Corunna Public Schools

Corunna Public Schools March Employee of the Month Brittany Wiggins has been named March Employee of the Month. Brittany is an office manager at Nellie Reed Elementary. She was hired for this role in July of 2021. She was honored during the March 20 Board of Education meeting held at Corunna High School. “Corunna Public Schools holds a very special place in my heart. I attended Corunna k-12. My first job was sorting files at central office in high school. They welcomed me back at childcare in my early adult life, and again in 2019, at Nellie Reed. I would not have the amazing connection I have with our community without Corunna Schools,” said Brittany. Brittany and her husband Noah have two children, Payton- 8th grade and NJ- 4th grade. Brittany is pictured with Board Trustee Jeff Riley. One More Reason Why It Is Great To Be Gold!

Corunna Odyssey of the Mind teams are headed to World Finals! All three teams earned gold medals at State competition! You make Corunna proud!!!

Fellow Cavaliers, What a day. Certainly, it’s a St. Patrick’s day to remember!!! I can’t even begin to tell you how GREAT our entire team is! Every building stepped up and helped with today’s situation. Our transportation department was incredible! I called Becky Plementosh, and our drivers were on site within minutes to take our our students to the Fairgrounds! All county schools jumped in ready to help. Owosso had two buses ready to assist. The SRESD provided additional radios and offered transportation support if needed – and Dave Schulte (RESD superintendent) was on site the entire time at the Fairgrounds. Our first responders ( Corunna Caledonia Fire Department, Corunna Police Chief Schmitzer, Owosso PD, Rob Herrick from the Shiawassee County Sheriff’s Dept., Central Dispatch, our very own Head of Security Larry LaFramboise and Public Health Nurse Noah Wiggins) were on hand and assisted from the start. All were super supportive. The people at the Fairgrounds were way more accommodating than could have been expected. However, I want to take more than a moment to thank the Elsa Meyer Elementary team, led by the administrative team of Stacy Regan and Jason Beldyga. The entire Elsa Meyer team was fantastic! The entire team was calm! The entire team jumped in to help in any way they could! The entire team was supportive and loving to every single student! They were super team players! In short, the entire Elsa Meyer team was HEROIC!!!! The elements were miserable (I’m having a hard time typing this as I can’t yet feel my fingers – and many were out there without coats, hats, etc., doing what needed to be done). Their efforts were proof-positive to parents and the rest of the community of how unselfish, loving, and dedicated our staff is for their children. Again, I can’t even begin to tell you how impressive each and every one of them was! I am humbled by their efforts. Finally, here’s a quick bullet-point summary of what happened: - The fire alarm system went off at Elsa Meyer. - Students / staff evacuated the building. - The alarm stopped, but the system was still showing an anomaly. - Someone reported they thought they had seen smoke coming from the roof (the fire department has since surmised that it was probably steam from the boiler room…) - The fire department was called. - Communication was shared with families. - We then moved the students to the armory. - When the fire department arrived, they did a complete sweep of the building. We were told it was going to be a very lengthy process. - At that time, we made the decision to transport the students to the Fairgrounds and have parents reunite with their children there. - We received an “all-clear” for Elsa Meyer from the fire department while we were at the Fairgrounds. The fire department said they didn’t see any sign of any fire, smoke, etc., that would be cause for alarm. - Several more updates were made to families. - The building (Elsa Meyer) was open for parents to pick up student belongings from 1 to 3 p.m. All students are accounted for. All students are safe. The district's time spent previously working on our Emergency Operations Plan was time well spent. Thanks again, and have a GREAT weekend! Sincerely, Superintendent John Fattal

Elsa Meyer parents who wish to pick up their children's belongings at Elsa Meyer may do so between 1:00 and 3:00 p.m. today. The building is open and staffed at this time.

