Wrangell High School Newsletter
March 5, 2019
Important Dates
March 5-9: Basketball Regions @ Sitka
March 6: 3rd quarter ends
March 7 - 8: Spring Break - NO SCHOOL
March 9: SAT
March 10: Daylight Saving Time Begins
March 12 - 13: WHS/SMS Parent Teacher Conferences 3:30 - 6:30pm
March 14 - 16: Basketball State @ Anchorage
March 17: St. Patrick's Day
March 18: Regular School Board Meeting @ 6:30 pm in EES Gym
March 25 - 28: PEAKS Testing
March 26: Borough Assembly/ School Board Work Session re: Budget @ 5:30 pm in City Hall
Parents/Students
PEAKS Testing Dates
SMS/ WHS will be taking our computer based state assessment known as PEAKS (Performance Evaluation for Alaska Schools) from March 25 through 29th. 3rd-9th graders will take the ELA and Math assessment. Grades 4, 8, and 10 will also take the science portion of the PEAKS.
With regards to the PEAKS assessment, parents and community members who are interested in learning more about the summative assessment are encouraged to check-out the Online Tools Training (also known as the OTT) by accessing the links via this document: https://education.alaska.gov/tls/Assessments/Peaks/QuickGuide-AccessingPEAKS_OTT.pdf. The OTT is accessible to students, educators, parents, and community to see what kinds of questions their student will be answering. Test questions are not scored and answers are not saved. The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development (DEED) encourages everyone to utilize these tools to become familiar with the assessments.
In addition, DEED has also created video tutorials for PEAKS. The video tutorials can be accessed via this document: https://education.alaska.gov/tls/Assessments/Peaks/QuickGuide-AccessingPEAKS_StudentTutorials.pdf
A resource page for PEAKS can also be found on the Alaska DEED website: https://education.alaska.gov/assessments/peaks
MAP Testing Dates
Activities
Basketball
Boys Friday
Varsity: Wrangell 52 Petersburg 58
Boys Saturday
Varsity: Wrangell 38 Petersburg 57
Girls Friday
Varsity: Wrangell 38 Petersburg 23
Girls Saturday
Varsity: Wrangell 34 Petersburg 25
Best of luck at Regions, Wolves!! 2A Games begin Wednesday at 11:30 am. Schedule below.
Regions Schedule
State Basketball
COUNSELOR'S CORNER
Just a reminder: the WHS counselor, Aimee Romeijn, has her website updated with many useful resources for parents and students. Please be sure to check it out: Counselor's Corner
Lisa Murkowski summer internship opportunity
Seniors have an opportunity through Lisa Murkowski's office to participate in a summer internship for just-graduated Alaskan high school students. Information is available at https://www.murkowski.senate.gov/assistance/students/internships. Please see Ms. Romeijn for printed application packets.
The deadline to apply for the Summer High School Internship is March 15. Applicants are strongly urged to submit their applications via fax (202-224-5301 Attn: Intern Coordinator) or e-mail (to krystal_edens@murkowski.senate.gov) as the Senate’s mail screening procedures can significantly delay delivery and late applications will not be considered.
Wrangell School District and Community Announcements
AAU Games
Game Schedule:
- Girls B team 10 am
- Boys B team 11:30 am
- Girls A team 1 pm
- Boys A team 2:30 pm?
Job Positions
Wrangell Public Schools is accepting applications for the following positions for the 2018-2019 school year:
- Custodian: This is a 12-month position with benefits paid on Column F of the Classified Personnel Salary Schedule. Responsibilities include assisting the maintenance director with repairs and maintenance of the buildings, keeping our school complex clean and assisting with setting up rooms for classes, large presentations and business meetings as needed.
- Paraprofessional: This is a part-time, 9-month instructional aide position working with students, 5.75 hours per day in small groups and one-on-one in the Migrant, Special Education, Title I or Regular Education Programs. Payment is based on Column B-D of the Classified Salary Schedule. An associates degree or equivalent is preferred but not required. For a complete job description and salary schedule, please contact the district office at 874-2347.
- Substitute Employees: These are temporary, on-call positions working as needed to cover teacher, secretary, paraprofessional or custodian absences. Substitutes are paid as noted on the Substitute Employee Pay Scale.
All positions are Open Until Filled. For complete job descriptions and salary information, please contact the district office. It is Wrangell Public School District's policy to not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin, sex or disability.
Wrangell Junior League Baseball
The Nolan Center Theater Presents
The Lego Movie 2
Showtimes: March 8-10
Fri-Sun, 7pm nightly
Rated PG, 1hr 47min
Animation, Action, Adventure
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3513498/
Next week showing: Alita:Battle Angel
Newsletter Additions
Wrangell High School
Email: mpowell@wpsd.us
Website: www.wpsd.us
Location: 312 Reid Street, Wrangell, AK, USA
Phone: (907) 874-3395
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WrangellPublicSchools/