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The next PPTO meeting will be February 14th at 4:00 in the elementary work room.
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Please remember that students who walk or get dropped off at school should not be here before 7:45 a.m. When students arrive at school they are to either go down and eat breakfast if they are eating at school or they are to line up with their peers. No student is to go to their locker before the students are dismissed from the line to go down to their classrooms with the exception of 6th grade safety patrol students. Unless students are dropped off out back and walk through the hallway to get to the lines they are not to be in the hallway prior to the start of the school day. We request that parents drop off their students and let students get themselves prepared and into class as we need our students to be independent. If you need to communicate with the teacher please send in a note or set up a conference time with the teacher. Do not enter the classroom to “help” students get their stuff ready as this does not promote the independence that students need in order to be successful.
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We would like to welcome Danielle Bezotte to our elementary staff. Through an increase in our Title I funding we were able to add a Reading teacher position to work with our struggling readers to help them get up to grade level. Danielle comes to us with very strong skills, strategies and training in teaching struggling readers and we are excited to have her on board. She will start working with students on Monday, January 30, 2012.
We also welcome Ashley Stephenson, who is a student teacher through Saginaw Valley State University in our kindergarten classroom. She will be with us until this spring. She is already learning a lot and jumping in to get her feet wet with teaching kindergarteners.
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Our 3rd grade VIP lunch is on Friday, February 17, 2012. This is a time that all of our students really look forward to. The third graders will be bringing home more information soon. 4th grade VIP lunch will be on March, 5th grade in April and 6th grade in May. We look forward to having these special visitors in our building for these lunches.
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The mobile dentist program is returning this year. Students have already brought home information about this program but you can request more flyers from the elementary office if you are interested in the program and have misplaced your flyer. They will be at Peck Elementary on March 6, 2012. We need all forms returned by February 5, 2012. This program provides dental services to students right here at school at an affordable rate.
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Peck elementary staff members have been trained in a bullying prevention and intervention program. We will be training our students in this program within the next couple of weeks. This is a program designed to teach victims of bullying how to stop the bullying, bystanders who witness bullying how to step in and stop the bullying, bullies how to stop bullying and respond when told to stop and adults how to be consistent and to step in stop bullying situations. Ask your child to have them let you know what Stop/Walk/Talk means when they learn about it at our assembly that is coming up soon.
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Congratulations to Tim Logghe for being a finalist in the MHSAA & Farm Bureau Scholar Athlete. Good Luck Tim.
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The Girls Basketball Districts will be played at CPS on February 27, 29 and March 2nd. Our Varsity team will play on Monday, February 27th at 6:00 against Kimball Landmark Academy.
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Peck will be hosting Boys Basketball Districts on March 5, 7 and 9th. Peck will play Monday, March 5th at 7:30 against Kingston.
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Only the Boys Varsity will be playing on February 24th at Port Hope starting at 6 p.m.
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St. Clair County Community College will be presenting a Financial Aid Night at the Sanilac Career on Tuesday, January 31st at the Sanilac Career Center starting at 7 p.m. This is a very informative meeting. Parents and students are encouraged to attend.
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PRINCESS & PRINCE CANDIDATES
Tara Thompson & Kyle Abrego
Courtney Groat & Login Sarnac
Katelyn Molesworth & Hunter Welsh
Cheyenne Johnson & Ben Hufford
Kimberly Quandt & Dylan Dankenbring
Katelinn Bower & David Weller
QUEEN & KING CANDIDATES
Kaitlyn Correa-Streetman & Brandyn York
Tara VanConant & Ryan Peck
Larissa Gerstenberger & Anthony Caulkins
Jessica Grifka & Andrew Pathic
Chelsea Havens & Brett Dankenbring
Katie Groat & Justin Alexander
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2010 / 2011 yearbooks are in. Please see Miss Davidson to pick up your yearbook.
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The annual fish fries are just around the corner. The first one will be February 24th followed by March 2 and March 16th. We will be featuring cod and walleye. We will be serving from 4:30 until 7 p.m. Take outs are available.
ADULTS $8.00
JR./SR HS $7.00
ELEMENTARY $6.00
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The 7th grade class will be sponsoring a Donkey Basketball game on Saturday February 11th starting at 7 p.m. We are looking to form an alumni team and if you are interested please call the high school office and let them know. We will be selling presale tickets starting Monday, January 30th. Presale tickets are $6.00 and tickets at the door are $8.00.
