The Rapids Report
May 13th, 2024
Dear STrEaM Families,
This is the last full week of school. Complete PAs (practice assignments) by Friday, May 17 and redo MAs (mastery assignments) by Monday, May 20.
This week and next is our Student Showcase Week and end of year activities, May 15th through 22nd. Showcase Week Flier: Student Showcase_FINAL3.pdf
Our amazing secretary Mrs. Jessi will be the new Administrative Assistant at Highland Academy! We will miss her, but we’re excited for her and wish her the best. Interested in joining a great team and working at your child’s school? We are seeking a part-time secretary (hours/schedule flexible). Contact Mr. Mokelke if interested!
This Week at STrEaM:
Our Spring Auction closes Tuesday at 5pm: Spring Auction 2024 link
Monday 5/13: Full Day P. 1-7
Tuesday 5/14: Block Day A Advisory & P. 1-4
Wednesday 5/15: Early Release 12:00
Thursday 5/16: Block Day B Advisory & P. 5-8
Friday 5/17: Full Day P. 1-7 LAST DAY for Free Lunches!
Showcase Week!
Wednesday 5/15:
9:40-11:30, 6th and 7th grade Showcase: In the auditorium, students will show off projects from all classes and grade-level teams. It will include a few whole-room presentations as well as individual presentations with rotating presenters and audience members. At 11:30-11:55, we will have a potluck-style celebration (so bring a dish to share!) during which students and guests may celebrate and freely mingle.
Thursday 5/16:
9:10-1:15, 6th Grade TREK: Students will travel by bus to downtown Anchorage to analyze memorials, monuments, and art as part of our grade-level project. We will go rain or shine, so please help your student check the weather and be prepared. Students need to bring this gear:
Food (a sack lunch)
Jacket, hat, and shoes appropriate for the weather (check to see if rain is expected!)
Water bottle
A backpack to keep it all in
7th grade Rocket Launch! 8:30 to 1:00 PM Chugach Foothills Park
Monday 5/20:
8th Grade Plant Sale and Showcase! 1:45-2:45 PM
Tuesday 5/21: FIELD DAY AT STREAM- ALL GRADES
Wednesday 5/22: LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
Smartphones, Social Media and Mental Health
A message from Principal Mokelke
On Wednesday our APC voted to approve our new device policy for the 24-25 school year.
Beginning in August, we will require personal devices (phones) to be secure, in backpacks, and not on a students’ person during the school year.
We are in the process of purchasing secure phone pouches from a company called Yondr.
Check out this video on schools going phone-free and using Yondr pouches:
Growing number of schools across U.S. require students to lock away phones
Visit our Phone-Free FAQ and resources page for more: Phone Free FAQ.pdf
Friends of STrEaM
Friends of Stream
The last day we offer sandwiches is this FRIDAY. No lunches will be available for students the last week of school. We can offer hungry students any snack food that we have left.
(LINK) Spring Auction 2024 ! Advisory classes will be competing to see which basket gets the most bids. The grade with the most bids wins a pizza party!
Health Updates:
If you will be seeing your pediatrician over the summer and would like to complete paperwork, see links below:
Parents you can complete your own over-the-counter form here and send it to be by email
https://eform.pandadoc.com/?eform=3092f50b-98c5-4e93-a7f3-1dbf0b69319f
Please feel free to email or call me with any questions. zimpelman_bethany@asdk12.org
Wishing you well
~Nurse Bethany
From the desk of Ms. Hayden
Hello, all! It is finally feeling like Spring! The end of the school year is full of planning, deadlines, lack of motivation, and anxious excitement. In the middle of all of that, all of us - kids too - grapple with the various ways we are showing up in the world. It is not always perfect, for sure :) I wanted to share a TEDtalk I watched recently about embracing all the conflicting parts of ourselves, especially the parts we struggle with. I hope you all have a wonderful week.
24-25 School Year
START TIME CHANGES
For the 24-25 school year, we will be moving our start and end time up 30 minutes so that we do not start at the same time as elementary. This would be an undue hardship on our families with elementary students.
24-25 START/END TIMES:
M/T/TH/F: 8:30 AM TO 3:30 PM
WEDNESDAY: 8:30 AM TO 12:30 PM
RETURNING STUDENTS
If your 6th or 7th grader will not be returning to STrEaM for the 24-25 school year, PLEASE let us know. We track this closely for enrollment, seats, gender balance, scheduling, staffing, the lottery and waitlist.
To make it easy for you, you may also complete this short survey: https://forms.gle/zmrTUSawRZaVAhiQ9
We invite you to SAVE THE DATE to attend OPEN HOUSE the afternoon of Friday, August 9! We will orient new and returning students/families to grading practices, Q and Canvas, and strategies for success to prepare for the new school year a week before it officially begins! Students and families will also have the opportunity to meet teachers and walk through classrooms.
Online Registration Opens 4/25/24
Registration for next school year opens on April 25th! ASD requires all returning students (from any ASD school) to complete online registration every year. On April 25th log into ParentConnection and follow the link on the top left corner.
Anchorage STrEaM Academy requires four school-specific permission forms to be completed annually: FY25 Walking Permission, FY25 Personal Device, FY25 Science Lab Safety, for 7th & 8th only- FY25 FABLAB Safety and the Optional Carpool Connection Sign-up
Summer Art Camp
Join new STrEaM teacher Michael Dickerson for art camp this summer!
Does your kid love to draw? Paint? Make music? Create graphic novels? Place.ment youth art camp is a summer program open to middle school artists of any medium or discipline. From June 17-28, our teaching artists will give workshops and lead creative sessions that weave together all our campers‘ interests into a final project to share with friends, family, and our community. Together will explore a single important theme: people’s relationship with place. Sign up at https://www.placementcreative.com/ to reserve your spot!
Quyana!
Thank you for your continued support.
Call, email or stop by if you have any questions or needs!
Adam Mokelke, Principal mokelke_adam@asdk12.org
Rebekah Hayden, Assistant Principal hayden_rebekah@asdk12.org
Amy Bonertz, Counselor bonertz_amy@asdk12.org
Sylvia Biondich, Administrative Asst. biondich_sylvia@asdk12.org
Jessi Blackson, Secretary blackson_jessica@asdk12.org
Bethany Zimpelman, Itinerant Nurse zimpleman_bethany@asdk12.org
Chris Krejca, Special Education krejca_christine@asdk12.org
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