CRULL CONNECTION H.D Crull Elementary

CRULL CONNECTION
December 2014 & January 2015
2014/2015 Student Council Representatives
Holiday Break
Our candidates for student council
had amazing speeches at our recent
assemblies. The students running
created amazing posters that filled
our halls. After elections the
following students were voted to be
the student council representatives.
Half Day Friday, December 19, 2014
Dismissal at 11:48 AM
Congratulations to
the following:
President: Katie Karl
Vice President: Jenna Worden
Secretary: MadisonPalmer
Treasurer: Steven Fleet
Holiday Break
Break will be December 19 school will resume
on January 5, 2015.
The entire staff at Crull Elementary wishes you
and your family a happy and healthy holiday
season. Happy New Year to everyone.
Saturday, December 6, 10-10pm
Barnes & Noble
4325 24th Avenue
Book fair ID# 11477551
Saturday, December 6, 10am –10pm
Barnes & Noble Fort Gratiot
4325 24th Ave. Across from Birchwood Mall
Students Singing 1:00 pm
Gift wrapping available 1:00-8:00 pm
supporting
Visit BN.COM/bookfairs to support us online from 12/06/14 to 12/11/14
by entering Bookfair ID# 11477551 at checkout.
A percentage of your Barnes & Noble purchases will benefit our school/organization.
H.D Crull
Elementary
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Crull Connection
Second Semester School of Choice
In-District and County & Contiguous Schools of
Choice applications for Second Semester of the
2014/15 school year will be accepted from December 1
through December 15, 2014. In-District applications
are available at any school in the District, the
Administration Building (2720 Riverside, Port Huron),
or on our website: www.phasd.us/forms. Questions
regarding the In-District Schools of Choice Program
may be directed to the office of Administration
Services, 984-3101, ext. 4015.
County and Contiguous Schools of Choice applications
are available at St. Clair County RESA, 499 Range Rd.,
Marysville, MI 48040. To request the County and
Contiguous Schools of Choice application, or to get
more information, contact Kathy Jones at
(810)455-4020. Please be advised that bus
transportation is not provided for Schools of
Choice students.
A chance to win Red Wings tickets
and support Crull’s playground fund
Beginning Friday, November 21st-Thursday ,
December 11th every $1.00 donation made to
the playground fund earns you into a drawing
for 2 tickets to the Red Wings game on
Tuesday, December 23rd @ 7:30 pm against
Buffalo Sabres.
Drawing will be held Friday, December 12th.
Severe Weather Information
Dear Parents and Students,
With winter weather arriving soon, the Port
Huron Area School District would like to communicate our plan of school closures and potential schedule disruptions to help you become
more prepared. I would like to personally assure you that student safety is the absolute
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factor in the final determination of these decisions.
We have numerous agencies and experts
providing support to help make the most informed decision possible.
PROCEDURE:
When the superintendent makes the decision to
close a school or the entire district, or have an
early dismissal or late arrival situation, the following methods will be taken to inform you:.
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Every effort will be made to make the
final decision by 4:45 a.m., except in extenuating circumstances or rapidly changing conditions.
Once the decision has been made, the
district has a communication chain that
will inform your school’s principal.
In the case of early dismissal, you will be
contacted by your school’s principal via
One Call Now. K – 8 students who are
not able to be picked up early will be
secure at the school and will wait to be
signed out for pick up in the cafeteria.
The sign out system will follow the established protocol at your student’s particular school. Special Education students
will have arrangements made by Special
Education services. she will also give
information on where students may be
dropped off at the school if a late arrival
arrangement is not possible.
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In the case of a delayed start, you will
receive communication from your principal via One Call Now.
4.
To reinforce the confirmed closures,
delays, etc., the following will be contacted by the District: local radio and newspaper, CPHS-6 and Detroit affiliate television stations, PHASD website, PHASD
social media (Facebook and Twitter).
You will receive a text/phone message
confirmation via One Call Now. If your
contact information has changed since the
first day of the 2014-15 school year, please
be sure to update it with the front office
of your school to ensure you will be con5.
tacted through this system. This message
Roads Only,” please review the list of
those main road stops, which is posted on
the PHASD website. It is very important to
understand that students will be dropped
off at the same stop that day, even if road
conditions improve. Please note that the
following elementary schools are not affected by “Main Roads Only” route changes: Crull, Garfield, Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson.
will be from the superintendent’s office if
it is a district-wide issue. If the issue pertains only to your school, you will receive
contact directly from your school’s principal, as in these situations:
If the transportation is limited to “Main
6.
When the school schedule has been disrupted, extracurricular activities will be
cancelled for all elementary and middle
schools. For high schools, a determination
will be made later in the day and relevant
communication will be delivered to you via
the athletic director or
principal.
7.
School closings will apply to a single
day, unless otherwise communicated
Thank you so much for you attention and
assistance in these procedures.
Best regards,
James Cain, Superintendent
Crull Connection
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Candy Cane Workshop
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
If you want to participate in any activity in the schools (example: field trips, field
day, candy cane workshop, birthdays in the classrooms etc. you must have an
approved volunteer form on file in the office 3 days prior to the event. If you do
not have one on file you will not be able to participate. If you have more than
one child in our school only one form needs to be filled out per adult. These
forms are only approved for one calendar school year and need to be complete
each year. Please stop into the office and fill out a volunteer form or contact us
and we will be happy to send one home with your child.
