The Musk Ox Memo Summer Edition is here to provide you one location of ideas and resources available to you this summer to help your child continue with their academics. Many of the ones listed here are ones that students use at school, recommended by teachers and your child may be familiar with already.

We also want you to have resources for when you are ready to plan for next school year. If you have any issues with the district programs you can call the help desk at 761-HELP.

August 14, 2024 4-6pm

Meet the teachers and your new princpal, Christine Homan. First through fifth grade students may also bring their school supplies to leave in the classroom.

The GoGuardian Parent app is a mobile app designed to provide parents/guardians insight and control over their student's online activity when on school-managed devices and accounts.

The GoGuardian Parent app provides you with an additional set of internet controls that you can set for out-of-school hours. GoGuardian Parent was created to help provide students with additional educational support and is a companion to the classroom engagement and internet filtering tools that our schools use.

https://www.matsuk12.us/Page/48638

On the district webpage there is a student tab on the right hand side. After clicking on the student tab, students can log into Clever. Some of our programs use Clever to log them in automatically so they do not have to log in each time. From the student's Clever account, students will find the link for LEXIA, i-ready (math) and Moby Max. They may also find a teacher page in which their classroom teacher has provided other resources for them.

To log into clever students need to know their student login and password. They should know this information or their classroom teacher may have sent it home. If they cannot remember their login information you can call the district help desk at 761-HELP

Our math program, iready math provides an individualized learning path for students based on their diagnostic test they took at the end of April/beginning of May. Students have access to their learning path throughout the summer. They also have access to the Learning Games that work on the skills they are learning.

If students are working on the individualized learning path and do not pass a lesson multiple times it will turn off the pathway for them. Encourage your student to let you know when they do not pass a lesson so that you can sit with them and provide them some additional support. This is also a great way for you to see what skills your child is working on in math.

If your family would like an additional summer math and reading learning opportunity or an alternative to online learning, please see the math and reading packets below. They contain practice problems and activities tied to the key learning from each grade to ensure students are ready to start strong in the Fall.

Packets can be downloaded and printed or your child can access the packets on a screen and solve the problems on paper or in a notebook. Answer Key packets are linked as well, so that you can support your student and help them to review and check their work. These packets do not need to come to school in the fall but are instead meant for at home practice.

The files are too large to attach them separately. Click on the google drive below to find resources for K-8.

All students took a diagnostic placement test prior to the last week of school. Students will have an individual learning path to work on skills in the following areas:

• phonological awareness
• phonics
• high frequency words
• vocabulary
• Comprehension:
• literature
• informational text

Students will have access to their individual pathway throughout the summer and are able to work on the skills they need.

https://www.magictreehouse.com/kids-adventure-club/

https://www.bookitprogram.com/programs/camp-book-it

K-3rd grade literacy skills

https://www.starfall.com/h/

storybooks brought to life:

www.vooks.com

Math games:

Prodigy Math- some teachers have accounts and students know how to access this. Otherwise students can create a free account and have limited access to math games or you can purchase a monthly subscription for more access. more information for parents can be found here: https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/

Wasilla Public Library Summer Reading Program

You can go into the summer zone on Scholastic’s free app. The app provides books, games, music, and opportunities to connect with other readers. Kids read books on the app and earn digital experiences as they continue their “reading streak.” It’s available from May 9th to August 19th. Bonus: Scholastic will donate books as kids keep up their “reading streaks.”

Nutrition Services is happy to announce we will be providing FREE lunch meals at 7 locations throughout the valley this summer for all children 18 years of age and under. Please see the attached flyer for the locations, dates, and times for meal service. Meals must be eaten on site (Congregate feeding). If your school was not selected for meal service, your students are welcome to go to any of the Open Sites on the list at the times listed to receive meals.

New this year for Sutton, Willow, and Talkeetna area are 7-day meal boxes. Once a week Nutrition Services will be offering one FREE meal box per child packed with 7 breakfasts and 7 lunches. Boxes are available for all children in the community, 18 years of age and under. You do not need to pre-register to receive a box. If the child is not present, only a parent or guardian of the child may pick up the food box. See the attached flyer for the pickup time for your area.
LINK TO Summer Food Service Programs

Kids Kupboard provides thousands of free meals each day at year-round site locations and in collaborative partnerships with other community organizations who make meals available to children in their afterschool and summer programs.

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Email: mze@matsuk12.us
Website: www.matsuk12.us/mze
Location: 4961 E Nelson Rd, Wasilla, AK, United States
Phone: 907-864-2300
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