Thank you to those parents, students, and staff members who have already nominated Steller for the Keep Gym In School Grant.  If you haven’t done so already, please  visit www.keepgyminschool.com/nominate-school.aspx .  The simple nomination form takes just a few minutes to complete.  All nominations must be submitted before March 1st.
Not sure what to say? Click here for some ideas.
Steller really needs your help.  Every nomination helps.  Steller could be awarded $1000 or more for their PE program. Visit www.keepgyminschool.com/nominate-school.aspx .  It is fairly simple nomination form that takes just a few minutes to complete.  All nominations must be submitted before March 1st.
Not sure what to say? Click here for some ideas.
Time is running out and Steller really needs your help.  Steller could be awarded $1000 or more for their PE program but they need your nominations. Visit www.keepgyminschool.com/nominate-school.aspx .  The nomination form is easy  and takes just a few minutes to complete.  All nominations must be submitted before March 1st.
Not sure what to say? Click here for some ideas.
This year, Steller Secondary School partnered with The American Red Cross of Alaska – Haiti Earthquake Relief to raise money to help support those impacted by the earthquakes that devastated Haiti on January 12, 2010. The American Red Cross is working with its partners in the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network, including the Haitian Red Cross, and other partners to assist those affected by this disaster.
We asked students and their families to empty their coin jar, search couch cushions, check old pockets, and empty car coin stashes all in an attempt to put that spare change to good use.
Steller students got to work bringing in spare change, selling paper red cross logos to hang on the wall, and popcorn during lunch. The paper red cross logos slowly took over an entire wall. Everyone seemed to enjoy seeing which advisory group had the most logos. Each day, a “Red Cross/Haiti Update†was written on our announcement board and included an interesting fact about coins and a fact a
bout Haiti or the Red Cross. Students voted each week on which teacher they wanted to see get duct taped to the wall in our “stuck for a buck†fundraiser held during lunch on each Friday of our two-week coin drive.  Students, staff, and even parents then bought strips of duct tape to stick a Steller teacher to the wall. In our second week of fundraising students were able to purchase valentines that were delivered to their classrooms. On the last day of our fundraiser, Jen Strauss and Danielle Sjoden’s Advisory groups hosted a valentine dance with the $475.73 proceeds benefitting the fundraiser.
In the end, we were able to raise $2,535.86, an impressive amount for a school of only 263 students.
Thanks again, to all of you who worked so hard and donated money to make this fundraiser so successful for the American Red Cross of Alaska Haiti Earthquake Relief!
Please remember to nominate our school for the NFL Keep Gym in School Grant
where we can get $1,000-$50,000 to improve our P.E. Program. Replacement of
broken items, a larger weight room with better equipment, better storage, an
outside track and basketball court are all a possibility, but we need
everyone in the Steller Community to come forward and nominate us.
It’s easy to do online:
1)Â Enter address:Â www.keepgyminschool.com/nominate-school.aspx
2)Â Click on button “Nominate your school”.
3)Â On Grant Nomination Page:
Type in your name.
Provide an e-mail address. (If it doesn’t accept it, put in another
address.
Use drop down menu and select your relationship to the school.
Enter school information   Steller Secondary School
2508 Blueberry St.
Anchorage, AK 99503
4) Complete 2 larger boxes– stay under 1000 characters & spaces or do
as a Word Doc & get a count, then cut & paste it into the boxes.
5) 1st box  Explain why we need the grant. Describe our current
program.
2nd box  Explain how we plan to use the money.
Remember:Â Your family and friends can also make a nomination, so please
spread the word!! The deadline for nominations has been extended March 1st.
Thanks,
The Toni & Shanley Advisory Group and Troy Advisory Group
If you need some ideas of how we might use the grant, click here for more information.
Please support Steller by nominating us for the NFL Keep Gym in School Grant. Nominations will be accepted until March 1st!
KEEP GYM IN THE SCHOOLS GRANT
How we currently use the gym: (with Wt. Room, Locker Rooms/Bathrooms)
Wt. Training
Lifetime Personal Fitness
Volleyball
Intro to dance
Soccer
Rec Games
Lunchtime:
Gym Hockey
After School: Open Gym & Jujitsu (martial arts)
After 4:00 P.M., our gym is rented out to various groups throughout the school district.
