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Alamo Elementary Weekly News, March 22, 2021
Important Dates
Wednesday, March 24th - Delayed Start, School starts @ 10:00 a.m.
Thursday, March 25th - Reading Month Dress Up Day: Wear your pajamas
Monday, April 5th-9th - Spring Break
#bulldogsareback
Morning Arrival
Thank you for your patience as it may take some time to get the line moving. Please remember we begin allowing students to enter the building at 8:20 a.m. but school doesn't officially start until 8:30 a.m. Therefore, the drop off line will not begin moving until 8:20 a.m., but you have until 8:30 a.m. to drop off.
- Doors will open at 8:20 a.m. Students MUST stay in their vehicles until that time.
- Please pull up as far as possible when utilizing the drop-off zone.
- Students are to be dropped off on the curbside ONLY.
- Parents who are dropping off in the morning should NOT exit their vehicles. Please give hugs and kisses at home or in the car and remind students to physically distance themselves from others as they enter the building.
- Staff members will be available to ensure each student arrives safely and directly to their classroom.
- Students must wear a mask upon entering the building and will head directly to their classrooms.
- If parents have a need to visit the office, we ask that they wait until the school day begins before entering the building. Masks are required to enter the building.
Pick Up Safety & Procedures
Thank you for showing your P.R.I.D.E.
R-Responsible Actions
I-Integrity Within
D-Determination to Succeed
E-Expect Excellence
Kenidee Waltzer
Oakley Allen
Emily Basse
Madilyn Clark
Naomi Washington
Rosie Stephens
Ryan Jacobs
Nova Steenholdt
Kennie Lewis
Devin Duong
Layers of School Spirit!
Reading Is Magical
March is Reading Month is almost complete here at Alamo Elementary!
Reading Bookmarks - The last day to turn in bookmarks is this Thursday, March 25th. Students who meet their goal will receive a sticker to put on their goals chart, a weekly prize, a chance to win a free book and a chance to either slime, throw water balloons or hot fudge sundae Mrs. Knight-Lucas.
Grade Level Competitions - The K-2nd grade class and the 3rd-5th grade class with the most minutes read by the end of March will earn a pizza party for their class. Below are the total minutes that each class has read. (Final totals will be divided by the number of students to find the average in the classroom.)
- Avery - 3,879
- Cramer - 3,890
- Gallup - 7,089
- Hughes - 4,867
- Myers - 10,611
- Engbers - 10,449
- Trumley - 18,930
- Haase - 9,310
- Breese - 12,451
- Sparks - 8,335
Classroom Goal - If an individual class meets their overall goal, they will earn a move and snack day (just before spring break) and be able to dress their teacher as a Disney character.
All School Goal - An ALL school goal of 100,000 minutes has been set. The current total number of minutes read is 89,811. If the all school goal is meet the students will be able to slime, hot fudge sundae or throw water balloons at Mrs. Knight-Lucas in our end of the month celebration. (Students will vote!)
We hope that you will encourage your child to take a new adventure in a book and even pick up a book with them.
Reading Is Magical Calendar
A Few Of Our Book Winners
Full Time Return Updates
Face Masks
- Every student needs to have a mask or cloth face covering each day when they come to school.
- Face masks are required on buses, in hallways, in classrooms and any additional common area. They are not required on the playground.
- A lanyard will be provided to each student from which to secure their mask once they have arrived at their destination.
- Mask breaks will be provided.
- Cloth face coverings or masks should be washed frequently.
Hallways
Moving through the halls:
- When walking in the hall, students must wear their mask.
- Students should stay to the RIGHT and maintain a safe distance from others.
Cafeteria
- Students must wear a mask when walking from class to the cafeteria.
- Students will come to the cafeteria on staggered times.
- Every student will have a designated spot that will ensure physical distancing from others.
- Cold lunch students will bring their lunch with them to the cafeteria.
- Hot lunch will be served in a lunch sack.
Specials
- Some specials will be taught in the home room while some will be taught in the designated specials classroom.
- When travelling to specials that are taught in a different location, such as the gym, students must wear a mask when travelling from their class to the specials classroom or gym.
- Students will wear masks while in specials classes.
- Students will be socially distanced to the extent possible.
Good Hygiene
COVID 19 Reporting
Chrombooks/Ipads & Chargers
Social-Emotional Help is Available for Your Child
Throughout the year, we have been reaching out to students and staff in various ways to help our students when we know of social-emotional needs. If you feel your child would benefit from talking with someone at school and is not already connected, please reach out to us. We are here to help in any way we can.
Melanie Conley, Alamo Student Support Services
Order Your Yearbook
Alamo Elementary's yearbook ID code is 1232421
The cost of the yearbook is $12. Orders are due by 3/31/21
Building Bulldog Readers
Supporting Reading At Home!
A Quick 5 Minute Tip with Mrs. Watson
The month of March continues to celebrate reading! Here is a quick tip to help build good reading habits at home. As you read with your child, it is important to encourage them to be a “word solver”. If your child comes to a word they don’t know, prompt them with these simple tips that are linked below. Don’t be afraid to say, “Can you try something for that word?” The student will need to use all their strategies to figure out how to read the word. The important thing to remember as a parent is that “productive struggle” is ok! Children need to develop strong word-solving muscles!
Videos
The Power of Productive Struggle - Love this!
How to help your child become a word solver:
School Transportation
With the increase in traffic that will come when all students return to school, please let us know as soon as possible if you'd like your child to return to riding the school bus. Space is still limited, but spots are available. Call Zach at the Transportation Department today at 269-694-7940 with questions or requests. Requests must be made by Wednesday, March 3 at Noon.
Emergency Contact Information - Infinite Campus Parent Portal
It is extremely important to have up-to-date contact information available for each student. When emergencies arise, we need to be able to contact parents/guardians. This is also the contact information that is used for school closures and district updates.
Please log in to the Infinite Campus Parent Portal to check that your contact information is current and to make any necessary changes. If you need assistance or login information for the Parent Portal, please contact the Alamo office. Thank You!
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Alamo Elementary
Email: nknight-lucas@otsegops.org
Website: https://alamo.otsegops.org/
Location: 8184 North 6th Street, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Phone: (269) 694-7600
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