REMINDER for WEDNESDAY 10/4:
Wednesday, October 4th is our first State of Michigan Student Count Day for the year. As you do each day, please make certain your children arrive to school on time and stay for the entire day.
REMINDER for FRIDAY 10/6:
Friday, October 6th is our second day of fall conferences and 1/2 Day for our students. As with all 1/2 days, afternoon dismissal will happen at 12pm.
As part of Mr. Chad’s Connections Class, Ms. Rachel’s Friends learned about the diversity of life at Paw Paw Park and created this poem:
Loving learning about diversity of life at Paw Paw Park. A poem by Ms Rachel’s class
In a field like an ocean we spotted flowers that looked like dried apples, feathers like snow, sap like slime and leaves like a kitchen knife. Burrs bit our skin like shark teeth, and seeds poked like porcupine quills. Still others were fluffy like kittens.
Birds sang high and beautifully like Ms Hillary, while crickets made noises like an electric shock, and the whole prairie was playing maracas.
Stepping into the water the mossy rocks were like carpets, the cold water felt like a slushy till our legs got a numbing brain freeze. Frogs and fish made cannonball splashes into the water, and our toes stepped on seeweed-like hairballs.
We felt, we heard, we saw, we played at Paw Paw Park
Mark Your Calendar, Please…
- October 4th – State of Michigan Count Day
- October 4th – 6th – Scholastic Book Fair
- October 5th and 6th – Student Led Conferences
- October 6th – 1/2 Day – Students Dismissed at 12pm
- October 10th & 11th – School Pictures for all
- October 13th – Staff Professional Development – No School For Students
- October 14th – October 22nd – Fall Break Week – No School
- October 23rd – School Resumes
NEW INFORMATION
Need To Report An Absence or Late Arrival?
Please send an email to attendance@innocademy.com or call the main school phone at 616.748.5637. Connecting with your child’s teacher is also a great way to let us know your student will be absent or late. THANK YOU for your help!
Hearing and Vision Screening – Oct 23rd and 24th
As we do each year, the Ottawa County Health Department will be on campus Monday, October 23rd for scheduled hearing screening for grades K, 2nd and 4th. On Tuesday, October 24th, they will be here for vision screening for grades 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th. There is no screening for our kiddos in Transitional Kindergarten (Young 5s).
Make-up day for both hearing and vision screening is Wednesday, November 29th.
If you choose to opt your child(ren) out of the screening, please go ahead and fill out THIS FORM and return it to the front desk prior to screening day.
Fall Conferences Are Coming on October 5th and 6th! Are You Signed Up?
In an effort to be fair to all of our families, we have designed a schedule so that our families with multiple children are the first to sign up for conferences and our families with one student are asked to sign up last. Thanks, in advance, for adhering to the schedule below. Please use the guide to determine WHEN to begin signing up your family for Student-Led Conferences. Sign ups will continue to be available until MONDAY, October 2nd AT 5PM.
- Families with 3 Inno students or more – Begin sign-ups on Monday, September 25th.
- Families with 2 Inno students – Begin sign-ups on Wednesday, September 27th.
- Families with 1 Inno student – Begin sign-ups on Friday, September 29th.
Teacher Meals For Conferences
We are again hoping you can help provide our teachers with a soup and salad dinner on Thursday, October 5th AND a sandwich and fruit lunch on Friday, October 6th as they are here for conferences.
Please review the available slots and click HERE to sign up to bring something. Please drop off items to our front desk area on or before Thursday, October 5 at 3 p.m. Thank you so much for helping!
Volunteers Still Needed for Book Fair Next Week!
Our Scholastic Book Fair will take place from Wednesday, October 4th through Friday, October 6th. Students will have the opportunity to shop the fair with their class and we will have the fair open prior to school at 8:20am each morning and after school 3:30-4:00pm for family shopping. We will be open during afternoon and evening conference times on Thursday & Friday as well.
We would love parent/guardian or grandparent volunteers! Please see the signup link HERE to volunteer.
Innocademy School Pictures – October 10 & 11 – MakeUps on October 12th
We are so fortunate to have Christy Pacanowski of Embolden Studio taking school pictures for us, again, this year! These are not your standard, generic, low-quality school pics! If you’d like to check out her BEAUTIFUL work, please CLICK HERE. Christy will be with us on October 10th and 11th and taking EVERY student’s picture – – even if you are not ordering prints.
