Standard Day: 8:36AM—3:32PM
Half Day: 8:36AM—12:06PM
ECDD AM: 8:36AM—11:06AM
ECDD PM: 1:02PM—3:32PM

2013 Kaleidoscope Winner- Tessa Reynolds

Maconce Elementary School, 5th Grade

Summer Reading List

Fourth Grade: Nate Adams, Jacob Azar, Payten Arnold, Meleana Brand, Gage Catlin, Jack Caughell, Trevor Craven, Joey Dubrawski, Michael Gorde, Victor Husted-Pope, Isabella James, Logan Laethem, Logan Lewis, Stephanie Martinez, Mirra Murphy, David Ortega, Jaqueline Perez-Casablanca, McKenzie Robinson, Will Smith, Ayden Stoll.
Fifth Grade: Randy Caughell, Cailyn Foster, Ethyn Franco, Sara Haggerty, Evan Harbin, Allison Hogsett, Emily Light, Stryker McGhie, Philip Ortenburg, Logan Teal, Samuel Ward and Alex Watts.

The State of Michigan Standards Link. The link below will take you to the standards page of the Michigan Career and College Ready site. The purpose of this portal is to connect resources and tools that can assist educators and parents in helping students graduate Career- and College- Ready. Within this link, you will find all of the national Common Core Standards for ELA and Math and each Grade Level Content Standard from the State of Michigan for Science, Social Studies, Arts, Physical Education and Technology.
http://michiganccr.org/EffectiveInstruction/Standards.aspx

Student Congress representatives honoring the school board recognition month.

Dear Fifth Grade Band Parents,

As the weather warms up, it is time to realize 5th grade band is coming to an end!  With just a few more band classes left, this letter includes important Band-O-Rama information, as well as musical ideas for the summer!
Band-O-Rama is Tuesday, May 21st.  The performance is taking place at the Anchor Bay Middle School South Auditorium and includes all of the 5th grade bands in the district.  Students should plan on being at ABMSS by 6:00pm, and the performance will begin at 6:30pm.   Students should be practicing “Ode to Joy,” “Hard Rock Blues,” “Let’s Go Band,” and “Aura Lee.”  Our dress will be the same as last time, black pants with a nice shirt.
With the year coming to an end, it is only natural for me to bring up some musical activities to keep your children busy and having fun this summer!! There are several away camps, such as Blue Lake and Interlochen, but if you’re looking for something a little closer to home, the Macomb Center for the Performing Arts is offering choir, drama, flute, and clarinet workshops this summer.  These workshops are during the day, and last for one week in July.  Another camp that is highly recommended for ALL band students to attend is the Anchor Bay Summer Band Program.  This camp takes place during August, and the beginning segment lasts from 9am-10am.  This is a great opportunity for students to get their lungs/lips back into shape before the school year starts.  It is also recommended if your child is considering changing instruments for middle school band.  This camp is only $30, and the forms (passed out in class) need to be returned before the last day of school.

In addition to workshops and camps, another way to stay musically active this summer is with private lessons.   There are several high school students who are able and willing to give lessons.  Please email me at kpagels@abs.misd.net or talk to me at Band-O-Rama if you are interested in providing lessons for your child, and I will give you the contact information for one of our HS students.

Last but not least… our last day of band will be Wednesday, May 22nd.  We will be having a band celebration, and I will need a few families to donate snacks, paper plates, napkins, cups and juice.  Please email me if you are interested in donating! Once I have enough volunteers, I will let your children know in class, and I will also send out an email.

I hope you all have a wonderful, and music filled, summer!

We are proud of our school and its commitment to our children's total educational experience. We extend an open invitation to you and your families to participate and share in the many functions and special activities that we have each year.

• Great Pumpkin
• Fun Run
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• Movin Max Alert

Maconce is a Green School! We are recycling and keeping our Earth healthy. There is a Recycling Center in our school. It is located by our Library in the hallway. If you have batteries (not car batteries), old broken crayons, printer cartridges, or glue sticks and/or bottles, please bring them in and deposit them in our Recycle Center! It's Lorax Theme and promotes a Healthy Earth! We want to continue to be a Michigan Green School. If you still get a paper copy of any newsletters and you have an email address, please consider letting us email you a copy to conserve paper and ink.
Happy Recycling!

• Fun Run