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View our New Steller Recruitment Video

imgres-3Parent Group is proud to present a  recruitment video created by videographer and former Steller student, Galen Eggleston.

The video highlights some of the unique and wonderful things about Steller.  Please take a look and then forward to any of your friends who might consider making Steller their educational community.

AG Announcements – 1/28/13

AG Announcements – 1/28/13

  • Steller’s annual Open House is next Thursday, February 7th from 6:30-8. Student volunteers are needed to give school tours and to help run a booth in the MPR. If you are interested see your advisor or Jen for details.
  • Reminder:  Steller is not doing parent-student-teacher conferences until the end of the year so we will have full days of school the week of February 11th. We will however have an in-service day on the 15th.
  • Do you have a great idea for an intensive?  There is a suggestion box in the office where you can put down your idea. Staff looks at those ideas before deciding what they will teach during intensives.
  • The sock drive has been extended for one week. Some advisory groups did not get the announcement that has been in the op group notes, the flash, and personally delivered so we are extending the deadline for one more week. If you would like to donate socks to the children in transition program and Beans café please bring them to your advisor. Philip’s group will collect and tally the points. The group with the most points will win a pizza party and if the whole school beats Philip’s advisory group senior Wright Franklin will shave his head!!!!
  • The Steller Talent Show is this Friday, February 1, 7 – 9 pm. $5.00 entrance fee to raise money for Coalition of Essentials Schools. We hope to see everyone there!!
  • Wednesday Movies are really going to happen on Wednesday this week. “Monsters Inc.” is the feature film. Help support this fund raiser for Clare House through buying snacks or drinks during this free movie. Bob’s room at noon.
  • There is a parent/student meeting for the Shakespeare Festival travel intensive Wednesday at 6pm in Bob’s room. See everyone there.
  • Temple of the Bean training meeting for everyone this Tuesday at lunch OR after school….which ever is best for you.
  • Juniors and Seniors: you need to be getting signed up for and taking the SAT, SAT Subject, ACT, or ACT Writing Tests These are absolutely necessary for getting into college, many scholarships,  and the Alaska Performance Scholarship. We give all these tests here at Steller…for information about registration and practice materials see John.
  • Model UN meets today at 12 noon in Ken’s room.
  • Sophomores: Remember we have a dance on the Friday the 8th. We still need chaperones and this week groups should meet to put up posters and plan for decorations. Check with your parents about chaperoning and please get back to Leigh Anne.
  • High school mock trial meetings today and Friday at lunch. Please be there today to go over opening statements.
  • Dance on February 8, 2013

“Famous Duos Dance”

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Feb  8th 7pm – 11pm

Ticket Price: $3 in costume,  $5 no costume

Guest Sign Up in Office until Feb 5th, 3:00 pm (NO Exceptions)

 

mmiceThe Guest sign up book is open in the office Monday,Jan. 28th closing on Tuesday, Feb 5th at 3:00 pm (NO EXCEPTIONS)   DO NOT WAIT TO SIGN UP YOUR GUESTS!!!!!  Students please remember when signing up your guests you MUST Fill Out ALL Information correctly and completely in order for your guest to attend. Students and Guests who have ANY outstanding fines must have them paid in full 24 hours prior to the dance for processing.

bmanOffice Policies for Paying Fines and Fees

  1. You must have exact payment amount as the office does not make change.
  2. Fines for dances must be paid at least 24 hours prior to the dance for processing.
  3. Payment days and hours will be as follows:  Mondays, Tuesdays & Thursday’s,   7:30 – 8:30, 11:45 – 12:40, 2:05 – 3:30 pm 
  4. We only accept cash or checks. We unfortunately do not accept credit cards.

Attendance Reminder

Please report your student’s absence to the Steller office or attendance line within 24 hours of the absence.  Anything more than 24 hours will not be corrected.

All students are REQUIRED to sign in if they are late in the morning and SIGN OUT if they are leaving during the school day for the safety of every student in the event of an emergency.  Also if students leave for an appointment during the day and return they need to make sure that they SIGN BACK IN.

If your student has been marked tardy or absent and you feel that it is in error, please contact the teacher directly through email as the office is unable to make any corrections without confirmation from the teacher.

If you do receive an attendance phone call, please press 1 before you hang up, or listen to the complete message so you will not receive multiple phone calls.

Thank you!

INSPIRE Souper Steller Donations!

Parents and Students,
I posted a request on DonorsChoose for funds to support our “Souper Steller” project. Unfortunately, to actually procure money or gift cards for food purchase was a HUGE ordeal. I will ask later when I figure all this out; however, for now, I simply requested funding for soup bowls and spoons. Below  is a very important email with a February 2nd deadline. If you spread the word or have your friends spread the word on Facebook, it will certainly help our cause. Make certain people donate by Saturday, February 2, 2013 and use the match code INSPIRE during checkout to DOUBLE their donations to our Souper Soup Project! (DonorsChoose advised that we not use the name of the school.) If we have all the supplies needed for serving, we can use the funds we currently have for food.

