Santa Shop 2025: This Wednesday, 12/3-Friday, 12/5 is Santa Shop! Green Santa Shop tags should have come home with students. Please help your child fill out the tags to ensure that they are accurate. Students will shop on their scheduled day. If they are absent or forgot money they will have the opportunity to shop on Friday, 12/5.

We are in need of several more volunteers to help! Specifically we could use volunteers to help "wrap" gifts. Wrapping involves placing each item in a bag and stapling/taping closed and attaching the gift tag. If we do not have enough volunteers for this station we may have to send items home unwrapped with students. 

Volunteers need to have a processed ICHAT on file at least 24 hours prior to the day they are signed up to volunteer

ICHAT Form

Volunteer Sign Up

Santa Shop Schedule

Wednesday, 12/3: Haviaras, Weckle, Boyd, Trombly, Peruski, Coleman, Kelly, Lawson/Colwell, Fielding

Thursday, 12/4: D'Andreta, Powrie, Sullivan, Adams, Haverland, Lenhart, Ebeling, S.Rondy, J.Rondy 

Friday, 12/5: Berger (Bronikowski), Last call

The Clear Lake Giving Tree 2025 list is now online and open for staff and families to sign up to purchase items for some of our Clear Lake/Oxford families. We appreciate all donations and the support in helping to provide some holiday cheer! Please make sure to purchase and ship or drop off all items unwrapped to the main office by Friday, 12/12/25.

Click the link to view the Giving Tree list: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4BA8AD2FA0FEC52-60524530-clear#/

Vision Screening: Vision screening is scheduled to be Friday, 12/5/25-Thursday, 12/11/25 for students in grades GSRP, 1st grade, 3rd grade, and 5th grade. This also includes students who may not have passed the vision screening from the year prior. 

Congratulations to our November Students of the Month! If your child did not bring home a yard sign to display please stop by the main office to pick up the sign and yard stake.

DK-Olaeda V: Oleada is always ready to learn and help her friends in class. She enjoys school and helping her friends. Oladea is someone we can count on to help out and put a smile on everyone's face. She is a joy to have in class!

K-Charlie M: Charlie comes to school each day with a smile on his face, positive attitude, and tremendous enthusiasm for learning! Thank you, Charlie! 

K-Lennon S: Lennon is always very principled. He is hardworking and kind to others. Lennon comes to school ready to learn!

1st-Layna Y: Layna is an inquirer who asks lots of great questions and always wants to learn more. She inspires and encourages her classmates to explore new ideas. Way to be a leader, Layna!

1st-Madeline S: Maddy is such a sweet and caring girl. She loves to help others and is always showing others how to be principled in and outside of the classroom!

1st-Millie R: Millie comes to school each day ready to learn! She has positive attitude and is a caring and principled first grader!

2nd-Paisley A: Paisley is a thinker, respectful and shows enthusiasm so learning. She is always trying her very best every day!

2nd-Jamison S: Jamison is a caring and principled student . He is thoughtful, respectful, and serves as an excellent role model for his classmates.

2nd-Evelyn D: Evelyn is a kind and principled student. She is a great friend and helpful in the classroom. She works hard on her work and has strengthened her math knowledge this year. It is a pleasure to have Evelyn in our class!

3rd-Lavendar M: Lavender is a thinker and a caring student. She always has a bright smile and helpful attitude to everyone in class. She is creative, hardworking, and principled. She is always doing the right thing, even when no one is looking.

3rd-Logan M: Logan was nominated by her classmates for being open-minded. She is a caring and thoughtful friend who goes above and beyond in the classroom. Keep up the great work Logan you are a great role model! 

3rd-Stella B: Stella was chosen by her classmates as Student of the Month for being caring and a thinker! She is helpful and we love her positive attitude in class!

4th-Avery K: Avery always tries her best. She is a great leader for our classroom with all that she does in student council. Avery is strong academically and kind to her peers.

4th-Katrina L M: Katrina is such a humble and giving person. She is dedicated to doing well in all subjects. She takes time to learn things not only in school, but I know she goes home and studies at home. Katrina also helps Senora Cuello every Friday. She cares about taking time to help others. I am proud of all her hard work this trimester. Way to go, Katrina!

4th-McKenzie R: McKenzie is a caring friend, always including others. She is principled in the classroom, always giving her best. Furthermore, her growth this trimester has been wonderful due to her being a thinker and persevering through hard tasks. Keep up the amazing work, McKenzie!

