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Principal’s Message:

Dear Parents,

Winter has officially taken over the district as we have battled through

the snow in the most recent days. Our custodial staff has done an out-

standing job keeping the building sidewalks and walkways clear and salt-

ed. The district has taken on the major task of keeping all parking lots

and bus/parent loops clear and salted with great success! While we bat-

tle these cold temperatures, please remember to send your child with the

appropriate winter gear as we plan to follow district policy on out-

door/indoor recess.

Please remember the following:

If temperatures are 20 degrees and above, students will be outside for

recess.

If temperatures are between 15- 20 degrees, it is determined by build-

ing principal with consideration of the wind chill factor

If temperatures are below 15 degrees, student remain indoors.

Throughout the winter months, we will be dismissing all students,

with the exception of kindergarten, through the main entrance

doors. Please know this as you arrange pick up locations with

your child.

Warm regards,

Melanie Morey

3601 Forge Drive

Troy, MI 48083

Office:

248.823.4300

Attendance Line:

248.823.4301

Fax:

248.823.4313

Melanie Morey

Principal

Gwen Simon &

Deanna Dutts

Head Teachers

Cathy Matthes

Secretary to the

Principal

Donna Patru Secretary

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Each person, each day, learning and caring in every way

February 2015

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Mark Your Calendars

FEBRUARY 2015

Friday 6 Baker IB Band/Orch “How Can

We Share Our Talents with

our Community?”

1:45-2:15 p.m.

Monday 9 PTO Meeting—LGI Rm

7:00 p.m. Join guest

Dr. Machesky

Tuesday 10 3rd Grade Performance

Gym/Café 7:00 p.m

Wednesday 11 Band/Strings Concert

At Baker Middle School

7:00 p.m.

Friday 13 Valentine’s Day

Parties

1:45 p.m.

Last Day of School before

Mid-Winter Break

Monday 16 Mid-Winter

& Tuesday 17 Recess Begins

Wednesday 18 School Resumes – Full Day

Thursday 19 Market Day Pick-Up

3:30—4:30 p.m.

Chris Cakes Pancake Dinner

5:30 p.m.

Monday 23 Scholastic Book Fair

Week (02/23-02/25)

Hearing Screening

Week (02/23-02/27 K,2,4)

Wednesday 25 Scholastic Book Fair Family Night

from 4:00-7:00 p.m.

(Last night of Book Fair)

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Coming Up...

MARCH 2015

Saturday 7 BIG TOP FAIR!!

Thursday 12 K-12 Students Full Day

Spring P/TConferences—

Evening only

Monday 16 Vision Screening

(03/16-03/20

Grds 1,3,5)

Thursday 19 Market Day Pick-Up

3:30-4:30 p.m.

Friday 20 PTO Meeting in LGI Rm

9:30 am.

Wednesday 25 KINDERGARTEN Round

Up 6:30 p.m.

Tuesday 31 2nd Grade to Troy

Historical Museum 9:30-1:00 p.m.

April 2015

Wednesday 1 1/2 Day of School

End of 3rd Marking Period

9:10 a.m.—12:44 p.m.

Thursday 2 No School

Friday 3 No School-

Spring Recess Begins

Monday 13 School Resumes

RECESS:

INSIDE OR

OUTSIDE?

ABOVE 20ºF Recess is held outside

FROM 15-20ºF Wind conditions

will determine.

BELOW 15ºF Inside recess

Troy School District policy states that

there will be no outdoor recess when

temperatures are below 15ºF. If tem-

peratures are between 15º and 20ºF,

the wind chill factor will be consid-

ered. It is important that children

dress appropriately: Boots, hats,

gloves and/or mittens and a warm

coat.

All students are expected to partic-

ipate in recess. Fresh air, physical

play and exercise helps develop fitness

and is important to children’s ability

to focus during learning times. Gen-

erally, if a child is well enough to at-

tend school, he/she is well enough to

go outside for a short period to take a

break and get some fresh air.

WHEN TO KEEP YOUR CHILD HOME:

Schools bring children into close physical contact,

thus giving communicable diseases an opportunity to

spread quickly. Keep your child home if he or she

has any of the following symptoms.

Fever

Pain and stiffness of neck and headache

Sort throat

Swelling/tenderness of neck glands

Cough, if persisten and productive

Nausea and vomiting

Diarrhea and persistent abdominal pain

Jaundice (yellowing of eyes or skin)

Rash. Any skin

eruptions, if red,

swollen and drain-

ing.

Red or runny eyes.

Sneezing or dis-

charge from nose.

Following the above

guidelines will help prevent a child from developing

possible complications and will keep the school envi-

ronment a healthy one.

More information about communicable diseases can

be found at www.oakgov.com/health or by contacting

the nurses at (248) 848-5533.

