Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/31)--Happy Halloween!! 👻🎃

🎃 Happy Halloween! 👻

Thank you to everyone who sent items for our Halloween fun today! The kids had a great day! Have a blast Trick-or-treating tonight!

Buster the Bus visited Hutchings for Bus Safety earlier this week. We learned to stay out of the Danger Zone and what a bus evacuation looks like.

If you would like to help in our classroom this year, please see our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up! Make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office BEFORE you volunteer! Please limit sign-ups to twice per month, so all parents have a chance. Spots will become available 60 days out, so make sure to check back if everything is currently filled.

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 3--More Fact Strategies *Test Thursday
• Science: Seed Dispersal
• Social Studies: Ellis Island Mini books
• CKLA Skills: Unit 2--Vowel Sounds, Paragraph Writing
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 2--Greek Myths

Upcoming Dates:

• November 4/5--Hearing Screening
• November 6--PTO Rollerama Night 6-9pm
• November 10--PTO meeting
• November 26-28--Thanksgiving Break! 🦃
• December 8--PTO meeting
• December 22-January 2--Holiday Break 🎄

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. 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!

*Notes from PTO*

Halloween Line Dance Recap

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the families who joined us for our very first Line Dance Night, hosted by the amazing Mrs. Shultz!

We had a fantastic turnout and hope everyone had a wonderful time dancing and connecting with our school community. This event was not only a fun way to give back to our families—it also supported a great cause. Mrs. Shultz is raising funds for a digital piano and a new sound system to enhance our upcoming Spring concerts, and thanks to your generosity, we made great progress!

Here’s what we raised:

Concessions: $528 (split between PTO and Mrs. Shultz)

Raffle Tickets/Donations: $244 (directly to Mrs. Shultz)

Total for the Music Department: $508

If you weren’t able to attend but would still like to contribute, or if you missed the donation opportunity at the dance, you can donate directly using the link below: https://tinyurl.com/HEMusicSupport 

We’re so grateful for your support and the energy you brought to the event! Thank you again for helping us make music magic happen!

Rollerama

We are excited to host our first Rollerama night of the school year! On Thursday, November 6th join us from 6 - 9pm and let's have some fun!

BK-2nd Grade: 6 - 7pm

3rd- 5th Grade: 7 - 9PM

Rollerama 6995 Grand River Rd Brighton MI 48114

Your family is welcome to stay the entire time if you have students in lower elementary, however, we wanted to give our littlest Huskies time on the floor without our older Huskies!

$13 per person, includes Skate Rental

A portion of each entry fee will be donated back to benefit the Hutchings PTO initiatives. We hope to see you there!

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/24)

We had fun with our UM vs MSU Spirit Day today! GO GREEN! 💚

 

We also enjoyed doing some lemon observtions today in science this afternoon!

Halloween is next week! If you would like to contribute to the Halloween Fun, please check out our Halloween Sign-up! There are a couple slots still open! We are going to do some crafts, put on our costumes and have snacks after morning recess, then enjoy the Monsters Inc. movie and popcorn in the afternoon. Thank you in advance for your donations! I really appreciate you!!

Join the PTO and Mrs. Shultz for a night of Halloween fun tonight (10/24) from 5:30-7:30pm! We will have dancing, activity stations for those kids who don't want to dance, concessions (cash only), and more! Come dressed in a costume and get an extra entry into our prize raffle drawing! Mrs. Shultz has collected a lot of goodies for our raffle drawing. Entries will be $1 cash only.

The event is free to attend but please consider any amount of donation to help with our music room needs. This can be cash or we will have a QR code for donations around the event. 

Please RSVP here only if you plan to attend: https://tinyurl.com/HEHalloween2025

If you would like to help in our classroom this year, please see our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up! Make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office BEFORE you volunteer! Please limit sign-ups to twice per month, so all parents have a chance. Spots will become available 60 days out, so make sure to check back if everything is currently filled.

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 3--More Fact Strategies
• Science: Parts of a Plant
• Social Studies: Immigration, Ellis Island
• CKLA Skills: Unit 2--Vowel Sounds
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 2--Greek Civilizations

Upcoming Dates:

• October 24--Halloween Line Dancing Night 👻
• October 28--Fall Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 31--Halloween Crafts, Party, and Movie Day! 🎃
• November 6--PTO Rollerama Night 6-9pm
• November 10--PTO meeting
• November 26-28--Thanksgiving Break! 🦃
• December 8--PTO meeting
• December 22-January 2--Holiday Break 🎄

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. 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!

