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AIRPORT HALL OF FAME

On Saturday, October 18, 2013 the inaugural Airport High School Hall of Fame induction ceremony took place at a banquet in the high school cafeteria. Approximately 200 family and friends of the eight inductees and 1972 State Champion Baseball Team along with Airport staff members enjoyed a dinner prepared by Sodexo. The inductees were introduced at half time of the Airport varsity football game against Milan the Friday night before the banquet. Dan Girt emceed the event that featured introductions of each in-ductee by a close family member or friend and then a few words from the inductee themselves. The evening concluded with re-marks from Superintendent John Krimmel and the playing of the Airport fight song, The Victors. Information regarding nomina-tions for this annual event can be obtained from the Airport athletic department. A big “thank you” goes out to Rick Grant, Athletic Director and Holly Baker for spearheading this event along with the Hall of Fame committee for their work in developing criteria for induction. The inductees are: Allen Smith: 1951 graduate, Al has been a member of the Airport football chain gang for 59 years; he was inducted into the MHS

Football Coaches Association in 2009 as a lifetime member. Jim Duffy: 1952 graduate, Jim received ten varsity letters during his high school career in football, basketball, baseball and track.

An All-State senior football player, he received a football scholarship to Purdue. Joe Hamilton: 1957 graduate, 40 years of service at Airport High School as teacher, coach and athletic director. During his tenure

he implemented girls’ sports to Airport’s athletic department.

front row l to r: Al Kwiatkowski, Al Potratz, Jim Duffy, Allen Smith, Joe Hamilton, Paula Leavesley, Bob Malone, Dale Malone;

Back row l to r: 1972 Baseball Team and Coaches—Dave Baker, Jim Brewer, Doug Shown, Virgil Hinzmann, Eric Wyche, Chuck Calkins, Lowell Potratz, Tim DeBacker, Ray Myers, Jeff Mosley, Terry Baas, Herb Partlow, Tim Webster.

not pictured: Bruce Moore. Deceased team members: Rick Swick, Jeff Jones, Ron Baker, George Hayter, Randy Redmond, Steve Stamper

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SUPERINTENDENT’S MESSAGE…

Attitude…Our Choice I recently saw a poster that said “Attitude is a Powerful Force”, and it had a picture of a massive wave in the ocean. The words and picture say so much. Unlike a wave in the ocean, attitude is something that we have control over. We have the ability to choose what our attitude is each and every day and with every circumstance. How we approach every day is totally up to us. The powerful force that attitude carries can be positive or negative; we decide. Just about everyone reading this can find something positive about the circumstances that surround us. We are all blessed in many ways whether it is the love of our family, the country we live in, or even our opportunity to work and learn at a great school. In turn we also have things in our life that are diffi-cult and not so positive. Economic times, puzzling governmental decisions, and the rigors of every day life can be very trying and can certainly produce a cloud of negativity. Many of the ups and downs of our lives are things we have no control over. What we do have control of is our attitude and how we deal with them. The “powerful force” that our attitude brings not only affects how we act but can also have an effect on the attitude of the people around us. We all know people that focus on the positive aspects of their lives and in turn create an environment that is contagious and makes others happy. Unfortunately, some people have a negative attitude toward everything that happens each day. It seems like these people want to make company for their misery. Attitude is powerful and conta-gious. A positive attitude can lift people around you, or it can bring others down, again a choice. A teacher recently told me a story about how her husband taught a valuable lesson to their young children when he woke them up each morning for school. He simplified the lesson by using a couple of characters from a popular children’s book that we are all familiar with. When he woke the kids up he simply told them that they get to decide whether they were going to have an “Eeyore Day” or a “Tigger Day”. Seems almost too simple, but it’s an approach that we could all give a try.

Sincerely, John J. Krimmel, IV

SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS

JOHN KRIMMEL

Board of Education

President James M. Geiermann

Vice President

Margaret A. Hoffman

Secretary

Gina H. Baker

Treasurer Paul A. Miller

Trustees

Allen J. Burger Janice Doederlein

Bart F. Stasa

Upcoming Board of

Education Meetings 7:30PM

December 16 @ NCE

January 13 Organizational

7:00PM

Wagar Middle School

Media Center

Everyone is welcome and encouraged to

attend.

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HALL OF FAME CONTINUED Al Portratz: 1962 graduate. Al was a state-champion in the high jump, 1961 and 1962, an honorable men-

tion all-state basketball player. He played basketball, track and field at Eastern Michigan University. Al was a teacher and successful coach at Airport for over 30 years.

Al Kwiatkowski: 1967 graduate, he received 8 varsity letters in football, basketball and baseball. All time strike-out leader in the history of Airport. Al played minor league baseball with the Baltimore Orioles fran-chise.

Bob Malone: 1976 graduate. A state champion in 1975 for cross country, he holds school records in cross country. Bob earned 8 varsity letters in cross country and track; he continued his running career at Jackson Community College.

Paula (Leavesley) Shipley: 1977 graduate. Paula was a 1975 state champion in the 2 mile, and runner-up in 1976. She holds school records in track.

Dale Malone: 1977 graduate. Dale placed 4th in the state championship in the 800 meter in 1976. Holds track and football records at the high school level. Dale received a football scholarship to Eastern Michigan University. He spent 3 years coaching and served 8 years as an Airport school board member.

1972 Airport Baseball Team: 1972 state championship team.

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES Airport Community Schools is looking to employ substitute classroom aides and substitute custodians for positions that are available immediately. Anyone interested can inquire by contacting Gayle Lambrix, Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent at 734-654-2414 or glambrix@airport.k12.mi.us. A short application and background screening process is necessary for employment. Additional postings can be found on the district’s website at acspublic.com. Click on “District” and “Employment” for current openings.

CURRICULUM CORNER What is this Common Core?

