Sayéik: GastiNEWS

Hello SGCS families,

The Annual School Climate and Connectedness Survey has been published. This is your opporunity to share your family's experience with us. Please take a few minutes to complete the survey. You can also come to school for our Art Walk and fill it out then. See flyer below for details.

2nd through 6th grade students had the opportunity to hear a Jazz Concert today with visiting artists for the Juneau Jazz Festival. They're hosting a free concertn tomorrow at the Mendenhall Valley Public Libarary, see below for details.

Parent/Teacher Conferences are February 17-18, look for an invite from your child(ren)'s teacher.

Have a great weekend, stay warm!

In partnership,

Stacy Diouf

SGCS Principal

907-796-5075

It's time for our Scholastic Book Fair!

February 12, 13, 14 in library classes, recess (on the 13th and 14th) and after school until 3:30

During conference days:

February 17--8:00-3:30

February 18-- 8:00-2:00

This is a fundraising event for our library that gives students access to a wide selection of inexpensive books (along with journals, bookmarks, posters, and writing tools).

The book fair will be open during library class, recess, after school, and on conference days. We need volunteers during library classes to help make the book fair go smoothly. Email your student's teacher or Ms. Brann (diana.brann@juneauschools.org) to sign up for a volunteer slot. Volunteers will help with tasks such as helping students find books, reading to students, helping with wish lists, or helping with the register.

Activate an e-Wallet for your student(s), a cashless account that you can set up ahead of time! It is easy to set up by visiting our book fair homepage here . Look for the e-Wallet button at the bottom of the page. For a video with more information, go here

**A new e-Wallet must be set up for each fair. If your child had $ left over from our Spring fair you should have received a gift card from Scholastic. These can be easily converted into a new e-wallet by going to our book fair website.**

If you would like to contribute to our school wide book fund so that every child can buy a book you will have the opportunity to contribute to the Share the Fair fund after setting up an eWallet.

Recently, the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) released the 2023-2024 Report Cards to the Public for each school district and school in Alaska. These Report Cards present information about performance for the 2023-2024 school year. During this third administration of The Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) assessment, students in grades 3-9 were assessed in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Students in grades 5, 8, and 10 took the Alaska Science Assessment.

To view a 2023-2024 School or District Report Card to the Public, go to https://education.alaska.gov/compass/report-card. Once there, you can select which School or District Report Card to the Public you wish to view. This user-friendly website aims to provide families with precise, standard information about all public schools and districts in our State. These Report Cards to the public contain data and information about academics, school environment, teacher quality, and more. If you cannot access the Report Card to the Public online, please contact your student’s school.

We know that the Report Card to the Public is one of many ways you will engage with us. Sayéik: Gastineau Community School, we look forward to sharing our school’s successes with you and working together to improve our school daily.

We hope you will closely follow your student’s academic progress and work with his or her teacher(s) to help ensure academic success. Working together as a team, we can improve not only how well our students are performing individually but how our school and district is performing as a whole. Nothing is more important to administrators and teachers at Sayéik: Gastineau Community Schoolthan ensuring that students are ready for the next step in their academic career. We look forward to partnering with you.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our School or District Report Card to the Public, please don’t hesitate to contact us at (907)796-5075.

Zach Gordon Youth Center is very excited to announce the launch of two new neighborhood after-school programs, starting in February at Cedar Park and Geneva Woods. The programs will offer free, on-site programming for children and youth ages 6-12, meeting children and families in the neighborhoods where they live to provide a safe, fun, and supportive environment after school.

“Providing after school programming at Cedar Park and Geneva Woods feels like a natural expansion of our services,” said ZGYC Manager Jorden Nigro. “Our mission to connect youth and engage the community is one that involves meeting folks where they’re at, and with this program, we will be able to do that quite literally. We are thrilled to have this opportunity to be a part of the day to day in these neighborhoods and grateful to AHFC for inviting us in.”

At each program location, children can get help with homework, have healthy snacks, and join activities such as cooking, arts & crafts, games, field trips, and more. Older siblings age 13-14 are welcome and encouraged to join as helpers and mentors, and programs will host monthly family nights.These programs are made possible by funding from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation.

Programming in both neighborhoods will be offered from 2:30 – 5:15 p.m. Monday through Friday. The Cedar Park program will meet at Cedar Park Apartments Unit 2A, and the Geneva Woods program will meet at the Geneva Woods Community Center.

The programs kick off on Monday, February 3. For questions about the Cedar Park program, contact Sophia Helge at sophia.helge@juneau.gov or (907) 419-9152.