Rocky's Review

Hello Forest Families!

We are so excited about tonight's BIG EVENT! The Enchanted Forest runs from 6:30-8:00PM TONIGHT, Friday, October 14th. The weather looks like it's going to be mild, dry and SUNNY...YAY! Don't forget to bring a bag to collect your candy in. We're looking forward to seeing all of our students and families in their Halloween costumes...see you in the FOREST!

If you are looking for other trick or treating opportunities, our Farmington Transportation department is hosting a Trick-or Treat event on October 22nd from 12-3. The flyer attached gives more information.

The month of October is Bully Prevention month. On Wednesday, October 19, we will celebrate Unity Day by wearing or sharing ORANGE to unite for kindness, acceptance, and inclusion to prevent students from being bullied.

Have a fantastic FOREST weekend!

Robin

All Forest students and staff will enjoy an OUTDOOR Halloween costume parade and indoor classroom parties on Friday, October 28th. Parents and guests are welcome to view the OUTDOOR parade, which will begin at 10:00 a.m. This parade has become an annual tradition at our school and is enjoyed by all who attend. The classroom parties will be begin right after the parade concludes. Please look for volunteer sign-up opportunities from your room parents in the next few weeks. All volunteers will need to have a background check, if you haven’t completed one yet for the 22-23 school year.

We are encouraging students to wear their costumes to class on Friday, October 28th. We want to make the day fun and not a scary one for our youngest students, so we are putting the following guidelines in place:

1) All costumes need to be age-appropriate for elementary students.

2) Costumes should not be based on making fun of real people, real human traits or cultures.

3) If the costume is scary, is the fear factor appropriate for this age children?

4) If your child is wearing a historical costume, make sure that it does not present misinformation or inaccuracies.

5) Students MAY NOT, under any circumstances, bring toy guns, knives, swords or other weapons to school even if they are parts of their costume. Included in this ban are hockey sticks, baseball bats and other pieces of sports equipment because these items present potential safety hazards.

6) Costume masks are fine as long as the students can see clearly through them. And please, avoid any costumes that have fake blood or gore-too scary for many of our students.

7) If parents decide to dress up along our parade route, you may not wear a mask, we must be able to recognize who you are.

We thank you for helping to make our Halloween recognition a pleasant and fun-filled experience for children of all age levels. Contact the office at 248-785-2068 if you have any questions regarding the appropriateness of your child’s costume.

Did you know that Wednesday, October 19th is Unity Day?

Please have your child wear the color orange on October 19th. Forest students will wear orange to support those who have been bullied and unite to make a difference!

While one person can speak out against bullying, our message is much stronger when we come together to make a difference.

Next Friday in preparation for their game against Bloomfield Hills, North Farmington High School will be hosting a homecoming parade which will set off from Forest Elementary at 5 pm! They would love to see our students, future NFHS Raiders. line the streets and cheer on the home team! Football game will begin at 7PM at NFHS.

If you're missing some items from your child's closet, please click on the link below to see the items we currently have in our lost and found. (Thank you to our fabulous "Miss Megan" for compiling this file!)

October

• Wednesday, October 19: Unity Day (wear ORANGE)
• Friday, October 28: 1/2 DAY of SCHOOL (Dismissal at 11:45am) and Halloween Celebrations (Parade through neighborhood starts at 10:00am, classroom parties will follow)
• Monday, October 31: Orange & Black Spirit Day

Arrr you an awesome money saver? The next Forest Student-Run Credit Union will be on Wednesday, October 19th! Student members who make a deposit will get to pick a prize from the treasure box! Not a member yet? Join the Forest Student-Run Credit Union online today! For more information, visit LOC Credit Union at Forest.

The new SEL trait of the month for October is Respect. Students have been having conversations in their classroom on what respect means, what it sounds like, looks like and how it impacts our actions. Ask your child about how they can show respect throughout the day.

85 Cute +Easy DIY Halloween Costumes for Kids

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FPS Positive Culture Handbook

We need Reflections Theme!

Forest Rock Stars help us pick the theme idea that will spark fun and creativity during a future National PTA Reflections program year! The student who submits the winning entry will receive $100 prize from National PTA. We’re looking for the most original theme ideas. This means past themes and duplicate submissions will not be considered. If you would like to participate in the Theme Search contest, send to State (email reflections@michiganpta.org) by Nov 21, 2022. Here is the theme search entry form… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eVDjsrJGpy68dVQgPISDI7iggdRM6qo-/view?usp=sharing we are not judging theme search entries at districts - they all go to state. SEE FLYER BELOW

Grades 4 & 5 - Forest Elementary FIRST® LEGO® League Jr.

There are still spots available for the grades 4th & 5th team. To register, complete the online form here: Sign up link here

A 2nd volunteer coach is needed. Task: Both coaches use the weekly instruction manual. Please reach out to Jenna. (Coaches get preference to select date/time of weekly sessions)

Description: A team of students build and program a LEGO robot that navigates the missions of a robot game. View here.

Jenna Babcock - FIRST Forest Lead

Forestfirstlegoleague@gmail.com

PTA Membership

Thank you to everyone who has joined the PTA. We had a very successful fall drive and have lots of families signed up as members. The class winner of the pizza party, with 50% of their class joining the PTA is Ms. Grillo! If you would still like to join the PTA, it only takes a few minutes to sign up . Forest truly appreciates the partnership between our teachers and parents!

Science Alive

Since we over-achieved on our Color Run goal, the Forest PTA has decided to have an awesome treat for all of our Forest students. We will have "SCIENCE ALIVE" come to Forest next week (10/20 and 10/21). If you haven't heard of this program, it is a true one-of-a-kind experience where specialists bring in live animals to the classrooms. Thanks to your generous donations we are able to afford this amazing experience for every one of our classrooms this year!

Color Run Results & Winners

Thank you again to all of our Forest families for their generous Color Run donations. We have had more donations trickle in this week and we have raised over $22,000 now.

We wanted to update you on some winners from last Friday! In addition to lots of Friday prize raffle winners, we had the following results:

GOLDEN TICKET WINNERS

Emery Ostrofsky, Emma Widgren Merryman, Michael Smith, Shane Grundner

These students will get to go straight to the front of the line at the Enchanted Forest!

Classroom Winners

After a final tally this week, the winning classrooms are:

First place - Ms. Feller’s Class

Second place - Mrs. Mollison’s Class

Third place - Ms. Briggs’ Class

These classes will all receive popcorn & movie parties, and gift certificates to Dairy Queen or Little Caesars!

And everyone wins......

We will all be winners when we get to witness Forest's own version of the Human Hungry, Hungry Hippo game! Details coming soon!

Forest Rock Stars help us pick the theme idea that will spark fun and creativity during a future National PTA Reflections program year! The student who submits the winning entry will receive $100 prize from National PTA. We’re looking for the most original theme ideas. This means past themes and duplicate submissions will not be considered. If you would like to participate in the Theme Search contest, send to State (email reflections@michiganpta.org) by Nov 21, 2022.

Here is the theme search entry form… https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eVDjsrJGpy68dVQgPISDI7iggdRM6qo-/view?usp=sharing we are not judging theme search entries at districts - they all go to state.

Email: robin.vechazone@fpsk12.net
Website: https://www.farmington.k12.mi.us/for

Twitter: @ForestElem
Location: 34545 Old Timber Road, Farmington Hills, MI, USA
Phone: 248-785-2068