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Ro s e v i l l e C o m m u n i t y S c h o o l s
P A T T O N E L E M E N TA R Y S C H O O L
18851 McKinnon Street, Roseville, Michigan 48066
Phone: 586.445.5795 Fax: 586.293.2881
June 2015 Newsletter
Ms. Jeanne M. Williams, Ed.S., Principal
Mrs. Kathy Laga, Secretary
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Field Day in afternoon
Music Concert @ 2:00 pm
5th Grade Celebration/Promotion @
9:00 am; parents & grandparents
invited
Fun Day activities for everyone.
Bounce houses & more!
Desk cleanout day for all students
No backpacks or purses allowed on
Tuesday or Wednesday (June 9 & 10)
Lost & Found items on display
9 Early dismissal @ 10:15 am
10 Kindergarten Celebration @
9:00 am
Early dismissal @ 10:15 am
LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Have a fun & safe summer!
First day of school in the fall is
Tuesday, September 8, 2015
(HALF DAY)
MISSION STATEMENT
Hello Patton Families!
It is hard to believe that the school year is almost over! This year’s
end brings with it a tremendous sense of accomplishment. To our
outgoing fifth graders I say congratulations on your achievement. I
want to thank our wonderful, outgoing PTO president, Melissa
Kloposki, for her excellent leadership and support. Without her, so
many of our activities and events would not have happened. Thank
you also to the parents and staff whose volunteerism and attention
to detail helped make the events successful. Without your spirited
support and dedication, we would not be able to have such wonderful
and successful school activities.
Activities and events are part of the fun of schooling. It doesn’t
happen without parent support. I am looking for people to help
rebuild the PTO next year. I need people who are interested in
planning, organizing and participating in Fall through Spring
events for our students. If you can assist or just share some ideas,
please contact me.
Before we close the school year, I would like to take this opportunity
to THANK Kathy Laga, Patton secretary and friend, who has
greeted, assisted, bandaged and cared for Roseville students for
seventeen years. Please stop in and share best wishes as she applies
her passion and enthusiasm to retirement. We will all miss you!
To all our Patton families and staff, I wish you a happy, fun-filled
summer and look forward to collaborating with you on another
successful school year.
Ms. Williams, Principal
The Mission of the Roseville Community Schools and
Patton Elementary in a cooperative partnership with
students, the home, and the community, is to develop
lifelong learners prepared to meet the challenges of
the future.
Roseville
Community
Schools
Board of
Education
Theresa Genest, President
Alfredo Francesconi, Vice President
Gregory Scott, Secretary
Matthew McCartney, Treasurer
Joseph DeFelice, Trustee
Ruth Green, Trustee
Kevin Switanowski, Trustee
John Kment, Superintendent
The Patton office will be open for registrations on Monday,
August 24, 2015. For registration information during the
summer months, please contact 586-445-5510
Visit Roseville Community Schools websites at: http://www.rcs.misd.net
Goodbye from Mrs. Laga
With mixed emotions, I announce
this is my last year at Patton. As
of June 18th, I will be retiring.
I've enjoyed a 17 year career as an
elementary secretary with Roseville Community Schools. I
started at Patton, then moved to Alumni Elementary for five
years and was fortunate to be able to return to Patton to
finish my career.
I've had the pleasure of working with five different
Principals during this time. I started with Mrs. Swanson,
followed by Mrs. Glynn and Ms. Bucci. Then came Dr.
Wightman. I believe I worked for him the longest. This year,
I have had the pleasure of working with Ms. Williams as she
has begun her Principal career. They were all so different,
yet enjoyable. Every day brought new challenges and things
to make my day go by quickly, whether I was dealing with
staff, students or parents. There was always something new
to learn.
Working in a school gives you a perspective that most people
never see. The dedication and love the staff have for their
students is not truly appreciated by the general public. I
will miss all of you a lot. Working so closely with both
Principals and staff for so many years makes you view them
like family — and I've had wonderful families!
Good Citizens for May, 2015
The following students were selected by their teacher as Good
Citizens for the month of May. On May 29th, these students
enjoyed pizza with Ms. Williams as their reward.
Kdg – Mrs. Komarowski & Miss Rusnica
James Jefferson & Parker Mastrogiovanni
Kdg – Miss Thill
McKenzie Mayfield & Leo Phan
1st Grade – Mrs. Pantaleo
A’Mila Barksdale-Love & Samantha Walzak
1st Grade – Mrs. Meesseman
Mathieu Lamorand & Christian Wroblewski
2nd Grade – Mrs. Cozzolino
Starr Klein & Paris-Dior Tolliver
2nd/3rd Split - Mrs. Slisinger
Mohamad Shkoukani & Lina Yousef
3rd Grade – Mrs. McCurdy
Naiya Allison & Lilianna Campa
4th Grade – Ms. Gaska
Leonard Curry & Chloe Flicker
5th Grade – Mr. Geldhof
Isabelle Flicker & Taylor Gipson
I have so enjoyed students coming back after high school
graduation with the challenge "Do you remember me?"
Sometimes the face would look familiar. Sometimes I could
pull out a name, other times I could not. But once the
students reminded me, their name would set off a flurry of
memories. All those years and all of those names . . . It is so
rewarding to see how our students have matured.
To all of the Patton and Alumni parents, I hope you
remember me as friendly and helpful. That's what I always
strived to be.
Working with all of you these years has become a big part of
my life. I don't think it is going to be easily filled at first, but
I'm going to try. As I head into retirement, I think the things
I will enjoy most are sleeping in later and having more time
to do the things I want to do. A less structured day is looking
very appealing. Spending time with my children and
grandchildren (both in and out of state) will be on my list as
well as enjoying our country home even more.
