Shepherd Elementary School

CHECK IT OUT, SAVE THE DATE!!! Join us for the 4th annual Harvest Art Fest and Food Truck Alley! 🗓️October 19 from 10 AM to 6 PM 🗓️October 20 from 10 AM to 4 PM 🆓Entry is FREE!!! 🛍️-50+ Talented artists selling their handcrafted goods and wares 🏰-A gym packed full of bounce castles, games, slides, obstacle course, velcro wall and more Bounce House Pricing $5 - 30 minutes $10 - 1 hour $20 - unlimited wristband (daily) 🍴- Popular local food trucks featuring an array of various cuisines -🎨 - Face painting ✍🏽-Caricatures and more! All proceeds support Shepherd middle and high school theater programs. Shepherd Community Arts Support Team - CAST

School picture day is tomorrow 9-17-24!

Introducing the SES staff for the 24-25 school year! What an amazing team!

Welcome back, everyone! As we step into this new school year together, let's embrace the opportunities ahead with renewed energy and a shared commitment to inspiring our students. Here's to a year filled with growth, collaboration, and the joy of learning!

For the 2024-2025 school year, we will be moving back to the original parent pick-up/drop-off system that was in place prior to spring break of last school year. Please see the map below. Freshly painted arrows have also been place on the parking lot to help with the flow of traffic. We are gearing up and ready for a great school year!

Join us for the BlueJay Bash on Tuesday, August 20th from 5 - 7pm.

Dear Stakeholder, Shepherd Public Schools wants to communicate more effectively with our families and community. We need your help in understanding how we can better communicate information and through what platforms we use to communicate. Why We Need Your Help: We want to understand what is working well, identify areas for improvement, and explore new ways to keep you informed and involved in your student's education.  How We Will Use Your Answers: We will look at all the answers to see what we need to do better. Your answers will help us make our communication better for all families. How Much Time Will it Take: The survey has 20 questions and should take less than 5 minutes to complete.  Thank you for your time and help. https://forms.gle/DAxUJofB7s1qyzNt5

Dear Stakeholder, Shepherd Public Schools wants to communicate more effectively with our families and community. We need your help in understanding how we can better communicate information and through what platforms we use to communicate. Why We Need Your Help: We want to understand what is working well, identify areas for improvement, and explore new ways to keep you informed and involved in your student's education.  How We Will Use Your Answers: We will look at all the answers to see what we need to do better. Your answers will help us make our communication better for all families. How Much Time Will it Take: The survey has 20 questions and should take less than 5 minutes to complete.  Thank you for your time and help. https://forms.gle/DAxUJofB7s1qyzNt5

BlueJay Families, Reminder that tomorrow, April 1 (NOT April Fools) we are starting the parking lot shift on a trial basis. All loop traffic, (car drop off and pickup) will enter as usual and continue through the loop and exit, following the barricades. If you are parking, you will enter via the "current exit" and then exit in the aisle closest to 4th St. Video Explanation: https://bit.ly/ParkingvideoSPS PDF: https://bit.ly/ShepherdParking

Check out the awesome Shepherd Elementary School Science Fair highlights! https://youtu.be/OykZsCWslYg

Tonight's Boys Basketball Regional game has been pushed back to a 7:30 start time. The following information is from the MHSAA - Your BLUE ticket is good for the Shepherd vs Powers Catholic game ONLY. Game one – Saginaw vs Arthur Hill – is sold out. Game two fans will not be admitted until the conclusion of game one. Game one starts at 5:30. There are plenty of seats available for your game, so there is no need to arrive early. In order to have a smooth transition between games and give fans plenty of time to exit and enter the arena, the game two starting time has been adjusted to 7:30.

The 65th annual Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival will be here before we know it and preparations to make it a safe and enjoyable experience for all is an ongoing effort. As many of you are aware, BOGO Buddy Night (buy one get one free Thursday only) has grown to be an extremely popular and, therefore, overly crowded evening. The uptick in attendance has forced us to make some changes to aid in crowd control and to ensure the safety of all who attend. In collaboration with Shepherd Maple Syrup Festival, Shepherd Police Department, Shepherd Public Schools and Elliott‘s Amusements LLC, the following changes have been made: ● The BOGO offer, for Thursday, April 25, will be available to Shepherd Public Schools students only. Must present coupon to redeem offer ● It’s not a requirement that the “Buddy” be a SPS student ● The website will no longer show the BOGO offer on Thursday ● No more than one coupon per student is allowed ● Coupons will be distributed to the following buildings the third week of April ○ Shepherd Elementary - Friday Folders ○ Winn Elementary - Friday Folders ○ Shepherd Middle School - SOAR classrooms ○ Shepherd High School - Office ○ Odyssey Middle/High School - Office

The Varsity Pom team is hosting a free youth clinic on Saturday at SHS. Check out the graphic for details.

This month we highlight Shepherd Elementary School. Thank you again to GI-TEC students, in the Digital Media program, for the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eERn9dH1IXQ

Hi BlueJay families, Please see our January/Mid-Winter Message. https://5il.co/2dhq1

Later this month, January 20th, Shepherd Public Schools is playing host to the a day of Special Olympic basketball. If you, your family, or your friends are available to volunteer some time that day to help make this an incredible event, I know a lot of Special Olympians would be grateful. Check out the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0845AFA628A2FCC25-45687902-area?fbclid=IwAR3MKvicTmYo9IBqob0i1v4P6wnV71XfKSOyFwCduEuWlI0YEgT2dUx_jhg#/

Shepherd Elementary Families, Please view this message that includes important information for the month of December. https://5il.co/2ah4w

Shepherd Elementary Families, Please view this message that includes information about the month of November as well as an update from our scheduled lockdown drill from today. https://5il.co/28dan

Check out the some of the highlights and action around Shepherd High School's Community Clean-up 2023. (Video credit: Shannon McNier, SHS Senior) https://youtu.be/1imVNYMVmIE

Check out the some of the highlights and action around Shepherd Public Schools during the first month of the 2023-2024 school year. (Video credit: Shannon McNier, SHS Senior) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6i3aTutFEw