Dragon Tale
April 2022
Important School Dates:
4/4 - After-School Wrestling
4/5 - AK STAR Assessments Begin
4/6 - After-School Wrestling
4/7 - Site Council Meeting @ 3:30
4/11 - After-School Wrestling
4/13 - Community Council Meeting @ 1:30
4/13 - After-School Wrestling
4/15 - AK STAR Assessments End
4/15 - All-School Easter Egg Hunt
4/18 - After-School Wrestling
4/20 - Last After School Wrestling
4/21 - Kindergarten Registration Day @ 10:50
4/22 - Last Day To Order Art Note Cards
A Message From Mr. Swanson
The State Test for education, Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) is happening. This week, beginning on Tuesday, 5 Apr 22, our 3rd grade students will start our testing by taking the Language Arts portion of the test online. All of our 3rd-6th grade students will be participating in the tests that cover Language Arts and Math over the next two weeks and any students who miss tests will be able to make them up over the following two weeks that end Apr 15. This is the first year of this form of testing both in content and form. The content has been aligned to the Alaska State Standards and students will be taking the test entirely online. This necessitates them taking the test on a computer or approved device. Students and teachers have been practicing testing and those efforts are indicating that students are ready for this testing. McNeil students have always done very well on these tests and we do not anticipate anything less this year.
You will be receiving your students results in the mail in Sep of this year. As before, the test results are closely analyzed and it is important that students do their very best on these tests. It is also important your child is fed and well rested over these next two weeks.
Art Note Card Fundraiser
Site Council Meeting - Thursday, April 7th @ 3:30
Community Council Meeting - Wednesday, April 13th @ 1:30
FY23 Kindergarten Registration Day
Summer Skills Books
Easter Egg Hunt
April Spotlight Students
Dragon Cafe - April Menu
Inkjet Cartridge Recycling
Our school can raise money by collecting used inkjet printer cartridges. Cartridges may be collected from home, a parent’s place of employment, and from their co-workers. Please drop used cartridges off at the front office. Thanks for helping our school with this recycling project.
Pre-Arranged Absences
McNeil Canyon Elementary School
Email: joverson@kpbsd.k12.ak.us
Website: kpbsd.org/schools/mcneil-canyon/
Location: 52188 East End Rd, Homer, AK, USA
Phone: 907-235-8181
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/McNeilCanyon/