Message from Dr. Penke

Congratulations!

Our 2nd grade music performance was awesome this week! It is amazing to see all of the talent. Great job!

Thank You!

Thank you to all of the first grade parents who provided a wonderful luncheon for the staff this week!

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

Reminder of Spring Break:

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

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 Ms. Allen at laallen@mpsomaha.org.

Have a great weekend!

Dr. Penke

BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB

Eashan Gudipati, “The Last Kids on Earth#7: The Doomsday Race”

Xaedan Siddique, “Hot Dog”

Leila Khan, “The Babysitters Club #2: Claudia and the Phantom Phone Calls”

Sutton Drake, “Eerie Tales from the School of Screams”

Olivia Tesch, “A Galaxy of Sea and Stars”

Charli Curttright, “Our Day of the Dead Celebration”

Norah Al-Salim, “Baby-sitter’s Little Sister #4: Karen’s Kittycat Club”

All Star Staff Members of the Month

This weeks All Star Staff Member is Chris Srb!

Mrs. Srb was nominated by Jackie Bergmann. She writes, “Mrs. Srb is a dedicated kindergarten teacher with remarkable skills in providing guidance to her students. Her ability to create a nurturing and engaging environment has a significant impact on her students' development. Her expertise and passion for teaching make her an invaluable asset to our school; we are so lucky to have her!”

Thank you 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 and donate.

**New this year, anyone who raises $200 will get to color a teacher.**

If you would like to opt your child out of the Color Run please email samanthajack1@yahoo.com by April 17th.

If you would like to volunteer at the Color Run please use the signup genius below.

Color Run Volunteer Sign-Up

More details are in the flyer attached!

Color Run Flyer .pdf

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

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,

The school had a busy week with the 1st grade luncheon and kickoff to Color Run! The kids loved their PJ Day in celebration of 75%+ of the students that registered by April 1st.

A special thank you to all the 1st grade parents who donated and/or volunteered for our 1st grade luncheon and our Color Run chairs Sam Jack and Jackie Hunter for leading the new My Booster program this year. Please remember to register for Color Run if you haven’t. Your child gets a prize just for being registered which makes it fun for each student regardless of donations.

For our 5th Grade parents: Baby pictures for the yearbook school and photos of school events for the slideshow are due April 12th.

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 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 19th - Color Run Event Day @ 2:30 pm - Volunteer signup in Newsletter.
April 19th - Olympic Day Volunteer Signup will be emailed to all families.
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

Picky Eaters Newsletter.pdf