October 22, 2023
The Week Ahead
Parent-Teacher Conferences are coming next week! This is a crucial opportunity to be able to meet with all of your child's teachers to discuss their progress, areas of strength, and areas of growth. We encourage every parent to sign up and attended during the time slots. Parents will sign up for 5 minute conferences with any and all of their child's teachers. A link with all of the teacher sign ups will be sent home through School Messenger on Tuesday 10/24. If you have any questions, please call the main office.
Around East This Week
NWEA All Stars
On Friday we honored our highest scoring NWEA All Stars on the Fall NWEA Test. The NWEA Test is a key piece of information we use as a staff to gain insights and data on student performance and areas of need. We hope more and more of our students grow and become NWEA All Stars!
Announcing the new MSE Production Lab!
This year, with the help of Mrs. Watanabe using grant funds from Donors Choose, we have been able to create a new production space for students at MSE to use with their classes to create, produce, and share! We are so excited about what's to come and how our teachers and students will use the space. Check out the video below to find out more and see the Book Club using it in action! Also linked below is the first go at the Book Club testing and trying out the new podcasting setup to do a book review check it out and awesome job to those students!
Eagle of the Week!
The Eagle of the Week is one student selected every week and nominated by a teacher for acts that go above and beyond for the MSE Community. This week's "Eagle of the Week" is Lily W. who was nominated by Mrs. Bayly who said "Lily consistently comes to school with a positive attitude. She cares about others and always asks how my day is going. She puts her full effort into everything she does. She shows resilience when working on math concepts that are challenging. She is friendly, respectful and responsible." Congrats Lily!
Positive Office Referral Student
Congrats to our Positive Office Referral, "Be the Change" student of the week Ariana S! Thanks for displaying positive behavior and being recognized by your teachers!
MSE Fundraiser!
We want to express our deepest gratitude for the incredible efforts you have put into our adrenaline fundraising campaign so far. Your dedication and support have been nothing short of amazing, and we have already made significant progress towards our goal. So far we are just shy of halfway to our goal of $30,000! We believe that with your continued enthusiasm and the power of our community, we can certainly achieve this goal. We believe that together, as a unified school community, we can achieve our fundraising target and provide essential support for our school programs and activities. Your generosity and commitment are what make this possible. The fundraiser closes on MONDAY OCTOBER 23 so we could use all the last minute help!!!
So please share the link above with friends, family, co-workers, neighbors, etc! Any little amount helps, even if that's $5 so we can provide amazing opportunities to support our kids this school year with enrichment, field trips, and other student programs. If you don't feel comfortable donating through the site or app, you can always bring cash to Mrs. Malaga in the main office, or send it with your child!
Thank You Blake's!
Blake's Orchard generously donated two special prize packs for us to raffle off last week for students who got donations to the fundraiser. Two lucky students were able to get passes for the haunted attractions for them and their friends along with a gift card to get some delicious donuts!! Congrats, and thank you to Blake's for supporting MSE!
MSE Halloween 2023
MSE Parent Academy: 11/9/23
We invite you to attend our second "Parent Academy" event, scheduled for Thursday, November 9th, 2023, at 6:00 PM in the KIVA. Detective Sergeant Antonio Richardson from the Michigan State Police Intelligence Operation Division will be our guest speaker for the evening, providing valuable insights and guidance on safeguarding our children's online experiences, especially in the realms of the internet and social media. Please RSVP by clicking on this link:
Student Chromebook Insurance Coverage
Parents you have until the end of the month to enroll in insurance for your student's device. For $23 you get a full year of coverage against the incidents listed in the above flyer. Don't foot the bill for expensive repairs, enroll in insurance today!
Bowling Club
Intramural Floor Hockey Returns
Hello East floor hockey enthusiasts. It’s that time of year again for the intramural season to get started. The teachers will see if they have what it takes to repeat as league champs. Beginning in late November, we will be launching the EMFHL or East Morning Floor Hockey League. The league is open to all students and all grades as well as East staff members. Games will be played in the morning before school from 7:00am to 7:50 am so please check with your parents to make sure you are able to get dropped off. Doors open at 6:45. There is no cost to join and games will be played on Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday mornings. A final schedule will be posted once we have our teams established. Information will be posted on each pod’s book storage room door. Any students interested in playing should stop by B-6 and see Mr. Maisano and sign up. When you sign up, you are expected to show up. Captains will be selected and teams will be drafted on November 16th. Again, see Mr. Maisano to sign up in B-6.
Competitive Cheer Information
Athletics Fundraiser
The football and volleyball team are selling Hungry Howie’s discount cards for $25 dollars. They are a great deal, you will receive two free pizza’s and much, much more. If you are interested in purchasing one come see Mr. Zurawski G9 with $25 (cash only). Half of the proceeds from the cards goes back to MSE athletics. If you have any questions you can email me at: zurawma@lc-ps.org
2023 MSE Football
Volleyball
Washington DC Trip Opportunity
If any student and/or parent is interested in going to Washington DC in June, please see Mrs. Conger in R3 or email congesh@lc-ps.org for registration information or questions! Also, if you have any friends that are interested, even if they are not NJHS or student Council, have them message Mrs. Conger or see her in R3 for more information. We have about 20 openings left!