Prairie Elementary School

POPCORN! POPCORN! GET YOUR POPCORN!!! 🍿🍿🍿🍿

WESCO Popcorn Buckets are on sale now at Prairie!!! They are the same price as in the store for the 2023 Buckets. They are good for unlimited popcorn refills starting now and through all of 2023!!! 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

The attached note will go home in Thursday folders! Please check their backpack.

If you don't have a child at Prairie you can still purchase your WESCO Popcorn Buckets from us! Just let me know.

A big ol “THANK YOU” to Mrs. Rivier for this bike rack she and her family donated to our students at Prairie ES!

MAP test resources for parents - NWEA

NWEA testing starts today. If you want to know how this testing works or what results are used for, you can check out the Family Toolkit at https://www.nwea.org/the-map-suite/family-toolkit/.

MAP test resources for parents - NWEA Learn how MAP Growth works, what it measures, and how it’s scored

This weeks 200 Club!! Congrats!!

It’s rivalry week! Tomorrow our very own Adrian Maples take on the Tecumseh Indians. Wear your maple blue in support of our Maples! 💙

October programming from MSU Extension:

This weeks Outstanding Staff Member is Miss Lori! Miss Lori is our building engineer. If you look around you’ll notice how clean and bright our school is! Our carpets were washed two and three times to get them clean. Look at our hallway floors, how they shine because she washes them daily. Look at our gym floor during our PE class they get washed daily! Watch Miss Lori during lunch, she is often times cleaning the floor with a mop, wiping up milk spills or taking out full trash bags. She keeps our school very clean and we are so lucky to have her! Congratulations Miss Lori!

Picture Day Date will be Monday, October 3rd. Our Prairie Picture Day ID is: EVTPW7P7W. Packets will be coming home soon.

HEY! take a look at these awesome students! These kiddos have had a great week of school and today we celebrate this! These kiddos will eat their lunch with Mr. Lew our schools Principal✌🏽☮️

Dominos Pizza day is 9/8/2022! All students who order hot lunch get one slice of pizza, but can order an extra slice. Extra slices are $1.25 (two pieces total is the max). Extra slice money must be brought into your child's teacher first thing in the morning. Late orders for extra slices can not be processed.

It was so nice to see all our families at our back to school bash tonight! We even had some of our former students join us. What an awesome turnout we had. We are looking forward to a great school year together! Thank you to Faith Baptist for all your help!

Skate boarder Trevor Hide has incredible talent. He worked hard and was determined at an early age to be the very best skate boarder he could become. He shared some of his talents with Prairie students and staff Thursday and man did he get us excited!! He relates to our Prairie P.R.I.D.E and shared how being productive, respectful, showing integrity, being determined and excellence helped him cope with being bullied and struggling in school. He inspires all of us to do our best and we look forward to carrying his message with us all school year✌🏽❤️

Today is our official PBIS kick off day! Did you know PBIS is not just for students? It’s for our staff too! We started out the day with breakfast burritos for our staff to show our appreciation for a great first week! Shout out to Mrs. Pifer for making them!

Math with Mrs. Vellanti! She first models and structures this lesson so that students can see how it’s done. Next, students practice the new skill with guidance as they are learning with manilpulatives like dominos! The last part of our instructional model is for our students to work independently on the new skill.

At the start of each year teachers review our PBIS lessons and one of them is to learn what our expectations are when you come into the office! Mrs Rivier introduced herself to Mr.VanEttens classroom this morning. You should know she is fun to be around she helps our students feel good and happy and makes everyone laugh! We are so lucky to have her here in our office✌🏽❤️

New school year in session for Lenawee County

New school year in session for Lenawee County The 2022-23 school year for a majority of the Lenawee County districts began Monday, with greetings taking place amid morning rain showers.

Paper copies will be coming home in Thursday Folders!

It’s finally here!
Don’t forget today is a half day with dismissal at 12:10! See you soon!

It’s that time for our yearly traditional night before school poem! We are looking forward to seeing all of the smiling faces tomorrow!

Now go to bed, it’s a school night!

We had a great turnout from our open house last Tuesday. Enjoy a few pictures from the evening!

Thank you Eric Funk of Funky Dawgs for feeding our staff before open house and sticking around for our families to enjoy! Make sure to check out Funky Dawgs page to see where the truck will be at next! Maybe we need a Prairie Dawg added to the menu! 😉

Open house is tonight from 5:00-6:00! Come out to meet your teacher and take a tour of our school. Don’t forget the Funky Dawg truck is here for you to grab dinner while visiting! We are looking forward to seeing you soon!

Attendance matters and reading matters. Check out this important information on both.

Good afternoon, this is Mr. Lew below you will see the "Arrival to Prairie ES" plan! Bus riders will stand outside their designated door listed on this map until the bell rings at 8:25. We will also have Prairie Staff supervising the doors. Bus riders will line up quiet down and then enter school. On inclement weather days bus riders will enter school upon arriving and wait in lines inside the hallway.

Non Bus riders arrive to school no sooner than 8:25 in the morning to get dropped off and will walk around to their designated doors listed on this map.

