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November has been delegated as Native American Heritage Month and Mt. Turnbull Elementary celebrated each week with activities and projects and presentations honoring Apache Culture. The month kicked off with a Veterans Breakfast. Our guests, the esteemed members of the San Carlos Veterans Breakfast Association, enjoyed a hearty breakfast and were given letters of thanks from the students. On November8th the students enjoyed beading Indian corn and making Apache Dolls and were treated to stories and history at the Wickiup, made especially for the month. On November 9th MTE students, staff and parents enjoyed "Walking a Mile in Your Moccasins" hosted the by the SCAHC on 15th Bob Stevens from the language to enjoyed the making of fry bread with groups of staff and volunteers making the dough.
On the 29th the internationally renowned Yellow Bird Indian Dancers from Phoenix put on a wonderful performance, featuring hoop dancing, jingle dance and even learned a pow wow song! Ken and Doreen Duncan as educators and ambassadors of the Native American Culture entertained and educated the students of MTE and the children were delighted.
Today the celebrations wraps up with "Camp dresses on the Catwalk" fashion show and featuring a special art project some students completed during Native American Heritage month. The Fashion Show will start at 2:00 p.m. today.
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Attention Parents/Guardians
We've been having some issues with our phones. When you call press 7 then extension 7101. If you have are still having problems you can call 928-965-1491. sorry for the inconvenience.
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Attention Parents/Guardians we will be having a Fashion Show on November 30, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. If you have any questions please call the office at 928-475-2020
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we just want to remind you today is our Thanksgiving Dinner 🦃. Attached is the flyer with the times. If you have any questions please call the office at 928-475-2020
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Attention Parents/Guardians Here is next week's schedule Monday November 20, 2023 will be a normal day.
Tuesday November 21, 2023 we will be having our Thanksgiving Dinner starting at 10:50 a.m to 12:30 p.m. Any students leaving early will need to be checked out in the office.
Wednesday November 21, 2023 all students will be released at 12:00 p.m.
Thursday November 23, 2023 NO SCHOOL
If you have any questions please call the office at 928-475-2020
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Mr Crook's Pre-school class
The students are enjoying working on their projects. And having some snacks
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Attention Parents/Guardians
There will be NO Remediation tomorrow Thursday November 16, 2023. All students will be released at 3:00 p.m. If you have any questions please call the office at 928-475-2020.
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Attention Parents/Guardians
We will be having our Thanksgiving Dinner on Tuesday November 21, 2023. EAT & BE THANKFUL 🦃. This will be a full day of school. If students are pulled out before 1:30 pm this will affect their attendance. If you have any questions please call the office at 928-475-2020
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Mrs. Reidhead 2nd grade class
Using Oreos to learn about the para of the moon.
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More pictures of our Walk a Mile in Your Mocs
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More pictures of our Walk a Mile in Your Mocs
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“Walk on a Mile in Your Mocs”
We had a fabulous time at MTE today. We walked a mile in honor of our ancestors. The Apache people were runners for life. We spoke about the miles of walking the Apache did to gather food, look for water, and to run to safety. The San Carlos Apache Healthcare Diabetes Team reiterated the importance of endure and physical stamina and spoke about the benefits of staying fit. We had parents join us in the walk. A super fantastic time for parents and kids, a great presentation, tasty snacks, dancing, and singing.
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more pictures of our event today
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more pictures of our event today
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Every Wednesday and Thursday of November we will have presenters on campus from 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. Today was our 1st day of Native American Celebration. Our students had fun learning about their Apache Culture.
We encourage all students to wear their Tradition Clothing every Thursday.
Tomorrow is our Walk a Mile in Your Mocs from 2:00 p.m to 3:00 p.m, we invite all parents to join us.
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5th grade has been working on writing informative essays and making predictions in ELA. In Math, we are working on comparing and adding decimals. In science, we learned about rockets. We launched rockets and timed how long they were in the air. We had to predict and decide whose rocket designs would stay in the air the longest. The students had an amazing time!!
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Ms. Click's 5th grade class assembling Rockets
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Attention all Parents, Thursday November 9, 2023, for our WALK A MILE IN YOUR MOCS.
If you plan to walk with your student, please arrive NO LATER than 1:30 p.m.
The roads will be BLOCKED at 1:45 p.m. due to all the students being on the road, it will stay closed till the walk is over.
We want to ensure the safety of our students.
It you have any questions, please call the office at 928-475-2020.
MT TURNBULL ELEMENTARY
more pictures of our Veterans Breakfast
MT TURNBULL ELEMENTARY Veterans Breakfast at MTE was awesome yesterday morning. Shout out to Principal Marthalean Talkalai for her great organization skills and leadership and to the classified staff who worked hard to make a beautiful breakfast for our esteemed Veterans. Spirits were high as April Duncan and Crystal Lopez made scrumptious frybread, while Mary Stanley , Miranda Stewart and Nora Vasquez Gann and Annette Castro set up the food tables to welcome our special guests. Also special thanks to the cafeteria ladies, Anners Preston and Melba Moses for letting us use their kitchen. Thanks to Ira Stanley for setting up and cleaning up after us.
The children did the Pledge of Allegiance and sang the National Anthem in Apache and did a beautiful job. Our newly crowned Miss San Carlos, Isabelle Newman joined us and helped to welcome and thank the Veterans for their service.
Principal Talkalai has hosted the breakfast at MTE for many years now. We appreciate the attendance by the Veterans and the work by the classified staff to make the Veterans breakfast such a success. I'm glad to be on the team to help and look forward to the next school event!