This is a monthly newsletter posted on the 1st of each month during the regular school year. You will find upcoming dates, events or information in regards to school-wide activities or polices/procedures. The newsletter is linked on our website, Instagram, Facebook & sent via Remind. We do our best to put all school information in the newsletter!

• February 5th - WIDA testing begins
• February 5th - Ready for Kindergarten! 5:00 p.m.
• February 7th - STEAM Night 5:00-6:30 p.m.
• February 8th - Superbowl Lunch - Wear your favorite sports team
• February 12th-15th - Kindness Week
• February 12th - PTO Meeting 11:00 a.m.
• February 14th - Valentines Day Parties 1:30 p.m.
• February 19th - President's Day - No School
• February 29th - 12:15-2:15 Cabin Fever Day

$1 on Thursdays if your child wants to wear a hat. All proceeds go back to the school to help with supplies, field trips, and other opportunities for our students.

Next Month...

• March 4th - NAEP Testing 4th Grade
• March 4th - 7th - Read-a-Thon/Dr. Seuss Week
• March 14th & 15th - Parent Teacher Conferences
• March 25th-29th - Spring Break

Students will be exchanging valentines on Tuesday, February 14th. Your student may bring a valentine that is prepackaged or wrapped. Parties will be provided by our CPT beginning at 1:30 p.m.

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COMING SOON!

Check out this resource: Financial assistance, food pantries, medical care, and other free or reduced-cost help starts here:

Parents - Information went home a couple of weeks ago regarding Roaring Readers. Our PTO is helping to bring this program to us. If you have a child in grades K-4, they will need to log 600 minutes of reading in order to receive their Roaring Springs ticket, and 5th graders will need to log 800 minutes. All logs need to be turned into the school no later than March 22nd. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask!

Kindergarten, 1st Grade, and 2nd Grade- We read the book, "Me First" and talked about the Sand Witch. We learned about taking turns and being polite to classmates, and that it's okay to not always be first!

3rd and 4th Grade- We talked about seeing things from other people's perspectives and how that can improve the way we interact with others around us.

5th Grade- We discussed conversation skills. We talked about how important it is to be able to talk clearly with their peers and how important it will be as they move into middle school and how they can improve those skills.

I also found an app that might be a fun introduction to meditation. The app is called SMILING MIND and has a lot of short, simple meditations you can do as a family or with your kids. Meditation is a great way to help kids become more self-aware and can help them handle difficult situations more easily.

As always, if have a question or concern, please reach out to me at my school email: brigby@minidokaschools.org.

We try our very best to communicate with you through all different formats in hopes one works for you! If you aren't following along- please do! We can't wait to show you everything that goes on behind the school doors.

We are excited to debut the new Minidoka Schools App. You can download the app by visiting your mobile device's app store. The app is a quick, easy way to access information about our schools. Watch this short video tutorial with a quick overview of the app.

We post lots of pictures throughout the month to show you what is going on at school. If you would not like to have your child in a picture/video that could potentially be posted to our social media websites - please let the office know. If we don't hear from you, we will assume you agree.

Thank you-