Bus riders line up at 8:10 when bus drops off
Non Bus riders arrive at 8:25 and get dropped up but not sooner.

We have exciting news Prairie families! Funky Dawgs will be at Prairie the night of open house! We are offering a $1 off coupon per family with a purchase of a meal! Come out and meet your teachers, take a tour of the school, and have dinner with your family! Check out the menu for choices and pricing. Bring a big smile and a big appetite! We are looking forward to seeing you all on August 25th!

Photos from Maple Pride's post

Our gardens are still growing and thriving this summer. Pretty soon we will have lots of extra hands to help w**d, prune, pick, and take care of our garden beds too!

Just a reminder today is the last day to fill out bus transportation paperwork; only if you have moved since the last school year. Registration (for ALL students, new, existing and recently enrolled) will be on August 16th 12-6 and August 18th 7-12. When paperwork is completed you find out who your child's teacher will be! Open House will be on August 25th from 5-6. We look forward to seeing all of you!

Registration for our second session of Youth Cheer Camp is still open! Follow the link below for more information and to register

https://maplerecreation.recdesk.com/Community/Program/Detail?programId=95

Good Morning Prairie Families,
The Prairie office is now open! We will be open Monday-Friday from 8am- 4pm (Closed from 11:30-12:30 for lunch) .
If you need to change your bus route due to a move, change in before or after school plans or need to add a new bus route, please stop in the office to fill out paperwork by the end of the day August 11th. (If you are unable to come in during regular business hours please email [email protected] or call the office at 517-265-5082)
If you need to update bussing due to a move, please bring in a proof of residency (utility bill, lease/mortgage agreement, property tax statement)
Information on updating registration and how you find out your child's classroom placement will be coming out soon.
Go Maples
Adrian Public Schools
Tradition of Opportunities
Future of Possibilities

Good morning Prairie Families!
The Prairie office is now open! We will be open Monday - Friday from 8AM-4PM (Closed from 11:30AM-12:30PM for lunch).
If you need to change your bus route due to a move, change in before or after school plans or need to add a new bus route, please stop in the office to fill out paperwork by the end of the day on August 11th. (If you are unable to come in during regular business hours please email [email protected] or call the office at 517-265-5082.)
If you need to update bussing due to a move, please bring in a proof of residency (utility bill, lease, mortgage, property tax statements).
Information on updating registration and how you find out your child's classroom placement will be coming out soon.
This message was also sent via email and text.
Go Maples.

Prairie Elementary School
Grade Level Supplies List
2022-2023
Please put the student’s name on all clothing articles, backpack & lunch box.

Young 5
Backpack without wheels
Extra set of clothing to keep in locker 1 package of #2 pencils
2 boxes of 24 pack of crayons
1 package of black dry-erase markers
4 Glue sticks
Pencil bag (boxes do not fit)
Would Appreciate:
1 bottle of hand sanitizer
2 boxes of facial tissues
1 canister of antibacterial hand wipes
1 canister of disinfectant wipes
Gallon ziploc bags
Snack size ziploc bags
Crayola markers
4 Glue sticks
Headphones (to keep at desk)
1 pair blunt point scissors
1 package of #2 pencils
2 boxes of 24 pack of crayons
1 package of black dry-erase markers

Kindergarten
Must haves:
Backpack without wheels
Extra set of clothing to keep in locker
Pencil bag (boxes do not fit)
Would Appreciate:
1 bottle of hand sanitizer
2 boxes of facial tissues
1 canister of antibacterial hand wipes
1 canister of disinfectant wipes
Gallon ziploc bags
Snack size ziploc bags
Crayola markers
headphones (to keep at desk)
1 pair blunt point scissors,
1 package of #2 pencils
2 boxes of 24 pack of crayons
1 package of black dry-erase markers
4 Glue sticks

1st Grade
Backpack without wheels
Extra set of clothing to keep in locker (*name on all items please)
2 boxes of 24 pack of crayons
1 package of black dry-erase markers
4 Glue sticks
Pencil bag (boxes do not fit)
Would Appreciate:
1 bottle of hand sanitizer
2 boxes of facial tissues
1 canister of antibacterial hand wipes
1 canister of disinfectant wipes
Gallon ziploc bags
Snack size ziploc bags
Crayola markers
1 pair blunt point scissors
A personal set of headphones to keep in desk
1 package of #2 pencils
2 boxes of 24 pack of crayons
1 package of black dry-erase markers

2nd
Backpack without wheels
Extra set of clothing to keep in locker
Masks - Extra to leave in locker
1 Pencil box or bag
1 box of facial tissue
2 canisters of disinfectant wipes
24 count Crayola crayons
2 packages of #2 pencils
We would appreciate:
2 containers of sanitizing wipes
2 boxes of facial tissues
2 notebooks (wide ruled not college ruled)
2 boxes quart sized FREEZER bags (zip not slide)
2 boxes gallon sized FREEZER bags (zip not slide)
1 bottle of hand sanitizer
Pencil box
Individual Pencil Sharpener
2 spiral notebooks - wide ruled
Erasers
1 box sandwich size ziplock bags
1 box gallon size ziplock bags
Extra set of clothing to keep in locker
Pack of black dry erase markers
1 package of dry-erase markers
Glue sticks
1 box sandwich size ziplock bags
1 box gallon size ziplock
A personal set of headphones to keep in desk
1 bottle hand sanitizer
1 pair of scissors
Colored Pencils

