Machetanz Elementary News
February 2018
Upcoming Events:
February 3: Battle of the Books Competition At Knik Elementary
February 8: Let the Games Begin Olympic Family Night
February 10: Jr NYO District Competition @ Houston Middle School
February 13: Band and Choir Anchorage Symphony Field Trip
February 14: 1st grade Lunch with a Loved One
February 15-16: No School- Parent Teacher Conferences
February 21: Science Expo Night
February 23: Kindergarten Lunch with a Loved One
February 23: 5th grade State Jr NYO competition
February 24: 3rd and 4th grade State Jr NYO competition
February 25: 1st and 2nd grade State Jr NYO competition
February 28: School Wide Spelling Bee
March 7: Kindergarten Fire Station Field trip
March 7th: 3rd and 4th grade Musical "A Kids Life"
March 9: No School- Teacher work day
March 12-16: No School - Spring Break
School District Budget Survey
Want to provide your input on the school district budget? Follow this link to take the survey.
Let the Games Begin Olympic Family Night
Valentine Grams
Nurses Corner
Hello Machentanz Families!
I hope that you are enjoying this start to 2018!
Health Screenings- Just a reminder that I am currently in the process of doing health screenings. This is a normal assessment set done every year by the school nurse for grades K, 1, 3, and 5 for vision, hearing, height, weight, blood pressure, and dental. Grade 5 females are also assessed for scoliosis. If any abnormalities are found, I will be sending a letter home with you via your student. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. If you are a medical professional who would like to assist, please let me know.
Winter Weather Safety- Winter Months at Machentanz comes with a harsh wind chill outside on our playground. I am now starting to see increased cases of frostbite. Please ensure your child is coming to school with proper gear. If your child has had frostbite or hypothermia in the past, this is a must. Once a human has had a cold weather injury, they become highly susceptible to it recurring due to the damage done to the body.
Dental Health- In the next couple of months, we will be getting a visit from some of our local dentists, as well as, I will be visiting classrooms to talk about dental health! We will be talking about the importance of good basic oral hygiene. One of the best ways to help kids get excited about this topic and build a good oral hygiene routine is to continue this education on from school to home. Work together as a family to build great smiles in 2018!
Thanks from your school nurse!
Nurse Maribeth
Yearbooks
REMINDERS: Student Drop Off and Pick Up
Please pick up your students up from school on time. Our teachers need to use their time after school preparing for the next day. Please be respectful of their time so they can be ready for your students each and every day.
Student Drop-Off : Drop off time- No earlier than 9AM
Parent Pick up: 3:50 pm in the classrooms
We now have 51 families that have linked up their Fred Meyer Card to our school. This is an increase from the 23 we had last quarter. THANK YOU!
If you would like to help us out you can link up your Reward card by going to https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4
By registering your card you are helping Machetanz with every purchase you make. This does not affect your personal reward check.
Please utilize the drop off lane if you do not want to park and walk your students into the school. The parking lot is not a safe place to allow students to walk without an adult. The fire lane in the parking lot is not a drop off zone. Please do not drop your students off there. We had a few incidences with students almost getting hit by cars backing up and not seeing our students. Your student's safety is our #1 priority!
Science Expo
School Dismissal Manager
If your child's normal pick up routine is changing for the day, please log into your school dismissal account and let the office and Ms. Terry know this way. At the end of the day the teachers get an email notification of any changes that take place. Please do not email teachers directly of these changes. If a teacher or mIss Terry is out one day and you emailed them not using the school dismissal system their substitute teacher will not know of this change. If you did not put it in school dismissal manager, teachers and Miss Terry may not know of this change as many of the teachers do not check their email regularly during the day while they are teaching. Your help is greatly appreciated. Using School Dismissal Manager is extremely helpful to your classroom teacher and the front office.
Over the past month we have on average about 20-25 changes daily in students end of day routine. This is 20-25 phone calls to the office that did not take place because parents used School Dismissal manager. It works and once you have used it, you will find it is very convenient.
If you need help accessing your account please call Miss Terry in the office. She will be happy to help you.
If your child has a doctor appointment and needs to be picked up early, you do not need to let the office know of this change in school dismissal. We will call your child to the office once you arrive to the school to pick them up. Please take into account it takes a few minutes for your child to be located as they are not always in their classrooms when you arrive so arrive a few minutes early to pick up your child. We cannot have students called out of class until you arrive at the school to sign them out.
Guest teachers needed:
Lost and Found
There are many items that accumulate on a daily basis. All students are encouraged to double check to make sure their coat, hat, boots, or gloves are not left behind and to check the lost and found benches when something is missing. Items are donated quarterly to local charities throughout the year as we do not have space to store all of the items that are found throughout the year.
Do you Shop or Eat at...
Red Robin? You can register for their rewards program and then go online and register your card with Machetanz. Each time you eat there we will receive a small portion of your sales as well.
Fred Meyer? Do you have a Fred Meyer Card? You can also register it and a portion of your spending can benefit Machetanz. After the June 2016 customer re-enrollment period customers who did not re-link their card with a nonprofit on Community Rewards were dropped from the system on July 1. If you have linked your card in the past to support Machetanz it may not be currently linked. Please take the time to re-link your card so that we can benefit from Fred Meyer's community reward program. Follow this link to link or rel-ink your card today! https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4
All you have to do is register your cards and Machetanz can benefit. It takes a few minutes of your time initially. After that all you have to do is shop or eat.
School Report Card to the Public
Where's my bus?
Machetanz Elementary
Email: mze@matsuk12.us
Website: www.matsuk12.us/mze
Location: 4961 E Nelson Rd, Wasilla, AK, United States
Phone: 907-864-2300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/machetanzelementary/