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Students will not have classes on Monday, February 20th as this is Mid-Winter Break. Classes will resume on Tuesday, February 21st at the regular time.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012 the Peck Summer League will be having their annual Scotch Doubles at Liberty Lanes beginning at 6:30 p.m. There will be great prizes, raffles, 50/50 and a lot of fun. All proceeds go toward youth activities, uniforms, maintenance and umpires. We are continually looking for grants and funding to finish our baseball fields as well. Please come out and support the children of our community. As always volunteers and donations of any kind are welcome. Hope to see everyone there! Call Tina VanConant at 810-679-2214 to sign up.
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The Peck PPTO will be hosting the Second Annual Dodgeball tournament on March 24, 2012. This tournament is open to the public and will consist of 6 man teams with 1 alternate.. There is a $5 per player entry fee. There will be three age brackets Jr. High/High School, Co-Ed, and Men’s Adult. Any questions, call Deanna Molesworth at 679- 0134 or 837 1368.
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Congratulations to all of the students who were honored at the county wide First Impression program on December 13, 2011.
1st Place
Leah Engler - Photography, Hannah Ferguson - PowerPoint, Joelle Rosenthal - PowerPoint, Alexxus Terry - Poetry, Kaylee Ureel - Artistic Poster, Tara VanConant - PowerPoint
2nd Place
Alyssa Eaton - Artistic Poster, Emma Engler - Photography, Kaitlyn Fletcher - Artistic Poster, Cherokee Johnson - Poetry, Kendall LaFleur - Non-Fiction, Lindsey Sharrard - Artistic Poster, Nicki Sheldon - Artistic Poster, Josie Vincent - Photography
3rd Place
Daleigh Bissett - PowerPoint, Jonathon Brooks - Poetry, Amanda Cross - PowerPoint, Dylan Dankenbring - Photography, Leah Engler - Fiction, Keegan Gallagher - Fiction, Sabrina Jones - Artistic Poster, Sami Murray - Poetry, Bailey Sell - Artistic Poster, Hailey Sharrard - Fiction
Honorable Mention
Victoria Adams - PowerPoint, Elizabeth Berry - Fiction, Wesley Bissett - Fiction, William Crowe - Poetry, Miranda Davis - Non Fiction, Emma Engler - Artistic Poster & Fiction, Jessica Grifka - Poetry, Brianna Hilliker - Photography, Katie Molesworth - Poetry, Marshall Moss - Poetry, Sam Polizzi - Poetry, Danielle Reed - Photography, Trinity Schlorke - PowerPoint, Daniel Sharrard - Poetry, Hailey Sharrard - Poetry, Emma Thompson - Poetry, Alexis Ureel - Artistic Poster
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All of our students do go outside for recess, so it is important that they dress appropriately. Students should have warm coats, hats, gloves/mittens, boots, and snow pants for our winter recesses. This will keep them warm and give them more freedom to play freely at recess. Please help by reminding your children to dress in layers and to be prepared for outdoor recess.
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Please remember that students who walk or get dropped off at school should not be here before 7:45 a.m. When students arrive at school they are to either go down and eat breakfast if they are eating at school or they are to line up with their peers. No student is to go to their locker before the students are dismissed from the line to go down to their classrooms with the exception of 6th grade safety patrol students. This is a school wide rule designed to keep students safe and orderly. Unless students are dropped off out back and walk through the hallway to get to the lines they are not to be in the hallway prior to the start of the school day. We request that parents drop off their students and let students get themselves prepared and into class as we need our students to be independent. If you need to talk to communicate with the teacher please send in a note or set up a conference time with the teacher. Do not enter the classroom to “help” students get their stuff ready as this does not promote the independence that students need in order to be successful.
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On Friday, November 4th the parents of Peck Community Schools’ students were treated to a free meal and the opportunity to participate in classroom activities like their children do during the school day. Parents learned about and experienced the new technologies our school has implemented. For example, math and science teachers Todd Prill, Amanda Osantoski, and Carrie Robinet taught parents how to use our new cutting-edge graphing calculators. After giving a short history lesson highlighting Peck alumni, social studies teacher Bob Karasiewicz and industrial arts teacher Jamie Quicksall challenged parents with a fun quiz using the new Smart Response system, which provides immediate feedback. English teacher Julia Cramer demonstrated our new document cameras and over-head projectors, along with engaging teaching tools like Prezi, PowerPoint, and Visuwords. Finally, social studies/foreign language teacher Joanna Holiday-Kinel demonstrated and offered parents the experience of blended-learning using Moodle, our online course management system, which is used in several of her classes. Those who attended were delighted with the surprisingly rich and engaging technology their children learn with at Peck Community Schools.
Parent involvement is important to the success of our students and the school; we appreciate all those who attended.
