Calendario De La Escuela M!S Schmidt

PHOENIXFLYER Volumen 7, E"cion 7

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Miss Schmidt’s Minutes...

Some teacherslast Friday, at the AFLASaturday conference and Sunday in Whittier, AK More photos is this newsletter...

Dear Fronteras Families! Welcome to our new monitors, Daisy Lofland and Lynda Denny, and custodian, Ron Hartman! Mr. Hartman will be assisting Sra. Hernandez, as our vast campus is an overwhelming job for one individual to manage. Our Believe™ Kids fundraiser is off to a great start! Thank you to everyone who is participating, and again to Mrs. Adams for leading this endeavor! Have a fantastic weekend!

Most Sincerely, calendario de la Escuela M!s Schmidt http://www.matsuk12.us/Page/2923

10/7 ~ GFTG Meeting 3pm 10/10 ~ Afterschool Enrichment Sign-ups 1:30pm bldg. A 10/11 ~ Q1 ends Pink-It Day!...FRC Awards Assembly 8:30am Gym

School Portraits! Retakes Tuesday 10/8 Family Portrait Sessions 10/07

“In helping others we shall help ourselves, for whatever good we give out completes the circle and comes back to us.” -Flora Edwards 04 DE OCTOBRE 2013 FLYER PHOENIX To enter the Fronteras School website for ¿qué pasa?... further information or forms click here... http://www.matsuk12.us/frc

Pre-Registraon for GO FOR THE GRAVY SHOW YOUR SPIRIT T-SHIRTS ORDERS is taking place RIGHT NOW!!!! are due on WEDNESDAY, October 9th. 04 DE OCTOBRE 2013 Be one of the ﬁrst 60 kids and/or 40 adults to turn in your Make sure you include your child's name form for a complementary t-shirt. AND PM teacher on the form SHOW YOUR TEAM SPIRIT and sign up as a group... SPREAD (sorry, there was an oversight!). THE WORD FOR EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY. FLYER If you misplaced your form, REGISTRATION will take place the day of the race: Saturday, print another one from the website November 16th at Wasilla High School at 9:00 am. or pick up one from the front desk. PHOENIX

GO FOR THE GRAVY will be taking place for the 6th year in a row BUT this year, the pro ceeds will be for MY HOUSE foundaon Our school is participating in and raise awareness to homeless and runaway teens The Great Palmer Pantry Push throughout the Mat-Su Valley. to benefit the Palmer Food Bank! Winter is nearly here and they need our help to stock up Mission statement: their shelves to help our local families. The mission of MY House is serving the Food drive is October 1st - Saturday October 12th; a box will be placed in each classroom for collections. needs of the Homeless & Runaway Teens Let's show our kids the importance of helping those in need; throughout the Mat-Su Valley. send them to school with these donations and encourage them to motivate their peers to do the same. MY House is a non-profit organization that Let's see which classroom can collect the most!! makes available the basic needs of safety, There will be an ice cream party for the winning class! Look for fliers in the school lobby for a list of suggested shelter, warmth and nourishment for teens non-perishable items. No glass containers please. in the valley that needs our support. Let's help our community out while we also teach our kids the importance of helping others! We thank you for visiting to learn more on how to help our valley teens.

SACK LUNCH TUESDAYS are organized for you by one of our parent volunteers to bene"t our 4th and 5th classes for their trip to Puerto Rico. It's a long shot, the pro"ts are minimal BUT the #exibility of the parents and students are great. Take advantage of this aﬀordable option and allow your children to experience a bagged lunch, once a week. Do you have another healthy option that you would like to see in the food options? Send your input to Amigos at [email protected]. Thank you. backtoschools.escrip.com

S UBWAY C A R DS & PA PA MUR PHY C A R DS can be pur chase d T ODAY fr om Shawn Sasse r . S av e $55 with and $20 , accor d ingly! T hink busy ev e nings, quick choices, and healthy options... T he pr ocee d s will beneﬁt our WAT ER F UN for our classr ooms. S ome of our classr ooms d on't hav e any wate r d ispense r s. ALSO, ALSO, ALSO... our stude nts SHOULD be coming to school with wate r fr om their homes and container . T he wate r in the classr ooms is to supplement their intake BUT not r e place it. T he cost for ONE lar ge wate r container per we e k , per classr oom for the year is about $25 0 0 ...the sale of our car d s will r e q uir e MOR E encour agement. Per haps a table se t up at T hre e Be ar s... any take r s? noticias de clase... 04 DE OCTOBRE 2013

Next Friday, Oct. 11th is Pink It Day in honor of

FLYER Breast Cancer Awareness month. Everyone is invited to wear Pink that day and show their support.

