January/

February 2016

Upcoming Events
Janurary 28 & 29
Half Day for Students
February 3
Late Start,
Scrip Gift Card Orders Due
February 5
Theme Day
Health & Wellness
February 8
Love & Logic Session,
7-8:30 p.m. BLE cafeteria
February 12
Valentines Party
Trimmed Box Tops Due
February 15-16
No School, Mid-Winter Recess
February 24
Late Start,
Scrip Gift Card Orders Due
February 29
PTA Meeting, 7.p.m.
ALL ARE WELCOME!
March 2
Talent Show, 6:30 p.m.
Clarkston Junior High
March 9
Late Start,
Scrip Gift Card Orders Due

Bailey Lake
Families,
Our last Love and Logic Parent Night will
take place Monday, Feb. 8 from 7:00-8:30
PM. Please feel welcome to attend even
if you did not attend other sessions. As a
parent of two teenage daughters, I have found these discussions informative
and left with productive approaches to fostering a positive relationship.
Congratulation to our BLE 2016 Geography Bee Champion, Andrew Floros.
Andrew will represent BLE, competing regionally against other elementary school winners in
hopes to advance to the state tournament.
Drop-off/Pick-up Reminder: Please be cautious and careful during these times. The safety
and welfare of our students is a top priority. Please take a defensive driving approach while
in the school parking lot. Please also drop off your student(s) in the zone between the side
door and bike racks. Up to eight vehicles can drop off at one time. It is not necessary to
pull up all the way to the front of the car line to exit the vehicle.
Recess Reminder: Please continue sending warm clothing to school with your
child for daily recess. Hats, gloves, boots, and snow pants are recommended.
Students will be outside on days when the wind chill factor (feels like
temperature) is above zero degrees. Lastly, please remember to use the
attendance line when your child will not be
attending school. The automated system is available
24 hours a day at 248-623-5390.
Sincerely,
Glenn Gualtieri, Principal

Theme Day is Coming!

Parent Volunteers Needed
for Theme Day
This years Theme Day
will be delivered through
community health and
safety experts.
However, we will need ~
10 parent volunteers to
help assist. If you are able
to help in the morning
(9-11:30am), afternoon
(12:30-3pm) or all day on
Friday, February 5, please
let Nikki Morgan know.
(nik5779@yahoo.com).

Box Tops are

due February 12th!
Please trim and
send in.

Friday, February 5 is Theme Day. This years theme is Health and Safety. This daylong event will feature eleven different health and wellness stations designed for
students in grades K2 and 3-5. Students will travel with their class from station
to station, learning about topics like dental health, physical activity, healthy snacks
and water safety. Stations will be delivered by health experts from the community
with a focus on what kids can do to live healthy. To get your kid(s) ready for Theme
Day, have a family discussion about what it means to be healthy. Then check back in
after the event to see if your child has some more ideas and some extra motivation

Box
Top
News!

Each Box Tops coupon is

worth 10 and they add up fast!
We have the opportunity twice a
year to turn these in. Should you
miss this deadline,
please continue
to send your
non-expired,
trimmed box tops in.

to make healthy choices.

SPARKLE

Awards Coming Soon!

ALL Clarkston Community Schools
The Clarkston Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) is sponsoring a Sparkle
Award ceremony on March 30th at 6:00. Below is a brief description of the
event. Please go to the following link for documents explaining the
nomination process.
https://sites.google.com/a/clarkston.k12.mi.us/clarkston-community-schools-districtwebsite/clarkston-pac

What is a Sparkle Award?

- A Sparkle Award recognizes individuals and group who support students

with IEPs in Clarkston Community Schools . This person or group shows
extraordinary service to our students with IEPs.
- Every nominee will be recognized and receive an award at the Special
Education Appreciation Evening Ceremony. In addition each
general category will receive special recognition.

Who may be nominated?

- You may nominate an individual or group who has provided service to

one or more Clarkston Community Schools students with IEPs this school
year including: teachers, paraeducators, student peers, custodians, bus drivers, Board members, school administrators, counselors etc.

All nominations are due February 26!

(Heather Roeser: ccssparkleawards@gmail.com)

If you have further questions, please contact Sara Hoyle, BLE PAC
representative at sam0156@yahoo.com for information on the awards
program!

