2253 Runnymede
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
(734)994-1928
(734)997-1884 FAX
Michael Madison, Principal
madison@aaps.k12.mi.us
DICKEN ELEMENTARY
What: SAVE THE DATE FOR THE DICKEN SILENT AUCTION!
When: March 13, 2010
Where: Lake Forest Golf Club (Ann Arbor, MI)
Who: All parents, friends and neighbors of Dicken! We're sorry but this is an adult only event.
Detail/Background: With a record number of attendees at the Dicken Silent Auction last year, we have moved this year's auction to a new locale that will allow us more room for socializing, browsing and bidding! Last year we raised over $12,000 and as we face district deficits, we'd like to raise even more this year to give back to our school and our kids!
When: March 13, 2010
Where: Lake Forest Golf Club (Ann Arbor, MI)
Who: All parents, friends and neighbors of Dicken! We're sorry but this is an adult only event.
Detail/Background: With a record number of attendees at the Dicken Silent Auction last year, we have moved this year's auction to a new locale that will allow us more room for socializing, browsing and bidding! Last year we raised over $12,000 and as we face district deficits, we'd like to raise even more this year to give back to our school and our kids!
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IMPORTANT DATES
MARCH Community of Cultures- Now-April 23rd 1ST-5TH- LITTLE CAESAR'S PIZZA KIT FUNDRAISER 13TH- DICKEN SILENT AUCTION 16TH- PIZZA KIT PICK-UP FOR PARENTS 16TH- DICKEN USED BOOK SALE 8:45-3:00 16TH- FAMILY READING NIGHT 6:30-7:45 19TH- DISABILITY AWARENESS WORKSHOP 8:30-12:15 25th- KINDERGARTEN ROUND-UP 4-5PM |
EVENTS
What: Dicken Used Book Sale
When: Book, DVD, and CD collection dates are March 10,11, 12, and 15. The sale is March 16th from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Books will also be available at Family Reading Night the evening of March 16th.
Where: Dicken Art Room during the day, Dicken Media Center during Family Reading Night
How: We need donations of books, CDs, and DVDs (no VHS, please) your family no longer needs for the sale. Materials for all ages are accepted. Our biggest need is always books for the 4th and 5th graders, so if you have neighbors or friends with older children, ask them if they have any books to donate. Students will shop for age-appropriate
books during the school day. Parents may shop from all materials any time during the sale, and during Family Reading Night. Books are priced 25 and 50 cents. DVDs and CDs are priced $1.
Action Requested: Gather up books, CDs and DVDs (no VHS, please) your family no longer needs and bring them to Dicken March 10-15. I will have a table set up in the hall near the front entrance for you to leave your donations. On Tuesday, March 16, send your child to school with quarters for shopping!
Contact for questions: Tracy Janevic, tracyjanevic@gmail.com, or 996-9281. Thank you! ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼
March Is Reading Month!
During the month of March, students will be Reading Around the World, and will be learning about people from different cultures and countries. Student Council, in conjunction with Mrs. Peurach, will be sponsoring a Family Reading Night celebration on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, from 6:30-7:45. Storyteller Laura Raynor will be here to share stories from around the world.
Additionally, Student Council members have been working on initiatives to make Dicken Elementary a green school. The students have all worked together to make a "Go Green" quilt which will be raffled off at the end of Family Reading Night. Tickets will be $1.00 a piece and the proceeds will support Student Council's "Go Green" initiatives. The quilt will be hung in the hall near the library during the month of March. Tickets can be purchased on Monday, March 15 and Tuesday, March 16 (In case you are interested in getting in on the raffle but will not be able to attend Family Reading Night.) You do not need to be present to win. More information about this will come home in early March.
We are looking forward to reading with all of you on March 16th!!!
FUNDRAISING:
What: Little Caesar's Pizza Kit Fundraiser
When: Students will be selling kits until Friday, March 5th. Order forms should have come home in backpacks on Wednesday.
