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Scotch Elementary Newsletter: Week of November 15, 2021
Below are a few updates / reminders for our upcoming week.
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 15
- Musical Theatre - Performance/Last Class
- Math Pentathlon 4th & 5th Grade
- Lunch Choices: #1 Chicken Drumstick #2 Yogurt Plate
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 16
- 4th & 5th Grade Dodgeball
- Lunch Choices: #1 Jet's Cheese Pizza #2 Yogurt Plate
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17
- No Scheduled Events
- Lunch Choices: #1 Mac & Cheese #2 Yogurt Plate
THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18
- Parent Teacher Conferences Grades 3 - 5 / Evening
- 3rd & 4th Grade Basketball
- Math Pentathlon 2nd & 3rd Grade
- Lunch Choices: #1 Cheese Pizza Crunchers #2 Yogurt Plate
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19
- Wear your Scotch gear and show your School Spirit!
- AM Student Instruction / Half Day of School
- Parent Teacher Conferences - Afternoon
- Lunch Choices: #1 No Lunch Service #2 No Lunch Service
Planning ahead…
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24 - FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2021
- No School – Thanksgiving Break
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8
- Early Release - 2:07 p.m. Dismissal Begins
- Marco's Pizza Night - PTO Event
A NOTE FROM PRINCIPAL SCRIVO
Parent - Teacher Conference Sign - Up Reminder
Fall Parent/Teacher Conferences are only a week away. This is a very important opportunity for you to speak with your child’s teacher. Please review the information below to sign up. Your child's teacher will supply you a Zoom link to contact them on your designated time and day next week.
SCOTCH FALL CONFERENCE SIGN UP
The teachers at Scotch Elementary School are looking forward to Zooming with you at our Fall Parent Teacher Conferences this Thursday evening, November 18th, and Friday, November 19th. This is a great time for all of us, teachers and parents, to renew our partnership as we work together to ensure a safe and outstanding education for each of our students.
Please click the links below to sign up:
Thursday, November 18th - Evening
Friday, November 19th - Afternoon
Art, Gym, iCenter, and Music Teachers are also available for additional sign ups.
Please click the links below to sign up for the following Specials Teachers:
Carl Battishill - Music
Thursday, November 18th - Evening
Jennifer Alves - iCenter
Emily Hubbard - Physical Education
Friday, November 19th - Afternoon
Please email the below Art teachers if you would like to schedule an appointment for Friday, November 19, 2021.
Susan Acton - email susan.acton@wbsd.org to schedule an appointment
Mary Takata - email Mary.takata@wbsd.org to schedule an appointment
MS. FANTICH'S CLASS - SCIENCE EXPERIMENT - MARSHMALLOW CHALLENGE
HIGH SCHOOL PEN PALS
SHOWING OUR 5TH GRADE SPIRIT!
TWINNING - SOME DAYS WE JUST SHOW UP MATCHING!
HAPPY TO BE IN PRESCHOOL!
SHARE A PICTURE OF YOUR WB SCOTCH STUDENT
If you would like to share a picture of your Scotch Student in our weekly newsletter, please email elizabeth.bain@wbsd.org
TAPPER'S CELEBRATING 30 YEARS
Tapper's is Celebrating 30 Years of keeping Metro-Detroit warm. Every school in the West Bloomfield School District will have a drop box for coat donations. If you have an extra coat, please consider dropping it off at Scotch School.
CO-VID GUIDELINES...PLEASE READ
For the safety of our students and staff please read and follow these district guidelines.
If your student has been tested and is waiting for a result, please keep your student at home until the results are available and call the safeline to report the absence.
If your student has been exposed to another person with Co-VID, please keep your student at home and call the safeline.
If your student is being continually exposed to a household member with Co-VID there are quarantine and exposure guidelines we must follow. Please call the office and let us know so we can properly guide you.
If your student tests POSITIVE for Co-VID please keep your student home AND call the office to report the test result. Students who test positive must remain home for 10 days regardless of vaccination status. The 10 days are calculated based on symptoms or if asymptomatic, test results.
COVID -19 TRAVEL REMINDERS FOR FAMILIES
COVID-19 Travel Guidelines
The holiday travel season is quickly approaching, and we want to make you aware of recently updated CDC guidance on travel and keep you informed about the West Bloomfield School District’s practices for students and employees that travel.
Domestic travel: The CDC recommends that you not travel until you are fully vaccinated (two weeks after your dose of an accepted single dose vaccine or two weeks after your second dose of an accepted two-dose series). If you are not fully vaccinated and must travel, you should follow CDC’s recommendations for people who are not fully vaccinated, which include getting tested with a viral test 3-5 days after travel and staying home to self-quarantine for a full seven days after travel. If you don’t get tested, the recommendation is to stay home and self-quarantine for ten days after travel. In addition, unvaccinated travelers should avoid being around people who are at increased risk for severe illness for 14 days, whether tested or not.
