SOPG Weekly Update: February 23-27

Here's what's happening this week at your Susitna Optional Program!

Monday, February 23
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

In K/1 classes, parents and children will write in their journals and then transition to exploration time.

In 2/3 and 3/4 classes, children and parents will do one or two of the following activities:

  • Read with your child
  • Share student written stories
  • Write a story together
  • Do math activities
  • Play a literacy game
  • Play a math game
  • Play with pattern blocks
  • Play dominoes
  • Play word games
  • Finish math journal pages
  • Finish homework

Tuesday, February 24
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

Wednesday, February 25
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

Thursday, February 26
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

Friday, February 27
8:00-8:45am - Dr. Seuss Birthday Breakfast
- Come and celebrate Dr. Seuss's birthday with breakfast! Bring a dish to share and eat for free, or bring $1 per person to eat. All proceeds go to purchasing Dr. Seuss books to add to the library's collection.

8:50-9:15am – Optional Program Community Celebration - Come to Ingrid’s classroom to sing the new Optional Program Song and to enjoy other songs, poems and readings from students.

Have a great week and we’ll look forward to seeing you at school!
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SOPG Weekly Update: February 16-21

Here’s what’s happening this week at your Susitna Optional Program:

Monday, February 16
“Presidents’ Day” - No School

Tuesday, February 17
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

In K/1 classes, parents and children will write in their journals and then transition to exploration time.

In 2/3 and 3/4 classes, children and parents will do one or two of the following activities:

Read with your child
Share student written stories
Write a story together
Do math activities
Play a literacy game
Play a math game
Play with pattern blocks
Play dominoes
Play word games
Finish math journal pages
Finish homework


Wednesday, February 18
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

11:30am-12:30pm – “K/1 Learning Lunch” - Kindergarten/1st grade Parents: This is a great opportunity to come and have you child share what they've been learning with you and have a bite of lunch together. It means a lot to your child, so please join us!

Thursday, February 19
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

Friday, February 20
8:50-9:15am – Optional Program Community Celebration - Come to Ingrid’s classroom to sing the new Optional Program Song and to enjoy other songs, poems and readings from students.

Saturday, February 21
2:45-3:45pm – Susitna Optional Family Swim Day at West High Pool – Come join us for family fun on the water slide at West High Pool! There’s no cost for admission, but donations of up to $5 per family are welcome. Please note that children under 7 MUST be accompanied by an adult in the water. Hope to see you there!

Special Note: To make up the snow days in January, Third Quarter Parent/Teacher Conferences have been cancelled. March 25 and 25 will be normal school days. Thanks for your understanding and please feel free to contact your child’s teacher with any questions.

Have a great week and we’ll look forward to seeing you at school!
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SOPG Weekly Update: February 9-13

SOPG Weekly Update: February 9-13

Here’s what’s happening this week at your Susitna Optional Program:

Monday, February 9
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

In K/1 classes, parents and children will write in their journals and then transition to exploration time.

In 2/3 and 3/4 classes, children and parents will do one or two of the following activities:

  • Read with your child
  • Share student written stories
  • Write a story together
  • Do math activities
  • Play a literacy game
  • Play a math game
  • Play with pattern blocks
  • Play dominoes
  • Play word games
  • Finish math journal pages
  • Finish homework

Tuesday, February 10
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

Wednesday, February 11
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

Thursday, February 12
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

1:30-3:00pm – PACT (Parents and Children Together) – Please come and help lead or assist with a pre-planned art project with students. The teachers plan the art project and have it all prepared for the parents to lead. Teachers then use this critical time to plan and collaborate with their Optional Program colleagues. If you have an idea for an art project to do with students, please share it with your child's teacher. Thanks!

Friday, February 13
8:50-9:15am – Optional Program Community Celebration - Come to Ingrid’s classroom to sing the new Optional Program Song and to enjoy other songs, poems and readings from students.

Special Note: To make up the snow days in January, Third Quarter Parent/Teacher Conferences have been cancelled. March 25 and 25 will be normal school days. Thanks for your understanding and please feel free to contact your child’s teacher with any questions.

Have a great week and we’ll look forward to seeing you at school!
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SOPG Weekly Update: February 2-6

Lots of things happening this week at your Susitna Optional Program!

Monday, February 2
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

In K/1 classes, parents and children will write in their journals and then transition to exploration time.

In 2/3 and 3/4 classes, children and parents will do one or two of the following activities:

  • Read with your child
  • Share student written stories
  • Write a story together
  • Do math activities
  • Play a literacy game
  • Play a math game
  • Play with pattern blocks
  • Play dominoes
  • Play word games
  • Finish math journal pages
  • Finish homework

Tuesday, February 3
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

Wednesday, February 4
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

Thursday, February 5
8:30-8:50am – “Meaningful Mornings” - Spend quality learning time with your child, drink coffee and connect with other parents. Parents must stay with their children in one classroom, together, to ensure safety.

6:30-7:30pm – Susitna Optional Parent Group Meeting – All parents are encourage to meet in Sarah’s room for a brief meeting to help plan upcoming events and support the Susitna Optional Program. Treats are served and childcare provided.

Friday, February 6
8:50-9:15am – Optional Program Community Celebration - Come to Ingrid’s classroom to sing the new Optional Program Song and to enjoy other songs, poems and readings from students.

Have a great week and we’ll look forward to seeing you at school!
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