MUSTANG MINUTE
AUGUST
August 22, 2022
Greetings Mustangs,
Week two is officially underway! Thank you for working with us to have as smooth of a start to the year as possible. We understand that the busing situation impacts our families differently and we are hopeful that there will be a resolution in the near future.
I hope to see you at Back to School Night this Thursday! Parents, students, and staff working together will certainly benefit our school community. We want to partner with you to provide the best high school experience possible for our Mustangs. Please reference the invitation in today’s Mustang Minute.
Megan Hatswell
Chugiak High School Principal
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Thursday Night, August 25, 6:30 p.m. until 8 p.m.
Welcome New Mustangs and Welcome Back Returning Mustangs!
The staff and administration cordially invites you to attend our annual “Back to School Night” Thursday, the 25th of August. Chugiak High School will be open for you to visit your student’s classrooms and touch base with their teachers! Our evening will start at 6:30 in the Steve Primis Auditorium and last until 8:00PM. We hope you will join us in making those connections, which are so important for our student’s success in school. Please have your student's schedule with you or we can print one for you.
Thursday, Aug 25, 2022, 06:30 PM
Chugiak High School, South Birchwood Loop Road, Chugiak, AK, USA
Blue Passes
Please note that with the new traffic pattern we are limited in the ability for families to pick up students in the afternoon with a blue pass. If you know that you have an appointment after school please have your blue pass issued for before 1:30 pm so that we are able to get students out of the parking lot on time.
Gas Cards
ASD is offering gas card assistance for full time CHS students and families that are impacted by the bus shortages. Please fill out the google form linked here and our office will be in touch to distribute cards.
Activities Update
As another week of sports has come and gone, we want to congratulate all our athletes on a job well done. Whether we win or lose, we do it as a family! Keep up the great work Mustangs!
Please remember to fill out your parking form on the CHS Webpage and come to the activities office to get your parking permit. They are FREE, but the form is mandatory for parking on school grounds.
Sports starting soon:
Riflery- Coach Fernandez, fernandez_rebecca@asdk12.org
Practices start Aug. 24th
Bowling- Coach Richardson
Practices start Sept. 26th
E-Sports- Coach Yarger, yarger_john@asdk12.org
Practices start Sept 26th
Wrestling- Coach Bailey,
Practices start Sept. 28th
Have another great week Mustangs!!
-Activities Office
Parking Update:
Mustangs, thank you for your grace and patience as we work through our first few weeks of our new traffic patterns. We have made adjustments to try and make traffic flow more smoothly. For the morning drop off, please remember to drive forward towards the pool doors to drop off your student. The pool doors and the cafeteria doors are unlocked for student dropoff.
The afternoon pickup is a slower process and we appreciate your patience. If you arrive early please follow our parking attendants instructions to keep the parking flow organized. When leaving the parking lot please follow hand signals from parking attendants so we can quickly get you on your way.
CLASS CHANGE REQUESTS
Counselors are working hard to accommodate class change requests. The last day to submit class change requests is Thursday, August 25th.
Please check our website for links to the form if you have an elective request change. Please note the following as you make requests:
ALL Class changes need to be submitted via the google form
Class changes are intended to change elective options. Please do not request teacher changes.
The counseling team will work hard to accommodate student needs in the best way possible, but please note not all class changes are available due to class caps
Class changes will be accommodated as quickly as possible. Please allow your counselor a few days to get to your request.
The last day to submit class change requests is this Thursday, August 25th.
Bell Schedule
Chugiak High follows a modified block schedule. The link to our bell schedule can be found here.
ATTENDANCE EXPECTATIONS
We know that attending school is important. But did you know that school attendance is a powerful predictor of student outcomes and student success? We can’t teach our students if they don’t come to school! The article linked here has tips for parents and educators on strategies to encourage strong attendance and the impacts on chronic absenteeism.
For Chugiak High School specific attendance questions please contact Ms. White at 907-742-3069 and reference our attendance information sheet here that will help aide with school start time, blue passes, admit slips, pre-arranged absences and instructions to report your child absent or late to school.
CELL PHONE POLICY
While in class students are expected to be active and engaged in the coursework. This includes limiting access to cell phones. Please review our student handbook for detailed expectations and consequences for cell phone misuse. We believe that teaching students responsible cell phone use is an important standard for success in today’s society. Students may freely access cell phones before school, after school, during lunch, and passing periods. We appreciate the support of our parents and students in our pursuit of academic engagement.
STUDENT ACCIDENT AND SICKNESS COVERAGE
This is a reminder that Anchorage School District does not provide medical coverage for student injuries. However, ASD has made available an option for families to purchase a low-cost student accident insurance program.
The new Voluntary Student Accident Insurance Cover Letter can be found here,
Information is available at your school's front office, online at www.myers-stevens.com, or by calling 800-827-4695. Bilingual services are available
ACTIVITIES HANDBOOK
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Chugiak High School
Website: asdk12.org/Chugiakhigh
Location: 16525 South Birchwood Loop Road, Chugiak, AK, USA
Phone: 907-742-3050
Twitter: @ChugiakHS