Coleman Elementary School

The 6th graders have been working hard all fall weeding, harvesting, and cleaning the elementary raised beds in the land lab. Students work in pairs at a bed they chose to get them ready for planting this spring. Students noticed a need for more soil, so they put in a request to Mr. Fischer for more compost. Mr. Fischer ordered compost and Mrs. Lattimer used the tractor to put it in the beds for us. Thank you so much to both of you! 6th graders spread out the compost in the beds and planted garlic. Garlic grows best if planted in the fall, and will be ready to harvest in July. Students will meet with their grade level partners (each grade gets two raised beds) to help their grade decide what to plant in the spring and how to take care of plants in a raised garden bed.

We LOVE seeing our kiddos repping Comet blue and white!!! Got some Comet pride photos to share? Send them to pr@colemanschools.net! #ColemanComets #GrowingForTheFuture

Elementary students enjoyed the fall band concert during their visit to the high school last week. I wonder if there's any future band students in this group!

Some of our awesome student leaders attended Midland County Youth Impact Partnership's Leadership Day on October 24 in Bullock Creek. Our students learned about sense of purpose, positive peer relationships, and self-esteem. After the break out sessions, they were given time to brainstorm ideas for their school's week of kindness, which is November 13-17. Our students did a great job representing Coleman Community Schools!

3rd Grade students brainstorming, planning and building prototypes for collecting weather data with Chippewa Nature Center! Groups made precipitation gauges, devices to measure wind speed and direction and more. Mr. Frisbee encourages them to encourage one another and to be brave in their attempts at creating a working prototype. Even groups that were unable to create a finished product learned the importance of positivity and strong work ethic. An extra thank you to Corteva for providing us with a grant allowing us to bring in Chippewa Nature Center every month to educate our 2nd and 3rd grade students!

More Halloween pictures from yesterday's festivities!

The Rhynard kids looking cool in their Comet gear! Thanks for sharing! #ColemanComets

Boo! Our Comets enjoyed showing off their spooky (but mostly cute!) Halloween costumes today in class.

Last week's hayride and visit to the school forest was a blast!

Coach Falor and the 6th grade girls shared their Regional Cross Country win with their class. Congrats, girls! #CometPride

Coleman Elementary will honor our veterans with a special music program on November 10th. If you would like to attend as a Veteran, please RSVP by Friday, November 3rd. If you would like to attend as a parent, please RSVP by Wednesday, Nov 8th. Please click the link to view all of the information! https://5il.co/27l22

Here are some of the wonderful things we have been doing at SPARKS! Nature walk to welcome the new season, thumbprint trees, STEM Building kits, teamwork, paper plane engineering, gratitude pumpkins and sunflower paintings. We are making the most of the Fall season! We still have openings for Morning SPARKS. 6:45-7:45 Monday-Thursday!

The Cole family, with more kids than any other family in Coleman we believe, in Comet uniforms this fall. We'll let them start us off! Anyone else have some great pictures of their kids or family donning Comet gear or colors this fall? Send them to pr@colemanschools.net! Here's to a great end of the season run for our fall sports and ramping up for winter season sports. #GOCOMETS

Last Monday, Mr. Liechty's class "chalked" the Senior Center! They drew kind messages, cool pictures, and an obstacle course for the residents to enjoy.

Thanks to our awesome pledge leaders for starting the board meeting tonight! Miss Addison and Mr. Hunter recited the pledge of allegiance for us very nicely. Thanks for being awesome leaders in your class and for letting us enjoy your company tonight!

Absentee ballots are available now- don't forget to get out and vote for the Coleman Community Schools Bond Proposal for our students.

The last week of September was Midland County’s Neighboring Week -- and our elementary students celebrated it! They discussed their neighborhoods and how they can be kind neighbors. Then, they decorated a house to add to our school neighborhood bulletin board. Even Deputy Hodges joined in on the fun!

The Health Department will be hosting an immunization clinic at the Jr/Sr High School! Check out the flier for more info. Also -- don't forget to fill out the correct attached consent forms if you or your student will be receiving any immunizations. There is a consent form for preschool/kindergarteners, and one for adolescents, so make sure you select the right one! Flu vaccines: https://5il.co/25v5y Preschool/Kindergarten: https://5il.co/1il3v Adolescent: https://5il.co/1il3w

This year's Book Fair will start in a couple of weeks. Check out the website early to preview the books available and set up an eWallet to make shopping easier for your student. Shopping begins October 16 online and in the Elementary Art Room, including during Parent/Teacher Conferences October 17. https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/colemanelementaryschool2

We had some awesome WatchDOGs visit us last Friday! Thank you to Sean Long (pictured with his daughters, Laura and Layna) and to Jason Germain (pictured with his sons Alexander and Quintin) for volunteering your time to show our students what great leaders are like!