Weekly Updates

September 12, 2022

CALENDAR

Sept 12 Assembly-Author Jennifer Nielsen 9:45 Gym
Sept 12 Acadience Testing for K-3 in Library (English Language Testing)
Sept 14 Walk to School Wednesday-Join us in walking to school this day and each Wednesday.
Sept 16 Reflections Assembly 2:15 Gym
Sept 19-23 Alpine Book Fair-Library-Info coming home soon!
Sept 20 Lone Peak Council PTA Meeting 10:00 Lone Peak High School
Sept 21-22 SEP (Parent/Teacher Conferences) at Alpine Elementary-See below and attach
Sept 21 Student Vision Screenings 10:00 Gym

School Information
School Focus This Year
We have many things we are trying to accomplish and focus on this year. One thing I would ask of you is to please talk with your students regarding kindness and respect. Specifically, respect towards the adults at school. The vast majority are kind and respectful but everyone can use a reminder from parents at home. When our students leave Alpine, the most important thing they can leave with is the ability to respect those around them and show kindness towards others. We really appreciate your support in this effort.

SEP Conferences Coming Up
We are excited to have our first Parent/Teacher conferences of this year. Please log on to your Parent Skyward page to access the calendar to sign up. We encourage everyone to please come and get an update on how your student(s) are doing in school. This is a fantastic time for parents and teachers to connect and answer any questions you may have. I have attached a short tutorial on how to sign up if you are unfamiliar with this process. Please let us know if you need assistance with this process.

Lunch Worker Still Needed
We are still in need of one lunch worker in our kitchen. If you, or someone you know might be interested, please let me know or email our kitchen manager, Joan High at [email protected].

From the Library
It’s time to register for this year’s Battle of the Books Competition!
You can register your 3rd-6th grade student(s) here:
https://sites.google.com/alpinedistrict.org/alpineelementarylibrary/battle-of-the-books

Once students are registered, all they need to do is start reading the books on their grade level book list available here or in the library. If they read three books on their list before December, they’ll be assigned a team and invited to a pizza party in the library.

Registration ends Friday, September 23rd.
5th and 6th Grade Battles – Monday, March 7, 2023
3rd and 4th Grade Battles – Monday, March 20, 2023

Thanks to our generous sponsor! Riley’s Carpet Cleaning

From the SCC

SCC Member Election
We are happy to announce that we will holding an election for our incoming School Community Council. This election will take place, in the main office, from September 12-16. Every parent that has a student enrolled at Alpine Elementary can vote once in the election. Please come into the main office this week and feel free to cast your vote. The following parents are on the ballet:

Vanessa Hogan
Tracy Nuttall
Holly Reynolds
Tessa Salisbury

From the PTA
Alpine PTA Meeting
Our next meeting will be on October 4th at 9:30 in the faculty room. We invite all who are interested to come and see what is happening.

September 14 –  Walk to School Wednesday – Sponsored by Alpine Pediatrics – Every kid who walks to school can find a PTA volunteer who will have a keychain with beads for them every Walk to School Wednesday that they walk to school.  If you live out walking range, you can park at Creekside Park and your child can walk from there.  Thank you so much to Alpine Pediatrics for sponsoring this program this year!

We also still need parent volunteers to help with this.  You would be at the school from 8:40 AM-9:15 AM helping pass out beads and key chains to the students.  If you can help with this sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/ go/10C0E4AAAAB28A7F9C34-walk

Save the Date! – We are currently planning on having our annual Fun Run and Fall Festival on September 30.

Running Club: We still need volunteers in order to keep Running Club this year.  Parents can choose either one day or multiple days a week.   You will help track student’s laps around the field during recess on MWF. 5th through 6th graders will be from 10:30-10:45 AM, 1st-4th graders will be 2:00-2:30 PM.

Here is the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/ go/10C0E4AAAAB28A7F9C34- running

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.

September 5, 2022

CALENDAR

Sept 5 Labor Day-NO SCHOOL
Sept 7 School Picture Day-see attached and below
Sept 9 Alpine School Community Council Applications due in office-see below and attached
Sept 12 Acadience Testing for K-3 in Library (English Language Testing)

School Information

Lunch Worker Still Needed
We are still in need of one lunch worker in our kitchen. If you, or someone you know might be interested, please let me know or email our kitchen manager, Joan High at [email protected].

