YAKE’S NEWS YAKE’S NEWS YAKE’S NEWS YAKE’S NEWS Yake Elementary School 16400 Carter Road E. Woodhaven, MI 48183 Main # (734)692-2230 Attendance # (734)789-8513

November, 2016 Calendar:

11.3.16 Elementary Cross Country meet at WHS at 5:00 p.m.

11.4.16 Picture re-take day

11.7.16 Dentists R Us to visit

11.8.16 No School for students Election Day—PD Day for teachers

11.10.16 5th grade Camp presentation to Erving & Yake parents at 6:00 p.m. in our Group Room. 11.11.16 Half-Day for students (12:10 dismissal) Record’s Day 11.14.16—11.18.16 The Scholastic

Book Fair 11.15.16 Grandparent’s Social in the Book Fair from 9:15— 11:15

11.16.16 Group Picture Day w/ Lifetouch starting at noon

11.17.16 Achatz Pie order pick-up (food & pies) in the group room starting at noon Half-Day for Parent Teacher Conferences (12:10 dismissal) Scholastic Book Fair open during conference hours

11.18.16 Coffee & Conversation at 9:40 a.m. in the media center

11.23.16 1/2 day for all students Student are Dismissed for Thanksgiving Break at 12:10 p.m.

11.28.16 School resumes

Science Alive to visit

11.29.16 Science Alive to visit *All classrooms, including our preschool classrooms will have Science Alive visits over the two days

Prepare for the Cold Prepare for the Cold Prepare for the Cold Prepare for the Cold

Weather!Weather!Weather!Weather! BRRRR!!!! Please make sure that your children come dressed for the weather. Until the wind-chill dips below 20°, we go outside for recess, so warm coats, gloves

and hats are a must. Please remember to label student clothing.

Particularly for the little ones. Thank you!

Indoor Lineups Starting this week, we will begin lining students up inside each morning. As our hallways get quite congested please make sure to drop your students off in the main lobby at 9:00 a.m. each morn-ing. Our Gators are just fine lining up outside of their classrooms on their own.

As always, feel free to call me

(692-2230) or email me at

PodlewT@wbsdweb.com if I can

help with anything!

No call-downs after 3:30 pm

As a reminder, we will not call students down to the office after 3:30 p.m. Students should be signed out and de-parture arrangements must be made prior to 3:30 p.m. After 3:30 p.m., students will simply be dismissed with their peers at 3:50 p.m.

Half-Day Dismissal

As a reminder, our half-day dismissal time is 12:10 p.m.

Parent-Teacher Conferences

Thank you for making every effort to join us for Parent-Teacher Conferences.

Children thrive in school when their parents are actively involved in their education.

Student Drop Off is 9:00 a.m.

Student DROP OFF time in the morning is 9:00 am. Please contact our Champions Before and After school program should you require a drop off time prior to 9:00 am. (734-379-7070 or 734-789-2980) Unfortunately, we do not have the staff to supervise students that are being dropped off any earlier.

After School Clubs

Healthy Kids Club Dates:

November 9th, 16th & 30th

Woodhaven Lanes After

Bowling Club

November 15th, 22nd, & 29th

Coffee & ConversationCoffee & ConversationCoffee & ConversationCoffee & Conversation

Join me for conversation and a

cup of coffee on Friday,

November 18th at 9:40

a.m. in Yake’s Media

Center.

Picture Re-take Reminder Lifetouch picture retakes are scheduled for Friday, November 4th.

Group Pictures for the yearbook are scheduled for Wednesday, November 16th.

If your child needs a Picture Re-Take form, please have them see Mrs. Conner in the office.

Follow the Yake PTO on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/yakepto.

Twitter!

Follow Yake on Twitter at @YakeGators.

America Recycles Day!

We will be collecting used batteries at Yake for recy-cling during the month No-vember for America Recy-cles Day. The batter col-lection bin will be located in our lobby. Thank you for your help in keeping bat-teries out of landfills.

Mark Your Calendars

12.5.16—12.9.16 Santa’s Secret Shop

12.10.16 Pancakes w/ Santa from 9:00 a.m.—11:00 a.m.

12.20.16 Safety Holiday Party from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.

12.23.16 Coffee & Conversation at 9:40 a.m. in the Media Center

12.23.16 Winter Recess Begins at 3:50 p.m. (full day of school)

1.9.17 School resumes

1.21.17 *All Kalahari reservations for the Yake family night on Monday, February 20th must be booked by the end of the day!

Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2016Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2016Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2016Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2016 The Origins of Veterans Day -- World War I ended on November 11, 1918. On the same date three years later an unknown soldier from that

war was buried at Arlington National Cemetery. November 11 eventually became the date when America honors all who have served the United

States in war.

On Friday, let’s do our part to shake a Veteran’s hand and thank that person for the freedoms that we enjoy each and every day. Let us never forget their sacrifices...

Santa’s Secret Shop!!!

Mark your calendar

for Santa’s Secret

Shop during the

week of December

5th through the

9th.

Our Monster Mash Bash was a Big Hit!

Over 550 people in attendance.

Profit earned of over $2,000.00 be-tween the MMB & the Pumpkin Raffle.

Thank you to all of our parents for making the night possible!

PTO Activities

PTO Meeting Please join us for our next PTO meeting scheduled for 6:00 p.m. in the Yake media center on Tuesday, November 15th.

We hope to see your there!We hope to see your there!We hope to see your there!We hope to see your there!

Achatz Pie Pick-up Don’t forget to pick up your Achatz pie orders

starting at noon on Thursday, November 17th. This

is a half-day of school for our students, so come by

to pick up your pies when picking up your Gators.

We do not have the freezer space to store any pie

orders not picked up on November 15th.