The Raven's Call
Raven Homeschool
May 2019 Edition
Dear Raven Families,
Welcome to Raven's Call, your digital newsletter to keep you up to date on all things Raven. This monthly newsletter via SMORE will have an overview of highlights from each of our 6 Raven offices. Within this electronic version of our newsletter, you have easy-access to your local office news and resources by clicking on links within each section.
We are looking forward to another successful year and hope you will share pictures of your learning adventures with your local offices to be included throughout the year.
If you would like a printed copy, please contact your local office.
If you have questions, please contact Maegan, mmascagno@yksd.com.
- Raven Homeschool
From the Director's Desk:
Raven STEM Extravaganza and Water Safety
Raven has partnered with Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team to host two opportunities focused on STEM and Water Safety in Anchorage and Wasilla! Alaska Dive Search Rescue and Recovery Team will demonstrate a mock search and recovery mission. They will show hands on applications of specialized equipment: Sector Scan Sonar, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROV), Underwater Communications, and Lift Bags. Students will observe the process, have some hands-on applications, and assist as the team recovers a locked safe full of fun surprises from the bottom of the local lake.
Objectives:
STEM Applications
Water Rescue and Safety
Life Jacket Use
Career Explorations
Event 1:
When: May 21, 2019
Where: Behind Sand Lake Elementary
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Event 2:
When: May 23, 2019
Where: Matanuska Lake, Palmer
Time: 2:30 PM - 4:30 PM
Computer Reimbursement Program - 19/20 School Year
Starting July 1, 2019, we will offer an updated Computer Reimbursement Program. Families will be able to purchase a student or family computer out of pocket rather than utilizing our other computer options. Families will be reimbursed out of the family allotment with yearly payments. More information to come during our Program-Wide PAC Meeting on Wednesday, May 1st, at 2pm!
Program-Wide PAC Meeting - May 1st:
Join us for our last Program-Wide PAC Meeting of the 18/19 school year on Wednesday, May 1st, at 2pm! We will meet to discuss several important topics and to share information for the next school year. RSVP with your local office.
100 Miles in May - Join Team Raven!
Join the MOVE-ment! Your activity counts toward your 100 Miles in May. Challenge your family, friends, and coworkers to a healthy month of daily physical activity. Support the Healthy Futures program and WIN cool prizes!
Support Healthy Futures: Donations Received from the 100 Miles in May Challenge Go Directly Towards Programming to EMPOWER YOUTH TO BUILD THE HABIT OF DAILY PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.
Raven has made a team donation. Participants are not required to donate additional pledges. While they are welcome to support the cause, we are just encouraging everyone to participate. The more people we have participating, the more fun we have and the more awareness there is for Healthy Futures.
Join today!
Go to: https://100miles.healthyfuturesak.org/teams/544
Team: Raven Homeschool
Student Recognition:
Lisette Savok - Anchorage office
The Anchorage office would like to nominate Lisette Savok. This is Lisette's first year with Raven. She is successfully completing online courses and community based courses. Lisette is taking a full schedule including Spanish and will earn 7 credits this year. She has shown courage, tenacity in reaching her goals, and has made excellent progress this year. She has also maintained a positive attitude during Raven activities. Raven is proud of what she has accomplished academically this year.
Kimberley Crawford - Delta office
Darrell Lake - Eagle River office
Earl Hafford - Fairbanks office
The Raven Fairbanks Office would like to nominate Earl Hafford for student recognition, Earl has been a model student to Raven Homeschool since 2003 equating to over 15 years of commitment. The Hafford family is no stranger to Raven, as Earl will be the fourth child from the family to graduate and transition to the University of Alaska. He consistently attends Raven’s Art class in addition to dedicating numerous hours to serving in a leadership role at his church, volunteering in the community and focusing on his academics to maintain his “A” average. He is also a multi-talented student who began playing the piano as early as second grade and transitioned to playing the guitar and the fiddle with the Young Native Fiddlers. During Earl’s free time, he participates in Taekwondo where he earned a black-belt and faithfully devotes his time and talent to the church’s worship team. After Earl graduates from Raven Homeschool, class of 2019, he will transition to the University of Alaska where he was awarded a student scholarship to attend the UAF Summer Music Academy.
