Lone Pine Elementary School

It is difficult to know how to manage our children's social anxiety and negative self-talk. Participants will learn how these impact executive functioning, how therapy can help, and acquire some tips and tools to help facilitate difficult conversations.

Bloomfield Hills Schools Foundation Board members recently announced the recipients of the 2022-2023 BHSF grants by visiting schools and surprising winners with the good news! Giant checks created smiles from school to school.

Across Bloomfield Hills Schools this past semester, students have been hard at work to help our schools receive the No Place for Hate designation. An initiative of the Anti-Defamation League, No Place for Hate involves students leading the way, designing and implementing three activities over the course of a school year to gain the designation.

BHS will no longer be utilizing Community Pass for lunch deposits. Electronic funds (paying by bank account or credit card) should now be done directly in ParentPortal. Instructions are available here.

What stories of selfless service will help shine a bright light on the mission and vision of your organization, as expressed through the effort of volunteers?

You are invited to submit nominations for awards to be presented at the 2023 Michigan Week Community Awards Celebration on Friday, May 12, 2023. 

Monday, February 13, 2023
6 p.m.
Bloomfield Hills High School
4200 Andover Road
in the Cynthia von Oeyen Center for Performing Arts

Join BHS Superintendent Pat Watson for some friendly competition on the pickleball courts on January 31, 2023, from 7-9 pm at West Hills Middle School Fieldhouse. Rackets will be provided.

We will be kicking off our LP Star Reader program in January. It is a collaborative effort between the LP Library and The West Bloomfield Township Public Library to get students reading more! The WBTPL donates copies of books to LP and also provides a special author visit to our school. This year our author is Saadia Faruqi. All students will enjoy her school visit. Students can do three activities to be added to a drawing/raffle to see the author at an extra evening event & get a signed book. Students will use a "passport" in the library to keep track of and rate the books. This program runs from January - March and then the copies of books remain in our LP classroom libraries. You may notice these books will have a sticker on the cover when they come home with your child.

What is Bloomfield Youth Assistance?

Founded in 1967, Bloomfield Youth Assistance (BYA) provides youth and family services, including caseworker counseling, educational programming, scholarships, youth recognition and mentorship.  We’re powered by municipal and volunteer support. We aim to strengthen Bloomfield Hills’ youth and families through community involvement, reducing the incidence of delinquency, abuse and neglect. 

BYA is part of a larger network of 26 Youth Assistance Offices in Oakland County; any child or family that resides in Bloomfield Hills Schools is eligible for our services.

We receive support and sponsorship from:

• The Oakland County Circuit Court - Family Division
• Bloomfield Hills Schools
• Bloomfield Township
• Passionate local volunteers
• Grants and donations

We provide confidential casework services and receive referrals for these services from the police, teachers, parents, guidance counselors, social workers and The Family Court Division Intake Unit Typical reasons for referral include retail fraud, school and home problems, assault, alcohol and drug abuse, and violations of local ordinances.

Essential to our vibrancy and success is our ability to respond to community needs. We identify issues that contribute to delinquency, abuse and neglect -- and then mobilize to locate existing community resources to address the challenge. And, if a resource doesn't exist, we develop those programs and initiatives. Please consider joining our organization -- we’re actively recruiting passionate, actionable volunteers. If you have an interest, we have a spot for you!

Bloomfield Youth Assistance recently received a grant from the Bloomfield Foundation to create programming to promote mental health awareness in grades 1-5, as well as early detection of mental health concerns. The programming will include upcoming forums led by mental health professionals and other experts in the field, covering such crucial topics as big feelings & mindfulness, conflict resolution and technology safety & social media awareness. You can find more information on these and other BYA programs on our website: Bloomfield Youth Assistance

We are also seeking parents to join our Parents Advisory Board which meets a few times a year to discuss new topics BYA can address. If you are interested, please email bya@bloomfield.org.

