Month: April 2021

Week of April 26th – April 30th

Emily Sickler

A Note From Ms. Sickler

Recently we have seen an uptick in distracted driving in the parking lot. We have had some close calls recently. Please continue to give your full attention to driving if you are using the Harvest parking lots when dropping off or picking up. Children are never released to cross into the parking lot without an adult escort. If you are dropping off or picking up curb-side, please do not leave your vehicle.

Upcoming Dates:

  • May 17 & 19: 3rd Grade MSTEP
  • May 31: No school- Memorial Day
  • June 9: Half day (12:10PM dismissal)
  • June 10: Half day, last day of school (12:10PM dismissal)

Ms. Sickler

Here are your “home school” updates:

Harvest Specials Rotation

In-Person Students: Here is the schedule and rotation for the days that you are in school.

Check out CHOICE DAY activities HERE.

Virtual Students: You will be following your daily special schedule.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Kindergarten Media Lab Art PE Music
1st Grade Music Media Lab Art PE
2nd Grade PE Music Media Lab Art
3rd Grade Art PE Music Media Lab

 

District Notes

Please join us for another opportunity to engage in conversation around equity. We will be using the Saline Bridge to Civility Protocol to better help us engage in civil discourse. Please note that due to the number of trained facilitators we have to run breakout rooms, we are limiting participation to the first 120 people. Click HERE to join the conversation!  It is not necessary to have attended session #1 in order to attend this upcoming session on May 4th. NOTE: After you sign-up, a confirmation ZOOM link to allow you to access the engagement session will be sent to the email address that you provided. 

Read entire message HERE.

Sweet Tweets of the Week

Did You Know?

Did you know that students can participate in a STEM camp in person OR at home this summer?  Camp Invention is back!

Ms. Sickler Reads!

Week of April 19th – April 23rd

Emily Sickler

A Note From Ms. Sickler

If you would like to provide input for your child’s placement for the 2021-2022 school year, please use the Google Forms listed below:

Entering Young5s/Kindergarten

Entering 1st Grade Input Form

Entering 2nd Grade Input Form

Entering 3rd Grade Input Form

Entering 4th Grade Input Form

Ms. Sickler

Here are your “home school” updates:

Harvest Specials Rotation

In-Person Students: Here is the schedule and rotation for the days that you are in school.

Check out CHOICE DAY activities HERE.

Virtual Students: You will be following your daily special schedule.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Kindergarten Media Lab Art PE Music
1st Grade Music Media Lab Art PE
2nd Grade PE Music Media Lab Art
3rd Grade Art PE Music Media Lab

 

District Notes

From Dr. Laatsch’s April 16th community message:

Although we are moving forward with more in-person instruction in our buildings in a time with significant COVID-19 activity, we are recognizing that we can operationalize more in-person instruction safely. Yet, it will continue to present quarantining challenges. It’s not ideal to have to quarantine whole or partial sections of classrooms in any of our buildings. We will continue to work through this with the support of our students, staff and community.

Quarantining FAQ

Read the entire message HERE.

Sweet Tweets of the Week

Did You Know?

Did you know that you can still order the Harvest 2020-2021 Yearbook?  Order HERE.

Ms. Sickler Reads!

Ramadan Mubarak to all our Harvest Families celebrating this season.  Enjoy this story from Olympic medalist, Ibtihaj Muhammad on a story of hijab and family.

Learn more about Ramadan HERE.

Week of April 12th – April 16th

Emily Sickler

A Note From Ms. Sickler

Order yearbooks now – April 23rd HERE.  If you are unable to purchase a yearbook and would like one for your student, please contact Mrs. Pickett or me and we can make arrangements for your family to receive one.

Can you find me in my first-grade yearbook class photo from a long, long time ago?

Ms. Sickler

Here are your “home school” updates:

Harvest Specials Rotation

In-Person Students: Here is the schedule and rotation for the days that you are in school.

Check out CHOICE DAY activities HERE.

Virtual Students: You will be following your daily special schedule.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Kindergarten Media Lab Art PE Music
1st Grade Music Media Lab Art PE
2nd Grade PE Music Media Lab Art
3rd Grade Art PE Music Media Lab

 

District Notes

From Dr. Laatsch’s April 9th community message:

Even though we have experienced no spread of COVID-19 transmission in our classrooms over the past 13 months, we know students are contracting COVID-19 in the community. This is why your partnership is so important to us. When students are away from school, please continue the following practices:  

  • Please make a very concerted effort to practice mitigation efforts when your kids are engaging with other households, socializing in the community, participating in athletics, etc.
  • As you have consistently been doing all year, please do not send your children to school if they have any symptoms of illness.

Read the entire message HERE.

Sweet Tweets of the Week

Did You Know?

Did you know that you can share input for 21-22 classroom placement for any student entering Young 5s – Fourth grade next year?  If you would like to provide input for your child’s placement for the 2021-2022 school year, please use the Google Forms listed below:

Entering Young5s/Kindergarten

Entering 1st Grade Input Form

Entering 2nd Grade Input Form

Entering 3rd Grade Input Form

Entering 4th Grade Input Form

Ms. Sickler Reads!

Enjoy learning why kindness counts with The Potato Chip Champ

Week of April 5th – April 9th

Emily Sickler

A Note From Ms. Sickler

I hope everyone had a restful and relaxing spring break.  I know that I appreciated the screen-free time and was able to enjoy time outside with my family.  Our entire staff will be excited to see our Harvest students tomorrow morning in-person or on Zoom!

A few friendly reminders about drop-off/pick-up

  • If parking in either parking lot, please walk your child to the sidewalk
  • If using the loop
    • children must enter/exit from the passenger side only
    • if your child can not independently get out of the car, please park and walk your child to the sidewalk
    • do not park and get out of your vehicle while in the loop

Ms. Sickler

Here are your “home school” updates:

Harvest Specials Rotation

In-Person Students: Here is the schedule and rotation for the days that you are in school.

Check out CHOICE DAY activities HERE.

Virtual Students: You will be following your daily special schedule.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
Kindergarten Media Lab Art PE Music
1st Grade Music Media Lab Art PE
2nd Grade PE Music Media Lab Art
3rd Grade Art PE Music Media Lab

 

District Notes

From Dr. Laatsch’s April 3rd Community Message:

We would like to remind all families of the critical importance of not sending your children to school if they have any symptoms of illness. Our community has done an excellent job of this and we need to continue with these strict efforts in order to avoid larger than necessary quarantining numbers moving forward.

Read the entire message HERE.

Sweet Tweets of the Week

Did You Know?

Did you know that Michigan Alliance for Families has many great virtual learning opportunities in April?  Check them out HERE.

Ms. Sickler Reads!

Check out Ms. Sickler Reads! playlist with all read alouds from the year.