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http://www.oakgov.com/health

Before and After School Student Safety

In order to provide a safe environment for

children who, for whatever reason, are not

picked up on time or for those students

who are returned to school by bus drivers,

the following procedures will be in place

for ALL Troy Elementary Schools. Our

intent is to guarantee the safety of your

child.

School Personnel will make every effort to

contact parents or persons designated on

the emergency card and inform them of

the fact that the child is still at school.

At 4:10 p.m. children whose parents have

NOT arrived to pick them up shall be tak-

en to the after school CARE Program. A

copy of the child’s emergency card will ac-

company the child. CARE personnel will

be informed of the situation and the child

will stay at CARE until he or she can be

released to a parent, guardian, or person

listed on the emergency card. In order to

insure the safety of the students, the same

procedure will be followed when a student

is dropped off before 9:00 a.m.

CARE Company will charge the following

and the fee will be collected when you pick

your child up.

First Occasion: $10.00 per hour per

child

Student Council

Student Council Meeting Dates:

February 18th 8:15am room 7 March 11th 8:15am room 7 April 16th 8:15am room 7 May 27th 8:15am room 7

We will proudly announce the 2nd Semester Student Council Members

for February thru June 2015 in our March 2015 Barnard Broadcaster.

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Reminder to Parents: When sending in lunch money to put on

student’s account, please include child’s

FIRSTand LASTname in the information

provided to the cafeteria staff.

Thank you so much!!!

May 15th @ 9:30 a.m.

5th Graders visit Baker Middle School

To Be determined

Baker Middle School Counselors visit 5th

Graders at Barnard

June 5th

5th Grade Promotion Day/Fun Day!

Important Dates

for 5th Graders

SAVE THE DATE...

AND YOUR HAIR!!

LOCKS OF LOVE

Barnard Elementary School

May 11, 2015

2:00 p.m.

Please see ‘Locks of Love’ website for donation form at locksoflove.org

Permission Slip on following page...

Kindness is a gift of the heart, friendship is a bond

of the soul, shared moments are never forgotten.

We thank the Barnard community for their kind-

ness, friendship, gifts, and treats during the holi-

day season. Your thoughtfulness is appreciated

more than you know. May the year to come be

filled with happiness and wonderful moments for

you to treasure.

We wish all of you a

Healthy and Happy 2015!

Mrs. Morey,

And the Office Staff

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Attention Students and Parents,

If you are interested in participating in the Barnard Locks of Love Assembly,

on Monday, May 11, 2015, at 2:00 p.m. in the afternoon, please complete

the form below and return it to the school office.

All students must have Parental Permission to have their hair cut.

All participants must be willing to have 10 inches cut.

Name

Parent Signature

Teacher

Please share this with others and invite them to join us at this special event.

Monetary contributions can be made payable to Locks of Love. In the memo

section of the check, please write “Locks of Love—Barnard Elementary

School –Troy, MI”. Donations can be mailed to:

Locks of Love

234 Southern Blvd.

West Palm Beach, FL 33405

KINDERGARTEN ROUNDUPKINDERGARTEN ROUNDUPKINDERGARTEN ROUNDUP

Barnard School is beginning to identify prospective kindergar-

ten students for the 2015-2016 school year. If you have a

child who will be five years old on or before September 1,

2015 please call the school office at 248-823-4300 to place

your child on our kindergarten list. Also, if you know of a

neighbor or friend with a prospective kindergarten student,

please ask them to contact our office.

You will receive the registration packet during the last week of

February. The packet will come via US Mail.

MARK YOUR CALENDAR

Barnard Kindergarten Roundup will take place on Wednesday,

March 25, 2015 at 6:30p.m. Registration packets will be

mailed home in February to those students whose names are

on our list.

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KINDERGARTEN ENROLLMENT

The Troy School District is beginning to identify kindergarten students for the 2015-2016 school year. If you have a child who will be five years old on or before September 1, 2015* please call our school office 248-823-4300 to place your child on our 2015-2016 kindergarten list.

After December 1, 2014 we invite you to go to our website: http://www.troy.k12.mi.us/pages/Troy_School_District

and click the Online Enrollment link. Here you will be able to complete a portion of the kindergarten enrollment process.

Additional enrollment information and procedures will be mailed to your home in January.

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We will meet with all incoming kindergarten parents to enroll their students at:

Troy School District Services Building

4420 Livernois Troy, MI 48098

Look for a schedule to be posted soon on our website!

*Per the State of Michigan, children turning 5 years old between September 2, 2015 and December 1, 2015, are also eligible to attend Kindergarten with a waiver completed by parents.

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Dear Parents: If your contact information has changed, please make sure you follow the steps be-

low in order to update our system. We want to ensure quality communication between home and

school. If you have any questions or need assistance updating your information please contact the

main office at 248-823-4300. Thank you!

