TONGASS SCHOOL OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
School Hours: 9:05-3:40
School-wide Recess: 12:30
School-wide Lunch: 1:00
Before School Program: 7:30 a.m.
Breakfast Club: 8:40-9:00a.m.
After School Program: 3:40 – 5:15 p.m.
December 4, 2014
Dr. Marian Gonzales, Principal
Marian.gonzales@k21schools.org
225-5720 (phone) 225-8822 (fax)
www.tongassschool.org
APC News Note
School Board Presentation: At the November 17th KGB School Board meeting, Principal Marian Gonzales
presented the TSAS Annual report on our 2013-14 school year as required by our charter. It was a colorful power
point highlighting many exciting features of our school such as hands on learning, community partnerships,
student leadership, student projects and more. The Board was extended an invitation to come to our school for a
salad bar dinner for more in depth sharing and dialogue in January. Congratulations to all who contribute to
making TSAS so special—staff, parents and especially the students. The School Board was duly impressed and we
have much to be proud about.
Homework Policy Review: At the recent APC meeting on this past Monday, homework policy was the hot topic.
While we have a basic current homework policy, it was decided to form a committee to clarify certain aspects such
as teacher/home communication if there are concerns, systematic homework help, and other details. Our goal is
to complete the policy revision by the next meeting. If you have suggestions or concerns regarding the homework
policy, please share them by contacting APC members or sending recommendations to the office. As always, we
value your input. At the Monday meeting the APC also decided that students will no longer be required to attend
Study Hall instead of swimming for failure to complete homework.
We will NOT have school on December 19, 2014.
Classes will resume January 5, 2015
Mr. Shultz's 3rd and 4th grade class is in need of 20 2-liter plastic soda bottles with lids for our Water
Cycle theme.
Are you a Pokemon lover and... love fantastic trades or love heated battles? If you said “YES” to any of these
questions you will love this year’s Pokemon Club! Our meeting days will be every Monday and Friday during lunch
in the Art area. This year our judges are Henry Clark, Kepler Starkweather-Jones, Phillip Smith, and Atreyu Davis.
They will help you with battle rules or a trade you are unsure about, but the judges can‘t stop a trade unless you or
the other student does not want to trade. We will start next Monday, December 8th.
School Store Starts!
In addition to renting goggles each Friday, Student Council will now be selling drinks and snacks after
swimming. The choices will vary, so be sure and read your news note each week. Chocolate milk will be
here in December!
Friday, December 5
Granola Bar $.50
Goggle Rental $1.00
Chocolate milk $1.00
A huge thank you to one and all that helped, from set up to take down, with our most successful book
fair ever! I especially would like to say thank you to our wonderful TSAS families that were so supportive
of our book sale. The proceeds from the fair will allow the purchase of MANY new books for our school
library. ----- Ms. Sandi
The last day for Penny Power is
Tuesday, December 9!
Great work Tongass School! So far, we
have raised over $400!
The winner will be announced at the
Winter Coffee House on Thursday
December 11.
Keep those pennies coming!
Venue Change
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Please Join us for the
Tongass School Winter Coffee House
“We’ve Got Rhythm”
December 11th @ 6:30Saxman Community Center
Featuring your children showcasing their musical accomplishments
Please bring a pre-cut dessert to
share. Coffee and Hot Cocoa will
be provided.
Have your child dress as nice as possible for our performance.
They need to be there by 6:15. If you are able to help with setup or take-down, you can call 228-6997 to sign up. Thank you!
For any questions contact Katie Gaggini at katherine.gaggini@k21schools.org