The BT3 The Beacon tree broadcast

Beacon Tree Elementary School

55885 Schoenherr Road, Shelby Twp., MI 48315-1049

(586) 797-7300 Attendance Line (586)797-7399

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or on the web at http://beacontree.uticak12.org

December 2018

Inside this issue:

School Information 2-3

Honor Roll 4-5

BT3 6

Send Money To School 8

Beacon Tree Families,

As we move to the final month of the 2019 calendar year, it is easy to reflect upon all of the wonderful things that both staff and students have accomplished here at Beacon Tree Elemen-tary. It is fantastic to see the growth of all of our students both socially and academically! It is such a pleasure to have students come to me and share their accomplishments on any given day. I have been able to meet with students to hear them read a book, or share stories they have written. It is so rewarding to share these experiences with your children. I am so proud of the work they are putting in on a daily basis!

I would like to thank you for attending our conferences during the month of November. During the conference window, my staff held 789 conferences, with an attendance rate of 99%. I ap-preciate each of you for having conferences with your teachers and the dialogue you had per-taining to your children. If for any reason you did not get a chance to speak with your child’s teacher, or you still have questions that need answered, please contact them and set up an appointment.

Beacon Tree Elementary students are once again giving back to the community during this holi-day season. Our student council will be leading the way in providing multiple opportunities to help others. The following charitable programs will be offered during the month of December:

Shelby Lions Christmas Basket Program (canned goods and boxed goods) December 2nd – December 6th

Hat and Mitten Tree (hats, mittens and gloves) December 2nd – December 6th

Maddie’s Toy Drive/Rainbow Connection Toy Drive (new, unwrapped toys) December 2nd – December 6th

If you feel inclined to participate, donations may be brought to the office and distributed to the appropriate charitable program.

Even though the grass remains green and the temperatures hover in and out of the 30’s and 40’s, our usual Michigan winter will arrive at some point. Please make sure that your children come prepared for the frigid weather with appropriate winter attire. We will be having out-door recess as long as the temperature is above 10 degrees (with wind chill) and the play pad is safe. Please have children come with hats, gloves, winter coats, etc. to keep warm during the winter months.

If you believe that your child may be missing some articles of clothing, please make sure you check our Lost and Found. You never know what you may find on that table!

On behalf of the Beacon Tree Elementary Staff, we wish you a wonderful holiday! We hope that you create many lasting memories with you family and friends.

Best Wishes,

Mr. Ellis Proud Principal

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If you need to contact us… Main Office 797-7300 Absence Line 797-7399 Child Care 797-7314 Fax Machine 797-7301

School Hours Grades K-6 9:00-3:50 p.m. Children will not be allowed to enter the building until 8:50 a.m. each morning. Please help your children time their arrival accordingly. Children who must arrive earlier need to be enrolled in our Child Care program. Please contact the office for more information.

Absences To report your child’s absence, please call our

answering machine at 586-797-7399. When

you place your call please clearly state your

child’s name, teacher, reason for, and length of

absence. The answering machine will take at-

tendance calls 24 hours a day.

Lunch (11:50-1:25) Students may either bring their own lunch to school

or purchase a hot lunch. Lunch w/ milk is $2.75.

Students may purchase just milk for 45 cents.

Please review the monthly hot lunch menu on

Beacon Tree’s new web page under Parents—

Food Service Menu with your child. It is very im-

portant that students who wish to purchase hot

lunch order the day before. New lunch schedule:

Grades K 11:10-11:50,1st-11:30-12:10, 2nd-11:55-

12:35, 4th– 12:40-1:20, 5th-11:35-12:15, 6th-12:00-

12:40. All students will eat lunch for 20 minutes be-

fore going out to lunch recess for 20 minutes.

Free and Reduced Lunch The www.lunchapp.com website is ready for

student/parent use for the school year 2018-

2019.

We STRONGLY encourage you to apply online

this year using this website. Please know that

student lunches for students are available for

free, or at a reduced price of 40 cents, for fami-

lies that qualify based on family size and in-

come.

Nut Safe Rooms Should your child be placed in a nut safe

room, there are a few simple things you can

do to help us to ensure a safe environment

for the student(s) with a nut allergy. A letter

will be sent home the first day of school to

outline those items. Most importantly we

must require no homemade bake or com-

mercially prepared bakery treats to be

brought to school.

Background Check

To protect students’ health, safety and welfare,

every volunteer must have a Criminal Back-

ground form on file well in advance of volun-

teering their assistance at school or school-

related events. UCS conducts criminal back-

ground checks on volunteers through the Mich-

igan State Police. The form, which asks for

basic information such as driver’s license num-

ber, is available through the office.

