ACES Family Update

Good evening ACES Parents,

I hope you had an excellent Labor Day and had time to enjoy your family over the weekend.

We have been very fortunate to have fair weather so far, and this has encouraged many students to walk or ride their bikes to and from school. As always, we are reiterating the rules for safe walking and riding and would appreciate your help in reminding your child of these practices.

On Eielson AFB helmets must be worn when riding a bike. We are frequently seeing students without helmets or with helmets hanging from handlebars. Please remind them to wear them properly.

Everyone must use the crosswalk to cross the road. Please encourage your child to cross with the crossing guard so that traffic is stopped for pedestrians and bikes to safely enter the road.

On the flip side, please be vigilant while driving in the area at dismissal. Dismissal actually goes pretty fast, with over 400 students leaving within 10 minutes. This becomes especially challenging on days when School Age is closed and many parents who do not normally pick up their children join us in the pick up line.

With drop off, please read the drop off procedures linked with the dismissal procedures. Please drop students off for precess and breakfast in the Loop Drive. All students should enter the playground for precess by walking through the building from the loop drive. Please review the drop off/dismissal procedures for K-1, drop off/dismissal procedures for 2-5.

As always, if you have any questions or concerns please let me know.

See you in the car line!

Teresa Lesage

teresa.lesage@k12northstar.org

This will be a busy few weeks, as we will begin our MAP assessments for grades 3-5. Next week we will be using our mClass assessment for grades k-3. Please encourage your child to do their best on these assessments and to follow the directions of the adult helping them. Encourage your child to take their time and show what they know so that we can accurately address their needs. This is not a contest to see who can finish first.

Click here for a reminder of the FNSBSD Transportation Update. Here is information on how to Find Your Bus Stop. Please make sure your child knows their name and their bus number. We have three buses at the end of the day and we do not have a list of which bus each child rides. Make sure your child's teacher knows how they get home regularly, and let the office know if there is a change.

The 5 important components to learning how to read are:

• Phonemic Awareness
• Phonics
• Fluency
• Vocabulary
• Comprehension

This week let's talk about PHONICS. Watch this video on tips you can practice this skill with your child!

For a full listing of External Job Openings, Click here.

We would love for you join our Crawford team! Break Aides work a maximum of 15 hours a week and supervise students during recess. We also need Custodians, a Kitchen Manager, STEALTH Science Advisor, and an instructional tutor. Come work with us and enjoy the daylight in the company of the kids!

Here at school we have students enter their student number on a Pin Pad to pay for hot lunch. Older students use these numbers daily to access their chromebooks. Please ask your child what their s number is. If they don't know you can call the school or look it up in PowerSchool. If you need to practice use the pin pad graphic or ask your teacher for another copy. Help us make the lunch line smoother!

First, the news from the USDA is that school meals will need to be paid for this year for student who have not qualified for Free and Reduced lunch. Please visit the Nutrition Services page to fill out the online application. If you qualified last year you will have 30 days from the beginning of the school year grace next year to file your new application. It is important that you apply for your family's benefit, and also, additional funding for the school may be provided depending on the percentage of students qualifying for free and reduced lunch. Please take a few moments to fill out the online application. For those qualifying breakfast could be no charge and lunch as low as $.40.

• 2023-2024 FNSBSD Calendar
• Assessment Calendar
• September

• • September 4 - Labor Day, No School
    

  • September 5 - ACE Shirt order form/payment due

  • September 5-8 MAP assessments

  • September 6 - Charlie's Cache

  • September 8 - Skate Party!

  • September 14 - -K-2 Picture Day

  • September 15 - 3-5 Picture Day, Siblings during lunch and All School Picture (Wear your ACES shirt!)

  • September 28 - Early Dismissal at 12:40
    

  • September 29 - District Professional Development, No School

• October

• • October 13 - End of First Quarter (Early Dismissal 12:40 pm)

  • October 30, 31 - Parent Teacher Conferences

• November

  • November 23-24 - Thanksgiving Break

• December

• • December 20-22 End of Quarter - Early Dismissal (12:40)

  • December 25- January 5 - Winter Break (January 8 teacher work day)

• • • FNSBSD Academic Calendar

Office Hours are 7:00am-3:00pm

Please call or email for information Phone: 372-3306

Attendance Secretary: Dayley Mosley email: Dayley.Mosley@k12northstar.org

Administrative Secretary: Clarissa Kougl email: Clarissa.Kougl@k12northstar.org

Anderson recognized as National Title I Distinguished School in 2008 and an Alaska Highest Performing School in 2013

Crawford was awarded National Blue Ribbon Status in 2014.

Email: Teresa.Lesage@k12northstar.org
Website: https://www.k12northstar.org/site/Default.aspx?PageID=1084
Location: 692 Ravens Way Eielson Air Force Base, AK 99702
Phone: 907-372-3306
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/crawfordcaribou/