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Parents- We NEED your feedback. This survey is one way we can hear your thoughts about our schools and school communities. Currently, we have about 12% of our families who have responded. We are looking for 100%.

This information is an important way for ASD to gain information for school improvement. If you have not yet completed the survey, please click the link or scan the QR code below to do so.

Thank you for your feedback!

Read Across America will be the week of March 3 - 7, 2025.

On Thursday, March 6th from 7:00 a.m. - 7:50 a.m. in the gym, PTA will host a Read Across America Breakfast for staff and students, and needs volunteers. Please scan the QR code to sign up or below is the link to sign up:

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0E4EA9A929A0F4CF8-55421259-read

The same week, we invite you to participate in the Read Across America Spirit Week:

Monday 3/3 - Hats off to Reading - Hat Day

Books for inspiration: Caps for Sale, Hair Love

Tuesday 3/4 - Green Eggs & Ham - Wear Green

Books for inspiration: Green Eggs & Ham, Horton Hears a Who

Wednesday 3/5 - Team Up & Read - Wear Favorite Team Gear

Books for Inspiration: Mirette on the High Wire, Maniac McGee

Thursday 3/6 - Fox in Socks - Crazy Sock Day

Books for Inspiration: Fox in Socks, Sara's Silly Sock Day

Friday 3/7 - NO SCHOOL

Congratulations to our fourth grade Battle of the Books team! Abigail, Gianluca, Peter and Virginia competed against over 30 teams from across Alaska to place fifth in our state! Each of these amazing readers spent the last five months becoming experts on twelve challenging books. These students were wonderful representatives for Rogers Park as they showed great sportsmanship throughout the day of competition.

The Garden Club is sprouting some exciting new additions. The hydroponics pod is host to a variety of lettuce, herbs, and flowers. Students are working on decorating cans to plant seeds for spring flowers and have been learning about composting in their lessons. The next garden club meeting is March 20th after school.

ASD's Youth Art Month opening night is at the Anchorage Museum on Friday, March 7, from 6:00pm-9:00pm. See dozens of ASD students in varied media, including drawings, paintings, multimedia works, photography, jewelry and sculpture. Satellite locations include the 5th Avenue Mall (MK Gallery), Loussac Library, Muldoon Library, ASD Education Center, and Eagle River/Chugiak Library. Artwork will be on display until April 6. Anchorage Museum entrance is free for the First Fridays opening March 7. Feel free to use the promotional images linked below in newsletters and on social media:

Each spring, Alaskan students are provided an opportunity to show what they know. When students show what they know, teachers and parents can partner to promote student success. The State of Alaska Department of Education has partnered with NWEA to align and connect the English language arts (ELA) and mathematics tests with the MAP Growth benchmark assessments students take in fall and winter.

This balanced assessment system targets instruction to better support meeting students’ individual learning needs. In addition, students will take only one assessment per content area (ELA and math) and be provided two scores as follows:

1. Summative assessment result at grade-level

2. MAP Growth interim benchmark result, including growth from fall to spring

AK STAR, the Alaska System of Academic Readiness, is comprised of English language arts and mathematics and is administered to students in grades 3-9. The Alaska Science Assessment is administered to students in grades 5, 8 and 10. The purpose of a large-scale, summative assessment is to provide parents and schools an overall picture of a student’s progress in meeting the Alaska standards at grade level.

Parents can locate resources for AK STAR and the Alaska Science Assessment, including directions for Student Readiness (Practice Tests and Tutorials), student testing times and general assessment information on the ASD website at https://www.asdk12.org/akstar.

Parents can also help by ensuring their children are well rested, eat a nutritious breakfast, and are at school on time for the days of testing. Please avoid scheduling appointments on your child’s testing days.

The ASD AK STAR and Alaska Science Assessment testing window allows for school assessment scheduling flexibility. Students! Get ready to show what you know during our school’s AK STAR and Alaska Science Assessment testing dates:

2025 ASD AK STAR and Alaska Science Assessment Testing Window

March 24-April 4, 2025

The Student Readiness resources – Student Tutorials, Practice Tests, and Educator Guides to Student Readiness – are available for schools, students, and families. Practice tests are available to anyone with the link, both at school and home, and provide an opportunity to practice both platforms, including using Universal Tools and text-to-speech.

Quick Sheet: AK STAR and Alaska Science Assessment Student Readiness, Practice Test, and Assessment Design Resources

• The Quick Sheet provides links to Practice Tests, Tutorials, Assessment Design, and all readiness resources – please share with families.
• NOTE: All Tutorials for both AK STAR and the Alaska Science Assessment are housed on Vimeo. Vimeo is not allowed on any ASD device. The State is developing a workaround.

Our lost and found is overflowing with items. Please have your student check for anything they may be missing before March 7th. Over Spring Break what is left over will be donated.

Remember that the speed limit in our parking lot is 5 MPH. Please do not park on the crosswalk as the students have to walk in the road to get to the building. Thank you all for keeping our students safe!

Calling all Young Scientists:

The Rogers Park Elementary School Science Fair is Thursday, March 20th!

Register here by February 21 to reserve a spot for your project and receive important announcements about the Fair.

• Open to all students (K-5, neighborhood and HG)

• Free to register, teams welcome

• If your teacher is planning a class project, you are still welcome to enter an individual project

• Start thinking about project ideas now! (see below for helpful science websites with great ideas)

Do you need a posterboard for your project? Please email Science Fair Planning Committee member Kim Hays at kim@akaflcio.org to have one provided (at no cost).

