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Happy Monday Families!

I want to express my gratitude and sincere thanks to all of the families that volunteered, donated, helped plan, or supported the Fun Run in anyway. We had an amazing day full of joy and PRIDE. On top of that your amazing generosity helps to fund amazing projects for students like, playground upgrades, building furniture updates, books, assemblies, and more. I couldn't feel more grateful to be a part of this amazing community. Donations are being accepted through midnight tonight. Stay tuned for our final fundraising total. Check out some of the great pictures below.

Last week we also celebrated National Custodian's Day! We want to give a huge shout out to Mr. Greg and Mr. Jerry who help keep Pembroke safe and clean for students every day!

In addition, to the amazing funds raised for Pembroke last week, many students and staff participated in Pink for Purpose raising $1,300 for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! Way to show off your Pembroke PRIDE.

This week students continue to dive deep into learning and Tuesday we will have our first PRIDE Packs of the year. PRIDE Packs are cross-grade level groups that stay together for their entire time at Pembroke. We focus on discussing ways we can show Pembroke PRIDE, learn about how we can build community, read aloud common books, and more.

On Wednesday we will kick off the day we our Walk, Bike, and Roll to school event. See the details below. Wednesday night we look forward to seeing new families at our New Family Dinner from 6:30 - 7:30 in the cafeteria. Looking forward to another great week!

Mrs. Hoyne

October 8: Walk, Bike, Roll to School

October 8: PTA New Family Dinner

October 13: Spirit Day! Money Wars

October 14: HALF DAY - Dismissal at 11:50!

October 15 - 17: 5th grade Camp

October 18: Pembroke PTA - Trunk or Treat - details coming soon!

October 20: Spirit Day! Lions Gear! & One Pride & Author Visit - Josh Funk

October 20 - 21: Diwali

October 24: Sprit Day - UM/MSU

October 31: Halloween - HALF DAY - Dismissal at 11:50!

November 4: Simba Fundraiser at Griffin Claw

Interested in helping at lunch and recess? We have noon aide paid positions available. Please email Collen Hoyne if you're interested.

Join us Wednesday, October 8th at Pembroke Park as we come together for Walk, Bike, and Roll to School Day! We’ll gather at the park and head to school as a community around 8:25 AM.

👫 Please remember: Children must be supervised until 8:35 AM, as always.

Love Simba? Want a shirt to show it? Ms. Jenna created a link to purchase Simba shirts - see below! All proceeds will benefit Simba's account and help with vet bills/etc.

https://www.bonfire.com/simba-clothing-collection/

We’re bringing together two things our Pembroke PRIDE loves:

Simba 🐶 and The Griffin Claw – Birmingham 🍽️

📅 Tuesday, November 4th
📍 Dine-in or carry-out at Griffin Claw – Birmingham

Show this flyer to your server and 10% of your order will be donated to Pembroke to support Simba, our amazing comfort canine!

Come out, enjoy a great meal, and help us support a pup who brings so much love to our PRIDE. 🐾💛

#PembrokePRIDE #SupportSimba #BPSComfortCanin #GriffinClawBirmingham #BeBirmingham #Simbathetherapydog

Our 5th graders did a great job at the 5th Grade Run this past weekend! Thanks to Mr. Fulkerson for leading our Pembroke Crew!

Who will Simba support this year? 🐾💰

Our beloved school comfort dog, Simba, will wear the colors of the team that raises the most money during October 13–17!

💙💛 Michigan
vs.
💚🤍 Michigan State

🏈 Donate by dropping money into the labeled containers outside the office in the lobby.

All funds go directly to the Simba Fund, supporting the care and well-being of our incredible comfort dog. 🐶❤️

The winning team gets:
✅ Bragging rights
✅ Simba’s loyalty (and school colors) on Spirit Day – Friday, October 24!

💥 Show your pride. Support Simba. Pick your team! 💥

#SpiritDayShowdown #SimbaFund #ComfortDog #GoBlue #GoGreen #SchoolPride

Get ready to roar, because Monday, October 20th is ONE PRIDE Spirit Day at Pembroke!

Just like the Detroit Lions, we are a PRIDE — strong, united, and full of spirit. Show your support by wearing your Lions or Pembroke gear or colors.

Let’s flood the halls in Honolulu blue, silver, and Pembroke PRIDE.

#OnePride #PembrokePRIDE #MondayNightFootball #DetroitLions #GoLions #BeBirmingham

The battle for the Paul Bunyan Trophy is on this Saturday, October 25, in East Lansing! 🔥

Let’s bring the rivalry to life early — on Friday, October 24, wear your favorite school’s gear or rock their school colors to show your Spartan 💚 or Wolverine 💙 pride!

📣 Who will you rep?
#PembrokePRIDE #BeBirmingham #Michigan #MichiganState #Spartans #Wolverines #PaulBunyan

Michigan STEM Partnership is excited to have partnered with Birmingham Public and Southfield Public Schools to bring Volkswagen eLabs to Southeast Michigan! Volkswagen eLabs provide public school students access to state-of-the-art digital fabrication labs that transform learning and empower students to "make almost anything." BPS and SPS are the FIRST districts in Michigan to receive this unique opportunity. The VW eLabs will be equipped with state-of-the-art digital fabrication tools aligned with the specifications outlined by the Fab Foundation at MIT—the birthplace of Fab Labs (digital fabrication labs).

