Immersion Education – Teaching academic content in another language

Hello Fronteras Families!

Congratulations to our top Geo Bee winners: Kaleb Stamoolis earned 1st place, Brayden Kringle earned 2nd place, and Timothy Bridgman earned 3rd. We are super proud of all who participated!

We had an exciting competitive jump rope demonstration this afternoon. Michael Cook, the President of MatSu HiFlyers, brought jumpers from the Fairbanks DEMO team to perform for our student body. The gym was filled with awesome tricks and cheering! Such incredible talent! Check out the flyer in this newsletter for TOMORROW’S jump rope clinic at Cottonwood Creek Elementary!

Thank you to all who chaperoned our Beauty and the Beast field trip on Thursday! We received excellent feedback about our students’ behavior, and the kiddos were all abuzz about the parts they enjoyed the most.

PLEASE NOTE: Fronteras Student-Led Conferences are February 18th. February 17th will be our PD Day, so Fronteras students have a 3 day weekend to enjoy! Grades 1, 2/3, 4/5, and Art will hold conferences in their classrooms. ALL other conferences will be in the gym. Conferences are 7:30-2:30pm.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Most Sincerely,

Mrs. Hutchins

“Nothing is work unless you’d rather be doing something else.” George Halas

Dear Parents,

Thank you to those who volunteered their time to help with this years Saturday of Science. Unfortunately we did not get enough volunteers to make this years event happen. As we consider the future of this event we will be sitting down to discuss different options. Thank you for supporting our school and the students as we learn together.

Brittany Pierce

The next APC Governing Board Meeting will be held on

February 11, 2020

AGENDA

I. Call to Order

II. Pledge of Allegiance: La Promesa de Lealtad a la Bandera Juro lealtad A la bandera de los Estados Unidos de America y a la república que representa una nación bajo Dios indivisible con libertad y justicia para todos.

III. Persons to be Heard

IV. Good Things

V. Business Session

A. Approval of meeting minutes from December 2019

B. Principal Report

C. Treasurer Report

D. Chair Report

E. APC Board Action Calendar Update

VI. Generative Discussion

VII. Future Items/Future Business

Non-Staff Board members need to meet on March 24, 2020 for Principal Hutchins' contract renewal

Regularly Scheduled Board Meeting will be April 14, 2020

VIII. Executive Session (as needed)

IX. Final Actions and Adjournment

APC Governing Board Members:

Jen Manion, Chair

Lynda Denny, Vice Chair

Jennifer Avery, Treasurer

Amanda Strickler, Secretary

Kirsten Mason

Tammy Heimerl

Jody Soeder, CML

John Cyr, CML

Jennifer Hutchins (ex-officio), Principal

Healthy Futures is back for the spring season! Please collect a new log for February in the gym, the front office or at https://healthyfuturesak.org/the-challenge/elementary-schools/

Feel free to get multiple sheets to have on hand for next month too. One helpful idea is to hang on the fridge for kids to record or color in healthy habits days. Recording your healthy choices daily helps create ownership, accountability and establish great habits at any age.

-Mrs. Hill

Please email pictures from sporting events, concerts, After School Enrichment Clubs, etc. to Lynda Denny at olynda.denny@matsuk12.us to be included in this years yearbook!

• PEAKS Testing (3rd-8th Grade) - March 30th to April 3rd via computer
• NWEA MAP Testing (K-8th Grade) - April 20th to May 6th
• AIMS Testing (K-3rd Grade) - May 4th & 5th