Thank you!

PTA Highlights
from Dena Pieger

Happy New Year! Its been a great school year so far

including two successful school parties, Fun Run,
Disability Awareness Day, Doughnuts with Dad and
great participation in the annual Reections program.
Theres even more fun, learning, and opportunities to
create a strong school family/experience to come!
Be sure to check the Upcoming Events section of this
newsletter and mark them on your calendar a few
dates have changed since the start of school.
Thanks in advance for your willingness to volunteer
for upcoming PTA and classroom activities. I hope you
enjoy experiencing them directly and by watching and/
or hearing about them from your child(ren).
Want to know whats happening? I hope you are
receiving and scanning the weekly News from the PTA
e-mail message sent from your child(s) teacher.

Were trying to limit the number of different messages

you get from the PTA, but also want to keep you
informed and give you an opportunity to participate.
BLE PTA also has a Facebook page, which can be a
great way to share and learn whats happening
(www.facebook.com/baileylake.pta).
Want to be even more involved? If youre interested in
playing a more formal role in the BLE PTA in the
2016-17 school year, please let me know.
We plan to have the 2016-17 Board and Activity
Coordinators named by June 1 which will be here
before we know it!
Dena C. Pieger, PTA President
pieg1comcast.net

2015 Donuts With Dad!

These kids looked like they had fun!!!

Special thanks to Bob Mantha owner of Tim Hortons for

donating coffee and cups for both days.
This event couldnt be more successful without the help received by
Karen Robison, Sarah Wolcott, Vicki Zielke, Sheri Ofaria and our awesome
custodial help, Matt and Frank!
Sincerely,
Andrea Beauchamp & Sara Hoyle,
co-chairs

Congratulations GEO Bee Winner!

Andrew Floros

Bailey Lake Students

Show Us Your Talents!

Can you sing? Dance?
Play an instrument?
Act? Do magic? Have a special skill/sport?

Then come join the

2016 Bailey Lake Talent Show!
Show is Wednesday, March 2, 2016
Clarkston Junior High
Rehearsals are: Tuesdays and Fridays 4-6 p.m. BL gym
January 19, 22, 26; February 5, 9, 12
(All acts required to attend one rehearsal a week)

Yes I want to be in the Talent Show!

(Please turn in to ofce)
Name(s):___________________________________________ Grade:_____________

Seuss Fair is coming!

Act Description:_________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________________
Number of Students:_____________Email Adress:_______________________________

Please join us on Friday, April 15 at 6pm. FREE games, activities, and

cakewalk. Basket rafe tickets will be available for purchase and the silent
auction will also be back this year! More information will be coming home
with your student by the end of February. Until then, direct all questions to
Amy Darnell at amymdarnell@yahoo.com.

Music (song title):________________________________________________________

Props:________________________________________________________________

Questions? Contact Melissa.Snyder@gm.com

Community Support
Girl Scout Troop 70220 has been busy
through the 2015 Holiday Season!
They started their community
support by collecting food for
Gleaners Food Bank.
They also made a group effort to help
wrap gifts for ve families in the area,
and lastly, spread holiday cheer and
songs of the season at Canterbury
on the Lake Senior Living
Great job
ladies!

March is National Reading Awareness Month!

We will be supporting reading month here at Bailey Lake with many fun activities.
Look for your child to be bringing home some fun reading activities in March
to support literacy and have some fun!
Your PTA

Book Fair Follow-Up

Thank you to everyone who supported the Bailey
Lake Book Fair! We had another year of astounding
success. The Fair brought in $13,893, resulting in
$8500 going directly back into our library!
Thank you for taking the time to shop with us. A
very special thank you to all the volunteers who set
up the fair, broke it down, helped our students create
wish lists and shop, and made the mornings of Donuts with Dad run so smoothly. We couldnt have
done it without your help. See you next year!

BLE ACTIVITIES:

Adopt A Family Holiday Project

This year our entire school worked together to assist local families and children in need.
Bailey Lake assisted 5 families this past holiday!
With the help and support of our students and staff, we were able to help provide
a wonderful holiday for these families. Thank you for your support!

Calling all
2016-2017
Kindergartners!

