DAILY SCHEDULE FAQ
2:25PM Kindergarten
2:30PM Grades 1-6
PARENTS ~ help spread the word!
BUS SCHEDULE
Click here https://www.kgbsd.org/Page/1040
to see a list of schedules for Ketchikan Schools
Delayed Start Information
No Breakfast Program
No Preschool
Playground Is Open: not until 10:35am
~this is when students should arrive to school*
School Begins 10:55am
School Ends 3:25p/3:30p
* unless its early release Wednesday!*
School Busses pick up 2 hours later
Playground Supervision
For student safety, PLEASE remember that the playground will not have adult supervision until 8:35am. It is very important that students are not dropped off prior to that time. If your child walks to school, please talk to them about this topic so they do not arrive before supervision is available. There will also be no adult supervision on any playgrounds after 3:30pm.
National Geographic Bee Houghtaling Geography Bee will be happening on Friday, January 31st in the Houghtaling Gym. The winner of the Bee will take a test to see if they qualify for the National Geographic Bee held in Anchorage in April. Go Dolphins!
How excited are we? VERY EXCITED! OMSI ~ Oregon Museum Science Institute is coming to Houghtaling! Thanks to our Houghtaling PTA who has funded the trip and event, represetatives from OMSI are heading to Ketchikan next week with a portable planetarium! It is a portable museum quality planetarium that will bring the night sky inside with live presentations, hands on experiences, and films. Students will get to engage in hands on activity where students learn about things like the rotation of the earth, its orbit around the sun, constellations, gravity, phases of the moon, and so much more. Each grade level will get to have individual times with OMSI between Monday, January 27 and Thursday, January 30 There will be an Evening Family Event on Wednesday, January 29th from 5:30pm-7:30pm with the Portable Planetarium. It will be a first come first serve type of event where as you sign in you will get a ticket and 30 people at a time will get to engage in the 30 minute show. There will be other informational kiosks available during this time as well.
Congratulations to our Houghtaling Spelling Bee Champion, THIERRY OYEDEJI! 2nd year in a row!! He will now go to the District Bee on February 7th @ the Discovery Center. Event starts at 5:30pm
We will be having our annual DESSERT AUCTION on Friday February 7th in the Houghtaling Gym from 6:00pm-7:30pm. We hope you will be able to donate a dessert to auction off! We have some amazing community businesses here in Ketchikan that are donating as well. The prettier and more amazing the better the dessert, the better! We will be sending home sign up forms soon asking for volunteers. We will have a silent auction table, a kid treat table as well as a live auction table. If you have been to the auction before you know how fun it is, and if its your first time you have to come to see what its all about! Mark your calendar for February 7th!
Jump For Heart Houghtaling Elementary is proud to partner with the American Heart Association through Jump Rope for Heart to fight our nation's #1 and #5 killers: Heart Disease and Stroke. This program provides our students the opportunity to learn the value of community service and helps them become empowered to change lives! Students will have the chance to jump rope, and if they choose, collect donations to send to the American Heart Association. Collections envelopes are going to be available in the Houghtaling office. Attached to the envelope is a parent permission form that needs to be signed and returned prior to the event. There are 3 ways to collect life saving donations: ~Use the donation envelope available at the Hoguthaling office. ~Go online and visit heart.org/KidsHeartChallenge to set up online donations from friends and family. ~Download the FREE smart phone app/ Search Kids Heart Challenge in the app store. This Jump For Heart Event is happening February 14th from 3:30pm-4:30pm. All donations are due by February 21st to the Houghtaling Office
Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show The vision of this awesome event is to educate and promote awareness of the Spring Migratory Birds of Southeast Alaska through creative arts. The art show is open to artists of all ages. Entry deadline is Friday March 27th @ 5:00pm to the SE Discovery Center. Please see attached entry form with all pertinent details on what art is accepted into the show. Any questions please contact Leslie Swada @ 228-6290 or leslie.swada@usda.gov PLEASE CLICK THE HEADING ABOVE FOR ENTRY FORM AND ART SHOW GUIDELINES
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District is partnering with the Association of Alaska School Boards to conduct the School Climate and Connectedness Survey, a statewide survey for students, staff, and families. This survey measures their perceptions of each school’s climate including the engagement of students, staff, and families. We value input from our families. You are an important partner as we work to continually improve each school’s environment. Each parent/guardian is asked to complete one survey during the January 20th-March 20th window. If you have more than one child attending this school, you only need to fill out one survey. Please click the heading above to go to the link for the survey.
