Meet the Howe Team! – Adams, Gail and Sisoy

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This round we are featuring a special group of ladies who all work in the same classroom. They refer to themselves as the Adams & Company. What an amazing group of ladies dedicated to our students for such a long time! Show them kindness with a thoughtful word of encouragement or pop your head into their classroom to wave hello! Read more about them here…

Full Name: 

Kathleen Adams   Gail Sosnitza   Leslie Sisoy

Job Title:  The Education Team for Room 107

Description of what you do for Dearborn Schools in 3 sentences or less: 

Mrs Adams is the teacher and Ms. Gail and Ms. Sisoy are the para educators 

What Elementary School did you attend? 

Mrs. Adams went to Perrinville in Livonia. 

Ms. Gail went to Madison in Dearborn Heights.  

Ms. Sisoy went to elementary school in Detroit.

How long have you been at Howe and how many years of professional work experience do you have? 

Mrs. Adams has worked for DPS for 35 years.

Ms. Gail for 25 years.  

Ms. Sisoy for 25 years.  

We have worked together as Adams & Company for over 22 years.  Most of our time was spent at Snow School until we moved here. We absolutely love our new school.

What is your greatest achievement? 

We all agree that our greatest achievement is our families.  

What is your classroom like? Our classroom is warm and nurturing.  Everyone is welcome in our classroom.  

We expect great things from our children and they never disappoint!  They work so hard in school to be the very best they can be.

What’s the day-to-day of your role like? 

Room 107 is a busy place.  We work on independent living skills, like eating, dressing, using the bathroom, walking, and communicating.  These skills are practiced throughout the day while working on academics.  We have language arts and math everyday and alternate monthly between science and social studies.  

Holiday Week Activities

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Monday 12/18 – Holiday Sweater/ Holiday Color Day

Wear red, green and white and your Holiday sweater/shirt.

Tuesday 12/19 – Tinsel Toes Tuesday

Wear your crazy Holiday socks and Holiday bling.

Wednesday 12/20 – Winter Wonderland Wednesday

Wear white and wish for snow. PTA Oreo Day!

Thursday 12/21 – Think Aloud Thursday

Wear Your Holiday headwear (Santa caps, antlers or crazy hair.)

Friday 12/22 – Holiday Sing-A-Long and Pajama Party

Wear your Holiday pajamas.

Candy Cane Grams Coming Soon!

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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!

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Meet the Howe Team!

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Each month, we will be spotlighting different staff members around the builidng to encourage appreciation and awareness. Show kindness this month to Mrs. Angela with a warm smile or a heartfelt note of appreciation! A little kindness goes a long way and we sure are grateful for the work Mrs. Angela does for our kinders and school. 🙂

Angela Carman

Job Title: Kindergarten Teacher- Howe Montessori

Description of what you do for Dearborn Schools in 3 sentences or less:

– Full time chaos manager.

– Teach the babies how to do school. 

– Teach them how to read! 

How long have you been at Howe and how many years of professional work experience do you have?
14 years teaching & 6 at Howe!

Mrs. Angela with coworkers on school field trip. 2023
Mrs. Angela with family on beach.

What did you want to be when you grew up?  
Vet to work with cute animals!

What was your first job?
Hostess at Eagle Tavern/Greenfield Village

What parts of our school Mission/Beliefs/Vision do you connect with?
Montessori! I have only taught Montessori during my teaching career. 

What is your classroom like?
Routine based, structured, and busy bees working constantly. Kindergarten students soak up SO MUCH information!

What’s the day-to-day of your role like?
Each day is a new day! Some days are calm, some are crazy, some super productive, and some lazy days! You never know the mood until the day starts. 

The BoxTops Mailbox Needs a Refresh!

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Help Wanted!

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

Image of current mailbox mentioned in post. Mailbox can be found at the playground entrance. Near the Montessori wing.
Current state of mailbox mentioned above. This is found at the playground entrance. Near the Montessori wing.

Meet the Howe Team!

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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!

Joshua Edmund Bodary

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