I hope when all of you look back on the time I was the
secretary at your school, you will remember me fondly as I
will remember you. This was the best career!
Mrs. Kathy Laga
Patton School Secretary
Thank you to Hungry Howie’s Pizza at 12 Mile & Utica for
donating the pizza for our Pizza with the Principal.
Attention 5th Grade
Parents & Grandparents
5th Grade Recognition
Fifth Grade Recognition
Monday, June 8th
9:00 am
Awards, Promotion Certificates
& Light Refreshments
5th grade students will enjoy the
Fun Day activities
(bounce house, etc.)
after the Recognition Program.
Students should bring casual clothes
(school appropriate) to change into
afterward for Fun Day Activities.
Fun Day
Activities
Austin Atkinson
Summer Atkinson
Jamarian Brown
Nathan Cassavoy
Camryn Charrette
Darin Covert
Brielle Diggs
Mya Dorsey
John Fetty
Isabelle Flicker
Taylor Gipson
La'Sean Harris
Nyc'Kollette Jones
Morgan Magga
Coral Nicholson
John Polega
Ameisha Purnell
Sadie Smith
Alexiah Vanscoy
Areiona Williams
Samyiah Wilson
Kaleigh Wioskowski
Attention Kindergarten
Parents & Grandparents
Kindergarten Celebration
Monday, June 8th
Wednesday, June 10th
9:00 am
For grades K-4
In the afternoon
Awards, Promotion Certificates
& Light Refreshments
(Last day dismissal today at 10:15 a.m.)
Did You Move?
If you have moved (or will be soon), or have a new phone #, please call the office as soon as possible to update that
information. Three proofs of residency are also required when you move to a new address. You may not receive
your child’s report card at the close of the school year if we do not have your correct address on file. If you move
over the summer, please bring the updated information to the office at the beginning of the school year.
End of Year Report Cards
Report cards will be mailed home the week of June 15th.
Help Us to Plan Better
If you, or someone else you know, has a kindergarten through 5th grade student coming to Patton for the next
school year, please come in as soon as possible to enroll. Call the office if you have any questions about enrollment
requirements.
Medication
Parents, if your child has medication, inhalers or epi-pens in the school office, please be sure to it is picked up by
June 12th (by an adult). All medication/inhalers/epi-pens, etc. left at the school office will be disposed of on
Monday, June 15th.
Desk Clean Out Day! - Monday, June 8th
All students will be required to have their desks cleaned out on Monday, June 8th. NO BACKPACKS, PURSES,
ETC. WILL BE ALLOWED IN SCHOOL on the last two days of school, June 9th & 10th (Tuesday & Wednesday).
Library Thank You!
Patton School wants to extend a heartfelt thank you to Mrs. Polega for all of her help during the 2014/2015 school year working
in the library every Wednesday so students could check out library books. Her tireless effort week in and week out have made
library time for students possible throughout the school year.
Last Day of School
We are asking for parent cooperation in dealing with the last day of school. PLEASE MAKE
SURE YOUR CHILD DOES NOT bring shaving cream, silly string or other similar items to
school or near the school grounds. While some students may find these fun, other students
wish not to get caught in the crossfire. We also have students that are allergic to these
products. Thank you for your cooperation in making this a safe end of the school year!
9th
June
Tue. - ssal at
Dismi :15 a.m.
10
Wed. - June 1
0th
Dismissal at
10:15 a.m.
Missing Library Books, Textbooks, Etc.
Notices will or have been sent home with students who have missing/damaged library books, textbooks or other
items. It is important that these items entrusted to your child are returned so they are available for use in the
next school year. If you are unable to return the item, please send in the replacement cost for it as soon as
possible. Checks can be made payable to Roseville Community Schools.
Lost & Found
Lost and Found items will be on display Monday, June 8th, for students and parents alike to look through.
Parents make sure you check out these tables if you are in the building, Items left after school is out for the
summer will be donated to charity.
Appropriate Attire Please
Briefly, students are NOT to wear flip-flops or sandals to school. Shoes should have a toe and heel on them to
protect student’s feet from pea gravel, broken glass or other hazardous items that could be on the playground.
Shirts/tops must have some sort of sleeve. No spaghetti straps or tank tops.
Patton 2014/2015 Yearbooks & 5th Grade Group
Pictures
Yearbooks have been distributed to all students who ordered one. We still have a number of extra yearbooks available for sale
at $10.00 each. They are available for sale on a first-come, first-served basis in the school office. We also have left from
last year for sale also (2013/2014). See Mrs. Laga in the office for these.
Music Concert
Grades: 1st, 2/3 split, 3rd & 5th
Tuesday, June 2nd
2:00 p.m.
Patton Gymnasium
A big "Thank You!" to all the parents who have sent in Box Tops and
Campbell's Soup Labels this year. With the money earned, we have purchased playground equipment for each classroom. We were able to purchase rubber balls, basketballs, footballs, jump ropes and hula hoops. These will be available
for the students in the fall.
Next year, we will discontinue collecting the Campbell's Soup Labels, as we have found it not to
be lucrative for our small school. We will, however, continue collecting Box Tops. Each box top
collected earns us 10 cents in cash. Try to make clipping box tops part of your routine when preparing meals. There is no need to purchase any special items, as you probably have some in
your pantry right now! It is very easy and profitable for our school, and all of the money will go
directly back to the students.
Please continue collecting over the summer! Ask family and friends to clip box tops too. If every
student collected 20 box tops, our school would earn over $400. Thank you for your continued
support throughout the year and keep on clipping!
Mrs. Pantaleo