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March 2024

March 29, 2024

By Weekly Newsletter

Parents,

We hope that everyone has a wonderful Spring Break! During this time people will be travelling to fun destinations, staying at home with family or just taking some time to relax. One suggestion that we have during this week is to spend some time each day reading. Read with your kids or just read to them. Some of the benefits of reading during spring break are there is more time to read, life is a little more relaxed during this time, any time spent reading is helping your child to be lifelong learners.

Kindergarten Registration for 2024-25 is now open! Please register at the following link: https://alpineschools.org/registration-enrollment
Note: Beginning in the Fall, Kindergarten will be all day at all Elementary Schools in Alpine School District. At this time, we are not accepting any out of area students. At this time, we are not accepting out of area students.

IMPORTANT DATES:

April 1-5 Spring Break-No School
April 8-12 Kindness Week

  • Monday-Wear White & Black Today’s Focus is on Digital Citizenship: Be kind when online\
  • Tuesday-Wear Red Say no to drugs: Healthy choices – Healthy Life
  • Wednesday-Wear Blue F riendship- Be a buddy not a bully
  • Thursday-Wear Yellow I ’m a VIP – There is no one like me!
  • Friday-Wear Green Brain Health – A strong mind – shine your ligh

April 22-26 Teacher Appreciation Week Congratulations to our Cascade PTA award winners 2023-2024:

  • Aryanna Maya and Jason Laparra Ruiz for outstanding 6th grade students
  • Jennifer Marin for outstanding administrator
  • David crownover for outstanding educator
  • Debbie Velasquez for outstanding supporting staff
  • Lindsey Embley for outstanding volunteer

March 25, 2024 SCC Meeting

By SCC

3/25/2024 SCC Meeting
Attendance- Anna Greene, Alina Worthen, Tom Thorley, Mrs. Frost, Mr. Johnson

Review SCC Trustlands goals for 2023-2025
This year the reading scores are down overall compared to last year, but that is due to many factors (consolidation, mid-year scores, etc). ML population has quadrupled this year and many of them are newcomers.

Two goals- ML students and general population students. Proficiency and growth goals.

We have three aides who are strictly ML aides. They focus only on ML students. Several of the aides are also bilingual.

Next year we’ll be regular Title 1 and not Title 1 Target Assist. We are going to continue using the Target Assist data so that we can best help students.

SCC will pay one day of summer collaboration time for all teachers. The district will pay for two days.

$122k funding available for SCC.

Our Title 1 funding will go down significantly next year. Two more schools in Orem will become Title 1 schools. We will be down almost $200k in Title 1 funding for next year.

Vote unanimous in favor of the plan.

March 22, 2024

By Weekly Newsletter

Parents,
Some fun facts from our Math and Art Night. We handed out over 1,000 slices of pizza, close to 1,200 cookies, we gave out 300 individual math games, fixed close to 200 bikes and handed out 341 books to kids. During the evening thousands of pieces of art were hanging in the halls for kids and parents to enjoy. Thank you for all of your support during this event.

Our 5th grade will be taking the end of year Utah State writing assessment this week. When kids have had a good nights sleep and have eaten a good breakfast they will be happier in during the day. Breakfast time is a great time to talk about how they hope the day will go. This is a great time to reassure them to just try their best.

Kindergarten Registration for 2024-25 is now open! Please register at the following link:
https://alpineschools.org/registration-enrollment/
Note: Beginning in the Fall, Kindergarten will be all day at all Elementary Schools in Al pine School District. At this time, we are not accepting any out of area students. At this time, we are not accepting out of area students.

IMPORTANT DATES:
March 25 SCC Meeting 1:00 PM
March 29 5th Grade Maturation
April 1-5 Spring Break-No School
April 8-12 Kindness Week
Monday-Wear White & Black
Tuesday-Wear Red
Wednesday-Wear Blue
Thursday-Wear Yellow
Friday-Wear Green
April 10 A Day at Cascade
April 22-26 Teacher Appreciation Week

March 15, 2024

By Weekly Newsletter

Parents,

Our school play performances are this weekend! Performances are Friday and Saturday at Canyon View Junior High. Both Nights they are at 5 and 6:30 PM. Thank you to all those who have made this happen. We have been amazed at the talents and generosity of our community. We are excited to celebrate with the students and the community at the performances on Friday & Saturday. Continue to invite friends and family!

THANK YOU

Kindergarten Registration for 2024-25 is now open! Please register at the following link:
https://alpineschools.org/registration-enrollment
Note: Beginning in the Fall, Kindergarten will be all day at all Elementary Schools in Alpine School District. At this time, we are not accepting any out of area students.

