EMERSON ELEMENTARY Get Really Excited About Today!

Hello Emerson Families~

Can it be? Can Spring really be here? A sure sign that Spring is coming…Spring

Break! Spring Break begins this weekend and continues through Friday, April 8, 2016. Emer-

son Elementary and Owosso Public Schools in general will be closed the entire week. School

will resume on Monday, April 11th at 8:40 AM.

The 2016 Major League Baseball season is starting next week as well! Friday, April 8

is the Opening Day of the Detroit Tigers 2016 MLB baseball season. In support of the Detroit

Tigers, I am encouraging all students and staff to wear Detroit Tiger gear or orange and blue

clothing on the day we return from Spring Break (Monday, April 11). Let’s fill our school with

blue and orange! Go TIGERS!!!

It’s not too late to register a child that is turning 5 by September 1st for Kindergarten!

If you or someone you know still need to register for Fall 2016 Kindergarten, please call any of

the three elementary schools to set up a time to bring the necessary paperwork and the child

in to complete that process anytime between now and the end of the school year.

The festivities for “March is Reading Month” came to a close today (Friday) with a cul-

minating assembly where two bikes that were donated by the Kiwanis Club of Owosso from

the House of Wheels were given away! Thank you for encouraging your child to read above

and beyond the normal reading expectations! Your support does not go unnoticed as we truly

appreciate the partnership between home and school!

The Spring Book Fair is coming! This will be a Buy 1/ Get 1 Book Fair. The Book Fair

will take place beginning Friday, May 13th and continuing through Wednesday, May 18th. We

will be having a Book Fair Night on Wednesday, May 18th from 4:00-7:00. This is a GREAT

opportunity to stock up on new books for summer reading! More details will be sent home af-

ter Spring Break.

The annual M-STEP (old MEAP testing) will begin for our 3rd-5th grade students the

week that we return from Spring Break. We will not be testing every day but it is important that

all students be in school each day during the testing period. The 5th grade students will test

first. 3rd grade will begin testing the week of April 25th and the 4th grade students will begin

testing the week of May 9th. More information will be sent home the week of April 11th.

PTO is looking for your input! We are making plans for the Family Fun event that will

happen later this Spring. We are looking for people that are interested in helping plan the ac-

tivities for the event. We will be discussing the event at the regularly scheduled PTO meeting

on Wednesday, April 20th at 6:30 in the Media Center. We would love to have as many par-

ents involved as possible! I hope to see you there!

I hope that you have a fantastic Spring Break week! Enjoy the break! As always…Go

Tigers on Opening Day@ Comerica Park and GO TROJANS!!!

Take Care~

Terry A. Sedlar

Days to

Remember

April 4-8

No School: Spring Break

April 14

Patrol Skating Party

4-6:00 p.m., RollHaven

April 15

Popcorn Sale

April 20

PTO Meeting, 6:30 p.m.

Media Center

April 22-28

Book Fair,

This is Buy One Get

One Free!

April 29

Popcorn/Pickle

Sale

2nd Grade to GLC

Railroad, 9:00

May 2

5th Grade Parent Meet-

ing, OMS, 6-7:00 p.m.

May 4

“Rosie the Riveter” per-

formance @ OMS for

3rd-5th grade

May 6

5th Grade Fun Night,

OMS, 4-5:30 p.m.

May 13

Popcorn Sale

April 1, 2016

No School

April 4-8

Spring Break

Last dates for Popcorn & Pickles

Popcorn Popcorn/Pickle

April 15 April 29

May 13 May 27

June 9

During the month of April, students and staff will be concentrating on being Trustworthy and

Knowledgeable. Being a Trustworthy individual involves standing up for your beliefs. You return

what you borrow, pay your debts, and are on time and dependable. Knowledge-

able people explore concepts, ideas and issues that have local and global

importance in our community, state and world. They will acquire in-depth

understanding across a broad range of disciplines.

Congratulations to our March is Reading

Month bike winners! Brynley Miller, kinder-

gartener in Mrs. Verlinde’s class and Syd-

ney Somers, 5th grader from Mr. McCuaig’s

class will be enjoying a new bike during

Spring Break! A BIG THANK YOU to House

of Wheels and Owosso Kiwanis Club for

donating the bikes!

Discounted Gas!

You can help us earn extra dollars to purchase need-

ed supplies for school and earn discounted gas dol-

lars for yourself by enrolling in the Community Re-

wards program offered by Kroger!

Simply go to www.kroger.com

Click on the Community tab

Click on the Community Rewards tab

Create an Account, choosing Emerson Elementary

PTO as your organization.

Emerson’s account number is #85189.

Collect!

Box Tops, Coke Rewards, and

Campbell Labels for Education

are always welcome!

Collection sheets are available

in the office foyer. This collec-

tion will take us through to the

end of the year. Pizza parties

will be awarded to one class

from 3rd-5th grades and one

from K-2nd.

Thank you to everyone who donated root beer

for our float sale! What fun!

bike winners for March

Shown, left to right are

herd, Brynley, Sydney,

Congratulations to

Brynley Miller and

Sydney Somers, our

bike winners for March

is Reading Month!

Shown, left to right are

Mr. Sedlar with

Kiwanis Club repre-

sentatives, Mr. Shep-

herd, Brynley, Sydney,

Mr. Horton and Mr.

Flory.

Rebecca Taylor, 4th

grader in Mr. McVay’s

class took on the

challenge of making a

poster for March is

Reading Month. Her

poster was one of the

ones to be chosen to

be displayed in

Owosso businesses!

Congratulations

Rebecca! DeVries Nature Center visited 2nd

graders to talk about seeds and

plants!

Ms Anderson’s 1st grade class

has been studying moon

phases with Oreos!