Visitors

In accordance with school district policy, every-

one entering Beacon Tree must report to the

office. Our office staff will be glad to help you

out. If you are volunteering you will need to

sign in. All visitors will be given an identifica-

tion badge to wear while inside Beacon Tree.

Your cooperation in this matter is greatly ap-

preciated.

Automated Telephone

Alert System in Place for UCS Parents The Utica Community Schools is taking ad-

vantage of technology innovations by using an

automated telephone notification system for

staff and parents. The system is used to an-

nounce emergency school closings such as

those related to weather. Individual buildings

also use it for periodic school-specific updates

and reminders.

Please make sure that your child’s emergency

contact information is up-to-date to assure you

receive these important updates. The district will continue to utilize local media,

UCS-TV cable stations 15/22 and the district

website, www.uticak12.org to keep parents

apprised of closings.

In addition, Mr. Ellis will use the automated sys-

tem to inform the community of Beacon Tree

events.

Administration of Medication

Students sometimes need to take medication.

Parents should administer

medication to their children at

home. In the event that is not

possible, the school may ad-

minister either prescription or

non-prescription medicine –

but only when authorized by the students

parent/guardian and the child’s physician. Re-

quests must be made by completing an Authori-

zation for Medication form, available from the

school office. The form must be signed by the

child’s physician.

Top Ten Reasons to Keep Your

Child Home from School

Fever over 99.0 F in the last 24 hours

Vomiting in the last 24 hours

Diarrhea in the last 24 hours

Unexplained rash following a fever

Open and draining lesion that is un-treated

Head lice and/or nits

Uncontrolled cough

Drainage from eyes

Earache or discharge from ears

Weekends and holidays!

Parking Lot Safety The area along the curb in front of the

school is a bus drop-off area and is also a

fire route. For the safety of our children

and all our community, do not park or leave

your car standing in this no parking area,

even during after-school and evening activi-

ties.

When picking up your child at the end of the day,

please arrange a meeting place

by the school entrance, then pro-

vide a safe escort to your car.

With heavy pedestrian, bus, and

car traffic, it is crucial that children

remain next to adults while in the

parking lot, and that cars and

vans always look twice, then a third time before

backing out of a space.

