Angell Curriculum Night
Wednesday, September 10, 6:00-7:30 p.m. Come meet your child's teacher, hear about their curriculum and expectations, and see their classroom!
Classroom teachers will host repeat information sessions at 6:00PM and 6:30PM.
Principal Fenech will host a whole-school session at 7:00PM in the auditorium.
Note: This evening is not designed with children in mind. If you do not have an option for childcare, please bring quiet toys to keep children occupied.
Wednesday, September 17 - School Picture Day
Monday, September 22 - PTO Meeting, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, September 25 - Fall Family Picnic, 6:00-8:00 p.m. Families are invited to visit and enjoy refreshments with the Angell community.
Monday, September 29 - No School for Students (Staff attend training)
NEWS FROM THE PTO
PARENT SURVEY - NEW NOTES: Please fill out the 2025-2026 Parent Survey for two reasons:
To let us know when and how you can volunteer this year. The survey will be our main avenue to get volunteers for events throughout the year - so please continue to update your interests!
Share your talents and skills. Principal Fenech will also use this survey to capture the talents, passions, and/or areas of expertise from ALL caregivers, as there are opportunities to tap and bring in our community members to enrich the district’s new ELA curriculum.
VOLUNTEER NEEDS:
We have an immediate need for a Teacher Appreciation Coordinator. Please reach out to Chavi at president@angellpto.org to volunteer.
We are still looking for volunteer Class Parents in the following grades: 2nd grade (Hepner), 3rd grade (both classes), 4th grade (Williams), and 5th grade (Newman). If interested, please complete the Parent Survey or reach out to Elyse Geeting at elysegeeting@gmail.com.
PTO MEETINGS: In response to the parent survey, we are holding this year’s PTO meetings on Mondays and Wednesdays at 6:30 pm - and providing FREE childcare and snacks! Please mark your calendars, and we hope to see you there.
Monday, September 22, 6:30 pm, Angell - Zoom link will be provided in next week’s Eagle Flyer
Wednesday, November 19, 6:30 pm, Angell
Wednesday, January 14, 6:30 pm, Angell
Wednesday, March 11, 6:30 pm, Angell
Monday, May 18, 6:30 pm, Angell
NEWS & NOTES FROM PRINCIPAL FENECH
QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR CHILDREN: Why Your Child Might Not Share Much After School
It’s common for children to come home and not have much to say about their school day. After a full day of learning, playing, and socializing, kids are often tired and need time to decompress. That doesn’t mean they aren’t enjoying school or that nothing happened; it just means they may not be ready to talk right away or they aren’t sure what to share.
Instead of asking, “How was your day?”, try open-ended questions that invite your child to share in a more natural way. Click here if you’d like some prompts.
✅ LABELS, LOST & FOUND, AND DRESSING FOR THE WEATHER
Have you begun labeling your child’s clothes and the items that come to school? If you label their possessions, we can help you when the items wind up in the Lost & Found. Our Lost & Found is located just inside the front doors of school. Soon you’ll see a clothing rack and table filled with nameless sweatshirts, water bottles, coats, and gloves. Two to three times a year, we donate the contents of our Lost & Found’s nameless items to the PTO Thrift Store and Bryant Community Center because there’s too much for us to contain! While this September is wonderfully warm, frost or cold rain is not far away.
Be sure your child knows that recess happens in the rain and snow. We go outside for recess unless the temperature is below 0 degrees, or if there’s lightning in the area. (Exemptions: if the rain is a heavy, soaking, cold rain - I might call for “indoor” recess.”) If you’re new to Michigan, expect the unexpected! This winter it's likely that we’ll see a Derecho, bomb cyclone, Alberta Clipper, and/or several ice storms.
Bottomline: Label your belongings, prepare your child for outdoor recess, and let me know if your family could use assistance with clothing needs.
CLOTHING DONATIONS
If you can donate used boys pants and/or new boys underwear, that would be helpful to the office. We are most in need of size 5-6/extra small pants and undies. (We can use building funds for purchases like these but I’ll frequently start with seeking hand-me-downs and donations.)
SMALL FRIDGE/FREEZER COLLECTING DUST?
Having a small/countertop freezer in the location where ice is often requested would be helpful. If you have a small freezer, or “dorm” style fridge that we can repurpose in our gymnasium office, please let me know. We’d love to have small ice packs on the ready for the inevitable bumps that happen in PE class.
HAND SANITIZER
This is the last solicitation of the week, I promise. You might be surprised to learn that AAPS no longer supplies schools with hand sanitizer for hallways, common spaces, or classrooms. To help your child and our staff stay healthy, we invite donations of hand sanitizer. We are not picky - all sizes and brands are appreciated! We have a small supply at present but with cold & flu season on the horizon, I invite you to look for deals and sales to help the entire school community.
NEW PLAYGROUND (FYI and watch for trucks)
The new playground structure for our lower elementary students is still on track to be installed in late September. Starting September 20th, we should see trucks and equipment on-site at Angell. As installation of the play structure that kids selected commences, be mindful of any signage we put up regarding possible parking restrictions.
ANGELL SCHOOL DIRECTORY ( ✅ Deadline: Sept. 17th)
Want to connect to fellow Angell families? Knowing one another’s names, numbers, and email addresses is a necessary way to elevate opportunities for connection outside of school. Please share whatever information s
suits your family in this Google Form. The form also prompts families to share what first name you want in the yearbook.
SCHOOL PICTURE DAY - Sept. 17th
Your child should have recently brought home information about school pictures. You can order photos, mugs, digital images, and more with the paper form, OR click HERE. You will need to add “AA04-student number.”
If your family does not order school pictures, your child’s photo will still be in the yearbook. If your child is absent on Sept. 17th, we’ll have picture retakes on November 5th.
ON THE HORIZON - ANGELL SPIRIT WEAR
We’ll open an Angell spiritwear store soon. In collaboration with Underground Printing, we’ll offer Angell School shirts, sweatshirts, and PJ pants. Be on the lookout for information later this month!
CAR LINE: NAME TAGS FOR DASHBOARDS
In our ongoing attempts to make dismissal safe and expeditious, we have printed name tags for families to place on their dashboard during pickup. While I'm always impressed with Ms. Stull and Mrs. Ryan’s ability to recognize cars, having a student’s name in text should prove helpful. Just throw the cardstock nametag on your dashboard when you’re in line, and we’ll have an easier time connecting kids and families. If your family has multiple cars and the ability to make another name tag on your own, that’s great. If you need the office to print another name tag, please email valerioa@a2schools.org
ARRIVAL TIME
Because AAPS arrival times changed this year, I want to refresh families on arrival times.
Kids can enter the building at 8:47AM, unless they are eating school breakfast. Kids getting school breakfast can enter the doors near the basketball court at 8:35AM.
Staff supervision at our doors begins at 8:35AM. Children are not supervised at Angell prior to this time.
