Sayéik: GastiNEWS!!
January 31, 2024
Principal's Note
Hello SGCS families,
We've had a busy month: snow days, remote learning days, the Spelling Bee, and the Battle of the Books. All this in the midst of community wide conversations about our budget crisis and school restructuring. Please read on to learn about the Bee, the Battle, and what you can to to contribute to the conversation about hte future of our school district.
Bring on February!!
Stacy Diouf
SGCS Principal
907-796-5075
JSD Needs your input!
In case you haven't heard, the JSD School Board is looking at reconfiguring our school structure. There are five models that are curently being considered. Four of the five models include a significant change in the elementary school model. In all models sixth graders attend elementary school. In four of the models, elementary schools are "paired" and one school is a PreK-3rd grade school and the other schools is a 4th-6th grade school. This would mean Sayeik: Gastineau and Harborview would be paired and one of our schools would be PreK-3rd and one of our schools would be for 4th-6th graders. We encourage you to read about the five models and participate in the conversation.
In order to gather input, the Alaska Association of School Boards (AASB) is facilitating Community Engagement Forums. Please attend if you can:
In person:
Wednesday, January 31, from 5:00-6:30 pm in the Thunder Mountain High School Library
Tuesday, February 6 from 5:00-6:30 in the Juneau Douglas High School: Yaddaa at Kale Library
Virtual:
Monday, February 5, from 5:00-6:00 via Zoom
The JSD School Board is holding a Public Forum on Thursday, February 1, from 5:30-7:00 at the DHMS Library.
SPELLING BEE!
We held our SGCS Spelling Bee earlier this month. The students did a fantastic job - thanks to all those who participated!
Our winner was Carina Conger! Our Runner-Up is Daisy Nelson. Both of them go on to represent our school in the District Spelling Bee tonight. Good luck!!
Battle of the Books
the District Battle on February 7th (DZ Library at 6:00). You are welcome to join us!
Book Fair
The library is hosting a Scholastic Book Fair February 12-16th! This is a fundraising event for our library that gives students access to a wide selection of inexpensive books (along with journals, bookmarks, posters, and writing tools).
We need volunteers during library classes to help make the book fair go smoothly. Please email Ms. Brann (diana.brann@juneauschools.org) to sign up for a volunteer slot. Volunteers will help with tasks such as helping students find books, reading to students, helping with wish lists, or helping with the register.
Activate an e-Wallet for your student(s), a cashless account that you can set up ahead of time! It is easy to set up by visiting our book fair homepage here . Look for the e-Wallet button at the bottom of the page. For a video with more information, go here
**A new e-Wallet must be set up for each fair. If your child had $ left over from our fall fair you should have received a gift card from Scholastic. These can be easily converted into a new e-wallet by going to our book fair website.
If you would like to contribute to our school wide book fund so that every child can buy a book please add to the Book Fairy's E-Wallet account. *Although it says 3rd grade, $ will be used for every grade.*