All travelers should self-monitor for COVID-19 symptoms, and isolate and get tested if you develop symptoms. The West Bloomfield School District does not require a quarantine period after travel within the United States.
International travel: The CDC recommends that you not travel internationally until you are fully vaccinated (two weeks after your dose of an accepted single dose vaccine or two weeks after your second dose of an accepted two-dose series). When you travel to the United States by air, you are required to show a negative COVID-19 test result or documentation of recovery from COVID-19 before you board your flight. The CDC recommends that all international travelers get tested 3-5 days after returning to the United States, and that unvaccinated individuals stay home and self-quarantine for a full seven days after travel, even if you test negative at 3-5 days.
If you do not get tested, the recommendation is to stay home and self-quarantine for ten days after travel. All travelers should monitor themselves for symptoms, and isolate and get tested if symptoms develop. The West Bloomfield School District does not require a quarantine period after international travel.
Even though quarantine is not required after travel at this time, it is imperative that we all do our part to keep our schools and community safe. Please use good judgment, monitor yourself for symptoms after travel, and stay home if you are not feeling well.
2021 GREAT LAKES CROSSING OUTLETS STUDENT ART SHOWCASE
Congratulations to the following students from Ms. Acton's Art Class that have will have their artwork displayed in The Great Lakes Crossing Mall Student Art Show. The show is sponsored by the Mall and Oakland Schools. Their wonderful Art pieces will be on display beginning this Saturday, November 13, 2021 for three months.
Mr. Degrendel’s 3rd Grade Class:
Juan Maya Jr. Layered Landscape in watercolor.
Sidney Jarco, Layered Landscape in watercolor.
Ms. Wright’s 5th Grade Class:
Maecy Sproat, Landscape with Patterns in watercolor
Aliya Deanna Peysakhov, Landscape with Patterns in watercolor
Sophia Sanchez, Landscape with Patterns in watercolor
Adomas Gavrilenko, Landscape with Patterns
Ms. Fantich’s 5th Grade Class:
Allie Hammerick, Landscape with Patterns in watercolor.
MATH PENTATHLON - YOU CAN STILL SIGN UP
Mondays: 4th & 5th Math Pentathlon begins November 8, 2021 with Teachers & Parent Volunteers. More Info and Register Here
Thursdays: 2nd & 3rd Math Pentathlon begins November 4, 2021 with Teachers & Parent Volunteers. More Info and Register Here
MATH PENTATHLON
Division 1: K-1st Division 2: 2-3rd Division 3: 4-5th Division 4: 6-7th
Practices have begun, click here for more information and to register.
If you have any questions regarding this program, please email Rene Kubiak at bacholzky21@sbcglobal.net
*SCOTCH EVENTS & UPDATES*
NO GUEST BUS RIDERS AT THIS TIME!
Due to contact tracing and social distancing, guest bus riders will not be allowed at this time.
ATTENDANCE - EXCUSE AN ABSENCE
Please call the Scotch Safeline at 248-865-3282 by 9:30AM if you know that your child will be late or absent from school. Your student's absence will be unexcused unless we receive a phone call within 24 hours. Failure to contact the school by calling the attendance line will result in an UNEXCUSED absence.
STUDENT NOTES
All student notes visit both the office and the teacher, therefore these notes must contain first, last, and teachers name on it. Please ensure the note size is at least 3 x 5 inches so it does not get lost in transit. No sticky notes please!.
STUDENT NOTES FOR EARLY RELEASE/PICK UP
In order to eliminate disruption to the class learning process, students are required to have a written note from their parent/guardian at the start of their school day when leaving the building during school hours. The student will give the note to their teacher, who will dismiss the student at the appropriate time. This note will also notify the office of your expected arrival time. Calling into the classroom is a disruption to the students learning process.
STUDENT MEDICATION
Physician signatures are required for students who must take medication, both prescription and over-the-counter, at school. Click HERE to print form.
Whenever possible we encourage medication doses to be scheduled during non-school hours. For those students who need medication during school hours, it is the policy of the State of Michigan to have written doctor’s authorization for students taking medication of any kind (including aspirin, medicated cough drops, eye drops, lotion, etc.) during the school day. The school office must have a written medical form from a physician stating the name of the medication, dosage, directions for administering, and the reaction that may be anticipated. Parents must carry the medication into the school office to be signed in, not the student.
*IMPORTANT CAR-LINE REMINDERS*
Two very important reminders to keep our Car-line moving as efficiently and as safely as possible.
- As you arrive, please form 2 lanes of traffic, and then merge into 1 lane of traffic on an alternating basis.
