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Juneau Arts and Humanities Council is sponsoring the Alaska state Poetry Out Loud competition. Registration for the AK POL for the 2026-2027 school year is open and the deadline for registering has been extended to November 16, 2026. The Juneau competition will be held in March, 2027.

Poetry Out Loud is a national arts education program that encourages the study of great poetry by offering free educational materials and a dynamic recitation competition for high school students across the country. Rather than being a simple exercise in memorization, learning to recite poetry encompasses college and career ready skills, including structural analysis, interpretation of meaning, point of view, close-reading and the use of higher order thinking skills.

National Poetry Out Loud website here.

Info about the Alaska Poetry Out Loud competition can be found here.

What: Alaska Poetry Out Loud

Registration Deadline: November 16

Questions? Contact JAHC's Education Director, Summer Christiansen

Calling all students in grades 6-12! Would you be interested in joining a crochet club? We can provide a space where you can bring materials, get creative, share your skills, and connect with other homeschool students.

If there is enough interest, we'll plan to start the crochet club in January!

Interested? Please email teacher Tara Kulbeth to let us know!

Teachers are not available Wednesday, November 11 : Veterans Day Holiday and on Thursday, November 12 : JSD inservice day.

We are excited to be able to take the first 15 students in grade 2 - 6 to the Juneau Dance Theatre's performance of The Nutcracker on December 4.

Families are responsible for dropping students off to Tara Kulbeth and Jess Kovach at JDHS at 10:25 AM and picking them up at 1:00 PM. Families must sign them in and sign them out.

Space is limited to the first 15 students in grades 2–6, so please sign up early! If you do sign up, please plan on attending. If your student will not be able to make it, please let us know as soon as possible.

Please complete the following google form: Nutcracker Sign Up to add your interest. We will be sending out permission slips in November to the first 15 students. We look forward to enjoying this special holiday performance with our students!

Date: December 4th

Location: Juneau-Douglas High School (JDHS)
Drop-off: 10:25 AM
Pick-up: 1:00 PM

What to Bring: Students will need to bring a sack lunch to eat during intermission.

Mrs. Kovach Hybrid Cooking Class is in it's third week! The first two classes were raving success! The class is planned for spring semester also.

Mrs. Kulbeth lead a field trip to DIPAC where students dissected fish, explored the marine touch tank, and viewed the aquariums of local sea life. Watch for future field trips! The next trip is to a performance of The Nutcracker (see above).

The 2027 yearbook is available for pre-order on the JDHS website. (https://sites.google.com/view/jdhs-yearbook-totem/buy-yearbook); everything yearbook related can be found on that website. Check it out first!

Also on the site are the important links SENIORS (and parents) should note:

• Senior Portraits: if using a professional photo: please upload ONE copy only that wiil replace the standard school photo.

Deadline to up load your senior portrait is December 1, 2026.

• Senior Shout Outs: this is for parents and families who want to purchase space in the YB to make an announcement or a shout out to their graduating senior.

Deadline to turn in a shoutout request is December 1, 2026.

Please do not email photos or shout outs; Everything must be submitted through the website.

The Juneau School District provides funding for all students to take a College- or Career-Readiness Assessment (CCRA). The approved career-readiness assessment is Workkeys; the approved college-readiness assessments are ACT or the SAT. Students choose which assessment best fits their post-secondary path.

JSD will pay for the administration of one CCRA per 11th grade student. Students may take the assessment during the scheduled school day(s) of administration. Students should use the selection form to choose the assessment they will take.

More information here

Selection form here

Contact your counselor if you have questions.

Registration for Eaglecrest Homeschool Lesson Program is available 8/26/26 through 12/4/26.

This is a 10 week lesson program - your choice of Wednesday, Thursday, or Friday.

Lesson times are 1:30 - 3:00 pm

Students registered by Friday, December 4 can either pay in advance or have Eaglecrest invoice HomeBRIDGE directly. Funds will be deducted from the student's allotment.

Details are here.

Registration here.

Friday, November 13, 10:00am - 1:00pm - Fun For All : activities for all on an inservice day

Weekly, Tuesdays, 11:00a - 11:30am - Tuesday Story Time : stories, songs, and fun

Thursday, November 12, 6:30 - 8:00pm - Wikipedia 101 : all about Wikipedia

Weekly, Tuesdays, 3:30 - 4:00pm - Tuesday Story Time : stories, songs, and fun

Exhibits:

Alaska Positive Exhibit: Ends December 30

The Spirit of Independence: Ends December 31

Every Friday, 12:00 - 1:00pm: Noon Organ Concerts

Thursdays - Sundays, November 13 - November 22, 7:00pm (Sundays @ 2:00pm) - JDHS and Latitude 58 Theatre present The Spongebob Musical at the JDHS Auditorium

Friday, October 30, 7:00pm : Evening at Egan Lecture Series - Unlikely Alliances? Oral Histories of Indigenous-Settler Coalitions for Land in the Desert Southwest

Juneau Arts and Humanities Council: Community Calendar

Juneau Public Libraries: Events Calendar

HomeBRIDGE Site Council meetings are the fourth Monday of the month (with exceptions for holidays)

* The next meeting will be on Google meets and start at 5:15pm *

Next Meeting: November 23

Upcoming meetings:

January 25

February 22

March 29 * (to accommodate spring break)

April 26

May 24

If your student is not registered in Brightways for the 26-27 school year and the JSD re-enrollment filled out, your student's allotment cannot be used.

If your student leaves HomeBRIDGE prior to the end of October, the family is responsible for repaying any allotment charges.

Contact Leslie with questions.

The first progress report is now past due (was due October 9)

The next progress report is due: January 8, 2027

Future progress reports are due:

• The week of March 12, 2027

• The week of May 7, 2027

How to submit a progress report

Reimbursement requests are due every fiscal quarter. The next reimbursement request is due:

No later than

October 31, 2026

for any cost incurred between July 1 and September 30, 2026

Future requests are due:

• No later than January 31, 2027 for purchases made October - December, 2026

• No later than April 30, 2027 for purchases made January - March, 2027

• No later than June 30, 2027 for purchases made April - June, 2027

Please remember these dates are firm.

NOTE: reimbursement requests will not be processed if progress reports are not submitted.

How to submit a reimbursement request