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January 3, 2023

CALENDAR

Jan 10 Alpine PTA Meeting 8:30pm via Zoom
Jan 9 Chinese DLI Meeting for next year 1st graders-4:00 LIbrary-Info to come, see below
Jan 10 Alpine SCC Meeting 9:30 Faculty Room
Jan 13 Teacher Work Day-No school for students
Jan 16 Civil Rights Day-No school

School Information
Welcome Back!
We hope everyone had a wonderful and safe Holiday Break! We are excited to see all of our students back tomorrow at school!

Chinese Information Program for incoming 1st graders
Kindergarten parents that are interested in our Chinese program for their students next year, please join us on January 9th at 4:00 in the library for our information session. We will talk about the program and how to apply for next year. Please feel free to let any friends outside our school boundaries with kindergarteners know about this informational meeting. 

Outside/Inside Weather Days
As a reminder, please make sure your students are coming to school with appropriate winter attire. We will be having outside recesses if the temperature is 20 degrees or above and weather is appropriate.

Aides Needed at Alpine
We are in need of additional aides here at school. Hours can be very flexible. If you want to have a direct effect on students’ education, contact us and we can get you signed up! We really do want you!

Lunch worker Needed at Alpine
If you know anyone that might be interested in working in our kitchen, please let us know. We are looking for someone to join the team! You can respond to this email and we can get you the information of where to apply.

From the Library

Read, Read, Read!

From the SCC

SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 10th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA

Next PTA Meeting
Our next PTA meeting will be January 3rd from 9:30-10:30 AM.

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.

December 12, 2022

CALENDAR

Dec 12 1st Grade Field Trip-Living Planet Aquarium
Dec 12 Battle of the Books Pizza Party-Lunchtime-4th grade-See Below for info
Dec 12 PTA Family Night 6:30 Gym-See Attached Flyer and below
Dec 13 Alpine SCC Meeting 9:30-Faculty Room
Dec 15 Christmas Sing for Parents 9:30-Gym-Everyone Welcome to come
Dec 15 Christmas Sing for Students 2:15
Dec 16 Minimal Day-See below for details

School Information

Minimal Day information
Friday, December 16th is a minimal day for students. Students will arrive at school at the normal time (9:15) but they will be dismissed at 12:45. Breakfast and lunch will be provided as normal.

Aides Needed at Alpine
We are in need of additional aides here at school. Hours can be very flexible. If you want to have a direct effect on students’ education, contact us and we can get you signed up! We really do want you!

Crossing Guard Needed at Alpine Elementary
If you, or someone you might know, or if you want to volunteer someone, to be our crossing guard here at Alpine, please let me know. Alpine City is the one that is in charge of hiring crossing guards but I can get you the info if interested. Hours are 8:45-9:15am and 3:25-3:55 each day. Pay is $13.25 per session (morning session and afternoon session) for a total of $26.50 per day.

Lunch worker Needed at Alpine
If you know anyone that might be interested in working in our kitchen, please let us know. We are looking for someone to join the team! You can respond to this email and we can get you the information of where to apply.

From the Library
Battle of the Books Pizza Party for various grades
We want to invite those students who have signed up for Battle of the Books and have read at least 3 of the books from the lists to attend our Battle of the Books Pizza party on your assigned day. Please see the above calendar to see when your grade level is assigned. If your grade level is not listed, it is more than two weeks out. Check back! Come to the library during your lunchtime for some pepperoni pizza! If you don’t want pizza, please grab your home lunch or school lunch and come down and eat it in the library!

From the SCC

SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 13th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA

PTA Family Night
PTA family night this month will be Monday December 12th at 6:30! 

