Muldoon Elementary 525 Cherry St., Anchorage, AK 99504

Ph: 742-1460, Fax: 742-1477 Principal, Leroy Grant February 2019

Dear Muldoon Parents and Guardians,

A missed school day is a lost

opportunity for students to learn.

District data shows there is a direct

correlation between our students who

attend school regularly and higher

academic achievement levels. In order

to reach attendance goals, students can

miss no more than 17 days of school

per year, that's the equivalent of two

days per month. Instilling the value of

coming to school every day is

important to start at a young age.

It is also important for students to be

on time for their instruction. Students

are brought into the classroom at 8:45

am to eat breakfast. Instruction begins

right on time at 9:00 am. If your child

expects to have time for breakfast,

please be on time. Tardiness impacts

the whole class. The classroom

instruction is interrupted when

students walk in late. Let's work

together to put procedures in place to

get our students started on time.

Leroy Grant, Principal

Current Activities

Basketball (3rd grade):

2/25 - 3/6 Mon & Wed 3:30-5pm

Climbing Club (3rd - 5th grade):

3/12 - 3/28 Mon & Wed 3:30-5pm

Volleyball (4th - 5th grade):

3/5 - 4/9

Tue 3:30-5pm & Wed 8:15-8:45am

Dates to Remember:

Parent/Teacher Conferences: 2/22

CANCELLED

This will be a regular school day.

Dr. Seuss Family Literacy Night:

2/27 @ 5:30 – 7 pm

Join us for an evening filled with

reading fun for the whole family.

Spelling Bee:

2/28 @ 1:45pm

Join us as each of our 3rd-5th grade

class representatives strive to

become Muldoon’s Spelling Champ!

Muldoon Talent Show:

3/6 @ 2:30p

Join us for a great performance by

some of our very talented students!

NO SCHOOL: 3/8 – 3/17

Spring Break

Family Movie Night: 3/22 @ 6pm

Movie to be determined – bring your

chairs, blankets, sleeping bags,

pillows and join us for a fun evening.

Pizza will be available for $1.

PTA Meeting: 3/6 @ 6:30pm

Come to the meeting while your kids

watch the movie!

Contact Information Is

Important, so please keep us updated with any phone or

address changes. You can also log

into your Q or Parent Connect account

and update information there.

School Day Start & End Times: The first bell rings at 8:45, and

class starts promptly at 9:00.

Our school day ends at 3:30.

With help from the Alaska Food

Coalition and Children's Lunchbox,

Muldoon Elementary is now able to

offer emergency food to families in

need. In addition to the weekend

food bags which are sent home

every Friday with students, we now

have a stocked food pantry for

families in extreme need. Parents

can contact the school for

assistance.

Helpful Reminders

After School Pick-Ups: As you can imagine, the office is quite a busy

place in the afternoon. Please call in

all pick-up notices before 3:00 p.m.

Also, to ensure minimal lost

instruction time, we will be unable to

release any students after 3:00 p.m.,

unless there is a medical emergency. If

at all possible, please schedule

doctor’s appointments, etc. after 3:30.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Focus on Attendance: Attendance at school is very important. When

students arrive late or are picked up

before dismissal, teaching and learning

are disrupted. We have staff in the

morning starting at 8am that can

supervise your child in the computer

lab Monday-Friday. Please make

every effort to have your child in

school from 8:45am-3:30pm each day.

Morning recess runs from 8:30-

8:45am. Once students enter into the

building after morning recess,

breakfast is served in the classrooms

from 8:50-9:05am.

Lost & Found: We already have a large amount of lost & found items. If

your student has lost an item, please

remind them check our lost and found

collection, located near the front

office. Our advice to you is to label,

label, label your child’s backpack,

lunch box, snow gear, etc. You would

be amazed how many people buy

black gloves and snow pants each

year. We have 460 students attending

Muldoon this year. That’s a lot of

gloves, hats, snow pants, boots, etc.

So please be proactive and label you

child’s items with a silver or black

Sharpie marker.

Dress for the Weather: Now that winter weather is here we would like

to remind parents that classes will still

be going outside for recess. The ASD

policy is to go outside for recess unless

the temperature is below -10 degrees.

Please make sure your child is dressed

appropriately for the weather every

single morning before leaving your

home.

Walking to School: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety

Administration, children ages 16 and

under are the most at-risk for getting

hit while crossing the street. In order

to protect students from dangerous and

life-threatening accidents, it’s essential

that drivers yield to pedestrians

crossing the street at intersections,

even when a crossing guard is not

present. If your child walks to and

from school, please talk to them about

walking on the sidewalk, staying out

of the road and/or parking lot, and

walking with other students to stay

safe. Just a gentle reminder that we

live in Alaska and we have moose and

bears in the area as well. All of these

things need to be reviewed with your

child on a regular basis, so they can

stay safe.

