Broncos Bulletin
Henry Ford Elementary-January 2024
Principal's Message
I hope everyone had wonderful, restful, and enjoyable winter break. I would like to wish all our school families a joyous New Year filled with endless opportunities for growth and success!
Students came back to school January 8, 2024 with a fresh start. It was a great day for students to reflect on academic & behavior goals. Teachers and students also revisited schoolwide expectations.
PTO and Parent Education Meetings
Save the Date for our next meeting on February 7, 2024
Arrival & Dismissal
We have also implemented our indoor line-up procedure and will continue with this until early March. Students being dropped off at school can enter through Door 3 (through the Kindergarten Courtyard) and go straight to breakfast. If your child is not eating breakfast, they should arrive no earlier than 8:50am. At that time, they will be permitted to line-up by their classroom.
Our new dismissal procedure is going very well. Students are spending less time waiting for busses in the cold and students being picked up no longer have to make the long walk around the school.
Thank you to all parents for remember to obey all traffic rules at arrival and dismissal to ensure the safety of our staff and students.
Gleaners Food Distribution
School Shirt Sale
Order forms will be sent home this week to purchase Broncos school shirts. These are a great to wear on spirit days and field trips. Shirts are $12.00 and will be on sale until January 26, 2024.
School/Home Communication
With that being said, our teachers are doing what they do best--TEACHING YOUR CHILDREN! We ask that our teachers not be on their phones during instructional time. It is important that they are engaged in the classroom with your student so that they can meet their individual needs. Our staff has the professional duty to respond to all parent messages within 24 hours of receiving them; staff is not required to reply over the weekend.
If you have an urgent message, feel free to call the office at 313-827-4700. We also ask that if your child is absent, you contact the office instead of the classroom teacher.
We appreciate your support and understanding in this matter.
Important Dates to Remember:
- January 8-welcome back; 1/2 day dismissal at 12:05pm
- January 9-early release Tuesday; dismissal at 2:25pm
- January 10--PTO Meeting at 9:15am in the Main Cafe
- January 10--Gleaners Food Distribution 1:30pm on Mercury Dr.
- January 15--No school for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
- January 16-- early release Tuesday; dismissal at 2:25pm
- January 23- early release Tuesday; dismissal at 2:25pm
- January 26-5th grade field trip
- January 26-deadline to purchase a school shirt
- January 30- early release Tuesday; dismissal at 2:25pm