A Game Plan for Parents

Step 1:

Maintain a positive relationship around your childs

strengths and interests.
I noticed you like to draw.

Step 2:

Greet your child each day and evening with positives,

instead of negatives.
Great to see you! (Instead of, Do you have homework?)

Step 3:

Use empathy as a tool for preventing resentment and

power struggles.
What a bummer. How are you going to pay for that window?

Step 4:

Focus heavily on creating healthy beliefs about

achievement.
You got an A on that spelling test. How did you do that?

Step 5:

Step 6:

Replace lectures and warnings with Enforceable

Statements.
I provide allowance to kids who treat me with respect.
Become a master of at neutralizing arguments.
I love you too much to argue.

Step 7: Teach your child to make regular contributions to family

(i.e. chores) without reminders.
I love you too much to nag and remind you about helping. I hired someone
else to do it. How are you going to pay that person?
Step 8:

Use delayed consequences to buy yourself time and

prevent explosions.
Im going to have to do something about this, but not now, later.
Try not to worry about it.

Step 9:

Expect your child to repay you for deance, disrespect, etc.

Being lied to really drains my energy. How are you planning to put
that energy back?

Questions or Thoughts? Come to our Love and Logic Parent Workshop

Monday, February 8, BLE Cafeteria, 7-8:30 p.m.

Love &
Logic
Session

If your child turns five (5) years old on or before September 1,

2016 (or as late as December 1 with a signed waiver), he/she is
eligible to attend Kindergarten in 2016-17.
In the Fall of 2016, Clarkston Community Schools will continue to
offer two options for parents of Kindergartners:

Date Change for

February
Love and Logic
Session!
The third and nal
Love and Logic
Parent Session will
be held on Monday,
February 8
from 7-8:30pm in the
BLE Caf.
This event is free and
open to all BLE
parents/guardians.
You can attend and
will benet from
the event, even if
you missed the rst
session(s).

BLE Student Council

The BLE school store, the Dawg House is now open! This is a Student Council fundraiser.
All school items, no toys, are $.25 to $1.00. The store is open on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday mornings and is located in the hallway across form the ofce. Stop by!

Kindergarten Full-day Kindergarten is offered at every

elementary school.

Young Fives Kindergarten Young Fives

Kindergarten is available for students that turn five years old

between June 1 December 1, 2016. Young Fives
Kindergarten is a full-day program offered at the Early
Childhood Center and Independence Elementary. Students
that attend Young Fives go to their home school the
following year for regular Kindergarten.

To learn more about Clarkstons Kindergarten options and for

information regarding how to enroll your child, parents are invited
to attend:

Kindergarten Information Night

February 2 - 7:00 p.m.
Clarkston Junior High School
6595 Waldon Rd.

To enroll your child in Kindergarten

Central Enrollment Hours for registration will remain Monday - Friday from 8:00 a.m. 10:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. with extended hours until 6:00 p.m. on the following dates:
February 9, 2016 February 11, 2016 February 18, 2016 February 23, 2016
February 25, 2016 March 1, 2016 March 3, 2016 March 8, 2016 March 10, 2016
March 15, 2016 March 17, 2016 March 22, 2016 March 24, 2016
March 29, 2016 March 31, 2016
Upon enrolling, you will be invited to the BLE Kindergarten Orientation on April 19, 2016.

About
your PTA
The Objects of the Bailey
Lake Elementary PTA, in
common with those of the
National PTA and the
Michigan PTSA are:
a. To promote the welfare of
children and youth in home,
school, community and
place of worship.
b. To raise the standards of
home life.
c. To secure adequate laws
for the care and protection
of children and youth.
d. To bring into closer
relation the home and the
school, that parents and
teachers may cooperate intelligently in the education
ofchildren and youth.
e. To develop between
educators and the general
public such united efforts as
will secure for all children and
youth the highest advantages in physical, mental, social
and spiritual education.
BAILEY LAKE
Elementary School
8051 Pine Knob Road
Clarkston, MI 48348
Phone: (248) 623-5300
Fax: (248) 623-5305
Student Absence Line:
(248) 623-5390
School Hours:
8:30 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Dena Pflieger, PTA President
Glenn Gualtieri, Principal
https://sites.google.com/a/
clarkston.k12.mi.us/bailey-lakeelementary-school/