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HONOR ROLL Jenna Abdellatif

Raymond Abi Younes

Olivia Adamczyk

Adriano Aiuto

Almortaja Almaliki

Anya Apigo

Giovanni Arboscello

Daynika Armen

Adriana Avara

Aubrey Azar

Alexis Bargowski

Kathleen Barkho

Angelica Barkho

Gavin Barr

Taylor Barr

Jack Barrette

Domenico Basilisco

Lucas Beels

Sevanna Beh

Jacob Bennett

Christian Bernardi

Jagger Billy

Brody Blanchett

Isabella Blanchett

Steven Boby

Corinn Bodenhamer

Andrew Boice

Kara Boice

Mark Bojaj

Elizabeth Bombery

Brandon Bourgeois

Stella Boyette

Tallulah Boyette

Ava Brunning

Kaylie Brunson

Dylan Bruss

Ava Bugnariu

Westley Bullock

Brady Bullock

Gavin Burley

Tannith Calcaterra

Maya Camaj

Natalie Carrier

Gabriella Carriere

Gianna Carta

Isabella Castelvetere

Brooklyn Cattaneo

Cadence Cattaneo

Matthew Chetcuti

Justin Ciarkowski

Aiden Clark

Mark Clemmensen

Camryn Clemmensen

Finley Clor

Ripley Clor

Carmine Cococcetta

Kylie Condon

Lauren Conley

Audrina Cook

Grace Cottingham

Ariana Czarnecki

Brooklyn Darr

Audrey Davis

Brett Davis

Ellie Davis

Tyler deCardenas

Lucas DeChambeau

Sophia Decker

Samantha Decker

Ryan Decker

Gianna Deda

Kendall Dex

Ryan Dex

Charles Percival Dialogo

Gabriela DiCosmo

Olivia Dimitrijevski

Jack Dobbie

Michael Dodaj

Emme Dodaj

Everett Dubay

Violet Dubay

Alyna Dumo

Crisanto Dumo

William Durecki

Rachel Durecki

Liliana Dushaj

Nikolas Dushaj

Evangelia Elie

Wyatt Evans

Emma Ewald

Lia Fedrigo

Gina Fedrigo

Samantha Felts

Vaughn Fick

Cooper Filauro

Sarah Finitzer

Amelia Fisk

Gloriana Flores

Marielle Frechette

Annabelle Froberger

Maya Fuca

Jordan Gabridge

Trevin Gabriel

Tessa Gadioli

Stella Galovski

Haley Gauthier

Andrew Gay

Damjon Gegovic

Liliana Gegovic

Carmen Giardina

Brianna Gilson

Christian Gjolaj

Gabriella Gojcaj

Gianna Gojcaj

Jasmyn Goldsmith

Olivia Gower

Marissa Greathouse

Lila Grimes

Daniel Grishaj

Tyler Halatsis

Nolan Harbison

Lucas Hardy

Juliana Hebeka

Makayla Henderson

Hanna Heric

Alora Hogsten

Brielle Hosner

Caroline Howell

Austin Howell

Elizabeth Howell

Paraskevas Ioannou

Josephine Irvin

Ivana Ivanov

Michaela Ivanov

Aubree Jackson

Autumn Jacobs

Owen Jacobs

Kaleb Johnson

Jake Jovanovski

Maya Jovanovski

Grace Jozefiak

Tyler Juhnke

Selina Juncaj

Eleanor Jungwirth

Lucas Kado

Reagan Kado

Jonathon Kado

Angjelina Kalaj

Alexis Kaltz

Emmett Kane

Anthony Kass

Ty Kennedy

Alexis Kern

Lexie Khami

Lucas Khami

Ava Khami

Bettina Kildani

Aubrey Killian

Harper King

Violet King

Grant King

Elijah Kinzer

Simon Kristensen

Owen Kristensen

Luca Lafata

Logan Lamb

Jared Lamb

Melanie Langsdale

Kayla Lapka

Mia Lauzon

Brayden Lemley

Philip Leone

Michael Leone

Giselle Licavoli

Isaac Linowski

Caitlin Lisseman

Nicholas Lo Greco

Landon Loose

Tanner Losinski

Olivia Loughead

Lilianna Loughead

Megan Lucas

Joseph Lulgjuraj

Michael Lulgjuraj

Nicholas Lulgjuraj

Pierce Maciag

Hunter Malopolski

Emiliana Manzo

Dimitri Marinkovic

Dominic Marotta

Owen Marshall

Avery Marshall

Casey Martino

Eva Matoski

Max McDonald

Dillian McSwain

Natalie Mezin

Charbel Michael

Jude Michael

Caden Michaels

Claire Miller

Deacon Miller

Grady Miller

Ellie Miloian

Celia Miron

Colin Mondoux

Samantha Mondoux

Daniel Moore

Evan Morehouse

Federico Moreno-Padilla

Carmine Moschelli

Alexandra Moss

Elise Mutch

Natalie Mutch

Da Anh Tuan Nguyen

Mihailo Nikolich

Mark Nikollaj

Adelina Nikollaj

Olivia Nikolovski

Samantha Nikolovski

HONOR ROLL DeMya Noble

Joshua Nugent

Emilio Oddo

Mario Oddo

Daniela Opoka

Alexander Orn

Hunter Orshall

Savannah Orshall

Carson Osterhout

Scarlett Page

Finnegan Palazzolo

Codianne Palczewski

Christopher Palm

Alexis Palm

Maya Panicker

Alexander Parker

Gianna Parrinello

Aiden Paul

Joshua Pauline

Francesco Penna

Carlo Penna

Kendall Persinger

Alyssa Persyn

Nolan Persyn

Melina Pham

Hope Pierfelice

Hailey Pokley

Anna Polisei

William Polisei

Claire Ponzio

James Ponzio

Avery Prebay

Domenic Prohm