PHOENIX October 11th is also our Quarter 1 Awards Assembly at 8:30am in the gym.

Please make sure students hand in completed healthy future logs! After School Enrichment Clubs

Aer School Enrichment Program sign ups for Quarter 2 will taking place on THURSDAY, OCTOBER 10th from 1:30 to 2:35 in the lobby of building A. First come, ﬁrst serve... Veronica is sll looking for a couple of volunteers to head ER Specials (12:30 to 2:35) 04 DE OCTOBRE 2013 this Quarter (November 1 and December 6) with Fall and Winter themes, respecvely. Please, contact Veronica immediately otherwise these specials will not be available this Quarter. FORMS will be distributed on Monday, October 7th. FLYER

ALL OF OUR AFTER SCHOOL ENRICHMENT PROGRAM VOLUNTEERS NEED TO PHOENIX SHOW PROOF OF BACKGROUND CHECK. Please, contact Solveig immediately to make sure your background check is up to date. You can go to the Trooper Staon in Palmer and get one done on the spot. Bring your paperwork, including your receipt, to Solveig for reimbursement. THANK YOU!

Studets in grades 3-8 who are interested in animal shelter training should contact Veronica Wolf as soon as possible: [email protected]

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Book Fair is coming!!! sneak peak... Thursday Oct. 24 Friday Oct. 25 wish lists: the week of book fair 8:00am - 4:00pm students will have the opportunity during Parent/Teacher Conferences to make out their “wish list” AND teachers will have their wish lists at the fair. Books...what a great gift to give to your favorite teacher! more good reading.... What Is the Children’s Choices Project?

ach year 12,500 school Echildren from different regions of the United States read newly published children’s and young adults’ trade books and vote for the ones they like best. These Children’s Choices, selected from more than 500 titles, can be counted on as books children really enjoy reading. This list, a project of a joint committee supported by IRA and The Children’s Book Council (CBC), is designed for use not only by teachers, Children’s librarians, administrators, and booksellers but also by parents, grandparents, caregivers, and Choices everyone who wishes to 2013 encourage young people to read for pleasure.

