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.
First Student Bus Service Phone Number: 225-3806
January 15, 2015
Dr. Marian Gonzales, Principal
Marian.Gonzales@k21schools.org
225-5720 (phone) 225-8822 (fax)
www.tongassschool.org
Lifelong Guideline: No Put Downs
Lifeskills: Resourcefulness Jan 12 – Jan 23
Definition: to respond to challenges and opportunities in innovative and creative ways
We are having a day off from school! Monday, January 19th. We will see you
on Tuesday, January 20th! In celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King’s birthday
Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Families,
The time has finally come to celebrate our great readers and have our school battles.
On January 16th, at 11 am, 3rd and 4th grade will be competing to see which team will represent Tongass in the
district battle next month. The battle with take place in Ms. Orlowski’s room and is expected to be done by recess.
Our 5th and 6th grade teams will also compete on January 16th but will do so at 2:30 pm immediately after
swimming. The 5/6 battle will take place in Mr Olsen/ Mrs Mike’s room and is expecting to be finished by the
day’s end.
If you are able to attend, we would love to have you come and watch your fabulous students. I know there can
only be one winning team from each grade level but please know that all these children are winners in my book!
They have spent much time reading on their own as well as staying after school with me for weeks! Thanks for
sharing your readers with me: it’s been a blast :)
Ms Sandi
Did you know that we have a homework club every day after school? It is directed by Melanie Young
and meets beginning at 4:00 and ends at 5:00. If you are interested in your student attending the
Homework Club, call the office. Your student will check in at the After School Program, have snack and
then off to Homework Club with Ms. Melanie. If you student rides the Activities Bus that departs the
school at 4:15, we would still encourage your student to attend for the 15 minutes.
Please support our
student coffee fund.
We have whole bean
(medium or dark
roast) or ground
coffee (medium or
dark roast). The cost
per pound bag is
$11.00. For sale at
the office.
WEARABLE ARTS COSTUME SCHEDULE
Meeting Schedule:
January 9th: 3:45-5:00
January 16th: 3:45 – 5:00
January 23rd: 3:45 – 5:00
January 30th: 3:45 – 5:00
All meetings will be in the Art Room. Our Performance will be Saturday, February 7th at 2:00 at the Ted
Ferry Civic Center.
APC News
We would like to invite and encourage you to attend our APC Meetings. In general, the meetings are
held the first and third Mondays of every month at 4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. There is great knowledge and
information to be gained by your attendance and input at these meetings. As sometimes it happens, we
do not always have the agenda and handouts ready to include in the newsletter. However, if you call
the office, we will always, by Friday, be able to give a general overview of the planned meeting. If you
are interested, but cannot attend our APC meetings, please call the office and let any of us know that
you would like a copy of the agenda, handouts and minutes. This is your student’s school!!! Let us
know your thoughts.
Friday, January 23, the Jazz Cabaret will be here to perform for our school and Ketchikan Charter School.
If you would like to attend, please meet us at 10:30 in the gym.
Student Council will be selling chocolate milk for $1.00 and granola bars for $.50 this Friday.
Additionally, goggles will be available for $1.00 rental.
Please don’t forget that there is an Activities Bus that runs Island Wide, Monday – Friday. The bus
leaves at 4:15 from Tongass School of Arts and Sciences and goes to Houghtaling.
Karen, we are so, so very proud of you!
This is for your student to use for their Box Tops! Of course, you are always welcome to just send them
in a bag!