Payson Clark - Juneau office
Payson Clark is an 11th grade Raven Homeschool student in Haines, Alaska. She spent her spring break in Juneau at University of Alaska Southeast attending their Exploration Career Education Program. UAS Career Exploration was instrumental in helping her focus her goals on what she is really interested in pursuing post high school; to pursue a Paramedic degree with her sights set on being a flight paramedic one day. She is ETT certified and will be completing her EMT course in early 2020 when she turns 18. Conversations with wonderful, local health care providers in Haines have also been helpful in encouraging her towards her interests. She has inspiring role models to look up to locally. She has been researching local plants to harvest and use in a cosmetic botanical business she is growing. She’s a year into this process and has two shelf stable products. She hopes to add to her product line with more research while debuting her business in local stores by this summer, with a more diverse line by 2020.
Traeton Adams - Wasilla office
Traeton Adams is a determined, disciplined 4th grade student with Wasilla Raven Homeschool. He loves sports especially hockey and football.
This winter Traeton played his first ever season of comp hockey for the Eagle River Blue Devils 10u minor team. The first 4 weeks of the season Traeton juggled playing football and hockey, as well as keeping up on his schooling. He sometimes would end hockey practice and rush over to football practice, or vise versa. His goaltending skills were put to a much higher test this season as the level of play and skill was a whole new level. Traeton’s team competed in the leftover turkey shootout over Thanksgiving weekend where he backstopped his team to a tournament championship. Traeton and his fellow goalie partner spent many extra hours in training than his other teammates. On top of regular practice 3 days a week, he had an hour of practice in Anchorage at the Alaska Goaltending Academy’s facility on Monday nights, an hour of goalie only practice on Sunday nights, as well as practicing with other teams that needed a goalie. Traeton’s team entered the state tournament as the 9th place team out of 11.....and had to play the hardest tournament schedule of any other team. In pool play they had to play the #2 Fairbanks Grizzlies, #1 Hockey Club Fairbanks and #5 Alaska Oilers. The team ended pool play in 4th place out of the 6 teams in their conference and they advanced to the knock out rounds where they played the #2 Grizzlies again. The team ultimately fell 4-3 and ended their season, but Traeton ended the tournament with the best save percentage of all the 18 goalies. Traeton made 51 saves of 57 shots over 4 games..... had a .895 save percentage and a 2.20 Goals Against Average- including a stunning 24 saves on 25 shots in their game against the #1 ,and eventual state champions Hockey Club Fairbanks, a team scored the most goals in the whole tournament at 50 in just 6 games. Traeton was the most outstanding goalie in the state tournament!
Message from Patty White - Director of School Operations
Dear Parent(s) and Guardian(s):
Recently the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) released the 2017-2018 Report Cards to the Public for each school district and school in Alaska. This new user-friendly website aims to provide families with clear, common information about all public schools and districts in our State. These report cards to the public contain data and information about academics, school environment, teacher quality, and more.
To view a 2017-2018 school or district report card to the public, go to: www.yksd.com or education.alaska.gov/reportcardtothepublic. Once there, you will be able to select which school or district report card to the public you wish to view. If you are unable to access the report cards to the public online, please contact your student's school.
We know that the report card to the public is just one of many ways you will engage with us at the school. We look forward to sharing our school's successes with you, and working together to make our school better every day.
We hope you will closely follow your student's academic progress and work with his or her teacher(s) to help ensure academic success. Working together as a team, we can improve not only how well our students are performing individually, but how our school and district are performing as a whole. There is nothing more important to administrators and teachers than ensuring that students are ready for the next step in their academic career. We look forward to partnering with you.
If you have any questions or concerns regarding our school or district report card to the public, please don't hesitate to contact your school principal or Patty White at 907-374-9407.
Patty White
Director of School Operations
Counselor's Corner:
HIGH SCHOOL
Site Graduation Dates:
Anchorage/Eagle River - Thursday, May 23rd, 7pm at East High School, Anchorage
Delta - Friday, May 31st, 6:30pm at Word of Life Church
Fairbanks - Thursday, May 23rd, 6pm at Pioneer Park
Juneau - Friday, May 17th, 6:30pm at Auke Bay Bible Church
Wasilla - Tuesday, May 21st, 7pm at Church on the Rock, Wasilla
Here is an update of past events that we would like to highlight!
Alaska Construction Career Days
Alaska Construction Career Day is a special day for high school students to explore the wide variety of construction and transportation careers. Labor unions, construction companies, UAA, UAF, school districts, state agencies, trade and professional organizations collaborate to provide the students with an introduction to various aspects of construction.
Alaska is facing a critical shortage of workers in the construction fields. This event is an opportunity to introduce students to construction and transportation careers in Alaska.
