Sayre Says - South Lyon Community Schools

Sayre Says

March 6, 2015

Dates to Remember

Mar 6 (Fri)

5th Grade Spelling Bee

3:30 p.m. Media Center

Mar 9 (Mon)

4th Grade Spelling Bee


Mar 10 (Tue)

3rd Grade Spelling Bee


Mar 11 (Wed)

No School– Curriculum Day

Mar 18 (Wed)

1st Grade Music Informance

6:30 p.m. Sayre Gym

2nd Grade Music Informance

7:30 p.m. Sayre Gym

Mar 19 (Thur)

PTO Meeting


Mar 20 (Fri)

School Store

Mar 23 (Mon)

District Spelling Bee

5:30 p.m. MMS

Mar 24 (Tue)

Spring Picture Day

Mar 26 (Thur)

Hungry Howie’s Fundraising

Schools of Choice News

Just a reminder that completed applications are due to the Board Office by Friday, March 27, 2015.

For more information on the In-District Schools of Choice program,

please call: Mariann Martin, Pupil Services,

248-573-8134.

And the Winner Is ....

The winner of the 2nd

box tops contest of the year

is .... Mrs. St.Clair's class!

Mrs. Loewer's class came in 2nd place and Mrs. Pennington's class

came in 3rd

. There will be one more contest before the end of the year,

so keep collecting!

Don’t forget to set your

clocks FORWARD on

Saturday night!

It’s that time of year again….

YEARBOOK TIME!!!!

Pre-order your yearbook by March 20th for only $12.00 per yearbook!

On March 23rd the cost of the yearbook will increase to $14.00 each. We strongly

encourage you to take advantage of the early bird special if you are interested

in purchasing your child & or children a yearbook(s) this year.

Student’s Name: Teacher’s Name: Yearbook Cost:

#1:_____________________ #1:_____________________ #1:___________

#2:_____________________ #2:_____________________ #2:___________

#3:_____________________ #3:_____________________ #3:___________

Please make one check payable to: South Lyon Community Schools

Your cancelled check will be your receipt. If you choose to pay by cash you will

receive a receipt by the following Monday. If for some reason you do not receive a

receipt, or if you have any other questions please contact Tiffany Roberts at

[email protected] or (248) 773-1754.

2014-2015 Yearbook

Yearbook Pictures

The Sayre yearbook likes to include events from school that will be great memories of the students’ experiences at school. The year-book is looking for any classroom pictures that you would like to share.

Do you have a great picture of a group of kids at a classroom party or school event (Boo Bash, concert photos, Walkathon)? When you were on a field trip, did you take a class picture or picture of a group of students enjoying their learning experience? If you would like to share these with the yearbook, please email them to Tiffany Rob-erts at [email protected]. You can also place pictures in the grey cart located outside of the CHEERS Room. Yearbook orders will be in March and April, and the yearbooks will be distributed at the end of May.

Salem-South Lyon District Library The Salem-South Lyon District Library is having two programs during the month of March in order to celebrate March is Reading Month. One is for parents and the other is for the entire family! Parent Workshop: Build Your Child's Reading Skills with Simple Techniques Thursday, March 19; 6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Program is for Parents Only with children attending Grades K-4) Join us for a one hour discussion where you will learn simple and easy ideas to help improve your child's current reading abilities. You will be provided with re-search based strategies that are known to help all learners. Celebrate March is Reading Month by learning simple methods that will benefit your child. Program is presented by Lisa Rotenheber with Exceptional Teacher, LLC. Reading is Magic by Dynamic West Saturday, March 28; 11:00 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Reading is an essential part of life, but did you know reading is also FUN? With comedy, magic, and audience participation, Dynamic West will demonstrate that reading is fun and interesting! Everyone is invited to this family event.

mailto:[email protected]

March is Reading Month!

Sayre Elementary is excited to announce that we will be bringing Doug Scheer from Scheer Genius Assemblies to perform "The Mystery of the

Character Surprise," a fun and exciting assembly on March 13th for “March is

Reading Month.”

Our theme is “Reading Builds My Character” with a focus on character traits.

Your student will receive a reading map with suggestions of the different character traits. They may find books or stories that exemplify each particu-

lar trait and document it in the correct category.

Mrs. Housman, our media specialist, and the teachers, will have some great book suggestions that focus on character traits. Parents will assist by track-ing minutes read each week. The goal is 20 minutes of reading daily outside

of the school day.

Students will receive a prize when they turn in the completed reading maps (620 minutes). There will be three BONUS prize character trait questions on the back. Have fun building character together, during the month of March is

Reading Month!

Thank you for your support with literacy!

Reading Builds My Character My Name: _____________________________ Room: _______

March is Reading Month 2015

Sayre Elementary

School

Sunday March 1st

_____________

minutes

Monday March 2nd

_____________

minutes

Tuesday March 3rd

_____________

minutes

Wednesday March

4th

____________min

utes

Challenge 1: Develop Humor by telling a joke to

someone

Thursday March 5th

________

minutes

Friday March 6th _____________

minutes

Saturday March 7th _____________

minutes

TOTAL for week 1_____________

minutes

Parent Initials: ______

Sunday March 8th _____________

minutes

Monday March 9th _____________

minutes

Tuesday March 10th _____________

minutes

Wednesday March 11th____________

_ minutes

Challenge 2: Develop *Kindness

(challenge on back) by doing something kind

for someone else

Challenge 3: Be *Safe (challenge on

back) by thinking before you act

Thursday March

12th________

___ minutes


minutes

Saturday March 14th

_____________

minutes

TOTAL for week 2 _____________

minutes



minutes

Monday March 16th

_____________

minutes


minutes


_ minutes

Challenge 4: Develop Perse-

verance by reading longer than you usual-

ly do

Challenge 5: Be Respectful by treating

others how you wish to be treated

Thursday March

19th________

__ minutes


minutes

Saturday March 21th

_____________

minutes


minutes


Sunday March 22nd _____________

minutes

Monday March 23rd

_____________

minutes


minutes


_ minutes

Challenge 6: Develop Curiosity by

reading a book about a new topic - something you haven’t

learned about before.

