Bushnell Buzz
March 1 2024
Congratulations to our February Bushnell Bear Award Winners!
Mrs. Walters News
It's officially March! It's going to be a busy month at Bushnell! Today marks the end of our second trimester. Report cards will be coming on March 15th!
March is National Reading Month! Our theme this year is Camp Read-a-Lot! Your child will be bringing home a letter and a calendar detailing the fun we will be having all month long. We encourage families to engage in celebrating reading with your kiddos by enjoying the daily activities on the calendar, participating in the dress up days, and filing out those reading logs!
PTO News!
~ Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming up soon! Please sign up below if you can help provide some of the items needed for teachers to have a quick dinner between school dismissal and conferences beginning each night. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4EA9AA22A2F8C16-48143043-spring
BOOK FAIR:
The Book Fair is coming to Bushnell! Shop in person March 18-22 from 3-8pm, or online anytime starting Feb. 19. Electronic gift cards will be available at efairs.literati.com
Please consider signing up to volunteer with us: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0844A4A828ABFBC52-47863339-bushnell
Thank you for supporting your Bushnell Media Center!
Attention families with incoming kindergarteners!!! We are now welcoming the Red Arrow Class of 2037! If you have a student who will be 5 years old by September 1, 2024, registration is now open. Kindergarten Round Up Dates:
Murray Lake: May 13, 2024
Alto: May 15, 2024
Bushnell: May 16, 2024
If your student needs a hearing or vision screening, we will have it available at Bushnell Elementary on May 16, 2024. You can start gathering documentation and learn about our enrollment process here.
We are continuing the Kids Heart Challenge fundraiser for the American Heart Association. This fundraiser is run in coordination with our gym classes as part of a campaign for overall wellness! Ask your children about the fundraiser and, if possible, get signed up in their online portal to support this great cause! KHC Link
Have a great weekend everyone!
Erin Walters ~ Bushnell Principal
Bushnell Elementary is proud to announce that Ms.Bailey's First Grade Class has been crowned Michigan State Reading Champions. This championship came as a result of reading the most minutes per team over four weeks during READBowl 2024: The World Championship of Reading, a global reading competition put on by Read With Malcolm, the Youth Literacy Initiative of NFL Super Bowl Champion and children's book author Malcolm Mitchell.
The seventh annual competition was held from January 8 (the day of the College Football Nationship Game) through this past Super Bowl Sunday.
"Winning a state championship is always prestigious," said Mitchell. "However this year is especially notable, as there were more than 280,000 students, from all 50 states and 14 countries on the reading field for the big game this year. I am so proud of every student who competed and congratulate our state and national champions. Training for READBowl 2025 begins now."
Overall, students from across the globe read for more than 180 million minutes during READBowl 2024. Mitchell, who struggled to read through school and into college, has made it his mission to reach kids and help them read to a better future.
Important Dates...
3.8 Wittenbach VanWeezel/Bailey
3.10 Daylight Savings- move clocks ahead 1 hour!
3.15 Half Day of School/ St. Patrick's Celebration
3.18-3.22 Parent-Teacher Conference Week
3.23 Lowell EXPO @ LHS
3.29-4.7 Spring Break