October Weekly Update

Hi Alta Families,

Our fall fundraiser, Runtober was a huge success! You raised $9,831! We have already purchased new desks for Mrs. Kaiser's room. A portion of this will go toward Missoula Children's theater, our garden and new equipment for our STEAM classroom! We are going to purchase weighted blankets for Mindfulness, right now we have 2 and 8 other students requesting one each time we practice. The remainder of the funds are available for our PTO.

Best Wishes, Jenna

📣 Families! Here's What's Happening This Week:

MONDAY 10.19

PTO Meeting @2PM

PeaceKeeprers Breakfast @8AM

TUESDAY 10.20

Parent Night: Come learn how to support your child's executive functioning.

Babysitters provided

WEDNESDAY 10.21

THURSDAY 10. 22

FRIDAY 10.23

Wild Journey's Field Trip -Teton Canyon - Dress appropriate for wyoming weather @ 8:45 AM

Teton Canyon Day

Friday is our first Teton Canyon Day. The weather looks terrible. We will make a decision on Wednesday if we are going to the canyon for a full day, half day or staying at the school. Dressing appropriately is a must. If your child does not come to school with the appropriate clothing.

Teton Canyon Packing List

🙌 Weekly Shout-Outs

Syrus- 5th grader

Syrus has shown huge improvement in his ability to get independently started right away and complete all his work in the class time provided!

Laneya, 3rd Grader

Laneya gives 200% every day, she is incredibly focus on her academics and being a good friend!

Emmersyn, 1st Grader

Emmy is such a wonderful addition to the Alta School! Her effort, kindness and fun personality makes the Alta School a brighter place!

Update from our PTO

Our next meeting is October 19 at 2:00 pm. (In person or zoom)

I'm so excited to share that we are a highly functioning PTO! (Not many schools can claim this!) Our meeting this week was productive. We are in need of a secretary! It's easy, Elizabeth Kitchen makes an agenda, you take notes at the meeting. You can take notes in person or online.

Zoom link for PTO meeting

🥞🍔LUNCH MENU🥦🥛

Upcoming Dates

OCTOBER

27 Picture Re-Take Day

30 Halloween parade & 10:00 a.m. Ghost Town

NOVEMBER

10 Veterans Day Program 11am

16 PTO Meeting@2pm

16-20 Parent Teacher Conferences

23-27 Thanksgiving Holiday No School

Join our Alta School Facebook Page

Please consider joining our https://www.facebook.com/share/g/16zH2mbAHQ/ This is a private group managed by Mrs. Beck and Ms. Olson.

School Store

All new students received an Alta School t-shirt courtesy of our PTO. If you would like to purchase additional hats, t-shirts, sweatshirts and lots of other items, you can do so at Game Time.

ASK YOUR CHILD ABOUT : Academics

This month our CARES focus is on Academics. Mr. B is teaching about the logical and emotional brain. Mrs. Beck is teaching about having our attention flow from out and in and noticing how the differences feel in our body. Classroom teachers are focusing on what smart students do. Throughout the school, we are all teaching kids to try something. Instead of sitting, stuck waiting for an adult, we say try something. Same can go at home, if your child doesn't know what to do and is waiting for your attention, "Try Something" is an easy cue to remind children they have power and can figure out what to do on their own.

RESOURCES FOR YOU 🤗

Parent Guidance is a free resource provided by our district. You can access:

Free parent coaching
Evidence based courses
Ask a therapist questions

My husband and I used the parent coaching for 2 years. It brought us together on our parenting and a new level of understanding and empathy for one another. The parent coach listened to our frustrations and concerns, guided us in the next right step and held us accountable to try out the new strategies.

The process is simple.

Go to parentguidance.org
Choose the parent coaching tab
Choose Get Started
Select Wyoming
Select Teton County School District
Register and you will get an email to get started.

Contact Information

Alta Elementary School

Principal: Jenna Beck cell 307-690-0690

Main Office: Rose Raube, 307-353-2472

Website: https://aes.tcsd.org/

Location: 15 School Road, Alta Wyoming 83455
Phone: (307) - 353-2472
Facebook: Alta Elementary School PTO

Hi Alta Families,

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Teton Canyon Day Teton Canyon Day

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