The Rapids Report
February 13th, 2023
Dear STrEaM Families,
ASTE 2023 TEACHER OF THE YEAR
Anchorage STrEaM Academy is excited to announce Emily Smith has been named the ASTE 2023 Teacher of the Year! Emily was nominated for her outstanding work and leadership in Educational Technology. Emily models the use of Ed. Tech to engage students in her classroom, pioneering tools and programs like Nearpod, Quizz, Kahoot, Google Classroom, Canvas and many more.
Mrs. Smith is the “Canvas Champion” for STrEaM, leading professional development and providing support with the Learning Management System. She supports colleagues and provides training on integrating technology tools, systems and platforms. This year, she is a presenter at the annual State ASTE conference, led a session at ASD cross-district in-service and will be teaching at the ASD EdTech Camp.
Emily will receive the Teacher of the Year award during the ASTE conference, at Captain Cook’s main ballroom, Sunday February 19th at 4:30 PM.
ASTE is the Alaska Society for Technology in Education
Lottery & Recruitment
It’s the time of year where we begin recruiting students for the next school year. We will be hosting school tours on Tuesdays at 10 am throughout the month of February and our student ambassador leaders will be traveling to our feeder elementary schools to present to 5th graders. If you know someone who is interested in sending their kids to STrEaM next year, please pass on the school tour invite or have them contact us directly for more information.
Please help us recruit: word of mouth is the most powerful referral. Refer us to your friends and family, review us on Facebook and Google, share our posts and information. Posters are available for anyone with a public bulletin board! See Mrs. Biondich.
Weekly Schedule
2/13 Monday: Remote Learning Day. No skiing.
2/14 Tuesday: A day Advisory, P. 1-4 Skiing at STrEaM
Tour 10:00 am start in lobby
8th Graders to Planetarium
ACCESS Testing for ELL Students
Boxing 3:00 pm Auditorium
2/15 Wednesday: PROJECT DAY! Early Release 12:00 PM Ski Race at Kincaid
2/16 Thursday: B day Advisory, P. 5-8 Skiing at Russian Jack
2/17 Friday: Full day P. 1-7 Skiing at Russian Jack
STrEaM at the Arctic Winter Games
Nico Graziano, 7th grader at STrEaM Academy, represented Team Alaska in the 2023 Arctic Winter Games held in Wood Buffalo, Alberta Canada. He competed in the U14 age category against 12–14 year-old athletes from eight different contingents representing the arctic nations. As one of the youngest skiers in the age bracket he had amazing results. He placed 6th in the 3.75 km freestyle ski, 7th in the 3.75 km classic ski (after getting tangled with another skier), and 6th in the sprint classic. The highlight of the games came on the final day in a make-up race, initially canceled due to temps reaching -25 degrees Fahrenheit. Nico joined two of his teammates in a freestyle relay event, where Team Alaska easily out skied the competition to take home the gold ulu. Nico is excited to be home and looks forward to finishing this year’s middle school race season with his STrEaM teammates.
Ski Team
Ski practice every day this week. (See schedule above). Check out Ski Season Calendar for practice and Race information. (Hard copies available.) Please pick up your child promptly at 4:30. Coaches must stay with skiers until they have been picked up by parents.
Transportation: WE NEED VOLUNTEER DRIVERS! Questions/ concerns? Contact Coach Mozen via e-mail @ mozen_howard@asdk12.org, or text @ 907-302-0475
Health Spotlight: Nurse Bethany
The ASD COVID-19 Return to School/Work policy remains unchanged. Staff and students who self-report a positive COVID-19 test are required to isolate themselves for 5 days (date of test or symptom onset is day 0) and can return to school/work on day 6 but must wear a mask through day 10. Ms Biondich or Nurse Bethany are available to help calculate return dates.
For more information https://www.asdk12.org/Page/16184
Always available for questions. Wishing you well- Nurse Bethany
Social-Emotional Learning in Advisory this week:
Bullying (6th Grade), Inclusive Behaviors (7th Grade), Standing up for Yourself (8th Grade)
APC (Academic Policy Committee)
Next APC Meeting Wednesday, March 8th at 5:30 PM.
Parents and community members welcome. Please contact us prior to the meeting and sign up if you wish to speak or provide comment.
Agendas and minutes posted on https://www.asdk12.org/stream
Wednesday Break Snacks
Please be sure your child packs their snack of choice. Friends of STrEaM and our donors for the Pantry Program have been seeing a huge increase in the number of students requesting snacks during Wednesday morning breaks.
Lunch at STrEaM supported by our Pantry Program & Friends of Stream
Please be sure your child packs a cold lunch. This week we need SHELF STABLE FRUIT. 45% of our students (76 students) come from economically disadvantaged homes and we hope to help them with free lunches when necessary. We served an average of 20 lunches each day last week. To put that in perspective, that is 8 loaves of bread, 48 oz of peanut butter and 4 pounds of lunch meat every week. Donations of Bread, Peanut Butter, Cheese & Turkey lunch meat are always welcome.
Snow day make-up & Emergency Closures
“Emergency” Project Packets went home to ALL students! Please ensure you have this manilla envelope. Thes packets contain grade-level projects designed specifically for snow days and emergency closures.
In case of an emergency school closure, students will open these packets and do the Projects enclosed. These projects do not require technology. However, instructions will also be posted in Canvas, and teachers will host zoom sessions to offer support.
STrEaM is making up missed days due to emergency closure by extending three Wednesdays (on short weeks) to full days in addition to other district calendar adjustments (2/24 is now a school day).
The following Wednesdays will be full school days (no early release):
Wednesday 2/22 (No school Monday 2/20 Presidents’ Day)
Wednesday 3/8 (No school Friday 3/10 End Q3/Spring Break)
Wednesday 4/19 (No school Friday 4/21 WBU Spring Graduation)
Online Gear Store
Our online store is open! Visit Anchorage STrEaM Academy Sideline Store. 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
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