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Sand Lake Elementary Candy FairiesCreated on Thursday
Kasuun Pennies for PeaceCreated about a week ago
Anchorage School District
Sand Lake Elementary Sschool Nurse Jordis Clark and Health Teacher Sara Peebles led a charge for students to donate Halloween candy.
They started the sweet idea three years ago as a way to encourage healthy choices, eating in moderation and giving back to the community.
The approximate 450 pounds of candy collected thi...s week was given to the Brother Francis Shelter. Clark and Peebles say they love Halloween and their efforts are not about NOT eating the candy, but about eating sweets in moderation.
Participating students kept a handful of their favorite pieces and donated the rest. Several community members donated their own candy leftovers after seeing the event broadcast on the local news.Read More
They started the sweet idea three years ago as a way to encourage healthy choices, eating in moderation and giving back to the community.
The approximate 450 pounds of candy collected thi...s week was given to the Brother Francis Shelter. Clark and Peebles say they love Halloween and their efforts are not about NOT eating the candy, but about eating sweets in moderation.
Participating students kept a handful of their favorite pieces and donated the rest. Several community members donated their own candy leftovers after seeing the event broadcast on the local news.Read More
Anchorage School District
The students at Kasuun Elementary School have joined hands with tens of thousands of other school children around the world who share the vision and dedication to empower communities through education in remote areas of Pakistan and Afghanistan. Kasuun Elementary students are embarking on a “Pennies for Peace” campaign... to broaden their cultural horizons and become members of a global family dedicated to peace.
How can a penny bring peace? It doesn’t buy much in Anchorage. But in the villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan, it can buy a pencil, start an education, and transform a life. In a region where terrorist organizations recruit uneducated, illiterate children, that pencil can empower a child to read, write, and learn. The “Pennies for Peace” program goal is to encourage children, who are ultimately our future leaders, to learn the value of philanthropy by collecting pennies for global peace.
Students at Kasuun Elementary will have an opportunity to study the cultures of Afghanistan and Pakistan, learn to work and share together in their “Pennies for Peace” campaign, and come to understand their own capacity as philanthropists – one penny at a time.
The pennies that Kasuun students collect can add up to make a real difference.
1 penny = a pencil
2-3 pennies = an eraser
15 pennies = one notebook
$20 = one child’s school supplies for one year
$50 = one treadle sewing machine and supplies
$100 = maternal healthcare supplies for one year
$300 = one advanced student’s annual scholarship
$600 = one teacher’s annual salary
$5,000 = support for existing school for one year
$50,000 = one school building and support for up to five years
Children in more than 400 mountain villages in remote northern Pakistan and Afghanistan are on the waiting list, hoping to learn in a new school. Kasuun students hope to help build a bridge of peace, one penny at a time, offering alternatives to the cycle of terrorism and war.
About Pennies for Peace
The “Pennies for Peace” campaign is a program of Central Asia Institute (CAI), founded by Greg Mortenson, author of #1 New York Times best seller, Three Cups of Tea. CAI is a registered 501© 3 nonprofit organization that promotes and provides community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. Founded in 1996, CAI has built, to date, nearly 100 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which serve more than 28,000 students, 14,000 whom are girls. Greg’s story and more information about CAI can be found on the web at www.ikat.org
To find out more about Kasuun’s “Pennies for Peace” campaign, please contact:
Maggie Donnelly or Amy Dalton at Kasuun Elementary School - 349-9444.
The fundraiser will wrap up on Nov. 14.
Read More
How can a penny bring peace? It doesn’t buy much in Anchorage. But in the villages of Pakistan and Afghanistan, it can buy a pencil, start an education, and transform a life. In a region where terrorist organizations recruit uneducated, illiterate children, that pencil can empower a child to read, write, and learn. The “Pennies for Peace” program goal is to encourage children, who are ultimately our future leaders, to learn the value of philanthropy by collecting pennies for global peace.
Students at Kasuun Elementary will have an opportunity to study the cultures of Afghanistan and Pakistan, learn to work and share together in their “Pennies for Peace” campaign, and come to understand their own capacity as philanthropists – one penny at a time.
The pennies that Kasuun students collect can add up to make a real difference.
1 penny = a pencil
2-3 pennies = an eraser
15 pennies = one notebook
$20 = one child’s school supplies for one year
$50 = one treadle sewing machine and supplies
$100 = maternal healthcare supplies for one year
$300 = one advanced student’s annual scholarship
$600 = one teacher’s annual salary
$5,000 = support for existing school for one year
$50,000 = one school building and support for up to five years
Children in more than 400 mountain villages in remote northern Pakistan and Afghanistan are on the waiting list, hoping to learn in a new school. Kasuun students hope to help build a bridge of peace, one penny at a time, offering alternatives to the cycle of terrorism and war.