Challenge 7: Develop Bravery by

doing something you are a little scared of doing.

Thursday March 26th

________

minutes


minutes

Saturday March 28th

_____________

minutes


minutes



minutes

Monday March 30th

_____________

minutes

Tuesday March 31st _____________

minutes

TOTAL for week 5__________

minutes


Challenge 8: Be *Responsible

(challenge on back) by completing this

chart and handing it in on time

Challenge 9: Develop Honesty by

recording the accurate number of minutes you have read and

handing it in to your teacher on April 1.

GRAND TO-

TAL

________

minutes Parent

Initials: __

The March is Reading Month Challenge is to read for at least 20 minutes OUTSIDE the regular school day every day during the month of March. We ask

students to have an adult initial the total of reading each week . The Grand Total needs to be a minimum of 620 minutes for the month. Completed forms

should be returned to the classroom teacher by April 1, 2015 to receive a FREE book! In addition to, complete ALL three challenges on the back and re-

ceive a BONUS prize! Please direct any questions to Kathy Murray, [email protected]

Kindness Book Title:

_____________________________

Character’s Name :

____________________________

Safe Book Title:

_____________________________

Character’s Name:

_____________________________

Responsible Book Title:

_____________________________

Character’s Name:

_____________________________

Draw a picture and/or write about

how the character in your story

showed the Character Trait of

“Kindness.”

What did they do or say to show

this

Kindness?

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“Safe.”


that they kept Safe?

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“Responsible.”


that they were Responsible?

__________________

__________________

__________________

__________________

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PTO Openings for 2015-2016 School Year

The PTO is beginning to think about next year already! Around this time every year volunteers are asked if they want to continue on in their current roles. We then like to get started filling in the open positions so that new volunteers can learn the position before next year. We have a few openings for next year. If you are interested in taking on a position or in learning more about a position please let me know. Also remember each position will have a list of volunteers willing to help out. We are very lucky at Sayre to have such involved families!! PTO positions are filled on a first come first serve basis, although if two people chose to work together on a position that is absolutely fine. Open Positions for 2015-2016

• PTO President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer are 1 year terms; the current PTO President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasur-er are willing to come back next year but if anyone else is interested in these positions please contact me and we can get the election process started. Please contact me by Friday, March 13 if you are interested so that we can create an elections committee at the March PTO Meeting.

• CHEERS Coordinators (2 people): The CHEERS coordinators distribute and collect the gold and green volunteer sheets at the beginning of the year. They then create a spreadsheet so that Committee Heads and Teachers know who signed up to volunteer. They keep track of the volun-teer hours each month and attend a monthly CHEERS meeting with other CHEERS coordinators from other schools. They also organize the CHEERS orientation breakfast each fall. They are also members of Sayre’s SIP committee and are asked to attend monthly SIP meetings.

• Ice Cream Social (can be 2 people): The Ice Cream Social chair organiz-es and purchases the ice cream and toppings for ice cream social. The chair with the help of volunteers serves the ice cream at the event.

• Hospitality Chair (can be 2 people): The hospitality chair will plan a par-ent event during the school year. This will be a new position to help us create a Mom and Dad event during the day so that we can accommodate all of our families with parking and time with their students. Dates of the events are to be determined.

• Teacher Appreciation Chair (can be 2 people): The Teacher Apprecia-tion Chair will plan teacher lunches during Parent Teacher conferences as well as Teacher Appreciation week in May. They will also provide small monthly treats for teachers.

• Boo Bash Basket Raffle Chair (can be 2 people): The Boo Bash Basket Raffle Chair will work to get donations and silent auction items for our Boo

Bash Basket Raffles. They will collect donations and put baskets together for Boo Bash and run the basket raffle during Boo Bash.

• School Store Chair (can be 2 people): The School Store chair purchases items to sell at school store. They will also organize volunteers each month to help with school store during lunch for students.

• News Crew (typically 2-5 people): News Crew Coordinators come in each morning before school and organize the 5

th graders to run Sayre’s

Daily news. • Box Tops/Campbell’s Labels Coordinator (can be 2 people): The chair

will collect and mail box tops and Campbell’s labels in throughout the year. This is a position that can be done at home.

• Busch’s Scrip Card Coordinator: The chair will distribute cards in the fall to all new students and to any families who request them throughout the school year. This is a position that can be done at home.

• Sayre Reads Chair (can be 2 people): The chair will collect books throughout the year to distribute to teacher selected students at the end of the school year.

• 4th

Grade Fundraising Chair for 5th

Grade Camp Fundraising (2 peo-ple): The 4

th Grade fundraising chair plans a fall and spring fundraiser for

4th Grade families as well as plans the annual Bowl a Thon in the winter.

• 5th

Grade Slideshow: The slideshow coordinators collect pictures and cre-ate the slideshow that is shown for the 5

th graders on the last day of

school. • 5

th Grade Breakfast chair: The chair will coordinate and get food for the

5th Grade breakfast on the last day of school.

• 4th

Grade Camp Coordinator: The 4th Grade camp coordinator keeps

track of the camp accounts for 4th graders as they begin saving for 5

th

grade camp. Please email me if you are interested in filling any of the positions or if you have any questions. Thank you Dana DeGrazia PTO President [email protected]

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