AVTEC Tour in Seward
Alaska has more coastline than all the other United States combined. Alaska's maritime environment is one of the most challenging in the world. Safely transporting passengers and freight or carrying out commercial fishing operations in Alaskan waters requires well-qualified captains and crew members.
Students and Parents were able to visit the following programs:
1) Maritime Career Pathways:
When it comes to working onboard boats and ships, there are a few different maritime career pathways to choose from. Sometimes one of the biggest challenges is figuring where to start and which pathway is best for you.
AMTC has developed three common maritime career pathways. These pathways offer a logical flow of courses that mariners will need to complete to become an approved USCG Merchant Mariner and be employable in Alaska’s diverse maritime industry. In order for mariners to complete their desired pathway they will also need documented sea service. Maritime career pathways are listed below and if you have any further questions please contact AMTC.
2) Business & Office Technology Administrative Assistant:
Administrative assistants are an invaluable member of an organization. They keep the office running in an organized and efficient manner. Would you like to stand out amongst all applicants when applying for an Administrative Assistant position? An AVTEC Administrative Assistant Certificate will prepare you to do just that by developing your skills in using the latest business technologies and software. The main focus of your training will be on the most current Microsoft Office applications which you will learn to use to assist with business correspondence and prepare documents, reports, presentations, spreadsheets, and more. These are skills valued in any organization. You will also be prepared to earn industry certifications proving your competency and helping to make your résumé standout.
3) Diesel/Heavy Equipment Technologies:
Instruction is individualized and competency based so students may progress at their own rate. Approximately 60 percent of the course is in the shop in a hands on learning environment with 40 percent in classroom instruction. Construction equipment such as dump trucks, road graders, front-end loaders, back hoes, bulldozers, and a large transport truck are utilized by students developing mechanical skills. Students will disassemble, measure, and reassemble diesel engines to factory specifications on equipment ranging from semi-trucks to bulldozers.
4) Culinary Arts:
This program has a long-standing reputation for providing skilled, creative cooks and bakers for the hospitality industry as well as production cooking for shipboard galleys and camps. Students learn in a competency-based training environment through progressive learning units where they gain the skills they need to advance into kitchen, bakery, and restaurant management. Each unit of focus starts with culinary basics.
5) Construction Technology:
The Construction Technology program provides students with a wide variety of experience that prepares them for entry-level employment and apprenticeships in the construction and maintenance trades.
Students in this program receive basic training in construction and maintenance of structural systems including basic carpentry, concrete, roofing, interiors and exterior finishing, thermal and moisture protection systems. The blend of classroom instruction, lab, and live work practice helps students to learn the necessary skills to become a Construction Technician. Typically 50% of the training is hands-on and 50% is classroom instruction.
ACT vs SAT
The ACT is an achievement test, measuring what a student has learned in school. The SAT is more of an aptitude test, testing reasoning and verbal abilities. The ACT has up to 5 components: English, Mathematics, Reading, Science, and an optional Writing Test. The SAT has only 3 components: Critical Reading, Mathematics, and a required Writing Test. Students can also take the ACT during one of the national test days, but they will be responsible for providing Raven Homeschool with final test scores. SATs can only be taken on the national test days and students must provide Raven Homeschool with final test scores.
Upcoming ACT Test Dates
July 13, 2019, register by June 14, 2019
Upcoming SAT Test Dates
Jun 1, 2019, register by May 3, 2019
High School Resources
ACT: http://www.actstudent.org, Raven Homeschool code: 020193
SAT: http://sat.collegeboard.org/home, Raven Homeschool code-020193
AVTEC: www.avtec.edu
Alaska Career Information System: https://akcis.org
Alaska Commission on Postsecondary Education: http://akadvantage.alaska.gov
Alaska Job Center Network: http://jobs.alaska.gov
Alaska Performance Scholarship: http://aps.alaska.gov
Center for Distance Education: http://distance.uaf.edu
Financial Aid: http://murkowski.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=FinancialAid
Free Application for Federal Student Aid: www.fafsa.ed.gov
Khan Academy: www.khanacademy.org
Live Homework Help: http://sled.alaska.edu/homework
University of Alaska: www.alaska.edu/alaska
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR SCHOOL COUNSELOR WITH QUESTIONS!
