Message from Dr. Penke
Message from Dr. Penke
Picture Day: Picture Day is Tuesday, September 19th. Every student will get their picture taken regardless if they are purchasing a picture or not. There will be no paper forms sent home. For more information, see the picture section below.
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 4:00-8:00pm and Tuesday, October 11th from 4:00-8:00pm. Our conference preference letters will be coming home on Friday, September 22nd, so be looking for the form!
Arrival: We need your help! I am asking that you have your child ready to unload the car. If you are sitting there, getting your child dressed and ready in the car, you are holding up the whole line. If you need to get out of your car to help your child unload, then please go to a parking spot and unload from the parking spot. Then your child can use the crosswalk to get to the front door. We appreciate your help in building your child’s skills of independence.
School Improvement Team: We are looking for four volunteers/parents to be a part of our School Improvement Team this school year. The team meets 4 times a year on Thursdays from 4-5pm. If you are interested, please let Dr. Penke know at 402-715-2020 or hrpenke@mpsomaha.org. If we receive lots of interested parents, then we will do a lottery drawing for the four spots available. Our first meeting is Thursday, September 21st from 4-5pm.
Curriculum Night:
Thanks to everyone who attended Curriculum Night last week. We had 48% of our families in attendance. Thanks for partnering with us.
Have a great weekend!
Dr. Penke
BIRTHDAY BOOK CLUB
Taliya Cooley, “Attack of the Black Rectangles”
Gabbie Kriesel, “A is for Bee : An Alphabet Book in Translation”
Harrison Allen, “Buzz Lightyear, Mission: Teamwork”
Mason Johnson, “Star Wars: A Leader Named Leia”
Hello All Star Families,
I hope everyone had a wonderful extended weekend and Labor Day!
Looking to volunteer?! Here are upcoming opportunities:
Lunch room and media center are now open for volunteers. Please see the signup genius links below 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 at the school!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B49AAAC23A1FB6-lunchroom
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/8050B49AAAC23A1FB6-library
Creating, removing or putting up outdoor decorations. Please keep an eye on the Aldrich Facebook page for details and signup genius links to signup as these opportunities come up. This can be a family volunteer opportunity! Kids and spouses welcome!
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:
Don and Millie’s School Fundraiser Night when 20% of the Aldrich family’s purchase proceeds from drive thru or dining in go back to the school on Wednesday September 13th from 4:00-9:00 pm. Please tell the cashier you’re with Aldrich when you are checking out.
Next PTO Meeting Tuesday September 19th @ 8:30 am both in person in the Art room at the school and through Zoom.
PTO Luncheon hosted by 5th grade September 27th.
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
Walking Club
Walking Club Reminders:
Students:
Walking club doors open at 7:55am and close at 8:05am. Students must wear their lanyard to enter the school for walking club. Students enter and place their backpack in the hallways near their grade level sign. Students will not go to the coat rooms or classrooms.
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.
Modern Images 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-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:
MPS Children's Choice Book Award Nominee List
We are excited to announce the First Annual MPS Children's Choice Book Award Nominee List. Our teacher librarians and other Millard staff who know our students’ interests so well have selected 10 books that they think our students will love. We will be sharing these books with students, hosting a Millard Book Award competition, and using these books for our annual Quiz Bowl.
In addition, we are asking our students to help name this new award. Mrs. Svacina, our teacher librarian, will be sharing more information about this contest with our students. The new name will be unveiled in May along with the winner of the first annual Millard Public Schools Elementary Book Award.
Parent Series Letter 2023.pdf
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!
Fall 2023 Millard North Learn to Swim REGISTRATION FORM.pdfMINI MUSTANGS.docx (1).pdf
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