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 ✨
Hello Hornung Families!
Welcome to the 2026–2027 school year—we can’t wait to kick things off with fun, friends, and plenty of school spirit! Join us for our next PTO meeting on Friday, October 16 at 9:00am in the Media Center to hear about all the exciting volunteer opportunities. Everyone’s welcome, even the younger siblings—we’d love to see you there!

📅 September Happenings

• 9/15: Curriculum Night – 1st grade 6 pm | 3rd grade 6:45 pm

• 9/16: Curriculum Night – 2nd grade 6 pm | 4th grade 6:45 pm

• 9/18: Picture Day 📸

• 9/21: Pink Week begins! 💗 Coin Drive all week for Trinity Cancer Center

• 9/23: Crazy Hat/Sock Day 🎩

• 9/25: District-Wide “Pink Out” – Wear your pink!

• 10/2: Welcome Back Block Party: 5:30-7:30 🎪

• 10/9: Picture Retakes

• 10/12: NO SCHOOL

📣 PTO PAYMENT UPDATE! 📣
We have an update regarding PTO payments for this school year! 🚫 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

📸 Picture Day – Friday, September 18
Say cheese! A week after Picture Day, you’ll be able to view your student’s photos at Jostens.com.
✨ Pro tip: skip the green outfits to avoid blending into the green screen.

📚 Don’t Forget to Order Your Student’s Yearbook!
Make sure your student gets a copy of the 2026/27 Hornung Elementary Yearbook—a whole book full of smiles, friends, memories, and all the fun from the school year!
👉 Order your yearbook here:
Order the Hornung Yearbook

💗 Pink Week – September 21-25
We know it’s early but Pink Week approaches quickly after the start of the school year! Order your (optional) spirit wear from any of our local vendors to have in time for our district wide “Pink Out”
✨ What is Pink Week?
Pink Week is a district-wide – week-long fundraiser that benefits local cancer care and includes community events, our district-wide “Pink Out” Friday, and ends with the BHS Varsity Pink Out football game and Survivor Walk. All funds raised by the district are donated directly to the Trinity Cancer Center in Brighton. 100% of the proceeds of any Pink Week item ordered from the BHS School Store (The PAW) go directly to Trinity Cancer Center in Brighton to support patients who are battling cancer.
✨Spirit Wear (optional) order links:

• The PAW
  https://www.shopbhsthepaw.com/

• Ivory Vines
  https://www.ivoryvines.com/products/pink-week-2026

Help us support Trinity Cancer Center in Brighton with a Coin Drive all week long!
On Friday, September 25, join the BAS community for our big District-Wide “Pink Out”—wear your Pink Week gear or any favorite pink attire!

🎪 Welcome Back Block Party – Friday, Oct. 2 | 5:30–7:30 pm
Mark your calendars for one of our new events this year!
We are ready to kick off the new school year with inflatable obstacle courses, a food truck rally, temporary tattoos, face painting, activity booths, and more!

Presale available until 10/1: $20 per family

At door price: $25 per family

🎉 Presale Zeffy Link

We need volunteers to help make this event great
👉Click here to Volunteer

🛒 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! Every grocery trip can help support our Hornung students! So spread the word and encourage your family and friends to sign up too.

📸 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.

💙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! 🎉
If your employer has a sponsorship program—or if you know of a company that might be interested—please take a peek at the attached sheet for our sponsorship levels and details and share it with them.
Every bit of support helps us make a bigger impact for our school community.
👉 Zeffy Account for Corporate Donations

📅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

ARTragous (an art/music extravaganza for all ages)

Sunday, October 11 at 4:00 PM

BAS BOGO deal (buy 1, get 1 of equal or lesser value, limit 1).

Coupon code: bogoART

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