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With only a high of 28 degrees forecast for today, our students will be eating lunch in the gym/cafeteria and not outside. We will still be sending students outside for morning and lunch recesses. We only keep students inside for recess when the temperature is below 20 degrees. So be sure you send your students to school with warm clothing.

Students can dress up in Halloween costumes on Friday, October 30, but because of COVID-19 health restrictions, there will not be a parent parade at the school. We are working on the technology issues to allow us to give parents an online video feed of students dressed up in their costumes. I will be sending out more details later this week. Please remember to not send students to school with costumes that include a mask or fake weapon.

We appreciate all that our PTA did to stage a successful Red Ribbon Week last week! Red Ribbon Week focuses on lessons to teach our students how to say no to drugs and alcohol.

White Ribbon Week, our focus on keeping students safe on the internet and social media, will be February 16 – 19. Collin Kartchner who has spoken to thousands of students and parents in Utah and across the country about how to be safer while using social media, tragically passed away at his home last week at the far too young age of 40-years old.

It’s time to join the Lone Peak Youth Wrestling Program! We are just getting started with practices. Our Parent Meeting is set for Thursday, October 29th, 6:00 PM in the Little Theater (800 hall) at Lone Peak High School. Our practices are on Monday and Wednesdays, 4:30 to 5:30 for the Advanced & 6-8th grade wrestlers and 5:30 to 6:30 for the Novice & through 5th grade wrestlers. Our practices are at the LPHS Wrestling Room near the trophy case at the south end of the school by the gymnasiums (Got to come and see our New Wrestling Room!). Signups can be completed at the practices. For more information, you can visit the Lone Peak Wrestling webpage at  http://lonepeakwrestling.weebly.com/  or by emailing Coach Wallace at [email protected].  Go Knight Wrestling!

The following students were recognized as Students of the Week on Friday, October 23. Teachers nominate students who are consistently demonstrating the character traits of the Alpine Big 3: Being Respectful, Responsible and Ready to learn. Congratulations Students of the Week!

Adam Atalifo–3rd Grade, Ms. Elder

Chambers Broadhead–4th Grade, Mrs. Vipperman

Abby Dominguez–6th Grade, Mrs Kaczmarek

Nora Field–4th Grade, Mrs. Orgill

Crew Green–Kindergarten, Mrs. Malone

Morgan Greer–6th Grade, Ms. Kuo

Quinn Kelly–5th Grade, Mrs. Chang

Fiona Lind–Kindergarten, Mrs. Malone

Violet Reid–2nd Grade, Mrs. Wallace

Benson Reynolds–Kindergarten, Mrs. Aitchison

James Simmons–1st Grade, Mrs. Faux

Jenna Stice–6th Grade, Kaczmarek

Owen Upshaw–1st Grade, Mrs. Chou

Jaxx Wing–4th Grade, Mrs. Keller

Vincent Xanthos–2nd Grade, Mrs. Andersen

A dusting of snow on the ground on Sunday morning was a pretty clear message from Mother Nature that autumn will soon transition to winter. The cooler temperatures meant far fewer people out on the Murdock Trail and Highland Boulevard as I biked up to Suncrest on Saturday.

Have a great week, and as always, remember that it is a great day to be an Eagle!