We will be putting together kids nutrition kits for those who don’t have meals over the break. Donations are needed, so please feel free to send in any of these items up until the 12th

Kids Nutrition kit needs:

1)Entree: This can be any type of entree such as Easy Mac, can of ravioli(as long as it’s a pull top), Cup o Noodles or something similar. It needs to be microwaveable and easy for a kid to make

2)Juice: Any type of 100% juice in a sturdy container

3)Fruit pouch: This could be applesauce in a squeeze pouch or an 8oz can of fruit with a pull tab lid (nothing that requires a can opener). They no longer accept fruit or applesauce cups

4)Dried Fruit: Any type of dried fruit such as fruit leather, raisins. They accept fruit and grain bars as well

5)Granola or Protein bar: Healthy granola bar, fiber or protein bar

6)Crackers: Any type of cracker such as crackers and cheese dips, peanut butter crackers or anything similar

7)Fruit snacks: Any brand of fruit snacks

All items will be donated to the Community Action Food Bank in Provo which services Provo/Orem, Heber, Coalville and Kamas

Please leave food donations on table set up in hallway by the office 🙂

Next PTA Meeting
Our next PTA meeting will be December 6th from 9:30-10:30 AM.

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.

December 5, 2022

CALENDAR

Dec 5 Battle of the Books Pizza Party-Lunchtime-3rd grade-See Below for info
Dec 5 Alpine Choir Concert 7:00 Gym
Dec 6 Alpine PTA Meeting 9:30-Faculty Room
Dec 9 6th Grade Field Trip-Space Center
Dec 9 3rd Grade activity with Timberline Students 9:30-Gym
Dec 12 1st Grade Field Trip-Living Planet Aquarium
Dec 12 Battle of the Books Pizza Party-Lunchtime-4th grade-See Below for info
Dec 12 PTA Family Night 6:30 Gym-See Attached Flyer and below
Dec 13 Alpine SCC Meeting 9:30-Faculty Room
Dec 15 Christmas Sing for Parents 9:30-Gym-Everyone Welcome to come
Dec 15 Christmas Sing for Students 2:15
Dec 16 Minimal Day-See below for details

School Information
Minimal Day information
Friday, December 16th is a minimal day for students. Students will arrive at school at the normal time (9:15) but they will be dismissed at 12:45. Breakfast and lunch will be provided as normal.

Please Talk with your Students
One of our focusses this year has been surrounding kindness and respect forward each other, including adults. I would like to solicit your help in joining us by speaking openly and explicitly with your students regarding these two traits. We have fantastic kids at our school but consistent reminders for everyone is very useful, especially from those that they love and respect. I see constant, everyday acts of kindness and respect at school but I also see instances of disrespectful and negative behavior that should have no place in any setting. We truly love your students and want them to not only succeed academically, but more importantly, in the areas of kindness and respect. Please contact me if you have any concerns or questions.

Candlelight School Coin Drive
We wanted to give you a final update on our coin drive. We ended up raising $8500 for the school. I received a very sweet letter of appreciation from Fred Afwai and the Candlelight School. I have attached this letter to this email as well as some pictures they sent of some students.

Lunch worker Needed at Alpine
Hey all, if you know anyone that might be interested in working in our kitchen, please let us know. We are looking for someone to join the team! You can respond to this email and we can get you the information of where to apply.

From the Library

Battle of the Books Pizza Party for various grades
We want to invite those students who have signed up for Battle of the Books and have read at least 3 of the books from the lists to attend our Battle of the Books Pizza party on your assigned day. Please see the above calendar to see when your grade level is assigned. If your grade level is not listed, it is more than two weeks out. Check back! Come to the library during your lunchtime for some pepperoni pizza! If you don’t want pizza, please grab your home lunch or school lunch and come down and eat it in the library!

From the SCC

SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 13th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA

PTA Family Night
PTA family night this month will be Monday December 12th at 6:30! 

