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Muldoon Elementary 525 Cherry St., Anchorage, AK 99504
Ph: 742-1460, Fax: 742-1477 Principal, Leroy Grant February 2019
Dear Muldoon Parents and Guardians,
A missed school day is a lost
opportunity for students to learn.
District data shows there is a direct
correlation between our students who
attend school regularly and higher
academic achievement levels. In order
to reach attendance goals, students can
miss no more than 17 days of school
per year, that's the equivalent of two
days per month. Instilling the value of
coming to school every day is
important to start at a young age.
It is also important for students to be
on time for their instruction. Students
are brought into the classroom at 8:45
am to eat breakfast. Instruction begins
right on time at 9:00 am. If your child
expects to have time for breakfast,
please be on time. Tardiness impacts
the whole class. The classroom
instruction is interrupted when
students walk in late. Let's work
together to put procedures in place to
get our students started on time.
Leroy Grant, Principal
Current Activities
Basketball (3rd grade):
2/25 - 3/6 Mon & Wed 3:30-5pm
Climbing Club (3rd - 5th grade):
3/12 - 3/28 Mon & Wed 3:30-5pm
Volleyball (4th - 5th grade):
3/5 - 4/9
Tue 3:30-5pm & Wed 8:15-8:45am
Dates to Remember:
Parent/Teacher Conferences: 2/22
CANCELLED
This will be a regular school day.
Dr. Seuss Family Literacy Night:
2/27 @ 5:30 – 7 pm
Join us for an evening filled with
reading fun for the whole family.
Spelling Bee:
2/28 @ 1:45pm
Join us as each of our 3rd-5th grade
class representatives strive to
become Muldoon’s Spelling Champ!
Muldoon Talent Show:
3/6 @ 2:30p
Join us for a great performance by
some of our very talented students!
NO SCHOOL: 3/8 – 3/17
Spring Break
Family Movie Night: 3/22 @ 6pm
Movie to be determined – bring your
chairs, blankets, sleeping bags,
pillows and join us for a fun evening.
Pizza will be available for $1.
PTA Meeting: 3/6 @ 6:30pm
Come to the meeting while your kids
watch the movie!
Contact Information Is
Important, so please keep us updated with any phone or
address changes. You can also log
into your Q or Parent Connect account
and update information there.
School Day Start & End Times: The first bell rings at 8:45, and
class starts promptly at 9:00.
Our school day ends at 3:30.
With help from the Alaska Food
Coalition and Children's Lunchbox,
Muldoon Elementary is now able to
offer emergency food to families in
need. In addition to the weekend
food bags which are sent home
every Friday with students, we now
have a stocked food pantry for
families in extreme need. Parents
can contact the school for
assistance.
Helpful Reminders
After School Pick-Ups: As you can imagine, the office is quite a busy
place in the afternoon. Please call in
all pick-up notices before 3:00 p.m.
Also, to ensure minimal lost
instruction time, we will be unable to
release any students after 3:00 p.m.,
unless there is a medical emergency. If
at all possible, please schedule
doctor’s appointments, etc. after 3:30.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Focus on Attendance: Attendance at school is very important. When
students arrive late or are picked up
before dismissal, teaching and learning
are disrupted. We have staff in the
morning starting at 8am that can
supervise your child in the computer
lab Monday-Friday. Please make
every effort to have your child in
school from 8:45am-3:30pm each day.
Morning recess runs from 8:30-
8:45am. Once students enter into the
building after morning recess,
breakfast is served in the classrooms
from 8:50-9:05am.
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Lost & Found: We already have a large amount of lost & found items. If
your student has lost an item, please
remind them check our lost and found
collection, located near the front
office. Our advice to you is to label,
label, label your child’s backpack,
lunch box, snow gear, etc. You would
be amazed how many people buy
black gloves and snow pants each
year. We have 460 students attending
Muldoon this year. That’s a lot of
gloves, hats, snow pants, boots, etc.
So please be proactive and label you
child’s items with a silver or black
Sharpie marker.
Dress for the Weather: Now that winter weather is here we would like
to remind parents that classes will still
be going outside for recess. The ASD
policy is to go outside for recess unless
the temperature is below -10 degrees.
Please make sure your child is dressed
appropriately for the weather every
single morning before leaving your
home.
Walking to School: According to the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration, children ages 16 and
under are the most at-risk for getting
hit while crossing the street. In order
to protect students from dangerous and
life-threatening accidents, it’s essential
that drivers yield to pedestrians
crossing the street at intersections,
even when a crossing guard is not
present. If your child walks to and
from school, please talk to them about
walking on the sidewalk, staying out
of the road and/or parking lot, and
walking with other students to stay
safe. Just a gentle reminder that we
live in Alaska and we have moose and
bears in the area as well. All of these
things need to be reviewed with your
child on a regular basis, so they can
stay safe.
