Upcoming meetings & events - Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District...
Friday - October 31, 2003

• November 6th & 7th - elementary Parent/Teacher conferences - No school for students in grades K-6
• November 6th & 7th - Early childhood Screening will take place. Call Kim at 247-2115 to sign up.
• November 11th - Veteran's Day Celebration at the Ketchikan Charter School at 1:00 pm. All Veterans and service men & women are invited to attend.
• Turn off the TV: Encourage young people to join you in taking a week away from the tube to enjoy the outdoors, learn to play an instrument, or participate in a service project.
• The next regular school board meeting will be on November 12, 2003

News from the Alaska Department of Education...
Thursday - October 30, 2003

• Action And Activity From The October 29, 2003 Meeting Of The State Board Of Education & Early Development
• Mt. Edgecumbe High School To Expand
• Qualified Teachers - October 29, 2003 Anchorage Daily News Editorial
• Milken Awardees - October 21, 2003 Anchorage Daily News

News from the Alaska Department of Education...
October 03, 2003

• State Board Adopts Resolution Accepting Education Accountability
• Alaska Receives $2.1 Million In NCLB Reading Grant Funds
• Applications for Alaska's U.S. Senate Youth Program Are Due October 31
• Three Alaska School Districts Receive Library Reading Grants
• Information Exchange Newsletter Will Go Paperless This Fall
• Governor Proclaims School Lunch Week In October

News from the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District...
Tuesday - September 30, 2003

September 29th - October 10th: The 7th and 8th grade students will be participating in the Schoenbar Middle School Magazine Sale. Find a good magazine or two that you and your family will enjoy reading for the coming year.

October 2, 2003 - 4:15 pm: Social Studies Curriculum Committee Meeting Room 133 in the Central Office at Kayhi

October 4, 2003 - Community Pictures will be taken from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm at Houghtaling School

October 7, 2003 - White Cliff Elementary School Picture Day

October 8, 2003 - 6:00 pm - Regular Ketchikan School Board Meeting - City Council Chambers

October 15, 2003 - Ketchikan Charter School is sponsoring a McTeacher night at McDonalds from 5 pm to 7 pm. Bring the family for dinner.

News from the Alaska Department of Education...
September 24, 2003

• State Board Adopts Vision, Mission Goals For Alaska's Public School System
• State Board Action From Sept. 19 Meeting

News from the Alaska Department of Education...
September 18, 2003

• Gov. Murkowski Sends Message Of Appreciation To Alaska Educators
• NCLB Has Value For Alaska
• Five Finalists To Compete For 2004 Alaska Teacher Of The Year Honor
• Mt. Edgecumbe Director Hal Spackman Retires

News from the Alaska Department of Education...
September 09, 2003

• EED Releases RFP To Assume Operations Of Alyeska Central School
• Alaska Receives Federal School Breakfast Start Up Grant
• State Board of Education & Early Development To Meet Sept. 17-19
• Detailed Adequate Yearly Progress Data Available On EED Web Site
• EED To Videotape Inservice Program For Principals On AYP This Month
• August 18 Edition Of Info Exchange Newsletter Is On The EED Website
• OP/ED: School Progress Reports Offer Small Glimpse Of Bigger Picture, By Donna Peterson

Ketchikan: KGBSD Releases Detailed Summary of Local Schools' AYP Results; District Reports Percentage of Ketchikan Students At Each Statewide Assessment Level & Measures of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) - Harry Martin, Superintendent of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, has released a detailed summary which includes all the Ketchikan schools and their performance status on the recently released statewide preliminary list of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). The Alaska Department of Education released its Adequate Yearly Progress statewide status report on Wednesday under the No Child Left Behind Act. - Click here to read more & for the Ketchikan schools' summary report...
Thursday - August 21, 2003 - 1:15 pm

Ketchikan: AK Department of Education Releases Statewide School Performance Status - Three of Ten Ketchikan Schools Listed As Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) - For the first time in the history of our state and nation, the Alaska public now will have the necessary information about the performance of their public schools that can be used to make significant strides in school and student performance.

Alaska Education Commissioner Roger Sampson today released a preliminary list of 283 schools statewide that did not meet all the Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) targets of the federal No Child Left Behind Act, the most sweeping school reform legislation in our nation's history. There are a total of 488 Alaska public schools included in the Alaska Department of Education's Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) calculations. The information released today by the Alaska Department of Education is based on Alaska student performance standards and student assessments in reading, writing and math. - Click here to read more and for results...
Wednesday - August 20, 2003 - 7:30 pm

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