2023-2024 Application Forms (new students) are now available on our website or click on the link below!

2023-2024 Intent Forms (current students and incoming siblings) were sent home on Tuesday, January 17th! If you have a returning student and/or incoming sibling(s), please fill out an Intent Form for each child. 2023-2024 Intent Forms are available on our website or click on the link below!

Spring school pictures will take place on Wednesday, April 5th and is provided by Lifetouch Photography. Flyers were sent home with students on Friday, March 31st! Spring school pictures are optional!

1. Go to www.mylifetouch.com

2. Enter Picture Day ID: EVTRX9WZX

March is Youth Art Month. The MSBSD art teachers have put together a digital art show showcasing student artwork. We are also hosting in-person student art shows at several locations in the Valley during the month of March. Fronteras students from all grade levels have been chosen to participate in both the digital and in-person shows.

Click here to view the digital art show: Digital art show link https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/18lRnVOtY8g-y2tt_9VgfebYI6jPi51LVFMdYEb0S6O4/edit?usp=sharing

Visit student art collections at the following locations:

MSBSD District Administration Building, 501 North Gulkana Street, Palmer
Multiple schools represented including Fronteras
Stop in any time between 7:30 AM-4 PM, Monday-Friday

Wasilla Museum and Visitors Center,
Multiple schools represented including Fronteras
Display available March 7-31 during museum hours: Tues-Fri 10 AM-3 PM and during Night at the Museum event on Wednesday, March 8 from 5:30-6:30 PM

Hola Fronteras Families!

Our annual fundraiser for the art program at Fronteras is in full swing! Personalized art catalogs have gone home with your artist(s). Inside the catalog you will see the artwork your child created, along with online ordering information. The deadline to order is Thursday, April 13. The art program at Fronteras will receive a percentage of each sale made prior to the deadline. Thank you for your support!

-Ms. Franck

For Q4, Sra. Lavea, Sra. Cabret and Sra. Rosa Rivera will be hosting 30-minute after school meetings on Wednesdays for those students, parents, and staff members who want to practice Spanish conversations. Join ¡Bienvenidos! Speaking Group every Wednesday, starting on March 22nd to May 10th from 3:00-3:30pm in Sra. Rosa Rivera's classroom 142.

Bring a notebook, pen, or pencil for taking notes as needed, be ready to speak in Spanish and become more fluent in the language. If you are interested, please complete a short registration form at the link below: https://forms.gle/8WpyD1qfakUws2At8

It's time to order your 2022-2023 Fronteras Yearbook!

1. Go to www.treering.com/validate
2. Enter school passcode: 1014981488732281

Hello Fronteras Families!

Thank you to all the parent and staff volunteers who helped make the 5th through 8th grade Fiesta de la Primavera a HUGE success! Check out the fun photos throughout the newsletter!

On Thursday, our 8th grade students participated in a Financial Reality Fair hosted by Matanuska Valley Federal Credit Union. This fair was a fun, hands-on way for students to learn about managing personal finances. Students approach the fair as if they had graduated from college, and have nothing – no car, no residence, no cell phone, etc. Students are provided with a budget worksheet that includes a fictitious future life scenario and a monthly salary of a position in the career of their choice; some have a spouse that contribute to their income, some have children and other obligations such as student loans and credit card debt. Students complete the budget worksheet line by line according to their vision of their future life. They go through life, stopping by tables to purchase an apartment or home, a vehicle, cell phone plan, utilities, insurance, groceries, personal needs/hair care, fitness, clothing, fun activities and incidentals. Along the way there are many temptations for additional spending, and students must learn to balance their wants and needs to stay within their income. In addition, they must consider their credit score for better purchasing power. The student’s goal is to stay within budget. Once they budgeted for their expenses, they met with a financial advisor to review and adjust. Our students received rave reviews from the MVFCU folks I visited with afterward. Our students fully engaged in the activity and were thoughtful in their questions and decisions. This was so informative and enjoyable, we’ve already scheduled for next year.

If you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to receive instruction in Spanish, please join us every Wednesday afternoon in Sra. Rosa Rivera’s classroom from 3:00-3:30pm to learn in and be immersed in the target language! It is a super fun way to practice conjugating verbs and conversations with one another.

Upcoming April events:

· April 5th – Spring Picture Day – be sure to tell your child if they’re getting their photo taken!

· April 5th – Alternative School Kindergarten Night – Fronteras gym 5:00-7:00pm

· April 7th – Early Release – students dismissed at 12:30pm

· April 25th – Fronteras Lottery 5pm in Fronteras gym

· April 27th – Spring Music concerts 8:30am and 1:00pm in Fronteras gym

· April 28th – Professional Development – NO SCHOOL FOR STUDENTS

Wishing everyone a wonderful weekend!

Most Sincerely,

Mrs. Hutchins

“It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and wind blows cold, when it is summer in the light and winter in the shade.” -Charles Dickens