www.reading.org See page 15 for the Children’s Choices 2013 Reading List bookmark! GOALS Logo illustration © by Tomie dePaola Photo: © 2013 Shutterstock Images LLC x Provide young readers with an opportunity to voice their opinions about the books 1 written for them. x Develop an annual annotated reading list of new books that young readers enjoy reading. Young Readers (Grades 3–4) x Assist teachers, librarians, booksellers, parents, and others find books that will 5,000 Awesome Facts (About Everything!). National Geographic Kids. Ill. with encourage young readers to read more. photographs. National Geographic Childrenʼs Books. Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers: Super Bowl XLV. Michael Sandler. Ill. with BACKGROUND photographs. Bearport. Children’s Choices began as an annual joint project of the International Reading Association Another Brother. Matthew Cordell. Feiwel & Friends. *Bad Kitty for President. Nick Bruel. Roaring Brook. Bully. Patricia Polacco. Penguin Young Readers Group. Dear Cinderella. (IRA) and the Children’s Book Council (CBC) in 1974. Each year, approximately 10,000 Mary Jane Kensington and Marian Moore. Ill. Julie Olson. children (grades K-6) from different regions of the United States read and choose 100 favorite Orchard/Scholastic. Dolphins in the Navy. Meish Goldish. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. from books donated by U.S. children’s book publishers. Freaky-Strange Buildings. Michael Sandler. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. Garmannʼs Secret. Stian Hole. Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. *Get the Scoop on Animal Poop! An annotated list is downloadable from the IRA website. On the home page From Lions to Tapeworms: 251 Cool of www.reading.org under Resources (left-hand side of the webpage) click on Reading Lists. Facts About Scat, Frass, Dung, and More! Dawn Cusick. Ill. with photographs. Imagine. Giants Beware! Jorge Aguirre. Ill. Rafael Rosado. First Second. TEAM LEADERS Great Dane: Gentle Giant. Stephen Person. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. *Homer. Children’s Choices team leaders are selected from five areas of the United States. Diane deGroat and Shelley Rotner. Orchard/Scholastic. Illusionology: The Secret Science AREA 1: Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, and Washington of Magic. Albert Schafer. Ill. David Wyatt Area 2: Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New and Levi Pinfold. Candlewick. Judy Moody and the Bad Luck Charm. Megan McDonald. Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont Ill. Peter H. Area 3: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, North Reynolds. Candlewick. Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas AREA 4 Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, *Just Joking: 300 Hilarious Jokes, Tricky Tongue Twisters, and Ridiculous Riddles. South Dakota, and Wyoming National Geographic Childrenʼs Books. Ill. with photographs. National Geographic AREA 5: Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and Childrenʼs Books. Wisconsin Kevin Durant. Michael Sandler. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. Knuckle & Potty Destroy Happy World. James Proimos. Christy Ottaviano The reading list is available for viewing and downloading in PDF format Books. Last Laughs: Animal Epitaphs. J. Patrick Lewis and Jane Yolen. Ill. Jeffrey Stewart Timmins. Charlesbridge. Looking at Lincoln. Maira Kalman. Nancy Paulsen at www.reading.org/choices or by contacting our Customer Contact Center at 1-800-336- Books. Max Goes to the Moon: A Science Adventure With Max the Dog. Jeffrey READ (7323). Bennett. Ill. Alan Okamoto. Big Kid Science. The Monster Returns. Peter McCarty. Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. My Pop-Up World Atlas. Anita Ganeri. Ill. Stephen For more information contact the Executive office at [email protected]. Waterhouse. Templar. Pigmares: Porcine Poems of the Silver Screen. Doug Cushman. Charlesbridge. *Pluto Visits Earth! Steve Metzger. Ill. Jared D. Lee. Orchard/Scholastic. Quiz Whiz: 1,000 Super Fun, Mind-Bending, Totally Awesome Trivia Questions. National Geographic Kids. Ill. with photographs. National Geographic Childrenʼs Books. Saving Animals After Tornadoes. Stephen Person. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. Stupendous Sports Stadiums. Michael Sandler. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. Surviving the Hindenburg. Larry Verstraete. Ill. David Geister. Sleeping Bear. Third Grade Angels. Jerry Spinelli. Arthur Levine/Scholastic. Touch the Sky: Alice Childrenʼs Choices 2013 Reading List Coachman, Olympic High Jumper. Ann Malaspina. Ill. Eric Velasquez. Albert Whitman & Company. Beginning Readers (Grades K–2) Amelia Bedeliaʼs First Vote. Herman Parish. Ill. Lynne Avril. HarperCollins Advanced Readers (Grades 5–6) Childrenʼs Books/Greenwillow. A Black Hole Is Not a Hole. Carolyn Cinami DeCristofano. Ill. Michael Carroll. Back to Front and Upside Down! Claire Alexander. Eerdmans Books for Young Charlesbridge. Readers. The Boy Project: Notes and Observations of Kara McAllister. Kami Kinard. Scholastic. Bad Apple: A Tale of Friendship. Edward Hemingway. Penguin Young Readers Broxo. Zack Giallongo. First Second. Cardboard. Doug Tennapel. Graphix/Scholastic. Group. Dark Mansions. Dinah Williams. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. *Dork Diaries 4: Tales Bailey at the Museum. Harry Bliss. Scholastic. Bedtime for Monsters. Ed Vere. From a Not-So-Graceful Ice Princess. Rachel Henry Holt Books for Young Readers. *Big Mean Mike. Michelle Knudsen. Ill. Scott Renée Russell. Simon & Schuster. Freaky Fast Frankie Joe. Lutricia Clifton. Holiday Magoon. Candlewick. *The Duckling Gets a Cookie!? Mo Willems. Hyperion Books House. Goosebumps: Wanted: The Haunted Mask. R.L. Stine. Goosebumps/ for Children. Every Cowgirl Loves a Rodeo. Rebecca Janni. Ill. Lynne Avril. Dial Scholastic. Hades: Lord of the Dead (Olympians, Vol. 4). George OʼConnor. First Second. Books for Haunted Caves. Natalie Lunis. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. Haunted Histories: Creepy Young Readers. The Fly Flew In. David Catrow. Holiday House. Frog and Fly: Six Castles, Dark Dungeons, and Powerful Slurpy Stories. Jeff Mack. Philomel. Goldilocks and the Three Dinosaurs. Mo Palaces. J.H. Everett and Marilyn Scott-Waters. Christy Ottaviano Books. The Heroʼs Willems. HarperCollins Childrenʼs Guide to Saving Your Kingdom. Christopher Healy. Ill. Todd Books. Good News, Bad News. Jeff Mack. Chronicle. I Know a Wee Piggy. Kim Harris. Walden Pond/HarperCollins Childrenʼs Books. Norman. Ill. Henry Cole. Dial Books for Young Horrible Hauntings: An Augmented Reality Collection of Ghosts and Ghouls. Shirin Yim Readers. *Iʼll Save You Bobo! Eileen Rosenthal. Ill. Marc Rosenthal. Simon & Bridges. Ill. William Maughan. Goosebottom. Schuster. Ladybug Girl and Bingo. Jacky Davis. Ill. David Soman. Dial Books for I Lay My Stitches Down: Poems of American Slavery. Cynthia Grady. Ill. Michele Wood. Young Eerdmans Books for Young Readers. Readers. Lenore Finds a Friend: A True Story From Bedlam Farm. Jon Katz. Legends of Zita the Spacegirl. Ben Hatke. First Second. *Liar & Spy. Rebecca Stead. Henry Wendy Lamb Books. *Pickle: The (Formerly) Anonymous Prank Club of Fountain Point Holt Books for Young Readers. Library Mouse: A Museum Adventure. Daniel Kirk. Middle Abrams Books for Young School. Kim Baker. Ill. Tim Probert. Roaring Brook. Pip and the Wood Witch Curse: A Readers. Little Dog Lost: The True Story of a Brave Dog Named Baltic. Mônica Spindlewood Tale (Book 1). Chris Carnesi. Nancy Paulsen Books. Llama Llama Time to Share. Anna Dewdney. Mould. Albert Whitman & Company. Viking Childrenʼs Books. Mice on Ice. Rebecca Emberley and Ed Emberley. Presidential Pets: The Weird, Wacky, Little, Big, Scary, Strange Animals That Have Lived Holiday House. Miss Foxʼs Class Gets It Wrong. Eileen Spinelli. Ill. Anne Kennedy. in the White House. Julia Moberg. Ill. Jeff Albrecht Studios. Imagine. Albert *Rebel McKenzie. Candice Ransom. Disney/Hyperion. Remarkable. Lizzie K. Foley. Dial Whitman & Company. *Nighttime Ninja. Barbara DaCosta. Ill. Ed Young. Little, Books for Young Readers. Ruby Redfort Look Into My Eyes. Lauren Child. Candlewick. Brown Books for Same Sun Here. Silas House and Neela Vaswani. Ill. Hilary Schenker. Young Readers. Otto the Book Bear. Katie Cleminson. Disney/Hyperion. *Pete the Candlewick. Shadow. Michael Morpurgo. Feiwel & Friends. Spider-Man: Inside the World Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons. Eric Litwin. Ill. James Dean. of Your Friendly Neighborhood Hero. HarperCollins Childrenʼs Books. Pig Has a Plan. Ethan Long. Holiday House. Matthew K.Manning, with additional text by Tom DeFalco. DK Publishing. *Stickman Piggy Bunny. Rachel Vail. Ill. Jeremy Tankard. Feiwel & Friends. Plant a Kiss. Amy Odyssey, Book 2: The Wrath of Zozimos. Christopher Ford. Krouse Rosenthal. Ill. Peter H. Reynolds. HarperCollins Philomel. The Takedown of Osama bin Laden. Natalie Lunis. Ill. with photographs. Childrenʼs Books. Rat and Roach: Friends to the End. David Covel. Viking Bearport. Todayʼs Air Force Heroes. Miriam Aronin. Ill. with photographs. Bearport. Childrenʼs Books. Secret Agent Splat! Rob Scotton. HarperCollins Childrenʼs Undead Ed. Rotterly Ghoulstone. Ill. Nigel Baines. Razorbill. Unusual Creatures: A Mostly Books. Señorita Gordita. Helen Ketteman. Ill. Will Terry. Albert Whitman & Accurate Account of Some of Earthʼs Company. Silly Doggy! Adam Stower. Orchard/Scholastic. The Three Ninja Pigs. Strangest Animals. Michael Hearst. Ill. Arjen Noordeman, Christie Corey Rosen Schwartz. Ill. Dan Santat. Penguin Young Wright, and Jelmer Noordeman. Chronicle. Weird But True!4: 300 Outrageous Facts. Readers Group. Tyler Makes Pancakes! Tyler Florence. Ill. Craig Frazier. National Geographic Kids. Ill. with HarperCollins photographs. National Geographic Childrenʼs Books. Childrenʼs Books. White House Kids: The Perks, Pleasures, Problems, and Pratfalls of the Presidentsʼ Children. Joe Rhatigan. Ill. Jay Shinn. Imagine. *Books that received the highest Childrenʼs Choices team votes. Volunteer Opportunities!!

