March 6, 2023
CALENDAR
Mar 6 Battle of the Books Competition 5th/6th Grades 9:30 start
Mar 7 PTA Classic Skate Night-Classic Skating-see below for details
Mar 7 Alpine PTA Meeting 9:30 Faculty Room
Mar 8 Math Olympiads 3:30-Mrs. Monson’s room
Mar 10 Alpine Hope Squad Meeting 8:45 Ms. Johnson’s Room
Mar 10 Class Picture Day-see below for details
Mar 10 End of 3rd Term
Mar 13 Teacher Professional Development Day-No school for students
Mar 14 Alpine SCC Meeting 9:30
Mar 14 Lone Peak Council PTA Meeting 10:00 Location TBD
Mar 15 Math Olympiads 3:30-Mrs. Monson’s room
Mar 17 Watergarden’s Movie Day-3rd Grade and Kindergarten
Mar 17 1st grade field trip to Alpine Fire Department 2:00
Mar 17 5th Grade Chinese Play-2:30 Gym-5th Grade Chinese DLI parents invited
School Information
Class Picture day is on Friday, March 10th!
We are excited to announce that we will be having our Spring Class Picture day this Friday. Information will be coming home on Monday regarding this event. So you know, we will be doing the old-time everyone together class pictures on the steps in the gym like we did years ago. These pictures are much more fun than the composites you received in the Fall. Information on purchasing these photos will be in the packet and you will be able to purchase them online. We will not be doing individual student pictures on this day, only full class pictures.
Opportunity to participate in History, Science or Geography Bee
This year, we’re excited to offer students the opportunity to participate in the Utah Regional Finals for the National History Bee, National Science Bee and International Geography Bee which will be held on April 8 in the Salt Lake City area. There are 2 age groups for students at our school: elementary (4th grade and lower) and middle school (5th and 6th grade). To qualify to participate in the regional competition in Salt Lake, students take a free, online, 20-minute, 50 question multiple-choice test.
Students are encouraged to choose ONE subject area to focus on. Test preparation is done independently and students will take the online qualifying tests after school on March 20 or 21 or online.
To access practice tests you can use the following links:
History
Geography
Science
To gauge student interest, please complete the online form for each student interested in participating.
https://forms.gle/18A1ySABFiifwtDm9
Nicole Menssen
International Academic Competitions Teacher Sponsor
Kindergarten Registration
If you have a kindergarten student that will be at Alpine Elementary in the upcoming 2023-2024 school year and you did not have a chance to register last week, please do so as soon as possible. Please contact the main office for registration help.
If you know anyone that doesn’t have students at the school this year but will have a kindergartener next year, please pass along this information.
Please do not hesitate to reply to this email or call the office here at school with any questions.
White Ribbon Week!
We want to send a huge “Thanks” to everyone involved in our White Ribbon Week last week. We hope great conversations were had regarding internet safety and online citizenship.
Outside/Inside Weather Days
As a followup to the email sent up earlier, if we have an extremely cold or inclement weather day, we will post red flags on the outside of the school. This will indicate that students should come in the main doors and go down to the gym until the morning bell rings. This will occur if the temperature drops below 20 degrees or if we have major storms.
From the Library
Battle of the Books is just around the corner!
It’s almost time for the Battle of the Books competition!
5th/6th grades will compete on Monday, March 6th
3rd/4th grades will compete on Monday, March 20th
Keep reminding your students to read the books on their book list and to memorize the book titles and authors’ last names.
From the SCC
SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, March 14th at 9:30.
From the PTA
Next PTA Meeting
Our next PTA meeting will be March 7th at 9:30 in the faculty room
Classic Skate Night at Classic Skating
Our PTA is inviting you to come and have fun at our Classic Skate Night on Tuesday, March 7th from 5:00-9:00 at Classic Skating in Orem. This is always a fun time. Admission is free but you do need to rent or bring your own skates.
From the Lunchroom
A reminder to everyone to please make sure your student(s) have money in their lunch accounts. If you need help with this, you can simply log on to mypaymentsplus.com and register. In addition to making payments, you can view your student account balances, history, set up automatic payments and account balance alerts. Also, our kitchen can accept cash or checks for meal payments, but not credit cards. If you have any questions or may need help, please do not hesitate to contact the main office at 801-610-8700.
