Message from Dr. Penke

PTO News:

Thank you to everyone who helped make Teacher Appreciation Week so awesome! Thank you to Leora Werner, Shelley Atwell and everyone who donated. We are lucky to have such a supportive PTO and parents!

IB Exhibition: Thank you to everyone who attended the IB Exhibition this week. I am always so impressed by our outstanding fifth graders! Great job!

No School:

There is no school on March 14-18.

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

Have a great weekend!

Dr. Penke

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BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

Landon Kinzer, “Ruby’s Chinese New Year”

Milana Herian, “Merida: Legend of the Emeralds”

Adrithi Lanka, “When Glitter Met Glue”

Mia Jurisevic, “Owl Diaries #18: The Nature Club”

All Star Staff Members of the Month

This weeks All Star Staff Member is Sarah Hill! Sara was nominated by Jill Bright. She shares, “Since Sara has joined the Aldrich food service team, she has been helpful in creating memories for our Littlest Allstars. She was an essential part of our Gingerbread Man hunt and helped to provide delicious hot chocolate during our Polar Express Day. She took on these tasks with excitement and joy. In addition, she helps to keep our students' stomachs and brains fed! Thank you for all that you do!”

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

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Reminder that conferences are next week! A confirmation sheet was sent home this week with your scheduled conference time. Please make sure to show up for your conference on time and be mindful of your time slot as the Teachers have a very busy schedule for both evenings of conferences.

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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,

A special thank you to all that volunteered, donated and contributed to our staff appreciation week! We are so thankful and appreciative of your time and donations to show appreciation of our school staff who work so hard each day with our kids.

Our last school restaurant fundraiser for this year will be Wednesday, March 13th, at the Runza located at 168th and Dodge from 5-8 pm. 15% of all sales, including dine in, take out and drive through, will go back to Aldrich. Thank you for your support this year! This year’s restaurant fundraisers have been our most successful yet so we’re truly appreciative of the support!

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

Looking for 5th grade Farewell volunteers. If you have a 5th grader and are interested volunteering and/or donating items for at or for the 5th Grade Farewell on May 16th, please email aldrichptopresident@outlook.com
The 2024/2025 school year board slate will be presented at the next PTO meeting, March 26th. Attend or jump on zoom to see the announcement!
For 2024/2025 school year, we are also looking for a Restaurant Fundraiser Chair, an International Banquet Chair, Girls on the Run Co-Chair and Outdoor Decorations Co-Chair. If interested, please email aldrichptopresident@outlook.com.

Quickly approaching PTO dates to add to your calendar:

March 13th is the last restaurant fundraiser for the 23/24 school year at Runza located at 168th and Dodge from 5-8 pm.
Next PTO meeting is at 8:30 am on March 26th in the art room for in person or zoom. PTO By Laws will be provided and voted on at this meeting.

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 wonderful weekend!

Jacquelyn Alexander

PTO President