Here are some good volunteer positions coming up...

04 DE OCTOBRE 2013 sign up & help make these events memorable for our students!!

Afterschool Enrichment

FLYER Book Fair Spooktacular Holiday bazaar Go for the Gravy PHOENIX

GO FOR THE GRAVY MEETING THIS MONDAY, OCTOBER 7th at 3:00 in Mrs. Ward's classroom. BE PART OF THE FLOCK and lend a hand! Agenda Items are but not limited to: -Pung up ﬂyers in the community -Approaching businesses for sponsorship, door prizes, aendance -Organizing a t-shirt design contest...promong it during assembly on Friday, October 11th? -Creang a fabulous turkey to collect the numbered entry forms -Sign up sheets for KIDS FUN RUN, concession stand, outdoor organizers, mers, etc -etc, etc, etc... If you indicated interest to help organize GO FOR THE GRAVY in the volunteer form, you will be contacted individually. EVERYONE is encouraged to parcipate in the organizaon and parcipaon of this GREAT COMMUNITY EVENT! October is here and that means the Scholastic Book Fair is just around the corner!. We need volunteers to help set up, run the fair during conferences, and take down. It is a lot of fun so come & join us! Set-up date: Fri. Oct. 18 after school Book Fair dates: Thurs. Oct. 24 & Fri. Oct. 25 during parent conferences sign up for as many 2 hour shifts as you want! Take down: Fri. Oct. 25 at the end of fair

Sign-up sheets will be in the library as it gets closer. If you wish to help or have ideas to promote the fair please contact Jody Soeder at [email protected]

Spooktacular October 26th 2013 6PM to 9PM :HDUHVRH[FLWHGIRUWKLV\HDUpV+DOORZHHQFDUQLYDO6SRRNWDFXODU7KLVLVD wonderful opportunity for kids to celebrate Halloween in a safe environment with friends and family. Sign up sheets are now posted in both building A and B. You can also email Solveig at [email protected] if you are willing to volunteer. Parent participation is crucial to the success of this wonderful event. We will have as many as 30 booths/ stations and are trying to divide the night up into 1 hour work assignment so that you may enjoy the rest of the evening with your family. That means we need 90 volunteers!!! In addition to needing helpers for the night of, we also need people to prepare food and set-up/tear down the event.

Special talent or supplies needed: x Face painters x Tractor/hay ride rides (anyone have a tractor, access to one or a comparable alternative?) x Cotton candy machine (or know someone who will make us bags of cotton candy) x Christmas lights x Old sheets (died black if possible) x Carved pumpkins x Haunted house ideas x Photographer (Both for the picture booth and for the event) x Decoration ideas and decorations x Candy (all candy donators will receive carnival tickets) x Additions donation request list will be posted in building A and B

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04 DE OCTOBRE 2013 Amigos de Fronteras Pizza Thursdays Misty Adams Milly Flack [email protected] Recycling FLYER Facilities Committee Barrie Blackman-Green Chris Whittington-Evans, co-chair [email protected] [email protected] Lynn Hopkins [email protected]

PHOENIX Fronteras Academic and Curriculum Committee Jennifer Schmidt, chair School Store [email protected] Nerissa Torres [email protected] Fundraising Info Angie Thursby Amigos de Fronteras [email protected] [email protected] Volunteer Opportunities Go for the Gravy Misty Adams Jennifer Ward [email protected] [email protected] Veronica Wolf Newsletter and Yearbook [email protected] Heidi Wilson Shawn Sasser [email protected] [email protected]

Holiday Bazaar Becka Lopez Fronteras [email protected] Phoenix Guidelines for Success!

Respect Integrity Self-Discipline Engaged

Fronteras Spanish Immersion Charter School 7010 E. Bogard Road, Wasilla, Alaska 99654 PO Box 871433, Wasilla AK 99687 Phone: 745-2223 us Principal: Ms. Schmidt on Face Email: [email protected] http://www.fronteras-k8.us book!

ALL SCHOOL FORMS CAN BE FOUND IN OUR SCHOOL’S WEBSITE: www.matsuk12.us/frc Open, print, ﬁll, turn in... it's that simple! Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District 2013-2014 School Calendar

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