Mason Gazette
March 24, 2017
Dear Mason Families,
We also had an amazing author, Maria Dismondy, visit Mason this week. She did an excellent job of explaining what bullying looks like in school and how you can be an upstander when someone isn't treating you or your friends properly to our students. Please take an opportunity to read some of the books listed below with your child that she has written. We will be purchasing some of them for our school library in the near future.
· Pink Tiara Cookies for Three
· The Potato Chip Champ
· Chocolate Milk, Por Favor!
· The Juice Box Bully
· The Jelly Donut Difference
Specials Thanks to our Mason Proud Dads Club for hosting Game Night tonight at 6:30 pm. It was a great time for everyone involved. We would also like to thank the Robot Garage for their help making this night a huge success. Everyone was impressed with the robots and Lego exhibit.
Thanks for all your support,
Roy
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-regularly checking our Mason Elementary School webpage
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-receiving and reading Mr. Bishop ’s Weekly Update email
-following us on Twitter (@masonelemgp) and FaceBook (@masonparents)
Article of the Week:
Since conferences are right around, I found this article to very timely. Thanks for reading.
Clubs for 3rd, 4th and 5th graders
Mrs. Fox, our school psychologist has started a Girl and Boy Empowered Club at Mason for any interested 3rd, 4th or 5th grader. Girl Empowered meets on Fridays during lunch and Boys Empowered meets on Mondays during lunch. These groups were student initiated because students wanted to help make our school better. We have awesome students at Mason who really want the opportunity to make our world a better place.
If you child is interested in being in the Girls or Boys Empowered Club, please have them come in to the office for more information.
Thanks!
Character Word for the Month of March:
Cooperation: working together with others for a common goal.
Dinner Conversation Starters:
- How did you help someone else out this week?
- What part of the day do you love the most at school?
- What is one word that you would use to describe your teacher?
March Writing Assignment!!
Thanks to everyone who completed the March writing assignment and turned it into the office. We had over 40 people do the option assignment. I will talk to everyone who turned in a letter Monday and you can pick your prize at that time! Thanks for being awesome!!
Spirit Week
Monday, March 27th - Wear Adam's favorite colors, RED and BLUE!
Tuesday, March 28th - Hat Day
Wednesday, March 29th - Wacky Wednesday - mismatched socks, shoes, and stripes with polka dots!
Thursday, March 30th - Conferences - NO SCHOOL
Friday, March 31st - Pajama/Cozy day
Suggested cash donations of $5 (or more) includes all spirit days and an #AdamStrong bracelet!
***Additional bracelets will also be on sale during conferences for $2 each***
Happy Camper Book Fair
Ready for S'more fun with books! The book fair will once again be open during conferences. Please come a few minutes early or hang around after to see what great titles are available. Encourage your student to campout with a great book. The class with the most sales will win a reward. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: Please consider signing up to work a shift at the book-fair. Here is the link: https://volunteer.scholastic.com/#/signup/
***IMPORTANT REMINDER***
Please update your contact info
Due to recent “stranger danger” incidents at South and Ferry, the district would like to take this opportunity to remind families to update their contact information through MiStar Parent Portal. For the 6,000 who have downloaded the New and improved district app (available free for Apple and Android)thank you. Now please take the important Step 2 and select GPPSS and your school(s) if you have not done so already! Without that you won’t receive important school and district texts straight to your phone. In return, the district will add the App to our emergency notification process and continue to review and update our safety protocol regularly.
This also provides an opportunity for you to review all appropriate safety precautions with your children and urge them to use caution and common sense in any situation that feels uncomfortable or dangerous to them. Please be sure that your children know to report any incident immediately to an adult. Remind your student that school staff and parent volunteers are present at arrival, dismissal and lunch/recess. Being polite is not as important as being safe. Our most important priority, like yours, is keeping our students safe. We appreciate your continued support in helping us do that.
March/April Calendar
March 30th - NO SCHOOL - Conferences all day - Book Fair open
April 3rd - 7th - Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
April 10th - Light It Up Blue for Autism - Wear blue
April 12th - Wear Pink/Red for Anti-Bullying
Mason Elementary School
Website: http://gpschools.schoolwires.net/gpmason
Location: 1640 Vernier Road, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI, United States
Phone: (313)432-4400
Twitter: @MasonelemGP