Action Required: All orders and money collected are due to your child’s classroom teacher by Friday, March 5th.
The kits will be available for pick-up on Tues., March 16th only in the front of the building.
Contact: Heather Imsland at himsland@sbcglobal.net.
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What: FREE money for Dicken! With EGGS!
Where: Whole Foods, Arbor Farms, Buschs, Kroger, etc?
How: Free money? Really? Several local grocery stores will donate up to 5% of your grocery bill to our school. Remember with EGGS cards you do not have to spend any extra money to help the Dicken PTO raise the money it needs to help our school. The grocery stores are giving their money to Dicken, take them up on their offer.
Remind me, what are EGGS? EGGS are like “gift cards” that you use at the grocery store. These gift cards set aside a percentage of your total grocery bill for Dicken. It is unbelievably easy!
Action Requested: Contact Sarah Boylan for more information or read all about the EGGS program at http://dickenpto.wordpress.com/fundraising/.
Contact for Questions: Sarah Boylan, aboylan@umich.edu, 734-604-9721. I can also be found after school at the Kindergarten playground most days.
VOLUNTEERING
What: Dicken Disability Awareness Workshop
When: Friday March 19th 8:30 AM to 12:15 PM
Where: Dicken
Who: Dicken 4th grade students
Background/Details: On Friday 3/1/2010, all Dicken fourth grade students will participate in the Disability Awareness Workshop. This program is a hands-on, activity-based workshop whose main purpose is to help student’s understand how difficult and complex daily living can be for individuals with disabilities.
The program includes activities centered on an empathetic understanding of physical, speech, hearing, vision and learning impairments. The goal is for the students to learn through this hands-on experience that people should be respected no matter how they may look, act, walk or talk.
Please consider volunteering to help with the workshop. We need about 22 volunteers to help in the morning (8:30 AM – 12:15 PM).
Volunteers oversee one of nine different stations that the students rotate through, including:
• Physical Impairment Centers: Wheelchairs; Walkers; and Fine Motor Activities
• Vision, Hearing and Speech Stations: Hearing & Speech; Vision; and Learning Disabilities
• Accessibility Checklist (students work in teams to complete a checklist that requires measuring and math computations)
It is a fun and meaningful experience for volunteers as well as the students. I hope you consider volunteering! Thank you!
Action Requested: Volunteers to help with the workshop
Contact: Barb Byers, 827-0814, babmay11@provide.net AAPAC rep & Dicken Parent coordinating the workshop
What: Dicken Used Book Sale
When: Book, DVD, and CD collection dates are March 10,11, 12, and 15. The sale is March 16th from 8:45 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Books will also be available at Family Reading Night the evening of March 16th.
Where: Dicken Art Room during the day, Dicken Media Center during Family Reading Night
How: We need donations of books, CDs, and DVDs (no VHS, please) your family no longer needs for the sale. Materials for all ages are accepted. Our biggest need is always books for the 4th and 5th graders, so if you have neighbors or friends with older children, ask them if they have any books to donate. Students will shop for age-appropriate
books during the school day. Parents may shop from all materials any time during the sale, and during Family Reading Night. Books are priced 25 and 50 cents. DVDs and CDs are priced $1.
Action Requested: Gather up books, CDs and DVDs (no VHS, please) your family no longer needs and bring them to Dicken March 10-15. I will have a table set up in the hall near the front entrance for you to leave your donations. On Tuesday, March 16, send your child to school with quarters for shopping!
Contact for questions: Tracy Janevic, tracyjanevic@gmail.com, or 996-9281. Thank you! ▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼▼
March Is Reading Month!
During the month of March, students will be Reading Around the World, and will be learning about people from different cultures and countries. Student Council, in conjunction with Mrs. Peurach, will be sponsoring a Family Reading Night celebration on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, from 6:30-7:45. Storyteller Laura Raynor will be here to share stories from around the world.
