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For the health and safety of our students and staff, kindly switch off your vehicle's engine while waiting in the drop off/pick up line.

Thank you!

As part of The Alaska Reads Act, the State of Alaska requires that districts administer an early literacy screening tool three times a year to students in grades K-3 to identify potential reading difficulties in order to improve reading outcomes for students. Families can read more about this comprehensive K-3 reading policy at The Alaska Reads Act website: education.alaska.gov/akreads

mClass with DIBELS 8th Edition Assessments is the State of Alaska Department of Education’s and ASD’s Early Literacy benchmark screening and progress monitoring tool for students in grades K-3 in reading. mClass utilizes curriculum-based measures and is used by schools as part of the ASD Comprehensive Assessment System to support informed instructional decisions.

The Alaska Department of Education & Early Development explains the decision to adopt mClass as the statewide literacy screener here:

https://education.alaska.gov/Alaska-Reading-Resources/Statewide-Early-Literacy-Screener

mClass screening assessments will only be administered in-person during the benchmark window listed below:

• Spring(EOY) 2023-24: April 22-May 3

Results for K-3 students that were assessed during a benchmark window, will be available in Parent Connect by May 17, 2024: ParentConnection Login Information and Reference Guide: parentconnect.asdk12.org

School is in session from 9:00AM - 3:30 PM from Tues-Fri. There will be supervision of students from 8:40-3:45. The first bell rings at 8:50. Students should be lined up and ready to go into the classroom at that time. The late bell rings at 9:00. Please have students come to the office for an admit slip if they arrive after the 9:10 bell.

Late start Mondays have students starting at 10:00AM - 3:30 PM. The first bell rings at 9:50. Students should be lined up and ready to go into the classroom at that time. The late bell rings at 10:00. Students also have the option to come in early at 8:35 AM with staff supervision. Have your student(s) enter in the front door into the office.

Students should be picked up by 3:45pm. Students that are still at school after 3:50pm will need a parent or guardian to come in and sign them out.

Below are important dates for the fall 2024 lottery:

• March 29, 2024 – Parent notifications will be released at 5:00pm.
• March 29, 2024 – The lottery system will begin accepting applications for the fall 2024-2025 lottery.
• July 19, 2024 – The lottery closes for applications at 5:00pm.
• July 23, 2024 – The lottery runs.
• July 26, 2024 – Parent notifications of lottery results go out at 5:00pm.
• July 26, 2024 – The lottery closes to applications until February 2025.

• Please only pick students up from the curbside pick up lane. It is extremely dangerous to have students crossing multiple lanes of traffic.
• Please be mindful of your speed as you travel through the pick up lane. Our young running wolves are out and about and we want to be sure they get to their destination safely.
• Students in grades K-4 should not be crossing the crosswalk to the parking lot without an adult. Please accompany your child across the crosswalk when coming to pick them up.
• Please do not park or drop off on the cross walk.
• Thank you for minding the traffic flow of our pick up loop. Please refer to the picture below to review our pick up traffic flow.

We’re going to end the year with a BANG! Students have an opportunity to audition to be a part of this year’s Talent Show. In order to keep the Talent Show to an hour, not all students who audition will be in this year’s show. Please be prepared for this possibility. I have attached the permission slip needed to audition.

• Audition Dates: Wednesday, April 17th, OR Thursday, April 18th, from 3:30pm-5:00pm in the Music Room
• Talent Show Date: Friday, May 3rd, at 1:45pm (school assembly) & 6:30pm in the Gym. All performers must stay until the end of the show for the final bow.
• Mandatory Dress Rehearsal: Thursday, May 2nd from 3:30pm-5:30pm in the Gym. Performers must attend the Dress Rehearsal and must stay for the entire time. Performers who leave early or fail to attend the Dress Rehearsal will be removed from the final performance.

All acts need to be PERFORMANCE READY at the audition time. A performance ready act includes the following characteristics and has the following requirements:

• Acts may not exceed two (2) minutes. Shorter acts are appreciated to allow more students to participate.
• The act must be performed from beginning to end without stopping or restarting.
• All acts should be entertaining and fun to watch!
• All music, dancing, and acts must be elementary appropriate.
• Absolutely NO lip-syncing. An accompanist or a karaoke type CD must accompany all singers unless sung a cappella.
• To add variety to the show, there will be a limited number of the same type of acts.
• Students may participate in one (1) solo performance and one (1) group performance with a maximum of two acts.
• Dancing, Singing, Instrumental/Piano Performance, Magic Tricks, Poetry Readings, Karate Demonstrations, Juggling, Comedy Routines, Hula Hooping, etc., are appreciated to make our Talent Show interesting and fun!
• The decision of the judges is final and must be respected.