Many of you may have heard or read that the State of Michigan has adopted the Common Core State Standards as the official curriculum for all K-12 schools. What does this mean? How does it affect Airport students? What about funding? Does it really change anything? The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) are a set of K-12 standards that were developed in collaboration with a variety of stakeholders including content experts, state representatives, teachers, school administrators, and parents. The standards establish clear and consistent goals for learning that will prepare America's children for success in college and the work force. The CCSS have been woven into all curriculum at Airport Community Schools. From the purchase of our new math curriculums (Envision, Digits, and MyMathLab) to the ongoing development of the Language Arts Curriculum. The instructional change of CCSS has been accompanied by significant professional development and hundreds of hours of study and hard work on the part of the ACS staff. Preparing staff to teach a different way, for the students to do more of the thinking and answering with the teachers guiding their discussions, rather than telling them the answers. For ACS students I have personally seen students having discussions and debates that I hadn’t seen in the past. Students are taking ownership over their learning and figuring out the most important question in education…WHY. Why is that the answer? Why did this happen? Why? When they can answer the Why question, students have a greater understanding of what they are learning. While we haven’t finished the work of the CCSS, in fact I am not sure the work will ever be finished as the demands of college and work in the world are constantly changing, ACS is leading the way in many ways in Monroe County and the State. We will contin-ue to look for and develop curriculums that prepare our students to be College and Career Ready. Submitted by Greg Roberts, Director of Educational Services

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Greg Roberts Director of Educational Services

AHS TEACHER RECEIVES GREEN APPLE FINANCIAL EDUCATION AWARD Monroe Bank & Trust (MBT) announced the winners of their first annual Green Apple Financial Education Awards, at a ceremony held on October 22, at Monroe County Community College’s Meyer Theater. MBT created the Green Apple Awards to recognize MBT employees and non-MBT community partners who go above and beyond to teach others good practices in personal finance. Airport High School Teacher Jill Bradley was one of the organizations or individuals selected for 2013.

"We are proud of our continued commitment to financial literacy in our local communities, and equally proud to recognize the recip-ients of our inaugural Green Apple Award,” Doug Chaffin, President and CEO said. “Through their efforts, these individuals and organizations have provided a significant impact to insure financial stability in the lives they touch.”

With comprehensive financial literacy programs including the elementary school Partnership In Edu-cation, high school EverFi, adult level MBTeach, as well as collaboration with the Monroe County Learning Bank and GreenPath Debt Solutions; there are MBT financial education programs for every age and life stage.

MBT partner winners were honored as community leaders going above and beyond to promote financial literacy through their schools and organiza-tions. “As a community bank we see how increasing awareness in personal finance empowers our families, friends and neighbors. When many are com-bining their effort that’s what initiates success. Congratulations to all the winners!” said Jennifer Tucker, MBT Marketing Officer, who manages the bank’s financial education and outreach programs.

MBT has been recognized for its financial education programs by the Amer-ican Bankers Association (ABA), the Independent Community Bankers As-sociation (ICBA) and is a recipient of the Monroe Rotary Service Above Self award. The MBTeach financial education program was developed and launched in 2009, and provides on-going formal literacy instruction and curricula to non-profits, schools and businesses. Over 4,000 people have attended classes since its inception. Submitted by High School Principal Chris Lukosavich

The Band Department at Airport Community Schools presented their 28th annual Band-A-Rama performance on Monday, November 4, 2013 in the High School Gym. The Concert and Symphonic Bands from Wagar Middle School performed along with the Airport High School Marching Band. This was the first performance of the year for all groups. The bands are looking forward to their next performances in December. The high school Christmas concert will be on December 11, 2013 at 7:00 pm in the high school Cafeto-rium. All high school bands will be participating at this concert. The Wagar Middles School concert will be on December 17, 2013 in the Wagar middle School Gym. The 5th Grade Beginning Band, the 6th Grade Band along with the Concert and Symphonic Bands will be participating at this concert. Submitted by Band Director Dan Savel

AIRPORT VIRTUAL ACADEMY Airport Virtual Academy is proud to have a fantastic teaching staff that has a passion for mentoring, instructing, and tutoring students. One of the biggest misnomers in on-line education is the role of the certified instructor. Although the platform of on-line education is different than traditional education the role of the instructor is just as important.

Our AVA teaching staff consists of Jeanne Feldpausch, a very experienced special education instructor and Kayli Schelosky, a first year teacher who also happens to be a proud Airport graduate. Mrs. Schelosky also owns a business that offers tutoring to students. Our instructors are asked to provide many tasks everyday. Each day the instructors are providing one on one tutoring to students, leading small group lessons with students who may be having difficulties, leading group discus-sions on academic strategies and successful habits, mentoring students who may be working from alternative environments, traveling to provide tutoring or homebound instruction to students in alternative environments, meeting with and discussing academic plans and goals with parents and students, and tracking and creating academic plans for daily progress for students. This is a complex task that requires a staff that is patient, passionate, a diverse knowledge of multiple subjects, and are able to adjust throughout the day with little time to

relax. We are so fortunate to have Mrs. Schelosky and Mrs. Feldpausch who have these character-istics that lead to a successful on-line educator. Submitted by Jason Mensing, AVA Supervisor

SPARKING FUTURE CAREERS

Airport High School students, Jacob J. Jones (senior) and James Fuller (junior) were featured in the Monroe Evening News this month for their participation in the Welding program through DCTC. Welding is one of 22 programs offered in the region through the Downriver Career Technical Consortium. The consortium is composed of nine school districts. Airport is the only Monroe County school district in the consortium. The programs grow each year according to Mary Brockschmidt, director of Career and Technical Education for the consortium. She states that “when students come into high school, we want them to look at academics and what they will do in the future.” This welding program, along with the many other vocational programs Airport offers through DCTC, offers hands-on experi-ence to help prepare students for potential careers. Jacob says that he now knows his future is in welding and James plans on going into the pipefitters union when he graduates. Submitted by the High School Counseling Office

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BAND-A-RAMA

BRIGHT BEGINNINGS CHILD CARE A LICENSED CHILD CARE FACILITY

Come to Bright Beginnings where we have fun and learn through play, before and after school. We are available to all Airport Community Schools children preschool through 6th grade. We are open from 6:30AM - 6:00PM.

Free Airport Preschool when student attends Bright Beginnings 5 days a week, 7 hours or more.

No appointment needed

We are open all Airport Community Schools Professional Development days

Before and After School Care is available at all elementary buildings

For more information or to register call Kim Weeg at 734-654-4058.

COLLEGE SIGNING T.J. Bindus and Alex Logan, two senior softball players at Airport High School, signed college letters of intent together on Wednesday, November 13, 2013. Alex will play at Southern Indiana in Evansville, Indiana and T.J. will join Oakland University, in Rochester Michigan.

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IT MUST BE DEER HUNTING SEASON! Emanuel Polocoser is pictured dissecting a deer heart in Anatomy class at NCE.

The students have currently been learning about the various components of the heart and how blood circulates throughout the body.

Submitted by Erica Crock 

NCE SPOTLIGHT SUPERVISOR MATTHEW FURTNEY The staff at Niedermeier Center for Education would like to welcome Airport's At-Risk Counselor, Mr. Matt Furtney. Mr. Furtney joined the NCE family as their new director. His energy, enthusi-asm, and dedica-tion are well known to both students and staff.

REPORTING FROM NCE In the last several weeks, NCE students have been reporting on world religions from Mecca to Mumbai and on the Supreme Court in Washington DC. We don't have an enormous travel budget but, our new green screen studio allows students to stretch their creative muscles and demonstrate their understand-ing of their classwork in new ways. Submitted by Adam Sakal, Social Studies Teacher

John Rowloff in front of the camera.

