To our wonderful fifth grade graduates, we are incredibly proud of everything you have accomplished during your time at Alden Place Elementary! You have shown outstanding dedication, kindness, and leadership, setting a fantastic example for all of our younger students. As you prepare to turn the page and step into middle school, remember to carry our school values with you. Keep staying focused on your goals, acting with integrity, celebrating what makes everyone unique, and lifting up those around you.

Thank you to our families, the PTO, our teachers, and all the community partners that made this wonderful day possible.

Congratulations, middle schoolers! We will miss you!

The elementary schools will announce classroom placements in late August. Programs and staffing often change through the summer, and the purpose of sharing closer to the start of the school year is to make sure that you have only the most accurate information. While we cannot take parent requests, I am always happy to have a conversation about supporting your child, so please don't hesitate to reach out to discuss. 

Our rising third graders recently took an exciting trip to the library to kick off their summer reading journey! Students had the wonderful opportunity to explore a sea of new stories, listen to engaging book introductions, and learn how they can keep their reading muscles strong all summer long. 

The Millbrook Library's Summer Reading program is Unearth A Story. All summer, they will have prizes for kids, teens, and adults who use the library and read this summer. More information is here.

Thank you so much to our partners at the Millbrook Rotary and Millbrook Library. Historically, the Rotary provided rising fourth graders with a copy of the dictionary; this year, they wanted to make sure that their generous funding had maximum impact. Alden Place, The Rotary and the Millbrook Library collaborated to identify great books that were the first in a series. These series books are the topics of the library's summer reading programming. 

Below, check out the prizes and programming, including dates for summer book clubs.

A huge congratulations to the winners of the Edmentum Learning Path Trophy Challenge! This exciting initiative ran from March 26th through May 18th, encouraging students to increase their academic focus and build core reading, language arts, and math skills through custom dashboard learning challenges using the Edmentum learning platform. Our students collected trophies for learning new skills left and right, showing outstanding dedication to leveling up their learning! After a careful final tally of the trophies earned across the classes, we were thrilled to honor Mrs. McClelland's class.

We were absolutely thrilled to welcome our rising third graders for their official Grade 2 Orientation. To help our incoming students get acclimated to their new school, they were split into special animal mascot groups including the Llamas, Pandas, Monkeys, Lions, and Alligators to travel through five interactive discovery stations. 

Each twenty minute station rotation was designed around one of our core school values, giving students a fun and meaningful introduction to the expectations and community at Alden Place. Below the photos, check out some of the resources that we shared with students to make them feel safe and comfortable with our routines.