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This week's news includes information on Covid testing, contacting teachers, a survey, remote instruction, and upcoming dates.

Parents have the option of having their child(ren) tested for COVID-19 at school. More information and release forms are being sent home this week.

We are all working hard to ensure the transition to in-person school is safe and seamless. Please read Superintendent Kimberly Hankins reopening update letter. Thank you for helping us protect our students and community.

With the reopening of our Bethel schools, there will no longer be meals delivered door-to-door by bus. For students who are not in school that day, meals can be picked up at the Ayaprun parking lot, Mon-Fri, 4:30-6 pm.

This year LKSD is offering an abbreviated School Climate and Connectedness Survey for Families and Staff. The survey opens March 29 and closes Friday, April 16.

Join our M.E. team! We are looking for 2 intensive needs aides and 1 teacher aide III.

Here are the important dates to know for the 2021-22 school year.

Guardians, please take note of our building hours, and arrival and dismissal information. Our efforts to keep students healthy and in school require us to be strict with our safety and supervision plans.

Is your child returning to school this month? Have questions? We've gathered all our information at the green button above ("March 2021 Back to School Updates"), or you can pick up a print-out at school on Wednesday, March 17.

What symptoms do parents need to screen their students for before school each day?

Because masks will be a part of our return to in-person learning, we hope you will review this Guidance on Masks and work with your child to prepare them.

Our first installment of re-opening information.

We are working hard to safely welcome students back to our building! Click below for a snapshot of what a student's day will be like, and for an update from Superintendent Hankins.

Spring Break is next week! (March 1-5) See our weekly letter for more information about the next few weeks and a return to in-person education.

The Bethel ASB will meet this Tuesday, Feb. 23, via Zoom.

Superintendent Hankins discusses YKHC's Formal Recommendations for School Districts for safely returning to in-person instruction.

This week we finish our K300 Reading Race. Read our weekly letter for more information and all of this week's updates.

February is Black History Month. We invite you to join us in celebrating the important role of Black Americans in our history.

Please read the Feb 4, 2021, Back-to School Update from Superintendent Hankins.

See our weekly newsletter for updates on Intranet access, school hours, delivery/pickup info and upcoming dates.

This Friday there will be no school for students. See our weekly letter for more information on upcoming dates, the school Intranet, and more.

The Bethel ASB will meet virtually on Tuesday, January 26, at 6 pm.

Our next learning materials will be available for pickup Wed., Jan 20. Please read post for pickup schedule and more info.

The materials for our first unit of learning, our cultural unit, are available for pickup today, Monday, January 11, 2021.

The annual “Kuskokwim 300 Reading Race” begins Monday, January 11, 2021.

Please click for updated meal delivery information and menus.

We will continue to accept packets at bus stops as normal (even though meals will be door-to-door)

Meals on the bus is coming to your door! Pre-ordering meals is required. Delivery begins Tuesday, December 8.

We still have lost and found items from last year. Click below for pictures of items (all clothing freshly laundered) and let us know by Dec. 15 if any of these items belong to you.

A letter has been sent home to families about the December/January schedule, pickup and delivery of materials, and other important information.

A Happy Thanksgiving to our M.E. students, families and friends from your M.E. staff and teachers! We are thankful for you!

The Bethel Advisory School Board meets at 6 pm this Tuesday, November 24. You can join the meeting via Zoom.

Based on the current COVID-19 infection rate and YKHC recommendations, all schools within the district will remain at high risk/remote learning through the end of the current semester.

There will be no drop off or pick up of work during Thanksgiving week. The Dec. 18 learning materials will be designed to last until Dec. 1.

Kuskokwim Consortium Library is offering one-on-one tutoring help via Zoom on Saturdays with LKSD teachers.

Based on the current COVID-19 infection rate in the Y-K Delta and the latest guidance from YKHC, LKSD has decided that all schools within the district will continue with remote learning through at least Friday, November 20.

M.E., along with BRHS, GJE, and Ayaprun Elitnarvik, will begin offering an additional way to return your child’s iPad and completed work. ME School will start collecting materials with the coordinated pickup system this week.

Superintendent Kimberly Hankins has written a letter to our Bethel families. We join with her in expressing our support for all of our students and families during this time.

School meals are now available to all children aged 18 and younger, and students over 18 enrolled in LKSD. Please click for details and an updated delivery schedule.

Considering the unique circumstances we are experiencing, LKSD has issued updated grading guidance for grades K-8.

**Moved to Oct. 27** The next Bethel Advisory School Board Meeting is at 6 pm on October 27 via Zoom.

Please see below for information on this week's pick up and drop off. If you are coming outside of the scheduled times for pick up and drop off, please call ahead!

Please read our October Newsletter for information on upcoming dates, the end of the quarter,tech tips, school goals, our new Facebook page, and more.

Want to help make pick up and drop off go faster at M.E. on Wednesdays? Here's some helpful tips to make airdrop quick and easy!

We will continue to offer "Early Bird" drop off on Tuesday; and drop off/pick up on Wednesday. with extended hours.

