🌟🎒 Kick Off the School Year with Diabetes Club! 🎒🌟
We’re excited to invite all students with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, along with their families and friends, to our Back to School Meeting on September 26th! 📅✨
Join us for a day packed with fun and exciting activities:
🧗♂️ Ropes Course Adventure
🔥 Bonfire
🍔 Cookout
It’s the perfect chance to connect with others, enjoy some outdoor fun, and get ready for the school year ahead. Don’t miss this opportunity to build friendships and make unforgettable memories!
We are SUPER STOKED to inform you that the PTC is bringing BACK the incredible ART AUCTION on NOVEMBER 16th, 6pm - 9pm, at the Farmers Market Pavillion!!!
Because this is completely run by AMES parents, we are looking for volunteers to ensure a successful return of the fabled (probably somewhat renewed) auction. Please email abigail.f.feldman@gmail.com if you can help out with the organization or at the actual event (even if just a little bit!).
THANK YOU to the PTC for organizing this highly coveted (but work-intensive) event!
SAVE THE DATE!
Polling the students in the upper grades (5th and 6th grade) who have been at the school for years is a great way to get an honest feel for school climate and impact of initiatives. There are always things to tighten up and work on - education is a process, never a product -, but it looks like we are on the right track at Acequia Madre!
Due to last minute changes in our projected enrollment (families who accepted a seat but didn't show up), we are still welcoming up to 5 new kids in Kindergarten and up to 2 kids in 1st grade. Help us spread the word!
What students do both inside and outside of the classroom impacts their educational success. When students participate in activities outside the classroom, such as clubs, sports or school events, they develop a sense of belonging and community. Check out this week's SFPS Bulletin at https://conta.cc/3X6DVUb and the perspective of Lucas Robbins, a senior at Mandela International Magnet School and student member of the SFPS Board of Education, as he discusses student engagement!
Tomorrow is Friday! For those who were part of the Acequia community last year, you know this means:
1. Bike or Walk to School option - We meet at Patrick Smith Park at 7:30 and leave to school all together by 7:40.
Bikers, please walk alongside your bike when in the parking lot area or on the side paths at school. This keeps it safe for everyone (pedestrians, cars, and bikers)!
2. Spirit Day - Our colors are black and gold! We encourage students (and parents :)) to wear our colors or Acequia Madre shirts/hats/.. tomorrow. We are proud to be part of a great community and we like opportunities to show it!!
Go Matadors!
We are offering (optional!) an early supply drop off tomorrow (Thursday) between 10:00 and 1:00 am to help alleviate some of the stress on the first day of school (Friday). If you are able to drop by in the morning or during your lunch break on Thursday, we'll have tables set up per grade level in the lobby for you to drop your child's supplies. Please put them in a box or container, so you can easily label the supplies and we can keep them together for the teachers.
We are always in great need of volunteers and guest teachers (Substitute) and we love to bring our community members into our building to help us strengthen relationships and increase student achievement. Sign up today!!
Substitutes:
https://jobs.willsubplus.com/jobs?districtIds=1840&selectedJobPostingId=12907
Volunteers:
https://www.sfps.info/page/volunteering-sfps
We start up school on August 9th (1st-6th grade) and we are keeping the same bell schedule as last year. Classes START at 8:00am and run until 3:15 Monday-Thursday, and until 1:05 on Fridays. If you can volunteer for early morning drop off, let us know. This allows us to safely open up starting at 7:30 and make it easier on parents!
School supply lists can be found on acequiamadre.sfps.info or by clicking on this link: https://app.teacherlists.com/schools/43201-acequia-madre-elementary-school
Registration for Santa Fe High's Volleyball Camp, for 1st-6th graders, is open! To sign up, visit: https://go.sfps.info/sfhs-volleyball-camp-2024
The Spanish Splash Summer program welcomes any student from any school to learn Spanish.
Registration Link for summer programs (deadline - 05/24/24!:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdKcw3nVSC4F3BHShmeGb7uZ_G8lgaqpnuFZiZUCK00-BPBUA/viewform
Partners in Education (PiE) awarded Teachers Who Inspire awards to six outstanding SFPS teachers from May 3rd-15th, with each teacher receiving $1,500. Join us in celebrating their love of learning and classroom leadership!
Read more: www.sfps.info/article/1606381
The 2023/2024 yearbook is getting printed! We are making sure everyone is able to get a yearbook this year by offering a first copy for free. Voluntary donations to help us cover the printing cost are welcomed!
📚🌞 SFPS students can read high-interest ebooks and audiobooks on Sora all summer long! 🌞📚
Sora is available through ClassLink on student Chromebooks, or you can download the Sora app for free to any device from the Apple App Store, Google Play Store, or soraapp.com. The SFPS Sora collection features ebooks and audiobooks for all grade levels and reading levels, K-12, including books in Spanish. To use Sora, students should choose Santa Fe Public Schools as their school, and no other username or password is necessary.
Keep reading, exploring, and growing this summer, students!
Dear all,
Ms. Patti (Kindergarten) received a Teachers Who Inspire award this afternoon from Partners in Education. The entire school came together to celebrate and we had several board members, the assistant superintendent, and the superintendent in attendance. There will be a news article in the Sante Fe New Mexican over the weekend to detail the event.
I am beyond thankful to be working with a very talented crew of educators! Together we uphold the strong Acequia Madre legacy!!!
Best,
Dr. D.
Here's a link to the speech I gave in honor of Ms. Patti: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ywkn30Oimf19IPPxfCWw25vWH-maZDGYnd-lskqj0hs/edit?usp=sharing
We had a great showing this morning (+/- 20 Acequia Madre peeps) at Frenchy's and Alto park for the Bike to School day. Special thanks to Ms. Montoya, Ms. Cindy, and Nathan Lemons for showing up bright and early and supporting our students on the ride!
Set your student(s) up for success with this FREE summer reading program! For more information, contact Michelle Korbakes at Michelle.Korbakes@ped.nm.gov or 575-491-5773.
1st - 8th graders can immerse themselves into Spanish culture and language this summer during Spanish Splash!
Sign up today: https://go.sfps.info/spanish-splash-students
To all the educators shaping minds and changing lives: thank you for your unwavering dedication, your boundless passion, and your relentless commitment to excellence. You are the true heroes of education, and your impact will be felt for generations to come. 🌟🍎
#TeacherAppreciationWeek #ThankATeacher #Gratitude #EducationMatters
Twenty-five programs will be offered at 13 sites, with breakfast and lunch included. Offerings range from Math Adventure Camp, to Go Kart Camp, to Rock Camp, to Spanish Splash, to credit recovery. Just added - reading camp!
View all camps offered here: www.sfps.info/article/1556956
Sign up: https://go.sfps.info/summer-camp-signup-2024