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Daylight Savings

Daylight Savings comes early this year!

We all need to “spring ahead” one hour on

Sunday, March 8, 2015.

Also, the National Fire Protection Associa-

tion and the US Consumer Product Safety

Commission recommend that we change

the batteries in smoke and carbon monox-

ide detectors when we change our clocks

for Daylight Savings Time.

From the School Office…From the School Office… Just a few reminders to help the remainder of the school year go

smoothly for all of us!

Please make arriving to school on time a priority. Students

are admitted to the building at 9:05 a.m. and are considered

tardy if not in their classroom by 9:10 a.m.

If your child will be late or absent from school, please remember to call the school absence

reporting line at 248-823-4301 by 9:30 a.m. *PARENTS PLEASE NOTE: Please call

the absence line even if you inform your child’s teacher of an absence. The office must

know if your child is in attendance or not. Telling your child’s teacher is not enough.

Thank you.

* Remember to send a note to your child’s classroom teacher of any changes in your

child’s after school arrangement...i.e. CARE attendance, being picked up instead of

riding the bus, etc.

FEBRUARY PTO

Next PTO Meeting on February 9th at 7:00

p.m. in the LGI Room

Barnes and Noble Night was a success!!

We raised about $1,100.00

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In response to current influenza concerns I have asked Enviro-Clean to put extra emphasis disinfecting all major “touch points” i.e.; door handles, faucets, dispensers, desktops, etc… In order for Enviro-Clean to accomplish this extra detail work with-in their regular shift times they have been asked to use best judg-ment regarding performing expedited/quick cleaning. We will continue this practice for tonight and tomorrow and then evaluate as a district if further action is needed. Thank you all for your cooperation and patience while our Enviro-Clean Partner performs the necessary disinfecting.

Influenza Concerns From Rob Carson, Director of Operations

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Spring 2015

Parent Teacher Conferences

On Thursday, March 12 Spring Parent-

Teacher Conferences will take place in the

evening from 6:00-9:00 p.m. We ask that

parents attend conferences without their

children.

Due to the fact half the number of confer-

ence slots are available as in the fall, not all

1st-5th grade parents will be scheduled for a

conference. Your child will bring home a let-

ter stating whether or not your child’s teach-

er would like to meet with you.

The kindergarten teachers will be meeting

with all their students’ parents. We have ar-

ranged for additional conference times avail-

able for kindergarten parents.

All students will bring home a letter stating if

their teacher would like to conference with

you. We will be using PTC.fast, the web

based tool that we used in the fall for con-

ference scheduling. Instructions will be com-

ing home with each student.

Valentine’s Day Parties Barnard Classroom Valentine parties will be held on Friday, February 13. The parties will begin at 1:45 p.m. and end at 2:30 p.m. We will be asking all visitors to leave promptly at 2:30 p.m. to allow our buses en-trance to our school. Teachers will work with room parents to decide the number of parents needed to help with the party.

BUILDING CLOSED

Please keep in mind that our building is closed and

locked when there are no after school activities.

Classrooms are also locked when teachers leave for

the day.

Returning to Barnard after school hours and going

into classrooms is not permitted. Our custodial staff

may not open doors when students forget clothing,

homework or other items.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Market Day Reminder *Order Due: Tuesday, Feb 10th

*Pick Up Date: Thursday, February 19th from 3:30-4:30 p.m.

February 19th will be the LAST sale of Market Day at Barnard School. Customers who would like to continue

ordering from Market Day may choose one the following as their delivery location:

Morse Elementary Susick Elementary PTO 12771 GFS Marketplace—Troy 30536

475 Cherry Dr. 2200 Castleton Dr. 2822 E. Maple

Troy, MI 48083 Troy, MI 48083 Troy, MI 48083

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Winter schedule of Enrichment Classes

here at Barnard.

Barnard - Gym Cheer/Dance/Pom 6055-15W01 01/12/2015 03/02/2015 Monday,

Barnard - LGI Chess Wizards- Strat-egies for Life!

6051-15W01 01/26/2015 03/23/2015 Monday,

Barnard - Art Room Young Rembrandts - The Power of Draw-ing (Grades K-5)

6210-15W01 01/28/2015 02/18/2015 Wednesday,

Barnard - LGI Mad Science: Junior Forensics Lab

6276-15W01 02/05/2015 03/19/2015 Thursday,

Barnard - Art Room Drawtooning with Young Rembrandts

6214-15W01 03/04/2015 03/25/2015 Wednesday,

Barnard - Gym Golf Lessons (grades K-5)

6510-15W01 03/10/2015 04/21/2015 Tuesday,

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Barnard’s

Saturday

March 7th

Volunteers Needed!!! Please contact our PTO

should you want to volunteer at [email protected]

FROM THE MUSIC ROOM

Attention parents of First Graders -- We are beginning

to prepare for our FIRST GRADE VOCAL MUSIC INFORMANCE. The date is May 5th at 7 PM. Please mark your calendars. An “informance” is a sniglet combining the words“inform” and “performance”. We will be showing off some things we are learning this year in music class. Our informance will be video-taped and presented in our local TV channel.

