WELCOME BACK, HUSKIES!
August 1st, 2022
🦄 MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL KAHLER 🦄
If you need assistance with registering your child, you may find this link to be helpful: https://www.asdk12.org/Page/1445. Our front office staff, Suzie, our Administrative Assistant and Kasey, our Secretary would love to assist you through the registration process and answer any questions about the upcoming school year. You may contact us anytime at (907) 742-3550.
We look forward to seeing you soon as school is right around the corner! Our first day of school for 1st-6th grade students will be on Thursday August 18th, while our Kindergarten students will begin on Thursday August 25th. Our instructional day will begin promptly at 9:00 am and dismissal will begin at 3:30 pm for all elementary students. We look forward to seeing you at our Homestead Back to School Event on Wednesday August 17th from 4:30-6:30 pm. I'm looking forward to meeting you soon!
Sincerely,
Aimee M. Kahler
Principal, Homestead Elementary
907-742-3550
🍎 BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT 🍎
BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
Wed, Aug 17, 2022, 04:30 PM
Homestead Elementary School, Baronoff Avenue, Eagle River, AK, USA
RSVPs are enabled for this event.
❌NO SHOTS, NO SCHOOL❌
Medical, active duty, and religious exemption forms can be found at the ASD Health Services website.
Read more about immunization requirements here.
📸 SCHOOL PORTRAITS 📸
🌻 FALL REGISTRATION IS OPEN 🌻
Our Fall Registration for all returning ASD students is currently open.
You may go ahead and register your child for the 2022-2023 school year right now from the comfort of your home.
You can access registration by using Parent Connect/Quick Links OR you can use the following link for more information: https://www.asdk12.org/Page/3298
You are also able to retrieve your PIN and password there as well. If you need detailed instructions on getting your ParentConnection PIN and password, see the attached document.
If you any help getting your child registered, please contact our front office at (907) 742-3550 anytime beginning on Wednesday July 27th.
Let's see how many Homestead students we can register before August 4th! By registering early, you help us maintain the current amount of teachers for our program. You can help us by registering your child(ren) today.
We will also host in-person registration on the following days and times at Homestead:
- Tuesday, August 2 - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM
- Wednesday, August 3 - 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM & 5:00 to 7:00 PM
- Thursday, August 4 - 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
🎒SCHOOL SUPPLY LIST🎒
Kindergarten Classroom Supply List
1 box Kleenex
Lysol wipes
Baby wipes
1 box of colored pencils (Crayola)
1 box markers (Crayola)
3 box of crayons (Crayola only) 24 pack
2 cans of play-doh (any color)
12 wooden pencils (yellow or neutral, Ticonderoga preferred)
8-10 glue sticks (Avery permanent or Elmer’s) Plain glue, please
1 bottle of white glue
1 pair of children scissors
1 box of quart size Ziplock Bags last names A-M
1 box of gallon size Ziplock Bags last names N-Z
Oversized T-Shirt (to be worn over clothes) with name on the front for art class
Non-marking tennis shoes to be kept at school for PE (name on outside) Velcro unless your child can tie
Backpack
Personal Headphones (over the ears, not earbuds)
Mead folder with pockets to bring to school each day
Crayola watercolor paint 8 colors
Large pink eraser
Optional:
Small dixie water cups
Straws for milk at hot lunch
1st Grade Classroom Supply List
1 pack of 24 Crayola crayons
1 pack of markers
1 bottle of Elmers white glue
2 glue sticks
2 pink erasers
Yellow highlighter
Black expo markers
2 folders with side pocket Please label students name at the top of folder
1 pair scissors
1 pair of gym shoes labeled with student’s name (non-marking soles) these shoes stay at school
OVERSIZED clean white T-shirt (for Art) please write student’s name on front in large print
1 set of headphones labeled with student’s name (not earbuds)
1 box quart Ziploc bags
1 box tissue
1 container disinfectant wipes (i.e. Clorox or Lysol)
- 1 hard sided school box (5 ½”x8”) labeled with name (larger ones do not fit in desk)
2nd Grade Classroom Supply List
1.5 inch Binder (needs to fit in their desk cubby)
8-tab dividers
24 #2 Pencils (Ticonderoga would be ideal)
1 pink eraser
Scissors (pointed)
Crayons – 24 count
Colored pencils
Markers (washable)
4 – Expo markers
Whiteboard eraser (a sock or piece of felt works great)
1 – Fine tip permanent marker
2 – 4 oz glue bottles
2 – glue sticks
2 – plastic pocket folders
2 – spiral notebooks (wide ruled)
Last Name A-M: Tissues
Last Name N-Z: quart sized zip bags
Water bottle (spill proof!)
