Due to the ongoing bus driver shortage, Larson Elementary WILL NOT have buses on:

MONDAYS and FRIDAYS

(All Special Education Buses are Running)

We are asking parents/guardians of regular bus riders to please pick up their students in the curbside carline between 4:00pm - 4:20pm. This will allow regular pick-up students to clear the parking lot to make room for all the extra pick-up students. It prevents congestion in our parking lot and helps us tremendously. Larson families have been so cooperative and understanding. We appreciate that more than you can imagine! Keep up the great work!

As always, if you have any questions, please call the front office at 907-352-2300.

Larson has completed two successful PLC Mondays. This meeting time (9:00am - 10:00am) is dedicated to help teachers/staff better understand how kids learn, what kids learn, and how to help them achieve and grow! Students can be dropped off at 10:05am on Mondays. We understand that this late start can be a burden on families, especially since it is also a NO BUS day at Larson. If this later start is preventing your family from being able to work or creating a tremendous hardship please fill out the survey below:

• Where: Larson Elementary
• When: Tuesday, September 27th
• Time: 8:00 am – 9:15 am

Parents/Guardians are invited to have breakfast snacks with their student in the gym, and to hear about our Title 1 Funding. Door Prize Tickets will be handed out, and winners will be posted on our website and Facebook page on Wednesday, September 28th.

We hope to see you there!

Howdy Larson Parents!

It’s great to be back in the library with your students again. Here’s some helpful information to make library checkout a great experience.

K-1 Parents

K-1 Students will begin checking out books at the end of September after we have completed a thorough unit on how to take care of library books. The cost of books, like everything else has gone through the roof and I want to do everything I can to make sure your child understands how to care for their library books so we don’t have to replace many this year.

Library Tip of the Month

The surest way to keep library books safe is to have a special place where library books are located when they’re home with your child. Library books that have a special place like a shelf or end table to live on are easily found when it’s time to return them.

New this Year

The book check out limit has changed this year:

• Grades K-1 can check out 1 book at a time
• Grades 2-3 can check out 2 books at a time
• Grades 4-5 can check out 3 books at a time.

This is to encourage students to actually read the book and return them in a timely fashion instead of sitting in backpacks unread until it’s time to return them. Books assigned by teachers will not count toward their checkout limit so kids are not penalized for being assigned reading by a teacher.

Thank you,

Mrs. Stegall

Join us for our next meeting!

• When: Thursday, October 13th
• Where: Larson Library
• Time: 4:15pm

A fun FTA event happening soon is the 4th Annual Laps for LARSON!! TRAILS EDITION!

• When: Saturday, September 17th
• Where: Alcantra Trails (parking lot past Larson)
• Time: 10:00am – 11:30am
• Cost: $5/entrant -- $15 Family cap

The 5 senses scavenger hunt will be available for families to complete to win a prize!

Coach James Lane is please to bring Flag Football to Larson Elementary this year! Players practice on Mondays and Thursdays from 4:00pm - 6:00pm. The game schedule is as follows:

• September 15th: Larson -vs- Shaw (at Larson) 4:30pm
• September 22nd: Snowshoe -vs- Larson (at Snowshoe) 4:30pm
• September 23rd: Iditarod -vs- Larson (at Iditarod) 4:30pm
• October 1st: Tournament at Teeland (Times to be Announced)

Call the front office with any questions.

• September 12th: PLC Monday Late Start Day (10:15am start time)
• September 12th: No Bus Day
• September 13th: Lego Club, Room 207 (8:15am - 9:00am)
• September 15th: X-Country Meet at Shaw (4:30pm)
• September 15th: Flag Football Game vs Shaw (at Larson) 4:30pm
• September 16th: No Bus Day
• September 16th: Art Club Grades 4 and 5 (8:15am - 9:00am)
• September 17th: Laps for Larson...Trails Edition! (10:00am - 11:30am)
• September 19th: PLC Monday Late Start Day (10:15 am start time)
• September 19th: No Bus Day
• September 20th: Lego Club, Room 207 (8:15am - 9:00am)
• September 22nd: Fall Picture Day
• September 22nd: X-Country Knight Invite at Colony High (5:00pm)
• September 22nd: Flag Football Game vs Snowshoe (at Snowshoe) 4:30pm
• September 23rd: Popcorn Friday
• September 23rd: Art Club Grades 4 and 5 (8:15am - 9:00am)
• September 23rd: Flag Football Game vs Iditarod (at Iditarod) 4:30pm
• September 26th: PLC Monday Late Start Day (10:15 am start time)
• September 26th: No Bus Day
• September 27th: Goodies with Guardians/Title I Meeting (8:00am - 9:15am)
• September 27th: Lego Club, Room 207 (8:15am - 9:00am)
• September 28th: X-Country District Meet at Palmer High School (bus departs Larson at 12:15pm)
• September 30th: No Bus Day
• September 30th: Art Club Grades 4 and 5 (8:15am - 9:00am)
• October 1st: Flag Football Tournament at Teeland (Times TBA)
• October 13th: Family Teacher Association Meeting (4:15pm)
• October 14th: End of 1st Quarter

4th /5th Grade Boy's and Girl's Basketball Begins in October - Permission Forms will be sent home in the near future and will be available on our website www.matsuk12.us/lre