We will be putting together kids nutrition kits for those who don’t have meals over the break. Donations are needed, so please feel free to send in any of these items up until the 12th

Kids Nutrition kit needs:

1)Entree: This can be any type of entree such as Easy Mac, can of ravioli(as long as it’s a pull top), Cup o Noodles or something similar. It needs to be microwaveable and easy for a kid to make

2)Juice: Any type of 100% juice in a sturdy container

3)Fruit pouch: This could be applesauce in a squeeze pouch or an 8oz can of fruit with a pull tab lid (nothing that requires a can opener). They no longer accept fruit or applesauce cups

4)Dried Fruit: Any type of dried fruit such as fruit leather, raisins. They accept fruit and grain bars as well

5)Granola or Protein bar: Healthy granola bar, fiber or protein bar

6)Crackers: Any type of cracker such as crackers and cheese dips, peanut butter crackers or anything similar

7)Fruit snacks: Any brand of fruit snacks

All items will be donated to the Community Action Food Bank in Provo which services Provo/Orem, Heber, Coalville and Kamas

Please leave food donations on table set up in hallway by the office 🙂

Next PTA Meeting

Our next PTA meeting will be December 6th from 9:30-10:30 AM.

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.

 

November 28, 2022

CALENDAR

Nov 28 Alpine Choir Concert-Temple Square-6:00
Nov 29 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 gym
Nov 30 Alpine Choir Concert-Festival of Trees-10:55am
Dec 1 Alpine Choir Assembly 2:30 Gym
Dec 2 Battle of the Books Pizza Party-Lunchtime-5th and 6th grades-See Below for info
Dec 5 Battle of the Books Pizza Party-Lunchtime-3rd grade-See Below for info
Dec 5 Alpine Choir Concert 7:00 Gym
Dec 6 Alpine PTA Meeting 9:30-Faculty Room
Dec 9 6th Grade Field Trip-Space Center
Dec 12 PTA Family Night 6:30 Gym-See Attached Flyer and below

School Information
Lunch worker Needed at Alpine
Hey all, if you know anyone that might be interested in working in our kitchen, please let us know. We are looking for someone to join the team! You can respond to this email and we can get you the information of where to apply.

From the Library
Battle of the Books Pizza Party for various grades
We want to invite those students who have signed up for Battle of the Books and have read at least 3 of the books from the lists to attend our Battle of the Books Pizza party on your assigned day. Please see the above calendar to see when your grade level is assigned. If your grade level is not listed, it is more than two weeks out. Check back! Come to the library during your lunchtime for some pepperoni pizzas! If you don’t want pizza, please grab your home lunch or school lunch and come down and eat it in the library!

From the SCC
SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 13th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA
PTA Family Night
PTA family night this month will be Monday December 12th at 6:30!

We will be putting together kids nutrition kits for those who don’t have meals over the break. Donations are needed, so please feel free to send in any of these items up until the 12th

Kids Nutrition kit needs:
1)Entree: This can be any type of entree such as Easy Mac, can of ravioli(as long as it’s a pull top), Cup o Noodles or something similar. It needs to be microwaveable and easy for a kid to make

2)Juice: Any type of 100% juice in a sturdy container

3)Fruit pouch: This could be applesauce in a squeeze pouch or an 8oz can of fruit with a pull tab lid (nothing that requires a can opener). They no longer accept fruit or applesauce cups

4)Dried Fruit: Any type of dried fruit such as fruit leather, raisins. They accept fruit and grain bars as well

5)Granola or Protein bar: Healthy granola bar, fiber or protein bar

6)Crackers: Any type of cracker such as crackers and cheese dips, peanut butter crackers or anything similar

7)Fruit snacks: Any brand of fruit snacks

All items will be donated to the Community Action Food Bank in Provo which services Provo/Orem, Heber, Coalville and Kamas

Please leave food donations on table set up in hallway by the office 🙂

Next PTA Meeting

Our next PTA meeting will be December 6th from 9:30-10:30 AM. 

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.