Our annual PTA sponsored Candy
Cane Workshop is scheduled for
Thursday December 18th. Please watch
for packets coming home soon with
your child.
Innovative Education at Crull Elementary
Innovative Education is
happening at Howard D Crull
and the Port Huron Area
School District!
The hour of code is coming!
The week of December 8- 14
the Port Huron Area School
District will be participating in
the hour of code. Coding is the
writing of scripts for Computer
Science. During this week
students in our Elementary
Technology classes will get to
experiment with Coding. If
your interesting in giving your
students a chance to practice
coding try one of these sites.
http://www.tynker.com
http://code.org
http://scratch.mit.edu
Since the start of the school
year Howard D Crull
Elementary School has
implemented 5 one to one
technology classrooms! The
technology has been purchased
using Title I dollars over the
course of the last 4 years. A
technology group of teachers
and staff recently met to discuss
how we could continue to push
the boundaries innovation and
technology in the classroom.
The group decided to assign
computers and ipads to 2 classes
of 4th graders and 2 classes of 5th
graders. So far we have had a
great response from students
and parents of children getting
this unique opportunity to
collaborate, explore and create
using technology.
Google products. Did you know
all of our students 2nd through
5th grade have access to G-Mail
Accounts? The Port Huron Area
School District is able to do this
with the use of Google
Education Products. This
“on-line” software comes with
an unlimited ability to
collaborate and develop skills
using technology. Instead of
teachers grading writing
assignments when students are
finished they can work with the
students in real time. Students
can also build websites,
collaborate with other students
on google documents, e-mail
teachers, and have virtual
classrooms using Google Classroom. In some of our very own
Howard D Crull Elementary
classrooms students can be found
e-mailing their parents projects
and even end of the day progress
reports! Find out more about
what Google is doing for
Education and expect to see
more digital products from our
amazing Comets!
www.google.com/edu/
Crull Comets Running Club
Members of Crull Comet’s
running club have been
training hard the past months.
They meet every Tues. &
Thurs. after school. Their goal
besides having fun is to take
part in the YMCA’s Jingle Bell
Run on December 6, 2014
Members:
Savannah Kania, Kyla Dennis,
Jasmine Booms, Jenna Worden,
Savannah Brown, Nicholas
Easton, Shawn Olceski, Hannah
Easton., Olivia Donnelly, Dylan
Nicholson, Katie Karl, Gunner Liechty, Nathan Clark,
Bella Vermeulen, Tanner
Dingman, Andrew Gillis,
Lacey Mayes., Mrs. Alley, Mrs.
Glombowski, Mrs. Brazell,
Mrs. Davis , Mrs. Cavis.
Students of the Month for October & November
October
October
November
Durecka - Aarilyn Walker
Durecka - Julie Gouin
Thomson - Madeline Kellogg
Thomson - Joshua Petrach
Finn - Ava Gross
Finn - Michael Dennis
Fleet –Hunter LaFave
Fleet - Jakiyah Leak
Serazin - Jayden Turner
Serazin - Iman Basal
Watt - Owen Knupp
Watt - Makayla Pemberton
Dickinson - Gina Bennett
Dickinson - Kegan McPharlin
Meeker - Shawn Sharrow
Meeker - Hailey Evenson
Ainsworth - Loriann Percha
Ainsworth - Sebastian Stevens
Dunn - Daija Brown
Dunn - Austin Haeck
Houle -
Houle - Maxwell Daniels
Jayce Bowers
Maier - Sadona Harju
Maier - Joslyn Mault
Monaghan - Tristan King
Monaghan - Coen Shay
Rogers - *
Rogers - Marcus Thompson
Castelli - Mya Carpenter
Castelli - Dylan Nicholson
Fiedler - Deserai Wright
Fiedler - Justin DeWitt
Kohl - Andrew Denney
Kohl - Madison Palmer
Advocate.
Innovate.
Educate.
Howard D Crull
2615 Hancock
Port Huron, MI 48060
Christina A. Gibson, Principal
Phone: 810-984-6504
Fax: 810-989-2733
Email: [email protected]
Board of Education
Up coming Board Meeting Dates
Jeff Stout President
Rasha S. Demashkieh
Vice-President
Ann E. Murphy Secretary
Garth Kriewall Treasurer
Ronda J. Ryan Trustee
Hayley E. Alderman Trustee
Brian E. Winters Trustee
December 15, 2014
January 19, 2015
February 23, 2015
March 16, 2015
April 20, 2015
May 18, 2015
June 22, 2015
James Cain Superintendent
We are on the web!
www.phasd.us
All board meetings will take place at 7pm and will be located at the
McKinley Building which is located next to Crull Elementary School.
The Port Huron Area School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, height, weight, religion or marital status in its programs and activities.
The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:
Ed Breslin
Supervisor of Administrative Services
2615 Hancock St.
Port Huron, MI 48060
(810) 984-3101