Dear Parents, We come to the end of another incredible and incredibly busy school year here at Crissman and what a year it has been! I am so proud to be able to serve the wonderful students here and the entire Crissman community. I have the best job in the world and on a daily basis this is reinforced to me as I see students beam with pride as they show growth in their learning. Parent Survey -I do want to share the results of the parent survey that we sent out earlier in the year. Your support has been heart-warming, but we believe we can do better. We are never complacent and every child de-serves the best that we can possibly give. We will not rest until we believe that this is consistently the case, and we know that there are still areas we need to improve, such as our ongoing work on effective communication about our school vision/mission and our established goals with our plan for improving student learning. We also know that the strengths we have aca-demically needs to continue to grow and we will continue to improve our efforts in this aspect. The survey questions were divided into five sections. The scores for each section are as follows:

Purpose and Direction 75.00% Governance and Leadership 76.60% Teaching and Assessing for Learning 82.80% Resources and Support Systems 76.80% Using Results for Continuous Improvement 81.20%

Summer Reading Incentive - We will be having a school assembly to motivate students to read during the summer by participating in our sum-mer reading incentive. At the assembly, we will show our Crissman “Read with Me” video with the message to keep reading during the summer… Keep your mind sharp bring those stories to life reading makes us better people there should be no strife.” “Readers are Leaders, Readers are Lead-ers.” The school video and the summer reading information will be posted on our Crissman website for students to access throughout the summer. Continued on page 2

Crissman Elementary 53550 Wolf Drive Shelby Twp., MI 48316 PH: 586-797-4300 FAX: 797-4301 ATTENDANCE: 797-4399 SACC: 797-4350 http://crissman.uticak12.org/

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June 2017

Report Cards -During June, Crissman Elementary will once again distribute re-ports cards electronically. The fourth marking period grades will be sent electron-ically to families at the end of the day on Thursday, June 15, 2017. To receive the report cards, parents will need to have a secure PowerSchool ac-count. Parents who do not have access to a PowerSchool account will need to reg-ister for one prior to June 13, 2017. The report cards will then be automatically e-mailed to the address that is used to register the PowerSchool account. If you already have a PowerSchool account, you do not need to take any further action. The report card will be automatically sent to you electronically. Our school will no longer automatically print and mail report cards to parents. More information on how to register for secure accounts can be found at http://uticak12.org/studentinfocenter

I want to wish you all an excellent summer,

wherever you may be, and I look forward to having a great next school year!

Sincerely,

Renee A. Fiema Principal

C r i s s m a n ’ M i s s i o n S t a t e m e n t “ T h e M i s s i o n o f C r i s s m a n E l e m e n t a r y, i n p a r t n e r s h i p w i t h p a r e n t s a n d t h e c o m m u n i t y, i s t o p r o v i d e a s a f e , p o s i t i v e a n d p r o d u c t i v e l ea r n i n g e n v i r o n m e n t t h a t f o s t e r s a c a d e m i c e x c e l l e n c e a n d r e c o g n i z e s i n d i v i d -u a l u n i q u e n e s s . We w i l l s t r i v e t o p r e p a r e s t u d e n t s f o r t h e i r f u t u r e i n a n e v e r - c h a n g i n g w o r l d . ”

Playground Rules Reminder Recess is a great opportunity for students to get some fresh air and ex-ercise. Each day, students have two recess opportunities, one at lunch

time and another in the afternoon. Each recess period is supervised by two adults for each playground. A doctor’s note is required to excuse a student from recess for more than two days. Utica Community Schools playground

guidelines are: Remain on school property Play in assigned areas Use playground equipment properly Show respect to adults and other students Quietly line-up and return to classrooms at the end of recess. STUDENTS MUST NEVER: Play games involving fighting, roughhousing, kicking or tackling others

- this includes football. Bring hardballs - such as baseballs and golf balls - and/or bats to

school Throw or kick snow, snowballs, sand, rocks or wood chips

Upcoming Events: June 2017

6/2 3rd Grade to Henry Ford

6/2 PTA Spring Fair

6/5 6th Grade to Malow

6/6 4th Grade to Greenfield Village

6/8 2nd Grade to Mae Stecker

6/8 5th Grade to Wolcott Farms

6/9 Field Day

6/10 UCS Graduation

6/15 Early Dismissal/Last Day

2016/2017 UCS District Calendar   06‐15‐17   Last day of school 

                   Dismissal 12:04 p.m.  

