Halloween Info and Allergy Alert
Costumes, Events, and Schedule
If you missed the email on Monday, please click the link below to learn more about costumes, events, and the day’s schedule.
+ Halloween 101
Food Ingredient and Nutrition Info
Food is available to students during the Halloween Carnival. To minumize the risk to students with allergies, the following ingredient and nutrition information is available.
+ Food Nutrition Info
+ Ingredient List
10:00am Late Start on Tuesday, Nov. 1
Childcare is Available Beginning at 7:30am
While the kids recover from a late night of trick-or-treating, Emerson faculty and staff will be learning best practices for supporting students with serious allergies. Please be patient and take extra caution during curbside drop-off as Lower School and Middle School families will be dropping off at the same time.
Middle School Experience Tour
Tuesday, Nov. 8, 9:00am–11:15am
Parents of current 4th and 5th grade students are invited to this special student-led tour, where students will show you their classrooms in action, introduce you to their teachers, and share their perspective on middle school at Emerson.
Prospective Families Invited to K-8 Tour
If you know of a family considering Emerson, or who should be, please invite them to attend. Students will still lead the way, but the tour will extend beyond the middle school experience our current families will partake in.
Girls’ Friendships & Drama: How to Support Your Daughter, by Dr. Tim Jordan
Tuesday, Nov. 1, 7:00pm in the Arts and Innovation Ctr
In this live-audience webinar, parents will become aware of the pressures on girls today and the hidden culture of girls’ relationship aggressions. Parents will take away new skills to help girls handle conflicts directly and effectively; know and express their emotions in healthy ways; handle teasing and “mean words”; speak with authority, be unafraid of making mistakes; and become strong leaders. This session is for parents of girls ages K-12.
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6 Students Auditioning for All-State Band and Orchestra
Several of our 7th and 8th grade members are auditioning this weekend for the All-State Band and Orchestra programs. Along with 2,000-plus students from across the state, these students will perform “blind” auditions for the opportunity to rehearse and perform with the All-State Ensembles in Grand Rapids this January. We wish them great luck and hope to see them on the All-State stage!
- Maoz Bareket
- Shruthi Chakravarthy
- Hannah Halberstam
- Zach Halberstam
- Josh Moss
- Julian Toogood
Emerson Book Fair Gives 25% Back
Sunday, Nov. 13. 5:00pm–8:00pm at Nicola’s Books
The book fair is a wonderful family event that supports the Emerson library as well as classroom collections. Nicola’s gives 25% of proceeds from the event to support the Emerson Library. As with years past, shoppers can choose from Nicola’s full selection of in-stock books or purchase gift cards to use in the future. All lower school students will have an opportunity to participate in group performances, as well as some middle school students. So please, mark your calendars, gather up your family and join us for an evening of delightful student performances, refreshments and shopping!
Auction 2017 is Now Underway!
Save the Date: Friday, Mar. 10, 2017
Thank you to all of the parents who attended this week’s Auction Kick-Off meeting. Many have already stepped up to fill important roles, but volunteers are still needed to chair committees, serve as a leaders, or to be Auction Ambassadors. We hope you will get involved and join the fun!
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2017 Auction Leadership
- Parent Director: Diana Rooks
- Honorary Chairs: Christine and James Kim
- Acquisitions Chairs: Kris Evangelista and Katherine Arst
- Class Baskets Chair: Elizabeth Caswell
- Data Team: Caroline Begola, Dana DeBord, Suzan Duenyas
- Decorations Chair: Corina Mazak
- Displays & Packaging Chair: Kathy Akhoury
- Donation Pick up Chair: Liz Tolbert
- Raffles & Classroom Offerings Chair: Open
- Wine Pull Chair: Hanna Song
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