Results are tallied for the ASB Election. Congratulations to our new Advisory School Board Members.

Bethel Advisory School Board elections will be held this Tuesday, October 6, 8 am - 8 pm.

October Meal Menus are available.

There are four open seats on the Bethel Advisory School Board. Click for more info on candidates on the upcoming ballot.

Our September Newsletter is full of helpful and important information, as well as a chance to win a $25 gift card!

The Bethel Advisory School Board has four seats open. if you are interested in running, a letter of intent needs to be delivered to a Bethel principal by Sept. 21. Please click for more details.

Remote learning materials for all ME students will be available on Wednesday, 9/9/20. Please read the full post to learn the details.

Bethel schools have moved to red (high) risk level until further notice. This means all students will be remote learners. Learning materials will be given out on Wednesday, September 9, 2020.

ME School will not hold a health screening event for incoming kindergarteners this year. Instead we recommend guardians bring their kids individually to healthcare providers for medical, dental, and vision checkups. Please remember to get a copy of your child's up-to-date immunization record from your provider or from Public Health. The school will also ask you to provide your child's birth certificate for records and we will make a copy of it for school records.

Back to school will be different this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The student start date is now August 24, 2020. We are still working on some very important details in response to the expanded Smart Start 2020 school opening guidelines released to us on July 28, 2020.

ME Staff plans to parade through Bethel to wish students a wonderful summer on the last "student day" of school, which is Thursday, May 21, 2020. We'll follow the same route as the GJE parades starting at 2pm from ME School. On Friday, May 22, 2020, ME Staff will hold a Hot Dog Party between 11am-1pm. For COVID-19 safety, food will prepared and packaged to hand out to folks as they come by our school parking lot loop. It will not be a picnic on campus like normal years. For all events, please plan to assist children and help other adults to remember to stay 6 feet apart from those not in your household bubble.

As the school year comes to an end, there are so many things the staff at ME wishes we could be doing with our students. We planned a few ideas of things we still can do and want to share those plans with you.

If your child will participate in the summer practice work to be eligible to earn a prize, make sure to let your child's teacher or the ME school front desk know by 5/8/20 so we can make the materials available. Our last school year 19-20 learning materials will be heading out in work distribution vehicles on Monday, May 11, 2020. After that, we will only utilize the distribution schedule one more time on Monday, May 18, 2020 to pick up returns and pass out some ME summer practice work.

ME teachers and staff have been working hard to provide resources for kids and families. Teacher Pages are being developed as a place to collect guidance for what is happening, what is available, and how you can contact us for more support. We also have several new items on our RESOURCES page, especially under COVID-19 and also under Social Emotional Learning.

Bethel 4H has Food Bank services.

Family members, please take a moment to complete the M.E. School Climate and Connectedness Survey. You can access it by scanning the QR code in the picture with your cell phone camera. The SCCS window closes 4/17/20.

If your child will be turning 5 years old by September 1, 2020, it's time to enroll for kindergarten for next year. Our health screenings will have to be next Fall, but enrollment paperwork is available. Please call M.E. School at (907)543-2845 to work out how to get your enrollment papers.

Mr. Craven and Mr. Tucci have been making some wonderful videos for our students and families. This video is about safety at meal distribution locations. We want our kids to understand how to stay safe.

ME School teachers have been working hard to connect with students and families. Our goal is to support families while keeping student learning loss to a minimum.

There is no school for students at BRHS, GJE, and ME Thursday, March 5 through Friday March 13, 2020. Enjoy the vacation!

On the Bethel Schools make-up student day happening Saturday, April 4, 2020, M.E. School will have community helpers and community cultural volunteers teaching us more about our community and its members. Teachers and staff will be reaching out to parents and volunteers for assistance with instruction on that special day.

ME Parking Lot safety requires everyone's help. Whether you drive, ride a vehicle, or walk, your habits in the parking lot mean a difference to the safety of those around you. Please make sure you follow safety procedures.

Thursday, December 12, 2019 will be a busy evening at M.E. School! 5:30 p.m.=Cultural Day Planning Meeting (for 1/11/20 Cultural Day activities) 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. = Family Night crafts, free pictures with Santa, and free reflective tape applied by YKHC Injury Prevention volunteers. See you Thursday evening at M.E.!

ME School is planning a Cultural Day on January 11, 2020 to learn about the many cultures in our community. We are inviting parent and community volunteers to come to teach about their cultural heritage. We also need parent volunteers to help with activities and learn with us, so we hope to see many adults at school with us on Saturday, January 11, 2020.

Gladys Jung Elementary will host Girl Scout Parent Night on Wednesday, December 4, 2019 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Learn about how to get involved.

Bethel schools have make-up school days planned for the icy days we had to cancel school in early November. Friday, December 13, 2019 will be a school day for K-6 students at ME, GJE, & Ayaprun. Saturday, January 11, 2020 will be a school day for students at ME, GJE, & Ayaprun.

