Chinook News for Wk of 8/19-23

This week...

8/19-8/23: Health Week 1 of 2 (Art and Health rotate every two weeks)

• Mon, 8/19 - Late Start Monday - strive for 8:45 (see time schedule above)
• Wed, 8/21 - Assembly "Finding Gobi" / 1:25-2:15 (more info below)
• Thu, 8/22 - First day of school for Preschool / Kindergarten (more info below)
• Fri, 8/23 - Chinook Spirit Day
  

Looking ahead...

• 9/2 - Labor Day Holiday / No School
• 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
• 10/24 - Parent/Teacher Conferences Day / Parent University / Early Release
• 10/25 - Student Release PD Day / No school for students

Chinook will offer late start student supervision on Mondays, if necessary.

• Monday mornings the MPR / 7:40-8:40

• Entrance from the North Salmon doors into the MPR

• Cold breakfast available

• Supervision by school staff

• Reading books

• Drawing

• Games

Students will be released from the MPR at 8:40 to go line up at their outside class doors.

Here are a few things to note:

• We teach bell to bell. That means students are receiving instruction till 2:30. We are asking that you do not come in to pick up your student between 2-2:30. If you have a regularly scheduled appointment and need to pick your student up, please reach out to the front office to work out a plan.
• When entering the parking lots, please pull ALL THE WAY FORWARD!
• Our data shows that most students have been picked up and are out of the parking lot within 10 minutes of dismissal! Way to go families!!
• We will have staff outside supervising until 2:45. Feel free to be flexible in the range of 2:30-2:45 as to when you drive through to pick up. 2:40 will be WAY less crowded.
• Talk to your student(s) about your plan of where you will pick them up.
• Our job is to keep you safe. We appreciate your support as we navigate the parking lot!

Thanks to our amazing Chinook PTA, we have an exciting opportunity to host the author, Dion Leonard, on Wednesday 8/21 from 1:25-2:15 in an all-school assembly (1-5th grade). He has written several books such as "Finding Gobi." He will be bringing Gobi as part of his presentation and the PTA has set aside some funds to purchase books for classrooms. Thank you, PTA!! In addition, watch for communication from your teacher as families can purchase autographed books, if you are interested.

We are projecting about 386 students coming to Chinook.

Currently, we have 372 students enrolled.

To register your students online:

• LINK: https://parentconnect.asdk12.org/production/parentportal
• Login
• Click your student
• Click ASD Quick Links
• You will see a button that says "Online Registration 2025."
• If this shows incomplete, click on it and follow the prompts to complete the registration process.
• Please make sure to complete this process for each of your students.

If you have an incoming NEW student:

• please complete Pre-Registration at https://preenroll.asdk12.org/production/preenroll.
• You will need to upload a birth certificate, immunization records and a utility bill, mortgage or lease statement to show proof of residency.
• Please be aware that all three documents are needed before you can move on to the registration process.

Please call the front office (907-742-6700) if you need assistance or email our Secretary, RaeJean Robancho. Email Robancho_Raejean@asdk12.org

More info: https://www.asdk12.org/Page/3297

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/