Randi Shrider | Anchorage, Eagle River, Wasilla | rshrider@yksd.com | 907.622.6631
Ryan Tilbury | Delta, Fairbanks, Juneau | rtilbury@yksd.com | 907.374.943
Graduate Spotlight - Sealth Shepherd, class of 2018
Alaska Construction Career Days
AVTEC Tour in Seward
Kids2College UAA Tour
Anchorage Office:
April Recap:
We wrapped up PEAKS testing, woohoo! Thank you to everyone who participated in the state mandated testing this year. Our program appreciates it. A bonus science workshop was held for select families who signed up for the full year of science classes. They learned all about explosions! Terri hosted a STEM workshop on Ozobots, which are little robots that can read coding. The students really enjoyed playing with our cool technology. April 30th is an important financial deadline: 2nd semester reimbursements are due, as are encumbered funds requests. Don’t forget!
Reminder, if you need to meet with your advisory teacher or counselor it is best to call and schedule an appointment!
Upcoming Dates/Events/Deadlines:
May 1st - Program Wide PAC Meeting
May 3rd - Field Trip: Indian Valley Mine
May 14th-16th - The Science of Candy Workshops
May 15th - Course completion deadline for graduation
May 16th - Field Trip: The Anchorage Museum
May 21st - Alaska Dive/Forensic Recovery Workshop @ Sand Lake
May 23rd Alaska Dive/Forensic Recovery Workshops @ Matanuska Lake
May 23rd - Raven Homeschool Graduation @ East HS
May 24th - Office Closes at 1:30pm
May 27th - Office Closed All Day (Memorial Day)
May 31sr - Field Trip: The Alaska Zoo
May 31st - 4th Quarter Progress Reports & Work Samples Due
Staff Out of Office Dates:
Carmen: May 3rd, 17th, and 31st
Danae: May 6th, 13th, 20th, and 27th
Terri: May 7th, 14th, 24th, 27th, and 29th-31st
Randi IN office: May 9th, 10th and 23rd
For more details about our events and to RSVP, please click on our SMORE below!
Delta Office:
April Recap:
Thank you for helping us by participating in PEAKS testing, we appreciate your effort.
We enjoyed a field trip to the Department of Transportation, in Delta Jct. Raven students were able to climb inside the equipment and touch everything. We took a tour of the garage, learned about the training required to work for the DOT.
Our Innovation Creation Kids Station (ICKS) team returned to our office to accept their Lego Jr. medals and celebrate the season. Most of these students will be on one of our Lego teams next year.
RAVEN ABOUT HEALTH:
Workshop designed for student to learn more about their own health. We enjoyed listening to our heartbeat, putting together skeletal puzzles and making a model lung. Watch for future announcements of more health related workshops.
MAPTS (Mining and Petroleum Training Service) Raven seniors were invited to tour this million dollar training facility run by UAA.
A note from Ms. Heidi:
We are in the last quarter of 2018/2019 school year. Please make sure you are on track to complete your classes by the end of May. If you need support, please call the office or stop by to see us. We can do Individual Learning Plans (ILP’s) for 2019/2020 in May, if you have completed classes this year.
Looking ahead:
May 7th - Puffins in the Park
May 9th - Mother’s day craft
May 12th - Mother’s day
May 14th - Walk to the Buffalo Drive-in with us for an ice-cream cone…Ryan will be here!
May 21st - Recess at Raven, for Wolves and Hawks (grades 3-8) We have outside toys.
May 31st - Raven Homeschool High School graduation ceremony at Word of Life church.
We are looking forward to our High School graduation on May 31. This year it is being held at the Word of Life church at 1366 Clearwater road, at 6:30. Graduates are expected to arrive at 5:30.
Eagle River Office:
April Recap:
April was all about testing. Thank you for everyone who came in and completed their sections of the PEAKS testing! We did have a few fun activities during the month of April. Students learned all about explosions with Deb Fancher during a bonus science workshop. Randi and some students went to the Palmer Fairgrounds for the Alaska Construction Career Days where they learned all about different trades and skills. Several high school students participated in a tour of AvTec in Seward, also. The Museum of Science and Nature held a great field trip for several students in our office. During the field trip they learned about dinosaurs and other ancient creatures that lived in Alaska. We wrapped up the month with fun scarf painting workshops taught by Paint-A-Scarf.
May Activities:
May 1st - Program-Wide PAC Meeting
May 2nd - Scarf Painting Workshop
May 6th - Bear Paw Planning Meeting
May 9th - Geography Club: End-of-year party
May 10th - Field Trip: Eagle River Nature Center
May 14th - ARTiculate: Flower Parts
May 17th - Science Workshops: Candy Science
May 21st - Alaska Dive Search Rescue & Recovery Teams Demonstration
May 21st - Wasilla Graduation Ceremony
May 23rd - Alaska Dive Search Rescue & Recovery Teams Demonstration
May 23rd - Anchorage & Eagle River Graduation Ceremony
May 24th - Office closing at 1:30pm
May 27th - Office closed all day
May 31st - 4th quarter progress reports and work samples due
Staff Schedules:
Randi will be out of office on the following dates: 5/1-5/5, 5/17, 5/28 and 5/31.
