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Yale Elementary Newsletter 3/20/24
from your Elementary School Leader: Rosa Swonger
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Message from your School Leader!
Good Day MAS Elementary Families!
We are in our final week of school! Attendance is still crucial, as we want to finish off the year strong! Some incentives for attendance are as follows:
Any classroom with 95% or higher attendance gets popsicles at the end of each day.
Any classroom with 100% attendance earns a dress down day the very next day!
All students in attendance each day earn two tickets for a raffle drawing that will take place on May 24th. You must be present to claim your prize!
Prizes include:
1 bike
Gift cards to the following: Adidas, Buca Di Beppo, Texas Roadhouse, Buffalo Wild Wings, Cinemark Movies
We want to make sure we are stamping with our students that is it always important to finish the race, and that means crossing the finish line, not when we choose to be done. Thank you for your help and support in closing out this school year!
Summer Programs and Information
We have sent several phone blasts with different summer program information, but here is a little recap:
YMCA: Need summer childcare? The YMCA is here for you and will be hosting a FREE* full day camp at BOTH the Yale and Old Coors campus. Please note that while this is being hosted at MAS campuses, this is being fully run and sponsored by the YMCA. Full Day camp is offered from June 3rd- August 7th, 7 am until 6 pm daily. Free breakfast and lunch is provided, weekly field trips and swimming trips, and engaging holistic curriculum. This opportunity is available for current kinder through fifth grade students. Again this is current kinder through fifth grade students or students who are going into first through sixth grade. Please check your email for more information, as we have already sent this information in a phone blast.
Seamless Summer Program: We are excited to introduce the Seamless Summer program to all of you. This initiative aims to provide free grab-and-go lunches for children 18 years of age or under throughout the summer at our campuses. This opportunity is a recent addition to our school, and we are eager to gauge interest among our families. Children participating in the Seamless Summer program do not have to be MAS students nor do they have to be school-aged. Any children 18 years of age or younger may participate. If you would like your child to benefit from this program, please take a moment to fill out the interest form using the link provided below. We kindly request one form per family to help us with our planning.
https://forms.gle/ahxoqS2LPAgpyAUv7
Again, this is open to any children 18 years of age and under. If you know of any families who would benefit from this program, please pass this information along to them.
Roadrunner Food Pantry: Every 4th Wednesday of the month, we also host a roadrunner food bank at our Yale campus. This is open to BOTH Yale and Old Coors families. Please keep an eye on your email and voicemails to get your notification of the times this is happening, as it will continue throughout the summer.
Year to Date Attendance
Our yearly goal for attendance is 95% for the school year. Here is how your child’s grade level is holding up:
PreK- 89.13%
Kinder- 92.40%
1st- 92.61%
2nd- 92.06%
3rd- 91.89%
4th- 92.29%
TOTAL- 91.96%
Reminder, every week when your child's grade level reaches 95% attendance or higher they earn a dress down day!!
***Important Upcoming Dates***
May 24th- PreK Graduation
May 27- Memorial Day- No School
May 28- LAST DAY OF SCHOOL- End of Year BBQ
Uniform Expectation Reminder
As a reminder, students can only wear MAS-issued shirts and sweaters in the classroom. There can be no long-sleeved shirts worn under short-sleeved MAS shirts.
Also, students can only wear black pants or leggings, NO JEANS.
TEACHER SHOUTOUT
Mr. Haynes has worked hard with his students during SSR reading with student individually, giving them feedback on how to improve their reading score, and encouraging them to read within their Lexile range. Because of the hard work from Mr. Haynes and his students, we have seen phenomenal growth on our students Reading Inventory scores!
PreK NMSU Scholar of the Week- Cario Pahe
PreK UNM Scholar of the Week- Nathan Duran
From his teachers: Nathan is a great student! He is great at listening and on always giving teachers his full attention in class! We are excited to see the progress he will continue to make in Kindergarten!
Kindergarten Scholar of the Week- Logan Martinez
Logan had the highest growth on iStation for Kindergarten for the school year. He grew 192 points on his overall iStation score! He is a great role model for his peers, and he is always willing to try new things. His confidence in himself and his skills has improved, and he is always striving to be a stronger scholar!
