Message from Dr. Penke
Message from Dr. Penke
Parent/Teacher Conferences:
Conferences are coming up! We will do all of our conferences in-person. We will be having conferences on Tuesday, October 10th from 4:00-8:00 pm and Wednesday, October 11th from 4:00-8:00 pm. The information to sign up for conferences is in this newsletter. We look forward to talking with you at conferences.
Blue Ribbon Celebration:
On Thursday, September 28 at 3:00, we will have an assembly/pep rally to celebrate our Blue Ribbon School award. Parents are welcome to join us on the blacktop! We are so proud of the hard work and are excited for this recognition.
Walking Club Reminders:
All students need their lanyard to walk each day. That is our signal that they are signed up for Walking Club. If they don’t have their lanyard, then they don’t participate that day.
Walking Club doors open at 7:55am and close at 8:05am. If a student shows up after 8:05am, then they don’t participate that day.
We are amazed at how many students have joined the Walking Club and we appreciate your help with the procedures to keep everything running smoothly.
Medicine:
Students are not allowed to transport medicine (even cough drops) to or from school. An adult needs to bring in the medicine to the health room and fill out the appropriate paperwork. This also includes cough drops. Thank you for your help!
Have a great weekend!
Dr. Penke
Congratulations to Aldrich for being named a Blue Ribbon School for 2023!
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
Oscar Weinhold, “Duck, Duck, Dinosaur: Spring Smiles”
Elise Blackford, “Mr. Shivers: The Doll in the Hall and Other Scary Stories”
Vaibhav Alla, “Grumpy Monkey: Ready, Set, Bananas!”
Sri Mithra Tadepalli, “The Pigeon Will Ride the Roller Coaster”
Grant Gustafson, “Grumpy Monkey: Get Your Grumps Out”
Dawaun Lockhart, “Moana and Pua”
Maria Lockhart, “Red, White, and Whole"
All Star Staff Member of the Month
Our first All Star Staff Member of the Month is Mr. Charles! Mr. Charles was nominated by Maureen Rezac. She writes, “Mr. Charles does the hardest job in the building with an ever present smile on his face. He is quick to help with any request sent his way, and has approached me about things needing work in my room that I didn’t even notice. Mr. Charles is willing to learn and take on the many facets of his job. He is a kind presence in the building to adults and kids alike. A strong custodial team is the backbone of the school, and I am so grateful for Mr. Charles. Thanks for keeping our ship afloat!”
Thank you for making Aldrich a better place to learn and work!
Parent/Teacher Conferences
Scheduling is now open for Parent Teacher conferences! Conferences will be held on:
-Tuesday, October 10th from 4:00pm-8:00pm in person
-Wednesday, October 11th from 4:00pm-8:00pm in person
Please click here for the parent letter that includes instructions on how to schedule. The scheduling cannot be done on the ParentVue App - it must be done on the web browser.
Fall Scholastic Book Fair
Get ready to join us for the upcoming Fall Scholastic Book Fair!
After School Shopping: October 5th, 6th and 9th after school from 3:30-4:00PM.
Conference Shopping: October 10th and October 11th from 4:00-7:45PM during conferences.
Coloring Contest: Students can participate for a chance to win a coupon to use at the book fair! Click here for more information.
Volunteers: We need Volunteers to help make our fair a success! No experience needed. Visit https://bit.ly/Aldrich-BookFair to sign up.
Please see the flyer attached for more information!
Copy of Book Fair Letter (1).pdf
You can still order your school pictures online!
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
Simple steps to ordering online:
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.
Health Screenings
Annually, health screenings are done for students in elementary school. The following screenings will be done over the next few months on all students Kindergarten through fourth grade that do not have current health physicals on file: hearing, distance vision, near vision, dental screening, height and weight. Students needing further evaluation for vision, hearing, or dental will have a referral letter sent home. Please contact the Health Office if you have any questions or concerns.
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-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
OUTDOOR DECORATIONS
Help make new Snowman Outdoor Decorations for Aldrich, October 7th at 1:30pm.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B49AAAC23A1FB6-help#/
Hello All Star Families,
I hope everyone had a wonderful week! The PTO meeting minutes from this week’s meeting can be found here for review and reference.
I have received multiple questions about our new website and access to the online directory. The new Aldrich website link is below. For directory access, you must be registered for PTO to have access.
The new website is:
https://www.runpto.com/u/aldrich_mps/
To access the directory, paid members will login at:
https://www.runpto.com/pto/login/(https://www.runpto.com/pto/login/)
Interested in volunteering?! Check out for the following opportunities:
Lunch room and media center volunteers. 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 at the school! (Link to volunteer is in newsletter.)
Walking club volunteers needed especially as the colder months come around.(Link to volunteer is in the newsletter.)
Creating outdoor decorations. This can be a family volunteer opportunity! Kids and spouses welcome! Next opportunity is making outdoor snowmen in October 7th @ 1:30. (Link to volunteer is in the newsletter)
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!
Book Fair volunteers needed October 5th-11th. Keep an eye out for the QR code to volunteer coming soon!
Quickly approaching dates to add to your calendar:
September 27th 6:30-7:30 is the Carnival recap meeting at the House of R. This is an opportunity to discuss 2023 carnival and opportunities for 2024. Looking for all volunteers for next year to keep this event a huge success!
PTO Luncheon hosted by 5th grade September 27th. Dallas Jurisevic will be collecting monetary donations to cover the cost of the catered lunch through end of day today 9/22. You can either Venmo donations to: @Dallas-Jurisevic (3754) or send cash to school in an envelope labeled 5th Grade Staff Luncheon.
Wear your Olympic Day Shirts for our 1st Olympic Day class meeting September 29th. Shirts will come home with your student next week so they have for the 1st Olympic Day meeting.
Book Fair October 5th-11th
In person conferences October 10-11, online signup for conferences opens today!
Fall break October 12-16
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 weekend!
Jacquelyn Alexander
PTO President
Thanks once again to everyone who volunteered, sponsored, attended and otherwise helped with our 2023 Aldrich PTO carnival! Stay tuned for updated numbers. If anyone else is interested in beginning plans for next year, please contact Rachel Richards or Amanda Hall, AldrichPTOcarnival@outlook.com. We’d like to congratulate all our 2023 winners!
Auction Winners: Click here to view
Raffle Winners:
Cottonwood stay & earrings: Corey Vidlak
Luminarium Membership: Adam Akkad
Supernovas tickets: Bing Xue
Lululemon gift card: Jason Rezac
Black Keys tickets: Emily Knezevich
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
MINI MUSTANGS.docx (1).pdf
Looking Ahead
PTO Luncheon hosted by 5th Grade: Wednesday, September 27th
Olympic Day Class Meeting: Friday, September 29th
Parent/Teacher Conferences: Tuesday, October 10th and Wednesday October 11th
No School-Fall Break: Thursday, October 12th-Monday, October 16th
Picture Re-take Day: Thursday, October 19th
Bakers 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