Hawk Weekly
December 13th-17th
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/
Dates To Know
December-
13th- Team Frosty (Wear White) or Team Rudolph (Wear Red)
14th- Tinsel Tuesday- Let the season sparkle by wearing anything that sparkles, glitters, shines, or lights up!!
15th- Holiday Hat Day- Wear a holiday hat or antlers, or anything festive on your head today!
16th- Dress Like The Grinch or Someone From Whoville- Being in hats/mittens/gloves to donate today!
17th- Red/White/Green Day
17th- 1/2 day of school - 12:05 Walkers Dismissed/ 12:15 Bussers Dismissed
20th/21st- NO SCHOOL- Calendar Change
20th-January 2nd- Holiday Break
12:05 Walkers Dismissed/ 12:15 Bussers Dismissed
Physical Education Update From Mrs. Langlois
Reindeer games are back in the gym and in full force this week and next! All of the students have been divided in to five reindeer teams; Red Rudolph, Orange Donner, Yellow Comet, Green Dasher, and Blue Blitzen. They will be participating in a variety of holiday themed activities in this school-wide competition! There will be kids from each class on your child’s team, striving to see which Reindeer will earn that top spot this year. Keep an eye out for your child(ren) to come home with a Reindeer Games bracelet to let you know which team they are on! There will be bonus points awarded for anyone who is still wearing their bracelet at the conclusion to the games! Good luck to all the reindeer out there and I look forward to some good and FUN competition these next couple weeks! Happy holidays!!
Out Of The Country Travel Guidance
As families look to travel out of the country for their holiday celebrations, the school community including staff and students are reminded to familiarize themselves with all updated guidelines relative to return from travel. The most recent issuance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and Presidential Executive Order Travel Guidance is dated April 2, 2021. Please reference the links below:
- CDC Guidelines: International Travel During COVID-19
- Executive Order: Executive Order on Promoting COVID-19 Safety in Domestic and International Travel | The White House
As a reminder, persons not fully vaccinated must adhere to the following upon return from international air travel and prior to resuming in-person school or work within the district:
- Quarantine at home immediately upon return from international air travel. This should be for a minimum of seven (7) or ten (10) calendar days.
- Get tested for COVID-19 upon return from international air travel. Two types of viral tests are acceptable: PCR and/or rapid (antigen). This is best conducted during the window of three to five days after return.
- If test result is positive for COVID-19, follow all applicable isolation requirements.
- If test result is negative for COVID-19, continue to self-monitor, and may return to school or work after the full seven days, provided no symptoms emerge.
- If an individual does not get tested within the window indicted above, she/he is to self-monitor for ten days and may return to school or work after the full ten days, provided no symptoms emerge.
Persons who have been fully vaccinated and/or tested positive for COVID-19 in the past three months must still follow the above listed procedure but may resume in-person school or work immediately following confirmation of a negative result (test must be during the window of three to five days after return).
Even upon completing quarantine, individuals who have engaged in international air travel should continue to distance from medically fragile persons for fourteen days from return.
Students and/or staff who must quarantine upon return to in-person school or work time must notify the school (students) or the Human Resources Department (staff).
Student Covid Vaccination Record
Picture Retake Update
We have reached out to Kaiser to let them know of our adjusted calendar. Our order has been marked as RUSH to try to ensure we get them before the students leave for break. We will keep you posted when we have an exact date of delivery.
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!
2022 Superintendent’s Scholarship
UCS graduating seniors are invited to apply for the 2022 Superintendent’s Scholarship awards program. The scholarships are funded with proceeds from the Utica Community Schools Foundation for Educational Excellence’s annual Evening of Excellence and other sources.
Online applications will go live on Tuesday, December 7, 2021. Students are required to submit a copy of their high school transcript as well as receive one recommendation from a teacher, school counselor, administrator or non-family member. The individual making the recommendation will need to submit an online appraisal.
In addition to the Superintendent’s Scholarship, there are several optional scholarship opportunities within the application – the Brett Klenow Scholarship, the Stefan’s Hope Scholarship, the Larry M. Smith Memorial Scholarship, and the Richard LaBaere Educational Scholarship.
Please encourage students to complete the online application available on December 7 at: www.UticaK12.org/SuperintendentScholarship or on the UCS home page under “Students” in the mid-menu on the center of the page. The deadline to submit the completed application and appraisal is 11:59 p.m. on Wednesday, January 5, 2022.
Check Out Information From Our Parent Group!
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
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!
COVID Testing Partnership
Utica Community Schools has partnered with Ascension Health to offer a daily testing option for students that have been identified as a COVID close contact. Asymptomatic close contact students may continue to report to school through the daily COVID testing option.
The school district has partnered with two specific Ascension locations from 8:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m., seven days a week, and no appointment is necessary. Students identified as a close contact will receive the daily testing form from their respective school.
Please ensure the daily testing form is complete prior to arriving at Ascension.
COVID Testing Partnership Locations:
Ascension Lakeside Urgent Care
44472 Hayes Rd.
Clinton Township, MI 48038
586-412-0890
Ascension Washington Urgent Care
7701 26 Mile Rd.
Washington, MI 48094
586-935-4000