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Parent Teacher Conferences

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:38:00 MST

Believe it or not, Parent/Teacher Conferences are coming up soon. The P/T Conference Schedule will be as follows:

February 15th from 3:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.
February 16th from 1:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. (School will be dismissed at 12:40 p.m.)

Please be aware that state rule only allows our teachers to spend 16 1/2 hours during the school year on P/T Conferences. As such, we have to be judicious with how we use our time. We are announcing the dates and times now so that you have enough time to arrange your schedules to meet with your teachers during those two days.

We will again be doing "Student-led" conferences, which means that your student should be able to walk you through his/her schedule, attendance, grades, missing assignments, citizenship, academic goals, and some sample student work (all but the sample student work is available online with Compass). We encourage you to check Compass frequently and spend time with your student(s) prior to coming to the school (or in one of the computer labs at the school) so that your communications with the teachers can be specific and focused.

Elementary (K-3): On average, our Kindergarten through 3rd grade teachers will have about 10 to 15 minutes to meet with parents and guardians regarding each student. You may schedule your appointments online through your parent Compass account.

Secondary (4-9): As you can guess, 4th through 9th grade teachers will have a lot less time to meet with parents, because they have multiple classes every day totaling roughly 175 students each ("specials" teachers have even more students). We want to allow time for all parents to address their specific/focused concerns with the teachers, so please come prepared to be specific and focused. If you have serious and/or several issues to address, I encourage you to set up a time with the teacher(s) either prior to the scheduled P/T Conferences or sometime close thereafter. That will allow sufficient time to thoroughly address your concerns. The teachers want to meet with you concerning your student(s). Please help us be both effective and efficient.

Please become familiar with Compass so that you are apprised at all times of the details pertaining to your student's education (each of the items bolded above).

One more thing... We will be having a Book Fair on the same days as the P/T Conferences, so we encourage you to stop by the library and buy a book or two. The more books at home, the better, plus all of the proceeds go towards helping us buy more books for our school library. We are looking for volunteers to help setup, run, and tear down the book fair. Please contact Kathy Ballard at kathy.ballard@monticelloacademy.net if you are able to help.

Parent Council Weekly Update

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:37:01 MST

The Monticello Academy Parent Council has been very busy and would like to invite your participation and support in any/all of our following upcoming programs and events:

Parent/Teacher (SEP) Conferences Meals – February 15th & 16th:

The Parent Council will be providing lunch and dinner for our wonderful faculty and staff during the upcoming Parent/Teacher Conferences on February 15 & 16^th. Your help is greatly needed in helping us provide necessary food items. We would greatly appreciate it if you would take a moment to review the attached flyer with a list of the items we are requesting and then contact Emily McLean at parent.council@monticelloacademy.net to let her know you can help. (Remember, all the shopping, preparing, and bringing food counts towards your volunteer hours). We kindly ask that you drop off your food items the morning of the February 15^th in the front office.

The Daddy Daughter Royal Ball - Friday, February 10th at 6:30 pm:

What little girl does not dream of her Prince Charming? You are cordially invited to our Daddy-Daughter Royal Ball (grandpas, uncles, and brothers are welcome to be Prince Charming if that is part of your Fairy Tale). Please come enjoy an enchanted evening as you dance in our Royal Court together. Princesses Rapunzel, Cinderella, and Ariel will all be joining us for the Royal Coronation at 7:00 p.m. Admission to the Daddy-Daughter Ball is FREE with a ticket, available in the front office. You must pick up and bring ONE ticket per student attending. Tickets are available until Wednesday, February 8th. We kindly ask everyone to attend in their best dress or princess and prince attire. To help you remember the special evening, we will have a professional photographer available to capture the moment with a 5x7 photo and 4 wallets for only $10.00. We will also have individually wrapped roses available for purchase for your princess for only $3.00. Please note that photos and roses are optional, and the Daddy-Daughter Royal Ball is designed for all female students from grades Kindergarten through 6th grade.

Please remember that as members of the Parent Council, we are here to help recognize, support, and bring our community of families together. If you have any suggestions to help us meet these goals, please feel free to contact us at parent.council@monticelloacademy.net. Thank you again for all of your help and continued support.