About Pennies for Peace
The “Pennies for Peace” campaign is a program of Central Asia Institute (CAI), founded by Greg Mortenson, author of #1 New York Times best seller, Three Cups of Tea. CAI is a registered 501© 3 nonprofit organization that promotes and provides community-based education and literacy programs, especially for girls, in remote mountain regions of Central Asia. Founded in 1996, CAI has built, to date, nearly 100 schools in Afghanistan and Pakistan, which serve more than 28,000 students, 14,000 whom are girls. Greg’s story and more information about CAI can be found on the web at www.ikat.org
To find out more about Kasuun’s “Pennies for Peace” campaign, please contact:
Maggie Donnelly or Amy Dalton at Kasuun Elementary School - 349-9444.
The fundraiser will wrap up on Nov. 14.
Read More
Anchorage School District Limited H1N1 availability postpones some ASD vaccine clinics.
Source: www.asdk12.org
Due to limited availability of the H1N1 vaccine in the state of Alaska, the district is forced to revise its vaccination plan originally developed by ASD and city officials. The school-based vaccination clinics will begin on Nov. ...
Anchorage School District Teacher Bobbi Jo Erb wins Milken Educator Award and $25,000. Erb gives students a math guarantee for life. Read more here: http://bit.ly/4aNnQW.
Anchorage School District
H1N1 vaccine permission slips and information are available on the ASD website.
Anchorage School District is offering the H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine to all students. The vaccine is not mandatory and will only be administered to students who have a permission slip signed by their parent or guardian. Please check with your... school to find out what date the vaccine will be offered at that school.
The vaccine can be administered in two forms: injection or nasal spray.
---Information about the nasal spray vaccine is available at http://www.immunize.org/vis/h1n1_liveflu
---Information about the injection is available at http://www.immunize.org/vis/h1n1_inactiv
The type of vaccine that your child receives will depend on the answers that you provide on the Consent and Screening form. This form is available on the ASD website (linked below) and will be sent home with your student. Please read and complete this form carefully.
Please remember the following important information.
---Your child MUST return a signed and completed Consent and Screening form (permission slip) to your school to receive the vaccine. No permission slip, no vaccine.
---This vaccine is for ASD students only and students MUST attend the vaccination clinics scheduled at their own school. The vaccine will not be given to parents, siblings, or any other family members unless they are students at the same school and have their own signed permission slip.
---For reasons of privacy and clinic efficiency, parents may not attend the vaccination clinics. Your children are in good hands and will be treated with the utmost care by the medical professionals administering the vaccine. Past experience has shown us that most children do better and are less emotional when receiving injections if their parents are not around.
Children nine years of age and younger need two doses of the vaccine. These doses should be received no sooner than 21 days apart. A second clinic will be held at your school for students needing a second vaccine.
For more information on H1N1, including prevention tips and additional vaccine information, please visit www.asdk12.org/eprep/flu.asp.
Please check with your school for the date of the vaccination clinic. This date is subject to change, based on availability of the vaccine.Read More
Anchorage School District is offering the H1N1 (swine) flu vaccine to all students. The vaccine is not mandatory and will only be administered to students who have a permission slip signed by their parent or guardian. Please check with your... school to find out what date the vaccine will be offered at that school.
The vaccine can be administered in two forms: injection or nasal spray.
---Information about the nasal spray vaccine is available at http://www.immunize.org/vis/h1n1_liveflu
---Information about the injection is available at http://www.immunize.org/vis/h1n1_inactiv
The type of vaccine that your child receives will depend on the answers that you provide on the Consent and Screening form. This form is available on the ASD website (linked below) and will be sent home with your student. Please read and complete this form carefully.
Please remember the following important information.
---Your child MUST return a signed and completed Consent and Screening form (permission slip) to your school to receive the vaccine. No permission slip, no vaccine.
---This vaccine is for ASD students only and students MUST attend the vaccination clinics scheduled at their own school. The vaccine will not be given to parents, siblings, or any other family members unless they are students at the same school and have their own signed permission slip.
---For reasons of privacy and clinic efficiency, parents may not attend the vaccination clinics. Your children are in good hands and will be treated with the utmost care by the medical professionals administering the vaccine. Past experience has shown us that most children do better and are less emotional when receiving injections if their parents are not around.
Children nine years of age and younger need two doses of the vaccine. These doses should be received no sooner than 21 days apart. A second clinic will be held at your school for students needing a second vaccine.
For more information on H1N1, including prevention tips and additional vaccine information, please visit www.asdk12.org/eprep/flu.asp.
Please check with your school for the date of the vaccination clinic. This date is subject to change, based on availability of the vaccine.Read More
Source: www.asdk12.org
Pandemic H1N1 influenza (swine flu) was first identified in Alaska in late May 2009. Since that time we have seen limited but ongoing transmission, primarily among school-age children, teenagers, and young adults. ...