Additionally, Student Council members have been working on initiatives to make Dicken Elementary a green school. The students have all worked together to make a "Go Green" quilt which will be raffled off at the end of Family Reading Night. Tickets will be $1.00 a piece and the proceeds will support Student Council's "Go Green" initiatives. The quilt will be hung in the hall near the library during the month of March. Tickets can be purchased on Monday, March 15 and Tuesday, March 16 (In case you are interested in getting in on the raffle but will not be able to attend Family Reading Night.) You do not need to be present to win. More information about this will come home in early March.
We are looking forward to reading with all of you on March 16th!!!
FUNDRAISING:
What: Little Caesar's Pizza Kit Fundraiser
When: Students will be selling kits until Friday, March 5th. Order forms should have come home in backpacks on Wednesday.
Action Required: All orders and money collected are due to your child’s classroom teacher by Friday, March 5th.
The kits will be available for pick-up on Tues., March 16th only in the front of the building.
Contact: Heather Imsland at himsland@sbcglobal.net.
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What: FREE money for Dicken! With EGGS!
Where: Whole Foods, Arbor Farms, Buschs, Kroger, etc?
How: Free money? Really? Several local grocery stores will donate up to 5% of your grocery bill to our school. Remember with EGGS cards you do not have to spend any extra money to help the Dicken PTO raise the money it needs to help our school. The grocery stores are giving their money to Dicken, take them up on their offer.
Remind me, what are EGGS? EGGS are like “gift cards” that you use at the grocery store. These gift cards set aside a percentage of your total grocery bill for Dicken. It is unbelievably easy!
Action Requested: Contact Sarah Boylan for more information or read all about the EGGS program at http://dickenpto.wordpress.com/fundraising/.
Contact for Questions: Sarah Boylan, aboylan@umich.edu, 734-604-9721. I can also be found after school at the Kindergarten playground most days.
VOLUNTEERING
What: Dicken Disability Awareness Workshop
When: Friday March 19th 8:30 AM to 12:15 PM
Where: Dicken
Who: Dicken 4th grade students
Background/Details: On Friday 3/1/2010, all Dicken fourth grade students will participate in the Disability Awareness Workshop. This program is a hands-on, activity-based workshop whose main purpose is to help student’s understand how difficult and complex daily living can be for individuals with disabilities.
The program includes activities centered on an empathetic understanding of physical, speech, hearing, vision and learning impairments. The goal is for the students to learn through this hands-on experience that people should be respected no matter how they may look, act, walk or talk.
Please consider volunteering to help with the workshop. We need about 22 volunteers to help in the morning (8:30 AM – 12:15 PM).
Volunteers oversee one of nine different stations that the students rotate through, including:
• Physical Impairment Centers: Wheelchairs; Walkers; and Fine Motor Activities
• Vision, Hearing and Speech Stations: Hearing & Speech; Vision; and Learning Disabilities
• Accessibility Checklist (students work in teams to complete a checklist that requires measuring and math computations)
It is a fun and meaningful experience for volunteers as well as the students. I hope you consider volunteering! Thank you!
Action Requested: Volunteers to help with the workshop
Contact: Barb Byers, 827-0814, babmay11@provide.net AAPAC rep & Dicken Parent coordinating the workshop
Community Awareness
What: Community of Cultures
When: Now through April 23
Where: Dicken Specials
Who: K-5th grade students
Dear Parents: Starting in mid-January, your students have been learning about other cultures. During the course of the next two months, your children will be learning games from other parts of the world in gym class, singing songs and hearing music from countries near and far; reading stories about school around the world and defining peace during media center time; as well as creating art projects that show the influence of other cultures. We've also been posing questions of the week, centering on aspects of other countries. Take your children to the Community of Cultures Question of the Week poster by the water fountain in the main hall and help them to answer their grade-appropriate question of the week. Take the time to ask them what they have learned in their specials classes about other cultures!
