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Chinook News for Wk of 10/9-10/13
Your oh-FISH-al school newsletter!
COMING UP...
This Week: 10/9-10/13
10/9-10/13 - ART week
10/9-10/13 - National School Lunch Week
10/9-10/13 - PE: L. Saltzman INSIDE AND Straubinger OUTSIDE
- MON, 10/9 - Indigenous Peoples Day / No Students or Staff
- TUE, 10/10 - Indigenous Peoples' Day Celebration at ANCCS (more info below)
- TUE, 10/10 - PTA Meeting via Zoom (more info below)
- WED, 10/11 - After school soccer, permission required
- FRI, 10/13 - Chinook Spirit Day - wear logo wear or blue/red
- FRI, 10/13 - Last day for candy donations (more info below)
- SAT, 10/14 - Chinook PTA Trunk or Treat (more info below)
Looking ahead...
- 10/16 - After school soccer, permission required
- 10/18 - After school soccer, permission required
- 10/19 - School Picture Retakes
- 10/20 - End of 1st Quarter / Grading Day / No Students
- 10/23 - After school soccer, permission required
- 10/25 - Parent/Teacher Conferences / Early Release @ 12:30
- 10/26 - Parent/Teacher Conferences / Early Release @ 12:30
- 10/27 - Professional Development Day / No Students
Let's not lose focus, everyday counts! (Our goal is 90%)!
Let's be prepared for outside play!
The Alaska Reads Act
K-3 Families...
Watch the video below or LINK HERE for more info on how to read the report and interpret the scores.
W.I.N. stands for What I Need
Who: 3rd-6th grade Boys/Girls
When: Mondays and Wednesdays from 3:30-4:30 starting October 2nd
(10/2, 10/4, 10/11,10/16,10/18,10/23)
👇🍫 Help us get ready for our 10/14 TRUNK OR TREAT🍬👇
Join us for our annual Trunk or Treat on 10/14...
Use the QR Code or LINK here to pre purchase your wristbands, sign up to host a trunk, or volunteer via a survey monkey.
- $5 for one person
- $20 for the whole family
- Chinook front office will deliver pre purchased wristbands to students prior to the event.
- ** NOTE from PTA **, to use the giveback website, it makes you ask for a tip prior to checkout. We are unable to turn that feature off. Please click "custom tip" and enter "0" ZERO dollars.
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* REPEAT * We LOVE our Chinook Volunteers
Please visit https://www.asdk12.org/volunteer and fill out the online application and waiver. Every volunteer needs to be approved at the start of each school year. Please complete this process ASAP, as you do need to be approved prior to being able to help in our school. This process can take between 5-10 days.
* REPEAT * Come work with us!
- Do you want to join our Chinook team?
- Do you know of a strong educator that would be great on our Chinook team?
To best educate your students, our goal is to have ALL positions filled with high quality staff. Help us do that by getting the word out...
We are hiring for this year (23/24):
- Teacher Substitute (ongoing recruitment)
- Front office Secretary
- Preschool Paraprofessional
Chinook Snapshots...
Chinook Mission and Vision Statement
Mission: Develop collaborative, self aware students who are able to persevere in school and life.
Vision: We, the staff and students at Chinook Elementary, commit ourselves to working together to provide a positive and safe school environment that strives to meet the needs of our diverse community of learners.
Email: rucksdashel_lori@asdk12.org
Website: https://www.asdk12.org/chinook
Location: 3101 W 88th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99502, USA
Phone: 907-742-6700
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AKChinookElementary/