Principal Newsletter // November 10th, 2026

Nov 9

Dear Appleton Families,

5th Grade Legacy Bake Sale - Tuesday, Wednesday, & Thursday

It’s time for our annual yummy 5th Grade Legacy Bake Sale. 5th Grade families donate all kinds of cookies, brownies, lemon bars, and even more extravagant concoctions like worms in dirt(chocolate pudding+Oreo crumbles+gummy worms). Items range in cost from .25-$2.00. Kids have the opportunity to purchase after they eat lunch. Proceeds are used by the 5th grade each year to leave a gift for the school and pay for their annual end of year field trips.

Grocery Cards for Needy Families

Dear Appleton Families,

Thanksgiving and Christmas time can be a hard time for many families in our school. Students who normally get lunch and breakfast at school are now home for the holidays and it can be a stretch for families to provide food for their children. Would you like to donate a gift card to a grocery store? We will give gift cards to our families in need just drop them by the Appleton office.

Thank you for your generosity!

-Kate McPhail-Appleton Counselor

Weather Prepared Kids

The temperature is really dropping. Inclement weather can come in during the school day making recesses colder than it was when you sent your child off to school. Please send your child prepared to enjoy the outside with the appropriate clothing. We will eventually have several hundred coats in our lost and found by year end. If you write your child’s name inside their coat we have a much easier time getting them back to the correct owners. Thank you.

Salvation Army Canned Food Drive Starts Nov. 16

Remember, Burton Orthodontics will reward the school with the most items collected with $1,000. $300 will go to the 2nd and 3rd place schools. The food drive ends December 9.

Thanks for reading!

~ Corey Hafey

Principal, Appleton Elementary

“Expect Excellence!”