August 22, 2025

It's been a great week to be a Colt!

Please report to the Gym by 6:15pm!

1. We will start in the Gym at 6:15pm briefly before you go to 1st Period.

2. Please have your student write down their schedule or look it up in ParentConnect.

We will not be providing schedules.

3. Please remember that this is not set-up for parent/teacher conferences. It's an introduction of your student's teacher and what they will be learning.

4. Any questions that you may have will be best served by emailing your student's teacher.

Schedule:

Period 1: 6:30-6:37pm

Period 2: 6:40-6:47pm

Period 3: 6:50-6:57pm

Period 4: 7:00-7:07pm

Period 5: 7:10-7:17pm

Period 6: 7:20-7:27pm

Period 7: 7:30-7:37pm

*All grades will follow this schedule for the evening.

In these first weeks of school, I have been able to introduce myself to all students except half the 6th graders. I've reviewed with them our School's expectations for when to see the Nurse: Urgent and Immediate needs DURING class time include the 5 B's:

Burning up in fever

Breathing problems

Broken

Bleeding

Barfing and allergic reactions

Less urgent need visits will be encouraged during Passing Times only. I will send students with late passes when they honor this system, so they won't be penalized for that tardy, as long as they aren't using the Passing Period for social time and then coming to the Nurse in order to avoid a Tardy Penalty!

This triage system facilitates kids being in class as much as possible and not missing valuable instruction. It helps to train them to build discipline as they practice patterns of sticking with a job for 45 min at a time, very reasonable responsibility at this age.

If you send your student to school ill, I will expect them to make it through at least two classes before determining they need to go home. So if they come to me as soon as they get off the bus or during the first two periods, I'll likely send them back to class. Please consider, in the morning before coming, if it is in their best interest to attend school that day. Students may attend school with minor illness symptoms, but keep in mind that adequate rest at the onset of symptoms will increase their chances of a shorter duration of illness and also of sharing the illness with others!

If you would like me to give your student OTC meds for headaches or minor illness symptoms, please use this link to fill out an easy OTC Consent Form that will be valid for this school year only.

Please call me with questions any time! 907-742-3614

This is my email address that you need to enter, so that I receive the document: luna_tana@asdk12.org

Over the Counter Medicine Form

In Alaska, as across the country, we follow this routine health screening protocol at these grades for the purpose of catching vision and hearing deficiencies, primarily:

Kindergarten

1st grade

3rd grade

5th grade

7th grade

10th grade

As well as every student new to the school district in other grades.

These screenings include:

Height & weight (for data purposes that never use names)

Distance Vision

Color Vision

Hearing

None of these screenings are hands-on.

The purpose of the hearing and vision exams is so that we can help catch those not hearing and seeing well, as those greatly impact their learning and processing functions. When we can catch those and help get them glasses or hearing support, it changes their future for the better!

Your school Nurse will complete these throughout the year, but ideally in the first semester, to catch those deficiencies as early as possible. Parents and Students do have the right to decline these screenings. If you wish to opt your student out of these screenings, please call the Nurse to do so: 907-742-3614.

The Nurse does not send home results that are passing results. However, if there is a "Fail", the Nurse will attempt first to call you, then email you with those results and give you referrals for further medical assessment.

8/26 - Back-to-School Night, 6:15-8:00pm, Gruening Gym

9/1 - No School!

9/2 - Coffee & Conversations, Gruening Library, 2:00-3:30pm

9/3 - All Schools Season Opener Jamboree for XC-Running, Bartlett, 6:00pm

9/9 - School & Sport Picture Day - More information coming!

9/9 - JV & V Boys Basketball, Clark Middle School, 6:00pm

Any adults looking to volunteer at Gruening must go through the Volunteer Application process.

*This process must be completed for each school you are wanting to volunteer at. For more questions, you can reach out to perez_tatiana@asdk12.org.