School Spelling Bee

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:40:04 MST

Monticello Academy's annual Spelling Bee competition will be held on Thursday, January 26, 2012, at 10:45 a.m. in the school library. Six entrants from each of grades 4-8 will vie for prizes and the honor of representing Monticello Academy at the Regional Spelling Bee to be held on March 10, 2012. Parents and guardians are welcome to attend.

Be a Team Player – READ!

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 12:22:57 MST

It’s time again to participate in the Scholastic-Utah Jazz reading contest. The top 10 schools will have an ice cream party furnished by Russell’s Ice Cream and an assembly featuring a Utah Jazz Player! Additional prizes, including book, and a pair of Jazz game tickets will be awarded on a daily basis to students who turn in reading logs.

Students who turn in a minimum of 1,500 min over the 4 weeks of the contest (about 47 min. a day every day or 350 per week) will be entered into a special drawing to win a pair of signed shoes from Jazz player GORDON HAYWARD!

This contest is for ALL students in grades K-6! Last year we had 46 students who did not turn in any minutes at all during the contest! We need every student to read during out of school hours and turn in the minimum of 20 min. a day (100 per week). Students who can read more, please do! If we have an average of 55 min. per day we should have a Jazz player assembly on March 1st!

Students should be reading at LEAST 20 minutes every day already. (All reading minutes will also count towards The Road to Success reading days during this contest.) This is how we can get an extra 35 minutes per student per day.

Students who arrive early at school can go to a classroom or the library and quietly read until 7:55.
Students will read in their classrooms while they wait for their carpool to arrive.
Students may participate in read-a-thons. These will be held on Friday January 20, Friday, January 27th and Friday, February 10th. There will NOT be one on February 3rd. Students will need to turn in a permission slip ahead of time.
Families with multiple children in the school between grades K-6 can have reading parties at home and count all minutes read by those participating students.

Minutes read at school before and after the school day will be tracked by the adult in charge. Student logs should reflect minutes read at home or under a parent’s supervision. Rules to Remember

The contest runs January 20-Feb. 21. ALL MINUTES must be turned in during the school day on February 22nd (after the long weekend). No minutes turned in on Wednesday, Feb. 22 after 8:00 a.m. will count.
Minutes read by parents, babysitters and siblings not attending Monticello Academy will NOT count. Minutes read by siblings older than grade 6 will not count.
Reading street signs, cereal boxes or listening to audio books (without following along with the printed copy) is not permitted.
Students may be read to.

DONATIONS NEEDED!! We would like to add more incentives to our contest. If you have connections to businesses that would donate coupons, tickets, a free lunch to our top classes, fun rewards of any kind, please let Mrs. Ballard know.

VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED! Parent volunteers will be needed during the contest to help with before school reading and with read-a-thons. We will need a minimum of 3 parents for every Read-a-thon!

Please contact your child’s teacher or Mrs. Ballard (Kathy.ballard@monticelloacademy.net) to help. Watch your students’ backpacks for additional information! The contest begins FRIDAY!

Upcoming Parent Council Sponsored Events

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:45:04 MST

The Parent Council has been very busy and would like to invite your participation and support in any/all of our upcoming program and events:

Inspirations Awards Program - Wednesday, January 18th at 7:00 p.m.:
We would like to thank the students who submitted an entry for the 2011-2012 Inspiration's Program. We were so impressed by the amount of talent, creativity, and passion we saw in each student's submitted entry. To showcase and celebrate their hard work and talent, we are very excited to invite you to attend the 2011-2012 Inspirations Awards Program "My Favorite Things" on Wednesday, February 18th 7:00 p.m. in the Monticello Academy gym. Light Refreshments will be served. All artwork and entries will be on display beginning at 6:30 p.m., and the program will begin at 7:00 p.m.

Family Movie Night - Friday, January 27th at 7:00 p.m.: Come help us "Ring in 2012 in Style" as we enjoy Kung Fu Panda 2 at 7:00 p.m. in the Monticello Academy gym. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. with pizza, drinks, and movie concessions available for $1.00., and the movie will start at 7:00 p.m.. Please bring your blankets and pillows, and enjoy a fun-filled evening with your family. We kindly ask parents and guardians to attend with their children to help us supervise so that everyone can enjoy the movie.

Box Tops Winter Contest Deadline - Friday, January 27th:
Our second contest deadline is quickly approaching. Please remember to save your box tops and attach them to our Box Top Collection sheet (available on the school website and in the front office), then turn them in the collection sheet at the front office. The class turning in the most completed sheets will win a class party. Our Fall Contest brought in over $800 to help us purchase and provide students incentives. We would love to break that record and turn in over 10,000 box tops to raise $1,000. It's time to clean out the pantry, food storage shelves, and cupboards to find any last box tops that can be submitted. Thank you so much for your support.

