What do you Remember?

Hi folks, Jon Wennstrom here! All of us have moments that we remember from school. It might be our graduation, sports we played, or our favorite teacher. I think it's also safe to say that most of us don't remember too much from our day to day classes (especially in elementary school). Instead, we remember the special moments that really made an impact on us. It might be a field trip or a special project that we worked on. Our second grade students recently had one of those special projects at Buchanan. We hosted our "Talking Zoo" program, where students dressed up and shared with a large audience, all that they had learned about their animal. This was the culmination of weeks worth of research and they really shined at the event! This is one of those special moments that I believe they will remember for many years to come. Our goal at Buchanan is to make many special memories and moments for our students to prepare them for all the wonderful things waiting for them in their lives! What do you remember from your school days? 

UPCOMING EVENTS AT BUCHANAN

Friday, May 11: PTA Spring Fling 6:00-8:00 PM

Thursday, May 17: Fourth Grade Students to visit Riley in the afternoon

Thursday, May 24: Third Grade Students to Lansing

Friday, May 25: All Students Dismissed at 12:10 PM

Monday, May 28: No School for Memorial Day

MEET THE BUCHANAN STAFF

Mrs. Trubak - School Aged Child Care (SACC) Instructor 

Hi Buchanan!  My name is Amy Trubak and I am the SACC instructor.  I have been working for Livonia's SACC program for 17 years now, 11 of those years  here at Buchanan.  I am a Livonia girl at heart . I was raised here and continue to live here with my family.  A fun fact about me, is that I went to Buchanan as a child!  It is very rewarding to come back here to work after all those years!  And it is just as wonderful 

I have have a wonderful husband, 2 children and 3 funny dogs.  My son attends the 6th grade At Riley, and my daughter is in the 3rd grade at  Hoover.  They are the loves of my life and keep me very busy.  In my free time, I love spending time with family , swimming, scrapbooking, and going to the movies.  But my favorite thing is taking vacations to Disney World, it is my favorite place!

A goal for this year:  My Goal for the SACC program this year is to create a fun, friendly, and safe place that kids are excited  to come to before and after school.  I enjoying getting to know each and every student and creating crafts and fun activities for all ages.

5 words to describe Buchanan: Caring, kind, positive, safe, fun!

PTA POINTS

• Our Spring Fling is next Friday May 11, 6:00-8:00pm! We have a huge evening full of activities planned! We need your help in making this event successful and fun for all our families. Please click on the sign up link below if you are able to help.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0e44a4ae2ca1f94-spring

• Spring Fling reminders-

- Pre-sale wristbands and raffle tickets will go home Thursday May 10. Wristbands will need to be visible, we will check upon entry and at activities.

- Please write your name on the back of each of your raffle tickets, we do not call out numbers on the ticket. If there isn't a name on the back, we will pick another ticket for the raffle baskets. 

- Huge thank you to all our families that donated items to the raffle baskets!! They look amazing and we couldn't have done it without your support!

- We will have 2 food trucks on site, Drunken Rooster ( tacos with a middle eastern twist) and Hero or Villian (gourmet sandwiches). Drunken Rooster has a pork shwarma taco, beef brisket consuela taco, green chile chicken taco, loaded tatar fries ( seasoned fries). They were at last year's Spring Fling and everybody loved the food. Attached is Hero or Villian's menu. We hope you come hungry!

Did you know our fourth grade students had a special "Taste Fest of the Southeast" event? This is the second time the fourth grade students have put on an event like this to bring Social Studies to life! It was a great turnout for both students and families and nobody left hungry!!  Once again our teachers made an event that students will remember for years to come:) Great things are happening at Buchanan!