She will be working out of the Anchorage office on 5/9, 5/10 and 5/23. She will be working out of the Wasilla office on 5/21.
Steve will be out of office on the following dates: 5/16-5/17, and 5/24.
For more details about our events and to RSVP, please click on our SMORE below!
Explosions Workshop
Explosions Workshop
Museum of Science & Nature field trip
Fairbanks Office:
April Recap
The Fairbanks Raven Office said our goodbyes to two very talented Administrative assistants, Jessica Desrochers and Kimberly Pippin! The Raven staff thanks you for all your hard work and dedication and wish you both the very best in your futures!
School Board Recognition:
The Yukon-Koyukuk School District Board of Directors recognized three very accomplished Raven Students for their outstanding achievements.
Earl Hafford - 12th Grade: Raven student since 2010
Breeauna O’Rear - 11th Grade: Raven student since 2007
Madison Abel - 8th Grade: Raven student since 2010
Stem Club:
Students had a great time with Ozobot Box. Junior Lego’s final presentation - Student’s showed off their moon base!
PEAKS TESTING
Congratulations to all the PEAKS Test Takers. You are appreciated! Thanks to all the parents and staff who came together to make this such a successful event. Results will be mailed to you by early September.
May Events
May 1st - Parent Advisory committee meeting
May 2nd-23rd - Graduation planning
May 3rd - Art Club
May 7th - Running Club
May 9th - STEM Club
May 11th - Art Club
May 17th - Art Club
May 21st - Kids2College
May 23rd - Graduation Ceremony
May 27th - Office Closed – Memorial Day
May Staff Schedules:
Natasha Anderson - out of office Monday’s
Chuck Backe - out of office Monday’s
Tami Rump - out of office May 7th-10th
Ryan Tilbury - of our office May 27th-29th, and 31st
Cathy Walker - out of office Friday’s
Juneau Office:
April in Review
Even though April was packed with spring testing for students, we managed to do several fun activities in between all of our testing sessions. We had a special party to celebrate all of the IditaRead participants and their accomplishments for finishing the 998 mile journey and reading for 495 minutes (8.25 hours) for PreK-2nd grades or 990 minutes (16.5 hours) for 3rd-12th grades during the month of March. The Kids2College classes were filled with great learning opportunities and DIPAC hosted a wonderful Sea Week program for our 1st-3rd graders to explore the world of mollusks. Our Yearbook Committee put the finishing touches on our first ever yearbook so it could be sent to press, and we are excited for the books to arrive in May in time for signing them at several of our year-end events. We also hosted a “Get to Know Raven” Q&A Event for prospective families to come learn about our program so we are hopeful that more students will be joining our Raven family for 2019-2020. We finished off the month with our annual Share Night which was a great event to enjoy seeing the wonderful talents of our Raven students. Be sure to check out the fun photos and videos from this month’s events and don’t miss out on all the fun in May.
May Important Dates
April 29th-May 3rd - Children’s Book Week
May 1st-31st - Join the Raven Homeschool Team for the 100 Miles in May Challenge
May 1st - District-wide PAC Meeting & Mother’s Day Cards Activity
May 1st-3rd - Ryan Tilbury High School Counselor Visit
May 1st - Intro to High School Workshop
May 3rd - Spring Picnic at Auke Rec
May 4th - Staff visit to Sitka (Appointments, Meet ‘n Greet Lunch, Graduation)
May 6th - Scholastic Read-a-Palooza Summer Reading Challenge Begins
May 8th - Teacher Inservice, no appointments
May 9th - Litter Pickup with Audubon Society
May 15th - UAS Kids2College Campus Visit
May 15th - Course Completion Deadline for Graduation
May 16th-17th - Ryan Tilbury High School Counselor Visit
May 16th - Graduation Rehearsal at ABBC & Graduation Lunch Party
May 17th - Graduation at ABBC
May 20th - Chess Club
May 21st - Kindergarten Graduation at Raven Office
May 23rd - Raven Family Day Camp
May 24th - Office Closes Early at 1:30pm
May 27th - Office Closed for Memorial Day
May 31st - Quarter 4 Progress Reports Due
Staff Schedules:
Theresa Off - May 6th, 10th, 27th, 30th-31st
Joan Off - May 6th, 10th, 13th, 20th, 24th, 27th, 31st
Office Closed for Memorial Day - May 27th
Happy Dave Global Innovation Award Press Release:
The FIRST® LEGO® League announced the 20 semi-finalist teams that will advance to the Ninth Annual FIRST® LEGO® League Global Innovation Award event. HAPPY DAVE, from Juneau, AK, was selected from entries from more than 30 countries for their outstanding Project innovative solution that demonstrated originality, while having the potential to add significant value in the world. The HAPPY DAVE TEAM has invented ASTRO GREENS for the INTO ORBIT℠ season, proposing solutions to problems humans face during long-duration space exploration. The team will travel to San Jose, Calif., USA, June 30-July 2 to present the innovation to expert judges.