School Pictures
We are excited to have our school pictures coming up. Please see the attached flyer with instructions on how to order.

Student Checkout
If you are in need of checking your student out, we will wait until you are in the school before calling them down to the office. We understand that many of you are in a hurry to get your students, however, we have already had students sitting in the office for 10-30 minutes waiting for parents to pick them up and they could be back in the classrooms learning instead of waiting in the office. Thanks for your understanding on this matter.

School Counseling Parent Newsletter
Each month, our school counselor, Tyrene Hartsell, will be putting together a newsletter with information we are focusing on at Alpine Elementary for that month. Please see the attached newsletter if you are interested.

Lone Peak Football Opportunity
Friday, September 9th is “Jr. Knights Night” at the Lone Peak home football game.  Any student who wears a Lone Peak jersey to the game gets in free!  And, the Senior players will be signing cards for the youth after the game. See you there!

From the Library
It’s time to register for this year’s Battle of the Books Competition!
You can register your 3rd-6th grade student(s) here:
https://sites.google.com/alpinedistrict.org/alpineelementarylibrary/battle-of-the-books

Once students are registered, all they need to do is start reading the books on their grade level book list available here or in the library. If they read three books on their list before December, they’ll be assigned a team and invited to a pizza party in the library.

Registration ends Friday, September 23rd.
5th and 6th Grade Battles – Monday, March 7, 2023
3rd and 4th Grade Battles – Monday, March 20, 2023
Thanks to our generous sponsor! Riley’s Carpet Cleaning

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.

Lone Peak Bantam Basketball Tryouts
Tuesday, September 6th  @ Lone Peak High School – Maroon Gym
3rd – 5th Grade – 5:00 – 6:30 P.M.
6th – 8th Grade – 6:30 – 8:00 P.M.

Thursday SEPTEMBER 8th @ Lone Peak High School-Field House Gym
3rd – 5th Grade – 5:00 – 6:30 P.M.
6th – 8th Grade – 6:30 – 8:00 P.M.

SCC Members Needed
We are still accepting applications for our Alpine School Community Council. Please see the attached application form if you are interested. These forms are due on Friday, September 9th.

Alpine PTA Meeting
Thanks to all who were at our meeting last week! Our next meeting will be on October 4th at 9:30 in the faculty room. We invite all who are interested to come and see what is happening.

Thank you so much to all of the Room Moms who came and met with teachers last week!  Also, thank you to everyone who came to our first PTA meeting of the month.

September 7 –  Walk to School Wednesday – Sponsored by Alpine Pediatrics – Our first Walk to School Wednesday will be September 7.  Every kid who walks to school can find a PTA volunteer who will have a keychain with beads for them every Walk to School Wednesday that they walk to school.  If you live out walking range, you can park at Creekside Park and your child can walk from there.  Thank you so much to Alpine Pediatrics for sponsoring this program this year!

We also still need parent volunteers to help with this.  You would be at the school from 8:40 AM-9:15 AM helping pass out beads and key chains to the students.  If you can help with this sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/ go/10C0E4AAAAB28A7F9C34-walk

Save the Date! – We are currently planning on having our annual Fun Run and Fall Festival on September 30.  

Running Club: We still need volunteers in order to keep Running Club this year.  Parents can choose either one day or multiple days a week.   You will help track student’s laps around the field during recess on MWF. 5th through 6th graders will be from 10:30-10:45 AM, 1st-4th graders will be 2:00-2:30 PM.

Here is the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/ go/10C0E4AAAAB28A7F9C34- running

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.

August 29, 2022

CALENDAR

Aug 30 Alpine PTA Board Meeting 9:30 Faculty Room
Aug 31 Room Mother’s Tea-Library 3:30
Sept 5 Labor Day-NO SCHOOL
Sept 7 School Picture Day-Info to come home with your students

School Information

School Dropoff and Pickup

I want to thank everyone for the courteous and efficient manner that has been shown during these times of the day. As you have noticed, we have had all of our teachers outside during these times. Starting Monday, we will not have as many adults outside before and after school. Please continue to follow the safety and procedural measures we have been following for the first two weeks of school. Mainly, in the pull-thru, please pull as far forward as you can so we can make sure we can continue the great traffic flow we have had so far. Thanks!