1st Grade Scholar of the Week- Chloe Hinojos
2nd Grade Scholar of the Week- Javier Mendoza Perez
Javier had the highest growth on iStation for 2nd Grade for the school year. He grew 170 points on his overall iStation score! Javier is always engaged and participates well. We all enjoy having him in the class.
3rd Grade Scholar of the Week- Cataleya Del Angel
4th Grade Scholar of the Week- Jordan Hilliard
3rd and 4th Grade Science Projects!
This week our students did their final presentation for their Science projects! They have been working hard for the last month either creating a computer game, observing bacteria growth, and seeing if a lemon can produce electricity. Check out some of our students work!
Teacher Contact Information
See below for your child's grade level and the teachers you can contact:
PreK Teachers:
Danlisa DePalma- danlisa.depalma@mascharterschool.com
Shannon Shanks- shannon.shanks@mascharterschool.com
Stephanie Martinez- stephanie.martinez@mascharterschool.com
Yuri Valles- yuri.valles@mascharterschool.com
Kindergarten Teachers:
Reading Mastery: Alina Hughes- alina.hughes@mascharterschool.com
Reading Mastery: Fatma Gondal- fatma.gondal@mascharterschool.com
Reading Mastery: Kelly Berniklau- kelly.berniklau@mascharterschool.com
Math: Claudia Torres- claudia.torres@mascharterschool.com
Math Small Group Teacher: Marivi Castro- marivi.castro@mascharterschool.com
PE: Jaynard Rivera- jaynard.rivera@mascharterschool.com
1st Grade Teachers:
Reading Mastery: Mayra Ramirez- mayra.ramirez@mascharterschool.com
Reading Mastery: Gisela Hernandez- gisela.hernandez@mascharterschool.com
Reading Mastery: Christina Catigbe- christina.catigbe@mascharterschool.com
Reading Mastery: Jessica Montoya- jessica.montoya@mascharterschool.com
Math: Beverlee Cordova- beverly.cordova@mascharterschool.com
PE: Eden Delposo- eden.delposo@mascharterschool.com
PE Educational Assistant: Theresa Cordova- theresa.cordova@mascharterschool.com
2nd Grade Teachers:
Reading Mastery: Alejandro Bacabac- Alejandro.bacabac@mascharterschool.com
Reading Mastery: Gabrielle Ivey- gbarielle.ivey@mascharterschool.com
Reading Mastery: Lucretia Campbell-Smith- Lucretia.campbellsmith@mascharterschool.com
Reading Mastery: Veronica Vigil- veronica.vigil@mascharterschool.com
Math: Shih Ting Wang- shig-ting.wang@mascharterschool.com
Math Small Group Teacher: Lindsey Trainor- lindsey.trainor@mascharterschool.com
PE: Mark Jasper De Chavez- markjasper.dechavez@mascharterschool.com
PE Educational Assistant: Angel Canales- angel.canales@mascharterschool.com
3rd Grade Teachers:
Test Prep: Aljeer Moya- aljeer.moya@mascharterschool.com
Science: Mohammed Majeed- mohammed.majeed@mascharterschool.com
Math: Kendal Paul- Kendal.paul@mascharterschool.com
Math Small Group Teacher: Jacob Decimus- Jacob.decimus@mascharterschool.com
PE: Joanna Espanola- Joanna.espanola@mascharterschool.com
PE Educational Assistant: Joseph Montoya- joseph.montoya@mascharterschool.com
Test Prep Small Group Teacher: David Galindo- David.galindo@mascharterschool.com
4th Grade Teachers
Test Prep: Latoya Turner- latoya.turner@mascharterschool.com
Test Prep: Therese Martin- therese.martin@mascharterschool.com
Math: Dennis Milinazzo- dennis.milinazzo@mascharterschool.com
Math Small Group Teacher: Margaret McDonnell- Margaret.mcdonnell@mascharterschool.com
PE: Tre Haynes- tre.haynes@mascharterschool.com
Science: Jennifer Aguas- Jennifer.aguas@mascharterschool.com