Attention parents of 3rd Graders – Our Vocal music informance will come soon – Tues-

day February 10 at 7 PM on the Barnard stage. They will have a dress rehearsal/assembly earlier in the day that will be video-taped. There are no special dress requirements, but many of our stu-dents like to “dress up” for this event.

Congratulations Jammin’ Jays -- Your performance at the district Festival of Song was

outstanding! You really touched the hearts of our audience. Our next big performance is on Wednesday, May 13th at 7 PM at Athens High. We will perform in conjunction with the Baker Mid-dle School Choirs.

CHRIS CAKES

“FASTEST PANCAKE MAKERS IN THE WORLD”

(GUINNESS BOOK of WORLD RECORDS)

“AS SEEN ON FOOD NETWORK”

Barnard Elementary 3rd Grade Fundraiser

for Riverboat Tour

ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT PANCAKE DINNER

Served with SAUSAGE, ORANGE DRINK & COFFEE $6.50 per person

(Under 4 free) CAUTION: “BEWARE OF FLYING PANCAKES”

Barnard Elementary Cafeteria

Thursday, February 19, 2015

3 seating times this year!

*5:30seating *6:00seating *6:30seating

JOIN US FOR “FLIPPIN’ FUN”

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Dear Barnard family, This year our students at Barnard will be given a circuit of fitness tests in P.E. class. Below are the five events that students will be tested on and the fitness component associated with it. I also included some fun ways to help improve fitness levels for each category

Items Fitness Component

1. FLEXED ARM HANG Arm and shoulder strength and endurance

(Monkey bars, push-ups, climbing, bear walks, crab walks, planks )

2. PLANK Abdominal strength and endurance

(sit-ups, leg lifts, side plank, tightening core during other activities)

3. CONTINUOUS JOG Cardio respiratory endurance

(Rollerblading, bike riding, jogging, ice skating)

4. SIT AND REACH Flexibility of lower back and posterior thighs

(Toe touches, standing stretches, sitting stretches)

5. JUMP ROPE Leg strength, power and agility, endurance

(Jogging, line jumps, hop-scotch, swings, practice, practice, practice!)

These 5 tests will be given once in the first semester, and once in the second semester. Students will be tested with their classmates, but will not be competing against them. They should try to do their best on all of the test items. The goal is to improve personal scores from the first semester to the second semester. On the back of the sheet are the levels for each fitness category. These will also be on the report card. If you have any questions, please see me and I will be happy to answer them for you. Students should be working hard not only in P.E. class, but at home too. Living an active lifestyle is crucial. It will not only increase fitness, but will also help you feel healthy and strong. So take any opportunity to be active! Start now to improve your own physical fitness! Good Luck, Mr. J. Myrick

Physical Education Teacher

News from the gym [email protected]

January 2015

NATURE ART SHOW

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE BARNARD

ARTISTS:

VERONICA W.-5TH GRADE JESSICA W.-3RD GRADE

EVA A.-1ST GRADE AMANDA W.-1ST GRADE

THEIR ARTWORK WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE LLOYD A. STAGE NATURE CENTER IN TROY

THROUGH FEBRUARY.

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Dear Barnard Community,

The Barnard Blue Jays are conducting a food collection for needy families in Troy.

Each grade level will be responsible for contributing certain items. All donations should

be brought to school and turned in by Friday, February 27th, 2015.

Kindergarten can help by donating the following items:

18 ounce plastic jars of peanut butter

15 ounce cans of vegetables (green beans or corn)

Individual packages of cheese and crackers, fruit roll-ups or Mini-Oreos, pudding

cups, or Rice Krispie Treats

1st Grade can help by donating the following items:



15 ounce cans of fruit (peaches, pears, or mixed fruit)

18 ounce plastic Peanut Butter Jars

2nd Grade can help by donating the following items:

3 ounce packages of Chicken Flavored Ramen Noodles



Box of Saltine Crackers containing four individual packages

3rd Grade can help by donating the following items:

Juice Boxes

15 ounce Cans of Chicken Noodle Soup

15 ounce Cans of Spaghettio’s

4th Grade can help by donating the following items:

Boxes of Macaroni and Cheese

Boxes of Breakfast Bars

5th Grade can help by donating the following items:

Juice Boxes

5 ounce Cans of Tuna

15 ounce Cans of Spaghettio’s

Sincerely,

Barnard Student Council

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