Dye Students Reading Month
Dye students had lots of fun during March is Reading Month! These students are participating in a school-wide book swap.
The Magic of Literacy at Dye Elementary
Dye families were treated to a special event for the Title I family literacy night – The Magic of Literacy! Students and parents were entertained by professional magician, Fred Lenter, in three different shows. Students also made magic wands and wrote stories about magical hats while their parents talked with reading teachers about strategies to help their children read at home. Every Dye student was able to take home a bag with two tricks and a book of their choice. The evening also included dinner. Dye’s next family night is December 13. Watch for information to come home in early December!
HOSA Fall Blood Drive
On Friday, November 9th, the high school chapter of HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) welcomed the Red Cross for the fall blood drive. HOSA students volunteered to greet and register donors, manage the Rapid Pass procedure, serve the food, and assist as unit helpers. They worked alongside a wonderful team of nurses and technicians and collected 43 units of blood. Donors were given a Red Cross t-shirt as a thank you and were served bagels, sandwiches, fruit, cookies, water and juice. HOSA appreciates the CAHS custodial staff and the physical education department for their help in setting up the auxiliary gym. HOSA would also like to give a special thank-you to the Michigan Eye Institute whose monetary donation helped to provide the food for the blood drive donors and volunteers.
New Staff Bios
Rachel Alexander
Rachel is joining the Middle School as Dean of Students. She has spent time travelling and been overseas to Germany and Rome. U.S. travels have included California, Portland, D.C. Baltimore, New York, Chicago, Florida, Ohio as well as other destinations. When not traveling she enjoys writing, poetry, music, football and basketball.
Marque Capadagli
Marque is looking forward to being at Randels Elementary this year as school counselor. As a graduate of C-A she is looking forward to coming home and giving back to the community where she grew up. She fills her spare time with scrapbooking, gardening, basketball, and walking. She remarked that her best vacation was to Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic. She also enjoys spending time in Traverse City with her family.
Kristi Cross
Kristi is excited to start teaching at C-A Middle School. She is a Sports Mom and loves to cook. She especially enjoys spending time with family and friends; even more while attending U of M Football games. She is looking forward to building positive relationships with students, their families, and the staff at CAMS.
Emily Ebe
Emily’s favorite time of the year is the beginning of a new school year. She is a first-grade teacher at Dillon. Emily had a busy summer; she just returned from her honeymoon with Justin in Italy where they found a favorite place in the small town of Calle of Gaville in Tuscany. Other hobbies include reading and going backpacking. Last year they went to Zion National Park.
Cassidy Elmer
Cassidy is from Fenton and joins us as a third-grade teacher at Randels. She has spent time traveling internationally and has visited France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Germany, Italy, Greece, Turkey, Mexico, Honduras and Belize. When not traveling she can be found reading.
Megan Felisky
Megan is a Speech-Language Pathologist and will be at Dye Elementary this year. She studied abroad for a month in grad school and was able to visit London, England; Dublin, Ireland and Edinburgh, Scotland. She would love to return for another visit to Ireland one day. She fills her spare time with reading, fishing, and long walks with her puppy, Waylon. Megan is looking forward to collaborating with parents, teachers, and staff at Dye to create individualized plans to help students succeed in the classroom and to build confidence in their speech and language skills.
Kristen Gabany
Kristin will be teaching first grade at Rankin this year. She spends her spare time with her family, husband Brandon and son Greyson, going boating and kayaking while exploring Michigan. She loves the beach and has been to Maui, Florida and Texas.
Don Gleesing
Don will be at the Responsibility Room in the Middle School. His time away from work is spent camping with family and friends and enjoying outdoor activities. He also enjoys football, baseball and hockey. He can also be found helping his students and family as well as fixing things around the house. He is excited to be at CAMS and in a role that will allow him to make a positive difference with students.
Stacy Jaksa
Stacy did her student teaching at Dye Elementary and CAMS in 2017 and is excited to be an active member of the Middle School staff. Her goal is to make a positive influence on every student’s life and to encourage love for learning for years to come. Stacey enjoys hiking, biking, and swimming with her family. One day she would love to travel to Ireland and Italy to learn more about her ethnic descent.
