Good Morning Snow Community,
I hope that everyone is enjoying their Summer Vacation! Below is some important information about the 2024-2025 school year. I will have additional information coming out, but I wanted to share these items below with you.
Mr. Abdelfattah
| IMPORTANT DATES | 8/23-24 Open house 12:00-1:30 meet your teachers and visit classrooms8/26/24- First Day of School ( ½ day) student dismissal at 12:05pmKindergarten Students- Soft start has been canceled this year.8/30-9/2-No School for Labor Day Weekend9/3/24- Early release begins every Tuesday. Dismissal will be at 2:25.9/30/24- Lifetouch Picture Day/ Retake Day 11/12/2410/1/24-All day teacher Professional Development No school for students10/25/24- Half Day students are released at 12:0511/5/24- No School Professional Development11/27/24-11/29/24- No School, Thanksgiving break12/23/24-1/3/24- No School Christmas Break 1-6-25 First day back after Christmas break Half day:1-7-25 Early release |
| Kindergarten Registration 24-25 | If you have a Kindergarten student that will be starting at Snow this year, then please see the information below. (*** see slide 2 for important steps***) Please also call our front office with any additional questions. 313-827-6250. Please also call the front office if you need to register a new student for grades 1st-5th. 2024 Kindergarten Registration Information-click here |
| Kindergarten | Soft Start to KindergartenSoft Start has been canceled for this year Pre-school /Daycare/Kids club information Monday, August 26th: (lunch will not be provided)8:55 am – Kindergarten students will be escorted directly to their classrooms by a school staff member. 12:05 pm: Since today is a half day for all students, transportation is available if your child is a busser. If your child is not a busser, please return to pick up your child in front of the school (Massey/Shelton Door #20) (Charara/Huang Door #21). All parents park in the parking lot and wait on that side of the street. |
| School Operations | Main School # 313-827-6250 , Attendance Line- 313-827-6252School hours- 9:00 am(Arrival), 3:55pm(Dismissal), 12:05pm(½ day dismissal) First bell rings at 8:55 students are expected to be in class by 9:00 a.m Breakfast- daily from 8:30am-8:55 am (Free for students)Dropoff and Pickup Locations Visitors- all visitors to Snow will need to sign in at the front office. We lock all doors after 9:00am for the safety of the students and our staff. In efforts to keep our school community safe parents shall not walk students to class. Parents may walk students to their drop off locations where students line up and teachers walk them to class. |
| School Safety | Students with food allergies- our cafeteria has a section that is devoted to our students with food allergies. This allows our students to safely eat and be around their peers. Students who need to take medicine or have medical concerns- please communicate with our front office and the classroom teachers for the school year. Snow can not give medicine without a doctor’s approval. Fire Drills, Tornado Drills, Lockdowns, Evacuation plans- We perform many of these drills throughout the school year for the safety of our students and our staff in the case of an emergency. |
| Breakfast, Snack, Lunch, Water Bottles | Breakfast- daily from 8:30am-8:55 am. (free for students) Snack- Snack policy is at teacher discretion per classroom. Students are encouraged to bring healthy snacks. Water Bottle- please send your students daily with a reusable water bottle. Preferably one with a straw like in the picture below. We have several filling stations around the building for our students to use for “refills” and have added an additional filling station over the summer Lunch- free for all students. Students have 20 minutes to eat their lunch prior to going outside or back to their classrooms. Each lunch period is 40 minutes, with 20 minutes of recess and 20 minutes of eating time. NO VISITORS ARE PERMITTED FOR OUR LUNCH SESSIONS. Parents/guardians can bring a special lunch for their students and drop it off in the office or take their students out to lunch for special occasions. Students can always bring lunch from home each day. |
| Snow Supply Lists | These are viewable on our Snow Website at: click here to view 24-25 supply lists |
| 2024-2025 Classroom Placements | Our classroom teachers will email student placements for this school year. Their email will provide background information on communication, arrival, dismissal, resources, etc.. PLACEMENT EMAILS WILL BE SENT OUT ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 23rd, 2024 between 10:30-11:30 am. Please make sure your parent-connect information is correct. (email, phone number, etc…) This is very important information for parent communication throughout the school year and in the case of an emergency at the building. CLICK HERE FOR PARENT CONNECT-PARENT DIRECTIONS Our Snow staff spends many hours working on our class lists to provide classrooms that allow for the maximum focus on academics and to also balance boy/girl numbers, student behavior, and class sizes. We appreciate your support with our placement and classes that we have worked hard to develop. |
| Kids Club at Snow | We offer the following program here at Snow : Kids Club Before and After School from 7 am to start of school and after school until 6 p.m. Pre-school /Daycare/Kids club information To enroll in our programs go to our blog at https://iblog.dearbornschools.org/earlychildhood/ You will find pages for Registration Forms, Prices and Registration Packets. Please complete forms prior to the start of school. |
| Communication | Teacher Schoology Page, Classroom Blog, and our Snow Blog: “School News”Make sure that you are subscribed. ***Once you subscribe, you have to confirm in your email and you will start receiving messages*** MI-Star and Parent Connect (District Database for family contact information)Contact Information-please make sure your contact information is up-to-date in your parent connect. It is really important that we have the correct email, addresses, and phone numbers for communication from our building. |
| Snow HABITS | **Each month we celebrate 2 students from each classroom that have gone above and beyond with the Snow Habit of the Month. Students will receive a certificate, and will be recognized in our Monthly Snow Habits Bulletin board. September- Habit 1 Be ProactiveOctober- Habit 2 Begin with the end in MindNovember- Habit 3 Put first things firstDecember- Habit 4 Think Win Win January- Habit 5 Seek first to understand then to be understoodFebruary- Habit 6 SynergizeMarch- Habit 7 Sharpen the sawApril- Circle of influence May- TBD |
Overall, we look forward to an amazing school year together! I am excited to have all of our Wolves back at the building!!
Have a good weekend!
Mr. Abdelfattah
Principal-Snow School