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Weekly Reminders December 3-7

Raven Homeschool, Juneau Part

Teacher Annotation...

Happy December Raven families! I'g working on approving all Q1 progress reports. If students take non completed 25% of their curriculum at this point, I am putting INC (incomplete) as their grade to finalize Quarter 1, which ended Oct. 31st. On Monday, I will be out of the office for part of the twenty-four hours administering the SAT to i of my students who utilizes accommodations. The rest of the week (Tues-Thurs), I will be at Raven from 8-iv:30 with 12:30-1:xxx tiffin. ~Joan

I am having a great fourth dimension on my holiday down south with my husband and volition exist dorsum in the role on Monday, Dec 10. ~Theresa

And the winners are...

Thanks to everyone who helped gauge our contest by voting on your elevation 3 favorite disguised turkeys. Winners may finish past the role to merits your prizes. Thanks for participating!

In This Newsletter...

December Activities & Resources

• Calendar
• Vendor & Curriculum Lists
• Juneau Office Library Database
• Raven Gear

This Week...

• Staff Schedules
• Healthy Futures Nov Logs Due - Dec iii
• Digital Animation/Drawing Club 6th-12th Grades - Dec 4
• PAC Coming together & Hour of Lawmaking Activeness - Dec 5
  
• JrFLL Final Meeting - Dec six
• Stocking Stuffer Gift Exchange Bring Stocking Borderline - December 7
• Eye/High Schoolhouse Sip 'n Pigment Activity - December seven
• Lego League Expo - December eight

Looking Alee...

• Dec Activities
• Eaglecrest Homeschool Ski/Snowboard Program Info & Registration
  

Extras...

• FLL Presentation Invite - Dec 3
• Hour of Code resources
• Statewide Poetry Contest
• Tips for a Healthy & Happy Year
• Juneau Student Symphony - December 1 & seven
• EXCEL 9 - Military camp for ninth graders

THIS Calendar week...

Staff Schedules

Joan - In Office Mon-Thurs, O ff Fri, December 7

Theresa - Off December three-vii

Regular Function Hours: Mon-Friday 8am-four:30pm

Nov Good for you Futures Logs - Due Dec three

November was the terminal month of the autumn claiming, so it's time to plow in your log!

Students in grades PreK-6th are encouraged to go along track of their physical activity and be active for at least 60 minutes fifteen or more days during the month. In exchange for a completed log, students will receive a good for you futures wrist band and those who complete all 3 fall logs (Sept, October, Nov) volition be entered in a thousand prize drawing for a sports bag. Nov logs are due to be turned in to Holly past December iii.

Fall winner of the Sports Bag volition exist announced after Dec 10.

Digital Animation/Cartoon Lodge for 6th-12th grades - Tues, December 4 from 2:fifteen-4:15pm

Are you interested in digital animation or pen/newspaper drawing? Students in 6th-12th grades are invited to bring together us at the Raven Part to work together on projects each week. Bring your figurer or paper and drawing utensils and come up work on collaborative monthly 2D and 3D projects, share your current projects, and be inspired together. Let us know if you have questions almost this new student-led club.

Parent Advisory Committee Meeting & 60 minutes of Lawmaking Activity - Wednesday, December five from 2-4pm

This month's PAC coming together is i that you will non want to miss! Nosotros will have a invitee speaker from Civil Air Patrol who will testify samples of a whole array of Stem kits available to families through their Aerospace Connections in Education (ACE) plan. There will likewise be an Usborne Book Fair gear up upwardly at our function so you lot can shop for books before/after the meeting. This is National Hour of Lawmaking Week, so we will have Coding Activities for students during the coming together and and then joint parent/student coding activities subsequently the PAC meeting portion has wrapped upwardly (thus the 2 hours rather than usual one scheduled). Students are encouraged to bring a laptop or tablet with them and everyone who comes will get their own Raven ear buds to go along. Please RSVP so we know how many people to expect.

