Jan 05 2009
Eagle Newsletter January 2009
With the first semester behind us, we are ready to move on to the second half of the year. The staff at Aniguiin School will continue to challenge our students academically and try to make the process of acquiring new knowledge and skills exciting and fun. Parent and community support will be a big part of this equation, so I want to thank you in advance for any support that you can provide our students in the days ahead.
I want to draw your attention to one error in the December newsletter. I stated that students will not attend school on January 6th and that school would resume on January 7th. Those dates are inaccurate. Students will not attend school on Monday, January 5th. That day is set aside as a teacher work day. School will resume on Tuesday, January 6th. I apologize for the confusion. I’m sure students will be happy that they have an extra day for Christmas break and will be ready to return on the 6th.
I have attached a new elementary schedule for parents. Starting Jan. 6th, students in grades 1-5 will be released at 3:15 p.m. We have added 10 minutes to the overall schedule – 5 minutes to math and 5 minutes to writing. We were at a bare minimum for instructional minutes for what the state requires and these two subjects are both areas where students can use more instructional minutes. The Kindergarten students will still be released at 3:05 p.m.
Here are some important dates to mark on your calendar for January:
Jan. 7 - A.E.C. Meeting 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 8 - Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the school
Jan. 9 - Parent-Student-Teacher Conferences 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. at the school
Jan. 13 - Honor Assembly for 2nd quarter awards at 2:30 p.m. in the gym
Jan. 30 - Parent’s Day – 1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Parent’s Day is scheduled so parents and students can meet with their class advisors and discuss their third quarter midterm progress. We want these meetings to be student-led conferences for the upper elementary, junior high and high school students. Your student will show you how they log into DART on the computer to check their progress. You will have an opportunity to see firsthand how technology is used to document and track student progress and discuss the third quarter academic goals with your student and their class advisor. We are looking forward to making this a big success.
I’m pleased to announce that we will have a girl’s basketball team this year. Ricky Nassuk will coach the Lady Eagles this season. We have signed an agreement to co-op with Shaktoolik and two of their girls will be on the team. Once again, John Lindula is our boy’s coach. There are currently 9 boys on the squad and they look to return to the state tournament this year. A season schedule was not available to send with this newsletter, but they will be posted and also made available at the first home game.
We look forward to a fun and productive second semester at Aniguiin School. Thank you for your support.
Best Regards,
Steve