Goodies With Grownups Wednesday, January 22nd 8:15am - 8:45am Houghtaling Gym Assorted goodies and juice will be served Each student may welcome one loving grownup! (Parent, Grandparent, Aunt, Uncle, etc)
PARENTS: Please contact the school office at 907-225-4128 to update your contact information. We need a working home number and/or cell number and email address. With changing weather conditions we want to keep you informed on schedule changes. Do not delay, contact us today!
PARENTS must opt in so you can receive text alerts from school. Simply text any one of the following words to the number 68453: subscribe, optin, yes
National Geographic Bee
Houghtaling Geography Bee will be happening on Friday, January 31st in the Houghtaling Gym. The winner of the Bee will take a test to see if they qualify for the National Geographic Bee held in Anchorage in April. Go Dolphins!
How excited are we? VERY EXCITED!
OMSI ~ Oregon Museum Science Institute is coming to Houghtaling!
Thanks to our Houghtaling PTA who has funded the trip and event, represetatives from OMSI are heading to Ketchikan next week with a portable planetarium! It is a portable museum quality planetarium that will bring the night sky inside with live presentations, hands on experiences, and films. Students will get to engage in hands on activity where students learn about things like the rotation of the earth, its orbit around the sun, constellations, gravity, phases of the moon, and so much more.
Each grade level will get to have individual times with OMSI between Monday, January 27 and Thursday, January 30
There will be an Evening Family Event on Wednesday, January 29th from 5:30pm-7:30pm with the Portable Planetarium. It will be a first come first serve type of event where as you sign in you will get a ticket and 30 people at a time will get to engage in the 30 minute show. There will be other informational kiosks available during this time as well.
Congratulations to our Houghtaling Spelling Bee Champion, THIERRY OYEDEJI! 2nd year in a row!!
He will now go to the District Bee on February 7th @ the Discovery Center. Event starts at 5:30pm
We will be having our annual DESSERT AUCTION on Friday February 7th in the Houghtaling Gym from 6:00pm-7:30pm.
We hope you will be able to donate a dessert to auction off! We have some amazing community businesses here in Ketchikan that are donating as well. The prettier and more amazing the dessert, the better! All donated desserts can be dropped off on the day of the event - after 1:30pm as we are limited on refrigerator space.
We will be sending home sign up forms soon asking for volunteers.
We will have a silent auction table, a kid treat table as well as a live auction table. If you have been to the auction before you know how fun it is, and if its your first time you have to come to see what its all about!
Mark your calendar for February 7th!
Jump For Heart
Houghtaling Elementary is proud to partner with the American Heart Association through Jump Rope for Heart to fight our nation's #1 and #5 killers: Heart Disease and Stroke. This program provides our students the opportunity to learn the value of community service and helps them become empowered to change lives!
Students will have the chance to jump rope, and if they choose, collect donations to send to the American Heart Association. Collections envelopes are going to be available in the Houghtaling office. Attached to the envelope is a parent permission form that needs to be signed and returned prior to the event.
There are 3 ways to collect life saving donations:
~Use the donation envelope available at the Hoguthaling office.
~Go online and visit heart.org/KidsHeartChallenge to set up online donations from friends and family.
~Download the FREE smart phone app/ Search Kids Heart Challenge in the app store.
This Jump For Heart Event is happening February 14th from 3:30pm-4:30pm.
All donations are due by February 21st to the Houghtaling Office
Alaska Hummingbird Festival Juried Art Show
The vision of this awesome event is to educate and promote awareness of the Spring Migratory Birds of Southeast Alaska through creative arts. The art show is open to artists of all ages. Entry deadline is Friday March 27th @ 5:00pm to the SE Discovery Center.
Please see attached entry form with all pertinant details on what art is accepted into the show. All art is judged and there are many awards!
Any questions please contact Leslie Swada @ 228-6290 or leslie.swada@usda.gov
Click here for guidelines and entry form for the ALASKA HUMMINGBIRD FESTIVAL JURIED ART SHOW
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District is partnering with the Association of Alaska School Boards to conduct the School Climate and Connectedness Survey, a statewide survey for students, staff, and families. This survey measures their perceptions of each school’s climate including the engagement of students, staff, and families.
