Message from Dr. Penke
Message from Dr. Penke
Thanks for a great week of school! We look forward to seeing everyone at the PTO Carnival tonight!
Curriculum Night: We will have Curriculum Night on Tuesday, August 29th. We will have two time slots available to attend: 5:30-6:10pm and 6:15-6:55pm. Classroom teachers will give the same presentation twice so pick one time that works for your schedule. We look forward to sharing curriculum information with you. Curriculum Night is for parents and guardians only.
Lunch Visitors: Just a reminder that we are not allowing any lunch visitors or volunteers. After Labor Day, we welcome visitors to enjoy lunch with their child. When you come to eat lunch with your child, we request that you leave at the end of lunch and before your child goes back to class or recess. All parents/visitors must eat at the designated table in the hallway by the office with their child only or in the gym with their child’s class. Please sign in at the office when you first arrive.
Dismissal: If you didn’t receive a yellow piece of cardstock with your last name and student’s grade level during the first week of school, please email Ms. Allen at laallen@mpsomaha.org We ask everyone who picks up at the end of the day to put the yellow card on the dash so we can read the card and know who belongs in the car. If you need more than one sign, please let us know and we are happy to provide it.
Bikes: If your child rides a bike to school, please make sure the bike is locked up. Bikes should be walked while on school property so that no one gets hurt or run over.
Walking Club: The last day to sign up for Walking Club is August 25th.
Nuisance Items: Please keep all personal items at home such as toys, stuffed animals, watches, etc. If the item distracts from learning then it is considered a nuisance item and will be taken away. Smart watches are a big distraction as students don’t always know the boundaries and expectations of using the watch.
Absences: Please email the teacher and Ms. Allen at laallen@mpsomaha.org if your child is going to miss school or call the school at (402)715-2020. We would appreciate any details you can share about your child’s illness.
Have a great weekend!
Dr. Penke
It’s Carnival night!
We hope to see all Aldrich families at our biggest school fundraiser of the year tonight, the school Carnival! Please join us from 5:30-8pm for 30+games, food trucks, bounce houses and more. Please remember your cash for food trucks, snow cones and cotton candy. Cash and credit card will be taken for wristband and raffle tickets purchased at the door. Don’t miss out on the incredible raffle prizes including the following themes: Night on the Town, Go Supernovas, Family Fun, Wine & Workouts and Black Keys concert tickets. We are looking forward to a fun filled family night at the school!
The Carnival silent auction will stay active until 9:00am Tuesday, August 29th so don’t miss out on all the amazing experiences offered! New this year are 2 All Star parking spots reserved for the winning families for the entire school year. This will be convenient for fast school drop off and pickup without waiting in line and prime parking for every Aldrich event. Here is the link for experience descriptions and bidding.
https://app.charityauctionstoday.com/auctions/2023-aldrich-pto-auction-38157
Looking to volunteer?! Here are upcoming opportunities that we need all the volunteers we can gather.
Creating fall outdoor decorations.
Removing Carnival decorations.
Putting up fall decorations. All the week of August 28th so please keep an eye on the Aldrich Facebook page for details and signup genius link to sign up. This is a great family volunteer opportunity! Kids and spouses' welcome!
Lunch room and media center volunteers needed. Please watch for the signup genius link in the newsletter to sign up. For lunch, volunteers are welcome to come for the entire shift timeframe 11:10-12:30 pm or for as much as their schedule allows, we’re just thankful to have volunteers for any of the timeframe.
PTO website volunteers are needed to help maintain and update website. It’s very user friendly so no experience needed! Email Amanda Hall at amanda.hall82@me.com to volunteer!
Quickly approaching dates to add to your calendar:
Girls on the Run Club begins August 28th so don’t miss out on this uplifting active club for girls grades 3rd-5th! Meetings are after school Mondays and Wednesdays August 28th through November 8th. Registration details can be found in the newsletter below!
No School September 4th & 5th for Labor Day break.
Walking club begins Wednesday September 6th. Registration closes today August 25th so if you’re considering coming even a few days a year please register!
Don and Millie’s School Fundraiser Night with a portion of the Aldrich family’s purchase proceeds going back to the school on. Wednesday September 13th from 4:00-9:00 pm.
Next PTO Meeting Tuesday September 19th @ 8:30 am both in person in the Art room at the school and through Zoom.
Picture Day September 19th.
PTO Luncheon hosted by 5th grade September 27th.
Wear your Olympic Day Shirts for our 1st Olympic Day class meeting September 29th.
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
Hope to see you all tonight!
Jacquelyn Alexander
PTO President
IB informational Corner
Transdisciplinary Themes
The PYP is a transdisciplinary program organized around six themes of global significance. Teachers are guided by these six transdisciplinary themes (Kindergarten complete four) as they design units of inquiry.
**Did you know that each grade level completes a unit of inquiry under each of these six themes during the school year?
Who We Are– An inquiry into the nature of the self; beliefs and values; personal, physical, mental, social and spiritual health; human relationships including families, friends, communities, and cultures; rights and responsibilities; what it means to be human.
