EMERSON ELEMENTARY

We’ll have Oceans of FUN while

being KIND to Everyone!

April 25

Buza's 2nd grade

to Bright

Beginnings

5th Grade to

McCurdy Park

May 1

Student of the

Month, 9:15 a.m.

Fifth Grade

Parent Meeting,

OMS, 6:00 p.m.

May 5

Popcorn Sale

OMS Staff to visit

5th grade

May 8-12

Scholastic Book Fair

Buy 1 Get 1 Free!

May 9

Anderson’s 3rd grade

to Memorial Hospital

May 12

Family Field Night,

5:30-6:30 p.m.

May 16

1st Grade to Harris

Nature Center

May 17

Buza's 2nd grade

to Bright

Beginnings

PTO meeting, 6:30

p.m. in the Media

Center

April 21, 2017 Hello Emerson Families~

With Spring hopefully here to stay and the temperature will eventually be on the rise, I would

like to put a friendly reminder out about appropriate clothing for school. Students are able to wear

shorts that are at an appropriate length. Shorts should be below the finger tips when arms are at the

side of the child. Shoulders, backs and stomachs should be fully covered (i.e. no spaghetti straps or

tank tops) also low cut shirts should not be worn unless there is something underneath. Flip-flops are

not an appropriate shoe for school due to the lack of support and protection to the feet. Thank you for

your cooperation in making the learning environment as free from distraction as possible.

M-STEP testing is in full swing! The 5th grade will finish the M-STEP (the new format of MEAP

testing) on Thursday, 4/27 with a Social Studies test. The 4th Grade students will begin their M-STEP

testing on Tuesday, 5/2 in the area of English-Language Arts. They will complete the Math portions on

Thursday, 5/4 and Tuesday, 5/9. 4th grade students will also complete a Science M-STEP on Thurs-

day, 5/11. The 3rd

grade students will begin testing the week of May 15th. More details to come on

that next week. Please make every effort to have your child in school on the testing days that are men-

tioned as a way to avoid a lengthy make-up session that will be held when they return.

Here’s a harsh reality…your kids were born into a connected world. On average, it takes less

than 50 days before a newborn has their picture online (never trust an OB with a selfie stick). As they

grow, the Internet integrates seamlessly into their lives. Kids watch streaming videos, play online

games, interact with cloud-based smart toys. Check out the link below for ways to keep your child’s

digital life in check!

https://www.fatherly.com/parenting-and-relationships/keep-your-kids-digital-lives-in-check/

Friday, May 12th is Family Field Day from 5:30-6:30 right here at Emerson Elementary. The

Spring Buy 1 Get 1 Free Book Fair will be open from 5:00-7:00 and food will be available for purchase

beginning at 5:15. Pizza, cotton candy and water are the food offerings. The games will begin at 5:30

and continue until 6:30. The raffles will take place around 6:15. This event is FREE and for current

Emerson families only. Please note that while all of the activities are at no cost, the pizza, cotton can-

dy and water will be available for a small charge. There will be gift baskets and a bike that will be raf-

fled off in the later part of the evening. The raffle tickets will be available for purchase from Emerson

Staff members during the evening. I look forward to seeing you on Friday, May 12th!

Just a reminder to our 1st grade families that the 1

st grade students will be traveling to the

Harris Nature Center on Tuesday, May 16th. The 4

th grade students will be traveling to the Wharton

Center to perform with the Lansing Symphony Orchestra on Wednesday, May 24th. The 5

th grade

students from all elementary schools will have their annual Field Meet on Wednesday, May 24th at the

OHS track. Parent volunteers are needed for the Field Meet. Please contact Mr. Lemanski if you are

available to help out. Kindergarten and Dev. Kindergarten students are traveling too! They are head-

ing to Potter Park Zoo on Thursday, May 25th! There are lots of extended learning opportunities

coming up as we finish out a fantastic school year!

I hope that you all have a fantastic weekend! Enjoy the sunshine!

As always…Go Tigers and GO TROJANS!!!

Take Care~

Terry A. Sedlar

Yearbooks

Extra yearbooks are available for sale

in the office. They are $10.

TeacherLists

TeacherLists is a website that teachers

can share their wish lists with YOU! We

are updating the lists now for next year or

even the rest of this year if you would like

to make someone happy! Go to the Em-

erson website, click on “Parent Info”, then

“Important Links”, click on TeacherLists

and you will be taken to the website.

Enter the zip code,

chose Emerson, then

the list you would like

to see! That is it! Hope

you can make a

teacher happy soon!

Students are the Winners!

Thanks to Mrs. Hankins, our Technology

teacher, students will be getting new head

phones for the computer lab! Mrs. Hankins

applied for a grant through MEEMIC Insurance Com-

pany and was recently informed that she had been

chosen! Congratulations Mrs. Hankins!

And More Student Winners!

Mrs. Teichman, Media Center

Specialist, recently awarded

Scholastic Book Fair posters to

students who completed their

March is Reading Month Scavenger Hunt activi-

ty! Winners for each class were: Michael Sego,

Paytin Ponton, Easton Reed, Cordelia McGow-

an, Matthew Barton, Caiden Nidefski, Preston

Schutt, Estel Fredenburg, Talon Newell, Callie

Bruno, Leo Albring, Brandon Zachary, Camden

Caswell, Zack Beard, Alexiss Hawes, Trinity

Sporcic, Devin Adamski and Claudia Moreno.

Another award for a job well done!

Box Tops and Coke Rewards

Class winners of the pizza party for the

Dec-Feb. contest were Mrs. Jones’

2nd grade and Mrs. Thornton’s 4th

grade. The last contest of

the year ends on May 26.

Keep

collecting!

the book Jack and

their own beanstalk

that would hold the

pendently and then

Kindergarteners

had fun using

their 5 senses

this last week

with Peeps! Did

they make a

sound? Not a

peep!

1st graders read

the book Jack and

the Beanstalk and

then tried to make

their own beanstalk

that would hold the

golden egg! They

worked inde-

pendently and then

as a group!

Mrs. Hankins, Technology and Science Fitness

teacher was surprised in her room recently with

the news that the Meemic Insurance Classroom

Makeover grant she wrote had been accepted!

She will use the money to buy new headphones

for the computer lab!

3rd graders recent-

ly dissected owl

pellets while study-

ing animals and

their habitats!

Enjoy

the

sun!