Sayre Weekly Update
March 3, 2023
Camp Read-A-Lot Winners!
JK-2
2nd place. Mrs. Falzon: 95%
Tied for 1st: Mrs. Guastella and Mrs. Gonzales: 100%
3-5
2nd place Mrs. Marino: 95%
1st place Mrs. Miller 100%
Congratulations! Let's see if it will be your class next week! Don't forget to read this weekend!
UPCOMING EVENTS:
MARCH
March 1 - March 31: March is Reading Month
March 6 - 10: Scholastic Book Fair
NOTE CORRECTED TIME 7:30 AM not 7:00 for Snack with your Shark dates
March 7 - Tuesday - 7:30-8:05 AM - Snack with your Shark (Students with Last Name A-G)
March 8 - Wednesday - 7:30-8:05 AM - Snack with your Shark (Students with Last Name H-M)
March 9 - Thursday - 7:30-8:05 AM - Snack with your Shark (Students with Last Name N-Z)
March 9 - Middle School Counselors visit 5th Grade Classes w/ Scheduling Information
March 10 - PTO Bingo Night and Book Fair 6:30 - 8:00PM
March 14 -
- Spring Fun Picture Day
- Pro Pizza Hospitality Night - Mention Sayre 10%
March 15 - DQ Hospitality Night - 3:30 - 6:30 PM
March 17 - Friday - HALF DAY for Students - Dismissal at 11:09 AM
March 21 - PTO Meeting at 7:00 PM
March 22 -
- Shared Involvement Process (SIP) Committee Meeting - 8:30 AM
- School Store
March 23 - 1st Grade Music Informance at 6:00 PM in the Sayre Gymnasium
March 23 - 2nd Grade Music Informance at 7:00 PM in the Sayre Gymnasium
March 24 - March is Reading Month Finale Assembly with The Sayre Goldies!
March 25 - Official Cerebral Palsy Awareness Day
March 25 - April 2: Spring Break
BOOK FAIR PREVIEW VIDEO
BOOK FAIR SHOPPING TIMES
2. You can shop with your student during your Snack with your Shark morning, see times below:
March 7 - Tuesday - 7:30-8:05 AM - Snack with your Shark (Students with Last Name A-G)
March 8 - Wednesday - 7:30-8:05 AM - Snack with your Shark (Students with Last Name H-M)
March 9 - Thursday - 7:30-8:05 AM - Snack with your Shark (Students with Last Name N-Z)
NOTE: You must remain with your student until 8:05AM. Students are not permitted to head to their classrooms until after 8:05 AM.
3. March 10 - PTO Book Fair Bingo Night - from 6:00 - 8:00 PM
MARCH BREAKFAST MENU
MARCH LUNCH MENU
REPOSTED USEFUL INFORMATION
KINDERGARTEN Enrollment for Fall 2023 -
In order to help plan for staffing and budget for the 2023-2024 Academic Year we are asking that families who have a student who will turn 5 on or before November 30, 2023, to enroll now for the 2023-2024 school year. Please visit our website for more information: slcs.us/Parents&Community/Junior Kindergarten and Kindergarten
Kindergarten eligibility for the 2023-24 school year:
To be eligible for Kindergarten, students must be 5 on or before September 1, 2023.
Students turning 5 between September 2 and December 1, 2023, may enroll in either in Kindergarten with a signed waiver.
Students who turn 5 after December 1, 2023, are NOT eligible for Kindergarten or Junior Kindergarten for the 2023-24 school year.
Enrollment forms for next year’s Kindergarten are available on the district’s website and linked here in blue text:
Kindergarten/ Junior Kindergarten Enrollment Forms (For 2023/24)
Kindergarten/ Junior Kindergarten Parent Information (For 2023/24)
Kindergarten/ Junior Kindergarten Age Waiver (For 2023/24)
To see which elementary school your address is currently designated to attend, check the interactive boundary map on our website slcs.us/Parents&Community/.
Please share this information with neighbors, friends, and family members who have an incoming Kindergarten or Junior Kindergarten student.
HOCKEY FUN for everyone + BONUS 4th Grade Fundraiser for ADVENTURE Days!
Our 4th graders are raising money for their 5th grade Adventure Days. Their fundraiser is selling tickets to the USA Hockey game vs Green Bay on Friday, April 14th at 7:00 pm. For each ticket our 4th graders sell, $3 will be placed into their 5th grade Adventure Days account. We would love to have a stadium filled with Sayre Sharks at the hockey game. If you are interested in attending the game, you can reach out to a 4th grade family, or complete the form below and someone will contact you to purchase tickets.
https://forms.gle/9zJKyH2y85RiJR3WA
OPPORTUNITY FOR ALL SAYRE STUDENTS: Sayre Sharks have the opportunity to sing the National Anthem, on the ice, before the game. This is open to all Sayre students and only the first 50 students who have paid for tickets (using the link above) will be placed on the list to sing.
This promises to be a super fun evening with our Sayre Shark community!
Please contact Laurie Adashek with any questions at sayrepto@gmail.com.
