APRIL 2013 Volume 5

From Our Principal

Dear Bailey Lake Families, Parent Input on Classroom Placement 2013-14 Considerable work is done to ensure the proper placement of each student from one grade level to the next. The principal begins the process in the spring with input from teaching staff and parents. Teacher input: Teachers fill out a placement form for each student which includes information on special assistance, known disabilities, achievement levels in math and language arts, test scores, areas of strengths, areas of academic difficulties, and special interests of the child. In addition, there are comments regarding initiative, self-control, and work habits. The teachers use this information to build and balance class lists, keeping in mind the number of teachers provided to staff the building and provisions on the CEA contract relating to class size. Parent input: Information from parents must be submitted during the planning and informationgathering period. District Policy prohibits parents from requesting a specific teacher, but parents may describe their childs learning style to help us place the child in a suitable learning atmosphere. Parent input letters (in writing) must be received by Mr. Gualtieri by FRIDAY, May 3, 2013. Notification of student placement will be made in late-August. Sincerely,
April 8 April 9 April 9
School resumes

Reflection Reception, 6 p.m. PTA meeting, 7 p.m.

April 16

Kindergarten Orientation Spring BOGO Book Fair Late Start Day

April 15-17 April 17

Principal

Glenn Gualtieri

April 29

Market Day Pick-up

From Our PTA President

Dear Bailey Lake Families,
As I am looking at the April calendar, it is really hard to believe that our children have just had the last break of this school year! Spring Break is over, and, hopefully, spring is finally here! Filled with many fun activities, March, a national reading month, proved to be a great success. A big thank-you to the Bailey Lake Read-to-Me Committee, Rebecca Walker and Judy Haas, for organizing and coordinating the Balto and the Great Race reading schedule and dress-up week. The children loved it! Seuss Night, a big and traditional part of this month, was another wonderful event of games and activities dedicated to reading and math. Thank you to Amy Darnell, the events chair, our great staff, parents, and all the volunteers who spent their evening bringing joy to the children! Speaking of children, even a small commitment can provide great benefits to our kids! We still need to fill a few PTA Board positions as well as some program chair positions. The PTA supplements the curriculum with many programs that enrich our students, and makes it possible for teachers obtain additional classroom items. Without your help this would not be possible. Contact Kim Hardtke at hardtke@comcast.net or sign up in the school lobby. A few activities coming up are Kindergarten Orientation on April 16th, and C.A.T.S day, our school-wide service learning day, on April 26th. All 2012-2013 Reflections participants and their families are invited to the Reflections Awards Reception on April 9th at 6 p.m. Congratulations to Phoebe Savoie and Mya Brown for winning the State level in Dance Choreography and Movie Production in the Primary division. Way to go!

Now Is Your Time to be Part of our Success!

The PTA is currently seeking Board/Chair position nominations for the2013-2014 school year. If you would like to nominate someone, or yourself, please contact Kim Hardtke at hardtke@comcast.net. Alternatively, posters are hung in the Bulldog hallway where you can fill in names for desired positions. Board elections will take place in May.

We cannot have all the wonderful PTA events for our kids without volunteers!
- please consider joining the fun! The following is a listing of the Board/Chair positions with brief descriptions of the duties. Further information can be found on the PTA website. Please let Kim know if you have any questions. Thanks, in advance, for your consideration.

Arina Bokas BLE PTA President 248-330-2408 arinabokas@aol.com

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Board Positions
President: Preside over meetings, coordinator the work of officers and committees, and perform duties as directed by the bylaws. 1st VP: Act as aide to president and perform duties in their absence and handle Ways and Means. 2nd VP: Act as aide to president and perform duties in their absence/1st VP absence and act as Legislative Officer. Secretary: Keep an accurate record of the minutes of all meetings. Treasurer: Keep full account of receipts and expenditures, submit treasurer reports, and write checks with proper approvals. Assistant Treasurer: Assist treasurer in money handling activities and assume duties of treasurer in their absence. Membership Ocer: Responsible for all new memberships, maintain records of memberships and compile/distribute school directory. Assist. Membership Ocer: Assist membership officer and assume duties in their absence. Volunteer Coordinator: Recruit for and compile volunteers for PTA events, obtain Room Parents for all classrooms and hold volunteer training session. Assist. Volunteer Coordinator: Assist volunteer coordinator as requested and assume duties in their absence. Public Relations/Website Ocer: Keep PTA informed of pertinent community information and maintain PTA website. Newsletter Ocer: Compile and distribute monthly newsletter.