JrFLL - Thurs, Dec 6 from 10:30am-12pm

JrFLL will be having their final meeting at this fourth dimension, so be enlightened that there will be a lot of activeness going on during this time. JrFLL teammates - nosotros are hoping to go a squad photograph with everyone in it, so please practise your best to be here for the meeting this calendar week. The competition is on Sabbatum, Dec eight. Thanks!

Middle/Loftier School Sip 'n Paint Party - Fri, Dec 7 from 2-4pm

Students in middle and high schoolhouse are invited to join us for a painting party with sparkling cider to sip while creating your masterpiece. We are requesting $5/person to aid comprehend the cost of the canvases and RSVP'southward to Holly are required by Wednesday, December 5 to ensure that we take enough canvases for anybody. This will be a fun time to paint and spend time together, and anybody will go dwelling house with a squeamish slice of art to brandish at the end.

Would your pupil like to participate in a fun gift exchange with other students? Sign upwardly to participate and bring a stocking with your educatee's name on it to the office, then get piffling stocking stuffers to add to everyone'south stocking before Christmas. We volition ship out the number of participants to go/make gifts for so yous know how many stockings to expect to contribute to.

Lego League Juneau Robot Jamboree & Expo - Saturday, Dec 8

We encourage you to terminate by Centennial Hall sometime today to cheer on our Raven Lego League teams! They recommend that spectators arrive subsequently 12:30, and the JrFLL portion will exist from three-v:15pm.

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December Activities

See the December flyer for full details and calendar.

• Tuesdays from ii:15-4:15pm – Digital Animation/Drawing Club for sixth -twelfth grades
  
• Wed, Dec 5 from 2-4pm – Parent Advisory Committee Meeting & Hour of Code Action
• Fri, Dec 7 from 2-4pm – Heart/High Schoolhouse Sip 'n Paint Party
• Fri, Dec 7 at Noon – Deadline to sign up & bring stocking for Stocking Stuffer Gift Exchange
• Midweek, Dec 12 from iii:thirty-4:30pm – Unproblematic Spanish Society: Sentimientos (Feelings)
• Thurs, December thirteen from 1-2:30pm – YKSD Virtual Holiday Program
• Fri, Dec xiv at Noon – Deadline to bring gifts for Stocking Stuffer Gift Commutation
• Fri, Dec fourteen from 1-2pm – Yearbook Committee Meeting
• Mon, December 17 – Scholastic Reading Order December Orders Due
• Mon, Dec 17 from 12-one:30pm – Sack Lunch, Card Making, & Caroling at Wildflower Court
• Mon, Dec 17 from 3:30-4:30pm – Chess Club
• Thurs, December xx from 2:xxx-4pm – Holiday Arts and crafts Party
• Fri, Dec 21 at Apex – Deadline to pick up filled stocking for Stocking Stuffer Gift Substitution

Eaglecrest Homeschool Plan - Borderline to Annals December 10

If your student wants to participate in the Eaglecrest Homeschool Ski/Snowboard Program this year, brand sure you register online or drop off your registration forms to our office past Monday, Dec 10.

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FLL Presentation Invite - December 3 at Library

Three FLL teams have invited you to a special viewing of their presentations in preparation for the competition on Dec 8. This is a groovy opportunity to see what they take been working on all semester and support their great efforts. Here are the details:

• Date: Mon, Dec 3
• Time: 5:30pm
• Location: Mendenhall Valley Library Briefing Room
• Teams Presenting: Happy Dave (Raven), Science Sisters (Idea), and i other Thought squad

60 minutes of Code - New Minecraft Activity & Other News

Hullo!

Hr of Code season has arrived, and we're excited to unveil new activities from our partners!

With over 150 new tutorials, and the ability to filter by grade, experience level, and classroom hardware, anybody can detect the perfect action. We even accept new activities that work offline or without computers. (And, your favorites from last yr are still here.)

Simply that's not all—in a few weeks, nosotros'll denote a very special new Code.org tutorial. Stay tuned (and get ready to groove)!

