Japanese Immersion Students gave a speech at the Anchorage-Chitose sister city 55th anniversary event and the Chitose Park ceremony.
This year, the city of Anchorage and our sister city, Chitose, Hokkaido, Japan, are celebrating the 55th years of friendship. As a part of the celebration, our 6th and 7th grade immersion students, who visited Chitose this summer, were invited by the mayor of Anchorage to give a speech at their events. The students did an excellent job giving the speech in both languages!
Parents:
Moving our sixth graders to the middle school has been rewarding and at Mears, we love having a new chapter of youthful energy on our campus. Your students have done so well in learning procedures and with almost 1100 students, it's imperative procedures are executed with automaticity and precision. Students have adjusted to the procedures and expectations at lunch, therefore they have free seating daily! Plus, the bathrooms are open throughout the day. Students have been obtaining a pass and signing out before using the restroom, which is exactly what we expect them to do.
We are still working through clearing up the dismissal process to keep student safety on the forefront. We adjusted the dismissal procedures to stagger the number of students trying to exit the school. This change also allows indoor sports practices and activities to use the MPR immediately at the end of the day. Please see a summary of the adjustments below as we continue to make refinements on campus.
Locker Times:
The other critical change which must be implemented immediately is in regard to the time of day for students to retrieve their belongings:
All students are to report to lockers at the end of 7th period, (3:39) Tuesday-Friday
All students are to report to lockers at the end of 6th period (3:18) on Mondays
Dismissal:
At 4:00 pm, the office will announce walkers will exit out the North entrance and parent pick-up students are to exit out the East MPR doors. Parents, thank you for pulling all the way up to the curve of the sidewalk to allow cars to get safely into our parking lot and parent pick-up lane. Please remember walkers are still crossing various intersections; please keep a close eye out.
At 4:03 pm, the office will begin calling Bus Numbers for dismissal.
Three buses will be called at a time, verify on the directory which students should be leaving your room.
The office will also announce which lane each bus is parked so students know where to go.
Students are to proceed to the East MPR doors to board their buses
Advisory teachers will remain in the classroom to properly supervise students waiting for their bus
Absences
Is your child going to absent from school? Save time and send a quick email to our attendance email box, mearsattendance@asdk12.org or you can call the school at 907-742-6400 and select the Attendance Line option to leave us a voice mail, either option is a great way to notify us!
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Email: marquand_carla@asdk12.org
Website: https://www.asdk12.org/mears
Location: 2700 West 100th Avenue, Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone: 907-742-6400