*Notes from PTO*

Upcoming Events
Rollerama Night- 11/6- 6-9pm
Panda Express- 11/20- All Day- Nationwide
Qdoba- 12/16- 4-8pm- Howell Location

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/17)

Happy Friday! There is NO school for students on Monday, October 20. I hope you enjoy the long weekend and the fall colors! I took this picture of the beautiful entry into our school this morning! I hope you have a minute to enjoy the beauty this weekend, too! 🧡

Halloween is in two weeks! If you would like to contribute to the Halloween Fun, please check out our Halloween Sign-up! We are going to do some crafts, put on our costumes and have snacks after morning recess, then enjoy the Monsters Inc. movie and popcorn in the afternoon. Thank you in advance for your donations! I really appreciate you!!

If you would like to help in our classroom this year, please see our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up! Make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office BEFORE you volunteer! Please limit sign-ups to twice per month, so all parents have a chance. Spots will become available 60 days out, so make sure to check back if everything is currently filled.

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 3--More Fact Strategies
• Science: Parts of a Plant
• Social Studies: Immigration, Ellis Island
• CKLA Skills: Unit 2--Vowel Sounds
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 2--Greek Civilizations

Upcoming Dates:

• October 18--Biggby Fundrasing Day!
• October 20--No School: Fall Break! 
• October 23 & 28--Fall Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 24--Halloween Line Dancing Night 👻
• October 31--Halloween Crafts, Party, and Movie Day! 🎃
• November 6--PTO Rollerama Night 6-9pm
• November 10--PTO meeting
• November 26-28--Thanksgiving Break! 🦃
• December 8--PTO meeting
• December 22-January 2--Holiday Break 🎄

Please note:

• We do not celebrate birthdays with edible treats in 2nd grade. 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!

*Notes from PTO*

Join us for a night of Halloween fun hosted by the PTO and Mrs. Shultz on 10/24 from 5:30-7:30pm! We will have dancing, activity stations for those kids who don't want to dance, concessions (cash only), and more! Come dressed in a costume and get an extra entry into our prize raffle drawing! Mrs. Shultz has collected a lot of goodies for our raffle drawing. Entries will be $1 cash only.

The event is free to attend but please consider any amount of donation to help with our music room needs. This can be cash or we will have a QR code for donations around the event. 

Please RSVP here only if you plan to attend: https://tinyurl.com/HEHalloween2025

Congratulations to all of the 2025 Husky Hustle Winners:

Biggby Coffee Day

Saturday, October 18th- All Day
Michigan Ave Location Only
$1 from every 20/24oz beverage sold will be donated to Hutchings PTO

Upcoming Events
Rollerama Night- 11/6- 6-9pm
Panda Express- 11/20- All Day- Nationwide
Qdoba- 12/16- 4-8pm- Howell Location

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/10)

Happy Friday! We had a great week together! We are learning about Greek Civilizations--ask your kiddos what they have learned, so far! We are also shifting away from weekly spelling tests. We will continue to send home the spelling lists and administer the spelling tests as they come in the curriculum, but they may not be weekly (or every Friday). Remember-other than the tricky words, the words on the spelling lists are decodable, so students should be learning to tap out the sounds to spell their words correctly, no matter when they take their test!  

Pink-out Spirit Day!! 

If you haven't had the chance to donate to the Husky Hustle, you still have time! Fundraising for Husky Hustle ends this weekend. If we hit $22,500 by the end of the weekend, we'll do a pajama day next week! Here's the link for one final time for our Husky Hustle Page! Thanks for all your support! 

Join Ms. Shultz and your Hutchings friends on Friday, October 24, for Line Dancing and other fall activities in the Hutchings cafeteria! Come in costume and join the fun from 5:30-7:30pm!

Please make sure to sign up for a Fall Parent Teacher Conference! There is only one slot available per student. You will receive a google invite once you have selected your preferred time. If you need to switch your conference to google meet or a phone conference, please let me know before noon on the day of your scheduled conference. Thank you!

If you would like to help in our classroom this year, please see our Classroom Volunteer Sign-up! Make sure to fill out the volunteer form and turn into the office BEFORE you volunteer! Please limit sign-ups to twice per month, so all parents have a chance. Spots will become available 60 days out, so make sure to check back often if everything is currently filled.

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 2--Review *Test Wednesday
• Science: Parts of a Plant
• Social Studies: Natural Resources, Physical Geography, & Climate
• CKLA Skills: Tricky Words, Skills Unit 1 Assessment
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 2--Greek Civilizations

Upcoming Dates:

• October 15--Peter Reynolds visits Hutchings!
• October 18--Biggby Fundrasing Day!
• October 20--No School: Fall Break!
• October 23 & 28--Fall Parent Teacher Conferences
• October 24--Halloween Line Dancing Night
• November 10--PTO meeting
• November 26-28--Thanksgiving Break! Eat some turkey! 🦃
• December 8--PTO meeting
• December 22-January 2--Holiday Break

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 event on October 3 was a great success! We enjoyed seeing the kids have so much fun. A huge thank you to everyone that volunteered and has donated so far.