SCIENCE TEACHER ERICA CROCK Erica Crock attended Flat Rock Community High School followed by earning a Bachelor of Science Degree from Eastern Michigan University. She has taught summer school for Grosse Ile Middle School and High School Science at Milan, and has coached girls’

volleyball, basketball, and softball at all age levels. Currently, Erica is working on her Masters of Education in Curriculum and Instruction with a concentration in digital learning and teaching. She enjoys utilizing as much technology into the classroom as she can. She is excited to be joining the NCE team!

Currently, the life science classes at NCE are in the process of creating their own websites via weebly in order to help educate others on the domains and kingdoms in relation to classification systems. The students are excited to do this because they feel that learning the tool of creating websites is something that they will utilize after their high school career is completed. Look for updates in future issues of the Jet Gazette to see examples of our students’ work! Submitted by Erica Crock, Science Teacher

CHEMISTRY MAGIC AT WAGAR Wagar's 7th & 8th Grade Science Club launched their 2013-2014 club year with a special speaker, Dr. Emil Lozanov, from Wayne State University. Dr. Lozanov, a frequent volunteer for the Detroit Section of the American Chemical Society's Kids & Chemistry, demonstrated "Chemistry Magic" to a spell bound group of students. Students watched as liquids disappeared, reappeared, changed colors, changed temperatures, and changed states. They learned the differences between chemical and physical changes and how one plus one doesn't necessarily equal two. They watched snow being made, bal-loons being pierced without popping, and cups completely disintegrate.

Dr. Lozanov inspired the students to look for the science behind the magic. His love for science and for learning was contagious and has left a lasting impact on our science club members. It was an educational experience that continues to be analyzed in the minds of those present. Submitted by Wagar Teacher and Club Advisor Liz Hopper

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GOLD RUSH Each month the National Honor Society likes to do a service project to benefit the community. September is Childhood Cancer Awareness Month and the color is gold. We asked Talan, a student, what his favorite thing has been throughout his cancer and treatment, and he said a camp he went to called “Happy Days.” So in turn we called our project “Gold Rush” and sold gold ribbons at lunch for $1.00 each. The following week NHS members randomly selected classrooms to “Gold Rush” and the students wearing the gold ribbons received candy. We raised a total of $500 and it was all sent to Happy Days. A big thank you to everyone who participated and supported us and hopefully we can do it again next year and be even more successful! Submitted by High School Student Fallon Vasiliauskas

TENTH GRADE CRUCIBLE PROJECTS Students in Renee Caldwell and Holly Himick’s Language Arts classes show off their own individual skills while being assessed of their understanding of the play, The Crucible. Students selected an individual or group project. Students could choose to act out a scene from the play, build a home or a courtroom that reflected Puritan architecture, sew a piece of clothing or an approved project of choice.

Jake Fahnestock and Colin McFarland chose to create a home. They used over 3,000 pop-sicle sticks to complete their project in four days. They enjoyed being able to create a hands-on project. James Malvitz created a painting depicting four different acts of the play.

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WAGAR SPANISH CLASS During the Day of the Dead celebrations at Wagar Middle School, some of the Spanish stu-dents baked Pan de muertos (Day of the Dead bread) for everyone in their class to try. It was very delicious. Submitted by Spanish Teacher Paula Fecay

We D.A.R.E. you to! Students in all Wagar 5th grade classes have been participating in the D.A.R.E. program. Many of us remember D.A.R.E. as being Drug Abuse Resistance Education, but in recent years, the program has evolved into a course in standing up for yourself and your friends. D.A.R.E. now stands for: Define, Assess, Respond and Evaluate. The program is teaching students to Define the problem they may be facing, Assess their options, Respond to the others, and Evaluate their decision. Along with learning the importance of active listening and communicating, students are also learning to stand against drugs, violence and bullying. Deputy John Gurganus, Airport Community Schools liaison officer, has been guiding students through role playing, collaborating, and mentoring during this 12 week program. D.A.R.E. graduation, always a memorable event for 5th graders, will be held on December 20, 2013. For more information on the D.A.R.E. program, please visit www.DARE.com

WHAT PARENTS CAN DO! 1. Be your kids' greatest fan. Compliment them on all of their efforts, the strength of their character and their individuality. 2. Get your kids involved in adult-supervised after-school activities. Ask them what types of activities they're interested in and

contact the school principal or guidance counselor to find out what activities are available. Sometimes it takes a bit of experi-menting to find out what your kids are best suited for, but it's worth the effort. Feeling competent makes kids much less likely to use drugs.

3. Help your kids develop tools they can use to get out of alcohol or drug related situations. 4. Get to know your children's friends and their parents. Call them and check to make sure they share in your views on alcohol,

tobacco and other drugs. 5. Call kids' parents if their home is to be used for a party. Make sure that the party will be alcohol-free and supervised by adults. 6. Set curfews and enforce them. Let kids know the consequences of breaking curfew. 7. Encourage open dialogue with your children about their experiences. Make sure your children understand that they can ask you

anything and that you will give them an honest answer. 8. Set a no-use rule for alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. 9. Sit down for dinner with your children at least once a week. Use the time to talk, don't eat in front of the TV. 10. Get and stay involved in your children's lives. Submitted by District D.A.R.E. Coordinator Mandy Marut

FIFTH GRADE CAMP EXPERIENCE After months of anticipation and preparation, our 5th grade students and teachers finally went to camp! We spent a fun-filled week at Camp Storer in Jackson, Michigan. There were 133 fifth grade students attending and 8 high school students who served as cabin leaders. The students had a won-derful time participating in many outdoor and evening activities.

The most popular outdoor activities were the rock climbing wall (The Tower) and the horseback riding. We had several students who actually made it to the top of the 50 ft. wall! Evening activities included a Dutch Auction, Camp Fire, Underground Raiload, and a Square Dance. These activities were both educational and fun for everyone! We had delicious meals and even learned about what we can do to help the environment by limiting our waste. Our goal was “Zero Waste” and we came very close to reaching that on our last day! A special thank you to all of the cabin leaders and our teachers who made this such a wonderful experi-ence for our students!