Where We Are in Place & Time– An inquiry into orientation in place and time; personal histories; homes and journeys; the discoveries, explorations and migrations of humankind; the relationships between and the interconnectedness of individuals and civilizations, from local and global perspectives.
How We Express Ourselves– An inquiry into the ways in which we discover and express ideas, feelings, nature, culture, beliefs and values; the ways in which we reflect on, extend and enjoy our creativity; our appreciation of the aesthetic.
How the World Works– An inquiry into the natural world and its laws; the interaction between the natural world (physical and biological) and human societies; how humans use their understanding of scientific principles; the impact of scientific and technological advances on society and on the environment.
How We Organize Ourselves– An inquiry into the interconnectedness of human-made systems and communities; the structure and function or organizations; societal decision-making; economic activities and their impact on humankind and the environment.
Sharing the Planet– An inquiry into the rights and responsibilities in the struggle to share finite resources with other people and with other living things; communities and the relationships within and between them; access to equal opportunities; peace and conflict resolution.
Walking Club
Registration deadline is TODAY!
Walking Club Registrations can be completed when you register for the PTO at below link. Walking Club Registration deadline is TODAY!
https://www.runpto.com/u/aldrich_mps/
Walking Club will begin on Wednesday, September 6th. Please review the information below for students and parent volunteers. We are excited to welcome back some morning exercise to our daily routine
Students:
All students signed up for Walking Club will receive their lanyard at school on Friday, September 1st.
Walking club doors will open at 7:55am and close at 8:05am. Students must wear their lanyard to enter the school for walking club. Students will enter and place their backpack in the hallways near their grade level sign. Students will not go to the coat rooms or classrooms.
Students will line up with a partner and follow Mr. Mohning for a morning walk.
Students will receive a punch on their punch card each day they walk. They will earn prizes by turning their punch card in to Mr. Mohning each time the reach 25, 50, 75, 100, 125 and 150 miles.
Walking Club will conclude at 8:15. Students will enter the school through the recess door and pick up their backpack.
Behavior expectations for walking club: Students will actively participate in the walk, stay with the walking club group and keep their hands and feet to themselves. They will not attempt to go to the classroom early or go to the coat rooms before 8:15. Failure to obey these rules will result in removal from Walking Club. The club is operated on a three strike system. The third strike will result in removal for the remainder of the year.
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.
Volunteers helping with the walk will be directed by Mr. Mohning and may wait near the front of the line and help punch tags as the students line up.
At the conclusion of walking club, volunteers need to enter the building to turn in their volunteer badge and exit through the front door. Volunteers are not able to visit classrooms or walk their child to class. Please respect this boundary so we can keep the walking club in place.
Interested volunteers can sign up on the link below! We appreciate any & all help.
Olympic Day T-Shirts
Parents, please complete registration for your child's FREE Olympic Day shirt no later than 6pm on Friday, August 25th. You can select your child's shirt size in one of two ways. To select your child's shirt size during PTO registration, please follow the instructions at this link. To select a size WITHOUT paying for PTO membership, click here and select the Olympic Day shirt and choose a size, then check out. Walking club, kindness club, carnival wristbands and all sponsorships DO NOT require PTO membership.
Modern Images Flyer.pdfOur picture day will be held on Tuesday, September 19th.
Pictures will be ordered online this year. There are special offers if you order BEFORE picture day! Please click on the link below to pre-order your school pictures.
Place your school picture day order now online! <CLICK HERE>
If the link above doesn’t work in your browser, please copy and paste this in your address bar:
https://modernimagesonline.com/ordering/access
PRE-ORDER NOW AND GET SPECIAL SAVINGS
Simple steps to ordering online:
PRE-ORDER NOW ONLINE
Step 1: Use the link above or go to modernimagesonline.com
Step 2: enter this code: 44B84H5E (CODE EXPIRES when pre-orders are printed)
THIS CODE ONLY WORKS FOR ALDRICH!
Step 3: Place your order. (Each student needs to have a separate order).
Step 4: Pay with credit card.
Step 5: Hassle Free picture day.
Step 6: Your pictures will be delivered to the school unless you choose to have them sent to your home.
At Back to School Night you should have received a yellow car sign. If you choose to pick up your student in the front car line please make the yellow sign visible to staff so that we can get your child to you quickly. If you need additional car signs please email Ms. Allen at laallen@mpsomaha.org.
PTO Online Registration
PTO registration is now open! Please follow the links below to register! (We recommend reading the instructions prior to registering).
lunch times
Kindergarten 11:20-11:40
First Grade 11:45-12:05
Second Grade 12:10-12:30
Third Grade 12:00-12:20
Fourth Grade 11:35-11:55
Fifth Grade 11:10-11:30
Fall 2023 Millard North Learn to Swim REGISTRATION FORM.pdfMINI MUSTANGS.docx (1).pdfBakers community rewards.pdfHyVee TAGG.pdfBoxtop_Overview with office option.pdf
MPS Board Members
Dr. John Schwartz, Superintendent
Amanda McGill Johnson, President
Linda Poole, Vice President
Mike Kennedy, Secretary
Mike Pate, Treasurer
Stacy Jolley, Board Member
Lisa Schoenberger, Board Member