The Daddy Daughter Royal Ball - Friday, February 10th at 6:30 p.m.:
What little girl does not dream of her Prince Charming? You are cordially invited to our Daddy-Daughter Royal Ball (grandpas, uncles, and brothers are welcome to be Prince Charming if that is part of your Fairy Tale). Come enjoy an enchanted evening as you dance in our Royal Court together. We will have some "Special Princesses" joining us for the Royal Coronation. Admission to the Daddy-Daughter Ball is FREE with a ticket. Tickets are available in the front office. You must pick up ONE ticket per student attending. Tickets will be available until Wednesday, February 8th. We kindly ask everyone to attend in their Best Dress or Princess and Prince attire. To help you remember the special evening, we will have a professional photographer there to capture the moment with a 5x7 photo and 4 wallets for only $10.00 and individually wrapped roses for your princess for $3.00. (photos and roses are optional). The Daddy-Daughter Royal Ball is designed for students from Kindergarten to 6th grade.

Please remember that as members of the Parent Council, we are here to help support, recognize, and bring our community of families together. If you have any suggestions to help us meet these goals, please feel free to contact us at parent.council@monticelloacademy.net. Thank you again for all of your help and continued support.

Science Fair Judges Needed

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:59:09 MST

The Monticello Academy Science Fair will be held on Thursday, February 9th, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to approximately 2:00 p.m. We are in need of judges for our school Fair. We also need help with the regional fair, called the Salt Lake Valley Charter School Science Fair, which is on Saturday, February 25th.

Please volunteer to help with one or both of these Science Fairs (especially if you have a masters degree or any type of research/engineering background). To volunteer or to recommend someone for us to contact, please contact Linda Hansen at lindabird01@comcast.net or 801.450.7250.

Our Science Fairs have been a big success in the past, and we have had multiple winners succeed at the regional fair in SLC. This has been due, in part, to those have been willing to volunteer and assist us with the judging. Thank you in advance for your time and efforts to make the Science Fair a success for the students. We really couldn't do it without you!

Lost and Found

Wed, 21 Dec 2011 07:53:50 MST

ALL Lost and found items are on display in the south hallway (to the left of the office) until Thursday, December 22nd. Please take a moment within the next few days to look for any of your lost items. Anything unclaimed by 3:00 p.m. on Thursday will be donated to the 8^th and 9^th grade team service project for the homeless shelter.

If you have any questions, you may e-mail Aleece Winters at alntel@msn.com.

Winter Holiday Music Concerts

Fri, 09 Dec 2011 13:38:49 MST

December 20th
5th Grade Concert 8:30 a.m.
7th Grade Concert 7:00 p.m.

December 21st
6th Grade Concert 8:30 a.m.
Concert Ensembles 7:00 p.m.

December 22nd
Elementary Grades "Sing-A-Round" 8:30 a.m.

All concerts will be held in the gym.

2011 - 2012 Musical Costumes

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:55:33 MST

You can find a list costume ideas we are planning on so far here. Because of a tight budget, we count on parents to help with the costumes. Please let me know if you have a better idea for your student or if you need any help.

Heidi Obrey
heidi.obrey@monticelloacademy.net

Career Fair Volunteers Wanted

Thu, 01 Dec 2011 10:46:58 MST

We’re pleased to announce that your student has the opportunity to participate in our upcoming Career Fair spotlighting various careers which will be available to them in the future. We want to help your student prepare for the future. We hope to help your student create clear goals to drive educational decisions in high school and beyond.

The Career Fair is being held during the day on Friday, January 13^th, 2012.

To help us fulfill our goal, we need parent volunteers to share their careers with students. If you are willing to present your career to our students, please email careerfair@monticelloacademy.net.

Please include the following in your email:

· What is your career?

· How long have you been working in the field?

· What company do you currently work for?

· Where did you get the majority of your training?

We know that you share our excitement for your student’s future. With your help, we will be able to encourage and direct students toward their career goals. Please join us by sharing your career with Monticello Academy students to help them begin to realize their career opportunities. If you have any questions, please email: careerfair@monticelloacademy.net.