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Thank you to all of the parents that showed up to conferences. We heard many positive comments from you. Any time you have questions or concerns please call the school at 810-378-5200. In addition you can email school staff if you choose. The staff at Peck Schools is very good about responding to your emails.
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Peck Elementary School is part of the PE Nut grant which is funded by the USDA. You will see more information about this grant soon. It does not provide actual money for our school but a lot of resources, materials and nutrition education for our students. It is focused on kindergarten, 2nd, and 4th grades but students from all of the grades will get the benefits of some of the nutrition education information.
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Please remember that students who walk or get dropped off at school should not be here before 7:45 a.m. When students arrive at school they are to either go down and eat breakfast if they are eating at school or they are to line up with their peers. No student is to go to their locker before the students are dismissed from the line to go down to their classrooms with the exception of 6th grade safety patrol students. This is a school wide rule designed to keep students safe and orderly. Unless students are dropped off out back and walk through the hallway to get to the lines they are not to be in the hallway prior to the start of the school day. We request that parents drop off their students and let students get themselves prepared and into class as we need our students to be independent. If you need to talk to or communicate with the teacher please send in a note or set up a conference time with the teacher. Do not enter the classroom to “help” students get their stuff ready as this does not promote the independence that students need in order to be successful.
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Help the Peck Band by saving your Sunbeam, Holsom, and select Aunt Millie's School Spirit bread UPC's. Drop them off at the school or in the canisters located at the Elk Township Library and R&A Party Store. Thank you for supporting the Peck Band.
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Our school has partnered with the Peck Parent-Teacher Organization (PPTO) to purchase some new playground equipment. The equipment was generously installed through the volunteer efforts of Marvin Burns, Alex Galligan, Roy Hickman, Gary Lewis, Paul Logghe, Jeff Kosal, Deanna Molesworth, Stanley Murray, Ryan O’Connor, and Joe Sharrard. Other individuals who volunteered their time towards the build include Anthony Augustine, Pete Bullis, Luke Engler, Keegan Gallagher, Grant Fons, Jennifer O’Connor. We appreciate the effort of all these individuals helping to improve our school and community. In addition, we thank Alex Galligan for materials; Ryan O’Connor for use of his machinery; and Sharrard Farms for use of their machinery, labor, and materials.
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Please remember that in order for the buses to drop off students who are 3rd grade or under, the bus driver needs to see an adult in order to let them get off the bus and stay. This is for the safety of the children. We need to be assured that all younger students have someone responsible to be with them when they are at home. This is a legal and ethical responsibility of the school. Please be sure to look out the window and wave or step out of the door so the bus driver can see you in order to drop off your kindergarten, 1st, 2nd or 3rd grade student. Thank you for your cooperation for the safety of your children.
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The Pasta for the Playground event was a success. We thank everyone who supported through donations, time, and/or coming out on the night for dinner. Thank you to Emily Jones, Jennifer Gleason, Julie O’Malley, Annette Vanlerberghe, Andrea Costa, Jenny O’Connor, Paula Vincent, Melody VanConant, Angel Molesworth, Sherry Foley, Gary Lewis, Hyacinth Burns, Anna Ventamiglia, Deanna Molesworth and anyone else who may have been at the event helping for the night. Our new playground equipment is up on the playground and ready for use. The kids are very excited about it. We give a big thank you to all of those that took their time to help put in the equipment as well. It has been a great community effort to help improve the elementary program.
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Congratulations to Tim Logghe and Shayla York who are the Wendy’s High School Heisman School winners. This scholarship encompasses athletics and academics. Tim and Shayla now advance to the state level competition. Congratulations and good luck in the next level.
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Congratulations to this year's homecoming King and Queen - Josh Fuller and Shayla York.
Floats:
1st place - 8th grade
2nd place - 10th grade
3rd place - 12th grade
4th place - 7th grade
5th place - 11th grade
6th place - 9th grade
Spirit week:
10th grade showed the most spirit dressing up
8th grade won the dodgeball assembly
12th grade won class wars
Bike decorating contest winners:
1st place - Emma Engler
2nd place - Dalton Semph
3rd place - Adriana Stull
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If your child needs to take any type of medication at school the elementary office can dispense the medication. We first need a medication form filled out and signed by the doctor. We can fax the form to the doctor once you have filled it out and signed it. An adult needs to bring the medication to school, students are not to self possess any type of medication, other than inhalers including over the counter medication and cough drops.
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If students do not have a practice, game, or supervised activity right after school they are to leave the building. Students are not to stay in the school to wait around unsupervised for a game, practice or activity that does not begin until an hour or two after school is out. If a student has something to attend at the school later in the evening they need to go somewhere after school and return later for the activity.
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