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Hello, Logan Families! Welcome to Spring! Please read through this March/April Edition of the 2018-2019 Logan Ledger, for more information on what’s been happening at Logan Elementary School and what’s coming up!
Box Tops Keep up the awesome work turning in box tops! We've had multiple classes earn great prizes such as, a pajama day, extra electronics, hot chocolate party, and crazy wear day. The next two classes that turn in the most box tops by Wednesday May 29th will win a Popsicle party! Families can drop off their box tops in a zip-loc bag and/or envelopes at our display, which is located in the hallway across from the Principal’s Office. Keep up the great clipping. Any questions please e-mail at [email protected].
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Upcoming Important Dates:
5/22 Early Release Day @ 1:29
5/27 NO SCHOOL
5/31 Carnival (6-8pm)
6/5 PTSO Mtg @ 9am
6/7 Field Day
6/12 Kindergarten Graduation @ 2:30
6/13 5th Grade Graduation @ 2:00
MARCH/APRIL EDITION KATIE PECORARO, PTSO VP OF COMMUNICATIONS MAY 13, 2019
Logan Ledger Logan Elementary School, 2685 Traver Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI
LETTER FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Dear Logan Families,It is hard to believe that we will be wrapping up another school year in about a month! Our staff is working to make the most of these last few weeks with your children while also planning for next year. Last year at this time, I wrote to you about “Summer Slide,” the well-document phenomenon in which students show a regression in their reading development over the summer. In that newsletter, I told you about the importance of reading with and to your children over the summer. One thing we do at Logan to support families with this effort is to send as many books as possible home for children to read over during the summer months. I am therefore excited to announce the launch of our annual summer book drive. Please clean off those bookshelves and send us your used children’s books. We are looking for picture books, novels, and nonfiction texts for children. The more books, the better! Our goal is to send every child home with a stack of highly motivating books to read over the summer. Thanks in advance for your generosity! Upcoming Dates
• Tuesday, May 14 – Music Informances (Self-Contained at 6:00, Y5/K at 6:35, and 1st Grade at 7:15)• Wednesday, May 22 – Early Release Day, Dismissal at 1:29pm• Monday, May 27 – No School, Memorial Day• Tuesday, May 28 – Fifth Grade Instrumental and Choral Concert, 6:00pm• Friday, May 31 – Logan Carnival, 6:00pm-8:00pm• Wednesday, June 5 – PTO Meeting, 9:00am• Thursday, June 6 – 2nd/3rd/4th Grade Concert• Friday, June 7 – Field Day at Logan (Details to follow)• Wednesday, June 12 – Kindergarten Graduation, 2:30• Thursday, June 13 – Fifth Grade Graduation, 2:00pm• Friday, June 14 – Last Day of School
As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Best,
Will Wright
Additional Announcements
School of Choice and In District Transfer WindowWe have been told that the School of Choice Window and the next In District Transfer Window will be opening shortly. If you know anyone who plans to attend Logan next year or anyone who may wish to transfer their children to Logan, please encourage them to get their applications in before the close of the school year. Additionally, if you are a parent of a Young 5s student living outside of Logan’s attendance area and you wish to attend Logan next year, you must apply during the next In District and School of Choice window.
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ACADEMIC GAMES
Logan’s Academic Games team did a phenomenal job at States Super Tournament in Grand Rapids in March! Just amazing! With almost 500 students and almost 30 schools/teams present from throughout the state, Logan was happy to join A2AG this year for
the Elementary Tournament. We placed 3rd in both Equations and OnWords and 4th in OnSets. Placing us in the TOP FIVE in all cube games! SO PROUD OF OUR LOGAN TEAM!
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STUDENT COUNCIL
This year we celebrated Earth Day with two fun activities, rock painting and spring cleaning. Logan students walked our school grounds and picked up trash and other items. Students also painted rocks to hide in our Logan garden and across Ann Arbor. Logan is proud to have joined many others in helping to make “Southeast Michigan Rock”!
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SPOTLIGHT - PEER TO PEER
This year, the Peer-To-Peer program at Logan has made some exciting changes. The changes have taken a bit of time and the implementation process has been slow, however, we are very excited to share with you a little about what has been going on.
The first change to note is that we are now referring to the program as Leopard Links and Leopard Lil’ Links for our younger students. While it is still part of the Peer-To-Peer program, we wanted to give it a special name that is unique to our building. What is the program? LINKS are student volunteers who support another student who may have learning differences in the classroom, during lunch, recess or other settings to include them in activities and model appropriate interactions and encourage positive behaviors.
The program guides and facilitates opportunities for mutually beneficial social interactions between typically developing students and those with significant social and communication challenges. It involves systematic training and ongoing support for peer mentoring. This is a collaborative effort of general education personnel and Student Intervention and Support Services (SISS) staff to implement and monitor the Peer-to-Peer Support Program.
