Ms. Sickler

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Upcoming Events 

Monday, October 1st – Friday, October 15th

Friday, October 8th

• Harvest Fun Run (all students, regardless of fundraising efforts, will participate outside with their grade level during the school day)
  • Sign up to volunteer at the event HERE

• Early Release Day
  • 1:10pm dismissal
  • Lunch is served

• Fall Break – No School

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PTA Points

• Fun Run Update

Sign up to volunteer at the October 8th Fun Run HERE

• Lunch Help
  • Sign up to volunteer as a Y5 – 3rd Grade lunch helper HERE (dates through 10/5)
• SPIRIT WEAR
  • Order Harvest Spirit Wear HERE

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Quick Links

District

• District Calendar
• Volunteer Information (RAPTOR System)

Harvest

• Breakfast & Lunch Menus
• Harvest In-Person Toolkit
• Harvest Elementary Website Main Page

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District Notes

Transportation Message:

SAS Families, 

As you know, there is a critical shortage of bus drivers, substitutes, and monitors. Currently, we have four uncovered routes that are being filled by our Director of Operations, Transportation Coordinator, and long-time retirees and valued substitutes. 

In the somewhat-likely event that bus driver absences occur, your child’s route may be canceled for the day. To prepare for this potential cancellation: 

1. You are encouraged to “opt-in” to notifications in the Ride 360 App (PLEASE be sure you are receiving notifications). On Monday, September 27th, we will send a test notification via Ride 360 – please be on the lookout for this message. 

2. We will send a secondary notification using school systems such as School Messenger. 

Important Notes:

• Because our transportation office staff is out driving buses, you should not call the transportation office if your route is canceled. No one will be available to assist you. 

• If a morning route is canceled, you will know by Noon if your student has PM transportation. However, you should be prepared to provide your own transportation both ways. 

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we navigate these challenging times. 

If you have questions, please reach out to us here. 

Have a great weekend.

Rex Clary and Tracey Mulcare
SAS Transportation 

From Dr. Laatsch’s Community Message:

Important for our families that rely on the Nutrislice webpage for allergy and carbohydrate information: 

Please be sure to check with the cafeteria manager at your child’s school regarding product substitutions that may not be reflected in the menu posted. We will make every attempt to update Nutrislice in real-time, but out of an abundance of caution, please do not solely rely on the digital nutrition panels to accommodate allergies or medical conditions.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding your student’s meals, please don’t hesitate to reach out to your school’s cafeteria manager or Larry D’Andrea, Director of Dining Services at dandreal@salineschools.org or 734-401-4350. Thank you in advance for your patience and flexibility during this time.

Read entire message HERE.

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Sweet Tweets of the Week

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Did You Know?

Did you know that Big Brothers Big Sisters is currently enrolling Little Sisters?  Check out more information HERE.

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Ms. Sickler Reads!

Reminder…

Ms. Sickler

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Upcoming Events 

Tuesday, September 21st

• 5:00pm – Y5 Buehler Family Picnic (Harvest Playground)

Thursday, September 23rd

• 5:30pm – Y5 Jermyn Family Picnic (Harvest Playground)

Saturday, September 25th

• 8th Annual RunTought – join our Harvest Elementary team HERE

Monday, September 27th – Friday, October 1st

• SAS Spirit Week

Friday, October 8th

• Harvest Fun Run (all students, regardless of fundraising efforts, will participate outside with their grade level during the school day)

• Early Release Day
  • 1:10pm dismissal
  • Lunch is served

• Fall Break – No School

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PTA Points

• Fun Run Update
  • The current standing for the whole school is $9,905.  So close to our first goal (inflatables at Fun Run)!!
  • When the whole grade reaches 75% they get a SUPER SNACK at lunch!! Right now here is where each grade stands:
    • Y5/K @ 49%
    • 1st @ 42%
    • 2nd @ 47%
    • 3rd @ 15%
• Lunch Help
  • Sign up to volunteer as a lunch helper HERE (dates through 9/24)

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Quick Links

District

• District Calendar
• Volunteer Information (RAPTOR System)

Transportation

• 21/22 Bus Registration Form
• RIDE 360 Account (pertinent information for families whose students ride the bus)

Harvest

• Breakfast & Lunch Menus
• Harvest In-Person Toolkit
• Harvest Elementary Website Main Page

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District Notes

From Dr. Laatsch’s Community Message:

HERE is the link to our Board of Education site that outlines upcoming meeting dates.

HERE is a link to the Continue to Learn Board of Education Presentation from the September 14th meeting.

Read entire message HERE.

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Sweet Tweets of the Week

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Did You Know?

Did you know that SHS has Project Lead The Way (PLTW-Biomedical Science) series of four experimental and innovative, hands-on, real world, science-based courses offered at Saline High School? For many of our projects, we require the use of an “authentic audience.” The size and demographics of each panel will vary depending on the type of project. In addition, we often require the use of guest speakers of various backgrounds and expertise.  We would like to invite anyone in the community who is interested in either speaking or joining us as a panel member to fill out this survey. This does not “sign you up” for anything. It simply adds you to our list of interested community members to invite based on our needs. You can turn down an invitation at any time.

