Chinook News for Wk of 11/20-11/24
Your oh-FISH-al school newsletter!
COMING UP...
This Week: 11/20-11/24
11/20-11/24- HEALTH week
11/20-11/24- PE: L. Saltzman INSIDE AND Straubinger OUTSIDE
- MON, 11/20 - PLC LATE START / Strive for 9:45
- WED, 11/22 - Front Office Admin Assistant, Julie Kalt's, Last Day (more info below)
- WED, 11/22 - PJ Spirit Day (more info below)
- THU, 11/23 - Thanksgiving Holiday / No School
- FRI, 11/24 - Thanksgiving Holiday / No School
Looking ahead...
- DEC - Tastee Freez art display month
- 12/4-12/15 - Winter Assessment Window (mClass, MAP, SAEBRS - More info below)
- 12/21 - 6th Gr Band & Orchestra Winter Concert (whole school) 9:20-9:50
- 12/22 - Student release grading day. End of 2nd quarter / No School
- 12/23-1/7 - Winter break / No School
🏀 Chinook Basketball Dates 🏀
Season already started. Dates below.
Boys: Monday/Wednesdays 3:30-4:30
11/6, 11/8, 11/13, 11/15, 11/20
Girls: Tuesday/Thursday 3:30-4:30
11/7, 11/9, 11/14, 11/16, 11/21
Everyday counts! (Our goal is 90%)!
Let's be prepared for outside play!
Staff Updates:
Our new Admin Assistant, Diana Henriquez-Velasquez “Julieta”, will be joining us on Monday, 12/4th. LINK HERE to meet Julieta and see other staff highlights.
Our Assistant Principal, Jennifer Emmal, is out on leave until January 2024. Please use the above link to meet Shawnee Vanderpool, our Admin Intern that will be subbing as our Assistant Principal while Ms. Emmal is out. Welcome, Shawnee!
Food Bank of AK Thanksgiving Blessing
Bean's Cafe Thanksgiving Dinner
Food Bank of AK Hot Meal and Food Pantry Calendar
Salvation Army Gift Registration
Winter mClass Assessment for Grades K-3
As part of The Alaska Reads Act, the State of Alaska requires that districts administer an early literacy screening tool three times a year to students in grades K-3 to identify potential reading difficulties in order to improve reading outcomes for students. Families can read more about this comprehensive K-3 reading policy at The Alaska Reads Act website: education.alaska.gov/akreads
mClass with DIBELS 8th Edition Assessments is the State of Alaska Department of Education’s and ASD’s Early Literacy benchmark screening and progress monitoring tool for students in grades K-3 in reading. mClass utilizes curriculum-based measures and is used by schools as part of the ASD Comprehensive Assessment System to support informed instructional decisions.
The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development explains the decision to adopt mClass as the statewide literacy screener here:
https://education.alaska.gov/Alaska-Reading-Resources/Statewide-Early-Literacy-Screener
mClass screening assessments will only be administered in-person at Chinook during the benchmark dates listed below:
Winter(MOY) 2023: December 6th and 7th
Results for K-3 students that were assessed during a benchmark window, will be available in Parent Connect by January 5, 2024: ParentConnection Login Information and Reference Guide: parentconnect.asdk12.org
Winter MAP Growth Assessment for Grades 3-6
MAP Growth is the ASD and State of Alaska required benchmark/interim assessment for students in grades 3-9 in reading and mathematics. Grades 10-12 students identified as needing Tier II and Tier III reading and mathematics support also take MAP Growth as part of the Anchorage School District's MTSS framework.
Alaska's Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) has partnered with NWEA to implement a creative approach to a balanced statewide assessment that connects fall and winter MAP Growth benchmark/interim assessments and the Alaska spring AK STAR summative assessment. AK STAR eliminates the spring benchmark/interim assessment window for grades 3-9 by combining the summative and benchmark assessment into one test that produces a spring benchmark score, which includes a growth measure. More information is available at the State of Alaska AK STAR website, education.alaska.gov/assessments/akstar.
MAP Growth is an online, adaptive assessment that provides each student a personalized testing experience with data that speaks to their individual progress and growth in mathematics and reading.
The MAP Growth reading and mathematics benchmark will be administered in person during the 2023-2024 fall and winter benchmark windows. The spring benchmark will be embedded in the AK STAR summative assessment as outlined above.
Fall Benchmark 1: September 5 - September 15 (make-ups through September 22) COMPLETED
Winter Benchmark 2: December 4 - December 15 (make-ups through December 21
Spring Benchmark 3: embedded in AK STAR administered during the summative assessment window: March 25 - April 5 (make-ups through April 26)
MAP Growth assessment only: Grades 10-12 identified as needing Tier II and III support
MAP Growth practice tests and tutorials allow students and families the opportunity to become familiar with the types of questions and tools available on the actual MAP Grow assessments such as the highlighter and calculator. An overview of these resources with links to the practice tests are compiled on the MAP Growth Practice Tests Quick Sheet.
Winter SAEBRS Assessment for K-6
Just a reminder that we are approaching the winter screening window for our school-wide behavior screener: Social, Academic, and Emotional Behavior Risk Screener (SAEBRS).
Winter Screener: Dec. 4-15th
The teacher rating scale is used to assess various risk factors for each student in their classroom to determine students as risk for behavior. The screening will be used to help us look at the effectiveness of our schoolwide and classroom structures as well as what additional supports that students might need. This screening is completed by teachers and will not take away from instructional time nor require input/answers from students. If you have any questions, please contact your teacher or principal.
📚 The Alaska Reads Act 📚
For the next six weeks, we will share links to Alaska Family Reading Support Guides for different grade levels. Last week we shared Kindergarten.
In first grade, your child will build important reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills. Your child will continue to learn the letters and sounds that make up words. Children will think, talk, and write about what they read in stories, articles, and other sources of information. In their writing, children will work on putting together clear sentences on a range of topics using a growing vocabulary. You can access the Alaska Family Reading Support First Grade Guide here:
https://education.alaska.gov/akreads/1st%20Grade%20Reading%20Family%20Guide.pdf
*REPEAT* 📸 School Photos 📸
If you are looking for your student's school photos, you can:
- Go to http://fitzgeraldphotos.com/
- In the top bar, Click on " Order your images"
- Click on "school portraits"
- Enter your students school ID number
- Then continue to fill out the requested information
- It should take you to their school photos.
- Please reach out to the teacher or front office if you need help with your student ID number
* 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)
- 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/