Message from Dr. Penke

Congratulations!

Our Star Style performance was awesome this week! It is amazing how talented our fourth and fifth grade choir members are. Great job!

Human Growth and Development Parent Night: All fifth grade parents are welcome to attend our Human Growth and Development Presentation on Tuesday, April 2nd from 5-6pm. Come check out the curriculum and videos so you know what your child will be learning.

NSCAS Testing:

Here is our NSCAS Testing Schedule for Spring 2024. Please avoid scheduling any appointments, vacations, etc during this time.

Date Grade Subject Tested

April 16 and 17 3rd Grade Reading

April 16, 17, 18 5th Grade Reading

April 22 and 25 4th Grade Reading

April 22 and 25 5th Grade Math

April 23 and 26 3rd Grade Math

April 29 and May 1 4th Grade Math

April 30 and May 1 5th Grade Science

Be On Time For School:

We need your help! School starts at 8:30am and we need your child(ren) here at school on time and ready to learn. We are progressively seeing more and more students tardy to school which interrupts the classroom and the learning that has already begun. Please help us by getting your child(ren) to school on time!

Reminder of Spring Break:

There is no school on April 8-April 12 for spring break!

MPS needs your help!

We Want To Know What You Think!

Millard parents and guardians, help us get the information you need better and faster! Please fill out this quick Survey about Millard Public Schools Communications. The survey is open through Tuesday, March 9th. We value your opinions and will use the results to guide our communications.

Have a great weekend!

Dr. Penke

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

Mayra Singhai, “The Hatmakers”

Kellen Pichler, “Took, A Ghost Story Graphic Novel”

Mrinalika Sattur, “Unicorn Diaries: The Glitter Bug”

Taksh Agarwal, “Jack and Santa”

Yash Jadi, “The Magic Trap”

All Star Staff Members of the Month

This weeks All Star Staff Members are Ally Heineman and Leslie Eades!

Mrs. Heineman was nominated by Natalie Gray. She writes, “Ally's excitement and energy make working with her a joy. Ally is a dedicated 4th grade teacher who goes the extra mile to make learning fun and exciting for her students. Anyone who has spent more than a few minutes with Ally knows just how quickly she can brighten your day. She always puts a smile on my face with her stories, and lunches with Ally are always entertaining! Thank you for the joy and laughter you bring to our school!”

Mrs. Eades was nominated by Sara Hill. She writes, “Leslie helped guide me into the new process of logging students into the iPad for breakfast. I was new to the position and did not know any of the children’s names and I didn’t want the process to go slow. Leslie guided me through by providing me with some of the names and guiding the line in an orderly manner. It was her morning smile and encouragement that assisted me through. It took a few weeks and with Leslie’s help we now have the opportunity to get to know each other and she has been so helpful. My heartfelt thanks goes out to her!"

Thank you both for making Aldrich a better place to learn and work!

Color Run Information

The Color Run will be held on Friday, April 19th at 2:30pm. Please go to mybooster.com to register! More details are in the flyer attached!

Color Run Flyer .pdf

It's time to order your 23-24 Yearbook! This is our 2nd year ordering yearbooks through the Treering website. If you aren't sure if you already ordered one, please check your email inbox as you will have a confirmation email from Treering if you ordered one. You can also login to your account on treering.com to see if you have already ordered and customized your students' yearbook. Yearbook orders are no longer done through the PTO website at the beginning of the school year. Yearbook orders will be taken through the end of the school year and available for pick-up over the Summer.

yearbook.pdf

Volunteer Luncheon Flyer.pdf

Volunteer Opportunities

LUNCHROOM

Parent volunteers are encouraged to help throughout the year during lunch periods (11:10am-12:30pm) or for as long as you are able during that time slot. Volunteers help students open their food, wipe down tables, clean up spills and assist our custodian. You can volunteer as often as you like via our Sign Up Genius link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B49AAAC23A1FB6-lunchroom

MEDIA

Parent volunteers are encouraged to help throughout the year in the library restocking books. You can volunteer as often as you like via this Sign Up Genius link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B49AAAC23A1FB6-47128393-library#/

WALKING CLUB

Parent volunteers Volunteers can enter the building just prior to 7:55 and sign in at the front office. They will then go to their volunteer assignment if helping with the front door or hallway. Please do not attempt to enter the building prior to 7:50.

You can volunteer as often as you like via this Sign Up Genius link:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/60B0545AFA823A3FA7-aldrich2

Hello All Star Families,

Thanks to all that attended this Tuesday’s PTO meeting! Here’s the minutes and a recap of the highlights if you weren’t able to attend:

Our new Principal Mrs. Dayna Burke was present and introduced herself. We will be seeing her at the school a few days a week through the reminder of the year!
We presented the 2024/2025 Aldrich PTO board slate which we will vote on at the next and last PTO meeting for the year on April 30th.
We approved the updated PTO By-laws and Standing Rules.
Discussed the Color Run kickoff April 1st (details are provided in the newsletter in the Color Run Flyer). Please remember to register for the Color Run by April 1st. If we get 75% of students registered, all registered students will get a prize and the school will have a PJ day April 2nd to celebrate! This is the kickoff to lots of fun daily rewards from April 2nd-April 19th outlined in the Color Run flyer. P
Discussed 5th Grade Farewell. Please remember to return your t-shirt and lunch order form! Also, please provide your baby pictures for the yearbook and submit pictures of your student with other school friends or at school events for the slideshow. This information flyer was sent home in last week’s Friday folder for reference. All submitted photos are due April 12th.

Interested in volunteering?! Check out for the following PTO volunteer opportunities:

Donations and volunteers are due TODAY for the 1st grade staff luncheon hosts April 3rd. If you haven’t had a chance to donate, please look back at your email from the classroom liaisons this week and last week on how to donate/volunteer.
Looking for 5th grade Farewell volunteers. If you have a 5th grader and are interested volunteering and/or donating items for the 5th Grade Farewell on May 16th, please email aldrichptopresident@outlook.com.
For 2024/2025 school year, we are looking for an International Banquet Chair, 1 more Outdoor Decoration Chair and 2 Girls on the Run Chairs or Coaches to keep the club at Aldrich otherwise we will lose that amazing opportunity for our 3rd-5th grade students. If interested, please speak up at the last PTO meeting and/or email aldrichptopresident@outlook.com

Quickly approaching PTO dates to add to your calendar:

April 1st Color Run Kickoff - See Color Run flyer attached to newsletter for all this year’s Color Run dates, information, and important details.
April 3rd 1st Grade hosts staff luncheon
April 19th Color Run Event Day @ 2:30 pm - Volunteer signup to come.
April 19th Olympic Day Volunteer Signup will be emailed to all families to signup.
April 30th Last PTO Meeting @ 10:30 am followed by the PTO volunteer luncheon.

Having issues with PTO directory access? You can find a "how to" video for navigating the website by following the link here. If you still need help, please email aldrichptotech@outlook.com for a resolution. Teachers are unable to help, as this is a PTO led directory, so this email will be your quickest solution to access. Thank you!

All items can be found in the new PTO website. https://runpto.com/u/aldrich_mps

Please email any questions and/or issues with PTO registration to aldrichptopresident@outlook.com

To access the directory, paid members will login at: https://www.runpto.com/pto/login/

Our org ID is: Aldrich_MPS.

Please email aldrichptotech@outlook.com with any questions or issues accessing the directory.

Have a great weekend! I hope to see you at Tuesday’s PTO Meeting!

Jacquelyn Alexander

PTO President

Picky Eaters Newsletter.pdf