Cruisin Down the St. Clair River

Looking for something fun to do on August 21st? The East China School District Supporters Fund will be hosting a Cruise down the St. Clair River on the Duc d’Orleans departing from the River Crab at 6:30 p.m. Music onboard will be performed by the Rivertown Gents and hors d’oeurves are provided by the River Crab. Tickets are $50 per person and are available in our main office. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to contact me. It’s a great way to support our kids and enjoy a summer night on the water.

8th Graders to SC4

This Friday our 8th graders will be traveling to St. Clair County Community College for a series of presentations. Lunch will be provided. Permission slips were sent home last week. If you're a parent of an 8th grader and haven't seen the permission slip, or if your student was out ill last week, please ask them to grab another one and bring it home. Additional permission slips are available from their ELA teacher or in the main office. We'd like every 8th grader to attend.

Improtant Reminder For Everyone

As parents we've all said this 1000 times...maybe so many times that it falls on deaf ears. Please re-remind your child not to talk, approach or take anything from strangers. We just got word from Marysville Middle School that they had a vehicle approach a group of girls after school with the driver offering the girls candy. This message (be smart, be safe), can't be mentioned enough.

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Funny Story

This past weekend I went up north to visit my mom. After a nice visit, I continued up north to participate in a 50 mile bike ride. For those that are not avid bike riders…and I am not….50 miles is a long way. The ride was anything but flat and for someone that hadn’t been on a bike yet this year it was more than a challenge. Here comes the funny part. On one of the downhill runs, at about mile 35, I was pedaling fairly hard when my left pedal came off. Not come lose, but gone, missing, broken. After I came to a stop, I spent 15 minutes looking for the pedal in the weeds. After I finally found it, I walked back to my bike and tried to screw it back in. After about 20 minutes of trying I realized that the threads were stripped and there was no way I was going to be able to put it back on. I was disappointed but it is what it is, so I decided just to pull out my cell phone and call my wife to come get me (she rode just the first 25 and had our vehicle). No cell service…..great. The next part you really have to have a mental picture to appreciate. Me (6’7”), on a bike, one pedal, trying to ride one footed. This went on for about 2 miles…and it was a long 2 miles. At various times during my adventure, I had a number of other cyclists slow down to see if I needed help. Everyone had the same reply…”oh….that’s too bad” and then they rode off. After a while a helper vehicle drove by that was picking up bikers that had either broken down or had just run out of energy. I waved them down so they could give me a ride to the finish line. We loaded my bike on their trailer and the guy told me that his Jeep Cherokee was full but there was room in the back. This is where it really got funny. He lifted up the hatchback and I squeezed my 6’7” body in with the spare tire, folded my legs the best I could and he shut the hatchback. Along the way I got a cramp in my calf which I couldn’t stretch out. To make things even better, as I was trying to sit up to stretch out my legs, I got a cramp in my abs. OK…to re-cap. My back end is sore, I failed to finish the 50 miles, my bike is broke, I’m wedged into the back of a Jeep Cherokee leaning against a spare tire and I have a cramp in my calf and my abs. Hope that brightens your day.

DC Parent Rooming Lists

Your son or daughter will be bringing home (hopefully) a rooming signup sheet for you if you are chaperoning the DC trip. If you have no idea who is going or who to room with, don't worry, we'll pair you up with someone. Any questions give Janice Schweihofer a call in our main office.

Student of the Month/Tiger's Game

Thanks to everyone that made the trip down to Comerica Park to watch the Tigers last night a success. Great night (not so great outcome for the Tigers). On a bit of a side note, every year I let the group know that around 9:15/9:30 we will be leaving the game so we can get back at a halfway decent hour. This year when I let the group know our departure plans, I had a couple of dads say "we're not staying to the end of the game?", followed by a couple of students that said "that'll probably be after halftime, right?" Thanks for sending us great kids