Submitted by Shelia Pluff, Wagar 5/6 Principal

VARSITY SPORTS SCHEDULES Basketball—Boys Fri 10/11/2013 Romulus High School Home 4:00PM Tues 12/10/2013 Clarenceville HS Home 7:00PM Thurs 12/12/2013 Tecumseh High School Home 7:00PM Tues 12/17/2013 Advanced Tech Acad Home 7:00PM Fri 12/20/2013 Summit Academy Away 7:00PM Fri 01/03/2014 Monroe High School Away 7:00PM Tues 01/07/2014 Milan High School Home 7:00PM Fri 01/10/2014 Riverview High School Home 7:00PM Tues 01/14/2014 S.M.C.C. Away 7:00PM Fri 01/17/2014 Grosse Ile High School Away 7:00PM Tues 01/21/2014 Huron High School Home 7:00PM Fri 01/24/2014 Jefferson High School Away 7:00PM Tues 01/28/2014 Flat Rock High School Away 7:00PM Fri 01/31/2014 Milan High School Away 7:00PM

Basketball—Girls Tues 12/03/2013 Adrian High School Away 7:00PM Fri 12/06/2013 Tecumseh High School Away 7:00PM Wed 12/11/2013 Ida Public Schools Away 7:00PM Fri 12/13/2013 Milan High School Home 7:00PM Thurs 12/19/2013 Riverview High School Home 7:00PM Fri 12/27/2013 Coldwater High School Away TBA Sat 12/28/2013 Coldwater High School Away TBA Mon 01/06/2014 S.M.C.C. Away 7:00PM Thurs 01/09/2014 Grosse Ile High School Away 7:00PM Mon 01/13/2014 Huron HS Away 7:00PM Thurs 01/16/2014 Jefferson High School Home 7:00PM Mon 01/20/2014 Flat Rock High School Home 7:00PM Thurs 01/23/2014 Milan High School Away 7:00PM Mon 01/27/2014 Riverview High School Away 7:00PM Thurs 01/30/2014 S.M.C.C. Home 7:00PM

Competitive Cheerleading Sat 12/14/2013 CCCAM Scholarship Away 8:00AM Sat 12/21/2013 Pat Christianson Memorial Away10:00AM Wed 01/08/2014 Huron League Jamboree #1 Away 6:30PM Sat 01/11/2014 Saline Invitational Away TBA Sat 01/18/2014 Bedford Invitational Away TBA Wed 01/22/2014 Huron League Jamboree #2 Away 6:30PM Sat 01/25/2014 Splitter Invitational Away TBA

Ice Hockey—Home Events at Southgate Ice Arena Tues 12/03/2013 Pioneer High School Home 7:30PM Thurs 12/05/2013 Gabriel Richard Away 6:40PM Sat 12/07/2013 S.M.C.C. Home 7:30PM Tues 12/10/2013 Cabrini Catholic Home 7:30PM Sat 12/14/2013 Warren Mott HS Away TBA Tues 12/17/2013 Skyline High School Home 7:30PM Sat 01/04/2014 Skyline High School Away TBA Wed 01/08/2014 Crestwood High School Away TBA Fri 01/10/2014 Huron HS Away TBA Tues 01/14/2014 Grosse Ile High School Home 7:30PM Fri 01/17/2014 Carlson High School Away 6:50PM Sat 01/18/2014 Cabrini Catholic Away 8:00PM Tues 01/21/2014 Warren Mott HS Home 7:30PM Sat 01/25/2014 Riverview High School Home 6:40PM Tues 01/28/2014 Bishop Foley HS Home 7:30PM Fri 01/31/2014 Gabriel Richard HS Home TBA

Wrestling Sat 12/07/2013 Trenton Tournament Away 8:00AM Wed 12/11/2013 Quad at Westland Away 6:00PM Sat 12/14/2013 Gibby Duals Home 9:00AM Wed 12/18/2013 Huron League Quad Home 6:00PM Sat 12/21/2013 Jet Duals Home 9:00AM Mon 12/30/2013 Yeti Challenge (Milford) Away 8:00AM Sat 01/04/2014 Sheriff's Invitational Away 8:00AM Wed 01/08/2014 Huron League Quad Away 6:00PM Sat 01/11/2014 Michigan Duals Away 8:00AM Wed 01/15/2014 Huron League Quad Away 6:00PM Wed 01/22/2014 Milan High School Away 6:00PM Sat 01/25/2014 Wittibslager Challenge Away 8:00AM

ATHLETIC BOOSTERS 150 CLUB

OCTOBER $250 - Sharon Alford $25 - Jim Geiermann $25 - Paul Miller $25 - Glen Goodnight $25 - Jim & Cheryl Marlow

Next meeting is December 3rd at 6 PM in the high school cafeteria. Everyone is welcome to attend.

EQUESTRIAN TEAM

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For the fourth year in a row, Airport's Equestrian Team has won the District Competition by defeating 12 other teams at the Belleville Fairgrounds to move onto the Regional Competition. With a solid Team effort, they defeated 9 other teams to place first receiving the Grand Champion trophy. The team consisted of seniors: Darrian Young, Nicole Huntsman, and Tabby Higgins along with sopho-mores: Rhianna Julien and McKayla Brumley.

The team headed to the State competition in Midland which lasted 4 days, and they placed 7th in the state. “It's hard not to get down on yourself when you are trying so hard to control a 1000 pound plus horse, and all it takes is a simple mistake that prevents you from placing in your class," stated Coach Pershing, “But the team’s attitude to do their best takes over. They work so hard year round to make it to state, that when you go into a class with 36 or more riders the nerves take over. But when you look at the big pic-ture and realize they placed 7th out of 200 plus schools, you realize how impressive it was!" Submitted by Coach Judi Pershing

NOVEMBER $250 - Tony & Teresa Woodrum $25 - Jeanne Cronenwett $25 - Will & Heidi Lang $25 - James & Carol Sieb $25 - Mary Ann Martin

AIRPORT BASEBALL 2014 DEER CAMP

DINNER Saturday

January 25, 2014

6:30—11:00 PM Knights of Columbus Hall 202 W. Front St., Monroe

Must be 18/Older to Attend Doors Open - 5:30PM

 Over 100 Door Prizes

Questions? Call Robert Jones

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INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL

Boys and girls intramural basketball will begin January 11, 2014 for 3rd thru 6th grades. More information to follow. Rick Grant, Athletic Director/Dean of Students

YE OLDE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS FEAST

December 6th, 7th, 18th, and 19th 6:30-8:00PM

Lord Vandergriff is sending out invitations to bring together everyone in celebration with this most festive feaste. There will be glorious singing, theatrics, and an Italian dinner. Please join the Airport High School Choral Department in helping them raise funds for their spring trip to New York.

If you would like to receive an invitation, they are available in the Wagar Middle School and Airport High School Offices. Reservations and payment need to be re-turned to the High School. Any questions, please email Choral Director, Robert Vandergriff—rvandergriff@airport.k12.mi.us.