Anchorage School District School nursing jobs are literally a matter of life and death. Read about recent life-saving efforts in this month's ASD Connect, our e-newsletter. http://www.asdk12.org/newsletters
Anchorage School District Seven ASD Native students spent time in Denali National Park and with film producer Ken Burns. The article below features media clips that were created while at the park. ASD's Title VII Indian Education program and Cook Inlet Tribal Council's Mediak program worked collaboratively to make the arrangements.
Source: www.nps.gov
A new 12-hour television documentary by Ken Burns and Dayton Duncan is inspiringmany Americans to visit and get more involvedwith their national parks.
Anchorage School District In the giving mood? ASD staffers are. Today our coordinators kicked off the Charitable Giving Campaign that raises money to benefit our community. Last year, ASD staff donated more than $335,000 to non-profit organizations through the campaign.
Source: asdk12.org
Hear Mike Abbott, assistant superintendent of Support Services, discuss ASD's support for the Charitable Giving Campaign (0:40 seconds).
Anchorage School District
Anchorage schools collect more than 11,865 pounds of food for Day of Caring
Students and staff at 23 ASD schools and the Education Center
collected more than 11,865 pounds of food for United Way’s Day of
Caring annual food drive last Friday. All food collected will benefit
people in our community through the Food Bank of A...laska.
SAVE High School students and staff once again accounted for the
largest portion of the total ASD donation by officially collecting
3,763 pounds of food.
SAVE is the district’s accredited comprehensive alternative high
school providing students the opportunity to recover credits once they
have fallen behind by a semester or two. The program combines work
experience and regular high school academic requirements for completion
of a high school diploma.
“Because we’re an alternative school, we’ve been able to focus on
community involvement,” said SAVE Principal Cheryl Huber. “Our staff
models this behavior for our students through their giving with the
food drive and a toy drive in December, but our students really
understand how important it is to give back to the community and they
do,” said Huber.
This year’s record donation by ASD students and staff surpassed last
year’s collection by more than 1,000 pounds. ASD schools have
participated in the Day of Caring community service project for the
past seven years.Read More
Students and staff at 23 ASD schools and the Education Center
collected more than 11,865 pounds of food for United Way’s Day of
Caring annual food drive last Friday. All food collected will benefit
people in our community through the Food Bank of A...laska.
SAVE High School students and staff once again accounted for the
largest portion of the total ASD donation by officially collecting
3,763 pounds of food.
SAVE is the district’s accredited comprehensive alternative high
school providing students the opportunity to recover credits once they
have fallen behind by a semester or two. The program combines work
experience and regular high school academic requirements for completion
of a high school diploma.
“Because we’re an alternative school, we’ve been able to focus on
community involvement,” said SAVE Principal Cheryl Huber. “Our staff
models this behavior for our students through their giving with the
food drive and a toy drive in December, but our students really
understand how important it is to give back to the community and they
do,” said Huber.
This year’s record donation by ASD students and staff surpassed last
year’s collection by more than 1,000 pounds. ASD schools have
participated in the Day of Caring community service project for the
past seven years.Read More
Anchorage School District School Board approves grant to help continue APD’s School Resource Officer program
Source: bit.ly
At its Sept.14 meeting, the Anchorage School Board approved a grant of $400,000 for the continued support of Anchorage Police Department’s School Resource Officer program for the remainder of the calendar year.
Anchorage School District Superintendent Comeau responds to concerns about President Obama's upcoming address to students.
Source: www.asdk12.org
Superintendents in the United States were notified by Secretary of Education Arne Duncan last week that President Obama would be addressing all students in the country regarding the value of education. ...
Anchorage School District
Begich Middle School has its own mini natural history museum.
The various animal mounts were a donation from Kathryn Eckhoff and the Department of Fish and Game. Ms. Eckhoff's husband was a hunter who recently passed away. She donated these mounts to the school.
ASD Maintenance installed donated caribou, antelope, elk ...and deer heads, moose antlers and a grizzly bear rug near the school's main stairs and in the library.
Begich Principal Jeanne Fischer says she is grateful for the special gift to her school and
feels fortunate that Ms. Eckhoff and Fish and game selected Begich to receive them. Read More
The various animal mounts were a donation from Kathryn Eckhoff and the Department of Fish and Game. Ms. Eckhoff's husband was a hunter who recently passed away. She donated these mounts to the school.
ASD Maintenance installed donated caribou, antelope, elk ...and deer heads, moose antlers and a grizzly bear rug near the school's main stairs and in the library.
Begich Principal Jeanne Fischer says she is grateful for the special gift to her school and
feels fortunate that Ms. Eckhoff and Fish and game selected Begich to receive them. Read More
Anchorage School District ASD is sending an H1N1 update letter to all parents and staff. Click on the link below to read the letter before it arrives in mailboxes across town.
Source: www.asdk12.org