Beth Kendrick
Beth has lived in the Flint/Flushing area and attended both C-A and Flushing schools. She is the Guidance Secretary at the Middle School and is thrilled to be back to her ‘old stomping grounds’ to be able to support students, staff, and parents. She is looking forward to building relationships all while providing the best possible support, advice, and guidance to each and every student to prepare them for their futures.
Kasie Johnson
Kasie is from Flint and is excited to join C-A and help students and their families be the change in the world. She enjoys singing, theatre, MSU Spartans, and making people laugh. Kasie has traveled to Paris and Ireland in 2007 and would love to visit Italy next. She is honored to be entrusted with students’ social-emotional growth.
Michael Lynn
Michael is teaching 2/3 split at Dye Elementary. He is a foster parent and a Big Brother for Big Brothers/Big Sisters. Travels have taken him all over the United States, into Mexico and to China. His spare time is filled with bike riding, boating, and traveling.
Samuel Machinski
Samuel joins the High School staff as an English teacher. Fun note about him – he kissed the Blarney Stone while in Ireland a few years ago. He’d love to visit Eastern Europe, Turkey, and Northern Africa at some point. When not dreaming of travel time is spent with family, wife Kathleen and their young daughter. They are all currently awaiting a baby due at the first of the year. As a teacher, his students “can expect reflective and creative writing assignment, deep analysis of literature and a foray into sociolinguistics with numerous semantic arguments.”
Andrea McCullough
Andrea will be Middle School ELA this year. She and husband Chad have two children to keep them busy – Jaylee and Liam. They enjoy camping and attending sporting events. This past summer Andrea traveled to Punta Cana for her cousin’s wedding. She is looking forward to instilling a love for learning with her students. She is excited to be a part of the Cavalier family.
Amanda Miller
Amanda joins the high school this year. She loves to fill her spare time with cooking, baking, reading, camping, traveling, and volunteering. That is when she is not busy being a Band Mom and Treasurer for the Cavalier Band Boosters. Amanda has traveled all over the Eastern Coast and Southern U.S. She has also been to Canada, Spain, and Saint Maarten. She dreams of one day exploring the West Coast as well as going on a cruise. Amanda is excited to join C-A and share her passion for English Language Arts and more importable share her passion for providing special education services and helping students find their own path to success.
Zachary Nash
Zachary is a music teacher at both the Middle and High School. He has traveled throughout the U.S. and one day hopes to see Italy, Germany, and France. He looks forward to working with our students and said “Music is a great outlet for the body and the mind. Choir should be a place where someone can sing and express who they truly are.”
Emily Opper
Emily will be teaching at Atlantis. She enjoys horseback riding, gardening, reading, camping, and beach “sitting”. She loves spending time in Northern Michigan and the UP with her family. They are hoping to take a family vacation to Yellowstone next summer. Emily is thrilled to be a part of the District and looks forward to making this a great year.
Victoria Seitz
Victoria is teaching Kindergarten at Dye Elementary this year. Her hobbies include crafting and scrapbooking as well as some sports. She enjoys traveling and has been to a different big city each year – New York, Nashville, Las Vegas, Toronto. Victoria travels to Florida at least once a year and would like to someday visit Boston and Los Angeles. She is “excited and grateful for the opportunity to make as big of an impact on my students that my teachers made on my life.”
Andrea Sutherland
Andrea will be teaching Kindergarten at Randels Elementary. She loves traveling around the state with her family – husband, Brian, and sons Duncan and Thomas. She has also been to Las Vegas, Washington, D.C., San Antonio, and Niagara Falls.
Halee Sutton
Halee is teaching fifth grade at Randels. She is “excited to work with such an amazing team of educators, especially my fifth-grade partners.” She looks forward to assisting students to grow and learn as much as they can.