Good luck and practice hard! Auditions are right around the corner.

Girls on the Run (GOTR) is hosting a 5K Celebration on Saturday, May 11th at Kincaid Park! We are so excited to cheer on the Rogers Park GOTR team and celebrate all that they have accomplished.

This event is open to the community to run alongside the GOTR girls or simply cheer them on from the sidelines.Thank you for your support of GOTR.

Have relatives traveling to Alaska this summer? Remodeling? The Anchorage School District is looking for RV travelers to park and provide a presence at school facilities (especially at new to sixth-grade middle schools) this year. The ASD Camper Host Program is accepting applications for the Summer 2024 season. Applicants must be 21, pass a basic background check, and have current insurance for their RV. Click the ASD Camper Host page for more information. Applications will be accepted beginning February 5

2024-2025 in-person registration information is available in the documents linked below.

• Principals should post their school's in-person registration dates on their website.
• Secondary Education recommends at least one evening in-person registration window for parents who have conflicts during the day.

Please share this information with school families and community:

• Elementary Registration Information
• Secondary Registration Information

Dear Camp Fire Families,

We want to inform you of some important changes to our School Age Program for the 2024-2025 school year. Due to the Anchorage School District school start time changes to take effect in August 2024, our program offerings will change.

All Camp Fire Alaska program locations will only offer an extended afterschool program from 2:30pm-6:00pm daily to accommodate the new school schedule. The shortened window before school start time does not allow us to provide a morning program, therefore, Camp Fire Alaska will no longer be able to offer before school programs.

Camp Fire Afterschool Program cost will be $560/month. If you are a family who will need financial assistance to attend Camp Fire program next school year, please read about our scholarship process here.

We recognize that these changes will have a significant impact on families, and we are continuing to work closely with other out-of-school-time partners, the Anchorage School District, and the Alaska Afterschool Network to help families and the community make this transition. You can learn more about the new school schedules and access resources here to plan for next school year.

Camp Fire registration for the 2024-2025 school year will open Wednesday, March 20th at 10am AKST for all currently enrolled families, and on March 22nd at 10am AKST for all other families.

Please reach out to our Family Services Manager at campfire@campfireak.org or call our main office with any questions or concerns.

Thank you,

Mel Hooper, CEO

Camp Fire Alaska

Give your kids an extra advantage this summer and enroll them in the JA Biz Kids Summer Camp in Anchorage, AK! Students will learn the basics of business, entrepreneurship, financial literacy, and workforce readiness skills in fun, hands-on activity-based lessons.

Sessions

Session 1: June 5 - 8th

Session 2: June 12 - 15th

Camp will be held at the University of Alaska Anchorage

Monday - Thursday from 9 AM - 3:30 PM Daily

Additional information is available at: akbizkidcamp.com

• We are so excited to sponsor the Alaska Sea Life Center visit to Rogers Park. Thank you so much to Ms. Kaltenborn for organizing this educational experience for all of our students.
• We're also so happy to provide snacks for AK Star and 5th grade science testing in early April and bussing for a number of field trips. Good luck to all of our students (and teachers) who are testing this month!
• We are seeking a volunteer to coordinate Teacher Appreciation Week which is generally the first week in May. If you can support us in showing our appreciation to our amazing teachers and school staff, please email us at rogers.park.pta@gmail.com. We will have smaller volunteer and donation opportunities available as well, so please be on the lookout for more information soon.
• Here are some of our upcoming events:
• April 12th Family Game Night (6:30-8 pm)
• April 25th Next Membership meeting in the school library and on Zoom.
• April 26th Family Multi-cultural Potluck (6-8pm)
• May 3rd Super Sweepers Clean Up Event at Rogers Park (3:30 or immediately after dismissal)

Apr 1-31 School Library Month

Apr 4 School Librarian Appreciation Day

Apr 12 *6:30-8:00pm* PTA Family Trivia Game Night

Apr 18 *6:00pm - 7:30pm* PTA Meeting (Library/Zoom)

Apr 19 NO SCHOOL - ASD Closure Day

Apr 26 Spring Picture Day