November 21, 2022

CALENDAR

Nov 22 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 gym
Nov 23-25 Thanksgiving Break-No School
Nov 28 Alpine Choir Concert-Temple Square-Info to follow for those participating
Nov 29 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 gym
Nov 30 Alpine Choir Concert-Festival of Trees-Info to follow for those participating
Dec 1 Alpine Choir Assembly 2:30 Gym
Dec 2 Battle of the Books Pizza Party-Lunchtime-5th and 6th grades-See Below for info

School Information

Coin Drive for Candlelight School
We want to give all of you a huge thank-you for your participation and donations to our coin drive last week. We will update you with the final total when we get it. I am always amazed by the generosity and kindness our community has shown over the years in this effort. Great Job!

Ink/Toner Cartridge Recycling
We are excited to continue our ink/toner cartridge recycling again this year. Please bring any empty cartridges to school, or send them with your students, and we will be happy to recycling them for you and collect a bit of money for the school.

Lunch worker Needed at Alpine
Hey all, if you know anyone that might be interested in working in our kitchen, please let us know. We are looking for someone to join the team! You can respond to this email and we can get you the information of where to apply.

From the Library

Battle of the Books Pizza Party for 5th/6th grades
We want to invite those 5th and 6th graders who have signed up for Battle of the Books and have read at least 3 of the books from the lists to attend our Battle of the Books Pizza party on Dec. 2nd. Come to the library during your lunchtime for some pepperoni pizzas! If you don’t want pizza, please grab your home lunch or school lunch and come down and eat it in the library!

From the SCC

SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 13th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA
Next PTA Meeting
Our next PTA meeting will be December 6th from 9:30-10:30 AM.

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.

November 14, 2022

CALENDAR
Nov 14-18 Candlelight School Coin Drive-See Below and Attachment
Nov 14 Lone Peak FFA Thanksgiving Presentation-3rd Grade 11:00
Nov 15 Lone Peak Council PTA Meeting 10:00 Lone Peak High School
Nov 15 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 gym
Nov 16 Alpine PTA Classic Skate Night-See Below for Info
Nov 17 Alpine Spirit Night at Yummy Ice Cream-Highland-25% of proceeds will go to Candlelight Coin Drive
Nov 18 3rd Grade-Bobby Lawrence Karate Presentation 2:30 Gym
Nov 22 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 gym
Nov 23-25 Thanksgiving Break-No School

School Information

Candlelight Coin Drive
Please see the attached info regarding our coin drive. I have included below the schedule for the coin drive:

Monday, November 14th: Pennies or Cash

Tuesday, November 15th: Nickels or Cash

Wednesday, November 16th: Dimes or Cash

Thursday, November 17th: Quarters or Cash

Friday, November 18th: Dollar or any coin amount

Classic Skate Night
Alpine Elementary Skate Night @ Classic Skate in Orem – Wednesday, Nov. 16th, from 5 to 9 pm! Entrance is free (rentals not included).

Ink/Toner Cartridge Recycling
We are excited to continue our ink/toner cartridge recycling again this year. Please bring any empty cartridges to school, or send them with your students, and we will be happy to recycling them for you and collect a bit of money for the school.

From the Library

Keep reading!!!

From the SCC

SCC Meeting

Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Wednesday, December 13th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA

T-shirts
We heard from quite a few parents that they might be interested in buying a Fun Run Fundraiser T-shirt for themselves!  We will be offering T-shirts and sweatshirts for sale with the Fun Run Fundraiser logo for two weeks, until Nov 14.  T-shirts are $10 for youth sizes, $13 for adult sizes and $26 for an adult sweatshirt.  The T-shirts should arrive three weeks after that.  You can purchase one here: Alpine Elementary Swag Shop

Next PTA Meeting

Our next PTA meeting will be December 6th at 9:30-10:30 AM.  

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.

