Message from Dr. Penke

WOW!!! Thank you!

Thank you to Sam Jack, Jackie Hunter, and all of the volunteers who helped make our Color Run Event and Fundraiser a success! Thank you to everyone who helped raise funds for our school!

Future Educators Club:

The last Future Educator Club will be next week. Grades 3 & 5 on Wednesday and Grade 4 on Thursday.

There will be no Future Educator Clubs May 1st and 2nd. Next week is the final meeting of the year.

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 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

Next Year? Moving? Changing Schools?:

If you are not planning on attending Aldrich next year, please give us a call at 402-715-2020 or email Mrs. Allen-Vidlak at laallen@mpsomaha.org.

End of Year Special Events:

At the end of the year, we have many special events that happen at school and after school. Here is a list of events:

April 25 Band and Orchestra Concert at Kiewit Middle School

April 26 Kindergarten Round Up for 2021-22 Kindergartners

April 26 No School for current Kindergarten students

May 2 Creative Arts Night

May 3 Olympic Day Kick Off

May 3 5th graders visit the middle school

May 10 Olympic Day

May 16 5th grade Farewell at Mahoney

May 23 Last Day of School-half day-dismissal at noon, no lunch served

Have a great weekend!

Dr. Penke

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

Sadie Henning, "Abdul’s Story”

Liv Reinke, “The Surprise Attack of Jabba the Puppett: An Origami Yoda Book”

Emmy Johnson, “The Swifts: A Dictionary of Scoundrels”

All Star Staff Members of the Month

This weeks All Star Staff Member is Holly Meyer!

Mrs. Meyer was nominated by Marsha Edquist. She shares, “Holly is always willing to help out with activities such as Future Educators. Since the club has started, Holly has volunteered to come in early to help with the club. Even though she doesn’t work directly with my class, she works with the primary grades in literacy to help them become better readers. In the past, Holly has even offered her home for staff gatherings. Holly will be retiring this year and greatly missed by those she works with on a daily basis.”

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

Creative Arts Night Volunteers Needed!

Mrs. Gray is looking for volunteers to help prepare artwork for display on Tuesday, April 23rd. Volunteers will also be needed before, during, and after Creative Arts Night on Thursday, May 2nd. If you are interested in volunteering for this event, please click the link to sign up! https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E044EADAC22A6FD0-48863640-creative

Aldrich Olympic Day 2024

SAVE THE DATE!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR ALDRICH’S 30th ANNUAL OLYMPIC DAY!

Olympic Day Events will run from 8:50 a.m. until 3:25 p.m. on Friday, May 10th – RAIN or SHINE!

Please see the flyer in this section for important information and to sign up to volunteer!

Olympic Day Letter - 2024.pdf

Attention Parents!

The lost and found tables are overflowing with items once again. Please encourage your student to check the tables outside of the office for any misplaced items! Thank you!

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,

Welcome back! I hope all had an amazing spring break! We had another great week at Aldrich with our final week leading up to the Color Run. A special thank you to all who are volunteering for the run today and to Sam Jack and Jackie Hunter for chairing our Color Run using the new My Booster program this year. This was our most successful Color Run yet!

For our 5th Grade parents: Baby pictures for the yearbook school and photos of school events for the slideshow were due April 12th, so if you have not done this please reach out the Lindsay Jonas at lm.jonas@yahoo.com ASAP.

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

Looking for volunteers to take pictures via drone and by phone/camera on Olympic day. If interested, please reach out to Rob Fehr @ (402) 312-0479
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:

TODAY April 19th Color Run Event Day @ 2:30 pm
April 19th Olympic Day - Volunteer Signup is in this newsletter. Please see the flyer to help with this very special Aldrich event! We are in need of all hands on deck to pull it off
April 30th - Last PTO Meeting @ 10:30 am followed by the PTO volunteer luncheon. Please RSVP for the luncheon--info in this Newsletter!

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