We can only endorse the camps that are run through our community education program, so any other camps that are listed come strictly from word of mouth from other parents and/or educators.
Sincerely,
Brian Adams
Are you looking for fun, educational experiences for your son or daughter while school is out?
Here's a list of Summer Camps and learning opportunities offered throughout Oakland County for young Readers, Writers, Mathematicians, Scientists, Explorers, Dancers, etc.
To access additional information, please click on the links below:
Literacy:
For Young Students (Children entering grades 1-3)
- Jumpstart Summer Reading (Offered at BLE, CE & IE)
- Keep On Reading (Offered at SPE)
- Meadowbrook Youth Writing Camp
- Welcome Back Reading Workshop (Clarkston Community Education)
- Welcome Back Writing (Clarkston Community Education)
- Independence Township Library Summer Reading Program
For Older Students (Children entering grades 4-8)
- Reading for Grades 4 & 5 (Clarkston Community Education)
- Oakland Summer Writer's Camp (Clarkston Community Education)
Math:
For Young Students (Children entering grades 1-3)
For Older Students (Children entering grades 4-8)
- Math, Grades 4-5 (Clarkston Community Education)
- Summer Math Camp: Refresh, Review & Renew (grades 6-8) (Community Education)
Science/Engineering/Computer Literacy
- Camp Invention (Children entering grades 1-6) (Clarkston Community Education)
- RUSHing Girls to Engineering (Grades 4-6) (Clarkston Community Education)
- RUSH Robotics (Ages 8-14) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Scratch (Coding) Club for Beginners (Ages 9-11) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Scratch (Coding) Club (Ages 9-12) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Claymation Animation Camp (Ages 8-12) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Tech Camp Sampler (Ages 8-12) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Detroit Zoo's Summer Safari Camps
The Arts (Theater, Music, Dance, etc.)
- Musical Theater Camp (Grades 3-8) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Acting Camp Part 1 (Grades 3-7) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Acting Camp Part 2 (Grades 4-8) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Clay Camp (Grades 2-5 and 6-12) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Imagination Creations (Grades K-3) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Self Portrait Painting (Grades 4-6) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Princess and Fairy Camp (Ages 3-7) (Clarkston Community Education
- Disney Dancing (Grades K-5) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Bollywood Camp (Ages 8-22) (Clarkston Community Education)
- Cranbrook Art Museum Summer Camps, Bloomfield Hills, MI
- Friendship Factory Summer Camps
- School of Rock Rochester, MI (Ages 7-18)
- Sloan Museum Flint Summer Camps
Celebration of Learning was a FANTASTIC success! Thank you for joining us!
What an AWESOME day we had! Thank you for taking the time to allow the staff and students of CE to share our story of learning with you. It was great watching families ‘press pause’ on busy lives to connect by eating together, creating a mission statement and playing on the playground. Thank you to the PTO for the yummy Kona Ice and the inspirational speaker, Brett Eastburn.
If you still need a frame for your family mission statement, please stop by the office to pick yours up.
Staff Appreciation Week - Thank YOU
CE Youth CAYA recognition award
Clarkston Area Youth Assistance (CAYA) held their annual Youth Recognition Ceremony on Thursday, April 28, 2016. The purpose of this event is to recognize youth who have made contributions to the Clarkston Community in volunteerism, behavior, academic efforts/improvements, and/or citizenship without compensation. This event helps generate a culture that prides itself with contributing and giving back to the community while creating positive behaviors that become natural for students. CAYA has seen wonderful and spectacular acts of kindness in Clarkston students. For this award, students had to be nominated by staff of CCS or an adult who resides within the Clarkston School District. An application was submitted on each individual student indicating specific reasons for their nomination.
This year, Clarkston Elementary is very proud to announce eight students who were nominated for this award. Congratulations to:
Brett Busyn
Cameron Colley
Marin Donnelly
Taylor Henwood
Keira Moore
Drew Olafsson
Brady Vogt
Bellalise Wertz
(Not pictured was Keira Moore & Taylor Henwood)
Sparkle Award
Art Show
Volunteer Appreciation Gathering
From the Kitchen
Calendar of Events
2-5 Staff Appreciation Week
12 PTO Little Caesars Fundraiser Night
18 Late Start 9:05 am
19 Volunteer Appreciation Gathering 6:00 pm
19 PTO General Membership Meeting 7:00 pm
27 Developmental Day - NO SCHOOL
30 Memorial Day - NO SCHOOL
Board of Education & Central Office Administration
Steve Hyer, President
Elizabeth Egan, Vice President
Kelli Horst, Treasurer
Susan Boatman, Secretary
Cheryl McGinnis, Trustee
Craig Hamilton, Trustee
Gregory Need, Trustee
Central Office Administration
Dr. Rod Rock, Superintendent
Shawn Ryan, Deputy Superintendent
Mary Beth Rogers, Executive Director of Business Services
John Lucido, Executive Director of Human Resources
Kathy Christopher, Executive Director of Student Support Services