Smith Elementary
February Newsletter
About us
Lisa Knisely - Secretary
Email: edwardsb@panthernet.net
Website: panthernet.net/smith
Location: 100 Price Ave., Stockbridge, MI, United States
Phone: (517) 851-7735
Facebook: facebook.com/Smith-Elementary-School-Stockbridge-MI
Twitter: @_SmithElem
Staff and students are ready to settle in to the 2nd semester, get down to business, work hard towards goals, and have some fun along the way.
February Important Dates
February 5 - PTO Meeting (4:00 p.m.) Heritage Conference Room
February 8 - Late Start Day. School starts at 11:25 a.m.
February 14 - Valentines Day class parties
February 19 - No School! Presidents Day!
March 1 - March is Reading Month Kick Off
March 8 - Late Start Day. School starts at 11:25 a.m.
March 9-16 - Book Fair
March 14 - Spring Conferences
March 15 - GSRP Parent Involvement Night
March 22 - Kindergarten Round Up
March 23 - Bible Release
March 30 - No School! Good Friday
April 2-6 - No School! Spring Break!
February 8: Late Start
Pick up and drop off Procedure REMINDER
If you or a passenger would like to walk your student in, in the morning or meet them in the lobby after school, please park in the parking lot to do so. This will help with the flow of traffic for those parents dropping off and picking up along the curb.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Fit-bruary Take Home Challenge
Kindergarten Round Up
Festival of Tables
School Schedule(s)
Regular School Day - 8:50 - 3:35
Late Start Days - 11:25 - 3:35
*Please be patient for the first few weeks of school. Times may run differently until students and teachers are in a routine.
Morning
8:30 - 8:45 - Breakfast (students and parents must stay in lobby until 8:30)8:40 - 2nd graders line up at their classrooms
8:45 - Bell rings for students to enter hallways and classrooms
8:50 - School Starts
*Please do not drop off your child any earlier than 8:40 a.m. Thank you!
Afternoon
3:30 - Kindergarten released to buses and parent pick up
3:32 - 1st - 2nd grade Kids Club, Walkers, and pick ups released
3:35 - All bus riders released
Late Start Days
11:25 - 3:35
- Students will eat lunch
- Each class will receive 40 minutes of specials
- Normal afternoon recess
Pick up and Drop off Procedures
- Kindergarten students being picked up: parents are REQUIRED to pick up their students in the lobby
- Parents who are picking up their students from their car must use the lane closest to the curb. Please remain in your car and pull forward as cars exit this line to allow a nice flow of traffic
- Parents walking with their student back to their car, please use the designated crosswalk marked by the handicapped crossing
- Please no parking (leaving your vehicle unattended) along the curb in front of the building at any time
- We are asking parents to please stay in the lobby before school and at dismissal time
- Please try and notify office ASAP of any bus or pick up changes
*No bus changes for the first 2 weeks of school (per transportation request)