October 31, 2022

CALENDAR
Oct 31 Halloween Parade 1:30 Gym-see below
Oct 31 Halloween Class Parties 2:30
Nov 1 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 gym
Nov 2 5th Grade Clear Creek Day-Info to come from teachers of 5th graders
Nov 3 5th Grade Clear Creek-Con’t at Creekside Park 9:30-12:15
Nov 7-11 Alpine Hope Week-Info to come
Nov 7 Stand4Kindness Assembly 9:30 Gym
Nov 7 Reflections Awards Assembly 6:00 Gym
Nov 8 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 gym
Nov 10 Alpine PTA Family Night-BINGO 6:30 gym
Nov 11 Veteran’s Day Assembly-See below

School Information

Halloween
As a reminder, please do not send your students to school with masks, weapons, or any type of gory costumes. Our goal at school is to have a safe, fun environment. As per district policy, we need to be able to identify students at all times. We are excited to experience our Halloween activities at school in a place where all feel comfortable. We will begin our Halloween parade at 1:30, walking throughout the school room and probably arrive in the gym for parents to enjoy about 1:50 or so. Thanks for all your support and we look forward to seeing you all tomorrow.

Veterans Day Program
We are excited to have our Veterans Day program again this year. We would love your help with this. We would like to have friends, relatives, or neighbors that are active or retired military veterans to participate in this great experience. This will be held on Veterans Day, November 11th. If you know of anyone that would like to participate, please click on the link below and fill out the short Google Form. We would love to have as many as possible!

https://forms.gle/Fv4gVBrcp9nu8ubU7

Ink/Toner Cartridge Recycling
We are excited to continue our ink/toner cartridge recycling again this year. Please bring any empty cartridges to school, or send them with your students, and we will be happy to recycling them for you and collect a bit of money for the school.

From the SCC
SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 8th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA
T-shirts
We heard from quite a few parents that they might be interested in buying a Fun Run Fundraiser T-shirt for themselves!  We will be offering T-shirts and sweatshirts for sale with the Fun Run Fundraiser logo for two weeks, until Nov 14.  T-shirts are $10 for youth sizes, $13 for adult sizes and $26 for an adult sweatshirt.  The T-shirts should arrive three weeks after that.  You can purchase one here: Alpine Elementary Swag Shop

Save the Date (More info to come later)

Nov 10 – Family Bingo Night
Nov 14-18 – Candlelight Coin Drive
Nov 16 – Alpine Elementary Classic Skate Night
Nov 17- Spirit Night at Yummy.  25% of the profits will go to the Candlelight School.

Next PTA Meeting
Our next PTA meeting will be December 6th at 9:30-10:30 AM.

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.

October 24, 2022

CALENDAR
Oct 25 Alpine PTA Board Meeting 9:30 Faculty Room
Oct 25 Alpine Choir Practice 3:30 Gym
Oct 31 Halloween Parade 1:30 Gym
Nov 2 5th Grade Clear Creek Day-Info to come from teachers of 5th graders
Nov 3 5th Grade Clear Creek-Con’t at Creekside Park 9:30-12:15

School Information

Reflections Participants Lunch Tomorrow (Monday)Students that turned in Reflections entries will have their pizza party tomorrow in the library during their regular lunch time. If you have a kindergartner that submitted an entry, they are free to come by and get pizza anytime between 12:00-1:00. If you do have a kindergartner, please plan on attending the pizza lunch with them.

Additionally, please by this Friday, turn in all your Reflections entries to the front office. We are trying to collect them for our Reflections night which is coming up in the next couple of weeks. If you have any questions, please let us know.

Veterans Day Program
We are excited to have our Veterans Day program again this year. We would love your help with this. We would like to have friends, relatives, or neighbors that are active or retired military veterans to participate in this great experience. This will be held on Veterans Day, November 11th. If you know of anyone that would like to participate, please click on the link below and fill out the short Google Form. We would love to have as many as possible!

https://forms.gle/Fv4gVBrcp9nu8ubU7

Ink/Toner Cartridge Recycling
We are excited to continue our ink/toner cartridge recycling again this year. Please bring any empty cartridges to school, or send them with your students, and we will be happy to recycling them for you and collect a bit of money for the school.

