Students at Heritage school were moved by the stories of suffering, devastation and hope as survivors of the Haitian earthuake were rescued. Because of these stories they were moved to take action and wanted to know how they could help. Students advertised using posters and made video clips to play during morning announcements to rally up support for this cause.

From January 25-29, 5th and 6th grade students collected spare change to donate to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund for Haiti and collected $2934.15!

We are so proud of our students at Heritage school for their efforts to help others in times of trouble. The road ahead is long for Haiti, but we hope that this contribution will help to make a small difference in the lives of the millions that were affected.

Mr. Robert Cindric, Vocal Music Teacher at Heritage School and Saline Middle School was recently named the Michigan School Vocal Music Association Teacher of the Year. Congratulations to Mr. Cindric on this very special recognition! Mr. Cindric is seen here with Heritage and Saline Middle School students at the Wal*Mart Grand Opening.

Students and faculty at Heritage will be collecting their loose change beginning Monday, January 25 through Friday, January 29 to donate to the American Red Cross International fund for Haiti.

Students will be drop their loose change in their classrooms, the containers will then be collected and dumped into a fish tank near the main entrance for students to watch the collection grow for the week. All of the money will go directly to the American Red Cross to provide much needed medical supplies to victims of the earthquake in Haiti.

It’s A Great Day At Heritage!

As we continue to see an enormous back-up in our parking lot each morning we have developed a new procedure for curbside only drop-off in the morning. Access to the parking lot for drop-off will no longer be an option. Please carefully review the plan below:

#1:   Entering the Parking Lot (SEE #1 ON THE MAP)
When you enter the parking lot in the morning, you will notice that traffic backs up in both eastbound and westbound directions. As a result, we ask that you follow a rotation system of allowing one car traveling westbound to turn left into the parking lot, followed by a car traveling eastbound to turn right into the parking lot. This allows for a better and safer flow into the parking lot.

#2:  CURBSIDE DROP-OFF AT HERITAGE/HERITAGE ANNEX (SEE #2 ON THE MAP)
•    Stay in the right lane only
•    Pull all the way through the drive up to the orange drop-off zone signs that are posted. They are just before the Woodland Meadows/Annex   crosswalk or near the flagpole and utilize the entire drop-off zone beginning at Woodland Meadows/Annex and following around to Heritage school (see #2 on the map indicating the full drop-off zone).
•    Students should be ready to exit the car immediately along the curbside (7 seconds or less) as there will be cars waiting behind you.
•    Students should exit the vehicle only on the curbside to avoid traffic in the left lane.
•    Please DO NOT stop at a specific door along the drop off loop. Students will need to walk either back to Heritage or up to the Annex.
•    After you child is dropped off, please proceed forward all the way around the circle, do not move into the left lane as this lane is for cars needing to park in the parking lot to enter one of the buildings.

#3:  PARKING AT HERITAGE OR HERITAGE ANNEX (SEE #3 ON THE MAP)
•    If you need to park at either Heritage or Heritage Annex/Woodland Meadows stay in the left lane and travel around the lot and enter the parking lot from the Woodland Meadows side using the second (2nd) entrance to the lot.

Again, we appreciate all of you working with us to make Heritage School safer for our students.

You can view the map that accompanies this document on the Heritage School website at: http://webportal.salineschools.com/schools/heritage/Pages/default.aspx

Students in Mr. Brunty’s class celebrated the conclusion of reading The Lightening Thief during lunch with a feast celebrating the Olympus gods and Hades. Students decorated their tables and created a menu of food that honored the god that their table represented. Centerpieces were made by students and using only household items. This was a wonderful culminating activity to a terrific novel.

Congratulations to Maggie Werner the SEMMLAA 6th grade spelling bee champion. Maggie is a 5th grade student in Mrs. Myers class. Our congratulations also go to Srinath Ravindran on his top ten finish!

Seven of our fifth grade classes attended Camp Kimball this week. I had an opportunity to join the classes on Wednesday and visit for a short time with three of the classes who were getting ready to depart camp and return to Saline and then spend the rest of the day with the four classes who arrived Wednesday morning for their three day Camp Kimball adventure. After spending just one day with our students I can see clearly why fifth grade camp is a highlight of the students educational experience in Saline.

I had the opportunity to watch our students participate in the high ropes course, pendulum swing, orienteering, hiking, and pioneers and settlers. Fun was being had by all, parents, students, and teachers alike.

Ready to Come Home

Pioneers & Settlers

Tackling the High Ropes

More on the High Ropes

Fun on the Zip Line

Let's Go for a Swing!

Conquering Goliath

Beating the Rock Wall

Welcome to crazy hair day at Heritage School…here are just a few of our crazy hair do’s!

What is Red Ribbon Week? Red Ribbon Week is an alcohol, tobacco and other drug and violence prevention awareness campaign observed annually in late October.

At Heritage School we are celebrating each day with the following themes:

Monday: Tie on a Red Ribbon – You’ll see red ribbons all over Heritage School from door handles to backbacks

Tuesday: “I’m a JEAN-ius, I’m drug free!” – Wear your blue jeans today

Wednesday: “Let’s run drugs out of town” – Wear your tennis shoes, we’ll be running today! & we’ll have special treats in the cafeteria

Thursday:  “Use your head, don’t do drugs!” – Crazy Hair Day (please, no hair spray at school)

Friday: Wear your RED today – show that you are drug free too! SADD/STAND presentations

This is a great week for you to open the door of communciation with your child about staying drug and alcohol free!

Please join in the conversation.