23-24 Last Newsletter

This is the final newsletter this ​ye​ar.

APC Meeting - To​night

5:​30 @ SMCS

Sc​hool Picnic Help

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Sp​irit Days

School Picnic & Field Day Help

All families are invited to our last day of school ​family picnic on Thursday, 5/16 at Soldotna ​Creek Park. Lunch will be served right around ​12:00.

Celebrating as a school is so fun and a fine last ​day together. It also means we will need family ​assistance with making this day a great day. We ​need parents willing to help with cooking, Food ​prep, food service, materials delivery, and side ​dishes. Please sign-up to help using the button ​below.

Also, Mrs. Boonstra is looking for parent ​volunteers to help prepare for field day and/or ​lead a field day activity station. It is so good to ​see our parents lead classes in an afternoon of ​fun and laughter. Please use the Sign-up button ​below to help with Field Day.

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Vo​lunteer Appreciation

It is hard to believe were are nearing the end of ​the year. Looking back on all the events and ​activities we held this year, it is certain they ​would not have been as successful without our ​volunteers. We would like to recognize all of our ​volunteers who are so instrumental to our ​school’s success and family atmosphere at our ​School Picnic & Field Day. It will allow our ​students, staff, and others in attendance to share ​their appreciation for our wonderful school ​volunteers at a whole school event. We plan to ​hold a short recognition @ 11:30, just prior to ​serving lunch. We hope every family is able to ​attend and will join in thanking our school ​volunteers during our school picnic.

Calling All Library Books!

Yearbook Distribution Day

Ba​nd Concert Review

The last band concert of the year occurred on Monday, May 6th. It was a fantastic evening highlighting the developing ​skills of SMCS and SOEL students. The Concert Band kicked off the evening in a musical demonstration with incredible r​esults. As we know, there is a challenge of learning notes, and how to make an instrument perform the way a stude​nt expects, and to do it in synchronicity with other students, while following the conductor, and playing sectional ​parts... that is HARD! The students did this and sounded magnificent! The Modern Band was super fun! This has b​een a shorter term learning process, but the students got an opportunity to perform using guitars, basses, drums, and​ keyboards. There were even electric versions used for each one of these instruments! You could sense the pride of th​e students who got to play. Student not only played, they also got to showcase and improvise in a riff, showing their u​nique creativity. Of course there were singers too to carry the tune. Again a big THANK YOU to Mr. Dahl and his efforts ​to build musical arts in our community. He is a foundation for these student’s futures, and we appreciate all his ​hard work. Well done to our students who also work​ed hard to grow these new skills.

Te​acher Appreciation Meals

WOW! What a spread the teachers have had this ​week. The staff has been well-cared for with over ​the top preparation of meals for them to enjoy each ​day. It has been so wonderful and well receiv​ed. Our kitchen has become a gathering place for ​staff to share time and conversation together. S​ometimes it just takes something out of the norm to​ provide the reason to take a break and set aside ​time for joy a​nd care.

Thank you to the many hands that have g​one into offering this delightful surprise to our st​aff.​ We appreciate your appreciation!

SMCS Garden - Planting Next ​Week

We are all set to make our garden planting efforts ​again this year. Mrs. Dixon will take on leadership ​of facilitating our efforts. Mrs. Carter has offered ​to lend her experience and Mrs. Rinke has also ​offered to volunteer to help. Mrs. Dixon’s class ​are prepping the garden beds May 8-10, and o​ur classes will be planting May 13-15th. We are sti​ll welcoming parents who have a heart and passi​on for gardening to join in on this effort. We hope ​to utilize our parents gardening expertise to fulfill th​is work. Please reach out to Mrs. Dixon if interested​. adixon@kpbsd.o​rg

Nurse Tammy -​ Retiring

Can you believe it, Nurse Tammy is retiring. Wow, it just feel like Nurse Tammy is and always will be a part of SOEL and ​SMCS! However, she has determined that this will be her final year as our school Nurse, which is sad, but what ​gratefulness we have for her and her excellent care for our students and families.

We are planning our recognition here at the school for May 15th during our All School Slideshow Assembly. (There is also ​an event scheduled for the evening of May 9th, please call the school for details on that event.) In the meantime, if you ​have occasion to see Nurse Tammy, be sure to pass on your appreciation and well wishes to her. I know she will enjoy ​hearing from you.

Di​strict Invitation to KPBSD Alumni

The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (KPBSD) is interested in gathering insights to understand how well the district prepared alumni to ​meet goals for college and/or a career following graduation.

KPBSD has partnered with Hanover Research to conduct a brief Alumni Survey to gather valuable input. The KPBSD encourages alumni to ​share their experiences and opinions about the KPBSD to help us ensure that our academic and career-focused programs provide the best ​possible preparation for future graduates.

The survey should take approximately 15 minutes to complete and will close at the end of day on Friday, May 10th, 2024. Please submit ​responses prior to that date.

We appreciate your participation! Please click the link to begin the survey: KPBSD’s Alumni Survey.

Thank you,

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Events Calendar

Here are the upcoming ​happenings for Soldotna ​Montessori Charter School. ​Add these to your calendar ​so you do not miss an ​important event.

May Events