Alpine Elementary News It is Red Ribbon Week! Tuesday—“Don’t Let Drugs Mask Your Potential”, students will receive red masks Wednesday—“Give Drugs the Boot” everyone wears their favorite pair of boots Thursday—“We’re Too Bright for Drugs”, everyone wears neon colors Friday—“Always Fight Against Drugs”, everyone wears red Thursday, October 22 will be Picture Retakes Day, or if your student has not had a school photo taken, we would like them to be photographed on Thursday. Shop Amazon Smile & Support Alpine Elementary School! Our School receives 0.5% of most purchases you make through Amazon. It takes just three easy steps. 1. Go to http://smile.amazon.com 2. Log in with your Amazon username and password 3. Search “PTA Utah Congress Alpine Elementary PTA” to select us for your charity of choice. Amazon Smile has the same products and same prices as the regular Amazon site. The only difference is that a small portion of your purchase will go to benefit our school! Remember to buy your purchases through http://smile.amazon.com . Your purchases on the regular amazon site or through the Amazon app on the iPhone WILL NOT COUNT. You have to shop through http://smile.amazon.com for our school to benefit from your purchase. For apple users… Do you want to have a quick link to Amazon Smile on your iphone? Here is what you do after setting up Amazon Smile online. Visit smile.amazon.com in Safari on your phone. Next, hit the share button at the bottom middle of your screen. Now click add to Home Screen. … Finally, delete your existing Amazon App so you will always shop with a smile. For Android users go to this link to set up AmazonSmile on your phone! https://www.amazon.com/b?ie=UTF8&node=15576745011 Outside the Principal’s Office I hope you all had a relaxing and enjoyable Fall Break! Laura and I were able to spend three days at a friends’ cabin in the Tollgate area outside of Park City. We enjoyed some four wheeling, saw some elk and deer, and still some remnants of a beautiful fall. And watching on TV BYU win an exciting football game Friday night was a great way to cap off our getaway! Have a great week, and as always, remember that it is a great day to be an Eagle! Dave Perdue, Principal Alpine Elementary Alpine School District

I assume most of you heard Governor Herbert’s announcement last night about increased COVID-19 restrictions in the state of Utah. In addition to a statewide mask mandate, certain restrictions have been mandated through November 23, 2020.  See the attached flyer that specifies what can be done in the state with: Social Gatherings, Athletics and extracurricular activities, Schools and Businesses and Event Hosts.

As a result of the new state mandates, there will be no Alpine Elementary building rentals or outside groups using our gym until at least November 23.

Though there has been a spike in COVID-19 related cases throughout the state, we have not experienced an increase in virus incidents at Alpine Elementary! After one trimester of school, I am grateful to report that we have not had one student, staff member or parent who has contracted the virus here at our school. All COVID-19 cases we have dealt with, both student and staff, have resulted from individuals being exposed to the virus by outside sources. So, the protective measures of wearing face masks, sanitizing work spaces frequently, social distancing as best we can, and frequently washing hands is working! Please remember to keep your students home if they are displaying any COVID-19 symptoms:

We understand that we will always be subject to state and school district health mandates, but to date, we have been able to keep students and staff from COVID-19 while at school.

Last week, your students should have come home with a new Alpine Elementary mask that we purchased for all of our students and staff. Please remind your students to bring a mask, whether it be their Alpine Eagle mask or another mask, to school daily. We continue to hand out multiple masks daily to students who “forgot” their mask at home. We understand that students will sometimes lose their mask; consequently, our two fabulous school secretaries, Martha Hadlock and Sheri Davis, wrote the name of every student, over 600, on the inside of the Alpine Eagle masks! If you have the opportunity to do so, please thank those ladies for that labor-intensive service.

Our current co-presidents, Ammie Gillespie and Laralee Proctor, are volunteering as PTA presidents for the second consecutive year. We need a President-Elect ASAP. If you would be interested in serving as our next PTA president, please contact me or Ammie ([email protected]), or Laralee ([email protected]). Either of those ladies can tell you what the job entails. We have so many dedicated parents that want to help our school. We need your help!

We have a new United States President-elect. I am hoping that regardless of whomever you voted for, we can come together as a more unified country. There is no better time to reflect upon the necessary sacrifices that have resulted in the freedoms we enjoy than our November 11, Veterans Day. I wonder what my father, a Korean War veteran, and father-in-law, a WW II veteran, both deceased, would say about the current political climate in our country?

Our 6^th graders had the opportunity on Friday, November 6, to have discussion with Utah state legislator, Representative Brady Brammer. Representative Brammer did an excellent job of helping our students understand how the legislature works and how a bill can become law in this state. Thank you, Representative Brammer!

The November School Community Council Meeting will be 9:30 – 10:30 am, November 12, in our Conference Room. All parents are invited! The agenda is attached.

The following students were recognized as Students of the Week on Friday, November 6. Teachers nominate students who are consistently demonstrating the character traits of the Alpine Big 3: Being Respectful, Responsible, and Ready to learn. Congratulations Students of the Week!