GIVING TREE For the first time, businesses in the Carleton area will be joining the Carleton United Methodist Church and Wagar’s National Junior Society by allowing us to put up a giving tree in their lobby. Anyone who would like to brighten the day of a local family can stop by Ansons Piz-zeria located at 9811 Exeter Rd. and Carleton Sav-Mor Pharmacy located at 201 Medical Center Drive and select an ornament that lists an item needed to make a communi-ty member’s Christmas special. A special box will be next to the tree so the item may be dropped off at that location unwrapped. A third tree will be located in the lobby of Wagar Middle School. Over the years, we have had up to 70 families that we have assisted to ensure their Christmas was taken care of. If you would like to participate, please make a point of visiting one of the 3 sites to find out what is needed or contact Kim Weeg at 654-4058 or Judi Per-shing at 654-6205.

Trees will go up the week before Thanksgiving to allow the community to find bar-gains on Black Friday. They will remain up until the week before Christmas. Items are distributed by Airport teachers and members of the church congregation a few days before Christmas. If you can help stop one of the three locations and select a paper ornament.

SANTA’S COMING TO DOWNTOWN CARLETON

Saturday, December 14th

Downtown Festivities Begin at 5:00PM

Sherry’s Academy of Dance

performing at 5:15PM

Parade at 6:30PM

Santa gets key to the Village and Tree lighting begins at 7:00PM

Visit Santa in the Village Hall 4:00-7:00PM

Chili cook off, cookies, coffee, cocoa, cider,

donuts, popcorn, games

Library will have cookie decorating, crafts, and the Airport Choir.

Any questions or if you would like to participate contact:

Nicole Rhodes at 734-341-4753

mainstreet_hairsalon@yahoo.com Carleton United

Methodist Church

ANNUAL CHRISTMAS BAZAAR

Saturday, December 7 10 to 2PM

11435 Grafton Rd, Carleton 734-654-2833

Fancy cookies by the pound, fresh evergreen wreaths and swags, bake

sale, Christmas Treasures from Grandma’s Attic & Crafts

Building is handicap accessible

in all areas

AIRPORT VOLLEYBALL

VALENTINE COMEDY SHOW

Saturday February 1, 2014

Flat Rock Elks 26917 N Telegraph

Dinner Served 4-7PM

Steak or Chicken Dinner $25

Comedy Show-8pm 50-50 Raffles

Contact: Jim Kohn 242-6485

Ritter Principal Terry Brown is reading all day with students for National Young Readers Week.

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EYLER STUDENTS DANCE TO HELP FEED OUR COMMUNITY

Eyler students participated in their first Halloween Dance entitled, “Dance if you dare, Eyler will give you a scare!” The dance raised over 400 canned goods for needy families. Eyler students had a blast dancing to the scary music provided by D. J. Mr. Hoying. Thank you to all the parent volun-teer that helped make our dance a success.

THANKFUL TREE

The four year old preschool class has been talking about Thanksgiving. We talked about how Thanksgiving is the time for us to be thankful for the

things we have in our lives. Mrs.

Nighswander, asked each child what they

were thankful for or glad to have and wrote their an-

swers on a leaf. We then stuck the leaves on a tree and created our Thankful Tree. Submitted by Mrs Nighswander, Preschool Teacher

HALLOWEEN FUN AT STERLING The Halloween Celebrations started at Sterling on a dark and spooky Tuesday night. Sterling families participated in games, trick-or –treated, and listened to scary stories in the Harvest Moon Reading Room, on October 29, 2013. PTO sponsored the activity. Sterling staff, dressed in there Halloween costumes, passed out candy and led the various fun activities.

On Thursday, October 31st Sterling Elementary was a “Spooktacular” place to be. During the morning, Envison Math was taking place along with learning centers, but during the after-noon, DJ Dave was spinning some hauntingly cool tunes while the students, staff, and parents enjoyed our annual Monster Mash Dance. The staff and students enjoyed the Monster Mash dance instead of having classroom parties.

To end Red Ribbon Week all staff and students wore black and orange to say “Boo to Drugs.” The day was filled with laughter and good times shared by all along with a tasty snack.

DRUG AND BULLY AWARENESS AT STERLING On Friday, October 25th the students at Sterling held an assembly to talk about ways to stay away from drugs and alcohol and how not to be a bully. We had four wonderful high school students who spoke about how being involved in school and hanging with good friends is a great way to stay drug free. Joseph Able, Jenna Meyer, Jenna Gadille, John Chopson, Hannah Doederlein, and Rojet Marrow did an outstanding job and we are so proud of their accomplishments. What great role models for our Sterling students.

Mrs. Fiala’s class along Mrs. Duncan and Mrs. Makowski’s class all did a small presentation about how not to do drugs and how to not be a bully. They all did a fantastic job! Our wonderful PTO purchased bookmarks for all the students about how to stay Drug and Bully Free. A big thank you to them! Submitted by Sterling Teacher Mrs. Duncan

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THIRD GRADE CURRICULUM NIGHT On Thursday, October 24th Sterling third grade teachers held a curriculum night. The things discussed were Daily 5, Envision Math, standard based grading, and Collins writing. A BIG THANK YOU to the parents who took time out of their busy scheduled to attend.

Submitted by Mrs. Duncan and Mrs. Makowski

Students in Mrs. Swion-toniowski's Kindergar-ten class at Ritter Ele-mentary created jack-o-lanterns from recycled milk jugs donated by their families. These jack-o-lanterns could be seen at Ritter’s trunk or treat night in the class-room display case. Students had to first paint the inside of the milk jugs orange. Then they had to paint the caps green. With Mrs. Hill's help, they were able to create and glue a face on their pumpkin. What a fun way to celebrate the season!

LET’S READ! Mrs. Dyl's class has been work-ing hard during the month of October reading and tracking their minutes read onto the online Book It Minute Tracker system. We set a class goal of 18,000 minutes. That was set by adding up 20 minutes per day, five days a week, by all 30 students in the class-room. The only way the kids could track their progress was if they actually read and had their reading slip signed by their parents for that night. The kids did FAN-TASTIC!! We didn't meet the goal, but as a class we read 10,925 minutes in the month of October. According to the Book it Program results, our class was rated in the TOP 1,000 Classes in the nation out of 269,000 classes tracking their progress. I am super proud of my Reading Warriors!

This month, we are working hard to meet our reading goal. Students are already tracking their progress. We also chal-lenged Mrs. Brown to read ALL DAY on National Reading Day Friday, Nov. 15. My class will set up a comfy area down by the main office and students will spend their day reading with her. We are also trying to read and track our minutes to have the opportunity for Jeff Kinney (the author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid books), come to our school in the Spring. We are hoping to read so much that we win the chance for his visit. Wish us luck!

