Monroe Elementary Newsletter
Home of the Bobcats
Trait of the Quarter: RESPECT
Looking Ahead!!
September 13 - Author visit at Jefferson for 3rd-6th grade
September 17 - PTO Meeting 4:00 PM (NEW TIME)
October 1-31 Book it Forward Book Drive
October 2 - Walk to School Day
October 2-4 Y Camp for 6th graders
Fred Meyer Community Rewards
If you are a Fred Meyer shopper, please consider linking your rewards card to our PTO. You still get your rewards, but we get one too. Click on the link below, sign into your account, select change organization and search for Monroe Elementary School PTO
Reading at Home
Reading at Home Adapted from National PTA “ideas for reading together”
Follow this link to more great literacy ideas for your family! http://www.pta.org/programs/familyreading.cfm?ItemNumber=4735
How can I inspire my child to read?
Encourage reading in your home. Set an example by reading in front of your child. Create a special space in your home where you can read together.
Spend 30 minutes each day reading together. When reading with your child, ask your child to describe what is going on in the scene or happening in the story. Ask them to predict what will happen next.
Sign your child up for a library card. A library card is free and essential for your child to gain access to countless of books. Then attend library events. Most libraries hold weekly or monthly events, such as story times, that you and your child can attend together.
Applaud your child for reading. Reward your child for reading a certain number of books or finishing a challenging book just as you would other activities such as basketball or piano.
Help your child write their own stories. Encourage your child to write stories based on his or her experiences or favorite characters from other books, movies or TV shows.
Make flashcards to learn new words. Help your child study new vocabulary words or create colorful bookmarks to mark his or her place.
Take turns reading books to each other. Try to read with silly voices!
Choose a word and ask your child to listen as you say it slowly, stretching out the sounds. Have your child say the word at regular speed. Start with short, two-sound words, and work your way up to longer words. Once your child has gotten some practice, switch roles.
Practice storytelling on the go! Take turns adding to a story the two of you make up while riding in a car or bus. Try making the story funny or spooky.
Have your child use a finger to trace a letter while saying its sound. Do this on paper, in sand or on a plate of sugar.
Print or write the lyrics from some of your child’s favorite songs. Have your child read the lyrics out loud and sing them together.
Create a family history book. Fold pieces of paper in half and staple them to form the book. Ask your child to write sentences on each page about family members and add illustrations. Write some stories about your own childhood and illustrate them as well!Grace Stoltey makes a difference!
Campus Messenger Changes
Infinite Campus made a change to Messenger email settings in a recent update. With the security measures more recently being put in place by email providers and email relays to prevent spamming, they needed to find a way to ensure messages sent from Campus would reach their recipients without being flagged as spam by these vendors. The result is that messages are coming from our global email, campus@boiseschools.org, instead of the sender's email address. If the recipient clicks reply, the reply will go to the sender's email. But, if they click forward, it will go to our campus email.
Jefferson Elementary Fall Festival
Join Monroe at the Idaho Steelheads!!
Monroe Elementary Night With The Idaho Steelheads!
Friday November 1st - 7PM @ CenturyLink Arena
All friends, family, students, staff and alumni of Monroe Elementary School are invited to cheer on the Idaho Steelheads as they take on the Utah Grizzlies!
$15 gets you a ticket to the game and a meal voucher for the concession stands.
No limit to how many tickets you can purchase!
$5 from every ticket sold goes back to the school!
To Place an Order…
Fill out an order form and return it to school with cash, credit card number, or check made payable to Idaho Steelheads.
Turn order form in no later than Tuesday, October 29th.
No limit to the number of tickets you can purchase for the game!
Thank you for supporting Monroe Elementary School!
IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT:
ERIK DIEHL – IDAHO STEELHEADS – 208-472-3363 – ERIKD@IDAHOSTEELHEADS.COM
Ada County Kids Duathlon
Registration is NOW OPEN! Ada County Development Services is excited to announce the 6th Annual Kid's Duathlon at Avimor Saturday, September 21st
This free event is for all children ages 3 to 12!
Sign up for this great event soon! All participants will receive:
• T-shirts
• Goody bag
• Finisher medal*
• Free lunch (**Placement medals for the top three (3) boys and top three (3) girls in each age group)
In addition to the races, we will have the following:
• Craft booths
• Raffle Prizes
• Food/drink vendors
• Bounce houses
• Local vendors
• AND MORE! Register Now: www.trisignup.com/adacountykidsduathlon Sign up soon! Only 350 spots available and they will fill up quickly!
Sponsored by Costco, Franklin Building Supply, Epic Realty, Dutch Bros, SWIMBA, and more! *All children must wear helmets*
Dental Clinic
Please read, fill out back and sign. Clinic is Oct. 1-3, but forms MUST be received by Sept. 27th!! Thank you!
Monroe Library News
Book Drive
October 1 - October 30
Once again, the library and Mrs. Faddick’s class are partnering to sponsor a book drive for Book it Forward. This organization collects both new and gently used children’s books for distribution to kids throughout the community. We’ll be asking our students to donate books to this great cause. Last year’s drive raised over 1,000 books! (Please note: adult books and textbooks will not be accepted.)
Fall Book Fair
Friday, November 1 - Friday, November 8
Come see the amazing selection of books to purchase from Idaho Book Fairs. The fair will be open daily from 8:15 am to 3:40 pm, with extended hours the evening of the Harvest Dance on November 8.