Molly Barnes– 2nd grade, Mrs. Wallace

Tennyson Bateman– Kindergarten, Mrs. Malone

Grace Campbell– 4th grade, Ms. A. Moore

Benjamin Cluff– 1st grade, Ms. Johnson

Claire DeVilliers– Kindergarten, Mrs. Aitchison

Matthew Field– 6th grade, Mrs. Kaczmarek

Gael Figueroa– Kindergarten, Mrs. Malone

Krew Hurley– 1st grade, Mrs. Faux

Joshua Johnson– 6th grade, Mrs. Reyes

Damian Lambert– 5th grade, Mrs. Chang

Elsie Marion– 6th grade, Ms. Kuo

Brinley Raven– 5th grade, Mrs. Padgett

Beth Sampson–6th grade, Mrs. Reyes

Emberely Smith– 1st grade, Mrs. Chou

Carly White– 4th grade, Mrs. Keller

As I have said before in this space, a great weekend for me is riding my bike over the Alpine Loop, a BYU football victory and time with my family, and so it was this past weekend! For you bikers and hikers, the Alpine Loop is closed to vehicular traffic from Pine Hollow Trail Head to Stewart Falls, so you have the whole road to yourself.

Have a great week, and as always, remember that it is a great day to be an Eagle!

If you haven’t already done so, please remember to vote.

In my opinion, the divisiveness is this country related to all things political, is demeaning to all that our great country stands for. If the politicians, their supporters, and all citizens in this country could simply follow the Alpine Elementary Big 3 of being respectful, responsible and ready (to live in republic where we can all can be civil to each other even when we have differing opinions), our country would return to the principles upon which it was founded.

Please click on the attached link to read about all that our incredible Computer Lab teacher, Jaime Clement, is doing to teach keyboarding skills to students.

There will be a PTA meeting at 9:15 am on Tuesday, November 3 in our Conference Room. Any parent can attend!

It was announced last week that the new superintendent in the Alpine School District, starting July 1, 2021, will be Dr. Shane Farnsworth who is currently the Assistant Superintendent over Operations. Dr. Farnsworth has been spent his entire 22-year career as an educator in the Alpine School District, as a teacher in 7 – 12 schools, the principal at AF Junior High, and a District Office administrator. In all my interactions with Dr. Farnsworth, I know him to be a kind, compassionate man who will lead our school district with vision and integrity.

I thought our Virtual Halloween Parade on October 30 was a success. It was fun to see so many of our students dressed up in Halloween costumes. It was interesting to observe the posing in front of the camera choices of the students, as our younger students were more spontaneous and less concerned about “acting cool” than our older students. Oh, the joys of the maturation process!

And in not so fun news, someone chose to throw a pumpkin through the Alpine Elementary reader board last week. Our reader board will be out of commission until the school district facilities department is able to replace the broken panels. Don’t know if the delinquents who vandalized our reader board travel to Cedar Hills, but while Laura and I were trick-or-treating with grandchildren on Saturday night, some hooligans, teenagers no doubt, stole the candy pot we had left on our front porch for neighborhood children. I hear from friends that the same thing happened in Highland neighborhoods. Is it unkind to wish cavities on thieves who had some increased sugar intake on Saturday night?

The following students will be recognized as Students of the Week on Monday, November 2. Teachers nominate students who are consistently demonstrating the character traits of the Alpine Big 3: Being Respectful, Responsible and Ready to learn. Congratulations Students of the Week!

Carter Clegg–1st Grade, Ms. Johnson

Addison Fugal–1st Grade, Mrs. Faux

Claire Hamilton–5th Grade, Mr. Horan

Knight Longenecker–3rd Grade, Ms. Elder

Evan Luby–5th Grade, Mrs. Padgett

Collins Nelson–2nd Grade, Mrs. Andersen

Austin Nielsen–5th Grade, Mrs. Hill

Anna Packer–4th Grade, Mrs. Vipperman

Declan Rasmussen–2nd Grade, Mrs. Andersen

Slyvie Reynolds–1st Grade, Mrs. Chou

James Riding–6th Grade, Mrs. Monson

Gabby Ross–2nd Grade, Ms. M. Moore

Haeley Sonntag–4th Grade, Ms. A. Moore

Lincoln Swalberg–6th Grade, Ms. Kuo

Peter Taylor–2nd Grade, Mrs. Wallace

Had a beautiful autumn bike ride up to South Fork on Saturday. The Provo River Canyon Trail was busy on Saturday as we saw many runners running down the trail in the Day of the Dead Half-Marathon. The runners started at Big Springs Park and finished at the Riverwoods.