Thank you parents for signing the reading log sheet when your child reads so it helps us to meet our goals! Enjoy a good book today! Submitted by: Mrs. Dyl's Second Grade Class

Shapes, shapes and more shapes! Students in Mrs. Swiontoniowski's class learned about several different shapes including circles, trapezoids, rhombus, squares, hexagons and rectangles. After learning the different characteristics of these shapes, students had a chance to make different shapes with their bodies. In this picture, students were creating a rectangle and they figured out that a rectangle has two long sides and two short sides. Two friends had to hold their legs close to their bodies to make the short sides while two other friends had to stretch out to make the long sides. Fun was had by all as we watched groups work together and discov-er how to turn their bodies into shapes.

FALL FUN FOR KINDERGARTEN CLASS

KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS AT RITTER CELEBRATE THE 50TH DAY OF SCHOOL The kindergarten students at Ritter Elementary School enjoyed celebrating the 50th day of school with a 1950’s theme for the entire day. Students were engaged in math centers like measuring pictures of things from the 1950’s such as (records, cars, root beer floats, juke boxes, and cars) using tootsie rolls. They drew a picture of what they look like now and what they think they will look like when they are 50 years old. The students enjoyed root beer floats and graphed how many of their classmates liked it and how many did not. The students had a sock hop dance in their classrooms to music of the 1950’s time era and were encouraged to dress up in 1950’s attire for the day. Students had a great time while learning about a time in the past.

LIBRARY NEWS New Resources Available! Visit the newly updated library web site, available from the Airport Community Schools web site, for quality resources that can be used for homework and research projects. We have a new subscription to Gale Biography in Context. This database provides students (grades five through twelve) with biographical information in multiple formats; magazine and newspaper articles, pictures, videos, podcasts and more. To use this wonderful resource link to “databases,” from the library web site.

The Michigan eLibrary (www.mel.org or link from the library web site) has also added many new resources. Additions to their subscription databases are; Early World of Learning (early elementary) which offers practice with colors, numbers and reading, ebook K-8 Collection – (K-8th grade) provides access to pictures books, homework topics, languages and more, eLibrary Elementary – (st1-5th grade), - provides access to articles, video, audio, pictures, maps and more – Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallozgos (Elementary and/or beginning learners of Spanish) Bilingual Dictionary, Novelist (K-8th grade) – Lists of books with accompanying information such as the subject they are about, Lexile reading level, awards won, and more, and World Book for Kids (elementary and middle school) – provides general information on all topics.

Take a minute to visit our web site and become familiar with these fantastic resources which are all free to you and your student.

Airport High School Book Club Recently the Airport High School Page Turners hosted a table at the AHS Band Craft Show. They raffled packages of gently used books and sold suckers and homemade bracelets. Profits reached $100. Thank you to the Airport Band Boosters for the opportunity to have a space at the craft show and thank you the community for participating in our fundraiser. Also thank you to Mrs. Brakel, Kimberley Ellison, Jordan Kujala, Sierra Langton, Courtney Rae, Audrey Smith, Priscilla Smith and Samantha Stanchik for your help in the preparation for this event and for sit-ting the table at the show. In the future, the Page Turners will continue fundraising and will host their 2nd annual Poetry Slam in April which is national poetry month. Submitted by Lauren Rae.

Wagar Media Club News Students have been making promotional videos for Teen Read Week and the Scholastic Book Fair. During November we are kick-ing off our participation in the Letters about Literature and Young Authors programs. We are also creating video book talks and signing up for Edmodo. Many students are completing their reading of the books for the Great Lakes Great Books program.

Elementary Library News Student Helpers are doing a great job at Eyler and Ritter! Thanksgiving books are on display and ready for check-out. New books are being added to the collections. If anyone would like to volunteer to help in the library at Ritter and Sterling we would love to have the assistance. Just let your school office know that you are available and we will get in touch with you. Thank you. Submitted by Media Specialist Lisa Brakel

A FEW NOTES WITH BAD WEATHER COMING… At any time during the school year, it may be necessary to cancel school or delay the start of school due to a variety of reasons: extremely bad weather, poor road conditions, mechanical failures, or other emergency situations. While this is rare, you and your child must be prepared. Being prepared begins with making sure your student has a safe place to go to if school is cancelled or de-layed. If there is a two-hour delay in the morning, there will be NO morning preschool and NO vocational education classes. All afternoon activities will still be held. A two-hour delay means the school buses will pick up students two hours after the usual pick up time, at the normal pick up point. This includes all Airport buses.

If unforeseen events occur during the school day it would be extremely rare to send students home early from school. The normal practice is to complete the school day, but your child must know what to do and where to go in case he or she is sent home early. We never want to send a child home if they do know whether or not they will be able to get inside their home. Cancellations of after school events, such as games, practices, concerts or other activities, are determined before dismissal. If school is cancelled, all athletic levels below varsity level are cancelled. Any varsity or junior varsity athletic contest that is scheduled on a snow day might be played. The final decision will be made by the school administration.

HOW TO FIND OUT IF SCHOOL IS DELAYED OR CANCELLED Airport Community Schools uses the Honeywell Instant Alert System to electronically contact families quickly and effectively. Instant Alert will be used to notify parents of school closings due to inclement weather or building problems. Parents can also be informed of everyday building activities or any schedule changes.

LISTEN TO: WATCH: GO ONLINE: WWJ-950 AM Channel 2 WJBK Detroit Channel 11 WTOL Toledo www.acs.public.com WJR-760 AM Channel 4 WDIV Detroit Channel 13 WTVG Toled0 WKQI-95.5 FM Channel 7 WXYZ Detroit Channel 24 WNWO Toledo

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TEACHER BLDG/GR/DEPT AMOUNT PROJECT

Paula Fecay Wagar Middle School

7th Grade $500

Authentic Hispanic Experience

Natalie Green Eyler Elementary

4th – 6th Grade Girls $500 Girls on the Run

L. Brakel, R. Caldwell, and J. Whitelaw

Airport High School Language Arts 9-12

$500 Catalist Audio Book

Shelf & Books on CD

Khrissy Budzios Eyler Elementary

3rd/4th Grades $50 PE Metrics

Christy Manwell Ritter Elementary

1st Grade $500

Café Reading Comprehension

L. Waldron, A. Sakel, E. Jackson, A. Drozdowski,

and E. Crock

Niedermeier Center for Education

$500 Positive Behavior Sup-

port (PBS)

$2550 total

Charles Chapman graduated from Airport in 2009 with honors. He received All-Region, All-League, and All-State honors in Football under Coach Eric Redmond. He received a full scholarship to play in the Big-10 for Indiana University. As a left tackle he has played on most of the Big Ten fields and North Texas, Navy, U Mass, and Virginia. He received two varsity letters playing Left Tackle and was Academic All-Big 10 in 2011 and 2012. On May 4, 2013 he graduated with honors from Indiana University School of Public Health with a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology and minor in Psychology. Charles in now attending Wake Forest University for an Accelerated Master Program in Business Management . He was married in August to Rebecca Fletcher from Bloomington, Indiana.

