Arctic Light K-8
January 21, 2020
School Start Times
How about starting school at 8:00am?
In scenarios #2 & 3 (see below) we would start at 8:00am but in scenarios #1 & 4 we would start at 9:30am and 9:15am respectfully.
School Staff also need to be heard.
Come to the Town Hall meetings at the below times to hear other thoughts and share your own. Town Hall meeting schedule is below.
News:
Primary Prep Schedule - returns to normal https://drive.google.com/file/d/1qvxPM-E71U3MVayH8Q3OPeOlWUReUW8f/view?usp=sharing
Box TOPS - send them to room #58.
Kids Voting News - https://drive.google.com/open?id=19hQA_lklPtG-8EWwcBOC616i5uWVakQI
Kids Voting Grant - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1ZDt4WN_QWlD0XbsFQd3b0xB-qjY2uZGu
MOAs for Extra Work - we have two areas we want to hire two staff: 1). grow our SEL program from within 2). improve our Encores with new reporting system and Career Pathways. The work would need to be completed by June 30th. Let me know if you are interested.
Non-Tenured Standard - upload artifacts for Domain 1 & 4. Your final observation review and review of your artifact needs to be scheduled.
All Learning is Social and Emotional
Chp 3 Emotional Regulation
Key Points
- Identifying emotions
- Emotional self-perception
- Impulse Control
- Delaying gratification
- Stress Management
- Copy
Real ID Update:
Current pass holders who will need military installation access for the 2020-2021 school year will need to have a Real ID compliant identification to access Fort Wainwright and Eielson Air Force Base starting October 1, 2020. Information about how to obtain a Real ID is located here: https://doa.alaska.gov/dmv/akol/ID%20News.htm . It is recommended that you make plans to obtain your ID early as DMV is expecting longer wait times as the summer time and deadline approaches.
Calendar:
Jan 20th - MLK Day - No School
Jan 21st - BUG Club Awards (starting 10:30am) and Terrific Kids Visits (starting 1pm)
Jan 21st - PLC school focus: Review and Confirm Semester Reminders and begin planning for Math Common Assessment. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1SCQRS72SGd1Oozx7OqRvlN_-ZhHe5IBtnsAxtu9zP0c/edit?usp=sharing
Jan 22nd - Staff Meeting - Bring your headphones and laptops for videos. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1CrMeSMatxjtwbWiIE5BUPcL_hQOSAinBNwZxex57w90/edit?usp=sharing
Jan 23rd - School Start Times Meeting: LADD 4:00 - 5:30pm. Tanana Middle 6:30-8:00pm
Jan 24th - 8am PTA Breakfast
Jan 24-26 - MTSS Conference in Anchorage
Jan 27 - Title I Team Meeting, 9:00am - 12:30pm downtown
Feb 3rd - ELL testing begins
Feb 7th - Spelling Bee, 1:30pm in Commons
Feb 13th - Arctic Light Black History Month Celebration: 1:45PM & 5:30PM
Feb 22nd - Science Fair forms due. Set-up Feb 25th
March 9-13th - Spring Break
March 16-27th - Third and final TOP Survey. Results out April 3rd.
Get Started Today! Arctic Light Joins the District "Step" Challenge
We need all "Step Counters" to join the February Challenge across the district.
The below directions guide you to join the Wellness App which engages you in the monthly district challenges.
1. Go to www.motionconnected.com/app
2. Click to download the app from the Apple or Google store and then click “Create Account”
o If you’re on a desktop/computer, click “Create Account on Desktop”
3. Once on the account activation page use code: F88-XD462-F02.
4. Fill out the remaining information & click “Submit.”
5. Connect your device by using Directions for linking an activity tracker
6. To join the challenge, go to your Message Board, find the Leap Year Shuffle message and “Click here to join”
Promote Positive Student Behavior with the Arty Awards
Confidential Talk
Lift Every Voice and Sing - Lyrics
For the program we will only be singing the first stanza,
Lift every voice and sing
Till earth and heaven ring,
Ring with the harmonies of Liberty;
Let our rejoicing rise
High as the listening skies,
Let it resound loud as the rolling sea.
Sing a song full of the faith that the dark past has taught us,
Sing a song full of the hope that the present has brought us,
Facing the rising sun of our new day begun
Let us march on till victory is won.
Stony the road we trod,
Bitter the chastening rod,
Felt in the days when hope unborn had died;
Yet with a steady beat,
Have not our weary feet
Come to the place for which our fathers sighed?
We have come over a way that with tears has been watered,
We have come, treading our path through the blood of the slaughtered,
Out from the gloomy past,
Till now we stand at last
Where the white gleam of our bright star is cast.
God of our weary years,
God of our silent tears,
Thou who has brought us thus far on the way;
Thou who has by Thy might Led us into the light,
Keep us forever in the path, we pray.
Lest our feet stray from the places, our God, where we met Thee,
Lest, our hearts drunk with the wine of the world, we forget Thee;
Shadowed beneath Thy hand,
May we forever stand.
True to our God,
True to our native land.
Lift Every Voice and Sing - History
Many people are surprised to learn that "Lift Every Voice and Sing" was first written as a poem. Created by James Weldon Johnson, it was performed for the first time by 500 school children in celebration of President Lincoln's Birthday on February 12, 1900 in Jacksonville, FL. The poem was set to music by Johnson's brother, John Rosamond Johnson, and soon adopted by the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) as its official song. Today “Lift Every Voice and Sing” is one of the most cherished songs of the African American Civil Rights Movement and is often referred to as the Black National Anthem.