Pick-Up and Drop-Off Traffic
Reminders: Our curbside parking area
is to be considered a single file car
“Pause Parking Lane” for parents. We
appreciate families who are
remembering to stay in their cars while
in the pause parking lane and
continuing to move forward as space
becomes available, which helps to
keep traffic moving. Look for the
traffic attendants and follow their
directions. The staff are trying to keep
everyone safe and keep traffic moving.
Thank you to families who are helping
keep our busy end-of-day dismissal
safe for students. You all make
Muldoon a safe place to be!
Messages to Parents: Please make sure that your child knows what they
will be expected to do when the school
day is over, before they leave home in
the morning. Our office staff is not
available to hand deliver messages
throughout the school day. With a
school of our size, when the bell rings
at the end of the school day it becomes
quite difficult to reach individual
children that we have taken messages
for. It is also very disruptive to the
teachers and students when intercom
calls are made to the class at the end of
the day.
21st Century Afterschool
Program
Hi Muldoon Families,
Please join us for Dr. Seuss Family
Literacy Night on Wednesday
February 27th from 5:30-7pm. There
will be free food, learning games, and
parent support for at-home learning.
We hope to see you there!
Thank you,
Leah Schilling
21st CCLC After School Coordinator
Muldoon Elementary
742-1491
A Word from our PTA
We will have our next meeting during
the Movie Night on March 22nd, in the
library. Please join us while your
child(ren) enjoy the film! We are
working to create school spirit shirts
and start a school store, so we really
need more input from the families!
These projects have been funded
thanks to the awesome work of the
students collecting change for the coin
drive, your purchases in the
Tupperware fundraiser, and donations
from the community.
The clothing closet has also been very
successful thanks to community
donations and the support of Value
Village! We hope to have this free
clothing available at most events for
families.
On March 21st, we will be hosting the
PTA Connected with Google “Be
Internet Awesome” Family Workshop
Grant! There will be programming,
materials, and information related to
internet safety and technology.
Additionally, we will provide prizes,
food, and drinks. Details will be
included in the RSVP form that your
student will be bringing home soon!
Please mark your calendars and plan
for fun!
If you would like more information or
have any questions you can email
contact the president Shaw McDonald
at Muldoon most days.
Please check out our new Muldoon
PTA Facebook Page!
Thank you,
Shaw McDonald, PTA President
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Muldoon Elementary 525 Cherry St., Anchorage, AK 99504
Ph: 742-1460, Fax: 742-1477 Principal, Leroy Grant February 2019
Culture Night at Muldoon
Muldoon will be holding a Culture
Night on April 12th from 5:30-8pm.
The purpose of this event is to
share with fellow classmates and
represent your culture. If you,
friends or family would like to sing
or dance at this year’s culture night
please contact Ms. Sarah or
call/visit the office for more
information. Thank you!
A Word from Mrs. Arturo!
The Muldoon Spelling Bee
will be held on February
28, 2019! If your child is
interested in participating,
teachers in Grades 3-5 have packets
for them to study. Each class will
have two representatives and one
alternate for the Spelling Bee. Happy
studying!!
Thank you,
Mrs. Arturo
4th & 5th grade Teacher
Connect with Us!
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community events! You might even
see pictures of your students!
Greetings From the Nurse
A warm reminder from the Muldoon
Nurse.
Cold temperatures continue, and to
keep our students warm and healthy,
it’s important for them to dress warm.
Please remember to send student to
school with a hat, gloves or mittens,
snow boots and pants and a warm
jacket/coat.
Having these items at school will help
prevent students from getting sick
when going outdoors.
Getting at least 8-10 hours of sleep a
night. Keeping healthy bedtime
schedules is important for our students
to be alert and ready to learn at school.
Thank you,
Nurse Patterson BSN, RN
Direct Line: 742-1451
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It’s that easy!!
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2019 PEAKS State Assessment
Reach new PEAKS of learning!
Each spring, Alaskan students are provided an opportunity to show what they know. When students show
what they know, teachers and parents can partner to promote student success.
The Performance Evaluation for Alaska’s Schools (PEAKS) is Alaska’s summative assessment administered to
students in Grades 3-9 (English language arts and mathematics) and grades 4, 8 and 10 (science) each spring.
The purpose of a large-scale, summative assessment is to provide parents and schools an overall picture of a
student’s progress in meeting the Alaska standards at his/her grade level. The assessment is taken on the
computer and is not timed, but each content area takes approximately 100-180 minutes.
Parents can locate resources for the PEAKS assessment, including directions for PEAKS Practice tests, called
Online Tools Training and PEAKS Tutorials on the ASD website at www.asdk12.org/PEAKS.
Parents can also help by ensuring their children are well rested, eat a nutritious breakfast, and are at school
on time for the days of testing. Please avoid scheduling appointments on your child’s testing days.
The ASD PEAKS testing window below allows for school assessment scheduling flexibility.
Students! Get ready to reach new peaks of learning and earn a PEAKS sticker set for showing what you know
during our school’s PEAKS testing dates
2019 ASD PEAKS Testing Window
March 25-April 5
(Make-ups: March 26-April 26)
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