And, today we're unveiling a brand new activity from Code.org and Microsoft: Minecraft Voyage Aquatic!

Voyage Aquatic takes learners on an aquatic adventure to notice treasure and solve puzzles with coding. Minecraft teamed upward with four YouTube creators–AmyLee33, Netty Plays, iBallisticSquid, and Tomohawk–for this twelvemonth'due south Minecraft Hour of Code. These creative YouTubers guide participants through 12 unique challenges through caves, ruins, and underwater reefs to solve puzzles and learn coding concepts such as loops and conditionals, two primal concepts in informatics. Voyage Aquatic encourages students to think creatively, endeavor different coding solutions, and utilize what they learn in this mysterious underwater world!

The tutorial also includes a 'free play' level for participants to employ what they learn in the prior puzzles and use coding to build imaginative underwater creations. And of grade, Minecraft Designer and Minecraft Adventurer are always available to play!

Find the right activity for your form
Our teacher committee has tested every activeness on HourOfCode.com, and they're listed in a teacher-recommended society.

Y'all can observe activities designed to reinforce math, linguistic communication arts, science, social studies, and fine art. Or endeavour some of the favorites from our partners:

For beginners of all ages. Start coding with blocks...
An Unusual Discovery (from CS Showtime with Scratch)
Two characters come across in a world and discover a surprising object. What happens next? With Scratch and CS First, anyone can create their own unique story with code.

Animate an Adventure Game (from Scratch)
Send your favorite Drawing Network characters on a quest, from the uttermost reaches of the universe to the edge of Craig's creek. Unlock secret treasures and discover new characters while creating an adventure game.

Go further with Python or JavaScript
Landscape Generator (from Tynker)
Use Python'southward pen cartoon feature to etch a landscape using code. Use the landscape items already created for you or design your own structures. Publish and share your creations!

App Lab (from Code.org)
Create your own app in JavaScript using blocks or text. You'll brand a simple app with buttons, images, sounds, and multiple screens that you can share with your friends or publish to a public gallery. If you've already done some coding with blocks, accept your skills to the next level.

For Pre-Readers
Brand your own mazes with Kodable
Kodable at present includes a digital Maker Space! Make levels, design games, or build characters. Choose your activity and start creating with Kodable! Featuring JavaScript for upper elementary.

codeSpark Academy with the Foos: Create Games
Ever wanted to design and code your own video game? Cull from ii game kits that guide you through creating and coding a Mario-style video game using codeSpark Academy's no words interface. Beginner coders and pre-readers welcome!

Don't have computers? Or reliable internet access?
Try these Hour of Code activities or any of Code.org's unplugged activities with your class!

And there'due south more...see the full list of activities on the Hour of Code site.

These activities would not be possible without months (or years) of piece of work from hundreds of individuals and dozens of organizations. A big thank you to all of the following organizations for creating activities this year for the 60 minutes of Code:

3DBear, Amazon, Bitsbox, BlocksCAD, Bot Schoolhouse Inc., BrainPOP, cherrypicks, Chibitronics, Code Avengers, Code Camp Globe, Code Club, Code Fever Miami, CodeCombat, CodeHS, Codemoji, CodeMonkey Studios, CoderDojo, codeSpark, CodeSpeak Labs, Codesters, Codewards, Codinism, Curriculum Pathways, DevTech Research Grouping at Tufts Academy, Firia Labs, Gamefroot, Google, GP Blocks, Grok Learning, HTML Academy, hyperPad, iCompute, Kano, Khan University, KinderLab Robotics, Inc., Kodable, Make School, See Edison, Micro:bit Educational Foundation, MicroBlocks, Microsoft, MIT App Inventor, Mobile Computer Science Principles Project, Ozobot, Peblio, Raspberry Pi, RoboGarden, RobotMagic, Scratch, Sphero Edu, STEMcoding projection, TeacherGaming, Thunkable, Toxicode, Tralalere, Tynker, Vidcode, Washington Academy in St. Louis Plant for School Partnership, and Wonder Workshop.