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Ms. Sickler Reads!

Ms. Sickler

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Upcoming Events 

Saturday, September 25th

• 8th Annual RunTought – join our Harvest Elementary team HERE

Friday, October 8th

• Harvest Fun Run

• Early Release Day

• Fall Break – No School

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PTA Points

• Lunch Help

Support the PTA and help out the kids with lunch at school. Make sure they know where to go, help open things (juice boxes, applesauce, etc), and remind them to follow the rules. Most importantly, be a warm, friendly, masked face!

• • Sign up to volunteer as a lunch helper HERE (dates through 9/24)

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Quick Links

District

• District Calendar
• Volunteer Information (RAPTOR System)

Transportation

• 21/22 Bus Registration Form
• RIDE 360 Account (pertinent information for families whose students ride the bus)

Harvest

• Breakfast & Lunch Menus.
• Harvest In-Person Toolkit
• Harvest Elementary Website Main Page

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District Notes

From Dr. Laatsch’s Community Message:

When there is a positive covid case identified, a building-wide notification letter is required to be sent by local school districts per the MDHHS. We apologize if these letters seem repetitive. However, we are trying to keep everyone informed of ongoing COVID-19 cases in our school buildings while complying with this requirement. Please know that we will only send notification letters when there is a potential risk to our student/staff population because the positive person was in school during their contagious period. We will not send notifications when a positive is reported but the student/staff member was not in school or at school-related activity during their contagious period. These cases will be reflected in the weekly dashboard.

We also are posting all our known positive cases (and students in quarantine) on our SAS Covid Dashboard. It is important to note that for this school year, many students are able to “quarantine” in school by wearing a mask and participating in COVID rapid antigen testing that our SAS staff is overseeing, as outlined by the WCHD. Please refer to the health department guidance (flowsheets) posted on our district website. Reach out to Karan Hervey, District Nurse, if you have any questions about the MDHHS notification requirements or the health department guidelines. We appreciate your partnership as we continue to navigate the pandemic together!

Read entire message HERE.

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Sweet Tweets of the Week

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Did You Know?

Did you know that more than ever, learning how to code is a crucial part of understanding how the world works, no
matter what you do or where you’re from? Not only is coding a useful skill to develop, but the employment of computer and information research scientists is projected to grow 15 percent by 2029.  Codivate is a completely student-run nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids develop their computational thinking skills and teaching them how to create practical programs with code.

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Ms. Sickler Reads!

This past Friday we had grade-level community meetings where I shared the story A Little Spot of Kindness with every Harvest student.  We got little spots of kindness to wear to remind ourselves to be kind!

Ms. Sickler

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Upcoming Events 

Monday, September 6th

• No School

Wednesday, September 8th

• 9:00am – Coffee with the PTA
  • Outside by the flag pole

Thursday, September 9th

• Picture Day 
• 5:30-7:30pm Race Into Scouting!

 

Friday, October 8th

• Harvest Fun Run (more information coming soon!)

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PTA Points

• Coffee & Conversation – September 8th @ 9am

The Harvest PTA is excited to hold our very first meeting of the year! The following items are on the agenda, but we would like to hear from you too.  If anyone has questions or suggestions for the meeting, please email them prior to Wendy Evans to harvestptapresident@gmail.com.  We look forward to expanding our volunteer numbers and doing even more great work at Harvest Elementary.

Agenda Items for September 8th:
• Introduction of current board members
• Current board needs
• 2021-22 PTA Projects
• Volunteer opportunities
• Q & A

• Lunch Help

Support the PTA and help out the kids with lunch at school. Make sure they know where to go, help open things (juice boxes, applesauce, etc), and remind them to follow the rules. Most importantly, be a warm, friendly, masked face!

• • Sign up to volunteer as a lunch helper HERE (more dates added!)

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Quick Links

District

• District Calendar
• Volunteer Information (RAPTOR System)

Transportation

• 21/22 Bus Registration Form
• RIDE 360 Account (pertinent information for families whose students ride the bus)

Harvest

• Breakfast & Lunch Menus.
• Harvest In-Person Toolkit
• Harvest Elementary Website Main Page

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District Notes

From Dr. Laatsch’s Community Message:

As I walked through the buildings, I heard from countless teachers and staff members about the outstanding students we have in Saline. When I inquired further, here is what stood out:

• Saline students are very excited to be in school!
• Our students appreciate the opportunities that are in front of them
• Our students understand the importance of an education

This is a testament to all of our terrific parents (guardians) and the overall community support regarding the importance of Saline Area Schools.

Read entire message HERE.

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Sweet Tweets of the Week

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Did You Know?

Did you know that you can follow us on various social media accounts?

Instagram: @harvestelem ◊ Twitter: #harvestlearn ◊ Facebook: @HarvestElemSAS & @harvestelementarypta 

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Ms. Sickler Reads!

A throwback of when I brought a special guest (my sister Elizabeth!) to read one of our shared favorite stories.  This weekend we were able to travel to see each other.