Chair Positions
Back to School Night: Event to welcome families back to school, sign up for various PTA programs and meet the teachers.
Book Fair: Opportunities for families and staff to purchase multi-media materials. Disability Awareness: 4th grade students are taught awareness of a variety of disabilities through this district-wide, 1 day event. Doughnuts with Dad: Program to promote family time/family fun by having morning refreshments for kids and their dads. Field Day: A fun fitness event that allows children to participate in a few hours of recreation. Usually near the last day of school. Fifth Grade Celebration: Celebrates 5th grade accomplishments through a slide show of their elementary years, award ceremony and refreshments. Grounds keeping: Enhance school grounds through clean-up, landscape development and gardening. Health and Wellness: Work with BLE staff as needed for education and support of health/safety issues and keep school families and staff informed. Market Day: Monthly opportunity for families to order food products. We earn a 10% profit on any orders that are placed. Mom2Mom Sale: A sale for families, allowing them the opportunity to profit from selling gently used children items and in turn, raising funds to support our programs. Mornings with Mom: Program to promote family time/family fun by having morning refreshments for kids and their moms. Passive fundraising: Collects information and educates families on programs that bring money into our school without active solicitation. Read to Me: School-wide program to encourage students and families to read at home. Reections: National PTA Fine Arts competition to highlight the importance of Art in education. School Fair: One day event to raise funds to support Field Trips, Assemblies and PTA programs. This is the main school fundraiser. Service Learning (C.A.T.S. Day): Event to help students understand the importance of volunteering and helping others. Seuss Night: An evening of math and reading games and activities. Sign Coordinator: Post information on the sign in front of school for school related events. Spirit Wear: Program that offers logo clothing, school or recreational products for sale to staff and families to promote school pride. Sta Appreciation: Program for staff at BLE to show our appreciation throughout the school year with refreshments, meals & other small gifts. Theme Day: One day event featuring activity based workshops and assemblies. Alternates between Career Day, Fine Arts Day, International Day, and Science Day or other theme. Talent Show: Program giving students the opportunity to perform onstage for their peers and families. Welcome Wagon: Provide information about PTA and school programs to families new to the school.

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Bailey Lakes Spring Scholastic Book Fair

Join us from April 15-17th. We will be open from 8:30-4:00 on Monday and Tuesday, and from 9:00-3:00 on Wednesday. This is the spring BOGO sale, so all books will be buy one get one free. All classes will be visiting only once as there will be no wish lists made. Once a book is gone no additional orders will be placed, so be sure to visit us early for the best selection. If sending money with students, please remember to include enough for tax.

Mya Brown

Sasha Bokas

On March 2, three Bailey Lake students shared their love for art by donating their framed artwork to the Ryan Kennedy Memorial Fund, which is raising money for a new park in Clarkston, called A Place To Dream. Buckshots Restaurant hosted a kid raffle and silent auction. The three Bailey Lake students artwork pieces raised $215. The total amount raised that evening was $15,000, thanks to the generosity of the Clarkston Community and beyond. The students are hoping to inspire additional artists to participate next year
Ryan Suender

Sale
Join us as a participant or volunteer at our new location!

WE ARE BIGGER!
September 28, 2013
Set up is Friday, September 27th

Clarkston Junior High

Saturday

80 Tables/Spaces available, Sign up NOW!

Please email: baileylakemom2mom@gmail.com or Theresa Rotman, 248.393.0167 for more information.
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Night 2013!

Seuss Night 2013 was a huge success! We had approximately 300 kids and their families enjoy the event with us! Thanks to our wonderful volunteers who make it all possible BLEs dedicated staff and parents who gave their time to make the night fun, as well as, the energetic teens who ran the games, painted Seuss-erific faces, and served as our fun-loving mimes. A very special thank you also goes out to the families who donated delicious cookies. We couldnt do it without all your help. Seuss Night raised $226! See you next year! The Seuss Night Committee Kristine Barber, Amy Darnell, Judy Haas, Sandi Larkins, Tina Redmond, Whitney Schmidt, Gustina Sell, and Becky Walker

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Our link for sign up genius is http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F054EAFA822A75-blefield

Congratulations Mrs. Minot!