Tuesday, March 19th from 5-6:30 is our annual Math and Art Night. Please come and enjoy a fun math game, look at art that is hanging in the halls and grab a slice of pizza and a cookie. The PTA is in need of a few volunteers for this event. Please sign up here. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/4090A4AAFA72FA1FB6-48562054-serving#/

IMPORTANT DATES:
March 15-16 Willy Wonka Play at Canyon View Jr. High
March 18-22 Hope Week
March 19 PTA Meeting 9:30 AM
March 19 Math/Art Night 5:00-6:30 PM
March 19 Free Bicycle Repair 5:30-7:00 PM at Cascade Elementary
April 1-5 Spring Break-No School
April 8-12 Ribbon Week
April 22-26 Teacher Appreciation Week

March 8, 2024

By Weekly Newsletter

Parents,
Reminder: there is No School on Monday and Tuesday next week, March 11 & 12, teacher work day.
On March 15th and 16th, our students will perform the play Willy Wonka at Canyon View Jr. High. The performance times on each night are 5 pm and 6:30 pm. We hope that everyone can attend and enjoy our talented students’ performance.
Kindergarten Registration for 2024-25 is now open! Please register at the following link:
https://alpineschools.org/registration-enrollment/Note: Kindergarten is now all day at all Elementary Schools in Alpine School District. At this
time, we are not accepting any out-of-area students.

IMPORTANT DATES:
March 11-12: No School, Professional Development/Teacher Work Day
March 13 Willy Wonka school assembly for students only
March 15-16 Willy Wonka Play at Canyon View Jr. High
March 19 PTA Meeting 9:30 AM
March 19 Math/Art Night 5:00-6:30 PM.
April 1-5 Spring Break-No School
April 8-12 Ribbon Week
April 22-26: Teacher Appreciation Week

Message from the Teacher Appreciation Week committee:
We will be able to express our gratitude for our teachers during Teacher Appreciation Week on April 22-26. To make the week unique, we plan a series of activities (more to come soon), but one of the highlights will be a raffle where teachers can win prizes! This is where we need your help. If you are able, please consider donating items from your businesses or personal resources to contribute to our raffle prizes. It could be a gift card, a voucher for a free service, or any other item you think would make a great prize. Your contribution would be greatly appreciated!
If you can donate, please get in touch with Bri Lawyer by April 10th at 801-669-7466 or [email protected].

Message from our Battle of the Books Committee:
Even though the Battle of the Books battles are over, we hope to continue to encourage students to read the Battle of the Books novels. We will celebrate the students’ continued effort with an extra recess for each student who reads at least 5 books from their assigned list. 3rd and 4th graders will be rewarded with an extra recess on May 7th, 5th and 6th graders on May 9th.
To earn the extra recess, students need to have the following completed by May 1st:
1) Be a 3rd – 6th grader
2) Read 5 or more Battle of the Books novels from your grade’s list.
3) Fill out a slip for each book and turn it in to Mrs. Roundy.
Past participation in the Battle of the Books battles is NOT required to earn the extra recess.
Also, if you have not seen the Battle of the Books Board in the library or on our All 20 Club wall, you should check it out. It has been a fun way to recognize each student for their hard work!
Happy Reading!

March 4, 2024 SCC Meeting

By SCC

Mar 4, 2024
Will we qualify for Title I in 2024/2025?

  • Cut off is 40% federally,
    ■ Our District has
  • Our % came in at 41.5%, however, we haven’t received a clear confirmation one way or another.
    ■ We can expect a confirmation by the end of March
  • The state plans to add more schools to title I which will impact the amount of funding we receive for the 2024/2025 School year. This being the case, the
    amount of funds are currently unknown.

Primary plan proposal for the 2024/2025 Academic School year

  • $128,000 is the approximated funding from Trust Land Funding.
  • Continue on with 95% program and the 95% intervention groups
    ○ Approximately $30,000 to renew the license for next school year
  • Maintain the amount of aids moving forward (7).
    ○ $95,000
  • Fund teachers reps to attend a literacy conference
    ○ Approximately $5,000
  • There should be enough from the carry over from this school year to supplement
    the deficit.

District open house meeting for the SCC president and PTA President regarding the potential split of the district upcoming.

Next meeting April 1st, 2024 1pm

March 1, 2024

By Weekly Newsletter

Parents,

On March 15th and 16th our students will be performing the play Willy Wonka at Canyon View Jr. High. The perfomance times on each night are 5 pm and 6:30 pm. We hope that everyone is able to attend and enjoy the performance by our talented students.

On March 7th Orem City Police will be here during lunch to interact with our students. They will be handing out donuts during lunch to the entire student body. This is an event that helps to connect the students with our public service officers. It is intended to be a fun activity for all.

Kindergarten Registration for 2024-25 is now open! Please register at the following link:

Registration & Enrollment

Note: Kindergarten is now all day at all Elementary Schools in Alpine School District. At this time, we are not accepting any out of area students.

IMPORTANT DATES:

March 6 Spring Picture Day

March 7 Cops and Donuts

March 8 Yearbook Theme Page Contest Due

March 15-16 Willy Wonka Play at Canyon View Jr. High

March 11-12 Professional Development/Teacher Work Day No School

March 19 PTA Meeting 9:30 AM

March 19 Math/Art Night 5:00-6:30 PM. This is a fun evening for our entire community. Students art work is hanging in the halls. Students and parents can play math games, look at art and enjoy a slice of pizza.