Last June, Airport graduate Tim Webster (Class of 1974) was named Superintendent of Schools for the Reed City Area Public Schools. Reed City, a Class B school district, is located about 60 miles north of Grand Rapids on US-131.

Tim grew up in South Rockwood. He lived next to Ritter Elementary where he attended grade school. His mother Ruth Webster, an English teacher at Airport High, still lives there today. Tim has many fond memories of growing up playing basketball behind Ritter school at “Ritter Arena”, as they so fondly called it, with all the neighborhood boys. “We loved that the baskets were only 8 ½ feet tall.”

In high school Tim loved athletics. He was the shortstop on the 1972 State Championship Baseball Team and was the point guard of an undefeated JV basketball team (1971-72) and Huron League Basketball Champions (1972-73 & 1973-74).

Tim left his mark at Airport on Homecoming night in 1974 when he nailed up an “Airport Road” street sign on the telephone pole at the south school entrance off Grafton road. Tim said he smiles every time he comes home and sees that sign is still there.

After high school Tim attended Central Michigan University and graduated with a BS Degree in Industrial Arts. He took his first teaching job in 1978 in Baldwin, 20 miles east of Reed City, where he taught and coached for 17 years. Tim took his first adminis-trative job in Walkerville, a very small district southwest of Baldwin, where he served two years as the 5th thru 12th grade principal. Then, in 1997, Tim moved to Reed City where he was the Middle School Principal for 15 years prior to his most recent promotion to Superintendent of Schools.

Tim named Al Potratz as a great influence on him while in high school. Al was his basketball coach and taught industrial arts. Both areas Tim pursued for his own career tracks. Tim had a wonderful time attending the October 18 football game and the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies on October 19, 2013.

AIRPORT ALUMNI SOAR

Tim Webster

Charles Chapman

BOARD OF EDUCATION DONATES STIPENDS Airport’s Board of Education has generously designated their total stipends of $3500 to fund a board grant program. Teachers can apply for a grant up to $500 for an innovative project. Congratulations to the first round of recipients listed below.

CARLETON BRANCH 1444 Kent Street Carleton, MI 48117 Telephone: 743-654-2180

TODDLER STORYTIME Mondays, Dec. 2, 9, & 16 at 6:00 PM or Tuesday, Dec. 3, 10:00 AM Toddler Storytime is designed for children 18-36 months. It consists of age appropriate stories, songs, and a simple craft/activity.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Wednesday, Dec. 4, 10:00 AM Preschool Storytime is intended for children who are 3 to 5 years old. This program offers stories, songs, movement activities, art experiences, and fun each week.

HOLIDAY SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR December 4 - 11, 2013, All Day Looking for some great gift ideas? Come to the Carleton Branch Library for our Scholastic Book Fair and purchase some great gifts. The book fair will be open during the Library's regular hours.

SAVVY COOK BOOKERS Fridays, Dec. 6, 12:00 noon Calling all cooks and readers. Join us at our Favorable Fantastic Fridays Cookbook Book Club.

ANNUAL GINGERBREAD HOUSE MAKING Saturday, Dec. 7, 10:00AM or 1PM Join us for our annual Gingerbread House building event. All materials pro-vided. Registration is required for this fun-filled event.

CARLETON LIBRARY POETRY WRITING CLUB Wednesdays, Dec. 19, 6:30 PM Join us at the Carleton Branch Library on the third Wednesday of the month for our Poetry Writing Club. We will have fun sharing our poetry, learning about ourselves as writers and sharing the works of some of our favorite poets.

NEWPORT BRANCH 8120 N. Dixie Hwy, Newport, MI 48166 Telephone: 734-586-2117

WAKE UP AND READ Saturday, December 7, 10:30 AM Join us for our teen book club.

LIBRARY BOOK CLUB 6:30 PM Tues, Dec. 3 - 1225 Christmas Tree Lane by Debbie Macomber All meetings are open to all readers.

PRESCHOOL STORYTIME Wednesday, Dec. 4, 10:00 AM Preschool Storytime is intended for children who are 3 to 5 years old. This program offers stories, songs, movement activities, art experiences, and fun each week.

HISTORICAL FICTION CLUB 6:30 PM Thurs., Dec. 5-Helen of Troy by Margaret George All readers are welcome to join us as we read and discuss Historical Fiction books. Copies of the books can be picked up at the library. Discussions will be on the first Thursday of the month at 6:30 PM.

REALLY DIG READING Tuesdays, Dec. 10 & Jan. 28, 7:00 PM Is your nose is always in a book? This club is designed for you! We will read a different book each week and then meet for activities. All selected books are from the juvenile section, but may appeal to 4th,5th,6th and 7th grade students. Tweens welcome!

JOLLY OLD ST. NICK AT NEWPORT Saturday, Dec. 14, 10:00 AM Holiday Extravaganza! Bring your list and see Santa for a photo opportunity. While waiting visit a variety of Holiday inspired craft stations.

BABY TALES Thursday, Dec. 20, 10:00 AM This program is for 0-12 month olds with an accom-panied adult. Siblings, Moms, Dads, Grandparents, and caregivers are welcome. Each session will focus on early literacy skills and include beginning music, math, and sign language.

HOURS: Monday & Thursday 12 noon-8PM Tuesday & Wednesday 9AM-8PM Friday & Saturday 9AM-5PM

MONROE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM ALL BRANCHES CLOSED ON December 24 & 25 - Christmas Eve and Christmas Day January 1 & 2 - New Years Eve and New Years Day Please register for all events.

SOUTH ROCKWOOD BRANCH LIBRARY 12776 Dixie Hwy, S. Rockwood, MI

TODDLER TIME Monday, Dec.2, 10:00 AM Toddler Storytime is designed for children 12-36 months. It consists of a short story, songs, playtime, and often a simple art activity.

KEEPSAKE ORNAMENT Wednesday, Dec. 4, 6:00 PM The tradition remains, before you deck the hall, register to create a special keepsake ornament to cherish for years to come. Open to all ages.

KRAFTY CRAFTERS Thursdays, Dec. 5 and Dec. 19, 6:00 PM Join us with your craft projects: knitting, embroidery, or quilting. We can enjoy being crafty together.

