Lone Pine Elementary School

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Save the date:
Thursday, May 27, 2021
5:30 to 8 p.m.
BHHS Legacy Courtyard

Registration Packets (due 04/19/21)
View the Multicultural Celebration Slideshow

In an effort to simplify the daily prescreen form, the option to report a student absence electronically using the form has been removed. Families should report a student absence due to illness or appointments directly to the school's attendance line. 

State and federal laws require schools to assess student learning every year in specific grade levels and subjects. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) is not allowing for remote testing, therefore the Michigan Student Test of Educational Progress (M-Step) must be rendered inside a school facility. This means that all assessments must be administered in person.

Please join us on Friday, 4/16 at 9:15am for the PTO meeting. Information to join this virtual meeting will be shared shortly before the meeting. Special guest Rob Durecka and Paul Willis (Plante Moran) will be joining us to discuss BHS catchment (attendance) areas. All are welcome!

The food service department will be transitioning to serving FREE meals to be eaten at school for in-person learning. They will only be sending bags home on prescheduled ½ day sessions moving forward, when students don’t have the opportunity to eat in school. All meals will continue to be FREE until the end of the 2020­‐21 school year,

Starting Tuesday, March 23, 2021, students will be offered meals during their scheduled lunch period at school to be eaten in the area designated for them by the school they attend. Each meal will be individually wrapped and then boxed.

The elementary school lunch menu for April 2021 can be found here.

All children are eligible to receive meals from BHS at this time. Curbside pickup is available:

Mondays and Thursdays
12:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Bloomfield Hills High School

3/22-26: Vision screening for 1st, 3rd, and ARP

3/26-4/4: Spring Break

4/5: School resumes

4/7 & 4/8: Oakland County Hearing Screening for kdg, 2nd, and ARP students (Covid protocols will be followed)

4/13: No school for students (teacher team planning AM and virtual parent conferences by appt PM)

4/16: Picture Retake Day -- Order at mylifetouch.com using code EVTJ4HMM7

4/20 & 4/21: Virtual parent conferences, by appointment with your child's teacher

4/23: Virtual PTO meeting, 9:15AM (meeting link will be sent the day before)

4/26-4/30: LP teacher appreciation week 

SCAMP will be returning to in-person camp for this summer at West Hills Middle School. Covid-19 protocols will be followed. There are limited spaces available. Register today!

Please see this letter from Mrs. Molnar with instructions on the art supplies your child will need to bring back to school for in-person learning! 

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! 

Our next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, April 13th at 8:15AM. 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. We hope you'll join us!

The Lone Pine Star Reader program is a collaborative effort between the LP Library and the West Bloomfield Public Library to get students READING more! The WBTPL donates books to Lone Pine and also provides a special author visit for our school as a reward to students for being involved in the reading program. Students can keep track of and rate the books they read on a paper passport which they can keep. Books are available in the classrooms, for curbside pickup at the public library or some are in electronic format in the public library catalog and in the apps Hoopla or Overdrive. Here is a link to the public library catalog to see what formats are available.

Once again this year our teachers will be sharing a favorite selection from the Star Reader collection to read and record for families to enjoy at home. This week's reader is Ms. Neun, sharing Wishtree, by Katherine Applegate. Trees can't tell jokes, but they can certainly tell stories. Red is an oak tree who is many rings old. Red is the neighborhood "wishtree"―people write their wishes on pieces of cloth and tie them to Red's branches. Along with a crow named Bongo and other animals who seek refuge in Red's hollows, this wishtree watches over the neighborhood. You might say Red has seen it all. Until a new family moves in. Not everyone is welcoming, and Red's experience as a wishtree is more important than ever.

Previous videos: 

Mrs. Brandt reads The Very Last Castle

Mrs. Ellison reads The Buddy Bench

Mrs. Endres reads The King of Kindergarten

Mr. M reads That's Life

Dr. Hillberry reads The Wild Robot

It's time to order your 20-21 Lone Pine Yearbook! Follow this link for information on how to order. Note that yearbooks are not included in a picture packet and must be ordered separately. Books will be distributed next fall. 

Bloomfield Hills Schools has Summer Camp opportunities for all ages, all abilities, and all interests! New this year, families have the option to select individual days, an entire week, and an option to pay for the entire summer. Camps include:

• Huck Finn (Grades K-3)
• Bloomfield Summer Fun (Grades 3-7)
• Sports and Adventure (Grades 3-7)
• Bowers Farm Summer Camps

Questions? Contact Recreation@bloomfield.org.

Our midday crossing guard reports that the only people she's helped cross Lone Pine Road this year have been adults out on walks--no students. At this point we're going to reallocate her to other duties. If you need the crossing guard on any given day for your child, please call us and let us know and we'll get someone out there to assist.

Let's Play Ball!  Register Now for the Bloomfield Baseball League 2021 Spring Season. The BBL offers baseball for boys and girls for grades pre-K through high school. Teams are generally organized by school and by age group, so your kids will have a chance to play with their friends and classmates.  Team placement is done by order of registration, so register soon for the best chance to play for your school team. If you have any interest in volunteering as a head or assistant coach we have a place for you as well.  

Games for the spring season start the week of April 26 and culminate with an All Star Game on June 5th and league championship on June 19th.  For more information or to register visit our website at www.bloomfield baseball.com or visit us on Facebook.  Please feel free to contact the league administrator Stephanie Chapa at 586-372-6299 or bblexecutive@gmail.com or your Lone Pine School Rep. James Sheridan at jamesasherida86@hotmail.com or 248-409-8484 with any questions.  

As a reminder, please be sure your child’s mask follows the Bloomfield Hills Schools mask guidelines. Face masks can be either reusable or disposable. They should fit tightly over your entire nose and mouth. Masks must have school-appropriate graphics. Masks should NOT have valves. Masks with valves are not permitted in Bloomfield Hills Schools. Students and staff are welcome to wear face shields brought from home, but they are not required. They may be worn in addition to a face mask. Neck gaiters and bandannas are not sufficient face coverings. They may be worn in addition to a face mask. Neck gaiters must have school-appropriate graphics.

Please use this Dismissal Change Form for any last minute (day of) dismissal changes. You may want to bookmark this form or save it to the home screen on your phone for your convenience.

Please take some time over the weekend to revisit proper (i.e. thorough) handwashing with your children. While this is a topic our staff will also address regularly, hearing it from home and school will reinforce the messaging. 

Note that we have received updated guidance from our district Health and Wellness Director that masks must be worn by students even at recess. Additionally, note that neck gaiters and masks with valves are not acceptable. While visors are welcome, they do not take the place of a mask and should only be worn in addition to a mask. We also suggest you send a spare mask with your child in the event they sneeze, etc. into the mask they wear to school. We do have disposable masks here at school for children who need them.

Please send a full water bottle to school with your child (labeled with their name). Drinking fountains are off limits (bagged and taped). While our water bottle refilling station will still be open, students will not be permitted in the hallways unless there is an urgent need.