Please be advised that effective immediately, ALL volunteers, including parents assisting with events and/or attending field trips, need to have a background check completed prior to volunteering. Click HERE for the Bloomfield Hills Schools Volunteer Background Check form. Forms need to be completed and submitted at least one week prior to volunteering. Please email completed forms to our Human Resources department, attn. Debbie Steaban at dsteaban@bloomfield.org.

The PTO sponsors a variety of events and programs throughout the school year which are extremely rewarding and beneficial for our students and faculty. Given the increase in prices for consumer goods, the PTO would greatly appreciate donations of any products and items (including food) that could be useful for these affairs. Donations from individuals and businesses of all types are welcome!

Please contact the PTO's Treasurer, Dr. Sol Cogan, for additional information, at 248-790-5500, or at cogan@healthquest.us

Lone Pine 2022-23 yearbook is on sale now! Yearbooks are NOT included as part of our picture packages, you must order separately. Please see this flyer for more details. 

The Bloomfield Hills food service department is excited to announce the continuation of our breakfast program in the 2022-23 school year! There will be a cost of $1.85 associated with breakfast. If your child qualifies for free meals, there will be no charge and for those that qualify for reduced price meals, the charge will be $.30. Visit our school lunch page https://www.bloomfield.org/departments/lunch for more information on the Free/Reduced price meal program.

In order to identify students that wish to purchase meals, we are implementing a pre-order system. Please click on this link and fill out/submit the form to have meals delivered to your child’s classroom on a weekly basis (you may want to bookmark this link if you plan to order regularly). Orders need to be placed for the school week by Sunday evening. Breakfast will be ready for your child in their classroom when they arrive at school. The breakfast menu is posted on the google form, so you can choose the days/meals that your child wants to eat with us.

All breakfasts come with an entree fruit, juice and milk. If for some reason you cannot fill out the form, please call the food service office @ (248)341-5671 and we can help you out! Have a great start to your school year!

Marianne Romsek – Food Service Director Bloomfield Hills/Aramark

If you need to make a mid-day change in dismissal arrangements for your child, you may call the school at (248) 341-7300 and use the dismissal change option in the phone menu to leave a message, or you may use the online "Green Note" to submit a dismissal change. Changes should be submitted no later than 3pm on the day of the change.

Toyology is partnering with Lone Pine PTO! Whenever you make a purchase at Toyology and mention Lone Pine at check-out (West Bloomfield, Royal Oak, or Bloomfield Hills locations), Toyology will kick back 10% of the purchase to the PTO. This is a simple way to support all of the amazing PTO programming at Lone Pine!

Pull out your calendar and jot down these important dates!

Half day of School: Friday, January 27th, dismissal at 12:25pm

Report cards posted on Parent Portal: Friday, February 3rd

PTO Valentine's Assembly (SuperU): Tuesday, February 14th

Half day of school: Friday, February 17th, dismissal at 12:25pm

No School: Monday, February 20th

Lone Pine families have an open invitation to join our building Global Ed Team (GET). This is a learning group that meets monthly before school (virtually) to grow together in our commitment to being anti-racist. This is a low commitment group, participants are free to come when they can with no long-term obligation. There's no preparation needed before meetings, and no "to-do's" to be responsible for afterward.

Why join GET? We have some rich, thought provoking conversations on issues related to equity and inclusion, diversity, gender issues, ableism, ageism, anti-racist education and parenting, and more. Sometimes we read and discuss an article, or watch a short video and discuss, or examine building or district data to see what it tells us. We debrief what's happening at the district GET, share resources (for children and/or adults), and brainstorm ways we can make Lone Pine a more welcoming and inclusive environment for all students and families. If this sounds like a mission you can get behind, give GET a shot! 

If you'd like to drop in and join us, email Dr. Hillberry at mhillberry@bloomfield.org and we'll send you the agenda and meeting link before the next meeting. Meetings will be on Friday mornings before school (exact dates TBD).