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Alamo Elementary Weekly News, March 29, 2021
Important Dates
Wednesday, March 31st - Delayed Start, School starts @ 10:00 a.m.
Monday, April 5th-9th - Spring Break
Monday, April 12th - Welcome Back!
Tuesday, April 13th - Spring Picture Day
Thank you for showing your P.R.I.D.E.
R-Responsible Actions
I-Integrity Within
D-Determination to Succeed
E-Expect Excellence
Kindergarten: Lyric Town & Ryker Bishop
1st Grade: Payton Block
2nd Grade: Reese Engbers & Beckett Buchino
3rd Grade: Noah Bydash
4th Grade: Rowan Ingold & Blake Zickafoose
5th Grade: Liam Mahaney & Kenzie Wanamaker
Reading Is Magical
March is Reading Month was a big success!
Grade Level Competitions - The winning K-2nd grade class is Mrs. Myers and the 3rd-5th grade class is Mrs. Trumley. They will each have a pizza party for their class on Thursday. Below are the total minutes that each class has read.
- Avery - 3,879
- Cramer - 3,890
- Gallup - 7,089
- Hughes - 4,867
- Myers - 10,611
- Engbers - 10,449
- Trumley - 18,930
- Haase - 9,310
- Breese - 12,451
- Sparks - 8,335
Classroom Goal - If an individual class meets their overall goal, they will earn a move and snack day (just before spring break) and be able to dress their teacher as a Disney character.
All School Goal - Alamo students read a total of 130,00 minutes, which is 30,000 over the all school goal of 100,000 minutes. This week students will vote to slime, hot fudge sundae or throw water balloons at Mrs. Knight-Lucas in our end of the month celebration on Tuesday.
HELLO From Otsego District Library
1st Grade Fun
COVID 19 Reporting
Chrombooks/Ipads & Chargers
Social-Emotional Help is Available for Your Child
Throughout the year, we have been reaching out to students and staff in various ways to help our students when we know of social-emotional needs. If you feel your child would benefit from talking with someone at school and is not already connected, please reach out to us. We are here to help in any way we can.
Melanie Conley, Alamo Student Support Services
Order Your Yearbook
Alamo Elementary's yearbook ID code is 1232421
The cost of the yearbook is $12. Orders are due by 3/31/21
Building Bulldog Readers
Supporting Reading At Home!
A Quick 5 Minute Tip with Mrs. Watson
The month of March continues to celebrate reading! Here is a quick tip to help build good reading habits at home. As you read with your child, it is important to encourage them to be a “word solver”. If your child comes to a word they don’t know, prompt them with these simple tips that are linked below. Don’t be afraid to say, “Can you try something for that word?” The student will need to use all their strategies to figure out how to read the word. The important thing to remember as a parent is that “productive struggle” is ok! Children need to develop strong word-solving muscles!
Videos
The Power of Productive Struggle - Love this!
How to help your child become a word solver:
School Transportation
With the increase in traffic that will come when all students return to school, please let us know as soon as possible if you'd like your child to return to riding the school bus. Space is still limited, but spots are available. Call Zach at the Transportation Department today at 269-694-7940 with questions or requests. Requests must be made by Wednesday, March 3 at Noon.
Emergency Contact Information - Infinite Campus Parent Portal
It is extremely important to have up-to-date contact information available for each student. When emergencies arise, we need to be able to contact parents/guardians. This is also the contact information that is used for school closures and district updates.
Please log in to the Infinite Campus Parent Portal to check that your contact information is current and to make any necessary changes. If you need assistance or login information for the Parent Portal, please contact the Alamo office. Thank You!
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Alamo Elementary
Email: nknight-lucas@otsegops.org
Website: https://alamo.otsegops.org/
Location: 8184 North 6th Street, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Phone: (269) 694-7600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/415538888654020
Twitter: @otsegoschools