UPCOMING EVENTS AT BUCHANAN
Tuesday, September 5: First day for students Entry bell rings at 8:50 AM / Students Dismissed at 12:10 PM (half day)
Wednesday, September 6: Full day of school Entry bell rings at 8:50 AM / Students Dismissed at 3:59 PM (full day with breakfast and lunch being served)
September 11 - 15 Scholastic Book Fair!
Thursday, September 14: Open House & Curriculum Night 6:00-7:30 pm (more information to come)
Thursday, September 21: PTA General Membership Meeting 7:00 pm
Wednesday, September 27: Lifetouch Picture Day
Transportation and Teacher Assignments
Livonia families will not be getting a mailing about transportation this year. You will need to access Parent Connect to find out the Bus Assignment and times. If your child is in 1st-4th grade, you will also need to access Parent Connect to find out your child's teacher assignment. This will be available on Wednesday, August 30th via Parent Connect. Students in kindergarten will find out their teacher assignment through a mailing that should arrive to your homes around Friday, September 1. If you need assistance with accessing Parent Connect, please see the detailed directions attached to this email.
New for 2017-2018
Lunch Application Process
Children need healthy meals to learn and grow! Each day our children at Buchanan have access to breakfast before school and lunch during the student lunch hour. Breakfast cost $1.75 and lunch costs between $3.25 - $3.75. Your child may qualify for free or reduced breakfast (30 cents) and lunch (40 cents). Please know that the district is moving to an electronic application process. The following link should be used by parents to apply for Free or Reduced breakfast/lunch.
New for 2017-2018
ICHAT forms are now completed online. Please use the link below if you are planning on volunteering at the school this year or plan to attend any field trips. Thank you.
MEET THE BUCHANAN STAFF
Jon Wennstrom - Principal
Hello Buchanan Community! I'm so excited to be here and for the opportunity to work with each of you. I grew up in Ludington, Michigan and started my career as a teacher and then principal in Cadillac. This is my 23rd year in education and my 6th year as a principal in Livonia. My wife, Stacy, works for the American Journal of Preventive Medicine at the University of Michigan and my daughters are in 10th grade and 8th grade. We have a St. Bernard named Columbo and a cat named Tim Gunn.
My goal for this year is to build relationships with the community, create a team of happy educators, and encourage the love of learning for all our students. I believe learning should be FUN and that students learn best when parents and teachers work together. This will be a year of blending traditions, forging new traditions, and moving forward as a unified group of educators, students, and parents.
The five words I would use to describe Buchanan are Exciting, Professional, Caring, Welcoming, and Unlimited.
PTA POINTS
- Our first General Membership meeting will be Thursday, September 21 at 7:00 pm
- The Buchanan PTA is excited to introduce Member Hub - a school wide communication tool, brought to us by Michigan PTA! Our site is buchanan.memberhub.com and will be a “one stop site” for all things school & PTA related. We encourage you to join Member Hub and Buchanan PTA!
- Be looking for our Welcome Back letter from the PTA after school begins!
Did you know that some play structure equipment was removed last spring and into the summer from many of our school playgrounds after completing an assessment of all playgrounds in the district? Our school lost more structures than others. Therefore, new equipment will be installed at Buchanan this fall to ensure that all students have ample equipment to use. We are also looking at relocating the structures across the drive to the back of the school to keep all students in closer proximity to the school. Unfortunately, these structures will not be installed/moved in time for the start of the school year due to purchasing, shipping, and installation timelines. We are estimating early October for their installation. We are also looking into painting four-square, hopscotch, and large tic-tac-toe games on our playground pavement areas. The Playground Committee continues to meet and is excited to bring additional playground structures to the schools as the 2017-2018 school year unfolds. Great things are happening at Buchanan!