CAMP BOOK SURVIVOR Tuesday, Dec. 17, 6:00 PM This 4th season of camp book will take on a survivalist theme. Each session participants will be placed in a situation that they will need all of their wits, talents, and building expertise to succeed. New day. New time. Tweens and elementary age appropriate.

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HOURS: Monday 10 AM-1 PM Tuesday 1 PM-6 PM Wednesday 1 PM-8 PM Thursday 2 PM-6 PM Friday 1 PM-5 PM

EYLER PTO Fall is in the air and with that brought many PTO activities for our Eyler fami-lies to participate in. On Thursday, October 24th the PTO hosted the annual “Eyler Trunk or Treat”. Students and their families were invited to come to school in their costumes and participate in trick or treating and games. Donuts and milk were provided by the PTO and many of the teachers organized games and activities for the students. We had a great turnout and everyone had a fun night. Thank you to all of the Eyler teachers and parents who donated candy and volunteered to help. Also thanks to Ms. Green and the math department for their help in organizing all of the games and activities for the night.

The PTO also held its first book fair of the school year. Hopefully all parents had an opportunity to stop by the book fair during Parent Teacher Conferences. We will be in need of parent volunteers in order to continue having book fairs throughout the year. Please try to attend a PTO meeting if you are interested in helping with this very worthwhile activi-ty for the students.

On Friday, December 6th and Friday, January 24th the PTO will be hosting its Family Movie Night. This is a great event to bring the whole family to. The students will vote on which movie will be shown. Movie Nights are just $5 per family and there is a concession stand for snacks. We are hoping to see many of the students and their families at this event.

This December the PTO will once again be having the Santa’s Workshop. Santa’s Workshop will be held the week of December 9th. We will be looking for many volunteers to help make this a success.

Please make sure to go through your child’s Friday folder every week. The PTO is always looking for volunteers to help in the many activities we do for the students. We encourage you to come to the PTO meetings. They are held the second Tuesday of every month at 6:30PM. Future Meetings: Dec. 10, Jan. 14, and Feb. 11 at 6:30PM Submitted by: Michelle McCoy, Secre-tary

RITTER PTO Ritter PTO has been keeping busy with events and fundraisers this year! We had a successful Dance-a-thon held on Oct 31st during school. The Dance-a-thon was a Halloween themed dance and the students were able to seek pledges from family and friends to dance for 30 minutes during their ‘specials’ class. The PTO provided snacks, drinks, and spooky decorations. Ritter dad Jeremy Jondro volunteered his time and was an awesome DJ for this event. The students had a blast and raised over $2,000 for our PTO to purchase new 100% recycled plastic picnic tables for our new pavilion! Thank you to all the Ritter families who participated, and to the par-ents that helped work the dance. The event was a huge success because of YOU!

The Ritter students paid it forward by donating part of their Halloween candy to our soldiers stationed over seas. These brave men and women greatly appreciate knowing we are still thinking about them and appreciate their service.

We have also been participating in many fundraisers; our annual cookie dough fundraiser is taking place just in time for the holidays. The PTO has also been host-ing a monthly family restaurant night fundraiser at Applebee’s in Monroe. When you dine in on the specified night and show your flier Ritter will receive 20% back. The next Applebee’s night will be December 10th. We also are hosting a fundraiser at Five Below in Woodhaven, on December 7th-9th, you must show the flier that will be sent home and Ritter will receive a percentage back.

Ritter is getting ready for this upcoming

STERLING PTO Hello to all! Hope this finds you all happy and in good health. Since we last talked Ster-ling had their first Trunk or Treat…HUGE success!! Thank you to all who donated candy and helped with set up. A BIG thank you to the wonderful staff we have that came out after hours to spend more time with the kids. The children were thrilled to find their school dark and spooky. However, the real treat was to see their teachers and the staff in costume!! Another Thank you, to Stacy Nunn for making this event happen.

Please plan on dinner out at ANSON’s (if you have not been there, please give it a try) on Wednesday December, 11th. They are located on Exeter road (the old “Red Horse Inn”). A percentage of sales that day will go to Sterling PTO. Thank you in advance for your support.

PTO is working hard on a new project. Homemade Christmas!! All students will get to make a craft in class to take home as a gift. They are super cute and mostly from recycled items. Thank you to Suzette Laming and Linda Ward for taking on this large project. Christmas break will be here soon and PTO hopes you all take the time to truly enjoy the extra time with your families and friends, pull out some old games or make a craft (stores make them super easy by selling them in kits). If you travel please be safe and we will see the children back in school on the 6th!! Yes two full weeks off this year. Submitted by: Nikki Martel, President PAGE 15

holiday season! Santa Secret Shop will be opening Dec 9th-13th, the students will be able to shop and bag their gifts they buy for their family members. Each item is $2 and the profit the PTO makes from Santa Secret Shop goes back to help Ritter families during the holiday season. The shop is set up on the stage and is decorated for Christmas! We are also sponsoring a Polar Express Day on Fri-day Dec 20th! This day will consist of educational activities, crafts, cookie deco-rating, Christmas Carols and a Story. The day will end with the students watching the movie Polar Express in their PJ’s!

We are always looking for parent in-volvement at the school! We have weekly events taking place such as our school store, which is open every Wednesday during lunch. Students are able to pur-chase school supplies that cost from 10 cents to $1. Thank you to our school store lead Jody Falkey! We also make popcorn every Friday for ‘Popcorn Fridays’, the students can purchase a bag for 25 cents. We need library helpers on Thursday and Friday mornings. Please contact the office if you are available to help out.

As always keep collecting your Box Tops and Labels for Education! We have a monthly Box Top contest between the classrooms. The class with the most Box Tops will win a popsicle party and be able to hang our Box Top traveling trophy outside of their room. Thank you to Wen-dy Armstrong our Box Top Lead for mak-ing the trophy and for collecting, counting and cutting all those Box Tops! If you are able to help with Box Tops from home please contact the office. Submitted by: Karen Nelson, President

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Superintendent John J Krimmel IV 734-654-2414

Director of Educational Services Greg Roberts 734-654-3003

Chief Financial Officer Brenda Pyle 734-654-3420

Director of Operations Dan Fahnestock 734-654-3433

Director of Technology Mark J. Funchion 734-654-3000 Editors: Kim Weeg (654-4058) &

Gayle Lambrix (654-2414)

VETERANS VISIT EYLER Veteran's Day was celebrated on Monday, November 11, 2013 at Eyler Elementary. Veterans of family members were invited to the school. Members of the Carleton V.F.W. and the Auxiliary gave a presentation to the students. The folding of the American flag was demonstrated. Happy Veteran's Day everyone!

World War II Veteran, Robert Pastor visited his great grandson, Jake Bradley. Mr. Pastor was a petty officer 2nd class in the United States Navy.