Once you have reviewed PICTURE INFORMATION and packages, PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FILL OUT AND RETURN THIS FORM (your child will also bring one home from school) Even if you are not ordering pictures! Students should bring form and payment on picture day and give to their teacher. Your child’s teacher will contact you to let you know which day the class will be photographed.
PBIS Prize Sign Up – Donations Needed – Message From Ms. Kristin
Hello Parents, I am sure you have all heard about PBIS at Innocademy. We are asking for your help to restock our prize bins with things that our students will be motivated to work for. We have created a couple of Sign Up Geniuses, one for Y5-5 and one for 6-8. If you would like, please sign up to purchase some of these things and either drop them off to school or send them in with your kiddo. If you choose to donate towards the whole school celebration, we will keep an envelope at the front desk for this money. Thanks for considering and for your help as we all work together to support all of our students! Items may be dropped off at the front desk for Ms. Kristin.
TK – 5th Grade Sign Up for PBIS Prizes
6-8th Grade Sign Up for PBIS Prizes
Exploring Engineering and Stem (8-12yr olds) Workshops
The program is called Exploring Engineering and STEM and is for tweens. Each month we focus on a different career area of STEM. One or more professionals will share what they do for a career with the kids and how they got into it, plus answer questions. Then kids do a hands-on activity related to the career area. The program meets once a month on Thursdays from 6:30-7:30 PM, usually at the North Branch Library located at 155 Riley Street in Holland.
OLD INFORMATION
October Lunch Menu
https://innocademy.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/HC_Inno_Oct_menu_23-3.pdf
Scholastic Book Fair Coming to Innocademy!
Our Scholastic Book Fair is coming will take place from Wednesday, October 4th through Friday, October 6th. Students will have the opportunity to shop the fair with their class and we will have the fair open prior to school at 8:20am each morning and after school 3:30-4:00pm for family shopping. We will be open during afternoon and evening conference times on Thursday & Friday as well.
We would love parent/guardian or grandparent volunteers! Please see the signup link HERE to volunteer.
Dear Innocademy Families:
Get ready! The Scholastic Book Fair Fall 2023 is coming our way (YAY!). Choosing their own books empowers kids and inspires them on their journey to becoming lifelong readers. AND—as always—every purchase at the Fair benefits our school.
Here’s what you need to know about the big event, which will take place from Wednesday, October 4th through Friday, October 6th. Students will have the opportunity to shop the fair with their class and we will also have the fair prior to school at 8:20am each morning and after school 3:30-4:00pm. We will be open during afternoon and evening conference times.
Say goodbye to cash and hello to eWallet—your child’s digital payment account. Before the Fair, set up eWallet for worry-free, cash-free purchases. Anyone can contribute! Share each child’s eWallet so friends and family can add funds and give your kids more books to enjoy.
If you can’t make it to the Fair, then shop at our school’s Book Fair online. All orders ship directly to your home, and shipping is free for book orders over $25. Every online purchase will also benefit our school.
Visit our Book Fair homepage to learn more and get started with eWallet and online shopping:
https://www.scholastic.com/bf/innocademyzeelandcampus1
The countdown to more book joy is on! Catch you at the Fair!
Happy reading,
Ms. Jessenia
Daily Attendance Matters
Innocademy Spirit Wear – Available All Year – Watch For Sales!
We are excited to partner with SpiritWear, this year! Our Innocademy and Las Huellas School Stores will be available ALL. YEAR. LONG. to all of our families by clicking on THIS LINK FOR INNOCADEMY and by clicking on THIS LINK FOR LAS HUELLAS. You may choose your item, pay for it and have it shipped to your home – easy! Shipping is free for orders over $75. As a bonus our school receives 10% from every sale. Please watch for special sales and new items throughout the year.
’23-’24 Innocademy Family Resource Guide
If you’ve not already done so, please read through the Innocademy Family Resource Guide for this year so that you are familiar with daily life at Innocademy. As always, if you have questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out. We are happy to help. Thank you.
Innocademy School Calendar for 23-24
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