Family Survey: We value input from our families. You are an important partner as we work to continually improve each school’s environment. Each parent/guardian is asked to complete one survey during the January 20th-March 20th window. If you have more than one child attending this school, you only need to fill out one survey. The survey is available in English, Spanish, Tagalog, Hmong, and Samoan. Families can toggle to their target language in the upper left-hand corner. The link for the family survey for Houghtaling Elementary is:
https://surveys.panoramaed.com/aasb/250010family
If you are unable to take the survey at home, please stop on by the office to take the survey on one of our computers in the front office.
Goodies With GrownUps
When: Wednesday, January 22nd
Time: 8:15am - 8:45am
Where: In the Houghtaling Gym
Every student can choose one adult to being and enjoy a gooies while engaging in funn literacy activities.
PARENTS: Please contact the school office at 907-225-4128 to update your contact information.
We need a working home number and/or cell number and email address.
With changing weather conditions we want to keep you informed on schedule changes.
Do not delay, contact us today!
Extended School Day
We are once again offering an Extended School Day 3 days a week.
It will be offered Monday, Tuesday and/or Thursday
From 3:30pm-4:30pm for students in grades 3-6
Title 1 tutors will be available to students who will benefit from homework assistance. It will be located downstairs in the Title 1 area behind the library.
Space is limited. If you choose to have your child participate, please fill out the permission slip and return to school ASAP. There must be a signed permission slip at school prior to students starting.
Any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Mr Cron, Houghtaling Principal @ 225-4128.
Houghtaling Text Alerts/Weather Alerts/School Delays
We will be using email and text messages to get pertinent information to parents this year.
In order to participate in the new service you must indicate your willingness to receive text messages to your phone. The process is simple and only takes a few seconds to complete.
Simply text any one of the following words to the number 68453: subscribe, optin, yes
Houghtaling Hot Feats Jump Rope Program will be starting on Tuesday January 7th
All students who have turned in a registration form as of Friday December 13th are in the program.
Each Tuesday is for Grades K-2 jumpers from 3:30pm-4:30pm
Each Thursday is for Grades 3-6 jumpers from 3:30pm-4:30pm
*Siblings not in the program must go home right after school. Unfortunately there are no adults available to supervise. Any questions regarding the program please reach out to Katy Hook or Laura Kinunen*
THANK YOU SALVATION ARMY for the donation of school supplies to our Houghtaling classrooms!
New Student Online Registration
If you have a student you would like to enroll for the 2019-2020 school year, please scroll down to the heading "REGISTRATION" on the website and you may follow the screens. You will be walked through step by step and asked to upload any pertinent documents. Due to class size limits, your child is not automatically guaranteed a spot at Houghtaling and may be placed on a wait list. Contact the office at 225-4128 with any questions.
Our staff outside are working everyday as quickly as possible to help children get safely to their waiting vehicles. If your child is a pick up in the drive through lane, please remind them to go directly outside to your car and not dilly dally. We are trying to keep the pick up lane flowing. Thank you Parents for your patience! As the weather is changing and it is getting darker we are asking our pick up parents to please use caution and drive slowly. Also, please use the crosswalk in front of the building anytime you are crossing the street. The crosswalk is a huge safety feature put in place to keep everyone safe. Thank You!
Remember - PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE UPPER LOT anywhere at the end of the day UNLESS you use the front handicap spots. Not even for a couple minutes.
This is a HUGE safety issue for kiddos!
PARKING LOTS ~ Where to Park at Houghtaling
The VISITOR parking is located on the north end of the building. Anytime Parents, Grandparents, Community Members, etc are visiting Houghtaling please park in this parking lot. The upper STAFF parking is for Staff or Handicap Accessible visitors only.
The STAFF ONLY and HANDICAP Accessible parking is the upper lot. The Handicap spaces are up close to the building entrace location. Handicap spaces are reserved for those with Handicap accessible eligibility status. Please refrain from parking in these spots even for a few minutes unless you are eligible.
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Hello Houghtaling Parents, Attached you will find forms regarding Staff and Principal performance at Houghtaling. Filling out the forms is strictly optional. Please read the top of each form as to where to take it once it is complete. Thank you for your time!
