Dear Parsons Families,

We had the most amazing assembly this week with Basketball Jim Jones. This assembly was paid for with funds from the Fun Run and every student was on the edge of their seats. Basketball Jones emphasized effort over perfection. He talked about how students should own their effort and how it's not talent but persistence that builds character. He talked about how doing the right thing, the right way, at the right time results in positive consequences and results. Basketball Jones engaged the audience with stories, tricks, and plenty of kid effort! We are very grateful for our community for the opportunity to have this assembly.

This has been a wonderful start to the year. Our wish for you is that all of our families have an enjoyable and relaxing holiday. Happy Thanksgiving! The next update will be Friday, December 1st.

Sincerely,

Sarah Aherne

Family members, just a reminder that you must have a background check on file to volunteer. That means you must have filled out the background form and provided a copy of your ID. This must be done twice a year.

You may not get a background check done the day of an event. For future events, background checks must be completed a week before an event.

Team Pendergast has taken the lead for total items collected! Team Bannon is in the lead for total points! Today is the last day to send in donations - donations must be received by 3:30pm in order to be counted for the Food Fight.

The class with the highest number of collected items and the class with the most points will each be able to wear Christmas PJs to school and celebrate with a Christmas Movie/Popcorn party!!!!

TOTAL ITEMS 1. Pendergast - 159 2. Bannon - 158 3. DeAngelo - 141 4. Izbicki - 116 5. Fairris - 102 6. Wheaton - 70 7. Steinmetz - 65 8. Bryant & Przepiora - 51 9. Gurney - 25 10. Scheetz -24 11. Krause - 21 12. Putek - 19 13. Cook - 18 14. Coppo - 13 15. Trupiano - 11 16. Smithson - 2

TOTAL POINTS 1. Bannon - 1344 2. DeAngelo - 1021 3. Fairris - 637 4. Pendergast - 568 5. Krause - 526 6. Izbicki - 461 7. Steinmetz - 401 8. Gurney - 280 9. Scheetz - 259 10. Wheaton - 98 11. Bryant - 91 12. Przepiora - 68 13. Putek -25 14. Cook - 23 15. Coppo - 20 16. Trupiano - 19 17. Smithson - 3

Our giving tree starts this week. All gifts that are collected for the giving tree will go to Parsons families. A tree will be in our foyer with gift tags. There is also a signup genius link coming soon.

The Gibraltar Christmas Parade is December 2nd at 5:30. We would love to have any Parsons students and family members walk in the parade. Dress warmly in your most festive gear. We can start lining up at 4:30. Stay tuned for more details.

Our annual Christmas Concert will take place on Monday, December 11th at 6:00 at CHS auditorium. We can't wait to see all the amazing work Mrs. Arndt and Mrs. Monticello have done with our Pirates.

Cookies with Santa is a free event sponsored by our PTO at Parsons on Tuesday, December 19th from 6:00-7:30. We encourage all families to attend to take pictures with Mr. and Mrs. Claus, eat cookies, make a craft, and

Thank you to everyone who participated. We were a wild card winner. We won $250 that we will use for our Recycling and Science clubs.

Every month we have Student of the Month Award. This year we are also going to have Spark Orange Frog Award each week for a student who exudes positivity and happiness. GSD is a Happiness Advantage school district. In The Orange Frog, the main character is a frog named Spark who turns “orange” among an island of green frogs. Spark is a positive outlier, adaptive with an optimistic mindset open to change.

Spark Student of the Week: Ryan Chamberlin

Ryan is always asking if he can help. He loves to help Mr. Ed in the lunchroom or with beautifying our school. He has just joined our Peer to Peer program as a mentor for younger students. Keep up the good work Ryan!

• What brings you joy? Seeing people smile and helping people out
• How do you bring joy to others? Preparing by putting a smile on people's face. I use our class quote "If someone doesn't have a smile, give them one of yours."
• Who is someone that brings joy to you? My great grandma because she's 90 years old and still smiling.

Our teachers and staff are working hard! If you have a kind word of gratitude or kindness, please shout it out! Click on the link here. These shout outs are shared each week with staff.

WatchDOGS started on October 10th. Check out the link and/or the QR code.

Also, t-shirts are in for those who ordered! Mrs. Revoir will be in contact.

School doors open at 8:33! Our school hours are from 8:38am-3:33 pm. Our half day hours are 8:38 am-11:55 am. School dismissal is staggered. Please read information from your child’s teacher regarding grade level dismissal.

Tardy 8:45

Absent AM 9:30

Absent PM 2:30

All doors are locked during the school day. If you come to school, you will be buzzed into the foyer area and office and then asked to show identification before your child is released. All visitors/volunteers in the building must report and sign in at the office. Visitors must wear a badge in the school building. All volunteers in the classroom and for field trips must have a background check on file each year.

Parsons uses the Positive Behavior Interventions and Support framework to promote a range of positive behavior by defining expectations for conduct

This month we are working on showing Responsibility!

PBIS Clubs:

Governor Whitmer has made school breakfast and lunch free again this school year. You will receive free and reduced lunch forms the first day of school. Even though meals are free we encourage all families to fill out the forms. The completion of the application by our families helps us receive federal funding. Lunch menus are available at this link.

Lunch is 11:45-1:00.

K 11:45-12:10

3 11:55-12:20

1 12:05-12:30

4 12:15-12:40

2 12:25-12:50

5 12:35-1:00

Jamie Churches', State Representative HD 27, office has a new ‘Teacher of the Month’ nomination form available on their website. As always, they wish to highlight the phenomenal educators of our district and showcase their incredible efforts in the classroom, with our students, and within the school community. I have attached the link to this email for your convenience. As they receive nominations, her team will reach out accordingly to schedule a day/time to present the award to a teacher per school month. Last year, Brittany Gurney received this award. We have so many awesome educators!

Teacher of the Month Nomination Form: https://housedems.com/jaime-churches/teacher-of-the-month/

Please check out this letter to see when GSD recommends you keep your child home.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1X1h-iSol2YD68QRJndqs3bNInfpnLoISC0h1E_B7-Ck/edit?usp=sharing

November 20th: Turkey Trot

November 22nd-24th: Thanksgiving Break

December 2nd: Gibraltar Christmas Parade

December 11th: Christmas Concert at CHS

December 12th: PTO meeting 6:00

December 14th: Board meeting

December 18th-19th: Santas's Shop

December 19th: Cookies with Santa PM

December 22nd: Last Day before Winter Break

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Email: ahernes@gibdist.net
Website: https://www.gibdist.net/parsons-elementary
Location: Parsons Elementary School, Middle Gibraltar Road, Gibraltar, MI, USA
Phone: (734) 379-7050