All semi-finalists will participate in a two-day, hands-on innovation event, which culminates in the awarding of the top prize of $20,000 USD to continue work on their inventions; two runners-up will take home $5,000 each.
The FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation Award teams must consider possible barriers to implementation, document the evaluation of their invention, and validate their design with professionals working in STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math). From improvements to the water cycle, to innovative solutions to waste management, past Global Innovation Award finalists have brought their inventions to market, received patents, and incorporated as businesses.
FIRST LEGO League is an international program for 9 to 16-year-old children (ages vary by country) created in a partnership between FIRST and the LEGO Group in 1998 to get children excited about science and technology – and teach them valuable career and life skills. Children work alongside adult coaches to design, build, and program autonomous robots using LEGO MINDSTORMS® and create an innovative solution to a real-world problem as part of their research project.
Innovators and inventors play a critical role in growing our economy and improving our quality of life. The FIRST LEGO League Global Innovation Award is designed to encourage and assist teams with the further development of their original and important ideas for solving global issues. Students emerge as strong visionaries and divergent thinkers capable of applying innovative thinking to any problem.
The Global Innovation Award is sponsored by Booz Allen Hamilton, Collins Aerospace, John Deere, LEGO Education, Qualcomm Incorporated, and XPRIZE and in collaboration with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
DIPAC Mollusk Program
Yearbook Committee - Done!
IditaRead Finishers
Wasilla Office:
April in Review ~
April began with the fun April Fool's Day and played capricious weather jokes on us all month! It looked like summer came early, with warm and sunny days but we also had a few rainy weather days and even some days of snowfall!
Many of our Raven students participated in AK PEAKS standardized testing - Thank you to everyone who helped make this a smooth, calm, and stress-free process for kids and their families. And Thank you to everyone who participated, helping us keep our Wasilla participation rates up!
We had a few super-fun activity days this month including our First Annual Formal Tea Party, with pickle sandwiches, lemon water, tea, punch, petite-fours, and other fun treats as well as a butterfly chalk-art project. Many students also came out for our AK Cultural Day celebration. Teacher Kim Bergey gave students a lesson on the science of cooking as she went about combining ingredients for our special AK treats - fry bread and Eskimo ice cream. Parent Rep Daphne Fisher-Ward led the students in making an AK culture art project: Aleut paper basket weaving. Each child was able to weave strips of paper together and paint designs on their craft. Teacher Joy Shier shared about various AK Native culture geography throughout the state, and showed some informational videos about the Aleutian islands. Teacher Ruth Ross gave an overview of Native Youth Olympics, and played some youtube demonstrations of how to perform various Native sports that teens compete in during the traditional games, such as the seal hop and high kick.
We capped the month off with a theater trip to the Valley Cinema to see Dumbo~
May Events & Activities:
May 1st - PAC Meeting
May 1st - JOBZ Club
May 6th - Games Club
May 7th - Science of Candy Workshops
May 8th - Teachers In-Service Day
May 9th - Mother's Day Craft
May 12th - Mother's Day
May 15th - JOBZ Club
May 16th - End of Year Picnic
May 17th - AK Native Heritage Center Field Trip
May 21st - High School Graduation
May 23rd - Kindergarten Graduation
May 27th - Memorial Day - Office Closed
May 29th - JOBZ Club
May 31st - 4th Quarter Ends
April Staff Schedules:
Cynthia will be out of office: May 3rd, 6th, 13th, 20th, 24th, 27th-28th
Joy will be out of office: May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st
Ruth will be out of office: May 7th, 10th, 13th, 23rd, 24th, 27th
Kim will be out of office: May 3rd, 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st
For more details about our events and to RSVP, please click on our SMORE below!