Those of you who are Ute football fans are undoubtedly excited about the first football game of the year against the University of Arizona on Saturday. And for us BYU football fans, the biggest game of the year is on Friday night in Boise against Boise State. My neighbor and friend, Greg Wrubell, who is the play-by-player announcer for BYU, says this is the most important BYU football game since they won the national championship in 1984. I don’t know if that is true, but it is a much anticipated game nonetheless. The Cougs are ranked number 9 in the country, in the Top 10 for the first time since 2009. Can you tell I am excited for Friday night’s game?

Have a great week, and as always, remember that it is a great day to be an Eagle!

With only a high of 28 degrees forecast for today, our students will be eating lunch in the gym/cafeteria and not outside. We will still be sending students outside for morning and lunch recesses. We only keep students inside for recess when the temperature is below 20 degrees. So be sure you send your students to school with warm clothing.

Students can dress up in Halloween costumes on Friday, October 30, but because of COVID-19 health restrictions, there will not be a parent parade at the school. We are working on the technology issues to allow us to give parents an online video feed of students dressed up in their costumes. I will be sending out more details later this week. Please remember to not send students to school with costumes that include a mask or fake weapon.

We appreciate all that our PTA did to stage a successful Red Ribbon Week last week! Red Ribbon Week focuses on lessons to teach our students how to say no to drugs and alcohol.

White Ribbon Week, our focus on keeping students safe on the internet and social media, will be February 16 – 19. Collin Kartchner who has spoken to thousands of students and parents in Utah and across the country about how to be safer while using social media, tragically passed away at his home last week at the far too young age of 40-years old.

It’s time to join the Lone Peak Youth Wrestling Program! We are just getting started with practices. Our Parent Meeting is set for Thursday, October 29th, 6:00 PM in the Little Theater (800 hall) at Lone Peak High School. Our practices are on Monday and Wednesdays, 4:30 to 5:30 for the Advanced & 6-8th grade wrestlers and 5:30 to 6:30 for the Novice & through 5th grade wrestlers. Our practices are at the LPHS Wrestling Room near the trophy case at the south end of the school by the gymnasiums (Got to come and see our New Wrestling Room!). Signups can be completed at the practices. For more information, you can visit the Lone Peak Wrestling webpage at  http://lonepeakwrestling.weebly.com/  or by emailing Coach Wallace at [email protected].  Go Knight Wrestling!

The following students were recognized as Students of the Week on Friday, October 23. Teachers nominate students who are consistently demonstrating the character traits of the Alpine Big 3: Being Respectful, Responsible and Ready to learn. Congratulations Students of the Week!

Adam Atalifo–3rd Grade, Ms. Elder

Chambers Broadhead–4th Grade, Mrs. Vipperman

Abby Dominguez–6th Grade, Mrs Kaczmarek

Nora Field–4th Grade, Mrs. Orgill

Crew Green–Kindergarten, Mrs. Malone

Morgan Greer–6th Grade, Ms. Kuo

Quinn Kelly–5th Grade, Mrs. Chang

Fiona Lind–Kindergarten, Mrs. Malone

Violet Reid–2nd Grade, Mrs. Wallace

Benson Reynolds–Kindergarten, Mrs. Aitchison

James Simmons–1st Grade, Mrs. Faux

Jenna Stice–6th Grade, Kaczmarek

Owen Upshaw–1st Grade, Mrs. Chou

Jaxx Wing–4th Grade, Mrs. Keller

Vincent Xanthos–2nd Grade, Mrs. Andersen

A dusting of snow on the ground on Sunday morning was a pretty clear message from Mother Nature that autumn will soon transition to winter. The cooler temperatures meant far fewer people out on the Murdock Trail and Highland Boulevard as I biked up to Suncrest on Saturday.

Have a great week, and as always, remember that it is a great day to be an Eagle!