Other uses of the gym:
Steller Olympics
Steller Auction
Activity Night Games
Intensive PE Classes (ex. fencing, volleyball, ping pong, badminton, soccer, gym hockey, kickball, cone ball, ultimate frisbee, frolf, tennis, basketball, football, golf, and baseball)
What we would like to do:
Repair basketball hoops and replace nets
Replace all old worn gym equipment
Enlarge the gym to include a bigger weight room and more storage
Build an outside track for running
Build a hockey rink and basketball courts
Get better weight training equipment, such as: some tread mills, exercise bikes, ellipticals, more hand weights, bench presses, a sauna and showers.
*Please nominate STELLER by completing and submitting the form at:
***Â Â Â www.keepgyminschool.com/nominate-school.aspx ***
We could receive $1000 to $50,000 to improve our PE Program!
AT THE MALL AT SEARS ON SATURDAY
The SHANLEY/TONI ADVISORY GROUP will be doing a FUNDRAISER on Saturday, February 13th from 11:00 A.M.- 5:00 P.M. at The Mall at Sears.
We will be doing Valentine Gift Wrapping for donations to help pay for a Smile Train Cleft Palate Surgery for a disadvantaged child.
We did gift wrapping in December at another location and earned $65, so we need to continue with our fundraising to pay for a $250 surgery.
Although the Sears Mall will be providing a table and chairs, we NEED DONATIONS OF VALENTINE GIFT WRAP, RIBBON, & TAPE. We could also use Valentine’s cards, cupcakes, cakes, cookies, candy—-ANYTHING TO DO WITH VALENTINE’S DAY that we can sell to raise more money.
Please support us by coming to the Sears Mall on Saturday. We need students and parents to help with set-up, clean-up, and gift wrapping. Your help will really be appreciated!
Our first week of fundraising is over and we are doing a great job. Lunch time popcorn and paper red crosses have sold about $250 so far this week. Friday at 
lunch, teachers and student’s paid for strips of duct tape to tape Philip, one of our science teachers to the wall and raised nearly $120 in less than 30 minutes! Next week we will be selling candy valentines at lunch and advisory groups will get to vote on which teacher they would like to tape to the wall on Friday 2/12/10.
Steller’s coin drive will run from 2/1/10 through 2/12/10.
The advisory group who raises the most money will be treated to a pizza party!
So far, it looks like Natalie’s advisory group is in the lead with Nina’s advisory group in hot pursuit. Advisory group’s collection jars will be counted by Monday, so stay tuned as this may change who is in the lead.
Donations can be spare change, cash, check, or made online @ via the American Red Cross website. https://alaska.secureweb1.org//index.php#donate_form (Secure page link) Please be sure to write Steller and your student’ name in the “remember someone special†box. This will be
the only way we will know it is from Steller and for which Advisory Group. Checks should be made out to the American Red Cross of Alaska.
I can’t thank all of you enough for the donations we have collected already. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact me at 742-4963 or Williams_wendy@asdk12.org.
Nurse Wendy
Have you nominated Steller for the NFL Keep Gym in School Grant?
The deadline has been extended to———March 1st.
So please send your nominations to:
www.keepgyminschool.com/nominate-school.aspx
How we currently use the gym (with Wt. Room, Locker Rooms/Bathrooms) at Steller?
Other uses of the gym:
What we would like to do:
The entire Anchorage community will benefit from these improvements.
Thanks,
Toni Stark
It’s time to empty that coin jar! This year, Steller Secondary students chose Haiti Earthquake Relief through the American Red Cross of Alaska as our annual coin drive fundraiser.
On January 12, 2010, a series of earthquakes with magnitudes ranging from 6.5 to 7.3 devastated Haiti. The American Red Cross is working with its partners in the global Red Cross and Red Crescent network, including the Haitian Red Cross, and other partners to assist those affected by this disaster.
So empty your coin jar, check those couch cushions and turn your pockets inside out and lets put the estimated $10.5 billion in loose change that sits idle in American households to a good cause.
Steller’s coin drive will run from 2/1/10 through 2/12/10.
The advisory group who raises the most money will be treated to a pizza party!
Donations can be spare change, cash, check, or made online @ via the American Red Cross website.
https://alaska.secureweb1.org//index.php#donate_form (Secure page link) Please be sure to write Steller and your student’ name in the “remember someone special†box. This will be the only way we will know it is from Steller and for which Advisory Group.