Seeking volunteers for the School Fair (Set up 3/19 pm, fair help 3/20 and take down 3/21 pm). Please sign up here to help support our young scientists!

Project Ideas:

Science Buddies

STEAM Powered Family

All projects are also welcome to register for the Alaska State Science and Engineering Fair, April 4th - 6th. Students do not have to win the school fair to enter the state fair. Registration should open soon.

Alaska State Science Fair Judging rubric to help guide your project. Note that the school science fair judging rubric will be adapted from the state rubric.

Hosted by Rogers Park PTA Science Fair Committee. (Email Ms. Kuter, the Science Fair Teacher Sponsor at kuter_joy@asdk12.org with any questions about the After School club or Science Fair)

Ms. Singleton would greatly appreciate donations of gently used shoes for children, sizes 1-8, to the gym for borrowing or distribution? Your donations help our running wolves participate in our PE program. We appreciate you!

HG Families - get involved! Join the HG WolfPAC!

We meet on the first Thursday of every month in the STEAM Lab from 5-6:30 p.m.

Check out our website for more information and to get involved:
www.HGwolfPAC.org.

• New Website: www.HGwolfPAC.org
• Request for all HG families to participate in a Needs & Interests Survey to inform a volunteer-led Parent University initiative --
• form link: https://forms.gle/nnK7qT36c47n1fWC7
• Next meeting will be at 5:00 March 6th in the STEAM Lab

Girls on the Run is a 10-week program for girls in grades 3-5 that combines physical activity with valuable life skills. The program meets twice a week and uses fun, movement-based lessons to help girls:

• Build confidence and develop essential life skills
• Set and achieve goals, with the celebration of a 5K event at the end of the season
• Make a positive impact on their community
• Practice empathy, inclusion, and acceptance

Now, more than ever, girls need a program that helps them build strong relationships, express their emotions, and feel supported. Girls on the Run provides the tools they need to stand up for themselves and others while becoming confident leaders in their communities.

UAA is offering a Summer Reading program. Their program is not part of ASD's Summer Learning offerings, however it is an option for families looking for a Reading Program. There is a tuition fee, based on grade level for this program. Interested families are encouraged to call for more information.

Hello Rogers Park PTA Families,

Thanks again to our amazing and generous community for your support of the Glow on Ice Event last month. We will soon have information on the amount fundraised once we finalize our expenses. Thanks to the patience of those who have waited on t-shirt orders. We do hope to do another round of Wolf Pack shirt printing this school year! We are so appreciative of all of our donors and volunteers who keep our programs running smoothly and impact our school community. We want to shout out especially to the energetic Brittany Ford, our Volunteer Coordinator who has been instrumental to our recess ice-skating program and the numerous volunteers who tie skates, Kate Blank, our tireless treasurer and yearbook volunteer (you may have seen her snapping pics at our family events) and to our outstanding Science Fair Committee members Anjali Madeira, Kim Hays and Alison Kwan (who is also our fabulous web designer and tech support). We thrive because of a remarkable community of volunteers.

Here are some ways PTA is supporting our school this month and next:

• Purchasing a much-needed new cot for the Nurse's Office to provide a safe and comfortable environment for students to rest/recover/receive treatment.
• Providing a staff meal during Parent Teacher Conferences (PTC) for our very hardworking Rogers Park Staff.
• Implementing another round of "Sweets & Drinks" family-provided potluck for staff during PTC (this was a huge hit this fall - stay tuned for sign up info.)
• Hosting the Read Across America breakfast before school on Thursday, March 6th (details and volunteer/donation opportunities to be announced soon.)
• Facilitating a parent advocacy training with our VP-Legislative Liaison, Kim Hays, adjacent to our next membership meeting (note there is a potential meeting date/time change to accommodate this training, to be announced ASAP.)
• Supporting our young scientists with Science Fair project preparation and materials as they ready for the school-wide Science Fair on Thursday, March 20th.
• Hosting an evening family event in March, details TBD. If you are interested in volunteering or helping with this event or in any other capacity, please reach out via email to rogers.park.pta@gmail.com.

. We thank you for your continued generosity and support of our PTA and school.

Rogers Park PTA

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Mar 2 Read Across America Day

Mar 3-7 (M-F) Read Across America/Dr. Seuss Week

• Mon: Hats Off to Reading - Hat Day
• Tues: Green Eggs & Ham - Wear Green
• Wed: Team Up & Read - Wear Favorite Team Gear
• Thurs: Fox in Socks - Crazy Sock Day
• Fri: NO SCHOOL

Mar 6 *7:00am - 7:50am* PTA Read Across America Breakfast

Mar 6 *5:00pm - 6:30pm* HG WolfPAC Parent Advisory Meeting

Mar 7 *No School* *Grading Day - no school*

*End 3rd Quarter*

Mar 10-14 Spring Break

Mar 27 *6:00pm - 7:30pm* PTA Meeting (Library/Zoom)

Rogers Park Mission: Preparing Passionate, Productive, Learners for Life

Rogers Park Vision: Empower the HOWL

(Help each other, Own our actions, Work together, Listen & Learn)

Rogers Park Elementary

1400 East Northern Lights Boulevard

Anchorage, AK 99508

907-742-4800

http://www.asdk12.org/rogerspark