5th-Clara C: Clara is a great student and person. She is a friend to everyone and always has positive things to say. She always has a smile on her face and makes others smile, too. She is a leader and sets a good example to those around her. Keep up the great work, Clara!

5th-Colin A: Colin is a principled thinker! He always aims to do the right thing and pushes himself to be the best he can be. He puts his best effort towards his school work and helps classmates when they need it. I can always count on him to be a leader in our classroom. Keep up the great work Colin!

5th-Maximus D: Max takes great pride in his work, fosters relationships, and puts forth his best effort in all that he does. Max leads by showing others how to be caring, thinking and principled in and around his community.

Lost and Found: Thanks to Mrs. Kirk, Clear Lake Interventionist, we now have a Lost and Found photo album. By clicking the link below you can view the items that are currently in the Lost and Found. Please email your child's teacher or Mrs. Kirk at jennifer.kirk@oxfordschools.org with the item number so that it can be returned to your child.

LOST AND FOUND PHOTO LINK

Clear Lake Specials will be sharing highlights and information in our new Spotlight on Specials Classes section.

To learn more about what our Clear Lake artists, fitness fans, musicians, and language learners have been learning either scan the QR code, click the link below the graphic, or see the overall theme/concept for the class.

Reminder: Please send students with socks and gym shoes (no Crocs, winter boots, sandals, slides, or dress shoes) on the day they have PE.

2025-2026 School Year

Dear Parents, Guardians, and/or Students,

Clear Lake Elementary is pleased to inform you that we have joined a nationwide 
community effort to make our school Heart Safe with Project ADAM. This decision is the result of our wish 
to ensure that our campus is prepared to provide an immediate response to someone suffering a cardiac emergency.

In the United States, it is estimated that annually 356,000 adults experience out-of-hospital cardiac arrest as well as 23,000 pediatric cardiac arrests (Mozaffarian, D, 2015; Okubo, M et al, 2020). Although approximately 90% of those people will not survive the event, the likelihood of survival increases with prompt intervention. Early intervention that includes CPR and restoration of normal heart rhythm with the use of an AED increases the chance of survival.

Through our cooperative efforts with Project ADAM led by we have joined hundreds of schools throughout the nation in preparing our school for a life-threatening emergency. This program enables us to offer any person who may experience a sudden cardiac arrest the best chance for survival. 

One aspect of being a Heart Safe School is to practice a drill with our staff to rehearse our plan and practice our skills and staff have been trained to assist with an emergency during regular school hours.

After school hours, this is a Public Access Defibrillation (PAD) program. If you suspect someone is experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest, please use the equipment at our school to save their life. Good Samaritan laws protect the layperson in a life-saving attempt who is acting in good faith. We recommend becoming trained in CPR and AED use as an investment in your health and the health of others. You can learn how to recognize a sudden cardiac arrest and hands-only CPR and AED skills by watching this brief Project ADAM video.
FOR YOUR AWARENESS, WE HAVE AEDS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS AT CLEAR LAKE ELEMENTARY
› Outside main office in box labeled AED

AEDs are a life-saving device, and anyone can use an AED, even if you are not specifically trained. In the case of a cardiac arrest, call 911, start CPR and retrieve an AED. To use the AED, first press the power button to turn the device on. The device will then verbally walk you through the steps to use and save a life. Please note, the AED will not shock a person unless it detects a shockable rhythm. 

Many thanks for your participation in this important Heart Safe initiative in our school! If you have any questions, please reach out to me.

Stephanie Niemi-Principal, Project ADAM Site Champion

stephanie.niemi@oxfordschools.org

Stephanie Niemi

Principal, Clear Lake Elementary School

Email: stephanie.niemi@oxfordschools.org
Website: https://clearlake.oxfordschools.org/o/cls
Location: 2085 West Drahner Road, Oxford, MI, USA
Phone: 248-969-5206
Twitter: @sniemi01

Non-Discrimination Clause: The District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, height, weight, familial status, marital status, military service, veteran status, genetic information, disability, or any other legally protected basis, and prohibits unlawful discrimination, including harassment and retaliation, in any education program or activity that it operates, including in admission and employment. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:  Assistant Superintendent of Human Resources, 775 W. Drahner Rd., Oxford, MI 48371, (248) 969-5004.