Important Dates
May
- 27 - No School, Memorial Day Weekend
- 28 - 3rd Grade to Air Zoo
- 31 - Popcorn Friday
- 31 - 1st Grade to John Ball Zoo
- 31 - Dawg Pound
- 31 - Last Day of Library
- 4 - Otsego District Library Visit
- 6 - Volunteer Recognition Luncheon
- 6 - Kindergarten Program
- 7 - Library Books Due
- 7 - Alamo Track N Field Day
- 10 - 3rd Trimester Awards Assembly @ 2:00 p.m.
- 12 - 1/2 Day, dismissal @ 12:10 p.m.
- 12 - 5th Grade Recognition, 10:30 a.m.
- 13 - LAST DAY: 1/2 Day, dismissal @ 12:10 p.m.
Mental Health Awareness Month - Coping Skills and Self Care
Thank you for hanging in with us on our journey through Mental Health Awareness Month. To wrap up this initiative, we will cover coping skills and self care. Coping skills are strategies people use to manage stress and intense emotions. Even when people aren’t struggling with mental heatlh, it’s important to incorporate coping skills. This helps our brains form and know what tools will help access calmness. Our brain is then able to access them during stressful situations. Here are some simple strategies you can use at home to help your child build a coping skills toolbox.
Coping skills go hand in hand with self care. Practicing self care can help children be aware of their emotions, behaviors and moods. When children are able to recognize these things within their body, they are able to acknowledge what their body may need in the moment. This is especially helpful when they are faced with negative emotions such as sadness or anger. The hope would be that with adequate self care and a coping skills toolbox, the child would be able to regulate their body enough to maintain safety and calm down.
PBS Kids offers more great information and strategies.
Donate your GENTLY USED or NEW BOOKS
We are looking for help in replacing some of our students favorite books; that are in rough shape.
Books or series we are looking for:
Harry Potter: The whole series
The Weird school: whole series
Magic Treehouse whole series
Dog Man series- Graphic novel
I survived series- Graphic novels and Chapter books
A-Z Mysteries whole series
Goosebumps Graphic novels and Chapter books
Wings of Fire series- Graphic novels and chapter books
The one and only Ivan & The one and only Ruby
Boxcar children series
Mo Willems books - Any
NON-FICTION:
Fishing, Horses, Animal battles, National Geography books on animals, Endangered Animals, Monkeys, Apes, Cats, Dogs, Hockey, Golf, Soccer
Reproductive Health Update
Thank you to those of you who attended our public forums on proposed changes to our 6th grade reproductive health unit on puberty. The district will not be moving forward with the changes. More details are online here.
Alamo PTO - Make A Difference
Alamo PTO needs you! The PTO (Parent-Teacher Organization) is a wonderful way to become involved in your child's education and to get to know other parents and teachers. The PTO has many activities throughout the school year that you can help with by volunteering. The PTO meets once a month at 4:00 p.m. in the Alamo Media Center. Listed below are the dates for this year's meetings. We would love for you to attend!
Meeting Dates
June 10th
Emergency Contact
It is extremely important to have up-to-date contact information available for each student. When emergencies arise, we need to be able to contact parents/guardians. This is also the contact information that is used for school closures and district updates.
Please log in to the Infinite Campus Parent Portal to check that your contact information is current and to make any necessary changes. All families received a letter with parent login information and instructions from the technology department soon. If you need assistance or login information for the Parent Portal, please contact the Alamo Elementary Office. Thank You!
Alamo Elementary
Email: nknight-lucas@otsegops.org
Website: https://alamo.otsegops.org/
Location: 8184 North 6th Street, Kalamazoo, MI, United States
Phone: (269) 694-7600
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/415538888654020
Twitter: @otsegoschools