Message from Dr. Penke
Message from Dr. Penke
No School on Monday, September 4th and Tuesday, September 5th.
PTO Carnival: WOW! Thank you to Rachel Richards, Amanda Hall, all of our volunteers, our sponsors, and our families for making the PTO Carnival a great success! We appreciate all of the support, and it was a wonderful event!
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.
Traffic: If you are going to enter the parking lot, please park in a stall to unload your child. The drop off lane is the CURB lane only. Please don’t create your own drop off lane in the parking lot. We are working hard to keep everyone safe and we need your help!
Walking Club: Walking Club starts Wednesday, September 6th. Your child needs their Walking Club lanyard in order to participate every day.
Have a great weekend!
Dr. Penke
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
Shakthi Sasikumar, “The Magic Misfits #4: The Fourth Suit”
Lucy Panebianco, “Ophie’s Ghosts”
Faith Firlik, “Pug Diaries: Pug’s New Puppy”
Annabelle Alexander, “Stella Endicott and the Anything-is-Possible Poem”
Maddy Hall, “Luca: A Sea Monster Story”
Rishav Mitra, “Wild Kratts: Wild Dogs and Canines!”
Raheemah Akindele, “Waffles + Mochi: Pickle Party!”
Rahman Akindele, “Buzz Lightyear: Space Ranger to the Rescue”
Athena Zheng, “Wait Till Helen Comes: A Ghost Story Graphic Novel”
Summer Kenny, “The Party Diaries: Starry Henna Night”
Thanush Bokka, “The Last Beekeeper”
Thomas Jacobsen, “Truth or Lie: Presidents”
Hi All Star Families,
Thank you to all that attended and volunteered at the carnival last Friday, it was a huge success thanks to all of you! A special shout out to our incredible carnival chairs, Rachel Richards and Amanda Hall for all their hard work, time, and effort that went into making the Carnival a success. Lastly, thank you to all our incredible Carnival sponsors! We are so lucky to have a school filled with such support and community at Aldrich!
We hope all had a wonderful curriculum night! It was so great to be in the classrooms in person again to hear and see all the amazing plans the teachers have in store of our children this school year.
Looking to volunteer?! Here are upcoming opportunities:
Creating, removing or putting up outdoor decorations. Please keep an eye on the Aldrich Facebook page for details and signup genius link to signup. This can be a family volunteer opportunity! Kids and spouses welcome!
Lunch room and media center volunteers needed. Please see the signup genius link in the newsletter to signup. For lunch, volunteers are welcome to come for the entire shift timeframe or for as much as their schedule allows, we’re just thankful to have volunteers.
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:
No School September 4th & 5th for Labor Day break.
Walking club begins Wednesday September 6th. Registration is closed.
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
Have a wonderful extended weekend for Labor Day!
Jacquelyn Alexander
PTO President
Walking Club
Registration has closed. Walking club starts September 6th for those who signed up!
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.
Our 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.
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:
Thank you so much to all of our fantastic committee chairs, our volunteers, sponsors, vendors, staff and everyone else who helped make our annual school carnival a huge success! We’re still calculating the proceeds from this event and will update with final numbers when able. Silent Auction and raffle winners have been notified. If you’re interested in helping with next year’s event, please email Aldrichptocarnival@outlook.com.
Special thank you to our presenting sponsor, Midwest Gastrointestinal Associates, PC. Thank you to our wristband sponsor, Illuminate Financial Group, and to our Fanny pack sponsor, Great Plains Tree Care.
PTO Online Registration
PTO registration is 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
Don & Millies Night for Aldrich Elementary!
Wednesday, Sept. 13th
See flyer for details!
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