The Stinging News

Jack Yates - Principal

Email: yatesj@brightonk12.com

Website: https://www.brightonk12.com/Domain/179

Address: 4680 Bauer, Brighton, MI 48116

Phone: 810-299-4451

✨ PTO Buzz ✨
Join us for our next PTO meeting on Friday, November 13 at 9:05am in the Media Center. Everyone’s welcome, even the younger siblings—we’d love to see you there!

📅 October Happenings

• 10/23: Last Day of the Scholastic Book Fair 📚

• 10/23: Monster Mash & Trunk or Treat 5:30-7:30pm 👻

• 10/30: Halloween Parade 🎃
  
  

📅 November Happenings

• 11/3: NO SCHOOL

• 11/13: PTO Meeting 9:05am

• 11/19: Popcorn Day 🍿

• 11/25-11/30: NO SCHOOL/Thanksgiving Break 🦃
  
  

👻 Monster Mash and Trunk or Treat – TONIGHT | 5:30–7:30 pm
Hornung’s 7th annual Monster Mash & Trunk-or-Treat is back! Join us for tons of Halloween fun!

• Free outdoor family event

• Music & DJ provided by our own DJ SPARKLES 🎶

• Grade-level costume contests 🎭

• Best trunk décor prize 🚗✨

• Junkyard Pit Crew and Soda Bae food trucks on site

• And of course… Trunk-or-Treating! 🍬

🍿 Popcorn Day - Thursday, Nov. 19
Popcorn is just $1 per bag! Bring $1 cash on Popcorn Day OR prepay for the rest of the year – prepay ends 11/18

• $7 Zeffy – Click Here for Link

• $7 cash (send in an envelope/Ziploc labeled with your student’s name, teacher, and grade)

👉 Reminder: Zeffy can’t be used the day of!
🔗 Click here to Volunteer for Popcorn Day

🍎Want to Spoil Our Hornung Staff? We’ve Got You!
Our amazing Hornung staff work so hard to make every school day special for our kids, and sometimes it’s fun to show them a little extra love!
Looking for a birthday surprise, a little pick-me-up, or just a way to say “Thanks for being AMAZING!”? We’ve got you covered!
👉 Click Here for Staff Favorites List

📚 Don’t Forget to Order Your Student’s Yearbook!
Make sure your student gets a copy of the 2026/27 Hornung Elementary Yearbook!
👉 Order the Hornung Yearbook

📸 We Need Your Pictures!
The yearbook team is already hard at work putting together the 2026–2027 Hornung Yearbook, and we need your help!
We’re looking for candid photos of our amazing Hornung students enjoying all the fun that makes our school special, including:
🎉 Classroom parties
⚽ BARC & BAS affiliated sports
🎈 Our upcoming Block Party
🤩 School activities & special events
💙 And all those fun, everyday Hornung moments!
Please email your photos to:
👉 HornungYearbookPics@gmail.com
When sending pictures, please include the names of the students pictured so we can make sure everyone gets properly recognized.

🙌 Thank You to Our New Corporate Sponsors!
We’re always on the lookout for Corporate Sponsors to help support our PTO and make all the fun things we do for our students possible!

Platinum Sponsors
Goldfish Swim School
El Toro
R&R Sound and Lighting

Gold Sponsors
Homegrown Events

Every bit of support helps us make a bigger impact for our school community.
👉 Zeffy Account for Corporate Donations

🛒 Support Hornung While You Grocery Shop!
Did you know Kroger gives back to Hornung PTO? Anyone can sign up to give back – grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, neighbors!

Follow these simple steps to sign up for Kroger Community Rewards:

1. Go to Kroger.com or the Kroger app

2. Click on your account

3. Click on Payments and Resources

4. Click on Community Rewards search for Hornung PTO and add them to your enrollment

Then just shop like you normally do and Kroger does the rest! So spread the word and encourage your family and friends to sign up too.

