February 2019

Weekly Parent Newsletter 2/25/19

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Parent Newsletter 2/25/19

* SPRING PICTURE DAY THIS THURSDAY! If you’d like your child to have his/her photos taken, please send back the photo day envelope that came home with your child last week. If you need another you may come in to the office and we can help you get that for your Spring Pictures on Thursday, February 28th!  

Kindergarten Registration Moving to Summer

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Dear Parents and Guardians:

This message is for parents who have children entering kindergarten this fall. Please forward this to anyone who needs this information but may not receive this email.

Kindergarten registration, traditionally held in March, will be moved to the summer and combined with grades 1-12. More detailed information regarding summer K-6 registration will be sent out to you before the end of the school year.

National School Breakfast Week

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National School Breakfast Week will be March 4-8. We will be focusing our efforts on the elementary schools. Some schools will even have small activities during breakfast to help the kids get excited about school breakfast. We hope to increase school breakfast participation by 20% that week. The theme is “Start your Engines” and we will award students with prizes--including a GRAND PRIZE! Stay tuned for more details, and mark your calendars.

Great Salt Lake Bird Festival

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Please check out this awesome oppurtunity. 

The 21st annual Great Salt Lake Bird Festival is pleased to announce the 2019 Student Art Contest and Student Photography contests.  These contests are open to Utah students Pre-K through 12 grade and offer cash awards

Weekly Parent Newsletter 2/11/19

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*Welcome to Friendship Week (February 11-15): HUGE shout out to Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Bradley and our PTO for organizing our Friendship week activities. Please make note of the following activities. 

Monday 2/11- catch a friend: Service Project #1 Students will be making valentines to deliver to the elderly in our community. Our grade levels will collaborate on this activity and create cards, videos and songs to deliver and share with the local Senior Citizens Center, the Beehive Home and other local agencies. 

Valentine Candy Grams

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Fifth Grade is selling Valentine Candy Grams from now until Valentine's Day!

Send the one you love a message and a treat delivered to their class for $.25 each.

They will be for sale before school and during lunch in the East Atrium.

All profit from the candy grams is donated to a family or individual in need. It's a great cause and a very loved tradition at Mt. Loafer!