Lunch Worker Still Needed

We are still in need of two lunch workers in our kitchen. If you, or someone you know might be interested, please let me know or email our kitchen manager, Joan High at [email protected].

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 PTA

Alpine PTA Meeting

We have one of the best PTAs in Utah! Our first meeting of the year will be on August 30th at 9:30 in the faculty room. We invite all who are interested to come and see what is happening.

Please Join Our PTA!

Have you seen the video our Alpine Elementary PTA created over the summer, to show you what kinds of things we do for our school? Check out the short video here!

Parents, please take a few minutes and join the PTA! By becoming a member, you are in no way signing up to volunteer your time! You’re simply paying dues to help our elementary sponsor the 20+ PTA activities we do for Alpine Elementary throughout the school year! The dues are $10.85. We truly value every membership and every way that parents can help support their children at school.  Simply sign up here!

Also, please take a second and follow Alpine Elementary and the PTA on our social media accounts! Facebook: Alpine Elementary & PTA / InstaGram: Alpine Elementary PTA .

Reflections

Reflections is an amazing nationwide art contest that coincides with a different theme each year. Students can pick from different avenues of art to display how they interpret the theme- this year the theme is “Show your voice.” We are hoping to have a night to showcase everyone’s entries along with choosing who won the contest.  We still need a chair for this program and the program won’t be able to happen if we cannot find a chair.  Here is a link that tells you exactly what the duties to the chairperson entails. https://www.pta.org/docs/default-source/files/programs/reflections/_evergreen-program-materials/local-leader-resources/local-leaders-guide_reflections.pdf This needs a volunteer ASAP, as the due date for entries is October 13th.  We will also need a few more volunteers to help with the event.

Here is the link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4AAAAB28A7F9C34-reflections

Room Mother’s Tea

On Wednesday, September 1st, we will be having our annual room mother’s tea. This is for all those who have signed up to be a room parent this year. We do have a couple of classes that do not have anyone signed up yet. The PTA will be reaching out to those classes to see if we can fill those spots. The short meeting will be in the library at 3:30 that day. 

From the SCC

SCC Members Needed

We will be getting out information regarding the SCC this year shortly. We will be in need of several parents that might be willing and interested in participating on this committee. I will be sending out a separate email later this week with details.

From the Lunchroom

Please remind your students that may be eating breakfast to enter the school around the back on the patio. This is the door they will enter and exit after they finish their meal.

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.

August 22, 2022

CALENDAR

Aug 22 Kindergarten Open House 4:30-6:00-See below for details

Aug 24 First Day of Kindergarten and Preschool

Aug 30 Alpine PTA Board Meeting 9:30 Faculty Room

School Information

Dropoff and Pickup

Thank you for the great response we have received from everyone regarding our dropoff and pickup times. I hope you have noticed our faculty out in front at the beginning and ending of school. It seems to be going relatively well. This is all thanks to the patience from all of you. In the east pull-through I would ask that you continue to pull up as far as possible before picking up and dropping off your students. If we have one person stopping, it really does mess up all those waiting behind. Thank you for your patience and cooperation. Also, please do not call your students to walk across the street in any other place besides the crosswalk. We do not want any injuries. 

Kindergarten Open House

We want to invite all kindergartners and their parents to our Kindergarten Open House on Monday, August 22nd. This will happen from 4:30-6:00. Please enter through the front door of the school and make your way down to the kindergarten rooms. Please call the main office with any questions.

Tardy Bell

Please remember that school is starting at 9:15 this year. A warning bell rings at 9:12 to alert the students to line up. If your student arrives after 9:15, they will need to come to the main office to check in and pick up a slip to be admitted to class.

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 PTA

Alpine PTA Meeting

We have one of the best PTAs in Utah! Our first meeting of the year will be on August 30th at 9:30 in the faculty room. We invite all who are interested to come and see what is happening.

Summer Journals

This is a reminder that any Summer Journals that have been completed are due on Wednesday, August 24th. We have a box in the office where your student can turn them in. We will turn your journals back to you when the awesome prizes are handed out!

From the SCC

SCC Members Needed

We will be getting out information regarding the SCC this year shortly. We will be in need of several parents that might be willing and interested in participating on this committee. I will be sending out a separate email later this week with details.

From the Lunchroom

Please remind your students that may be eating breakfast to enter the school around the back on the patio. This is the door they will enter and exit after they finish their meal.

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 lon 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.