As a reminder, this is our biggest fundraiser of the year that provides the PTO with a budget to provide year books, field trip funds, and other fun events for the students and teachers throughout the year.

We are so close to our fundraising goal of $20,000. The final day to donate is THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 10. Donations can be made online: https://app.99pledges.com/fund/huskyhustle25

All student incentive prizes and students who won raffle prizes will receive those when the fundraiser concludes.

Halloween Event

Instead of a Trunk or Treat event this year join Ms. Shultz and the PTO on October 24th from 5:30-7:30pm for a Halloween Line Dancing event! More details to come soon but save the date!

Save the Dates!

Biggby Fundraiser-Proceeds from sales at the Michigan Ave. Biggby location will be donated to the PTO all day on 10/18.

Rollerama night is 11/6 from 6-9pm. More details will be shared soon!

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (10/3)

The Husky Hustle was SO much fun! PTO did a great job with all the fun stations and activities! We ended the fun with cider and donuts! You can still donate HERE! 

Check Seesaw for the link to the other Husky Hustle photos!

Please make sure to sign up for a Fall Parent Teacher Conference! There is only one slot available per student. You will receive a google invite once you have selected your preferred time. If you need to switch your conference to google meet or a phone conference, please let me know before noon on the day of your scheduled conference. Thank you!

Students are bringing home their activity book pages from CKLA Knowledge Domain 1 (Fortunes and Feats: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales) today in their folders. These are pages we completed together. Some may be blank because we did not have the chance to complete them in class. They are NOT homework and I do not need them back. Please use them as a talking point to discover all the fun stories we read about in our first domain! 

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 2--Addition Fact Strategies
• Science: Parts of a Plant
• Social Studies: Natural Resources, Physical Geography, & Climate
• CKLA Skills: Tricky Words
• CKLA Knowledge: Domain 2--Greek Civilizations

Upcoming Dates:

• October 6--PTO meeting
• October 15--Peter Reynolds visits Hutchings!
• October 20--No School: Fall Break!
• November 10--PTO meeting
• November 26-28--Thanksgiving Break!
• December 8--PTO meeting

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*

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 

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (9/26)

We had fun with Spirit Days this week!! Check out our Red Color Day photos!

Green & Gold Day--Go Howell!

2nd graders were RED for Color Day! 

We are exploring different types of scientists in Science! Students created pictures with their math shape templates to show which scientists they would like to be! Check out a few below! Ask your child which scientist they drew. 

 

Would you like to Help at the Husky Hustle on Friday, October 3? Check out the Sign-up! 2nd grade will participate at 12:40pm. You can still donate HERE!   

Please see this information about Peter Reynolds coming to Hutchings!! Order forms need to be returned by noon on Friday, October 3, if you're interested. You can order online, as well. See attachment for more info! :)

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 2--Addition Fact Strategies
• Science: Parts of a Plant
• Social Studies: Map Skills, Cardinal Directions
• CKLA Skills: Tricky Spellings 'g' and 'c'
• CKLA Knowledge: Fairy Tales and Tall Tales Assessment

Upcoming Dates:

• October 3--Husky Hustle
• October 6--PTO meeting
• October 15--Peter Reynolds visits Hutchings
• October 20--No School: Fall Break!
• November 10--PTO meeting
• November 26-28--Thanksgiving Break!
• December 8--PTO meeting

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 

Mrs. Burch's Weekly Update (9/19)

Happy Friday! We had a great week! Don't forget to pick up your mums today from 4-7pm. Next week is Homecoming Spirit Week! See below for more details!

Tuesday is Picture Day! Paper forms are coming home today in your child's folder. 

Next Week:

• Math: Unit 2--Fact Strategies
• Science: Different Types of Scientists
• Social Studies: Map Skills, Cardinal Directions
• CKLA Skills: Tricky Words
• CKLA Knowledge: Fairy Tales & Tall Tales

Upcoming Dates:

• September 23--Picture Day! 
• September 24--PTO Panera Night
• October 6--PTO meeting
• October 3--Husky Hustle
• October 15--Peter Reynolds visits Hutchings
• October 20--No School: Fall Break!
• November 10--PTO meeting
• November 26-28--Thanksgiving Break!
• December 8--PTO meeting

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!