From the Library
Keep reading!!!

From the SCC
SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 8th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA

Red Ribbon Week
Thanks to all faculty, staff, parents, and students for making our Red Ribbon Week so awesome! It was a lot of work but I know that it was worthwhile!

Magic Night
A big thank you to those who organized and attended our first PTA family night. We had over 250 people attend and watch the amazing talents of the magician! Please look forward to our next night, which will be a BINGO night!

Kona Ice Day
Another thanks to those who supported our Spirit Night with Kona Ice!

PTA Meeting
Our next PTA meeting is October 25th at 9:30 AM.

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.

October 17, 2022

CALENDAR
Oct 17 No School-Teacher Training Day
Oct 18-21 Red Ribbon Week-Info sent out with activities on previous email
Oct 18 Lone Peak Council PTA Meeting 10:00 Mountain Ridge Jr High
Oct 19 Walk to School Wednesday
Oct 19 Reflections Entries Due-See below!
Oct 20 Picture Retake Day-Info to be sent home on Tuesday
Oct 20 Alpine PTA Family Night-6:30 in gym-Magic Night!-Info to come
Oct 21 3rd Grade Field Trip-Living Planet Aquarium
Oct 21 Alpine Spirit Night-Kona Ice 3:15-5:15 at Alpine Elementary
Oct 25 Alpine PTA Board Meeting 9:30 Faculty Room

School Information

Reflections
We have extended the deadline for our Reflections entries. Please have all entries submitted by October 19th. We have had quite a few entries and are excited to see the rest of them. See below for more details!

Veterans Day Program
We are excited to have our Veterans Day program again this year. We would love your help with this. We would like to have friends, relatives, or neighbors that are active or retired military veterans to participate in this great experience. This will be held on Veterans Day, November 11th. If you know of anyone that would like to participate, please click on the link below and fill out the short Google Form. We would love to have as many as possible!

https://forms.gle/Fv4gVBrcp9nu8ubU7

Ink/Toner Cartridge Recycling
We are excited to continue our ink/toner cartridge recycling again this year. Please bring any empty cartridges to school, or send them with your students, and we will be happy to recycling them for you and collect a bit of money for the school.

From the Library
Battle of the Books Information
If you ordered a Battle of the Books t-shirt for your student, please pay the $7/shirt cost as soon as possible on myschoolfees.com. Thanks to those who have already paid 🙂 Payment deadline is October 21st.

We’re so excited for the Battle of the Books competition this year and have more students participating than ever before! It’s going to be a great year of reading!

Students who have read at least three books on their reading list by December will be invited to a pizza party in the library. Thanks for encouraging your students to read every day. We want to order A LOT of pizza for our readers 🙂

From the SCC
SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, November 8th at 9:30 in the faculty room.

From the PTA
Reflections
Reflections is a national PTA program and it gives students the chance to submit art in one or all of the available arts categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts.  The theme for this year is Show your Voice!  Submissions need to be sent electronically here: https://www.utahpta.org/ref (this is also where instructions and rules are found) by October 19th.

Red Ribbon Week
Our students and staff will be participating in our annual Red Ribbon Week, October 18 – 21. We are grateful to one of our parents, Andrew Young, and the fantastic videos he produces that our students will watch each day this week. The focus of the week is for students to learn how to say no to drugs and alcohol. Ask your students what they learned at school each day this week. The most powerful conversations about making safe and correct choices about drugs and alcohol happen at home.  Tuesday will be hat day, Wednesday will be crazy hair day, Thursday will be sports jersey day, and Friday will be wear red or camo day.

Magic Night
We are so excited for the great family fun nights our PTA is putting together.  We are having Jason Fun, magician extraordinaire, come perform for us on October 20th at 6:30 PM.  This is a free event for the entire family.  Please see the attached flyer and come enjoy a magical night.