Yvonne VanBeveren
Yvonne will be Middle School LD Resource teacher. She is ‘easily distracted’ by all dogs and anything vintage. Yvonne has also traveled to England, Ireland, China, Belgium, and Sweden. She is looking forward to working with all the students at CAMS.
Michelle Walther
Michelle has taught at schools in the suburbs of Boston, offered tutoring and classes to prepare students for the SAT and ACT and is excited about teaching near her roots in Birch Run. She is eager to become involved in this community as an English teacher at the High School. When not exploring things with her kids, Dominic, Eliana, Chris and Joe she is focused on training for a 200 mile, 12-person relay in Kentucky this October. She also loves to ‘get away’ to Northern Michigan although her top favorite places are Maine and Vermont
Marissa Winn
Marissa joins the staff at Dye Elementary this year. She enjoys dancing, horseback riding and spending time with family and friends.
Carman-Ainsworth Athletic Hall of Fame
The seventeenth class for the Carman-Ainsworth Athletic Hall of Fame will be inducted on Saturday, October 13 at Holy Redeemer Family Life Center.
Individuals include Ainsworth Track star Cheryl Wallace-Perkins, Three-Sport star Paul Householder of Ainsworth, Football and Basketball standout Calvin Sims of Carman-Ainsworth High, Volleyball Coach Barb Hurand and Hockey Coach Tim Stone.
The two teams being honored are the 2002-2003 and the 2003-2004 Boys Basketball squads from Carman-Ainsworth High, both of whom played in the State Championship game.
Social hour begins at 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $40.00 and may be reserved by calling Sue Carter at 810-908-7082.
Annual Asbestos Notification 2018-2019 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 “2018 – 2019 School Year” – September 2018 through August 2019), 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 2019).
- 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 2016. Therefore, the next three-year re-inspections are due in the summer of 2019.
- 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 “2017 – 2018 School Year” – September 2017 through August 2018), 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 January and August of 2018.
- Removal of floor tile at Dye Elementary and Rankin Elementary. Material removed at C-A 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. Marc Cavett, Operations Supervisor for Carman-Ainsworth Community Schools at (810) 591-3220.
Notice of Rights to Access and Privacy of Student Records
The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) affords parents and students over 18 years of age (“eligible students”) certain rights with respect to the student’s education records. These rights are:
- The right to inspect and review the student’s education recordswithin 45 daysof the day the School receives a request for access. Parents or eligible students should submit to the School principal (or appropriate school official) a written request that identifies the record(s) they wish to inspect. The School official will make arrangements for access and notify the parent or eligible student of the time and place where the records may be inspected. Charges will be made for copies of items contained within the record.
- The right to request the amendment of the student’s education records that the parent or eligible student believes is inaccurate or misleading. Parents or eligible students may ask the School to amend a record that they believe is inaccurate or misleading. They should write the School principal (or appropriate official), clearly identify the part of the record they want changed, and specify why it is inaccurate or misleading. If the School decides not to amend the record as requested by the parent or eligible student, the School will notify the parent or eligible student of the decision and advise them of their right to a hearing regarding the request for amendment. Additional information regarding the hearing procedures will be provided to the parent or eligible student when notified of the right to a hearing.
- The right to have records which personally refer to a student kept confidential except either by consent of the parent/eligible student or when being used by school personnel for a legitimate educational interest. A school official is a person employed by the School as an administrator, supervisor, instructor, or support staff member (including health or medical staff and law enforcement unit personnel); a person serving on the School Board; a person or company with whom the School has contracted to perform a special task (such as an attorney, auditor, medical consultant, or therapist); or a parent or student serving on an official committee, such as a disciplinary or grievance committee, or assisting another school official in performing his or her tasks. A school official has a legitimate educational interest if the official needs to review an education record in order to fulfill his or her professional responsibility. Certain official agencies may also request records. These are listed in the Board of Education Policy on Privacy of Student Records.
- The right to file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education concerning alleged failures by the School to comply with the requirements of FERPA. The name and address of the Office that administers FERPA are:Family Policy Compliance Office, U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20200-2-4605.
Directory Information
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 video tapes 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.