Dear Burns Park Families,

We hope everyone is safe and doing well after the ice storms that had a significant impact last week. Please be on the lookout for Dr. Swift's update this evening regarding Burns Park's status.

Tomorrow, Monday, February 27th, we will host our annual Kindergarten Round Up. Potential incoming K or Y5 families, please join us at 6PM to learn more about our K/Y5 programming.

This week, Friday, March 3 is a half day - dismissal at 11:28AM. Please make sure your student knows their afterschool plans for the day. It is important that your student(s) is picked up at the dismissal time.

Have a wonderful week.

Love and Peace,

Heather & Leslee

Burns Park Elementary kicks off our Reading Month activities this week! Our theme this year is “Passport to Adventure” and we’re excited to welcome the Pioneer Comedy Troupe to perform at our kickoff assemblies on Wednesday, March 1.

Throughout the month, 2nd – 5th grade students will read The Silver Arrow by Lev Grossman. Our younger students will enjoy picture books that will travel the building and rotate through the classes. We’re calling this the “You’ve Been Book’d” program. All of these books support our Passport to Adventure and touch on the themes of adventure, fantasy, and environmental awareness.

Back by popular demand and after a long hiatus, we will host a Scholastic Book Fair March 13-15 in the Library. Students will preview the Fair in person on Monday, March 13. You can preview the Fair by visiting our Scholastic website. You can also shop on that site March 13-26. For families that choose to do so, students may purchase books on March 14 or 15 with their classes. On the evening of March 14, the Book Fair is open to the community from 6pm until 8pm.

Students are currently hard at work creating tiny, magical artwork during Art class, connecting art and literacy. These will be on display around the school and in a display window at the Ann Arbor Art Center downtown.

There is a digital calendar of daily activities for students and families as well. Here is a link. It is also posted on Clever in Ms. Erdstein’s teacher page.

Students show their love for the written word, during our annual Read-a-thon on Friday, March 24th. As is our tradition, students read or are read to for the entire afternoon. Continuing another tradition, it is pajama day! This event is always a highlight of the month.

Many thanks to Ellen Delonis and Kory Zhao for their tireless work on the March is Reading Month committee, Julie Rick for the wonderful artwork, book fair volunteers, and celebrity guest readers!

-- Rachel Erdstein, School Librarian

The Burns Park Run is scheduled for Sunday, May 7th, 2023, starting at 8:30 AM and volunteers to support this wonderful event are needed!

In particular, the BPR committee is seeking volunteers for the following:

• Flyer Posting Campaign - Our goal is to have all posters posted on targeted bulletin boards by April 1st. To achieve this, we would like to provide volunteers two weeks to complete the posting, starting on March 18th. Interested parties can follow the link: https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/MI/AnnArbor/burnsparkrun and search for the MARKETING volunteer role.

• Yard Sign Placement - We seek volunteers willing to hang a yard sign at their homes or other high-traffic/high-visibility locations (businesses, offices, etc.). Interested parties can follow the link: https://runsignup.com/Race/Volunteer/MI/AnnArbor/burnsparkrun and search for the MARKETING volunteer role.

February 27

Y5/K Round Up

March 1

March is Reading Month Kickoff Assemblies

March 3

Half Day for Students - Dismissal at 11:28AM

March 8

Holi

PTO Meeting

March 17

Report Cards Sent Home