- During dismissal, please pull your vehicle all the way to the end of the sidewalk (school building) before stopping your car. Continue to pull your vehicle toward the end of the sidewalk as students are picked up and as the line moves forward.
Please see below for more detailed information regarding our car-line procedures.
*CAR-LINE PROCEDURE REMINDERS*
8:55AM Car-line Drop off begins.
9:12AM Car-line student drop off ends.
9:12AM Parents MUST escort their student(s) to the front door.
9:15AM Sharp-Instruction begins.
2:07PM Early Release Wednesday's.
4:07PM School is dismissed daily.
Students may not be dropped off before 8:55AM and must be picked up by 4:25PM.
*PTO UPDATES & REMINDERS*
SCOTCH 2021 - 2022 PTO BOARD
Keep in touch with our Scotch PTO by joining the Scotch Facebook page.
President - Katie Palazzolo
V. President - Amy Risius
Treasurer - Kelly Robrahn
Secretary - Heather Aldrich
Board Advisor - Kori Saxe
SCOTCH SPIRITWEAR
*WBSD UPDATES & REMINDERS*
UNITED WE WALK CONTEST INFORMATION
EXPRESSIONS CONTEST - DUE DECEMBER 7, 2021
BUTTON CONTEST - DUE DECEMBER 7, 2021
BUTTON CONTEST DESIGN FORM
NUTRITION DEPARTMENT UPDATES
With day-to-day life beginning to return to normal, we wanted to share some great news that will affect all students: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food and Nutrition Service extended the program that will provide for free meals for all students, regardless of income, for the 2021-22 school year. We are thrilled to safely serve students delicious, fresh and nutritious meals at no charge, and we are equally excited to re-introduce our favorite programs to deliver fun, exciting and tasty experiences to students throughout the coming year.
Some important information regarding meal service this school year:
- Breakfast and lunch meals will be no cost to all students.
- Please continue to apply for free or reduced priced meal benefits at Westbloomfield.familyportal.cloud. This information is critical in determining the amount of money our school receives from a variety of State and Federal supplemental programs.
- All in person meals are served in the cafeteria with required sanitation and physical distancing protocols in place.
- Since we expect more children in the lunch line this year, we will offer two choices daily. The second choice will be the consecutive second choice for the week.
- With the ongoing supply chain challenges, menus are subject to change.
Please call the Nutrition Services Office at 248.865.6733 if you have questions.
BLESSINGS IN A BACKPACK
Dear Parents/Guardians,
We would like to invite you to enroll your child/ren in the Blessings in a Backpack program for the the 2021-22 school year. This program sends six non-perishable meals home each Friday of the school year. Its goal is to make sure that no child goes hungry on the weekend. Run by volunteers, there is NO cost to you.
To enroll in this program, please reply to katherinesheiko@hotmail.com as follows:
If your child is in preschool or elementary school, respond with your child’s name, school, and teacher.
If your child is in middle or high school, respond with your child’s name and school.
If your child is enrolled in Lakers Online, respond with your child’s name and indicate s/he is in Lakers Online.
In all cases include your email address.
Indicate if there are any allergies.
If your child is going to school Face to Face, s/he will get his/her bag of food at his/her local school. If your child is enrolled in Lakers Online, we will contact you on food pickup arrangements.
The first backpack of food will be distributed the first week of October.
If you have any questions, please contact Kathy Sheiko at katherinesheiko@hotmail.com or at 248-521-0074. For more information on Blessings in a Backpack go to blessingsinabackpackmi.org.
Sincerely,
Katherine Sheiko
Chairperson
Blessings in a Backpack—West Bloomfield/Keego Harbor
BUS TRACKER APP REMINDER
As a reminder, Durham Transportation, our district’s transportation partner, offers a helpful bus tracking app for West Bloomfield families. The Bus Tracker app is available for iOS, Android and web and allows families to track their student(s) bus along its route, to and from school.
Families will need to have their student(s) ID number(s) which are available in PowerSchool in order to log into the app and create an account. As a safety protocol, the Bus Tracker app will only allow families to see their student(s) bus route(s) only.
If you have any questions, please consult the Bus Tracker instructions and visit the Bus Tracker webpage on the Durham Transportation website for more information and to download the app.
We hope the use of the Durham Transportation Bus Tracker app will help better inform our families of slow downs and delays in the bus pick up and drop off times. We appreciate your patience, understanding, and flexibility as we navigate the first days of this new school year. We value the importance of consistency and safety in our transportation offering to families.
If you have any questions or would like more information, call our Transportation Offices at (248) 865-3680.
FIND OUT WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE WBSD
COMMUNITY RESOURCES:
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Email: james.scrivo@wbsd.org
Website: wbsd.org
Location: 5959 Commerce Road, West Bloomfield Township, MI, USA
Phone: 248-865-3280
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