Every year, Clarkstons PTA Council awards one employee from each PTA unit with their Difference Maker Award. This award, given in honor of Founders Day, recognizes the difference the winners have made by actively empowering staff, parents or students, advocating for all children, demonstrating initiative, ingenuity or creativity in addressing an issue important to the school family or community and supporting the work of the PTA. This year, the BLE PTA has chosen Mrs. Daneil Minot (4th grade teacher) to receive this award. Mrs. Minot was nominated for, among other things, her work as the data representative for BLEs new Standard Based Grading System, her research in adapting the Pivot Viewer program for use at Bailey Lake which tracks the individual progress of students at many levels, as well as her constant dedication to each and every child she teaches. From volunteering to do free tutoring, to personalizing her instruction to each childs needs, to supporting our school and PTA, Mrs. Minot is a huge asset to Bailey Lake and we are thrilled to see her receive this award. She will receive this award at the May School Board Meeting. Everyone is welcome to attend and support her. Congratulations Mrs. Minot!

Does Your Child Have Food Allergies?

The odds of you answering yes to that question have been increasing steadily over past years. We have many children with various food allergies at Bailey Lake, which can be very challenging. The questions and concerns seem endless. Managing these allergies is hard at home, but can be much more stressful when your child is at school and not with you. To address these issues and raise awareness among our entire school community, we are forming a Bailey Lake Allergy Group. We are in the infancy of planning, but envision our group supporting one another, sharing information and recipes, raising awareness of our fellow classmates and their families, developing ideas to celebrate Food Allergy Awareness Week in May, and possibly even forming a team to walk in the FARE Walk (Food Allergy Research and Education formally FAAN) in October of 2013. We will be contacting our families with food allergies shortly to begin forming the group. We look forward to hearing new ideas and supporting one another. If you would like to get involved prior to receiving our upcoming email, feel free to contact Kim Hardtke, hardtke@comcast.net or Nikki Morgan, nik5779@yahoo.com.

Bailey Lakes Student Council

raised

Ryan Kennedy Foundation

Thank you for all your generousity!

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About your PTA

The Objects of the Bailey Lake Elementary PTA, in common with those of the National PTA and the Michigan PTSA are: a. To promote the welfare of children and youth in home, school, community and place of worship. b. To raise the standards of home life. c. To secure adequate laws for the care and protection of children and youth. d. To bring into closer relation the home and the school, that parents and teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education of children and youth. e. To develop between educators and the general public such united efforts as will secure for all children and youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social and spiritual education.
BAILEY LAKE Elementary School 8051 Pine Knob Road Clarkston, MI 48348 (248) 623-5300 Fax: (248) 623-5305 Student Absence Line: (248) 623-5390 School Hours: 8:35 a.m. - 3:50 p.m. Arina Bokas, PTA President Glenn Gualtieri, Principal www.clarkston.k12.mi.us/ble

April Market Day

A big Thank You to all of our customers who ordered Market Day in March. We appreciate all your orders to help raise $133 for Bailey Lake for the month. Bailey Lake earns 10% profit from every sale. Thank you also to the following volunteers who help make Market Day run so smoothly: Kim Hardtke, Lisa Damone and Shelly Ferguson.

Great Specials & Favorites!

100 Calorie Turkey Filets 6/3.75 oz./1.4 lbs. $13.59
Plump and delicious, these filets are perfect for taking guess work out of portion control. They are 98% fat free. Ultra trimmed and full of flavor. Great addition to any recipe.

Great value and variety! This is a customer favorite! Individually wrapped, expertly trimmed and loaded with great flavor.

Mixed Grill 4-1/4 lb Patties, 4-ChicNSteakes, 4- Boneless Pork Chops $15.99, Save $1.00

Internet orders due: Tuesday, April 23, by 11 p.m. CST MarketDay pick up: Monday, April 29, 2013, from 4-5 p.m. (NEW TIME) in the cafeteria hallway. Orders can be placed online at www. marketday.com Our schools account number is 17556. Any questions or interested in volunteering to help with Market Day, please contact:
Theresa Rotman (248) 393-0167 tjrotman@att.net Kim Hardtke (248) 391-9072 hardtke@comcast.net

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