Save the Date for our “Boo Fun Run”: Book Blitz: Altara is so excited to be participating in Book Blitz again this year! Book Blitz Jr. is a fun, interactive competition open to 4th and 5th grade students. The competition is designed to encourage students to read a variety of books over the course of the school year. Students get to help create teams of 4-5 fellow students, who work together to read 12 selected book titles. These teams then compete in a “Jeopardy Style” competition to earn points by naming the correct book title and author related to the question. Teams compete at the school level, and the winning team will advance to the district competition where they compete against teams from other schools. Please watch for a flier with more information to come home in the next week. For questions, parents can contact Jennifer Barney at jenyardley@gmail.com DLI Families: Please see the flyer regarding intending to continue the DLI program for students going into middle school. Please be sure to submit your intent by October 31, 2025. Beanstack Parent Guide: Please see a step by step guide on how to navigate Beanstack to document “Road to Success” reading minutes. School Pick Up Color Zones  On the sidewalk on the east end of the building, we have created colored spaces with tape for students to wait. We are hoping this will help relieve some congestion and give students a place to meet a sibling or carpool friend. It will also help them be more visible to those adults who are picking them up, and the students can see the cars better. The colors are blue, green, yellow, red, orange, and purple. Help your students pick a meeting spot to make picking up a breeze! Pet Policy: Please take a minute to review Canyons School District new Pet Policy Cell Phone/Electronics Policy: Thank you for helping us with this!District Policy 500.06 Technology Resources – Electronic Devices and Network Acceptable Use (Students)Elementary Schools (K–5): Bell-to-Bell Ban: Personal electronic devices (including cellphones, smartwatches, and emerging technology) must be powered off or set to silent and stored out of sight from the start of the school day until dismissal. Devices may not be used during lunch, recess, or transitions between classes, unless allowed by a teacher for a direct educational purpose. Can bring them to school, but cannot be turned on, must be in a backpack, etc.If only used as watch, okay, but if they violate the policy, must be put away From the PTA✨ Spirit Night ✨Join the Altara community at Menchies in Draper THIS THURSDAY September 18th from 3-10PM. Make sure you mention Altara when ordering. 🐶 Watch DOGS kickoff Pizza Party 🍕TOMORROW NIGHT!! Calling all students and their father figures! Join us for an evening of fun, pizza, and entertainment while learning more about how the Dads of Great Students program supports Altara and helps keep our school safe.Tuesday, September 16th from 6:30 – 7:30 PM ⛑️ Hearing and Vision Screening Volunteers! This Friday 9/19 at 8:20am – 10:00am. If you are available to help, please use this link to sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0C49ADAA29AAFDCF8-58697131-hearing 📚Book Fair Join us for the Scholastic Book Fair! Come shop all the newest Scholastic books! Monday, September 22nd from 3:15 – 7:00 PMTuesday, September 23rd from 3:15 – 7:00 PMVolunteers will receive a $5 credit toward their purchase. Use the link below to sign up. https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4AACAE2FA2F9C16-58449702-book🎨 Reflections Arts ProgramThe National PTA’s Reflections program encourages creativity and celebrates student achievements in the arts. Flyers went home last week. Submissions are due Oct. 1, 2025. Learn more at pta.org/reflections. 🏷️ Box Tops for Education4th Grade is leading the challenge with 439 Box Tops! 5th grade is in close second place with 400 Box Tops! Who will win the September challenge!?! Support Altara with the Box Tops app! Download the app and use referral code SMJ714KW to earn an instant $5 for our school.💙 Get Involved with PTAOur next meeting will be held Tuesday, October 7th @ 10:00AM in the Altara Conference Room. Join us and see what PTA is all about! The PTA helps fund and support many of the activities and events at Altara. Membership is just $10 (with $3 going directly to our school) — volunteering is optional! Join PTA Interested in helping when you can? Add your name to the volunteer list here: Volunteer Sign-Up. School Website: https://altara.canyonsdistrict.org/ Instagram: @altaraelementary |
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