October 2024 – Alpine Elementary

Oct 29

Eagle News 10/28/2024

By alpineweb Eagle News

October 28, 2024

CALENDAR

Oct 29 Kindergarten Field Trip-Hogle Zoo

Oct 29 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 Gym

Oct 30 School Picture Retakes-See below and Attachment

Oct 31 Halloween Parade 1:30 gym

Nov 4 Rising Eagle Meeting-8:30 Mrs. Fisher’s Room

Nov 4 6th Grade ALL Testing-Alpine Elementary

Nov 4 1st Grade Field Trip-Butterfly Biosphere

Nov 5 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 Gym

Nov 6 PTA Spirit Night-Zupa’s Cafe-Highland-Info to come!

Nov 7 Clear Creek-5th Grade-Info sent home with students and emails from teachers

Nov 7 Clear Creek Day at Alpine Elementary-5th Grade

Nov 7 Math Olympiads-3:30 Mrs. Monson’s Room

Nov 8 Utah Stormwater Presentation-4th grade 12:30

School Information

Celebration for Alpine Elementary

We want to celebrate our students, teachers, support staff, and parents. Each year the Utah State Board of Education puts out a Report Card for every elementary school in Utah. This is based upon a lot of factors regarding proficiency and growth of our students in Language Arts, Math, and Science. This year, Alpine Elementary received the highest grade (#1 ranking) in the Alpine School District (60 schools) and we ranked #8 in the entire state (more than 500 elementary schools). Our school and community should be very proud of our accomplishments this last year. We have a fantastic school and lots of great things happening. We look forward to continuing our high level of education being supported by a great district and district personnel. Congrats to everyone!

School Picture Retake Day

Picture retakes will be on Oct 30th. They will be in the morning and conclude before lunchtime. If you would like retakes, or if you were absent on the original picture day, please plan on having your picture taken on the 30th. I have attached the order form to select the package you would like.

Halloween Here at Alpine Elementary

We will be having our annual Halloween parade on Oct. 31st. We will be starting the parade at 1:30 and will be walking through the classrooms and ending in the gym. Please feel free to come and wait for the procession in the gym. The parade usually takes about an hour from start to finish.

Please remember that costumes for Halloween should not include masks of any kind. We need to be able to identify all students. This includes during the parade. Also, please do not bring any toy weapons to school. These will be collected and held in the office until the end of the day. Please refrain from blood or gore on costumes as well.

We are always excited to have Halloween here at Alpine. We hope everyone has fun planning fun and safe costumes for the holiday. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to ask.

From the PTA

Mark your calendars for some upcoming events in November (more info. to come!)

Wed. Nov. 6: Cafe Zupa’s (Highland) Spirit Night from 4-9pm

Tues. Nov. 12: Classic Skate Night (Orem) from 4:30-8:30pm

Tues. Nov. 19: “Meet the Artist” Reflections Showcase & Awards Night

From the Library

Read, Read, Read!

From the SCC

School Community Council Meeting

We will be having our next SCC Meeting on Monday, Nov 18th at 9:30. Everyone is welcome to come and participate.

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 linq Connect 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. Additionally, we cannot give change so all money given will be placed into your student’s account. If you have any questions or may need help, please do not hesitate to contact the main office at 801-610-8700.

Oct 15

Eagle News 10/14/2024

By alpineweb Eagle News

October 14, 2024

CALENDAR

Oct 14-16 Red Ribbon Week-See Below for details and see attachment!

Oct 14 Reflections Entry Deadline!-see below and attachment!

Oct 14 Red Ribbon Week-Wear Red Day

Oct 14 Rising Eagle Meeting 8:30 Mrs. Fisher’s Room

Oct 15 Red Ribbon Week-Crazy Hair Day

Oct 15 Lone Peak Cluster PTA Meeting 10:00 Timberline Middle School

Oct 15 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 Gym

Oct 16 Red Ribbon Week-Wear School Shirt Day

Oct 16 Hero’s Day Assembly 9:30 Back Field at School

Oct 16 Last Day of Term 1

Oct 17-21 Fall Break-NO SCHOOL

Oct 21 Teacher PD Day-NO Students at school!

Oct 22 Alpine SCC Meeting-9:30 Conference Room

Oct 22 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 Gym

Oct 24 Clear Creek Parent Meeting 8:45 Ms Fisher’s room

Oct 24 Math Olympiads 5th/6th graders 3:30 Mrs Monson’s room

Oct 24 Counselor Connection Night 6:30 Westfield Elementary-See attached flyer

Looking Ahead: Oct 31 Halloween Parade 1:30 gym

School Information

Red Ribbon Week this week!

