Community Events:

Michigan Avenue STEAM CAFE-Hovercrafts

The Ypsilanti District Library is hosting a Teen STEAM Café this Friday from 6-8pm for kids ages 12-18 and we’d love to advertise to your YCHS students! 

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Mom Power

What is Mom Power?
Mom Power was developed by faculty at Michigan Medicine's Department of Psychiatry and has been brought to Washtenaw County families through a grant from Michigan Medicine's Community Health Services.

Mom Power is an evidence-based program that supports families who are facing adversity and stress through the challenges of caring for young children, offering a strengths-based, nurturing approach to promoting resilience in parents and children. The Mom Power multifamily group provides a safe, trusting, and nurturing environment that allows families to learn and practice new skills. The 13-session group focuses on increasing parenting skills, connecting mothers to other mothers, connecting mothers to local resources, supporting mothers in using self-care skills, and supporting relationships between mothers and their young children. 

Children attend Mom Power groups as well and enjoy 1:1 supervision with U-M students while the moms meet. A meal is also provided at each meeting. 

Who is eligible to participate?
Mom Power is intended for people who identify as female, are age 18 or older, and are pregnant or have children age 6 and under. Immigrants, refugees and all who live in Washtenaw County are welcome to attend. 

When will they meet?
Our first group will meet on Tuesdays from 1:30-3:45 from May 21 to July 23. There will be no group on July 2. The group will meet in Ypsilanti. A specific location will be determined soon.

For more information on Mom Power, please visit this website. Link to the registration form at bit.ly/mompowersignup. 

Other Events:
 

• The Collaborative Child Care program is still accepting new enrollments!  
• National Flag Football is registering for Spring!

The Ypsilanti Community Schools announces the sponsorship of the Summer Food Service Program for children.
 

Free meals will be made available to children 18 years of age and under or persons up to age 26 who are enrolled in an educational program for the mentally or physically disabled that is recognized by a State or local public educational agency. The meals will be provided without regard to race, color, national origin, age, sex, or disability, and there will be no discrimination in the course of the meal service. Meals will be provided at the site(s) listed on the flyer.

Link to flyer for more information and sites

Summer Camp List

Summer Activities for Kids

Link to summer camp list

Summer Slide and the Importance of Reading over the Summer

“Summer slide” is the tendency for students, especially those from low-income families, to lose some of the achievement gains they made during the previous school year. The following information is provided to help school administrators and educators with key talking points, along with resources and research for developing school- or community-based programs to help stem summer slide. Your local public library offers a well-established summer reading programs.
Link to more information

Link to CLN Reads
 

The Y Summer  Day Camp 

We are holding a Parent Orientation night at Global Tech Academy next Monday, May 13 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. to answer questions and provide a brief overview of the camp experience.

Registration will open next Wednesday May 15 at 6:30 a.m. We'll have 40 spaces/week this year and we expect that most weeks will be at capacity. Anyone interested should register early. 

Link to flyer

2019 Washtenaw County - Summer Sports Camp

FREE: Register Now! Ages 8 to 15 (under age 8 – not admitted) – Breakfast & Lunch Provided

Link to more information and registration form

At Tappan Middle School
Registration is now OPEN
June 17-August 9, 2019

Link to UM Kidsport Flyer

Link to UM KidSport Summer Camps Website & Registration

Ypsilanti International Elementary School (Y.I.E.S.)
Admissions Process 2019-20

Link to YIES Admissions Process 2019-20 and more information

As of April 30, 2019, the early enrollment notification window was closed. All applications received by April 30 for grades 1-5 have been forwarded onto the official enrollment acceptance process (No lottery is required). Families of these students will receive acceptance letters on May 31 with detailed information on how to complete the enrollment process. *Please remember that because slots remain in these grades, the enrollment application will remain open until August 16, 2019.

A lottery for students entering Young 5’s and Kindergarten will occur on Friday, May 17, 3:30 pm at the YCS Administration Building, located at 1885 Packard Road.  We apologize for any inconvenience this has caused.

YIES Lottery Priorities for Kindergarten

The updated openings for 2019-20: Young 5’s=15, K=22

1. Kindergarten - Siblings of current YIES students

2. Kindergarten - School of Choice (SOC) siblings of current YIES students

3. Current YCS Non-YIES students

4. Kindergarten - Current YCS Residents

5. Children of YCS staff

6. Non-resident SOC

Questions regarding this process should be directed to Principal Cassandra Sheriff at csheriff6@ycschools.us or 734-221-2402