The benefits of this program are far reaching for both special education students as well as general education students. These benefits include:
• Students increase their understanding of individual differences
• Strengthens the sense of community in schools
• Students become more responsible
• Students develop effective communication skills
• Students develop problem-solving skills, independence and empathy
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• Improves self-esteem for all students
• Students develop meaningful friendships
• Students with disabilities learn from their peers in natural, age-appropriate settings
• Focuses on student strengths and creating positive school-wide opportunities
• Has the capacity to address equity by providing students with disabilities greater access to the general education curriculum
As much as we would love Peer to Peer to be able to incorporate every student, we have select groups at this time based on grade, and the number of special education students in those grades. We do plan to continue to grow the program to include as many students as possible that want to participate. Please keep your eye out in the fall for permission slips for the program next year as well! Our goal is to build the most inclusive group of young people that we can and foster meaningful friendships between students of different ability levels that they can carry with them throughout their schooling in AAPS. If you have any questions please contact us!
Sarah Naurato (School Speech Pathologist) – [email protected]
Julie Budds (School Social Worker) – [email protected]
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HERITAGE FESTIVAL
Logan Elementary once again held its annual Heritage Festival and it did not disappoint!! With standing room only, and many activities, food, displays and performances, Logan celebrated its outstanding diversity!
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Contribute to Logan!
Take-Out Thursdays:
Help support Logan by enjoying dinner at one or more of our Food Fundraisers on Thursday evenings.
May 16 - Little Caesars Pizza May 30 - Blaze Pizza
Kroger Plus Card - Community Rewards.
The Logan PTSO participates and encourages parents and guardians to enroll for a Kroger Plus Card. Cards
need to be re-enrolled each May to continue your support for Logan. Go to krogercommunityrewards.com. When you enroll, please choose "LOGAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL", then use your Kroger Plus Card to earn money for our school
1. Go to https://smile.amazon.com
2. Search for the Charities and make sure you search for “Logan Parent-Teacher”
3. Please make sure you choose “Logan Parent-Teacher-Student- Organization” that has the city as Ann Arbor MI
Busch's MyWay Card - Cash For Education.
Help support our school by getting a Busch's MyWay Card at any location or by signing up online at buschs.com. Log into your MyWay account and select Cash for Education and choose Logan Elementary as one of the organizations you would like to support.
Logan Spirit Wear - Fridays at Logan are for school spirit! Have your students show their spirit on Fridays by wearing their Logan spirit wear. Spirit wear is sold all year long at www.loganspiritwear.com.
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FLL Jr.
Logan FIRST LEGO League Jr. Season Wrap-Up
The Logan FIRST LEGO League Jr. season wrapped up with two of our teams selected via lottery to attend the FIRST World Championship in Detroit, April 26-27. With over 43,000 attendees from around the world, Teams Laser & Milky Way proudly represented Logan and met with other teams from around North America, Taiwan, South Korea and India. They confidently described what they learned, how they solved the problems presented and utilized creativity to build and program their Moonbases. As a result, the teams brought home the ‘Explore & Design’ and ‘Cooperative Poster’ awards. They also had the unique opportunity to get a backstage tour by the Pioneer PiHi Samurais of the “pits” where the high school teams prep their robots. Thank you, Mrs. Krile, for this special introduction and tour. Overall, it was a great way to represent the hard work of all of our FLL & FLL Jr. teams and wrap up the year!
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ACES
ACES-All Children Exercise Simultaneously
On Friday morning, we had an in-school assembly for ACES day. Our theme for this year’s event was Dance through the Decades. Ms. Singleton was joined during PE classes by Susan Filipiak, an accomplished dance instructor, who taught each grade a dance unique to a specific decade. All classes performed their dances in front of the school, with the whole school joining our last classes as they led them in Baby Shark. It was wonderful to see every student get up and perform in front of the school.
1920s - 3rd grade - The Charleston 1930s - 5th grade - The Jitterbug Swing 1940s - K & Y5 - The Hokey Pokey 1950s - 1st grade The Hand Jive 1960s - 2nd grade The Twist 1970s - 4th grade The Hustle 1980s - Ms. Baker The YMCA Today Ms. Wood & Mrs. Brooks - Baby Shark
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Help Wanted!!
Spring Carnival Our 2019 Spring Carnival is coming soon! We need over 100 volunteers to help make this event successful. Please sign up here to volunteer on Friday, May 31st to help with games, raffles, food, and more! Volunteers can also be in middle school and high school. Sign Up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0b45a4ab2ca46-logan3 Contact: Tierra Jackson: [email protected] or Tanya Whelan: [email protected]
Project Unify End of Year Celebration What: Project Unify's End of the Year party - Volunteers are needed to help set up, assist during the event, and with clean up When: Wednesday, June 5th from 1:30pm-4pm Sign Up: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Anq_CdPMnv8snyfy-S48ye3qD6-ZcAGoDEmGbotbBlY/edit?usp=sharing Contact: Amanda Wood - [email protected]
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