 

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School Calendar 

2017-2018 Utica Community Schools K-12 Student Calendar

Date Describe Student Impact 9.5.17 First Day of School Elementary student half-day 10.31.17 K-6 Records Day Elementary student half-day; Secondary student Full Day 11.7.17 K-12 Professional Development No students attend 11.16.17 K-6 Parent Conferences Elementary student half-day for afternoon conf. 11.22.17 Thanksgiving Break All students off 11.22.17 to 11.26.17. 1.27.17. School Resumes 12.25.17 Winter Break All students off 12.25.17 to 1.2.18. 1.3.18. School Resumes 1.15.18 MLK Day No students attend 1.25.18 All student half-day 1.26.18 All student half-day 2.19.18 Mid-Winter Break All students off 2.19.18 to 2.25.18. 2.26.18. School Resumes 3.30.18 Good Friday No students attend 4.2.18 Spring Break All students off 4.2.18 to 4.8.18. Resume 4.9.18. 4.9.18 MStep Testing Window MStep Testing for grades 5, 8 and 11 through May 4, 2018 4.13.18 K-6 Records Day Elementary student half-day 4.30.18 MStep Testing Window MStep Testing for grades 3, 4, 6 and 7 through May 25, 2018 5.28.18 Memorial Day No students attend 6.14.18 All student half-day 6.15.18 All student half-day; last day of school

If you need to contact Crissman…..

Main Office (586)797-4300 Absence Line (586)797-4399 The Works (SACC) (586)797-4350 Fax Machine (586)797-4301

School Hours 9:00 a.m.—3:50 p.m.

Children will not be allowed to enter the building until 8:50 a.m. each morning. Please help your child(ren) time their arrival according-ly. Children who must arrive earlier need to be en-rolled in our Child Care program. Please contact “The Works” (SACC) for more information

Requesting Early Dismissals

If you will be picking up your child(ren) earlier than the regular dismissal time, please come to the office to sign them out. The office staff will be happy to call your child(ren) down. If someone other than the student’s parent will be picking up a child, please send in a note to the of-fice or call the office in advance. We will not release a student unless we are informed by the student’s parent. Procedures are in place to keep our stu-dents safe. Our staff will always take time to check the emergency card and ask for proper identification, prior to releasing a student. We would rather be overcautious when it comes to this important matter. Please make sure to keep your child’s emergency care updated with any changes throughout the year.

Absences To report your child’s absence, please call our Absences Line at (586)797-4399.  When you   

report your child’s absences, please clearly state 

your child’s name, teacher, reason for, and length 

of the absences.  The Absences Line is available  

24 hours a day. 

Safe Snacks Any questions about safe snacks for children with allergies, please visit:

 

 

Lunch

Students may either bring their own lunch to school or purchase a hot lunch. Lunch with milk is $2.75. Students may purchase just milk for $.45. Please review the monthly hot lunch menu with your child. It is very important that students who wish to purchase hot lunch order the day before, and reconfirm they are buying the day of. NOTE: Parents can set-up a lunch account online at www.sendmoneytoschool.com

Lunch Time

LIFE, Kindergarten 11:45—12:25 Grade 4 Grades 1, 3, 5 12:10—12:50 Grade 2, 6 12:35— 1:15 All grades eat lunch first, recess after

Free/Reduced lunch Free/reduced lunch is available to families that meet the eligibility requirements. Forms are available in the main office. A new form must be completed every year. You may also complete the form online at lunchapp.com.

When Should Your Child Stay Home From School

Protecting your child’s health and prevent-ing the spread of illness to other students is one of our parental responsibilities. Please keep your child at home if you notice any of the following illnesses:

Contagious Diseases

Inform the school immediately if your child develops any of the following diseas-es: Chicken Pox, Hepatitis, Mumps, Strep Throat, Scarlet Fever, Impetigo, Scabies, Lice, Flu, Pink Eye, Rheumatic Fever, Ringworm, Hard or German Measles

Elevated Temperature (Fever)

Your child must be fever-free without medication for a full 24 hours before re-turning to school.

Vomiting and/or Diarrhea

Your child must be symptom free for a full 24 hours before returning to school.

Suspicious Skin Rashes or Suspicious Infections

We appreciate your support in this matter . If you should have any questions regarding your child and an illness, please do not hesitate to call the school.

Administration of Medication

UCS policy requires an Authorization for Medication form be filled out for ALL medi-cation that is administered to students dur-ing the school day. Students sometimes need to take medication at school. If this is the case, the school may administer either prescription or non-prescription medicine — but only when au-thorized by the student’s parent/guardian and the child’s physician. A medical doctor’s signature is required on all forms. For con-venience, these forms can be faxed to the Crissman office at (586)797-4301. We thank you in advance for your support.

Lost and Found

If your child loses something during the school year, please have them check the Lost and Found Area. All unclaimed items at the end of the school year will be donated to charity.

Visitors In accordance with UCS district policy, everyone entering Crissman Elementary must report to the office. Our office staff will be glad to help you. If you are volunteering or just visiting, you will need to sign in. All visitors will be given a Visitor badge to wear while inside Crissman Elementary. Your cooperation in this matter is greatly appreciated.