Kona Ice Day
Our first spirit day of the year will be October 21st from 3:15-5:15 PM.  Come grab Kona Ice right in front of the school.  A portion of your purchase will come back to the PTA and will be used for field trips.  Field trips are currently funded mostly by the $25 donations teachers ask for at the beginning of the year.  This will be a way to help fund more field trips for the students throughout the year.   Come grab your Kona Ice right as school gets out or come back a little later.  If it is really cold that day (below 50 degrees), they will be serving hot cocoa and hot apple cider.  Prices are included in the flyer below.

Community Bond Presentation
If you have any questions about the upcoming school district bond or you want to learn more about it, please feel free to attend one of the upcoming education sessions.  The closest one to us will be held October 18th at 6:30 PM at American Fork High School in the auditorium.

PTA Meeting
Our next PTA meeting is October 25th at 9:30 AM.

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.

October 10, 2022

CALENDAR
Oct 11 4th Grade Field Trip-This is the Place State Park
Oct 11 Alpine School Community Council Meeting 9:30-Faculty Room
Oct 11 Alpine Elementary Student Council Conference-BYU-Bus leaves at 8:25am
Oct 12 Walk to School Wednesday
Oct 12 End of 1st Term
Oct 13-17 Fall Break-NO SCHOOL
Oct 18-21 Red Ribbon Week-see below
Oct 18 Lone Peak Council PTA Meeting 10:00 Location TBD
Oct 19 Walk to School Wednesday
Oct 20 Alpine PTA Family Night-6:30 in gym-Magic Night!-Info to come
Oct 21 3rd Grade Field Trip-Living Planet Aquarium

School Information

Counseling Newsletter
Please see the attached Counseling Newsletter for the month of October.

Reflections-See below for details
I would just like to encourage you to help your students with a Reflection entry. Hopefully, you have all noticed a reduction in the homework for your students. One benefit that can be had with this homework policy is that you might have a bit more time to do things like a Reflection entry. I know life is busy but the Reflections program is something that your children remember for years to come. Please remember that entries are due by October 13th.

Red Ribbon Week Coming Up
We have our annual Red Ribbon Week coming up Oct 18-21. I had some parents ask to have a “heads-up” on when the dress up days will be. So, there will be more information coming but we wanted to let you know that on Tuesday of that week it will be hat day, Wednesday will be crazy hair day, Thursday will be sports jersey day, and Friday will be wear red or camo day. Hope that helps those who wanted to know early.

From the Library

Battle of the Books Information
If you ordered a Battle of the Books t-shirt for your student, please pay the $7/shirt cost as soon as possible on myschoolfees.com. Thanks to those who have already paid 🙂 Payment deadline is October 21st.

We’re so excited for the Battle of the Books competition this year and have more students participating than ever before! It’s going to be a great year of reading!

Students who have read at least three books on their reading list by December will be invited to a pizza party in the library. Thanks for encouraging your students to read every day. We want to order A LOT of pizza for our readers 🙂

From the SCC

SCC Meeting
Thanks to those who attended our last SCC meeting. Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 11th at 9:30 in the faculty room.  Click here for the meeting minutes

From the PTA

Running Club
Running Club is continuing this week!  It will take place during Monday and Friday morning recess and Wednesday afternoon recess.  Remember to wear tennis shoes for those kids wanting to participate.  Prizes will be given out to the kids who reach their running milestones.

Reflections

Reflections is a national PTA program and it gives students the chance to submit art in one or all of the available arts categories: Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts.  The theme for this year is Show your Voice!  Submissions need to be sent electronically here: https://www.utahpta.org/ref (this is also where instructions and rules are found) by October 13th.

PTA Meeting

Our next PTA meeting is Oct 25th from 9:30-10:30 AM in the teacher’s lounge.  We would love to have you there!

At this meeting, we will be voting on our new PTA bylaws.  The proposed bylaws are posted in the teacher’s lounge.  If you have any concerns or issues with the bylaws, please email [email protected].

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.