Enjoy a little Holiday break! No meeting this month. Here are some dates to remember for the future…
*Dates are also posted on the blog on our Calendar page.
Get a copy of the book early, A few places to look…
There are a few editions available, any is okay. Book club experience not necessary. Interested in participating? Reach out to Molly Adams 509-288-9593
Wear red, green and white and your Holiday sweater/shirt.
Wear your crazy Holiday socks and Holiday bling.
Wear white and wish for snow. PTA Oreo Day!
Wear Your Holiday headwear (Santa caps, antlers or crazy hair.)
Wear your Holiday pajamas.
Your child should have received their Candy Cane Gram slips by now. Fill out the form with the number of grams you’d like to purchase and return them to school as soon as possible. Once the form is submitted, your teacher will distribute the cards to be decorated!
Have a blast!
Candy Cane Grams are being sent home in students’ folder December 11th. Candy Cane Grams are hand decorated cards taped with a candy cane and delivered to the classrooms before break. This is a fun way for students to pass special notes to their friends for the holidays. Buy 1 or buy 1 for the whole class! The choice is yours.
Talk with your child to decide how many cards they’d like to decorate this year. Fill out the form and turn it back in with money and your child will receive grams to be decorated at home. (The sooner they turn in the forms, the sooner they receive the grams to be decorated!)
Decorated grams need to be returned by Dec 18th.
Have fun!
Are you free to help tape candy canes to grams or stuff decorated grams? We could use an extra hand!
Email the PTA at howe.schoolpta@yahoo.com
Remember to send your child to school with $1 to support the PTA’s fundraiser!
Hey there! Are you good with your hands or pretty crafty? We need someone to help us repurpose our BoxTops mailbox. BoxTops no longer requires us to turn in physical tabs, so the mailbox has been sitting empty for a few years. We’d like to give it a second life by turning it into a school-wide mailbox for all the students.
Creative freedom is welcome – do it yourself, or involve a student (or group), ask your handy in-law to pitch in, the options are endless! Are you up for the task?
Email the PTA at howe.schoolpta@yahoo.com
Each month, we will be spotlighting different staff members to encourage appreciation and awareness. Get to know them, greet them, and say thank you for their hard work! Expressing gratitude boosts morale and creates a positive school community. Be specific about what you appreciate and consider thoughtful gestures like thank-you notes or a highfive in the hallway. Let’s start by showing gratitude to this month’s featured staff member and create a culture of gratitude!
Job Title: Paraprofessional gym
Describe what you do for Dearborn Schools in 3 sentences or less:
I find motivators for students to help reach their highest physical potential. I also help students re center themselves so that they can continue their day and learn the life skills they need.
What Elementary School did you attend?
I went to Mt. Carmel Catholic School in Wyandotte, MI.
What did you want to be when you grew up?
I wanted to be a firefighter, then a truck driver.
What was your first job?
Fast food worker at Hardees
How long have you been at Howe and how many years of professional work experience do you have?
I have been at Howe for 8 years and in Dearborn 23 years.
Name something you look forward to each day you walk into Howe? Name something you look forward to the second you step into your home?
I look forward to finding that one motivator that inspires that student to be as independent as possible and to learn the love for knowledge. Coming home each day I look forward to having my pets greet me at the door.
Share with us a few of your favorites…
I love the outdoors and I love history when it has an active aspect to it. (Hiking to ruins, snorkeling shipwrecks)
What is your favorite genre of books to read?
Science fiction/fantasy
Do you have any hidden talents or hobbies?
My family owned a dance studio for 20 years growing up and my wife and I owned a dance studio for a few years.
What parts of our school Mission/Beliefs/Vision do you connect with?
That everybody can learn.
How would you describe our school culture?
Family
What is your classroom like?
Half of a gym lots of equipment something new each day.
I don’t focus on how others see me, I just focus on what I believe is right.
Mr. Bodary
Join us online for our monthly meeting! Tonight at 6:00 PM
Meeting ID: 824 4205 9176
Passcode: 251036
The first Friday of every month is Popcorn Friday! Support PTA by purchasing popcorn bags $1/each!
Volunteers still needed to help pop popcorn.
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