May 14 2026 | Volume 44, Issue 33

COME TO OUR

Fine Arts Fest TONIGHT at 7 PM!

Come celebrate with us at our last school event -- the Fine Arts Fest: "Anansi the African Spider".

As always, please bring finger foods to share: Ethnic foods are encouraged.

NO SCHOOL

FRI., MAY 15

Teacher Workday

There will be no school tomorrow, May 15th.

🐟 Thank You for Making a Splash

at Salmon Release Day!

A big thank you to everyone who came out to support our Salmon Release Day at Belanger Park! We had a fantastic turnout, and it was truly heartwarming to see our community come together to celebrate the success of our Salmon in the Classroom program.



🎉 A special shoutout to Jacob, Finley, Cassie, and Finnley — all of whom showed up to release their adopted salmon, as well as assist with releasing the rest of the tank. Your care and excitement brought this event to life! We released a total of 105 healthy smolts this year!

Gathered before the release are the adoptive student families who released their salmon. Dr. Morse is seated behind and to the right of the red buckets holding the “baby salmon” fingerlings.

Below, Finnley releases his adoptee. If you look carefully at the bottom left, you will see it. In the second photo, he releases a larger portion of those that had not been formally adopted.

Finnley’s sister Cassie is below with her adoptee in the cup.

Jacob releases his salmon (below left) which can be seen trying to swim “upstream” and back into the cup. Little brother Julian also had the chance to release a few with Mom for safety.

Fin and mom, together, release a few more:

After releasing their individual adopted salmon, all the students and families took turns catching and “bagging” the remaining fingerlings and releasing them into the Rouge. Belanger Park is the common docking point for the fishermen who enthusiastically appreciate our students’ raising of the Salmon in the Classroom (SIC) for the DNR and increasing the population, which is the focus of their sport.

Annual Giving 2025-2026

We would like to thank everyone who made an Annual Giving donation in the 2025-2026 school year.

$5,000 to $9,999

Shuh Yuan Liou & Shau Ching Tang

$1,000 to $4,999

Alex Lau & Jenny Huang

Chong & Yong Son

Dorothea Coffin

Fran Eldis

Hedy Zablocki

Mary Gage

Yong Pan

$500 to $999

Bert Nisbet

David Liou

Dorothy Linzell

Joyce Li

Michelle Belt

Stepping Stones Wellness Center

$100 to $499

Bill Sadowski

Chris Isberg

Chung-Yao Tong

Cristina Hauncher

Jeff Sly

Joanne Chang

Kiyo & Reef Morse

Liqun Yang

Minghung Hsu

Maechi Chue

Michelle & Perry Gill

Rebecca Tochet

Richard Niemisto

Robert & Jenny Schiff

Shari Dudek

Simon Margules

Susan Mero

Yuliya Koval

$50 to $99

Anne Sweeney

James & Alicia Phillips

Jason Roder

Joan Onkka

Kroger's

Lei Wang

Shuyi Peng

Up to $50

Aurelia White

Cassie Schiff

Finnley Schiff

Barbara Malnar-Styke

Francis Hyun

In Memoriam of Max Roder, from Fran Eldis

In-Kind

Volunteers

Auction Chair

Barbara Malnar-Styke

Auction Acquisitions

Michelle Belt

Dena Nehme

Brad Styke

SMART Center Chair

Dr. Reef Morse

Marketing

Jorge Contreras

WISHLIST



A subscription to Highlights Children's Magazine

https://shop.highlights.com/

Donated by Barbara Malnar-Styke

OMAX 1.3MP USB 2.0 C-Mount Microscope Camrea for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux

https://omaxmicroscope.com/products/a3513u

Donated by the Schiff family



ADOPT-A-SALMON

Thank you to our Adopt-A-Salmon donors ($10 per adopted salmon):

Dorothy Linzell -- adopted Fin & Barb

Aliya -- adopted Summer & Aggro

Mrs. Coffin -- adopted Angela, Ray, Nick & George

Dr. & Mrs. Morse -- adopted Isabella, Harrison, Sawyer, Rory, Oliver, Jax, Colette, Nadia & Sophie

Jacob - adopted Waffles, Pom Pom, Blanket and Major Meowser

Francis - Delta, Ay Mi Gato, Captain Rex

Aurelia & Elijah - Amethyst & Emerald

Mr. Roder - Louis, Moses, Jerome, & Samuel

Fran Eldis - Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, Kappa

Hedy Zablocki - Thateusz, Grazyna, Jeronym, Jadzia, Zbigniew

Cassie - Chomp

Finnley - Tornado