Permit's become artistic with computer science!

Hadi Partovi

24th Almanac Statewide Poetry Contest - Enter Dec 1-February 15

November 27, 2018

FOR Immediate RELEASE

Contact: Programs & Communications Coordinator

Phone: 907-456-6485 ext. 224

Email: literary@fairbanksarts.org

Fairbanks Arts Association is Accepting Entries for the

24 th Annual Statewide Poetry Competition.

Fairbanks Arts is excited to denote the 24th Statewide Poetry Contest and invites participation from poets of all ages elementary schoolhouse and upwards. Equally a celebration of National Poetry Writing Month in April, this contest aims to encourage, publicize and reward the writing of high quality poetry in Alaska. Fairbanks Arts will have entries Saturday, December 1, 2018 through Friday, February 15, 2019. All entries will exist judged by Alaskan author Vivian Faith Prescott.

Divisions & Awards:

Adult: 1st Identify $150 | 2nd Place $100 | third Place $fifty

High School: 1st Identify $100 | 2nd Place $50 | 3rd Identify $25

Middle Schoolhouse: 1st Place $50 | 2nd Identify $xxx | 3rd Place $15

Uncomplicated School: 1st Place $l | 2nd Identify $thirty | 3rd Identify $15

Entry Fee:

Adults: $4 per verse form or $xiii/4 poems.

Elementary, Middle, and High School: $3 per poem or $ten / four poems.

Grade Entries (special submission information on the Fairbanks Arts website): $1 per poem

Submission is limited to 4 poems per person.

SUBMISSION PERIOD: December 1,2018 - Feb 15, 2019

About our Judge:

Vivian Faith Prescott is the author of a full-length poetry drove, The Hide of My Tongue, and four poetry chapbooks, Slick, Sludge, Traveling with the Underground People, Our Tents Are Small-scale Volcanoes, and a curt story drove, The Dead Go to Seattle. Vivian is a recipient of the Alaska Literary Award (2017), a Rasmuson Fellowship (2015), and the Jason Wenger Award for Literary Excellence.

Complete contest information & eligibility requirements are available at fairbanksarts.org.

If you have any questions, please call 907.456.6485 ext. 224 or emailliterary@fairbanksarts.org

Happy & Healthy Brochure for Families

We recently got a packet of brochures with Happy & Healthy Tips for families. Finish past the office to pick one upwards. Hither are a few highlights of what is included in this neat resources, plus a Box Tops for Education Bonus Certificate!

EXCEL 9 - Military camp for ninth Graders

The 2d EXCEL ix will start a few days after Christmas break, and everything needs to be coordinated earlier Christmas suspension happens. Important information listed below.

• Session Dates: January 14th-19th
• Awarding Due Date: Dec 10th.
• Attachments: EXCEL ix informational flyer and awarding.
• Return Applications To: cte@yksd.com
• Open to Raven Homeschool Students! (YKSD River School students will take priority)

EXCEL 9 is a advice & career exploration camp. Students in 9th grade will be introduced to various career pathways through interactive field trips and chore tours during a 6-day session. They will do valuable employability skills such as fourth dimension management, teamwork, and trouble solving. Additionally, participants will begin edifice a Personal Learning & Career Programme (PLCP) on AKCIS to prepare them for their future.

Please let me know if you have whatever questions.

Thanks

Patty Woody

Minto School & MHS Gladys Dart School Itinerant Counselor

Career & Technical Education Coordinator

Yukon-Koyukuk Schoolhouse District

4762 Old Drome Mode

Fairbanks, AK 99709
907-374-9435

Fax 907-374-9440

pwoody@yksd.com

Raven Homeschool Juneau Office

Joan Gianotti - Advisory Teacher

Theresa Miller - Advisory Teacher

Aleta LeBlanc - Family Liaison

Holly Shier - Administrative Assistant

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