CAMP INVENTION
KINDNESS OPPORTUNITY - The Clean Love Project
With our focus on kindness and practicing what it means to be a Sayre Shark, our school is joining with The Clean Love Project to help with their mission. The Clean Love Project helps women and young girls feel clean, loved and empowered. Please consider donating $5.00 using the link below. Your donation will help to purchase and create kits containing essentials – including hygiene products. Kits are then delivered by The Clean Love Project to homeless and women’s shelters, transitional housing programs, food pantries and school districts. To date, TCLP has distributed more than 40,000 kits! Please help our Sayre Sharks spread kindness to those in need!
Smart Phones/Cameras/Recording Devices/Smart Watches/Learning Gizmos
These devices are not permitted at school. Please review the Sayre Student and Family handbook. These devices are not allowed because they are communication devices with audio and pictures capability which can be a distraction from the learning process and create community concerns regarding the violation of privacy when worn/used in community bathrooms. If your student is found to be using, or in possession, of these devices the device will be confiscated. Parents/Guardians will be notified and need to contact the office to arrange a time to pick up the device. Thank you for your cooperation!
ATTENDANCE
Attendance Letters Clarification:
In Michigan Elementary attendance is recorded twice a day (AM and PM). The attendance letter totals are the number of periods (2 periods = 1 day) a student is marked Absent or Tardy. For example: If the letter indicates - Total (Absent and Tardy): 23 this means 23 absent or tardy periods which is equal to 11.5 days.
STEP 1 - When a student is absent 10 days or has 15 days of combined absences and tardies, the office sends an email to notify parents/guardians, and an Attendance Letter in the Skyward Family Access portfolio for parents to view.
STEP 2 - When a student has accrued 15 days of absences or 20 days of combined absences and tardies before March, the office sends an email to notify parents/guardians, and an Attendance Letter in the Skyward Family Access portfolio for parents to view. A mandatory meeting is scheduled with the principal.
STEP 3 - When a student misses 20 days absent or 25 days combined absences and tardies, the office sends an email to notify parents/guardians, and an Attendance Letter in the Skyward Family Access portfolio for parents to view. A referral to the Youth Assistance Office may be made.
STEP 4 - If non-improvement or patterning is found, the office will initiate a referral to the Oakland County Truancy Program.
We understand that for each illness a student may not have a medical note. Often students experience illness that resolves in 24 to 72 hours without seeking the input of a healthcare professional. In the event that your student is frequently absent for illness please consider seeking the advice of your healthcare profession. Whenever your student has a medical/dental/orthodontic/physical therapy/eye care appointment please provide your classroom teacher or the office medical documentation for these types of absences, as those absences will then be medically excused and not count toward truancy totals. If you have questions or concerns about your student's attendance please email or call your student's classroom teacher or the office staff.
SAYRE STUDENT DIRECTORY
SAYRE SIGN IN/SIGN OUT FORM LINK
Please use this link to complete the form is your student is:
Arriving Late (After 8:15AM) or Departing Early (between 8:16 AM and 2:50PM)
Our dismissal preparation begins at 2:55 PM. If you need to sign your student out early for an appointment it must be done prior to 2:50 PM. If you arrive or call after 2:50 PM you will be asked to stick to your routine dismissal plan (meet student at bus stop, pick up from Kids Club or Day Care, meet them at the Walker Tree, or wait patiently in the Car Line).
LUNCH VISITORS, FAST/OUTSIDE FOOD, and LUNCH DELIVERIES
DISMISSAL HELP:
PIKMYKID - Parent How to
SAYRE HANDBOOK
Parents/Guardians please read our Student and Family Handbook (linked here Sayre Handbook 2021-2022.pdf), which includes details about arrival, dismissal and other important information. Please make sure to look it over prior to the first day.
SAYRE COMMUNICATION:
The Sayre Elementary Principal is Mrs. Susan Maurus - mauruss@slcs.us - during the school year, whenever possible, her office sends a weekly email of information which often includes a video.
Please add these four SEPERATE contacts to your phone/email list of contacts:
1. Sayre Elementary Office, Phone: 1-248-573-8500, Email #1: sayre@slcs.us,
2. SLCS - Email: donotreply@slcs.us
3. Sayre Attendance - please call 248-573-8475 - to report your student(s) absence/late arrival/early departure. Please include your student’s first and last name with the spelling of the last name along with the reason for absence from school. The office is busy in the morning so please call this number to leave a recorded message with any attendance related information - absences, late arrival, early dismissal - prior to 9:30AM.
If you are emailing your student's teacher in advance about any planned absence (appointments, vacation, days off, holiday) then please also copy the Sayre Office at sayre@slcs.us. For student safety and Michigan Department of Education state regulations attendance for each student is reconciled each day by the office staff. Including the office in your email communications regarding attendance helps your student’s teacher from having to forward your communication to the office for the attendance record.
4. Sayre Elementary PTO - sayrepto@gmail.com - Please read the monthly edition of the PTO's Sayre Sayre
SLCS District Update -March 2 2023
Sayre Elementary School
Email: sayre@slcs.us
Website: slcs.us/sayre_elementary
Location: 23000 Valerie Street, South Lyon, MI, USA
Phone: 248-573-8500
Twitter: @SLCSSayre