We are in the process of releasing EM students to their parents at the Fairgrounds. All other CPS students will be released as usual at this time. I want to thank all parents for your patience!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Call today and be a bus driver (sub or full-time) to carry our most precious cargo-Our students! (989) 743-6338

Corunna Community Education is looking for a Summer Swim Program Director. Call (989) 743-6338 with questions. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K3UQGHTYneaY4vspEYn3vRqI09REvYm6sb4-g5XZzek/edit?usp=sharing

Jazz Night https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pw3J3sMQeZregFTwUUz-7PE2McTyb6hy/view?usp=sharing The Corunna Band Boosters are proud to host it's 2nd Annual Jazz Night fundraiser. Join us for an evening of food, fun and entertainment featuring our Corunna High School Jazz Band and professional dance instructors Steve and Kendra Reynolds. Tickets include a delicious Czech chicken dinner, beverages, music and dancing. Also for purchase will be cookies from the cookie bar, 50/50 tickets and silent auction items. Tickets are $25 per person, ages 10-6 are $13 each and 5 & under are free. **New this year: Purchase an entire table for 8 with premium front row seating. You and your guests will be first at the food line, as well as each receiving one free 50/50 ticket and an exclusive Corunna Marching Cavaliers sticker. Premium tables cost a flat rate of $250. Tickets are for sale by contacting Jennifer Moore at 989-721-1277 by text/phone or Craig Luft at Corunna HS (cluft@corunna.k12.mi.us). Tickets will also be for sale at the Pre-Festival concert on February 15 at CHS at 7pm. Tickets are non-refundable but transferable.

Based on the weather forecast and the late snow, Corunna Public Schools will be closed today, Friday, March 10. Child care will be closed. Again, Corunna Public Schools will be closed today, Friday, March 10.

A note from our Public Health Nurse: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1KVpcsti8GJTKIHF2uThxoj3xs3J-b6ujaUmh3aNz-Gs/edit?usp=sharing

Culver's Share Night Fundraiser Tuesday, March 7, 20223 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Come out and meet the team!

Yearbooks This is the link to the Corunna yearbooks that have been digited by the Community District Library. https://library.biblioboard.com/anthology/a82385ef-e20d-45d2-8bca-e3c5999d5a70

Bus Drivers - Substitute and Full Time Drivers https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ghHmTTZkWif2oEIOmV5a4vzbuy_U_8V3ugLspx-DBj8/edit?usp=sharing

Corunna Community Education is looking for a Summer Swim Program Director. Call (989) 743-6338 with questions. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1K3UQGHTYneaY4vspEYn3vRqI09REvYm6sb4-g5XZzek/edit?usp=sharing

Fellow Cavaliers, Due to our ongoing bus driver shortage -- we have an injured driver who cannot drive tomorrow -- students riding the GREEN bus will not be picked up in the AM or dropped off in the PM tomorrow (Friday, March 3). We apologize for the inconvenience. Please contact our offices if you or anyone you know is interested in becoming a permanent or substitute bus driver. Mr. Fattal

Jazz Night https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pw3J3sMQeZregFTwUUz-7PE2McTyb6hy/view?usp=sharing The Corunna Band Boosters are proud to host it's 2nd Annual Jazz Night fundraiser. Join us for an evening of food, fun and entertainment featuring our Corunna High School Jazz Band and professional dance instructors Steve and Kendra Reynolds. Tickets include a delicious Czech chicken dinner, beverages, music and dancing. Also for purchase will be cookies from the cookie bar, 50/50 tickets and silent auction items. Tickets are $25 per person, ages 10-6 are $13 each and 5 & under are free. **New this year: Purchase an entire table for 8 with premium front row seating. You and your guests will be first at the food line, as well as each receiving one free 50/50 ticket and an exclusive Corunna Marching Cavaliers sticker. Premium tables cost a flat rate of $250. Tickets are for sale by contacting Jennifer Moore at 989-721-1277 by text/phone or Craig Luft at Corunna HS (cluft@corunna.k12.mi.us). Tickets will also be for sale at the Pre-Festival concert on February 15 at CHS at 7pm. Tickets are non-refundable but transferable.

Fellow Cavaliers, After the Mother-Son Dance last night (Feb. 28), it was discovered that someone may have accidentally taken the wrong coat home (a green camo jacket). It has items that are desperately needed for the owner in the pockets. Please call (989) 743-6338 if you mistakenly took the jacket. Thanks!

After the Mother Son Dance last night it was discovered that someone accidently took the wrong coat home. It has items that are needed in the pockets. It was a green camo jacket. Please call (989) 743-6338 if you mistakenly took the jacket. Thanks!

Culver's Share Night Fundraiser Tuesday, March 7, 2023 from 5:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m. Come out and meet the team!