Pick-Up and Drop-Off Traffic

Reminders: Our curbside parking area

is to be considered a single file car

“Pause Parking Lane” for parents. We

appreciate families who are

remembering to stay in their cars while

in the pause parking lane and

continuing to move forward as space

becomes available, which helps to

keep traffic moving. Look for the

traffic attendants and follow their

directions. The staff are trying to keep

everyone safe and keep traffic moving.

Thank you to families who are helping

keep our busy end-of-day dismissal

safe for students. You all make

Muldoon a safe place to be!

Messages to Parents: Please make sure that your child knows what they

will be expected to do when the school

day is over, before they leave home in

the morning. Our office staff is not

available to hand deliver messages

throughout the school day. With a

school of our size, when the bell rings

at the end of the school day it becomes

quite difficult to reach individual

children that we have taken messages

for. It is also very disruptive to the

teachers and students when intercom

calls are made to the class at the end of

the day.

21st Century Afterschool

Program

Hi Muldoon Families,

Please join us for Dr. Seuss Family

Literacy Night on Wednesday

February 27th from 5:30-7pm. There

will be free food, learning games, and

parent support for at-home learning.

We hope to see you there!

Thank you,

Leah Schilling

21st CCLC After School Coordinator

Muldoon Elementary

742-1491

A Word from our PTA

We will have our next meeting during

the Movie Night on March 22nd, in the

library. Please join us while your

child(ren) enjoy the film! We are

working to create school spirit shirts

and start a school store, so we really

need more input from the families!

These projects have been funded

thanks to the awesome work of the

students collecting change for the coin

drive, your purchases in the

Tupperware fundraiser, and donations

from the community.

The clothing closet has also been very

successful thanks to community

donations and the support of Value

Village! We hope to have this free

clothing available at most events for

families.

On March 21st, we will be hosting the

PTA Connected with Google “Be

Internet Awesome” Family Workshop

Grant! There will be programming,

materials, and information related to

internet safety and technology.

Additionally, we will provide prizes,

food, and drinks. Details will be

included in the RSVP form that your

student will be bringing home soon!

Please mark your calendars and plan

for fun!

If you would like more information or

have any questions you can email

president.muldoonpta@gmail.com or

contact the president Shaw McDonald

at Muldoon most days.

Please check out our new Muldoon

PTA Facebook Page!

Thank you,

Shaw McDonald, PTA President

Muldoon Elementary 525 Cherry St., Anchorage, AK 99504

Ph: 742-1460, Fax: 742-1477 Principal, Leroy Grant February 2019

Culture Night at Muldoon

Muldoon will be holding a Culture

Night on April 12th from 5:30-8pm.

The purpose of this event is to

share with fellow classmates and

represent your culture. If you,

friends or family would like to sing

or dance at this year’s culture night

please contact Ms. Sarah or

call/visit the office for more

information. Thank you!

A Word from Mrs. Arturo!

The Muldoon Spelling Bee

will be held on February

28, 2019! If your child is

interested in participating,

teachers in Grades 3-5 have packets

for them to study. Each class will

have two representatives and one

alternate for the Spelling Bee. Happy

studying!!

Thank you,

Mrs. Arturo

4th & 5th grade Teacher

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Greetings From the Nurse

A warm reminder from the Muldoon

Nurse.

Cold temperatures continue, and to

keep our students warm and healthy,

it’s important for them to dress warm.

Please remember to send student to

school with a hat, gloves or mittens,

snow boots and pants and a warm

jacket/coat.

Having these items at school will help

prevent students from getting sick

when going outdoors.

Getting at least 8-10 hours of sleep a

night. Keeping healthy bedtime

schedules is important for our students

to be alert and ready to learn at school.

Thank you,

Nurse Patterson BSN, RN

Direct Line: 742-1451

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2019 PEAKS State Assessment

Reach new PEAKS of learning!

Each spring, Alaskan students are provided an opportunity to show what they know. When students show

what they know, teachers and parents can partner to promote student success.

The Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools (PEAKS) is Alaska’s summative assessment administered to

students in Grades 3-9 (English language arts and mathematics) and grades 4, 8 and 10 (science) each spring.

The purpose of a large-scale, summative assessment is to provide parents and schools an overall picture of a

student’s progress in meeting the Alaska standards at his/her grade level. The assessment is taken on the

computer and is not timed, but each content area takes approximately 100-180 minutes.

Parents can locate resources for the PEAKS assessment, including directions for PEAKS Practice tests, called

Online Tools Training and PEAKS Tutorials on the ASD website at www.asdk12.org/PEAKS.

Parents can also help by ensuring their children are well rested, eat a nutritious breakfast, and are at school

on time for the days of testing. Please avoid scheduling appointments on your child’s testing days.

The ASD PEAKS testing window below allows for school assessment scheduling flexibility.

Students! Get ready to reach new peaks of learning and earn a PEAKS sticker set for showing what you know

during our school’s PEAKS testing dates

2019 ASD PEAKS Testing Window

March 25-April 5

(Make-ups: March 26-April 26)

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