As part of this exciting partnership, each elementary school in BPS receives a large cache of digital tools/equipment and three years of extensive professional development, support, and consulting from devX PD for training and best practices. This initiative began in June of 2025 and we are hopeful all of the eLabs will be launched for the entire public by early October. The enormous positive impact on our k-5 students will be substantial for academic/skills sets and workforce development. Our STEAM motto: “If you can think it, you can make it.”

Exciting news! Author Josh Funk will visit Pembroke on October 20th! Josh Funk is the author of the popular Lady Pancake and Sir French Toast series, as well as many other books for kids! Both upper and lower elementary author visit presentations have been made possible by our generous Pembroke PTA. Thank you, PTA!

If you would like Josh Funk to sign a copy of one of his books when he visits on October 20th, students can bring in any title by him before Friday, October 17th. The book should have a sticky note on the front that lists the following:

• The name of the person who you’d like the book signed to
• The last name of the student’s classroom teacher

You can purchase his titles anywhere books are sold!

Please be advised that cell phones and smart watches are not permitted during school hours. If a child brings a cell phone - it must be stored in a backpack during school. Smart watches must be changed to school mode.

Trading cards of any kind are not allowed at school. Please have your students leave them at home. Thank you for your participation in this!

With the rising cost of bagels, we will be increasing the price per bagel to $2 per bagel. (Plain or Salt available) - each child is allowed one bagel. Bagels will be sold in the main lobby and at the Witherbee loop entrance. Thanks to all our 4th grade parent volunteers!

Please inform your students teacher and the office (tlonge@birmingham.k12.mi.us) of any early dismissal plans, late arrival or absences!

Please contact the Pembroke Attendance Line if your child will be late or absent. You can leave a message at 248-203-3888 Option 2. Or email Tracy Longe at tlonge@birmingham.k12.mi.us.

If your child will be absent for 4 days or more - please complete an extended absence form and submit to the Pembroke Main Office or email to Tracy Longe.

Friendly reminder on the Pembroke Sickness Policy:

• 24 hours Fever & Vomit Free with no medications!
• If your child has cold symptoms and requires cough drops, please send cough drops to the office with a note giving permission to provide them to the student.
• Absences with a doctor/dentist note are excused

We will be celebrating Halloween on Friday, October 31st. We will have a Halloween parade beginning at 10:00 am outside. All parents and guardians are welcome to watch the parade. Halloween parties will follow at 10:30, only the number of volunteers needed to run stations will be able to attend parties. These volunteers will be determined ahead of time. This is a half day of school and students will be dismissed at 11:50. Please see the reminders about appropriate Halloween costumes below. Your child may be asked to remove a part of their costume if they do not meet the requirements listed below.

When planning your child’s costume, we would like to request that the children select costumes for school that are non-violent and appropriate themed to wear at this all-school event. In particular, costumes that portray blood, death, violence, and those of similar nature are not permitted. Please, no masks or extreme makeup that will hide your identity. We are working to create a celebration with students as young as four. Thank you in advance for your mindfulness to this.

COSTUME RULES

1. All costumes need to be age-appropriate for elementary students.

2. Costumes should not be based on making fun of real people, real human traits or cultures.

3. If the costume is scary, is the fear factor appropriate to this age children?

4. Students MAY NOT under any circumstances bring toy guns, knives, swords or other weapons to school, even if they are parts of their costumes. Included in this ban are hockey sticks, baseball bats and other pieces of sports equipment because these items present potential safety hazards.

5. No Masks or extreme make up that hides your identity. And please avoid any costumes that have fake blood or gore – too scary for many of our students.

Lastly, our goal is to ensure that all families and students feel completely accepted, included, valued and connected to the Beverly school community. We teach all students to be proud of their identities, view diversity as an asset, and to demonstrate empathy and compassion for others. If your family does NOT celebrate Halloween, each year we provide alternative fun activities for students who do not celebrate. Please notify your child’s teacher if you would prefer that your son/daughter not participate in Halloween festivities.

⭐⭐Please update your contact information and your student’s grade/teacher in Membership Toolkit.

Thank you to all the parents, students and staff who made FunRun on Friday a huge success!

Today is the last day to turn in cash/checks or log donations on FundHub. Thank you to everyone who has donated and collected donations! We have exceeded our goal and are looking forward to support the Pembroke Pride!

Last year’s Trunk or Treat was a HUGE success thanks to the Pembroke Pride! We expect this year to be even better. Join us on Saturday October 18th and sign up to secure a spot for your trunk or to volunteer!

Don’t forget - the People’s Choice for best trunk will win a $100 gift certificate to Whistle Stop Diner!

Do you love Art? Dance? Film? Music? We'd love to see your creativity shine on the theme of, I Belong!

More details at: https://www.birmingham.k12.mi.us/programs-services/pta-reflections

Pembroke students can submit their entry forms and artwork to Mrs. Rumple in the main office or email at: drumple@bps-schools.com.

All submissions are due by November 5th!

Purchase a PTA membership on Membership Toolkit. $35. No time or volunteer commitment.

There will be NO printed directory this year. PTA membership includes access to the online directory.

🥘New Family Dinner! Wednesday, October 8th in the Cafeteria

⭐October PTA Meeting! Wednesday, October 15th in the Media Center

🎃Trunk or Treat! Saturday, October 18th