Aubrey Puzzuoli

Harrison Pytel

Abigail Reynolds

Zakk Richardson

Dario Ritz

Lorenzo Ritz

Samantha Rude

Jack Ruehlen

Drew Rundell

Ethan Sabbagh

Gabriella Sadowski

Christopher Sadowski

Giuliana Saputo

John Saraniecki

Marisa Saulitis

Marisa Scarpace

Lexi Scholten

Caden Scholten

Nickolas Schwarz

Owen Sengstock

Ella Shagena

Olivia Shagena

Rylie Sheridan

Lucas Sheridan

Jamisyn Sheridan

Mila Sibinovic

Jacob Siladke

Kayla Siladke

Dante Silveri

Julia Simoski

Ashton Simoski

Joseph Small

Katryna Smith

Madyson Smith

Robert Smith

Violet Smith

Ashlyn Smith

Julia Snyder

Roshan Soundar

Joseph Soyad

Samantha Stafford

Kaitlyn Stafford

Kristian Stamevski

Demetri Stavrou

Anna Stecker

Jack Stecker

Isabella Stojanovski

Vincent Stojanovski

Alexander Stojanovski

Sydney Stone

Lyla Storch

Amy Studebaker

Elise Studer

Aidan Sunil

Alisa Sunil

Abigail Sutherland

Isabella Tabacchi

Rocco Tiseo

Jordan Tobey

Olivia Tocco

Nathan Tocco

Mia Tohme

Tyler Tonkin

Ava Tow

Joseph Tragle

Ava Trajkov

Madilyn Tran

Elijah Tuffy

Isobel Tuffy

Grace Tuffy

Addison Tur

Jackson Tur

Larsen Uitos

Joseph Valenza

Mae VanAntwerp

Kaylie VanDenBrouck

Layla Vano

Luca Vano

Ava VanWambeke

Matteo Ventimiglia

Eleanora Vitale

Stefanos Vlahos

Chase Wallace

Kieryn Walleman

Avery Wasmund

Vanessa Waters

Rayna White

Mallory Wieczorek

Gianna Wigle

Ilianna Wilson

Matthew Witczak

Savannah Wolfe

Autumn Wolfe

Jonathan Wood

Lucas Woodcox

Derek Woodruff

Braelyn Zawierucha

Milana Zdravkovic

Zachary Zeiser

Fiora Zuckero

Dahlia Zuckero

BT3 Recognition for

the month of

October

Month Appreciation

Kindergarten:

Mrs. Frazier - Brycen Kenny

Mrs. Hamerink – Carter Boughton

Mrs. Hawkins—Annabelle Yatooma

Mrs. Greenwood—Dylan Demetral

First Grade:

Mrs. Fiegel - Anoova Basu

Mrs. Kleinschmit - Karly Schmid

Mrs. Orlando—Olivia Lang

Mrs. Stein—Evan Simoski

Second Grade:

Mrs. Allen—Ashlyn Mattia

Mrs. Cusumano - Gia Vitale

Mrs. Dex - Jonathan Bienkowski

Mrs. Evans - Austin Tiseo

Third Grade:

Mrs. Henion - Samantha Mondoux

Mrs. Lovell— Natalie Mezin

Mrs. Speshock—Gianna Deda

Fourth Grade:

Mrs. Bourgeois - Zakk Richardson

Mrs. Froberger—Olivia Adamczyk

Mr. Scholten - Claire Miller

Mrs. Vincler - Evan Morehouse

Fifth Grade:

Mrs. Gower—Aubree Jackson

Mrs. Hansen - Lila Grimes

Mrs. Nebel - Alexander Orn

Mrs. Pierfelice - Reagan Kado

Sixth Grade:

Mrs. Blomme - Jack Dobbie

Mrs. Buczak—Jasmin Eisho

Mrs. Garbacik—William Polisei

Mrs. Ouellette - Jordan Gabridge

February 26

Be a Character

Wear a shirt or accessories from your favorite character from

Disney, Minecraft, Pokemon, Anime or your favorite Rock-

star.

March 11

March Madness

Wear your favorite jersey,

sports gear or hat

December 4

Long Winter’s Nap

Wear something comfy and cozy or your favorite pajamas

March 25

Walking Yearbook

Dress to the max and show off something that makes

you feel cool or fancy.

December 18

Winter Delight

Wear something delightful for the holidays -Santa/Elf hat, antlers,

sweaters,

accessories or red and green.

April 1

Overslept Day

Fool everyone and pretend you just woke up and threw

on your clothes inside out, backwards, upside down or

mis-matched.

THURSDAY, January 2

New Year, New Do

Give a twist to an old hairdo and wear something crea-

tive on top.

April 22

Earth Day

Wear rainbow or tye dye to celebrate the beautiful colors of

our earth.

January 15

Clone Day

Dress like a friend or two,

or three, or four…

May 6

Snapchat Filter Day

Wear puppy ears, flowers headband or another snapchat filter.

January 29

Chilly Toes

Wear COOL socks or slippers to keep those chilly toes

warm and toasty.

May 20

Wild West Day

Break out the cowboy boots, flannels, & hats. Dress like a

cowgirl

or cowboy.

February 7

FRIDAY, February 7

MSU/U of M Day

Represent your favorite Michigan School

June 3

Aloha Hello or Aloha Goodbye

Wear Hawaiian or beachwear to show you’re getting

ready for

summer vacation.

Spirit Days at Beacon Tree

Sponsored by Student Council