BLOOD DRIVE UPDATE THANK YOU to all of Crissman’s Pint Size Heroes for making our 13th annual Ameri-can Red Cross Blood Drive a success. On Monday, May 8th, the Red Cross collected 33 whole units and 3 double red units of lifesaving blood for a total of 39 units. We al-so had 6 first time donors at our Drive in Crissman’s gym. An extra special THANK YOU goes out to Mrs. Caruso, our parent volunteer. We can credit her with overseeing the blood drive and registering many of our donors. Finally, as you all know, our blood drive would not be a success without the support of our Crissman families and teachers. I would like to personally thank all of you who took the time out of your busy lives to donate or attempt to donate during our blood drive. Kathleen Poole Physical Education Teacher

The Michigan Social Studies Olympiad is a fun and educational state-wide competition for students in grades 3 through 12. MCSS sponsors this great competition in order to increase student and teacher interest in social studies education and to provide opportunities for students and teachers to gain individual and team recognition for academic accomplishments. Social Studies Olympiad encourages the development of a strong social studies skill set, participatory experience, social and intellectual interactions, and strengthens personal confidence by through collaboration and competition.   

The theme this year was Remember the Ladies:Women’s Achievements, Lead-ers, and Causes. 5th Graders, Katherine Caruso, Ava Dukaj and Anna Hilliard took a Bronze Medal for the Historical News-cast. The newscast had to be 10 minutes in length and include commer-cials. The girls did a great job!!! The video can be seen using the link below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOaPpXH-10Y

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Congratulations! Crissman Science Olympiad takes Fifth Place Overall from all the K-6 participants. Crissman students competed in sixteen events alongside thirty-six other elementary schools Here are the events our wonderful Crissman students competed in and the awards they earned: Alyssa Brown and Ariel Cosnowski—Crime Busters & Reflection Relay, Parker Long—Bridging the Gap and Sixth Place in Wild Safari, Hailey Nightingale and Lainie Sloan—Fourth Place in Grasp a Graph and Fifth Place in Water Bottle Rockets, Misri Gandhi —Simple Machines and Fifth Place in Rock Hounds, Bilaal Hussain—Starry Starry Night, Weather or Not, Shreya Bahn—A is for Anatomy and Fifth Place in Rock Hounds, Ari Rosbolt—A is for Anathomy and First Place in Ping Pong Propulsion, Olivia Sargent— Simple Machines and Amazing Arthro-pods, Sean Santos—First Place in Car Crash Eggspert, First Place in Ping Pong Propulsion and Fifth Place in Zowie Estimation, Erica Burcar—Fifth Place in Zowie Estimation and Fifth Place in Water Bottle Rockets and Reflection Relay, Anthony DiBartolomeo—Sixth Place All Charged Up and First Place Crashed Car Eggspert, Dylan Blank—Sixth Place All Charged Up and Bridging the Gap, Humaz Hussain— Weather or Not and Amazing Arthropods, Isabel-la Beck—Starry Starry Night and Sixth Place Wildlife Safari

Math Olympiad Utica Community School’s annual Math Olympiad Competition was held on Thursday, May 4th at Utica High School. This year there were 60 teams compet-ing in three different events. The Crissman team received a 7th place in Quiz bowl. The members of the team worked very hard and met during their lunch to prepare for the competition. Congratulations to this year’s team members: Sean Santos, Hamza Hussain, Numair Hussain, Tanner Solomon, Parker Long, and Tehron Gantt.

Position: Lunchroom Supervisor Days: Part-time or Substitute Benefits: Being looked up to by all of those

smiling faces

Being considered a HERO by the office staff

Unlimited hugs

Your own personal whistle

Fresh air and exercise on a daily basis

Contact the office at 797-4300 for more information

FIRST LEGO LEAGUE (Lego Robotics ages 9-14)

Have you heard of FIRST Lego League (Lego Robotics)? Have you wanted to participate in the past but not sure how to join or start a team? Here is your chance for all questions, hints, and tips for starting/continuing lego robotics to your school. Join us for the “Utica Lego Expo”. Veteran coaches from around the district will present different components of the competition. Coaches will also be sharing their experience and expertise. Remember lego teams are not just out there to be joined; they must be built by people like you.

When: Wednesday, May 31, 2017 Where: Switzer Elementary

53200 Shelby Road, Shelby Township Time: 6:00-7:00

Welcome to our new 2017/2018 Crissman PTA Board

Greetings Crissman Elementary Parents and Families! As the 2016-2017 school year comes to a close, a newly elected PTA board has been selected for the 2017-2018 school year. The Theme of this Coming 2017-2018 School Year is: BUILDING COMMUNITY In building a stronger community at Crissman, your PTA board feels it is im-portant to gather feedback from parents regarding the PTA and its roll within the school. If you would take few moments to answer the following 10 multiple choice questions it would be greatly valued and appreciated. Your thoughts, feelings and suggestions are welcome as there is room on the survey for comments. The results of this survey will assist the incoming PTA in future planning of events and meetings. Link to the Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/PYHH8RV Thank you for your time, and have a fabulous summer! Sincerely, Your Incoming PTA Board: Tiffany Hadjantoni- President Jennifer Del Greco- Vice President Julie Silvagi- Treasurer Crista Kerkmaz- Secretary