O.L. Smith Middle School
Daily Announcements
Wednesday, November 14, 2018
A-Day
Final Day For Parent/Teacher Conferences Today 4pm-7pm
Report Cards Distributed At That Time!
1) Students: The colder weather is now upon us. Please remember to dress appropriately with a coat, hat, gloves and boots when needed. According to the Superintendent of Dearborn Schools, students may be outside when the wind chill or
temperature is 20° or above. (See Superintendent’s Iblog) Students are allowed to enter school at 7:40am for breakfast or must remain on the blue tiles in the atrium until the 7:50am bell rings if not in the cafeteria.
2) Students are invited to purchase baked good items after school on Thursday, November 15th to support the Purrs & Puppies Club. Help us
save the animals by purchasing some yummy goodies.
3) The animal club, Purrs & Puppies will not be meeting Wednesday after School due to conferences.
4) Visit the Scholastic Book Fair in the Media Center during conferences and get a jump on your holiday shopping. The book fair will close on Thursday at 2pm.
5) Thanksgiving Break – Wednesday, Nov. 21st thru Friday, Nov. 23rd.
6) Please join us Monday, November 19th from 4 – 6pm at Park Place Banquet Center in Dearborn for the 27th annual Empty Bowls Dinner. Enjoy a meal of soup and bread to help fight hunger. For a donation of $5 you get a custom designed ceramic bowl made by OL Smith Art students, an unlimited soup buffet bar, and homemade bread from Harvest Bread Company. There is also a silent auction with a chance to win many great prizes. All proceeds go to our local community through Gleaners Food Bank, and Blessings in a Back Pack. Flyers are available in the main office or see Mr. Kade for details.
7) Smith Middle School is happy to be a part of the HYPE annual Thanksgiving Giveaway Can Drive. The can drive will run today through November 14th and each classroom will have a collection box. HYPE will provide a pizza party on Friday, November 16th to the one classroom that collect the most cans in the school. See Mr. Baiz for additional info.
8) The PTSA is having a friendly competition between A2 classes. The A2 class who turns in the most PTSA membership registrations with membership payments by Nov. 26th will receive some breakfast goodies.
9) Battle against Hunger: Nov. 12th – 16th All of Dearborn 3 high schools and their feeders are coming together to raise at least $7,600 and 30,000 cans of food! We need your help! Last year, over 13,000 cans were donated to local Charities. During the week of November 12th – November 16th, please bring in non-perishable food items or donate money that will be given to two charities: Amity Foundation and Zaman. In the past, Smith has collected over 2000 food items to donate. Let’s see if we can do that again.