The Rapids Report
December 19th, 2022
Dear STrEaM Families,
It is the LAST week of school this semester! Monday and Tuesday are full schedule days, periods 1-7. Wednesday is our final advisory, project day and early dismissal for the year. We return to school on January 9th.
Weekly Schedule
12/19 Monday: B Day P. 5-8
12/10 Tuesday: A day P. 1-4
6th grade TREK Planetarium
12/11 Wednesday: PROJECT DAY! Early Release 12:00 PM
LAST DAY FOR STUDENTS
NO AFTER SCHOOL CLUBS OR ACTIVITIES
Health Spotlight: Nurse Bethany
Welcome to STrEaM Nurse Bethany! Nurse Bethany is based at Muldoon Elementary, and will be providing nursing support to STrEaM for the remainder of this school year.
Here is a message from Nurse Bethany:
Greetings!
My name is Bethany Zimpelman and I have been a pediatric nurse for 20 years. This is my fourth year working with the Anchorage School District and I am looking forward to getting to know all of you more. I am passionate about connecting people and resources to help them become their healthiest selves and strongly believe students must healthy to be educated and educated to be healthy. I especially enjoy discussing and learning about allergies, ADHD, neurodiversity, culturally responsive care, vision/hearing needs, eating disorders, and mental healthcare. If I can help you or your students find local referrals or information, please let me know.
There is still an enormous amount of viral illness (Influenza A, RSV, COVID-19) in our community, consider testing before holiday gatherings. You can order free COVID tests from https://www.covid.gov/tests. Wishing you well! Nurse Bethany
Social-Emotional Learning in Advisory this week:
Semester 1 Reflection/Holiday Celebration
6th Grade TREK
Our 6th graders are bussing to the UAA Planetarium Tuesday December 20th. The bus will leave at 11:40 am and return STrEaM at 1:20pm. Please complete the online permission form if you have not already: Planetarium Permission.
Lunch at STrEaM
Please be sure your child packs a cold lunch. We do not have a lunch program or lunchroom. Lunch is generally outdoors unless the weather is prohibitive. 45% of our students come from economically disadvantaged homes and we hope to help them with free lunches when necessary. We have been serving between 8 and 17 lunches per day this month. Donations of Bread, Peanut Butter, Cheese & Turkey lunch meat are always welcome. Call 742-9000
Teachers and Administrators Input Opportunities
Staff, students, parents, and community members have the opportunity to provide input on teacher and administrator performance. The input forms are shared with the person’s immediate supervisor. Forms are available now until April 28.
Please share the following ways to provide input with school families, students, and staff:
Employees can access the web-based input forms anonymously by going to Support Central. Click the link Staff Evaluations in the box labeled Quicklinks.
Parents, members of the public, and employees can access the web-based input forms anonymously by going to the District Overview evaluations page on the District’s website.
For those who wish to complete a hard copy, go to the electronic form and click the link “Printable version of this form” or schools can print from the links below. Completed forms can be submitted directly to Human Resources.
The web-based input forms are confidential and will be transmitted electronically by Human Resources to the appropriate supervisor. Printed copies are also confidential and routed to Human Resources and then to the immediate supervisor. Schools will also keep the forms confidential and route them to Human Resources.
The input forms are available online now through April 28. If there are questions, please contact Cristina Yambao.
STrEaM Anchorage 501(c)3
STrEaM Anchorage is the nonprofit arm of our charter & program. You can support STrEaM by donating through the nonprofit in a variety of ways
Select STrEaM Anchorage on Amazon Smile
On your Amazon account, search Amazon Smile
Find and select “STrEaM Anchorage” under nonprofits
Donate with purchases at no cost to you!
Choose STrEaM Anchorage with Fred Meyers
Sign in to your digital account
Search for your organization (STrEaM Anchorage)
Enter the name or NPO number of the organization you wish to support
Select the appropriate organization from the list and click “Save”
Become a member of the STrEaM 100!
Donate $100 to for our annual fundraiser
All donors will be recognized on a plaque in our school
Drop off a check or use the PayPal Link to make your donations!
APC (Academic Policy Committee)
Next APC Meeting January 11th
Agendas and minutes posted on https://www.asdk12.org/stream
Online Gear Store
Our NEW online store is open! One month only, take 25% OFF all Anchorage STrEaM Academy Sideline Store purchases with code SPIRIT when you shop the latest fan wear & accessories from all your fave brands. Also, we still have baseball caps and winter knit pullover hats for sale in the front office.
Quyana!
Adam Mokelke, Principal mokelke_adam@asdk12.org
Megan Gatlin, Assistant Principal gatlin_megan@asdk12.org
Amy Bonertz, Counselor bonertz_amy@asdk12.org
Syliva Biondich, Administrative Asst. biondich_sylvia@asdk12.org
Chris Krejca, Special Education krejca_christine@asdk12.org