2/3 Split + 3rd
Backpack without wheels
2 - hard cover 1 1/2 inch 3 ring binders
*** No Trapper Keepers
#2 pencils
24 count Crayola crayons
Colored pencils
2 glue sticks
1 set 5 tab dividers (will label dividers in class) Highlighters
Individual pencil sharpener
2 pocket folders
1 pair scissors
1 Pair of Earbuds or headphones
2 spiral notebooks (70 ct.) wide rule
Pack of Black Chisel tip dry erase markers
Pencil box
Clorox wet wipes
1 bottle of instant hand sanitizer
2 boxes of facial tissue
Gallon size ziplock baggies
Snack size ziplock baggie

4th Grade
1 pair of Headphones
2- 1-1/2-inch binders
I - set of 5 tab dividers for binder
4- expo dry erase markers
2- spiral notebooks
2 bottles of hand sanitizer
Water bottle
Backpack with-out wheels
2-boxes of kleenex
2 - lysol wipe tubes
2 packs of baggies of any size snack, Sandwich, quart, gallon.
Ms. Cook is going to supply the pencils, makers, crayons, colored pencils, sharpeners, scissors,folders, glue sticks, and eracers.
If your student would like to have mechanical pencils, pens or any different types of writing or coloring items you are more than welcome to bring them.

5th Grade 5 - Glue Sticks 1 pencil pouch (NO pencil boxes) 2- 2 plastic pocket folders with tabs (1 blue, 1 red) 1- spiral notebook (70 ct.) 1 pair of scissors
Pencil cap erasers/Pink Erasers
Clorox wipes
Colored pencils and/or Crayons (24 pack)
Thin black Dry Erase Markers (6)
Highlighters
1- Earbuds or headphones
Backpack without wheels
20 pencils
Suggested donations:
Kleenex, Lysol Disinfecting Wipes, Box of Sandwich Baggies

The Art Room would like donations of the following
Thick or thin crayola markers
Black Sharpies
Elmer's glue
Paper Towel rolls
Cardboard egg cartons
Clorox wipes
Gallon or quart Ziplock baggies
Styrofoam plates

The Prairie office will open Tuesday, August 9th and will be open daily 8AM-4PM (closed from 11:30-12:30 for lunch).

Registration days (for ALL students, new, existing and recently enrolled) on August 16th from 12PM-6PM and August 18th from 7AM-12PM.

Open House is August 25th.

School Starts August 29th.

Supply List will be posted tomorrow July 30th.

Did you move over the summer? Do you need to adjust your bus route? Are you planning to register a student for fall, but didn’t do so yet? All bus changes must be into the Prairie office by August 11 in order to take effect the first day of school. Changes (including additions of newly registered students) made after August 11 will not be routed on a bus until after the start of the school year. All address changes must be accompanied by an approved proof of residency (utility bill such as gas, electric, water bill; property tax statements, mortgage or lease paperwork). Proof of residency along with a new bus request form (available in the Prairie office starting August 9, the board office at the high school now and always at adrianmaples.org) must be in by August 11.

Forgot to take a group photo, but thank you to Cindy Marcum, Brandon Hall, Jessica Rivier, Amanda Armstrong and Brycen Pifer for showing up and helping earn $ for Prairie by cleaning up today.

Today Mrs. Marcum got to participate in the Lenawee Foster Grandparents Program and luncheon for our Prairie Foster Grandparents Darryll & Phyllis White...aka Papa & Nana to our Prairie students and families. What an honor it was to be share this day with them and all the other Foster Grandparents in attendance. They are an extremely important part of our Title1 program at Prairie providing time, commitment, patience and love. They were honored by Bronna Kahle with a proclamation of the importance of their dedication and service to students. Thank you Nana and Papa.

Reading Buddies at the Lenawee Humane Society 🐶🐱 📚

Goodbye to our 2021/2022 school year, hello summer vacation! See you all in the fall, have a great summer!

Reminder that today - Thursday June 2nd and Friday June 3rd are half days of school with dismissal at 12:10 pm - No lunch will be served.

Friday June 3rd is the last day of the of the 2021/2022 School Year!

We hope you have a relaxing and safe summer vacation! 😎🌞

Mr. Loucks Principal for the day, did an incredible job today. Helped with morning announcements, reminded teachers to take attendance, dealt with some naughty children and gave em good advice, provided delicious treats for staff, helped manage the lunch room, supervised a recess and at the end of the day he gave every student and every staff ice cream✌🏽❤️

Outstanding Staff Award goes to Ms. Lori. Ms. Lori goes above and beyond keeping our classrooms and hallways clean. She always is ready to help and always has a smile. Thank you for all the hard work you do.