Snow Elementary School

Starting – Monday, April 29 – area Big Lots stores will be collecting donations on behalf of all 250 participating schools. One hundred percent of the donations will be distributed equally to the schools within the market where the money was collected.  Donations will continue until July 7, 2013, and customers can help by donating $5 or $1 at participating Big Lots stores. So let your friends, family and school community know where and when they can donate. For more information and a complete list of participating stores and schools, please visit www.biglots.com/lots2give.

Snow School PTA needs your help in showing how much our teachers and staff mean to us!  PTA is hosting a taco salad bar luncheon for all staff on Wednesday, May 8th.  There is a sign-up sheet posted on the PTA board.  Please e-mail Andrea Kurczewski at akurczewski@gmail.com if you would like to help with food or supplies but can’t make it into the school to sign up.

All food and supplies will be collected before school on Wednesday, May 8th in the staff room.

We are asking any student who participated in the Mini Martian Marathon to wear their T-Shirt and Medal from the race tomorrow, Thursday, April 18th.

Snow  Elementary School has a Relay for Life team this year.  You can join our team at www.acsevents.org/.  Look for “Join a team” and then select Snow Elementary School.  Follow the prompts to register.  If you do not join the team but would like to come out and walk with us, we will be at the Dearborn Event on Saturday, April 27-Sunday, April 28 at the Ford Performing Arts Center grounds.  Please look for the Snow School tent and participate in our activities and/or walk the track to show your support for our team.

We will be having a Spirit Week for Relay for Life.  This is a great way for students to participate in our fundraising efforts and show them how important community involvement is.  In order to participate in Spirit Week each student will need to bring in a donation for Relay for Life.  A minimum $1.00 donation is suggested.  Thanks!  We are all looking forward to fun and community spirit!  Below is a calendar of events that will take place during the week leading up to Relay-Monday, Aprill 22-Friday, April 26.

Relay for Life Spirit Week

4/22    Monday-Sun Safety (Wear sunglasses or a hat because these are two ways to protect you from the sun)  Earth Day!

4/23    Tuesday-Healthy Eating (Bring a healthy snack to share with a friend.  This will be Twin Day.  Dress in the same color or outfit as a friend.)

4/24    Wednesday-Dental Health (We usually brush our teeth at bedtime and when we wake up in the morning-while in our pajamas, so this will be Pajama Day.)

4/25    Thursday-Emotional Health (We will focus on the importance of friendship and classroom relationships!  This will be class theme day.  Students will vote on Monday (as a class) to choose what to wear together as their theme for this day. )

4/26    Friday-Physical Health (Wear your favorite sports team uniform  or t-shirt, or wear your Snow School colors. )  Snow school Mini-Relay for Life.

Help our students be a hero!  Snow School is participating in the American Red Cross Pint Size Hero program, a community service project that introduces students to the importance of donating blood.  The program encourages students to invite adults to give blood on their behalf to help save lives in our community.

Join Us For Our Pint Size Hero Blood Drive!

Wednesday, May 8th    2:00 PM-7:45 PM

SIGN UP ONLINE at www.redcrossblood.org   Enter sponsor code: snow   (If you are unable to sign up online, send the attached page page to the school, or contact Jennifer at 313-549-7044/Jennifer.Killewald@redcross.org)

Each student who invites an adult to come donate will be recognized as a Pint Size Hero and will receive and American Red Cross thank you gift.

Don’t let your child miss the excitement of Camp Invention!  Camp Invention is the perfect place for your rising 1^st -6^th grader to get excited about science, technology, engineering, and math through fun, hands-on learning.  This year, camp runs Monday, July 29^th-Thursday, August 1^st from 8:30am-3:30pm at Henry Ford Elementary School in Dearborn.   Local educators are excited to teach this year’s Camp program called Geo-Quest!  Enroll today by calling 800.968.4332 or visit www.campinvention.org.  Register on-line to save $5!  Registration forms are also available in the school office.

It is now easier than ever to nominate your favorite Dearborn Public Schools teacher to be selected as the 2012-13 Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year.  The new on-line entry form can be found by visiting http://dearbornschools.org/toy .  Forms can also be downloaded at the same website or can be picked up at any Dearborn Public School and the district’s Administration Office, 18700 Audette.

The deadline for submitting nominations, either on-line or hard-copy, is Friday, April 12, 2013. Hard-copy nomination forms can be mailed to the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce, 22100 Michigan Avenue, Dearborn, MI  48124, or fax to (313) 584-9818. Adults may assist students when necessary but no more than two teachers can be nominated per student.

Students can nominate new or veteran teachers whom they feel have made outstanding contributions to the teaching profession. Preschool through fifth-grade students are asked to describe how their teacher has created a classroom where learning is positive and fun.  Middle school students (grades 6-8) will need to explain how their teacher connects classroom learning with everyday life. Students in high school must describe how their teacher is preparing them to be successful beyond high school. Applications will be assessed on quality of the nomination, not on the number received. Award judges are members of the Dearborn Chamber Education Committee and are not provided with the teachers’ names.

One winner from elementary, middle and high school will be announced at a special ceremony, Wednesday, May 15, 2013, at the Ford Community and Performing Arts Center. The Alberta Muirhead Teacher of the Year Award is sponsored by the Dearborn Chamber of Commerce.

Please join us for Snow Schools Family Fun Literacy Night Wednesday, March 27th, 5:30-7:00 PM.

We’ve recently formed a team in this year’s Relay For Life of Dearborn. Our team, Snow Elementary School,  would love it if you’d join us. Relay is a very small and fun commitment, with a very big impact in the fight against cancer.

Being on an American Cancer Society Relay For Life team is an amazing experience. It’s fun, inspirational and rewarding. And if you join us, we can guarantee you’ll have an awesome time.

As you know, too many people will be diagnosed with cancer this year. Relay For Life is our opportunity to inspire hope by raising funds and awareness to help those facing the disease. We hope you will join us!

Just click the below link to join our team and we”ll be in touch with more details soon.

Thank you.

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR/RelayForLife/RFLCY13GL?pg=entry&fr_id=50205

Go to SIGN UP

Go to Join Existing Team

Use drop down menu to find SNOW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Go down to Make a Donation

     You can NOW or

      Fill in NOT NOW

Choose new or returning participant

     If new- register

     If returning- sing in

Follow directions through the next few screens and make sure you CONFIRM at the end