The Glacier Bear Connection

Sherrod Parents and Guardians,

Sherrod Elementary is a Community Eligibility Program (CEP) school, which means we provide 100% free breakfast and lunch to all students. However, to maintain our Title I status, we are required to collect completed income declaration forms.

The information provided on this form is confidential and will only be used to determine Title 1 funding for the 2025-2026 school year. Your participation is crucial in helping Sherrod secure funding that supports essential Title 1 programs and events such as the Family Fun Run, Hello Summer Family Event, BINGO Night, Art Night, STEM Night, Love and Logic Parenting Classes, staffing and many other activities.

Please note that individual family data will not be reported. A separate form must be completed for each student in grades K-12 in your household.

Please complete the “Income Declaration form” (link below). Forms must be completed by January 27. Thank you for your support in helping Sherrod continue to offer these valuable programs through our Title 1 funds!

Sincerely,

Principal Cook

Sherrod will be hosting Alaskan author, Shelley Gill, on March 4, 2025.

Please complete the form below to order any of Shelley Gill books. All books will be signed by the author and sent home on March 4.

The deadline to order is Wednesday, January 15th. You will receive a payment notification that needs to be made by credit card on School Pay by Friday, January 17th after you have made your selections.

BE SEEN!!!

Low light and snow-covered sidewalks make it hard for drivers to see people walking. Wearing reflective materials can help keep pedestrians safe. Someone wearing reflectors can be seen up to 500 feet away, while someone in dark clothing is only visible from 55 feet.

Reflective tape can be applied to jackets, backpacks, walkers, and other outdoor items.

To get your free reflective tape, simply fill out one of the order forms below. Supplies are limited!

2nd Quarter Report Cards available

Your child's 2nd Quarter Report Card is available in Parentvue! You will locate them under the tab documents. If you would like a printed copy, please call front office (907) 761-4100 to request a printed copy.

As always, thank you so much for your partnership in your child's education!

Principal Cook

Please join us for a fun night of BINGO! It's sure to be a night filled with laughter, fun and prizes.

Please complete click the link below to register your family, so we will have enough food for Sherrod's Title 1 Family BINGO Night.

• Friday, January 31, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. in Sherrod's gym.
• Families can play BINGO, eat a sandwich, and perhaps win a door prize.
• CHILDREN MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT FOR THIS EVENT!

GoGuardian Parent is a companion to the classroom management and internet filtering tools that your child's school uses for devices issued to students. Did you know that you can use the GoGuardian Parent mobile app to view and manage your student's online 💻 activity when they are on school-managed devices and district managed accounts at home?

What is the intention of the app?

By providing insight and controls over student browsing activity, our goal is to empower parents to take a more active role in their children's online learning. We aim to create a greater sense of transparency with student browsing to help bring about a greater sense of accountability on both the parent's and the student's part. We also believe that transparency and insight will increase the likelihood of productive student browsing habits on a more consistent basis.

What is included in this app:

• Top 5 summary of student browsing (apps, extensions, documents, and websites visited)
• Teacher interventions
• 30-day view of websites, videos, documents, apps, and extensions
• Ability to block websites on school-issued devices during out-of-school hours
• Ability to pause internet access on school-issued devices during out-of-school hours, either on-demand or at a scheduled time

Download it today!

Message from Nurse Laurie

See the checklist below to help determine if your child is too sick to attend school:

1. Does your child have a fever of 100 deg F or higher?
2. Has your child vomited two or more times in a 24-hour period?
3. Does your child have diarrhea?
4. Are your child's eyes crusty, bright red, and/or discharging yellow or green fluid (pink eye)?
5. If your child complains of a sore throat, is it accompanied by fever, headache, stomachache, or swollen glands?
6. Does your child have a persistent, phlegmy cough?
7. Does your child have lice (white, translucent eggs the size of a pinpoint on the hair or insects on the scalp)?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, please keep your child home from school and consider seeking medical attention.

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Nurse Laurie 761-4103

The virtue this week is RESPECT.

We show respect by speaking and acting with courtesy. We treat others with dignity and honor the rules of our family, school and nation. Respect yourself, and others will respect you.

Each week classes will select a student of the week who has demonstrated the week's virtue. Those students will be part of the morning show and get to announce their name at the end of the morning show on Fridays. Look for their names in next weeks newsletter.

At Sherrod, math fact fluency is of top priority. Our goal is for 3rd grade students to be Math Masters in MULTIPLICATION. Congratulations to the following students who are now recognized as official Math Masters!

Addition

Blake Bradley

Subtraction

Bexley Daniels

Lovena Kameroff

Aiden Mardres

Steven Swain

Way to go Glacier Bears!! Keep practicing those math facts.

JANUARY

• 1/12: Virtue of the Week: Respect
  
• 1/14: 2nd quarter report cards are available in Synergy
• 1/19: Virtue of the Week: Kindness
• 1/20: No School- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday
• 1/26: Virtue of the Week: Friendliness
• 1/27: PLC Monday Doors open 10:05 am
• 1/28: Niekamp and Wilson Field Trip Anchorage Museum 9:30-1:30 pm
• 1/28: Schoolwide Spelling Bee
• 1/29: Burdick, Johnson, Lutz Field Trip Anchorage Museum 9:30-1:30 pm
• 1/31: Title 1 Cabin Fever Family BINGO Night - dinner provided 5:30 pm- 6:30 pm

FEBRUARY

• 2/2: Virtue of the Week: Forgiveness
• 2/9: Virtue of the Week: Truthfulness
• 2/10: No school: Parent Teacher Conferences
• 2/13: Spring Picture Day
• 2/16: Virtue of the Week: Cooperation
• 2/17: No school: Parent Teacher Conferences
• 2/21: Northern Lights Glow Sherrod Family Dance Night 5:30-7:00 pm
• 2/23: Virtue of the Week: Enthusiasm

Thank you

"Our Children, Our Focus, Our Future!

Website: https://www.matsuk12.us/she
Location: 561 North Gulkana Street, Palmer, AK, USA
Phone: (907) 761-4100
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