Gym shoes
Earbuds/headphones
Backpack
3rd Grade Classroom Supply List
- 12 #2 pencils (Ticonderoga is preferred)
- 1- pink eraser
- Scissors
- 1 box of 24 crayons (Crayola preferred)
- 1-package washable markers
- Colored pencils
- Whiteboard eraser (a sock or piece of felt works great)
- 4 glue sticks
- 1-glue bottle
- 1-plastic 3-hole pocket folder (NOT 3 prong)
- 1-pocket folder any style
- 2-wide ruled notebooks (either composition or spiral)
- 2-red correcting pens
- 1 box of tissues
- headphones
- gym shoes (to stay at school)
- water bottle-non-spill lid
- Backpack
- Pencil box or Zipper pencil pouch
Optional (for personal student use)
- Personal travel size tissues
- Hand sanitizer (travel size only, unscented – may be refilled at home when needed)
- Personal, small pencil sharpener that has a holder for shavings.
Inside Recess
- Please send a gallon-sized zip bag filled with items your student may use during indoor recess or for brain breaks. Suggestions: Legos, Playdoh, playing cards, beading projects, art and craft supplies, coloring books
4th Grade Classroom Supply List
24 yellow pencils (USA Gold OR Ticonderoga brand)
Personal pencil sharpener
4 composition notebooks
Math, reading, writing, social studies
4 folders to match composition notebooks (color, design…)
24 crayons
12 colored pencils
10 Crayola Brand thin-tipped markers
1 Pink Pearl brand eraser
1 Plastic Pencil Box
1 pair of children's scissors
Closable leak-proof water bottle; LABELED WITH NAME
Non-marking gym shoes/indoor shoes
4 Black dry erase markers (we will use these daily)
Ruler with inches AND centimeters LABELED WITH NAME
Protractor LABELED WITH NAME
Headphones for computer work LABELED WITH NAME
2 boxes of tissues
5th Grade Classroom Supply List
Backpack
Three-ring binder, 1-inch or 2-inch
Subject dividers for three-ring binder (6 dividers; no pockets)
2 composition books (lined paper, no graph paper)
3 boxes of pencils (#2 lead, pre-sharpened preferred)
12 inch Ruler
Scissors
3-4 Glue Sticks
White glue, small size
Mechanical pencils & spare pencil leads (optional)
1 Red and 1 blue ballpoint pen
1 package colored markers (thin tip only)
1 package colored pencils
3 black fine point dry erase markers (Expo ultra-fine tip preferred)
1 black Sharpie permanent marker, fine point (Art projects)
1 yellow highlighter
Pencil box or another way to store pencils, pens, highlighters, etc...
1 box Ziploc Baggies (Gallon size)
1 or more boxes of Kleenex
Small headphones or earbuds
P.E. shoes (NON-MARKING soles)
6th Grade Classroom Supply List
Three ring binder (trapper keepers are okay)
5 tabbed dividers for binder (w/ pockets is best!)
4 packs college ruled, lined paper
5 single subject spiral notebooks
2 pocket folders
Supply pouch that goes in binder
3 packs pencils (mechanical or #2 are both okay)
Extra led for mechanical pencils
4 yellow highlighters
1 pack red pens
1 pack blue pens
4 black expo markers
8 glue sticks
2 bottles white glue
1 pair of scissors (large/sharp)
2 packs colored pencils
2 dispensers scotch tape
1 pack markers
2 packs index cards (lined)
1 pack sticky notes
4 thin tipped sharpies
1 box kleenex
1 container anti-bacterial wipes
Optional: hard supply box to keep extra supplies at desk.