Please, please, please spread the word today! All the details are below. FYI, Alyse Galvin supplied the great picture for DonorsChoose of our kids eating soup.
Anne McCarron, Steller Nurse
907-742-4963

**EMAIL FROM DONORSCHOOSE:**

Hi Anne,

Good news! Souper Soup Project In Anchorage Alaska(950962)<http://sg.donorschoose.org/wf/click?upn=CsPhWqIaiRWcUMfTJlg4VNdAyZDMv3Qigsb68UTnU2KvUBBhXHPwFLVs5h6Xc6Jr8UA5N2XCUhcnBW3geNs0tCVzO45HQmYjeuz9pkEmQM2LvPHO7NEVRhRODcyvYabDGwC1b7XtbRzeWtXK9iRRmIM6k-2FQQCj7m-2BLO7rbWKwp2vQU2X8gDEPHyEmH2Ie26t_smNzgIYEFP9fM2h4DimWKYSckehRnUSWHQj9JN15tTMjJjCnDbgz-2B69nl5uljn-2FjREZJAPsZHonzHAiJ42lFkifxTwDF1-2BDuCYQBt6PE167SjM1liD2BEKo-2FFZxhD6N4C6UauupSEQjYmUBypSJHGw8h36bdSe-2FfN4tRtrUeKMjiGHxAKv2UJR0oCldMh5nPAca-2B87tK5ctId7KBqAz4QQ-3D-3D> is live and ready to receive donations.

Even better: our Board of Directors wants to kick start your project! For the next 7 days, when someone donates to your project and enters the code INSPIRE, we’ll match their donation dollar for dollar.

We bet you have friends and family who care about what you’re doing in your classroom. Give them an easy way to help:

1) Tell your network! Email and post on Facebook. Not sure how to ask? Use our sample language<http://sg.donorschoose.org/wf/click?upn=eSHukmW1cWP4vvmX8qODN-2FCMaJPq5x50YpoYQ3b6YSL4a-2FM-2Fe0mZR12QDADPTfWeOKqhcjHI3XTYZnOK8dyVvQ-3D-3D_smNzgIYEFP9fM2h4DimWKYSckehRnUSWHQj9JN15tTMjJjCnDbgz-2B69nl5uljn-2FjREZJAPsZHonzHAiJ42lFkpLmXh4S8HXdnoaX39E7ewuE7yo6Ue-2F49CrMoTyQrwct8rFzLb8TAuPdl9znhAveN8KuX5XHydLOmKo-2BZGZssheA05qBgYu3S0aXaJguYyVoBCCw-2BaiUw1oEKToq01nCGA-3D-3D> and your personalized Teacher Page: http://www.donorschoose.org/we-teach/1721052<http://sg.donorschoose.org/wf/click?upn=CsPhWqIaiRWcUMfTJlg4VNdAyZDMv3Qigsb68UTnU2LDqe92eo-2FDpL98sGFTbVoh3OYRWVV9iLvQlNaWGLTXy7menZUcJxWqm6Ll9IfUla9HFbgzd25VYFRX7lQgxEGTArJ01qUHiXvpyU2NVuvLKQ-3D-3D_smNzgIYEFP9fM2h4DimWKYSckehRnUSWHQj9JN15tTMjJjCnDbgz-2B69nl5uljn-2FjREZJAPsZHonzHAiJ42lFkuvOVHjCblXBITsw1krZ0Nth-2BG7i3lOqKl2stTRqIhat-2FRND8EYQZ6U6725JFZhWC9Bh0oE5u1eJz0nGjRjOzcti6n93GTfAOo1ghGgyyMZDawMNzDYtval-2BoUU6swzraA-3D-3D>

2) Make sure people donate by February 2, 2013 and use the match code INSPIRE during checkout to double their donations to your project.

Questions? Read the full details about this offer.<http://sg.donorschoose.org/wf/click?upn=eSHukmW1cWP4vvmX8qODN-2FCMaJPq5x50YpoYQ3b6YSL4a-2FM-2Fe0mZR12QDADPTfWeOKqhcjHI3XTYZnOK8dyVvQ-3D-3D_smNzgIYEFP9fM2h4DimWKYSckehRnUSWHQj9JN15tTMjJjCnDbgz-2B69nl5uljn-2FjREZJAPsZHonzHAiJ42lFkuGKbDxcMQbFRbS1Vh4Q9FM2xbZueIqwfKbvjiBCekZcE6Vtv0QvX92ATpiv7nmMHUd80ppy7c3uGzBQ7xGvMTQumRmLNlODBA9sWRVFU5sJCrlrGJJ-2BVv-2BciCT2Gwu3XQ-3D-3D>

Thanks for the hard work we know you do every day.

The DonorsChoose.org Team

Lunchtime Library Help Needed!

Volunteering in the library is relaxed and fun. Our volunteers help our students by keeping the library open during the lunch hour.  To volunteer for either Tuesdays or Thursdays (or both!) from 11:30am-1 pm, please call the office at 742-4950 ASAP and ask for Becky (Steller’s library aide). You can also reach us via email at gurney_rebecca@asdk12.org (Becky, Library Aide) or jackson_lana@asdk12.org (Svetlana, Librarian).

THANK YOU!

Steller Student Advances in International Art Competition

 

 

MollyRGreat news about Molly’s Peace Poster!  Molly’s poster is one of 24 finalists in the Lion’s Club 25th annual Peace Poster Contest.  With a field of over 400,000 entries world-wide, this is a great achievement!  Her poster will be advanced to the final competition to determine the International Grand Prize winner. Here is a piece taken from the “press release”.

Peace Poster Contest Judging

Molly R’s poster advanced through regional competitions, and will be judged in the international competition to be held in January in Chicago, IL.  The grand prize winner will be announced at the “Lions Day at the United Nations” event on February 1st in New York City.

One international grand prize winner and 23 merit award winners will be selected. The grand prize includes a cash award of $5,000, and 23 merit award winners will each receive a certificate and a cash award of $500.

Stay tuned to see what happens next!!