Mrs. Burch’s Weekly Update (9/11)

Happy Thursday! I hope you're having a great week! I will be out of the classroom tomorrow, so please make sure to contact the office with any schedule changes. 

The Mum fundrasier has been extended through Saturday, September 13. Make sure to place your orders online! Pick up will be September 19 from 4-7pm. 

PLEASE make sure all parents are connected on Seesaw! That is where I focus my primary communication and need to make sure ALL parents are connected! Thank you!

Next Week:

• Math: Comparing Numbers *Unit 1 Test Thursday! (review coming home Tuesday)
• Science: What is a Scientist?
• Social Studies: Where in the world is our Community?
• ELA: CKLA Skills & Knowledge--Phonics Review, Comprehension, Fairy Tales and Tall Tales

Upcoming Dates:

• September 13--Last Day to order Mums
• September 19--Pick up your mums!
• September 23--Picture Day! 
• September 24--PTO Panera Night
• October 6--PTO Meeting
• October 10--Husky Hustle

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade, due to several different food allergies. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding!
• Don't forget: students need a healthy snack and a secure water bottle at school each day!

*From the PTO*

Husky Hustle Fundraiser

The Husky Hustle is underway! Fundraising is off to a wonderful start and continues through October 10. Check out the flyer and cool incentives offered this year!

Online donations can be made on this website. Cash/check can also be sent in with students. Follow along with the leaderboard!

This is the biggest fundraiser of the year-let's hit our goal and make sure our students and teachers have a great year!

Spiritwear Sale

The company that PTO partners with to provide spiritwear is having a 25% off sale until September 16. Great chance to stock up for spirit days and the Husky Hustle! A portion of sales comes back to the PTO.

Hutchings Spiritwear: https://1stplacespiritwear.com/schools/MI/Howell/Hutchings+Elementary+School?utm_source=shortcode&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=school-direct 

Howell Spiritwear: https://1stplacespiritwear.com/schools/MI/Howell/Howell+Schools+for+Hutchings?utm_source=shortcode&utm_medium=affiliate&utm_campaign=school-direct 

Panera Fundraiser

Let Panera take care of dinner for the family on September 24 from 4-8pm at the Howell location. A portion of sales will come back to the Hutchings PTO!

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (9/5)

TGIF! We had a fun second week! Howell Spirit Day was a success! Everyone looked so great sporting their green and gold! 💚💛 Go Howell!

Take a look at pictures the fun Saving Fred activity we did this afternoon! Ask your kiddos about it! They had a blast and worked together so well as a team! 

This was our first team to save Fred! 👏

Don't forget: students need a HEALTHY snack and a secure water bottle at school each day! We've had several water bottle spills this week, so please check to make sure the water bottles you are sending have a good seal. Thank you so much!

PLEASE make sure you are connected on Seesaw! That is where I focus my primary communication and need to make sure ALL parents are connected! Thank you!

The Mum fundrasier is wrapping up next week. You may order online until September 11.

Next Week:

• Math: Numbers All Around, number scrolls
• Science: What is a Scientist?
• Social Studies: Where in the world is our Community?
• ELA: CKLA Skills & Knowledge Units, Edward the Emu

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade, due to several different food allergies. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (8/28)

Happy Thursday! We had a fun second week! Don't forget that there is NO School Friday (8/29) or Monday (9/1). Enjoy your Labor Day weekend! 😎

We've been learning and working on classroom expectations and talked a lot about our CARE matrix this week! Ask your kiddos how they can show CARE at Hutchings!

Your child is bringing home their first Book Order today! They're very excited about all the options in the book order! All orders help our classroom earn free books and materials! If you're interested in ordering, please check out our class Book Ordering page! All orders are due online by noon on Friday, September 5. 

Please make sure you are connected on Seesaw! That is where I focus my primary communication and would like ALL parents connected! They LOVE parent comments, so I hope you can all get connected there soon! We have already started posting work! :)

The Mum fundrasier has begun! You may order online until September 11.

Next Week:

• Math: Numbers All Around, number scrolls
• Science: What is a Scientist?
• Social Studies: Where in the world is our Community?
• ELA: Starting CKLA Skills & Knowledge Units

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade, due to several different food allergies. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

8/22 Weekly Update ~ Welcome Back! :)

We had a GREAT first week back to school! We've been working on getting to know each other this week. Next week we'll start jumping into content here and there, along with building our classroom community!

Please make sure you are connected on Seesaw! That is where I focus my primary communication and would like ALL parents connected! Once we have enough ipads for all students, they will start posting classroom work. They LOVE parent comments, so I hope you can all get connected there soon! :)

Please see our classroom wishlist if you'd like to donate books or snacks to our classroom! I really appreciate all the donations we have received, so far!

The Mum fundrasier has begun! Students brought home the flyers today. You may order online until September 11.

