Yale Elementary Newsletter 3/20/24

from your Elementary School Leader: Rosa Swonger

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.

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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

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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.

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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!

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PreK NMSU Scholar of the Week- Cario Pahe

From his teachers: Cario has made great progress this year and is leaving PreK knowing all of his upper and lowercase letters. He works hard each and every day and we are excited to see his growth continue in Kindergarten!

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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!

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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!

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1st Grade Scholar of the Week- Chloe Hinojos

Chloe had the highest growth on iStation for 1st Grade for the school year. She grew 137 points on her overall iStation score! She is a great role model for her peers, and she is always willing to try new things. Her confidence in herself and her skills has improved, and she is always striving to be a stronger scholar!

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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.

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3rd Grade Scholar of the Week- Cataleya Del Angel

Cataleya had the highest growth on Reading Inventory this school year for 3rd Grade. She grew 787 points on her Lexile reading level throughout the school year. She has been showing perseverance and attention to focus on her System 44, reading intervention program which is what is helping her grow on her RI!

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4th Grade Scholar of the Week- Jordan Hilliard

Jordan had the highest growth on Reading Inventory this month for 4th Grade. She grew 564 points on her Lexile reading level throughout the school year. She is showing perseverance and attention to focus on her System 44, reading intervention program which is what is helping her grow on her RI! Her improved attendance and commitment to her intervention program is leading to great gains!

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!