Bethel schools will have early release on Wednesday, November 27, 2019. M.E. School will get out at 1:30, Gladys Jung will release at 2:00, and BRHS will dismiss at 2:30. There is no school on Thanksgiving, 11/28/19, and the following Friday, 11/29/19. Enjoy the four-day weekend!

During the 2019/2020 school year the Lower Kuskokwim School District continues to comply with EPA's AHERA (Asbestos Hazard Emergency Response Act) regulations. No major projects are planned for ME School this year that would involve the disturbance of asbestos. Other details about asbestos procedures and planning are included in the notification letter with this post.

Parent input is needed to improve our Parent and Family Engagement at M.E. School. Parents and guardians are invited to give input and share ideas at our next meeting on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 at 5:30 in the M.E. School Gym. Light refreshments will be served so we can focus on our tasks.

The October 15th Bethel Advisory School Board meeting is more than the usual monthly meeting this time. See our new ASB member take the oath, hear about what is happening in schools, learn how Title I funds are spent, and have a little fun with us at the Cake Walk. You might leave the meeting with a treat!

We will be ready to welcome the first and second graders back to school on August 14, 2019. The new Kindergartners will begin August 16, 2019. Parents of new Kindergartners should have received a call for placement screening appointments.

School is out for summer! We will be ready to welcome the first and second graders back to school on August 14, 2019. The new Kindergartners will begin August 16, 2019. Parents of new Kindergartners should expect a call in early August for placement screening appointments.

School is out for summer! We will be ready to welcome the first and second graders back to school on August 14, 2019. The new Kindergartners will begin August 16, 2019. Parents of new Kindergartners should expect a call in early August for placement screening appointments.

M.E. Family Night will be postponed to next week on Tuesday, May 14, 2019 starting at 6 P.M. This Family Night is our last one of the school year. We call it "Kite Night" because we decorate and fly kites. We are hoping for better kite flying weather next week than we have today. Join us next Tuesday for M.E. Family Night, Kite Night!

Anti-bullying speaker and former award-winning teacher and paratrooper, Keith Deltano, will be presenting to our students at ME on Thursday, April 25th in the afternoon. He will also hold a community talk on Thursday, April 25th at 6:30p.m. in the BRHS Cafeteria.

The National Coast Guard has arranged Kids Don't Float Lessons for M.E. students on April 8th and April 9th. April 8th will be lessons for all in classrooms. April 9th will be the pool practice day for first and second graders.

Students will be receiving lessons on April 2nd and April 3rd about how to take good care of teeth. Students will also receive some brushing supplies free from YKHC along with the lesson.

If your child will be turning 5 by September 1, 2019, you should be at Kindergarten Roundup! April 4th is the evening to enroll and get a free medical screening appointment. The free medical screenings are at Public Health on 4/11 and 4/12.

Come to the M.E. School Gym between 6:00 and 7:30pm for M.E. Family Night!

M.E. School will have its annual Spring Scholastic Book Fair in the Library from 8:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on March 26th and 27th. Those are the same days as Parent-Teacher Conferences.

M.E. School will have early dismissal times (at 1:30p.m.) for Parent-teacher Conferences on March 26th and 27th. Teachers will schedule specific times to meet with each child's parents.

Come to the M.E. School Gym between 6:00 and 7:30pm for our Dr. Suess themed M.E. Family Night.

Skiku coaches will not be coming because we lack good ski conditions in Bethel. There is not much snow and the forecast shows more warm temperatures to come, so we will not have the volunteer instructors in Bethel this coming week.

Right after Spring Break, M.E. will have a special week of colorful food tasting and school spirit days. Wear GREEN on March 11 to kick off the week.

Please check out our graphic with some safety tips for student arrival and dismissal.

Kindergarten through 2nd Grade competitions will be held District-wide over a telephone conference call on February 7th and 8th. (This date changed to a few days earlier than our first news release.)

The first day of school for third quarter in Bethel schools is Tuesday, January 8, 2019.

The K300 Reading Race will be underway from Wednesday, January 9, 2019 until Monday, February 18, 2019.

Bus Route 1 on Thursday, 12/6/18, will be a white shuttle bus to and from school. Also note that beginning with the Swanson's Furniture Stop, the buses will be approximately 15 minutes later in the morning.

Kindergarten Showcase, 2:30pm---Lost & Found Viewing in the Gym, 3:00-3:30---Rollerskating, 5:30 and 6:30 starting times

During the 2018/19 school year the Lower Kuskokwim School District continues to comply with EPA's AHERA (Asbestos Emergency Response Act) regulations. This is done through an Operations and Maintenance program, and two formal inspections of asbestos material each year. If risky conditions are found, steps are taken to repair the damaged asbestos and return it to good, intact condition.

There is no school for students on Friday, November 2, 2018. Teachers have inservice trainings. Don't forget to change your clocks (Fall back 1 hour) before Monday comes!

M.E. School dismissal time will be 1:30pm on Tuesday and Wednesday, October 23 and 24, 2018 for Parent Teacher Conferences.