Contact for Questions: Melissa Eljamal (eljamal@sbcglobal.net)
What: Community of Cultures
When: Now through April 23
Where: Dicken Specials
Who: K-5th grade students
Dear Parents: Starting in mid-January, your students have been learning about other cultures. During the course of the next two months, your children will be learning games from other parts of the world in gym class, singing songs and hearing music from countries near and far; reading stories about school around the world and defining peace during media center time; as well as creating art projects that show the influence of other cultures. We've also been posing questions of the week, centering on aspects of other countries. Take your children to the Community of Cultures Question of the Week poster by the water fountain in the main hall and help them to answer their grade-appropriate question of the week. Take the time to ask them what they have learned in their specials classes about other cultures!
Contact for Questions: Melissa Eljamal (eljamal@sbcglobal.net)
DICKEN IN THE NEWS: Dicken Elementary School students hold food drive
Fifth-grader Hugh Boyd wondered how many pounds of food the Dicken Elementary School Student Council was able to gather during the school's annual food drive. After eyeballing the bags and boxes of non-perishable food that were set up in the school's lobby, Josh Cantor, a food runner for Food Gatherers, estimated that the school had amassed about 600 to 700 pounds. For more, click:
http://www.heritage.com/articles/2009/12/03/ann_arbor_journal/news/doc4b11ae4fd3426627283760.txt
Fifth-grader Hugh Boyd wondered how many pounds of food the Dicken Elementary School Student Council was able to gather during the school's annual food drive. After eyeballing the bags and boxes of non-perishable food that were set up in the school's lobby, Josh Cantor, a food runner for Food Gatherers, estimated that the school had amassed about 600 to 700 pounds. For more, click:
http://www.heritage.com/articles/2009/12/03/ann_arbor_journal/news/doc4b11ae4fd3426627283760.txt
AAPSNews.com: Please notify your parents via your email lists that the new version of AAPSNews! is now available! Print copies for any families you know of who do not have connectivity! Let your PTOs and boosters know as well! http://news.a2schools.org
PLEASE TAKE SPECIAL NOTE OF SCHOOL DROP-OFF AND PICK-UP PROCEDURES - 2009/2010
We love our Dicken families! But, we do need to ask our parents and babysitters who have strollers, to either park them outside of the school before you enter, or stroll them along side of our hallways. The hallways are getting congested especially near the end of the day. We have a number of classes who are returning from special area classes during that time. Today we did have a collision. Fortunately, no one was hurt. We want to keep ALL of our kids safe, even our toddlers! Thank you for understanding.
Please, please, please, do not drop off or pick up our students in front of the school, unless it is quite early or late, and your child attends childcare. We have had some close calls that could have injured our students with cars moving too quickly, or children walking away from their parents in this area. The Carol Street Lot is for pick-up and drop-off. This also includes our dear kindergartners. ALL of our students and staff thank you for understanding that we must keep safety at the top of our list.
* Please be mindful to use only the Carol Street parking lot for dropping off and picking up students.Please, please, please, do not drop off or pick up our students in front of the school, unless it is quite early or late, and your child attends childcare. We have had some close calls that could have injured our students with cars moving too quickly, or children walking away from their parents in this area. The Carol Street Lot is for pick-up and drop-off. This also includes our dear kindergartners. ALL of our students and staff thank you for understanding that we must keep safety at the top of our list.
* You may ONLY park your car in the AVAILABLE PARKING SPOTS to escort your child to the door, if you wish.
* Please DO NOT PARK or leave your vehicle unattended at the curb of any of the Dicken School parking areas. There have been several reports of children nearly being hit by vehicles unable to see because of cars parked at the curb(s). REMEMBER: A yellow curb means no parking per Ann Arbor City ordinance. All of the curbs at Dicken are yellow.
* Cones will be placed at the Runnymede Blvd. entrance of the school to stop vehicles (with the exception of school buses) from approaching the building during drop-off and pick-up times.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION!
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