Abbott Loop Elementary School

Some pics from our final sixth grade graduation today! Our Last student tunnel at Abbott Loop! And all of our amazing 6th graders moving on to middle school.

Pictures from our field day tug of war yesterday. In order of class pic we have Werner, Adamson, Mcree, Alsworth, Mcgrew, Cain, Boots, and Mr Werner vs Enosa!

Mr. Agnero was the guest Principal on Wednesday. He earned points in Ms. Adamson's classroom which he cashed in to be Principal for the Day.
He did a great job on announcements, visiting classrooms, providing teachers written feedback, cleaning up the playground by choice and leading the school concert today!
Mr. Agnero showed us his leadership qualities and would be a great Principal!

I am excited to announce, due to the generosity of the Bob's Services, LLC. Trailside Summer Library 2023 will happen for its 6th summer. It will be Monday and Thursday mornings in June and July. It will be open to all elementary-age children. It is not a drop off event. Bob's Services, LLC is a multi-generational Alaskan owned family business that wants to give back to a community that has been so good to them.

What will be offered to all students of the community:

9:30-11:45 Open library for all members of the community (not just Trailside students) to checkout, use maker space materials, craft, build trains, hot wheels, circuits, and attend story time. This program will be run with public libraries and use their summer reading theme and incentives.

9:30-10 Check out books

10:00-10:30: Preschool-2nd grade story time, or quiet games/coloring/maker-space type activity in the table area for older patrons

10:30-10:45 Check out books with crafting activity associated with read aloud at tables

10:45-11:30 STEM challenges and free exploration of library

11:30-11:45 Checkout books

Abbott Loops School Closure gathering on Saturday was so much fun! Mr. Crockett our resident teacher/professional photographer, took some amazing pics of our students, staff and community members. Check them out! They're all so great!

It was great to see so many students and families today for our celebration! Thank you for being there! Thanks to our amazing staff who came and helped as well! What a great school community. ❤️

Today was bike to school day! Not the greatest weather for it, but our Abbott loop students are strong, and all about enjoying the moment! A little snow won't stop them! This little one was all smiles and enjoyed riding her bike into school today! Way to show us how its done!

Bike to school day has been moved to 5/3. It is this Wednesday NOT the 19th.

Please Join us Saturday May 6th, for a special celebration of Abbott Loop and our community! Lunch will be provided by Texas Roadhouse.

Join Inlet View for the Anchorage Salmon Run, featuring three race distances (2K,5K,10K) and the chance to win a goodie bag for the first 400 racers! Each bag includes sunglasses, ChapStick and more. Once you have completed your race, stay for the carnival and enjoy a variety of games and delicious food.

Don't miss out on this exciting opportunity- register now for the Anchorage Salmon Run!
WWW.Anchoragesalmonrun.com

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR BAND AND ORCHESTRA PARENTS AND STUDENTS.

Dear Families of Musicians,

*There are a lot of important concert details in this message. Please read to the end.*

The school year is almost over already! These students have come such a long way in such a short time and we would like to show you what they’ve learned at our finals concerts of the year. We have two concerts remaining before the end of the school year.

The first concert is Sonic Boom! (The exclamation point is part of the name). It is an event unlike any other and an unforgettable experience. On Tuesday, May 2nd at the Alaska Airlines Center on UAA Campus, roughly 1,750 6th grade band and orchestra students will gather for a massive concert. The students have been preparing for this concert and working hard to memorize their music. Here are the details I have so far. I’ll share more details as I get them.

Timeline:
6:00 pm - Students arrive at Alaska Airlines Center and are seated.

6:30 pm - Rehearsal

7:30 pm - Concert Begins

8:00 pm - Concert Ends

Due to audience capacity, only two tickets will be given to every student family. Tickets will be scanned at front entrance (parking map to follow). Tickets will be distributed soon.
Students will enter at west side (map to follow). They will travel through the auxiliary gym and down to the court. Students will leave large instrument cases (bass, cello, trombone, baritone) in the gym.
Reminder - music must be memorized. No stands or music.
Percussionists are not allowed to bring drums, only bells.
There is no scheduled student break between arrival and departure - please inform them to plan accordingly
Student dress code is white top and black bottoms just like our other concerts.
Sonic Boom! will be a very fun, crazy, and loud event. If your student has sensitive hearing, ear protection is not a terrible idea.

The second concert will be at Abbott Loop Elementary on Wednesday, May 17th at 10:30 am in the gym.

This concert will be very similar to the Winter Concert and will feature the school’s band and orchestra.
This concert will be a half hour long
Families are welcome to attend!
The dress code is white tops and black bottoms just like the other concerts
Music does not need to be memorized for this concert
if your student has borrowed an instrument and/or supplies from the school district, I will be collecting them following this concert
Thank you for your continued support through this year. Please encourage your students to keep up a strong practice regiment as we finish out the school year. I’ll send out another email as we get closer to the events.

See you soon!

Brad Hamilton, 6th Grade Band Teacher