Monthly Archives: November 2023
Randels’ Halloween Parade
Randels’ Halloween festivities went great! The students had so much fun parading in their costumes.
Dillon’s Halloween Hike
Friday, October 27th Dillon Parent Club celebrated Halloween with their Annual Halloween Hike. Students came dressed for a morning of hiking the halls and collecting treats along the way. Classes also held parties. A big thank you to all of the volunteers who came out to help, we can’t do it without them.
Mrs. McDaniels Halloween Week
Mrs. McDaniels’s kindergarten class celebrated the week of Halloween starting with science. Then they had slime day. Ending the week with their Halloween party.
October Art
Mr. Huff would like to share some of the great things that took place in the Art Room at Randels Elementary this October. This past month we looked at the famous Artist Alma Thomas and created mosaics using painted paper inspired by her work. We looked at the work of Jen Stark and created our own drip-designed artworks. We learned about Tints, tones, and shades as we painted some monochromatic pumpkins. We also created some Zentangle pumpkins. We explored how to make textures in clay when we made our clay Dragon Eyes. And then we also had fun on Fridays where we explored fiber arts and painted plaster sculptures. We are all looking forward to the next time we meet for Art!
Dye Parents as Partners Dinner & Conversation Night
We want to thank our Dye Elementary families who attended Title I Parents as Partners dinner and conversation. It was a fun night where parents had the opportunity to get a glimpse of the day and the life of their student at school. Dinner was served, and the night ended with a raffle drawing!
Say Hello To,
Melody B. Bondon-McGee is joining Carman-Ainsworth High School as the Career Center Secretary. She was born and raised in Flint, Michigan where she attended Flint Community Schools and graduated from Flint Northern High School. She worked for the Flint School District for 31 years as a paraprofessional, parent facilitator, behavioral specialist, and school secretary. While working full-time, she returned to college and obtained an MBA in Human Resources Management from Baker College-Flint. She and her husband raised their daughter who graduated from Carman-Ainsworth High School and now are busy with their 3rd grade granddaughter who attends Dye Elementary School. She is a firm believer that if you work hard, you will reap the benefits. She is here to give the students her best so that they can be their best!
Shaunise Darden-Emery is joining Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools as the Executive Assistant – Payroll. She just got married on July 29, 2023 to Terrance. She has 3 children, that all have graduated from Carman-Ainsworth High School: DeJujuan Darden (Class of 2011), Jamesha McFadden (Class of 2017), and Shaunya McFadden (Class of 2018), and all have since graduated from college. I have a granddaughter & grandson attending Fenton Lawn Jari’elle Darden and Mason Blue.
She is retired from Hurley Medical Center on May 31, 2023 after 28 years of service and is happy to be starting here at Carman Ainsworth School District. She enjoys going to the movies, bowling and has a small business on the side making shirts and other things.
Kandra Gellings is very excited to join Carman-Ainsworth High School as the new Health Occupations Instructor. She have been a Registered Nurse for 14 years with most of her experience at McLaren Flint in the Emergency Department and cardiac unit as well as homecare and prison nursing. She has also been a Nursing Instructor at Genesee Career Institute for 3 years. She received her Associate’s Degree in Nursing from Baker College and her Bachelor’s Degree in Nursing from Eastern Michigan University.
She lives in Grand Blanc with her husband of 14 years and her 5 children – ages 2 to 13. They love the outdoors, camping, and traveling as a family when they aren’t busy with all the kids’ sports schedules. Nursing is her passion! She loves taking care of people and sharing her nursing knowledge and skills. Most of all, she is committed to growing our medical community and looking forward to students in her classroom!
Heather Tucker is joining Carman-Ainsworth Middle School and High School as the Director of Vocal Music. She also teaches a section of 6th grade band, as well as a High School Home Economics class. Mrs. Tucker enjoys sharing her love and passions for life, family, the arts, community, and building relationships. She has been singing since she could talk and lived in NYC for 7 years while performing all over the Midwest. She earned her musical theater and communications mass media degree from Adrian College and her bachelor’s in music education is from University of Michigan-Flint. Mr. and Mrs. Tucker are foster parents and have a daughter of their own. Stop by and talk to her about joining one of the Choirs at C-A. Go Cavs!!!