Otter News
November 17, 2022
DREAM. LEARN. ACHIEVE.
Food Drive Through November 18th ~ Tomorrow is the last day!
Veterans Day Program and Breakfast
Theme of the Month: Gratitude
This month we are focusing on gratitude. Other words that mean gratitude are thankfulness, appreciation and generosity. Our definition is - focusing on what is good in our lives and being thankful for the things we have. Classes are having discussions in classrooms and in the library about what gratitude means and how to show gratitude to others.
Based on the book, Thankful by Elaine Vickers students and staff have added their own links to create thankful chains to focus on our theme of the month. Below are a few examples.
Next month's theme: Empathy
Thankful Chains
Library Information (click on picture!)
New Email for Attendance & Transportation Changes
AES-Attendance@psd401.net ~ Thank you!
Splash Winners Week of 11/17/2022
Every day students are able to earn a splash ticket by demonstrating our school wide expectations of show respect, solve problems, make good decisions. Teachers collect the splash tickets in their classrooms and then once a week we put them in our grade level buckets.
Here are this week's splash ticket winners:
Kindergarten -Xavier, Evan, Charlie
1st Grade - Elijah, Finn, Taylor
1/2 & 2nd Grade - Bennett, Isla, Ayla
3rd Grade - Vivian, Savannah, Merrick
4th Grade - Brylee, Owen, Tate
4/5 & 5th Grade - Shelsey, Hazel, Anthony
Classroom winners this week: Ms McCoy's class and they earned a prize as a class.
Explore Our Collection of Books that Highlight Native American History and Perspectives
Report Card Feedback
Parents and guardians - we want to hear from you! Please take our ThoughtExchange survey about elementary report cards. You can access the survey here or by scanning this QR code:
HiCap Annual referral notice
Highly Capable Referral Notice for Annual Testing
Open October 12th, 2022 - January 6th, 2023
Online Highly Capable Referral form for Parents and Teachers
Direct link- https://forms.gle/ZVUWWnUt9duLkDPB9
Please note: single online referral form for teachers and parents
https://www.psd401.net/acadmics/highly-capable for more information
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¡Aviso importante!
Las aplicaciones al examen anual del Highly Capable Program (Estudiantes de Nivel Avanzado) ya están abiertas
Cuando: del 12 de octubre de 2022 al 6 de enero del 2023
Dónde aplicar: el formulario para referir a un estudiante se encuentra en la liga https://forms.gle/ZVUWWnUt9duLkDPB9
Quien debe referir a un estudiante: los padres y profesores del alumno.
Para más información por favor visita https://www.psd401.net/acadmics/highly-capable
¡Recuerde! enviar un solo formulario diligenciado por los padres y profesores del estudiante.
PTA INFORMATION
Yearbook Pictures Needed
Yearbook needs your help again this year to fill the pages of the 2022/23 yearbook. Filling the pages of our Otters doing the things that bring them joy, has brought such a special touch to every page. To make that easy for you, we will post monthly suggestions.
For the month of November our themes are fall leaves, baking, thankful, cozy, playing in the rain, crafts, turkey, reading, Thanksgiving and pet cuddles. Please post below or email your images to CarryMcAllister@Gmail.com. Please students name, grade and teacher, and only include images of current Artondale students.
December Breakfast & Lunch Menu
Lunch
Upcoming Important Dates
- Wednesday, November 23, 24 & 25th - Thanksgiving Break, NO SCHOOL
- December 19th through January 2 - Winter Break, NO SCHOOL
- January 16th - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, NO SCHOOL