The first ever, Mears Drill Team (Pink Panthers) season is officially over. The team of 22 students performed November 17th at our all-school assembly with precision, poise, and positivity! Please check out the final performance video and give these girls a high 5 for their commitment (10 weeks of intense practice) and bravery for being the first ever drill team!

Special Thanks to Freeze Frame Photography and Ms. Natasha Webb for providing professional photography, make up, and personalized tee-shirts to make our team stand out! We plan on having a year end party with pizza, certificates, and an end of the season video before Christmas Break.

Thank you again for supporting the Pink Panthers!

Sincerely,

Coach Harrison

Amari Watson, Davien Medina, and Dylan Grant work with a parent volunteer to build a “share box” for the Mears cafeteria. It will help reduce the food waste in our school.

12/5-12/8 MAP Testing in Language Arts Classes

12/12-12/14 MAP Testing in Math Classes

12/11: Full School Assembly: Music Department Winter Concert during Den Time

12/12: Advanced Groups Winter Concert, 7:00 PM, MPR

12/13 Virtual P'TSA Meeting, 6:30 pm

12/14: Intermediate Groups Winter Concert, 7:00 PM, MPR

12/15: Team Day

12/22; Grading Day, No School for students

12/23-1/7: Winter Break

1/8: Start of Semester 2

This is the last week to submit an entry for this years’ bookmark contest. Remember the theme must be included in your design:

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• The end of quarter 2 is fast approaching! This is a great opportunity to check your student’s grades in Parent Connect and to work with your student to identify any missing assignments they may have and to make a game plan for getting missing work turned in.
• As an aside, there is still time to order a Team Raven t-shirt! T-shirt order forms are available from Team Raven teachers. Payments may be made online via Parent Connect; payments may also be made in person by check or cash. The cost is $15 per shirt.
• Team Raven’s team day theme on December 15 will be Staycation with multiple activities planned to happen on the Mears campus.

FIELD TRIP: The Century 16 field trip permission slips are due on FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8. If you do not turn in your permission slip by then, you will not be allowed to come. The sooner you turn in your permission slip, the sooner you can pick which of the two auditoriums you will watch the movie in.

Please wear your team shirt to the field trip on Friday, December 15. If you haven’t purchased one yet, you may do so on Q/Zangle or through Ms. Robin in the front office. They are $15.

With 3 weeks left of the quarter, please check in with Parent Connect and your student’s grades. Discuss with them how to tackle any missing assignments while keeping up with current content. After your conversations, please email your student’s teachers if you have any questions or concerns.

Last day for late work is Tuesday, December 19.

Elective Changes for Semester II! We will have one more elective option for semester II (Family Consumer Science classes and a Guitar Class with space limited). Students who wish to be an office or teacher aide must fill out the form and provide teacher/office staff signatures-these forms are available in the counselor’s office. Electives will be changed on a first come-first serve basis. Please provide specific notes on what you want changed when you fill out the counselor form below by clicking on the link.

The ASD winter MAP benchmark test will be administered in language arts classes 12/5-12/8, and in math classes 12/12-12/14. Make-up testing takes place December 19-20. Please contact Tara Bivins, the Mears testing coordinator, with questions. bivins_tara@asdk12.org

Students need to bring their charged chromebooks 💻💻 to school each day.

We are looking for possible yearbook photos! If parents, guardians, or students have any photos that they have taken at any events such as music concerts, sporting events, or other school related activities and you would like to share them for possible use in this year’s yearbook, please e-mail them to barclay_holly@asdk12.org at the highest resolution possible.

Volleyball games finally win over the weather and the girls have a great time. Monday we were at Hanshew and Wednesday we hosted. All the odd number teams have their jamboree this Saturday at various schools.

Are scheduled to begin immediately after Winter Break! Please get your forms in before we leave for break in December to ensure you have a spot on the team! Contact Ms. Robin (spartz-hays_robin@asdk12.org) with any questions about sports forms.

If your 8th grader wants to participate in spring semester sports, please make sure their sports physical is still valid. If it has expired, you will need to submit a new one before your student is allowed to participate. Call Ms. Robin at (907) 742-6437 if you have questions.

The Mears Costa Rica Travellers will be selling
Snowflake Grams at lunch from Dec. 4-18 for $1 each!
Send a friend a holiday note & help us fundraise!

On November 30, I shared a short presentation of our organizational structure at Mears as part of our Dimond Estates Town Hall Meeting. I also highlighted the many ways students and families can get involved to strengthen our school-family partnerships and ways to keep our students connected to school for overall wellness.

Looking for club, troop, organization to sand Eshamy Bay and Rocky Bay pathways to school. They are classified as man made trails and are not maintained by city. Thank you for. your consideration!

Our office staff is available daily, please don't hesitate to reach out if we can help you in any way, our hours are 7:30-3:00. Thanks so much, we are here to help serve you!

Is your child going to absent from school? Save time and send a quick email to our attendance email box, mearsattendance@asdk12.org or you can call the school at 907-742-6400 and select the Attendance Line option to leave us a voice mail, either option is a great way to notify us!

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Email: marquand_carla@asdk12.org
Website: https://www.asdk12.org/mears
Location: 2700 West 100th Avenue, Anchorage, AK, USA
Phone: 907-742-6400