📣 PTO Payment Update
The PTO will NOT be using Venmo this year. We’ll be using Zeffy for payments moving forward.
Ready to Make a Donation?
👉 Click here to visit our Zeffy payment page

📅Stay Organized with our PTO Calendar
We’ve made it super easy to keep track of events! Add the Hornung PTO Google Calendar in one of these ways:

• Calendar ID: HornungPTO@gmail.com

• Web Browser Link: View the PTO Calendar

• iCal Link (for iOS): Download Here
  
  

📱Join us on Social Media
👉 Hornung PTO Facebook Group

Your Hornung PTO 🐝
Co-Presidents: Mary Beth Harris & Mary Peters
Co-Vice Presidents: Stacy Carroll & Rachel Loch
Secretary: Christine Ferraro
Treasurer: Erin Bradley

We moved the Lost and Found to make it more accessible to our families during the day. Our new location is circled in the photo. It is currently quite full. We will be doing our best to keep it organized monthly; however, any assistance you can provide when you are looking for or putting items in it would be greatly appreciated.

If you’d like to schedule a conference with one of our Specials teachers (Art, Music, P.E., STEAM, or Library), please reach out directly to the teacher by email to set up a time.

Art- Mrs. Cavallaro- cavalls@brightonk12.com

Music- Mrs. Chernich- chernichb@brightonk12.com

P.E.- Mrs. Anderson- andersonc@brightonk12.com

STEAM- Mrs. Barton- bartone@brightonk12.com

Library- Mr. Turner- turners@brightonk12.com

Livingston County Health Department is providing Hearing Screening on November 6th and November 20th for Grades Jr K, K, and 2. Rescreens will take place on December 4th. Also screened are last-year follow-ups and parent/teacher requests.

Please call the school and provide your child’s name and teacher if:

• You do not want your child screened.
• Your child has hearing aids but cannot remove/replace themselves.
• Your child has a programmable shunt or any implanted medical device (childshould not be screened due to magnets in audiometer headphones).

• You have a concern for your child and your child is not in above grades.

Please call the Hearing and Vision Coordinator at the Health Department at

(517) 552-6841 if you have any questions regarding hearing screenings.

Livingston County Health Department is providing Vision Screening on December 8th and December 9th for 1st and 3rd grades and parent/teacher requests.

Please call the school and provide your child’s name and teacher if:

• You do not want your child screened.
• You have a concern for your child and your child is not in above grades.

Please call the Hearing and Vision Coordinator at the Health Department at

(517) 552-6841 if you have any questions regarding vision screenings.

Parent Connect has a quick and easy way to report your child's absence.

• Log into Parent Connect

• If you have more than one child, select the student who will be absent.
• Click Report Absence on the top right corner.
• Enter the date(s) of the absence.
• If your child will be gone all day, check the All Day box so it applies to both morning and afternoon. Or, if your child will only miss part of the day, enter the specific times.
• Finally select a Reason and make sure to include in the Notes why your child will be absent (illness, doctor visit, vacation etc.) If your child has been diagnosed with something specific (like COVID, strep throat, pink eye, flu, chickenpox, etc.), please mention that in Notes.

Another option for reporting an absence is to call the Hornung attendance line at 810-299-4454. When you leave a message, please include:

• Your child's name
• Their teacher's name
• The date(s) they'll be absent
• The reason (illness, doctor visit, vacation, etc.)

If they haven't been diagnosed but do have symptoms, let us know what those symptoms are.

Please Email kurtinaitisc@brightonk12.com with any attendance questions.

Brighton Area Schools supports students experiencing temporary housing through the

McKinney-Vento Act. Assistance is available for school needs, housing referrals, clothing, and

more. If you know a student in need, please contact your building principal or district liaison

Starr Acromite at 810-299-4040.

Parents please pack an extra set of weather appropriate clothes in your child's backpack each day. Bathroom accidents, spills, mud puddles or unexpected messes can happen, and having a spare outfit will help keep your child comfortable throughout the day. This way, we can take care of any changes at school, and you won't have to make a trip to bring them. Thank you for your support!

Student Drop Off: 8:55 AM

First Bell: 9:01 AM

Second Bell: 9:05 AM

Starting Time In Class: 9:05 AM

Dismissal Time: 3:57 PM

Students eating Breakfast may enter the cafeteria at 8:45 AM

Hornung Office - 810-299-4450

Hornung Attendance Line - 810-299-4454

Jack Yates, Principal Office 810-299-4451

Hornung Fax - 810-299-4460

Hornung Friendship Center – 810-299-4461

BAS Central Office - 810-299-4000

BAS Transportation – 810-299-3890