Congratulations to the NJHS students for raising over $2500 for the Make-A-Wish Foundation at the Spring Carnival earlier this month.

National Junior Honor Society has finished their 2023-2024 season, now that Mrs. Daniel is on maternity leave! If you did not receive your certificate at the end-of-year ceremony, please see Ms. Hayley in the front office. Provide proof that you completed your required amount of service projects in exchange for your certificate.

Friday, May 3 - Last Team Day

Friday, May 3 - Cherry Blossom Festival, DHS, 5:30 pm-8:00pm

Friday, May 10 - 4.0 Breakfast

Tuesday, May 14 - Final Band Concert, 6:00 pm, MPR

Thursday, May 16 - Final Orchestra 6:00 pm & Choir Concert 7:00 pm, MPR

Friday, May 17 - 7th Grade Kite Day @ Mears and Spring Dance @ 3:00 pm

Monday, May 20 - Locker clean out & Yearbook distribution during den time & 1st period

Wednesday, May 22 - Last day of school/8th grade bash/Spirit Olympics for both grades

Immersion Families,

Our annual Tomo No Kai Cherry Blossom festival is just around the corner and students have been busy making art (Grades K-6) and practicing performances (K-8) to share with friends and family.

We are celebrating on May 3 at Dimond High this year and we need your help! Each grade is preparing an art piece (Art is K-6), a song/dance, and hosting a craft/game table. We are asking each elementary class to provide 2 volunteers to help the classroom teachers in staging students for the performance as well as 2-3 volunteers to help set up/supervise the craft/art activities in the gym. If you are interested and available, please click here to sign up to volunteer. Please remember, if you are going in to the school to volunteer during the day, you will need to be approved by ASD (annually). Please click here to register if you have not already done so this year.

This year, we will have a live auction during the performances to give all families a chance at purchasing the original art pieces so spread the word and be ready to bid on that priceless art (see some of our past amazing artwork below)!

There will also be a gift card wall fundraising station and we need your help to fill it with great prizes! If you would like to donate, we are requesting gift cards (from any location) with a minimum value of $20. Any donations can be given to Sand Lake: Immersion classroom teachers, Mears: Mrs. Chambers, Mrs. Loer, or Mrs. Middleton, Dimond: Mrs. Gellart or Mr. Yamamoto, or dropped in the Tomo No Kai drop box at Sand Lake Elementary (by the front door) or Mears front office (Ms. Hayley) by Wednesday, May 1st.

Thank you in advance for all of your support to make this event a success!

Tomo No Kai

All students at Mears who participate will read the middle school titles. (The ALT titles are alternates.) Start reading now!

Team Echo: Our Final Team Day is Friday, May 3. Please send permission slips and payments in!

Team Muir: Our last team day is on Friday, May 3rd. Permission slips were given out by Mr. Peterson. If you need one, please see Mr. Peterson in Room 120. The permission slips are due on April 30th, Tuesday.

T-shirts are on sale for $10. Please pay for them on Q/Zangle or through Ms. Robin with cash. Pick up your shirt from Ms. Pascual in room 204 by showing your receipt.

If you wear your team t-shirt on team day, you will be given a treat AND the opportunity to sign up for the 8th Grade Spirit Olympics occurring at the end of the school year.

Team Raven: Team Raven permission slip forms for the May 3rd Team Day Field Trip were sent home with students last week. Thank you to those students and families who have already returned theirs! Permission slips are due back by April 29; if your student needs a new copy of their field trip form, please have them check in with a Team Raven teacher!

Also, we still have a few team t-shirts left! The price has been reduced to $5. If you would like a shirt, you can request a size on the field trip form and include additional funds.

Track finished the regular season with a very windy meet Thursday night at Mears. Thank you to all the families who helped us host two meets this year. Also to our Administration for working magic to make Mears available in moving the Hanshew meet to our school. Extracurricular activities do not happen without the support of our Mears community.

Over half of our track athletes have qualified for the ASD Championships that occur over 3 days May 1, 2 & 7. All the information has been emailed home recently and student-athletes will be notified Monday morning at school.

Free bicycle helmets for children and teenagers are now available at the Anchorage Fire Department (AFD) stations. This safety program is a collaboration between Safe Kids Alaska, AFD, and the International Association of Firefighters Local 1264 with generous funding provided by the Children’s Miracle Network. To receive a helmet:

• Kids/teens must be present so the helmet can be fitted and adjusted and

• Supplies are limited to stock on hand

Although any child can receive a free helmet, this program is intended for those who might not otherwise be able to obtain a bike helmet. For more information, please contact Safe Kids Alaska at 907-212-3194 or safekidsak@providence.org.

The North Parking lot is used for Visitor Parking (15 minutes), Handicap Parking, and is our Staff Parking Lot. Please do not use this entrance and lot to drop off/pick-up your kids at the beginning and end of day. Please utilize the parent drop off/pick-up loop located on the east side of the building. Thank you!

We do not accept, Door Dash/Uber Eats/ETC, food deliveries for students before, during, nor after school. We will NOT accept deliveries of any kind. We have a school meal program offering balanced meal choices daily. In addition, the Black Cat Cafe offers smart snacks daily for purchase.

Detentions are 7:15 am-7:45 am, in Room 106, Tuesday-Friday. Please drop-off your student at the North Entrance to access the building. Security staff will greet your student and escort them to Room 106. Please contact AP Svendsen with any questions.

Lunch Detentions are held daily during each lunch wave in Room 106. Students are expected to check-in with the supervisor at the beginning of lunch. Students who need to purchase food from the cafeteria will be issued a fast pass to procure their food and return to Room 106 to serve the assigned lunch detention.

Our office staff is available daily, please don't hesitate to reach out if we can help you in any way, our hours are 7:30-3:00. Thanks so much, we are here to help serve you!

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