Message from Dr. Penke

Thank You!

I want to thank all of you for a wonderful 8 years at Aldrich Elementary School. I will be moving into a new role within the District next school year. It has been an honor and a privilege to serve the Aldrich community, and I have so many wonderful memories I will take with me. Thank you! Keep being All-Stars!

Walking Club:

Walking Club is now over for the school year. Please do not drop your child off to school until 8:15 am. for the last few weeks of school. There is no supervision until 8:15 am.

Last Day of School:

Our last day of school is Thursday, May 23rd half day. Dismissal is at noon and no lunch will be served. If your child(ren) will be on vacation or absent during the last few weeks of school, please let Mrs. Allen-Vidlak know.

Important Dates for Next Year:

Back to School Night: August 6th from 5:30-6:30pm

First Day of School: August 8th 8:30am

PTO Carnival: September 13th

New PTO Officers for 2024-25:

President: Amanda Hall

President Elect: Sarah Johnson

Secretary: Shelley Atwell

Treasurer: Mary Blaney

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

The End of Year Birthday Book Club Celebration will take place during school on Monday, May 20th! Today was the last day to join Birthday Book Club.

Will Halperin, “Click, Clack, Ho! Ho! Ho!”

Diamond Michaelson, “Vampiric Vacation”

Eve Michaelson, “Front Desk #4: Key Player”

Logan Jessick, “Inheritance Cycle #1: Eragon”

Wes Casler, “Sinister Summer #3: Camp Creepy”

Evy Casler, “Bright Star”

All Star Staff Member of the Month

This weeks All Star Staff Member is Cathy Hall!

Mrs. Hall was nominated by Ally Heineman. She writes, “Cathy has always been a warm welcoming face at Aldrich. Each encounter I have with her leaves my day a little brighter. I look forward to seeing her carrying around her toast and boiled egg each morning. I have had the privilege of observing Cathy several times. Cathy is just one of those teachers who makes learning fun. She is always coming up with creative ways to teach. Cathy also genuinely cares about her students. She's always there to lend a listening ear or offer extra help when someone is struggling. Long story short, Cathy is the bomb. She's not just a great teacher, she's a great person too. She absolutely deserves to be recognized for all her hard work and dedication. Cathy, you are the best!!!”

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

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! Anything not picked up before the end of the school year will be donated. Thank you!

Don't Forget!

Parents,

Please remember to pick up any medications that you have at school for your child by noon on the last day of school, Thursday, May 23rd. All medications that are left after the last day, including inhalers, Epi Pens and prescriptions, will be disposed of by the health room staff. We are not able to send medications home with your child. We are not allowed to hold medications for you for next school year. We get to start all over in August! Have a wonderful summer!

Aldrich Health Room

402-715-2021

Yearbook Update!

Quick yearbook update with dates:

5/23: Last day to order yearbook with free shipping & to edit custom pages. We extended the customization date so that Olympic Day pics could be included.

Mid-June: Pick up yearbooks (more details once the books are delivered).

Ongoing: You can still order yearbooks after 5/23, just pay shipping to your home.

If you aren't sure if you ordered a yearbook, click the link below. If you ordered a book last year, it's the same account.

Yearbook purchases as of 5.15.24

Questions: Reach out to Lindsey Jonas at lm.jonas@yahoo.com

yearbook.pdf

Click here for the 2024-2025 school supply list!

Registration for 2024-2025

2024-25 EXISTING STUDENT UPDATES

Annual updates are required for all currently enrolled Millard students.

You must update your family’s current demographic information and digitally sign all required documents for the upcoming school year.

The update window will open June 10, 2024 and will close on July 31, 2024. (All annual updates must be completed within this window)

Step 1 is to log into your ParentVue Account and select the “Annual Update” for each of your enrolled students.

Trouble signing into your ParentVue account, call 402-715-8000.

Questions about registering your new student(s), or if you need more information, please call Centralized Registration at 402-715-8700.

Hello All Star Families,

Thank you to all who made Olympic Day and 5th Grade Farewell such a success! We are thankful for all the volunteers and families who came out to support these great school events as a community together. As a parent of a 5th grader myself, it’s a bitter sweet milestone sending these amazing kids off. 5th grade students and families, please know you are always welcome at Aldrich. We wish you the best in your journey to middle school!

Looking forward to next school year, I am pleased to announce that our Color Run was such a success, we were able to accomplish our goal of adding 6 picnic tables (a $25,000 purchase) to create an outdoor classroom! These tables will go to great use going into next school year and moving forward. We also have enough Color Run donations left over to simplify our Aldrich family donations requests for the ‘24-‘25 school year to 2 major school fundraisers, Carnival in the Fall and Color Run in the Spring.

Closing our last full week of school, it brings the bitter sweet opportunity to thank Dr. Penke for all she has done for Aldrich and wish her the best in her next role. Dr. Penke, you raised the bar, earning the Blue Ribbon award this year for Aldrich and we are beyond thankful for your impact on our students, staff and families. You will be greatly missed and are leaving some large shoes to fill. We wish you success and happiness in your next chapter! With this difficult goodbye, we welcome Mrs. Dayna Burke with open arms and look forward to kicking off an amazing ‘24-‘25 school year with our new principal and fearless leader.

Signing off, it has been such a pleasure working with all our incredible committee chairs, staff and parents as your PTO President. I feel thankful to be part of a school with so much family involvement and generosity. I look forward to leading the Classroom Liaisons next school year and passing on the PTO President torch to Amanda Hall.

Have an amazing summer All Stars!

Jacquelyn Alexander

2023-2024 PTO President

THANK YOU to all our PTO sponsors this year, especially to these amazing businesses who supported with $1000 or more. Your support makes our work for the school community possible. Thank you, sponsors! Please click each sponsor's logo to visit their website & learn more about the amazing businesses that support our PTO and our school community.

Interested in committing to 2024-2025 schoolyear sponsorship? Email aldrichptopresident@outlook.com for more information. Commitment does not require immediate payment.

2024 sponsor thank you flyer.pdf