You Are Appreciatied

Hi folks, Jon Wennstrom here! Next to the words, "I love you", some of the most inspiring words that can be said to another human being are "You are appreciated". People who are appreciated will ALWAYS do more than is required and go above and beyond. This week, our Buchanan community let the teachers and staff know how much they are appreciated. From breakfasts and lunches to gift bags and positive notes, we really were spoiled this week! I even got to show my appreciation for our incredible staff through a song I wrote. May is an extremely busy time of the year and can be stressful for educators. However, events like this help take away the stress and restore the joy. Thank you for helping make our Buchanan staff feel so special!

UPCOMING EVENTS AT BUCHANAN

Thursday, May 17: 4th Grade Students to Riley

Friday, May 25th: Volunteer Appreciation Breakfast in the Library!
                              Students Dismissed at 12:10 PM

Monday, May 28th: No School for Memorial Day

Friday, June 8: Field Day!

MEET THE BUCHANAN STAFF

Mrs. Wutka - School Psychologist 

I am the School Psychologist at Buchanan Elementary.  I have been part of LPS since the 1991-92 school year and came to Buchanan in September 2006. I work at several schools in the district every year.  I work to support educational teams and students to help determine the best ways that they learn so that together our Achievement teams can support successful educational growth & learning along with positive social & emotional development for school success.

I have been married for 31 years and have 2 grown daughters who both attended Livonia Public Schools. Over Spring Break this year, we all traveled to CA to explore San Francisco on bikes and Yosemite National Park -hiking mountain, enjoying amazing views and beautiful waterfalls. 

My husband owns his own business, My older daughter, graduated from OU (Dec 2015), recently married (Nov 2017) and is a Manager and Coach at Orangetheory Fitness.

My younger daughter, graduated from GVSU (Dec 2017) and is currently in Tanzania, Africa (studying, teaching & earning Graduate Credits in Elementary Education) 

My goal this year at Buchanan has been to work together with our returning staff along with the new principal, new staff and new students~to all become one and feel the positive and exciting Buchanan Bears team continue to develop as we all help and support Buchanan Elementary and learn together.

5 Words to Describe Buchanan: Encouraging, Supportive, Motivating, Positive, and Friendly

PTA POINTS

• We hope all of you enjoyed our Spring Fling on Friday!! We had many activities, great food and awesome raffle baskets! Huge thank you to all our families who donated items to the baskets- they looked amazing!! Thank you to all our volunteers and Stevenson students who helped make the event successful!

• Our final PTA meeting will be on Thursday, June 7 at 7:00 PM

Did you know that we are hosting a VOLUNTEER BREAKFAST on Friday, May 25? We are looking forward to the chance to say thank you to our wonderful volunteers. The event will be in our Library before school. For those volunteers in need of childcare, we will be opening Mrs. Stromberg's kindergarten classroom to assist. Thank you to our volunteers and Great Things are Happening at Buchanan!