May 13, 2024
CALENDAR
May 13-17 Keep Testing for Kindergarten-No school for kindergarten students
May 13 4th Grade Park Day-Creekside Park 12:00
May 13 School Community Council Candidate Forms Due by 3:30
May 14 Lone Peak Council PTA Meeting-Ridgeline Elementary 10:00
May 14 5th Grade Giraffe Day
May 15 Alpine Race Day-See below for information
May 16 5th Grade Market Day
May 16 4th Grade 10 Mile Day
May 16 6th Grade Pillow Concert 2:15 gym
May 17 Hope Squad End of Year Celebration 8:45
May 17 3rd Grade Egg Drop 9:30
May 17 5th Grade Volume Zoo 2:20-Gym
May 20 Field Day for the Entire School
May 20 Fifth Grade Afternoon Movie
May 20 Common Day for Kindergarten-Everyone comes in the morning at 9:15
May 21 Alpine Elementary Awards Assembly 9:30 1st-3rd grade
May 21 Alpine Elementary Awards Assembly 10:10 4th-6th
May 21 Dance Festival 2:45-Back field-Parents bring own chairs if you’d like
May 22 1st Grade Park Day 11:00-Creekside Park
May 22 5th Grade Park Day 12:30-Creekside Park
May 22 Kindergarten Teddy Bear Picnic 11:15 & 2:45
May 23 6th Grade BBQ
May 23 6th Grade Graduation 10:00 gym
May 23 Kindergarten Graduation 11:00 & 2:30 Library
May 24 Last Day of School-student excused at 10:45
School Information
Congratulations to our students and teachers and parents!
I normally do not include these items in my weekly emails, but I probably should more often…I just want to congratulate our students and teachers on the fantastic work that has been done on our end of year RISE testing. Friday, we completed our testing and we are seeing fantastic results. Every grade, 3rd-6th, who take the RISE end of year tests, saw great improvement! Our overall school-wide English Language RISE scores improved from 67% last year to 71% proficiency this year. That is a 4% increase. Our math scores went from 65% proficiency last year to 78% proficiency this year, a 13% increase and our science scores went from 65% proficiency to 79% proficiency, a 14% increase. Overall, this represents an average proficiency above district averages of about 20%. I am very proud of all the hard work that our students, teachers, staff, and you as parents have shown during this school year. The things that you are doing at home, as well as the work our teachers and staff have put in are paying off for our students. Great job!
Student Hallway Pictures on Sale
We are excited to have the student pictures in the hallway on sale. We love having these pictures in the hallway and we use the proceeds from the sales to pay for the upcoming year’s pictures. The pictures are on sale for $8/ea. As we did last year, if your student is the only one in the pictures, you can pay and take the picture right then. If there are multiple students in the pictures, we will hold on to the picture and see if other students would like it as well so we can make copies of that picture. We will make sure the pictures are delivered to your student before the last day of school. Thank you for supporting this. We would love to continue this tradition but we do need your supporting in purchasing these photos!
School Community Council Candidate Forms
For our school community council for the 2024-2025 school year, we have 3 parent openings that need to be filled. These candidate forms need to be turned in by Monday, May 13th. Please see the attached form for more information on this service opportunity.
Alpine Race Day
We are excited to have our 2nd annual Alpine Race Day. This is a fun opportunity for your students to participate in a couple of outdoor races. We will be having a 50 yard dash for our 1st thru 6th grades as well as a longer run for our 3rd thru 6th grades. I am including this in the email so you can remind your students to please wear appropriate shoes on this day because they will all be participating!
Summer Journal Program
Please see attached document for information regarding our school’s Summer Journal Program. This is a great way for your child to keep up their writing skills over the summer, and there are some great prizes to be earned! If you have any questions, contact Abbi Cox at [email protected].
Lone Peak Boys Basketball Camp Information
We would like to extend a warm invitation to your child to join us for the Lone Peak Basketball Coach Rob Ross Camp. https://robrossbasketballcamp2024copy.splashthat.com taking place from May 28th- May 31st. The camp is designed for children in grades K-12 and will be taught by current players and coaches, as well as college basketball players.
The camp will offer several opportunities for skill development and improvement, including 1 on 1 contests, free throw contests, 3-point contests, and a focus on team play and individual improvement through daily skill work. Our experienced instructors will help your child grow as a player and develop their skills to the best of their abilities.
The schedule for the camp is as follows:
K-2nd: 8:30am-10:00am
3-5th: 8:00am-10:00am
6-9th: 10:15am -12:45pm
10-12th: 1:30pm-4:00 pm
Please sign up at https://robrossbasketballcamp2024copy.splashthat.com
Sincerely,
Coach Rob Ross
From the Library
A big thanks to Mrs. Ruesch and all the volunteers that made our book fair so awesome last week! We love Mrs. Ruesch and all she does for our school!
From the SCC
We want to express our appreciation to the members of the SCC this year. It was a fantastic group that got a lot accomplished!
From the PTA
Parent Volunteers Needed for Field Day!
Alpine Field Day is coming up on Monday, May 20 from 9:30-11:45am. We need your help to make this favorite end-of-year event happen. Please SIGN UP to help run one of our field day events. You will get to interact with students on all grade levels and don’t need to prepare anything in advance. We are so grateful for your support!
RSVP to our Volunteer Appreciation Brunch THIS Friday
Friday, May 17 at 9:30am at Creekside Park (*Note: location) – We would love to show our appreciation to all the amazing parent volunteers this year at Alpine Elementary. You don’t have to be a PTA member, all parent volunteers are welcome and invited. Please RSVP here by this Wednesday, May 13 so we can gather an accurate count. Thanks!
PTA Survey + Classroom Incentive
The PTA is seeking your feedback from some of the events and programs they’ve organized throughout this past school year. Take the survey here.
As an incentive, the class that receives the most parent responses will get Chick-fil-a lunch during school on Tuesday, May 14. The deadline for this incentive is TOMORROW Monday, May 13 by 11:59pm. (Although you are still welcome to submit your survey after this day, it just won’t count towards this incentive). It’s been a fantastic year- thank you!
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.