Chinook News for Wk of 9/30-10/4

This week...

• Mon, 9/30 -Late Start Monday, strive for 8:45
• Tue, 10/1 - Chinook PTA Mtg / 6:15 / Zoom (more info below)
• Fri, 10/4 - Chinook Spirit Day (wear Chinook logo wear or Chinook colors blue/red)
• Fri, 10/4 - Chinook PTA Movie Night / 5:30 / Chinook Gym (more info below)

Looking ahead...

• 10/14 - Indigenous Peoples Day / No School
• 10/18 - Student Release Grading Day. End of 1st Quarter / No School for students
• 10/23 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Day / Parent University / Early Release @ 11:30
• 10/24 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Day / Parent University /Early Release @ 11:30
• 10/25 - Student Release PD Day / No school for students

Part of our MTSS structure is a 40 minute intervention/enrichment block called What I Need or W.I.N. Starting this week your student will rotate to a 40 class that is specifically to address an area of need (Intervention/enrichment). Reach out to your student's teacher if you would like to know more.

To preview and order your school photos. It's all done online and packages start at $15.00

1. Go to: http://fitzgeraldphotos.com/
2. Hover over: 'Order Your Images' and a drop down menu will appear.
3. Select: '2024-25 School Portraits'

• It will then prompt you to enter your Student's ID Number.
• If you need your Student's ID #, you can locate it on Parent Connect (on the app or online),
• If you don't have that login information saved, you can call the front office,
• You can select photos and place an order.
• You CAN add more than one student to the same order.
• The photos will be delivered to the mailing address you provide when ordering.

The photographers informed me the pictures will be ready for online ordering Monday evening (9/30).

The Anchorage School District values the community’s input as it works to rightsize ASD. This survey gathers feedback on the metrics ASD will use to evaluate its facilities to help determine which buildings to close, consolidate or repurpose.

The responses gathered from this survey will help ASD understand the community’s priorities and directly impact the District’s rightsizing plan that will be submitted to the Anchorage School Board for review later this year.

Link for Survey in English: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/ASD24rs

Link for survey in various languages: https://www.asdk12.org/Page/20479

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.

• 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 (24/25):

• Teacher Substitute (ongoing recruitment)
• Kindergarten Paraprofessional / Recess Supervisor
• School Counselor (.50 FTE)
  
• Teacher
  
• Dimond High Area Noon Duty/Crossing Guard/School Based Temporary (Chinook)
  

Meet our NEW Staff:

We are working hard to fill all of our positions for this school year. LINK here to meet some of our new hires that will be joining our Chinook community for the 24/25 school year!

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/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chinookelementary/