Don’t forget to set your clocks back one hour before you go to bed! Daylight savings time ends tomorrow.
We will be having our parent/teacher conferences tomorrow from 2:00-5:00pm.
Students will be dismissed at 1:30. The 30 minute change in the start time is to give the teachers time to setup for the conferences.
Also, don’t forget that our Community Halloween celebration will start at 2:00pm on Monday in the school gym. All are invited to watch and to participate in the adult costume parade that follows the high school students March. There will be the usual cash prizes for the first three places in each category. Nacquq (Jim)
We have a couple of events scheduled that you need to be aware of.
This Friday we will have Parent/Teacher conferences from 1:30 until 5:00pm.
On Monday, we are pleased to announce that we will finally be able to resume our annual Halloween community celebration! The event will officially start at 2:00pm with the parade of classes in the gym. Adults will follow the students by parading around the court in their costumes.
Prizes will be given for the first three places in all categories!
Following the costume parade we will have cake available for everyone!
We are looking forward to seeing you at both of these upcoming events!
Ps: trick or treaters will be welcome to stop by the west end of the teacher apartments from 6:00-9:00pm!! Nacquq (Jim)
We will be doing our first round of MAPS testing starting on Tuesday this week. These assessments are very important, as they give us an indication of your students progress over time. The assessments also help us to plan lessons around student needs to help avoid gaps in our curriculum.
Students are encouraged to get plenty of sleep and to come to school ready to do their best on the assessment. Nacquq ( Jim)
Koyuk Volleyball team will be playing White Mountain at 7:00pm. you may watch the game on white Mountain School Facebook page.
Also, the school photographer will be taking pictures from 10-noon tomorrow in the SPED Room. Elders are encouraged to get your pictures taken for our school’s Elders wall in the cafeteria!
We have at least two positive Coronavirus cases in our school. Close contacts are being tested for the virus and classes where the students attended are being required to mask up. Additional sanitation will be in effect school wide and social distancing will be in effect in the positive students classrooms.
At this time, masks will be optional for students in classes not having positive cases. We are closely monitoring the situation and will keep everyone in the loop via Thrillshare as we move forward.
Congratulations to Ally Jackson for being elected to the AEC Board. Six people tied for the second open seat. They will be contacted in the morning to see if they want to participate in a runoff election.
Nacquq (Jim)
We will be dismissing at 1:00pm tomorrow (9/30)in order to prepare for a District inservice at 1:30 and to give students who have had perfect attendance this week to have an abbreviated Fun Day Friday.
We will be dismissing at 1:00pm tomorrow (9/30)in order to prepare for a District inservice at 1:30 and to give students who have had perfect attendance this week to have an abbreviated Fun Day Friday.
The past couple of days days have been very stressful with all of the wind, near record storm surges and rain! However, the school was spared much of the damage.
We do have some debris on the playground and on the lower road leading to the the school.
After looking at the overall situation with regard to having school tomorrow, I have decided that the positive factors outweigh the negative ones.
We will have school as usual tomorrow. However, students will not be using any outside play areas (basketball court and playgrounds), until the area has been cleared of the debris.
I would also urge everyone to be especially cautious when driving or walking on the lower road in particular.
Looking forward to seeing everyone tomorrow! :)
I want to urge everyone to use extreme caution during the upcoming storm! Children, in particular should be indoors during the high winds, as they can literally be blown aware or be dragged along the ground and severely injured.
Widespread flooding is also a very real possibility. Stay away from low lying areas and be aware of flying wind blown objects
As well as downed power lines.
Be prepared for possible power outages as well!
At this time, we are still scheduled for a regular school day on Monday. If that changes, we will everyone know. (Nacquq) Jim
Have a safe weekend and make the most of this possible storm of the decade.
We will be having our first post COVID community picnic starting at 12:00pm tomorrow! The lunch will consist of hamburgers, Hotdogs, corn and fruit salad.
Coffee, punch, coffee and water will be available to quench your thirst!!
Before the picnic we will have an assembly to welcome everyone here and to hand out Student of the Month awards for August! The assembly will start at 11:30.
Students will be free to go home after the picnic.
We are looking forward to seeing you tomorrow! Nacquq(Jim)
I am sending out a reminder to everyone that we are on a Friday schedule today, as we will not have school tomorrow nor on Monday. We will be having fun Thursday after school from 2:00-3:00 for those who have perfect attendance for the week and were not tardy.
Enjoy the Labor Day weekend!! Nacquq (Jim)
Good evening everyone!
Well, it is finally time for us to start the 2022-2023 School Year!!
School starts tomorrow morning with breakfast from 8:05-8:50, followed by everyone meeting in the gym for opening announcements. Classes start at 9:00am.
We are tentatively scheduled to have our annual start of the school year picnic on September 9th. We will once again have hotdogs and hamburgers, with chips and that all time astronaut’s favorite drink: Tang!! :)! More details on this event to follow.
We are looking forward to a wonderful school year working with your children!!Nacquq (Jim)
It is once again that time when all staff begin preparing for the start of a new school year!
At 8:15 tomorrow, the district will start its four day inservice. Monday and Tuesday will be for non-tenured teachers, followed by Wednesday and Thursday for tenured teachers. The 8:15 opening meeting is mandatory for all staff in Eloy’s room.
After the opening comments are completed around 9:00, the non-tenured teachers will break into their appropriate content groups. Classified staff will gather in the library with me for a short meeting.
Please be in the school building and in a seat so that we can all be on time for the start of this training.
See you tomorrow… Nacquq (Jim)
Good morning everyone!
The purpose of this notice is to update you on on latest iteration of our inservice schedule.
Tomorrow (August 8th), all certified staff will report to work. The classified will report on the 15th.
Monday is a work day that can be used to get classes rooms ready, prepare lesson plans, review curriculum materials, or many other details that need to be completed before our students arrive on the morning of August 24th.
Tuesday,Wednesday and Friday will
Be inservice days, with Thursday being an additional work day.
The week of the 15th is devoted to district inservice. Classroom paraprofessionals are encouraged to attend these sessions.(more specific details to follow ).
I want to welcome everyone back for the start of the 2022-2023 school year!! Jim
While district administrators and teachers new to the district start their inservice on August 1st, the rest of the certified staff will start on Monday, August 8th.
On Monday, August 15th, all certified staff will be attending inservice sessions in Unalakleet. Those paraprofessionals who teach content, plus our bicultural teacher are encouraged to attend the inservice that week in Unalakleet as well.
The kitchen staff will start work on the 15th.
I am looking forward to seeing you all soon and look forward to to a successful school for us all! Jim
Just a reminder that at noon tomorrow (Thursday), we will be having our end of the year community picnic at the school. It will start at noon and consist of hot dogs, hamburgers, chips and Tang or water.
The water has been shut off on the West side and so the school is without running water, Which means no restroom facilities or water to wash dishes.
We will be dismissing students at 12:30. Hopefully water will be restored in time for our last day of school tomorrow. We will send out another announcement when we receive new information.
BSSD Regional School Board Elections
DEADLINE to file to run for a seat is August 5th
More information at click the link below
https://www.elections.alaska.gov/Core/regionaleducationalattendancearea.php
Congratulations to our winners of Best in Show!
Thank you so much to everyone who took a moment to vote, did the hard work of creating artwork to submit, supported students in the submission process, or otherwise helped make this virtual event a reality!
To view all winners and see the full show, follow this link: https://sites.google.com/bssd.org/arts/k-12-online-art-show/2021-2022-art-show
