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My journey with the Alaska Gateway School District began in the fall of 2012. For the first two years, I was teaching the kindergarten through 2nd grade groups in Tetlin. For the next two years, I taught the same ages at another village school in Northway. In the fall of 2016, I transferred to Tok School to teach 4th grade for two years. This year I requested the third grade, as I always enjoy taking on a new grade level of students. Before moving to Tok, my background consisted of four years living in Botswana, Africa, with my husband where I taught mostly English as second language learners in grades kindergarten through fourth. Previously, we were long time Alaska residents. Most of our years in Alaska were spent living in the interior bush community of Galena, where I taught an alternative program for teens, 7th and 8th grades, Title 1 reading, and kindergarten. For a number of years before obtaining my teacher certificate, I was part of the classified support staff in addition to serving on the local school board. It has been great to be back in Alaska, and Tok has been a good fit for us.

Sunday, April 30, 2017

Week 37

 Weekly Greetings!

Everything is in place for our week long educational field trip starting next Monday, May 8-12. Please find the attached permission slips and itinerary with the parent letter. There are two forms to sign for the trip. One is approved by the school insurance agency, and the other is the usual one used by Tok School that gives permission to receive medical treatment in case there is an emergency. I will send home more information on things to pack by the end of the week. Since there are a few things to sign this week, I am also sending home the permission slip for our day trip to Chicken the week after we return from Fairbanks on May18. I am hoping it will be easier to do all the forms at once, and one less thing to send home when we get back from our week away.

Additionally, please remember that we will be going to Moon Lake on Tuesday afternoon to view the spring waterfowl that is returning for the summer nesting season.

As for last week, Jill Kranenburg introduced the class to handwriting with calligraphy pens. She has been coming in twice a week since we returned from Spring Break to assist with cursive handwriting. Jill even had purchased real calligraphy pen tips and ink for the students to enhance their handwriting style.  
The students also completed the MAP testing, and I think we are all glad there will be no more standardized test this year. When they finished, we celebrated by tossing the foam Frisbees to the song "I Like to Move It!" from the movie Madagascar.
Please note that this will be the last week that I will be sending any nightly homework. After this week seemed like a good place to stop, as the end of the school year quickly approaching and we will be finishing our last Treasures unit on Friday.

I hope you have a wonderful week!

Kind Regards,

Julie Brown

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