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Thank you, staff, students, and parents, for making half days and conferences a success. We always enjoy seeing our parents around the building during conference time. We hope parents got a chance to look at all the wonderful student work and artwork in our school halls. Thank you staff for staying late and always going above and beyond for our wonderful students. A special thank you to our parents and PTA for providing a delicious potluck for teachers throughout conferences. It was an amazing spread that was enjoyed by all!

Rogers Park is looking for parent volunteers to form a science fair planning committee. If you are interested in participating, please contact parent, Anjali Madeira for more details. Her email is: anjalimadeira@gmail.com

Here are some reading resources for families from Anchorage Public Libraries:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZpGw7Nss-QsTRu0KWm_RRFO-DlNN4rLWC7Cd6n52n2o/edit?usp=sharing

Please remember as it is getting dark in the morning to talk with your student about reflective clothing and being aware at bus stops of other cars. It is important that we are all extra aware during this time of year.

Winter is officially here. Please be sure to send students with snow gear. We want all students to be safe and comfortable in the cold weather. We do have outdoor clothing available to give to kids at school, however, Nurse T is almost completely wiped out after this week. We will happily accept any donations of winter gear if you have any to donate. Please let the front office or your child's teacher know if you need something from our school closet.

Ice skating will begin soon at Rogers Park. Please click on the link below for detailed information and to sign up for permission to skate at the Rogers Park rink. Additionally, we will be providing ice skates for any child who wishes to borrow a pair for the winter season.

It is a team effort in ensuring bus safety. Please remind your child to stay seated, use an indoor voice, and keep their hands to themselves. Riding the bus to and from school is a privilege. Please help support bus safety by talking with your children at home about bus safety expectations.

Ms. Lavy continues to hold after school choir practice for students in preparation for our winter concert. The choir schedule is as follows:

Wednesdays- Grades 4-5 from 2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Thursdays- Grades 1-3 from 2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.

The winter choir concert is scheduled for Friday, December 13th at 1:00 p.m. & 6:30 p.m.

There is no in-person school for students on this day. Students will follow Remote Learning Day Procedures.

Nov. 11th is an in-service day for teachers, students will return to school on Tuesday, November 12th.

Things were busy in the library during out Fall Book Fair. Thank you to all the families who supported the library through their purchase of items at the Book Fair. All proceeds go back to the library, and the students will help Mrs. Levine chose new titles for our library.

Thank you to the volunteers who helped make the book fair a success: Denise Flake, Carly Flake, Jordan Flake, Michael Levine, Brittany Ford, James Raymond, Kathleen Raymond, Vanessa Santos, Kimberly Hays, Nancy Ruff, Brittany Ford, Larry Levine, and the Rogers Park PTA.

An easy way to donate to the library is through credit at Title Wave books. If you drop off books for credit, you can apply that credit to the Rogers Park library. We are able to purchase many highly sought after titles with our credit at Title Wave books.

Bus transportation will start one hour later on PLC Mondays only. Check your bus route information on ParentConnect every Sunday for the exact time or call 907-742-1200. School will end at the regular time everyday.

Before School

Students who are eating breakfast may be dropped off as early as 7:35am. Students not eating breakfast may go to the playground at 7:35am where there will be supervision until students line up at 7:50am.

Early Pick up

If you need to pick up your student early during the school day, please call the office at 907-742-4800 when you are on your way. Students may be picked up early until 2:15pm.

After school

Kindergarten through 2nd grade students will be release at 2:30pm. 3rd through 5th grade students will be released from their classrooms at 2:25pm

All students need to be pick up by 2:45pm unless attending a prearranged after school club.

Hello Rogers Park Families,

We were so impressed with all of the sweet treats and drinks donated by families during Parent Teacher Conferences and all of the support provided at the Book Fair. Thank you for continuing to build our school community.

We want to announce that our Jog-a-thon earlier this fall raised gross donations of $13,452.47 with expenses of $229.32, and sponsor donations totaling $557.28. We are so very thankful to our chairs, Katy & Brittany, and to all of the families who donated time and resources to making this event such a success! While we were a little short of our fundraising goal, we are so appreciative of the generous donations to our school. Please stay tuned as we explore additional fundraising ideas this school year to support our many programs, including ice rink maintenance and teacher reimbursement funds. We are in the process of organizing a "Dine to Donate" opportunity and will share information once it is available!

We are still recruiting for Recess Ice Skating Coordinator Committee Members. Our board member, Brittany, has started working with Ms. Singleton on organizational supports, but we could still use additional assistance and we will be seeking family volunteers to tie skates soon! Please email us at rogers.park.pta@gmail.com if you are interested.

Our next membership meeting will be Thursday, November 21st at 6pm in the school library and on Zoom. A meeting agenda and Zoom details will be sent to members the week of the meeting. Thank you!

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Rogers Park PTA

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Nov 11 *no school* PD Day: (District Sponsored In-service)

Nov 15 SRO Appreciation Day

Nov 21 *6:00pm - 7:30pm* PTA Meeting (Library/Zoom)

Nov 22 Substitute Teacher Appreciation Day

Nov 28-29 Thanksgiving Break

Rogers Park Mission: Preparing Passionate, Productive, Learners for Life

Rogers Park Vision: Empower the HOWL

(Help each other, Own our actions, Work together, Listen & Learn)

Rogers Park Elementary

1400 East Northern Lights Boulevard

Anchorage, AK 99508

907-742-4800

http://www.asdk12.org/rogerspark