Individual guidance in Career Exploration and College Planning and Application offered by Marianne on Wednesdays after school in the Orange Lab. This is a great opportunity for juniors to start planning for after high school and for seniors to work on the college application. Students in other grades are welcome as well.

Stop by Marianne’s office or email her at pedersen_marianne@asdk12.org for more information

Hello Steller Students and Parents!  This year Steller is holding our Olympics on Tuesday, October25th. This is a fun day focused on Advisory bonding. Each Advisory hosts competitions and everyone competes to help their team win. Teams also dress up and we hold a picnic lunch. Each student should bring something to contribute, so please check below to see what your advisory has been assigned to bring. Also we do need a couple of parents from 10:00-12:00 to help with lunch set up and clean up. Please email Leigh Anne at bonney_leigh@asdk12.org, if you can volunteer.

Food assignments:

Sandwiches for three people – Troy’s, Sventana’s, Rosa’s, Danielle/Ashley’s, Jean’s, Ken’s, Marla’s, and Simone’s

Chips – Philip’s, Bob’s, and Mike’s

Fruit for 3 – Leigh Anne’s, Jason’s, Becky’s, and Brian’s

Also, here is the schedule for the next couple of weeks.

October 21: No School – Inservice

October 25: Steller Olympics

October 26 and 27: Half Days – Student-Led Conferences (School Day ends at 11:35)

October 27: Halloween dance at 7PM

October 28: No School-Inservice

Sign-up / log-in to Fred Meyer at this link https://www.fredmeyer.com/topic/community-rewards-4

PSAT
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 19
Meet in the MPR at 8:15

We would like to have all students seated by 8:30 so we can start the test on time.

Bring on test day:

Number 2 pencil w/eraser
Approved calculator (see student guide, College Board website, or Marianne)
Picture ID
Social Security number (optional)
Email address (optional but recommended

Phones need to be shut off and stay underneath the table

Water bottles/snack stay underneath the table

No hats please

Assigned seats

Total testing time including administration is approximately 3 hours and 30 minutes

Two 5-minute breaks to stretch

The 15-dollar fee has to be paid before students can take the test

See Poster HERE

Seniors, if you want to attend the College Fair Monday October 17th, please turn in the permission slip to the front office Monday morning before school starts. This is a great opportunity to talk with admissions officers and expand your college list.

Whitman College will visit Steller during lunch Tuesday October 18th. Louise Karneus, Admissions Officer at Whitman, will be available outside the front office from Noon. I encourage parents and students to stop by. Whitman is located in Walla Walla, WA and is on the list of Colleges That Change Lives.

Marianne

The 43^rd Annual Steller Auction is this Saturday (October 15^th) from 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Check in at our front entry reception desk to receive your Bidder Number.   The cost to participate in the bidding is $5 per person or $10 per family. Come experience THE MOST ANTICIPATED EVENT OF THE YEAR!!!

Please support Steller Secondary. All proceeds from this fundraiser go towards Travel Scholarships, Student Grants, Passages Projects, Student-led Steller Improvements, and much, much more!

Goodies for the refreshment table may be dropped off at the office on Friday, or the kitchen when you arrive on Saturday.

Please contact Janine Nesheim at 250-5467 or nesheims@gci.net if you have any questions.

All school pictures are online now for parents to view and order. They will need their students ASD student ID number to access the image. Here is the link: HERE

Alicia Minor Fitzgerald Photography 16829 Fire House Lane Eagle River, Alaska 99577 alicia@fitzgeraldphotos.com 907-726-1562