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!!!
Annual Asbestos Notification 2023-2024 School Year
In accordance with Section 763.84 of the Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act (AHERA), or the “Asbestos in Schools Rule,” Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools is notifying employees and building occupants, or their legal guardians, of activities conducted within the past school year involving the asbestos inspections, response actions, and post-response action activities, including periodic re-inspection and periodic surveillance activities, that are planned or in progress at School District facilities.
During the upcoming school year (the “2023 – 2024 School Year” – August 2023 through July 2024), Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools has planned the following activities related to asbestos-containing materials throughout the School District:
• Six Month Periodic Surveillances: Six month periodic surveillances will be completed every six months and continue on a regular six month schedule (next two scheduled rounds will occur in January and July of 2024).
• Three Year Re-inspections: The EPA requires that each school district re-inspect all known and assumed asbestos-containing materials once every three years. The three year re-inspection activities for all Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools facilities were completed in July 2022. Therefore, the next three year re-inspections are due in the summer of 2025.
• Asbestos Abatement Projects – Scheduled: As of the construction of this document, no projects have been scheduled. When necessary to support renovations of building operations, abatement will be completed by trained and accredited personnel.
During the previous twelve months (the “2022 – 2023 School Year” – August 2022 through July 2023), Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools completed the following activities related to asbestos-containing materials throughout the School District:
• Six Month Periodic Surveillances: Six month periodic surveillance activities were completed in October 2022 and February 2023.
• Removed approximately 1,912 sq. ft. of material from Rooms 301 and 303 at Dye Elementary. Removed approximately 2,628 Sq. ft. from Rooms 101 and 407 at Randels Elementary.
• Removed approximately 1,050 sq. ft. of material from the Middle School due to flood and carpet/flooring damage. Removed material from the Carman-Ainsworth High School.
AHERA Management Plans are available for review in each school building office or at the CACS Administration Building (G-3475 Court Street, Flint, Michigan). Summaries for all of the asbestos abatement projects conducted prior to the 2017 – 2018 School Year are located at each building in their AHERA Management Plan, while complete documentation is maintained in the CACS Administration Building.
Questions regarding the asbestos program for Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools may be addressed to Mr. Jeff Thornton, Operations Supervisor for Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools at (810) 591-3220.
Directory Information 2023-2024
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), a Federal law, requires that Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools, with certain exceptions, obtain your written consent prior to the disclosure of personally identifiable information from your child’s education records. However, Carman-Ainsworth may disclose appropriately designated “directory information” without written consent, unless you have advised the District to the contrary in accordance with District procedures. The primary purpose of directory information is to allow Carman-Ainsworth to include this type of information from your child’s education records in certain school publications.
Directory information, which is information that is generally not considered harmful or an invasion of privacy if released, can also be disclosed to outside organizations without a parent’s prior written consent. In addition, two Federal laws require local educational agencies (LEAs) receiving assistance under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (ESEA) to provide military recruiters, upon request, with three directory information categories – names, addresses, and telephone listings – unless parents have advised the LEA that they do not want their student’s information disclosed without their prior written consent.
Carman-Ainsworth has designated the following information as directory information:
- Student’s name
- Parent’s name
- Address
- Telephone number
- Date and place of birth
- Major field of study
- Participation in officially recognized activities and sports
- Weight and height of members of athletic teams
- Dates of attendance
- Degrees, honors, and awards received
- Electronic mail address
- The most recent educational agency or institution attended
- Grade Level
- Similar information generally found in yearbooks
- Pictures and videotapes of the image of the student
If you do not want Carman-Ainsworth to disclose directory information from your child’s education records without your prior written consent, you must notify the District in writing. This letter must be resubmitted on a yearly basis to the building principal.
