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Chinook News for Wk of 10/16-10/20
Your oh-FISH-al school newsletter!
COMING UP...
This Week: 10/16-10/20
10/16-10/20 - HEALTh week
10/16-10/20 - PE: L. Saltzman OUTSIDE AND Straubinger INSIDE
- MON, 10/16 - PLC / Late Start Monday / Strive for 9:45
- MON, 10/16 - After school soccer, permission required
- WED, 10/18 - After school soccer, permission required
- THU, 10/19 - School Picture Retakes
- THU, 10/19 - Great Alaskan Shakeout (more info below)
- FRI, 10/20 - End of 1st Quarter / Grading Day / No Students
Looking ahead...
- 10/23 - After school soccer, permission required
- 10/25 - Parent/Teacher Conferences / Early Release @ 12:30
- 10/26 - Parent/Teacher Conferences / Early Release @ 12:30
- 10/27 - Professional Development Day / No Students
- 10/30-11/3 - Red Ribbon Spirit Week (more info to come)
- 11/5 - PTA Papa Murphy's Fundraiser (More Info to come)
- 11/10 - Student release professional development day / No school
- 11/16 - Turkey Bingo (more info to come)
- 11/23-24 - Thanksgiving Holiday / No School
- 12/22 - Student release grading day. End of 2nd quarter / No School
- 12/23-1/7 - Winter break / No School
Let's not lose focus, everyday counts! (Our goal is 90%)!
Let's be prepared for outside play!
👇 Parent Teacher Conferences are NEXT week: 10/25 & 10/26 👇
School picture retakes 10/19
Great Alaskan Shakeout
LINK HERE for more information
We have included some informational videos below. 👇
The Alaska Reads Act
THIS WEEK'S HIGHLIGHTS: Direct Intervention Reading Program
The Alaska Reads Act requires every school district to offer intensive reading intervention services to students in grades kindergarten through three who exhibit a reading deficiency to assist students in achieving reading proficiency at or above grade level by the end of grade three. (Section 14.30.765 of HB 114). You can learn more at: https://education.alaska.gov/arkeads/AK_Reads_District_Reading_Intervention_One-pager.pdf
From YOUR PTA...
THANK YOU to all the students, families, staff, and volunteers that helped with the Trunk or Treat! We appreciate ALL the candy, cake, cupcake donations. Thank you to ALL the Dimond clubs and families that hosted a trunk. We appreciate everyone braving the rain to make it a fun event.
Coming up:
- November 5th: Papa Murphy's Fundraiser (More Info to come)
Apparel is now for sale online. More inventory to come. LINK HERE or use the QR code below.
W.I.N. stands for What I Need
Who: 3rd-6th grade Boys/Girls
When: Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 starting October 2nd
(10/2, 10/4, 10/11,10/16,10/18,10/23)
* REPEAT * We LOVE our Chinook Volunteers
Please visit https://www.asdk12.org/volunteer and fill out the online application and waiver. Every volunteer needs to be approved at the start of each school year. Please complete this process ASAP, as you do need to be approved prior to being able to help in our school. This process can take between 5-10 days.
* REPEAT * Come work with us!
- Do you want to join our Chinook team?
- Do you know of a strong educator that would be great on our Chinook team?
To best educate your students, our goal is to have ALL positions filled with high quality staff. Help us do that by getting the word out...
We are hiring for this year (23/24):
- Teacher Substitute (ongoing recruitment)
- Front office Secretary
- Preschool Paraprofessional
Chinook Snapshots...
Chinook Mission and Vision Statement
Mission: Develop collaborative, self aware students who are able to persevere in school and life.
Vision: We, the staff and students at Chinook Elementary, commit ourselves to working together to provide a positive and safe school environment that strives to meet the needs of our diverse community of learners.
Email: rucksdashel_lori@asdk12.org
Website: https://www.asdk12.org/chinook
Location: 3101 W 88th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99502, USA
Phone: 907-742-6700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AKChinookElementary/