We are excited to have our red ribbon week this week. Please see below for the activities that will be happening this week!

From the PTA

Reflections Entries Deadline Approaching: Oct. 14!

This year’s theme for the national PTA reflections art contest is “Accepting Imperfection.”

All entries are submitted online, and it is open to submit anytime now.

The last day for entries is Oct. 14.

There are 7 different categories to enter in, and your student can submit one entry per category. Please see the flyer and website HERE for more details.

There are also directions on how to submit, as well as the rules and criteria for each category. Please ensure your student’s artwork meets all the rules and criteria- if it doesn’t meet the rules we have to disqualify it.

Red Ribbon Week this Week: Oct. 14-16

During Red Ribbon Week, we will be helping the students make the commitment to themselves to live drug free. Please see the separate email sent with information for parents on how to continue this conversation at home. Remember, a strong relationship with a caring adult is the best anti-drug program there is.

On Monday Oct. 14- Wear RED

Students can wear red, and pledge to be drug free.

On Tuesday Oct. 15- CRAZY HAIR Day

Crazy hair day to remember to use your head, don’t do drugs.

On Wednesday Oct. 16- SPIRIT Day

Wear your school shirt and pledge to keep Alpine drug free.

On Wednesday morning, starting at 9:30am, we have a special visit from the DEA, K-9 dogs, police, fire, SWAT and more. We are appreciative of their service and their time given to visit Alpine Elementary.

From the Library

Read, Read, Read!

From the SCC

School Community Council Meeting

We will be having our next SCC Meeting on Tuesday, Oct 22nd at 9:30. Everyone is welcome to come and participate.

From the Lunchroom

Oct 08

Eagle News 10/07/2024

By alpineweb Eagle News

October 7, 2024

CALENDAR

Oct 7 Rising Eagle Meeting 8:30 Mrs. Fisher’s Room

Oct 8 Alpine Elementary Choir Practice 3:30 Gym

Oct 14-16 Red Ribbon Week-Information to come soon!

Oct 14 Reflections Entry Deadline!-see below and attachment!

Oct 15 Rising Eagle Meeting 8:30 Mrs. Fisher’s Room

Oct 15 Lone Peak Cluster PTA Meeting 10:00 Timberline Middle School

Oct 16 Hero’s Day Assembly 9:30 Back Field at School

Oct 16 Last Day of Term 1

Oct 17-21 Fall Break-NO SCHOOL

School Information

Parent/Teacher Conferences

Thanks to everyone who attended our parent/teacher conferences last week. We loved having each of you here. If you did not get a chance to meet with your student’s teacher, please contact them and they would love to visit with you.

Specialty Classes Update

Here is a link to see what our fantastic specialty classes will be doing for the next few weeks!

Specialty Classes Update 9/30 – 10/18

From the PTA

Reflections Entries Deadline Approaching: Oct. 14!

This year’s theme for the national PTA reflections art contest is “Accepting Imperfection.”

All entries are submitted online, and it is open to submit anytime now.

The last day for entries is Oct. 14.

There are 7 different categories to enter in, and your student can submit one entry per category. Please see the flyer and website HERE for more details.

Red Ribbon Week Coming Up Oct. 14-16

Look out for a flyer coming home this week, as well as the email sent next Sunday with more details and information about Red Ribbon Week.

On Wednesday Oct. 16 morning, we have a special visit from the DEA, K9 dogs, SWAT, police, fire and more. We are appreciative of their service and their time given to visit Alpine Elementary.

From the Library

BATTLE OF THE BOOKS T-SHIRT PAYMENT DUE

If you ordered a Battle of the Books t-shirt, please pay the $10 cost on MySchoolFees.com by Friday, October 11th.

From the SCC

School Community Council Meeting

We will be having our first SCC Meeting on Tuesday, Oct 22nd at 9:30. Everyone is welcome to come and participate.

From the Lunchroom

Oct 03

Specialty Classes Update 09/30/24 -10/18/24

By alpineweb Specialty Classes Update

Rotation: Sept. 30 – 18, 2024

Music – Mrs. Hunt [email protected]

1st grade- We are learning about the instrument families in the orchestra. We are listening to the music and reading the story from Peter and the Wolf and how the instruments in the orchestra represent different characters in the story. We will be able to group the correct instruments into the correct families and know where the families sit in an orchestra. We will watch the movie, Peter and the Wolf. We will also learn the songs Buckle Up, There’s a hole in the bucket, and Skip to my Lou.

