The SUMMER Scoop

I would like to wish all of our Chugach Families and staff a safe and happy summer. Despite the heavy snowfall this year, I must say it has been a great year for Chugach. We welcomed a number of new families, kept our 6th-graders here at our school, and celebrated our 50th anniversary. Thanks to Jennifer Flannigan and Leslie Schroyer for organizing the group of parents who organized that event. I would also like to take this time to say goodbye to Casey. If you did not already know, Casey has decided to stay at home to be with her family, and while we're sad to see her leave as a staff member at Chugach, we are glad that she will continue to be a Chugach parent and volunteer. We are also glad to welcome Angie Riley into our upper group team. Angie comes to Chugach Optional from the Chinook Optional program and will be an excellent addition to our Chugach family.

Joel

Now-August 15 - ONLINE REGISTRATION IS OPEN FOR RETURNING STUDENTS (https://www.asdk12.org/register)

Wednesday, May 22 - Last day of school for students 🎉

Thursday, May 23 - Last day of school for teachers 🌴🌴

Friday, May 31 - Last day of school year for Front Office 🙃

Monday, July 15 - Pre-enrollment for New-to-ASD students opens (https://www.asdk12.org/Page/3297)

Friday, July 19 - Deadline for Fall Online Lottery Applications (https://www.asdk12.org/lottery)

Monday, July 22 - Office Staff return to Chugach Optional Elementary

Tuesday, July 23 - Fall Online Lottery Runs

Friday, July 26 - Parents notified of Online lottery results (starting @ 5pm)

Monday, August 12 - Teachers first day back for 2024-2025 School Year

Tuesday, August 13 - Back-to School Night (5pm-7pm on playground)

Thursday, August 15 - First day of school for grades 1-6

Thursday, August 22 - First day of school for Kindy

THANK YOU to everyone who has already completed online registration for next school year!

We are up to 204 students (84.6%) registered for the 2024-2025 school year. WOW!

Have you registered your returning Chugach Student Yet??

Early online registration is important for a number of reasons. First, this is the main metric used by the district when looking at the number of teachers at each school. To retain our 11 family group teachers we need to show we have a sufficient number of students returning. Additionally, our Family Group lists can not be finalized for next school year until we have everyone registered.

Please call the office (907-742-3730) if you need help recalling your PIN for Parent Connect. Phellisha and Carrie will be in the office until Friday, May 31st to assist you. If you have your PIN, but can't recall your password, please use the "Reset your Password" feature on the Parent Connect landing page.

Once in Parent Connect, there will be a link to register your student under the "ASD Quick Links" tab. It will say "Online Registration 2025 Incomplete" in red. You will know you have successfully registered your student for 2025 when the message in your "ASD Quick Links" tab turns to green and says "Online Registration for 2025 Complete".

If you know for sure you will not be returning, please let the front office know so that more seats can be made available to incoming families through the lottery process.

The annual request for our "Early Release" Fridays has been submitted to ASD and the Department of Education and Early Development. While we are still awaiting final approval for the 2024-2025 school year, the TENTATIVE early release Friday dates are listed below.

August 30, 2024

September 13, 2024

September 27, 2024

October 11, 2024

November 8, 2024

November 22, 2024

December 6, 2024

January 17, 2025

January 31, 2025

February 14, 2025

March 28, 2025

April 11, 2025

April 25, 2025

May 9, 2025

Please note these dates are tentative and may change.

A PDF of the full ASD Calendar for the 2024-2025 school year can be found here.

Kindy Family Group Supply List

Primary Family Group Supply List

Middle Family Group Supply List

Upper Family Group Supply List

End of the Year Housekeeping

• Medication and Care Plan Forms for next school can be found HERE

**Note: it’s helpful to get forms signed by providers before the back to school rush happens in August**

• If there are any changes in your child’s health, please share with me. A new diagnosis or starting a new prescription medication

  is help for myself and staff on a need-to-know basis.

  
  

Summer Reading!

Throughout the school year, when we have ‘check-out’ time, we call it ‘love of library’.

During this time, we check out books, read books, explore books that we haven’t looked at yet.

I want to encourage students and families to continue their ‘love of library’ throughout the summer.

This could be reading books from your home, reading books from our public library or e-books online. This will support your reader to continue to grow.

Missing library books

Thank you for continuing to look for any missing library books over the summer.

We will revisit this in August when we come back to school.

Here’s hoping you have a safe and joyous summer…

Many thanks!

Amy

We are thrilled to announce that Anchorage School District Student Nutrition will be offering FREE meals to all children aged 18 and under. No need to worry about costs – just delicious, nutrition meals for your kids!

To find out more and when you can receive these free meals, simply click on the link below.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1cjeIZ22AzQPDNAolxu6Yw0cm-pslq3Dh/view?usp=sharing

Feel free to share this with other families in the community. Our goal is to provide access to healthy meals for all children this summer.

Best Regards,

ASD Student Nutrition Team

It has been a whole school year of Chugach students and staff utilizing the water bottle filling station. As a community we have save 2931 bottles from entering the landfill by refilling our water bottles at the Chugach Optional fill station! GOOD JOB CHUGACH!!!!

Total Hours of Logged Parent Volunteer Time: 4517.9 hours!

Total numbers of volunteers (who signed in): 472

Thank you to all our wonderful volunteers!