Swanson Elementary March News
March 2024
WORDS FROM THE PRINCIPAL
Hello Swanson Squirrel Families,
I know that we are ready for spring, but it seems like Alaska is not quite ready for us to have it. Perhaps when we return from Spring Break, we will see some more changes towards Summer.
As we approach the end of 3rd quarter and begin the last quarter of school for the year, I want to thank you for all of your efforts with us and your students this year. This has been a year of many changes. You have navigated them with us well, and we are seeing solid results across the board.
Please join us for our Title I Event, "Ready, Set, Grow" on May 2nd. We will have guest Chad Carpenter, creator of Tundra Comics assisting us at the event.
We are actively planning for next school year. If you get a chance, please complete our Enrollment Survey below. If you already did this during Parent-Teacher Conferences, you do not need to do it again :-). It does give us a clearer picture of student needs for the coming year as we work on our schedule.
I hope you all are able to enjoy the longer Spring Break. We'll see you again Tuesday, March 19th at 10AM (Later start due to PLC team time).
Educationally,
Joshua Rockey
Read Across America/Dr. Seuss Day
Swanson Elementary Enrollment Survey 24-25
Spring break~no school~ March 7th to March 18th
Tuesday, March 19th~ end of spring break
School will start at 10:00 on the Tuesday after spring to accommodate for PLC time.
No jump rope club or tutoring March 19th due to the later time start.
Arctic Winter Games is using many school sites across the district over break.
Arctic Winter Games Information
Swanson collected almost 2000 food/pantry items and over $600 in cash/check donations for the Palmer Food Bank this year! Between Swanson and Sherrod, just over 2002 pounds of food were donated. Thank you to our Generous Swanson and Sherrod Families! To learn more about the Palmer Food Bank, or to support their hard work, click here:
https://www.palmerfoodbank.org/
Spring music concerts
Mark your calendars for the spring music concerts!
Kindergarten- Monday, May 6th
First Grade- Tuesday May 7th
Second Grade and Ukulele Club- Wednesday May 8th
All concerts start at 5:30pm. The Kindergartners will be learning songs about the farm, First Grade will do a concert about camping in the mountains, and Second Grade will sing about friendship and kindness. The ukulele club will play a few songs at the beginning of the Second Grade concert. No dress code. Just wear something nice. Students will be released to their classrooms at 5:15 to line up for the show. See you there!
Paula Berg
Swanson Elementary
Music Teacher
Upcoming title 1 events
2ND CUP WITH MR. ROCKEY 3/20/24
Come join Josh Rockey for a 2nd cup of coffee on Wednesday, March 20th at 9:30.
The 2nd Cup with Mr. Rockey is scheduled every second Wednesday of the month.
The next meeting will be on the third Wednesday due to Spring break, on March 20th @ 9:30.