Next Week:

• Math: Numbers All Around, number scrolls
• Science: What is a Scientist?
• Social Studies: Where in the world is our Community?
• ELA: The Best Seat in 2nd grade and We're all Wonders

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade, due to several different food allergies. You are welcome to send in a pencil or small trinket for your child to pass out if you would like, but I will make his/her day special regardless! Thank you for understanding! 

Have a great summer!

 

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (5/23)

One more week of second grade!! How can it be? This year has flown by! 

We had a great field trip yesterday! Here are the pictures! I'll add more as I receive them!

Don't forget that we have our Botanical Gardens field trip on Tuesday! Make sure your child has a disposable sack lunch and tennis shoes! (No open-toed shoes allowed!) We will be leaving school at 9:00am and returning about 12:30pm. It should be fun!

Take a look at Mrs. Deurloo's Summer Reading Challenge! 

Reminders:

• Chaperones for the Botanical Gardens Field Trip on May 27 will be: Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Adamski, Mrs. Rosenthal, Mrs. Kaptagay, Mrs. Bott, and Mrs. Pedigo. Please arrive at school by 8:50. Chaperones will ride the bus with us. We will return to school by 1:15pm.
• If your child has not returned his/her library book or paid to replace the lost/damaged books, please do so ASAP!!

Next Week:

• Please continue to read at home daily!!
• Phonics: contractions review, spelling bee
• Reading: Poetry--finishing!
• ELA: Opinion Writing--Book Reviews--finishing!
• Math: End of the Year Math Assesment
• Science: Plants 🌱
• Social Studies: Howell History--finishing! 

Upcoming Dates:

• May 26--No School, Memorial Day
• May 27--Matthaei Botanical Gardens Field Trip! 🌼
• May 28--Summer Birthday Party 🎉 
• May 29--Desk & Locker Clean-out!
• May 30--Last Day of 2nd Grade! 😎

Repeat reminders:

• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (5/16)

Happy Friday! I can't believe we only have 9 days left of second grade! Students are bringing home their baggie gardens today! We talked about how they needed sunlight and might even be ready to plant outside! They are excited to see what sunlight and dirt will do to help their seeds grow! 

Reminders:

• Field Day is Monday! Please make sure your child dresses for an afternoon of field day fun. Tennis shoes and water bottles are a MUST!!
• Thursday is our Walking Field Trip to Howell. Please make sure your child dresses for the weather and has good walking shoes! No flip flops, please! They will also need a disposable sack lunch! Each child will be ordering a small cone (vanilla, chocolate, or twist) at Dairy Queen after lunch, compliments of our awesome PTO! Please let me know if this is a problem. 
• Chaperones for the Howell Walking Field Trip on May 22 will be: Mrs. Pilarski, Mrs. Pietila, Mr. Traviglia, Mrs. Linhart (Sulek), Mrs. Hainstock, Mr. Peters, Mrs. Bott, Mrs. Kaptagay, Mrs. Adamski, and Mrs. Rosenthal. Please arrive at school by 8:50 to go over some things before heading Downtown.
• Chaperones for the Botanical Gardens Field Trip on May 27 will be: Mrs. Robinson, Mrs. Adamski, Mrs. Rosenthal, Mrs. Kaptagay, Mrs. Bott, and Mrs. Pedigo. Please arrive at school by 8:50. Chaperones will ride the bus with us. We will return to school by 2pm.
• If your child has not returned his/her library book or paid to replace the lost/damaged books, please do so ASAP!!
• We will be previewing the book fair on Monday and shopping on Wednesday. Wednesday is the ONLY shopping day, so please make arrangements to send payment with your child that day. You can pay by cash, check, or ewallet.

Next Week:

• Please continue to read at home daily!!
• Phonics: contractions
• Reading: Poetry
• ELA: Opinion Writing--Book Reviews
• Math: End of the Year Math Assesment
• Science: Plants 🌱
• Social Studies: Howell History! *Field Trip Thursday!

Upcoming Dates:

• May 19--Field Day (Rain date: May 20) 
• May 21--Shop at Book Fair 📚
• May 22--Howell Walking Field Trip! 🚌
• May 26--No School, Memorial Day
• May 27--Matthaei Botanical Gardens Field Trip! 🌼
• May 28--Summer Birthday Party 🎉 
• May 29--Desk & Locker Clean-out!
• May 30--Last Day of 2nd Grade! 😎

Repeat reminders:

• Please note: We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. You are welcome to send in a pencil, small toy, or trinket for your child to pass out, if you wish! We will make sure their day is special regardless! 🎉

Updates from PTO:

On Monday, we held our final meeting of the school year and voted on next year's board. The 2025/2026 board is as follows: 

President- Ashley Bansale

Vice President- Danielle Gulledge

Communications Secretary- Lindsey DeCamp

Recording Secretary- Sarilda Olvin

Treasurer- Ashley Mahler 

Trustee- Brian Mageli