2nd grade- We will be choosing a first, second, and third choice in our Glow Musical. We will learn about the characters in the musical, how everyone in the musical is important, and how to share our talents with others. We will learn about crescendo (getting louder) and decrescendo (getting softer and using our voices to create those dynamics. We will learn the songs from the musical and learn Clementine.

3rd grade- We are working hard on learning our Veteran’s Day songs. This is the 3rd year we will have done this amazing program. We will be performing on the morning of Nov. 11, which is Veteran’s Day. Please put this on your calendar now and think about who would enjoy coming in your family who is a veteran or is still on active duty. We would love to honor them. We will continue learning our songs for the program while also learning the difference between a fanfare and a bugle because we are learning Taps, Aaron Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, and Stars and Stripes Forever written by John Sousa.

4th grade- We are reviewing musical terms we learned in 3rd grade by playing bingo. We are also getting recorders and learning how to play the first 3 notes B, A, and G. If your child would like to purchase the one they use this year they are welcome to pay in the office in May.

5th grade- We are learning about the Magic Flute Opera. We will listen to the overture and then learn about the story. We will also introduce the ukulele and how to play 3 chords C, F, and G7.

We will learn how to strum different rhythms and play many songs. We will continue to learn our Hope of America songs for our program on May 6, 2025 at the Marriott Center in Provo. Please mark your calendars for this amazing event.

6th grade- We are learning about many tempos we can sing and play our hand drums to. We are learning how to play the different hand drums, rhythms, and layering different rhythms together. We will also be learning the pillow concert songs, I’ve Been Everywhere and The Museum song.

Alpine Eagles Choir- This is after school on Tuesdays from 3:30-4:30 and includes 4th-6th graders. We are learning some fun Christmas music and I’m very excited about the sound and quality these kids are already practicing with! I love working with your children!!!

Computer Lab – Mrs. Stonely [email protected]

Kindergarten – Digital Citizenship: Students were introduced to a concept called the Internet Traffic Light. Green means “go,” indicating a site you know is safe. Yellow means “go slow” and ask an adult if it’s safe. Red means “stop,” indicating a website that is not appropriate for you.

Lesson: Students worked on the “Teach Your Monster To Read” website, which helps reinforce phonics skills and develop computer mouse skills.

1st Grade – Digital Citizenship: We read the book, “Good Pictures, Bad Pictures,” by Kristen A. Jensen. We discussed what to do if they see a bad picture: “Turn, Run, Tell.”

Lesson: Students worked in Scratch Jr., learning how to edit backdrops and characters in their program. They coded an alien planet with dancing aliens.

2nd Grade – Digital Citizenship: The concept of digital trails was introduced; students learned that every time they go online, a record is kept of the sites they visit.

Lesson: Students coded a Scratch Jr. grid maze game, learning to create a maze and then code a sprite (character) to complete the maze.

3rd Grade – Digital Citizenship: We learned about our digital trails and discussed that the things we post, share, and create online are permanent. We emphasized our responsibility to be mindful of what we broadcast to others.

Lesson: Students were introduced to coding in Scratch; in previous years, they coded in Scratch Jr. They created an animated word program with letters changing colors, sizes, movements, and bouncing.

4th Grade – Digital Citizenship: We discussed personal vs. private information and what is okay to share online.

Lesson: Students worked in Scratch, developing code to make their sprite change costumes, speak, and change the backdrop.

5th Grade – Digital Citizenship: Students learned about their digital presence and discussed how future colleges and employers look at it.

Lesson: This week, students practiced typing, reinforcing correct finger placement and learning finger families. They also had the opportunity to try dictation and enjoyed it.

6th Grade – Digital Citizenship: We discussed how people use social media to promote themselves and how it doesn’t always portray true reality.

Lesson: Students worked in Google Sheets, learning how to add basic functions and conditionals.

Art – Mrs. Clarke [email protected]

We have been working on a school-wide Mood Meter. Thanks to our school counselor, Tyrene Hartsell, our school is implementing the nationwide RULERS program. This is an evidenced based approach to social and emotional learning. As part of this program students are increasing their emotional vocabulary through The Mood Meter.

Using the Mood Meter each student in art chose an emotion to create a monochromatic (one color) collage self-portrait. We spent some time studying our facial expressions in a mirror and the things that change when we feel different emotions. The students noticed that most of the emotion in our faces is shown in our eyes, mouth, and eyebrows. After studying some of Romaire Bearden’s collage work we sketched a plan and set to work creating our own collage.

Watch for our school Mood Meter in the hallway by the library.

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