Attention graduating seniors and their parents (and anyone who is planning to attend college or a vocational school this coming school year)! Submitting the FAFSA is the first and most important step of applying for grants, scholarships, and other funding opportunities for college and vocational training. UAF is partnering with AGSD to hold a FAFSA Workshop at Tok Scho...
Congratulations to the AGSD Spelling Bee Winners. Students from Northway, REACH, Tetlin, and Tok competed for the chance to represent AGSD at the state Spelling Bee in Fairbanks this March. The top three spellers were Will Allison 3rd place(Tok School), Isla Teague 2nd place (REACH) and Janafer Kaltenekker 1st place (Tok School). Thanks to Mrs. Dunning for sponsoring...
Family Activity Night host by Tok School and REACH Academy for all 6th through 12 grade students and their parents. Wednesday, January 30th.
We were lucky enough to have a yoga instructor come in today and teach some poses and better breathing techniques. Thanks to Ariana Wallentine for her instruction and example. It didn't hurt that she also did 'Momma Shark,' too.
The Alaska Gateway School District is excited to offer students with an opportunity to get reimbursed and earn high school credit for taking college courses through our Dual Credit Program.Act now to take advantage of this opportunity for this coming semester! For more information:Contact Mrs. Ashlee Copper, CTE Counselor, at acopper@agsd.usContact Mr. Tad Dunning, Cou...
Tetlin STEAM Activity: What happens when you mix flour, salt, and dish soap? Well, we also added in some neon food colors, too. You have paint for our art projects! Great job to all in the class who helped with our activity.
The Statewide Library Electronic Doorway (SLED) network provides free online tutoring for all students in Alaska through tutor.com. Did we mention it is free?! This is available from noon to 2am every day, except for the major holidays! You can connect live with a tutor, submit a paper for review, drop off a math question, and take practice quizzes.
Go to this link ...
9th Grade Launch - All AGSD incoming freshman and their parents are invited to join us at Tok School from 5-7pm on August 29th for games, door prizes, and fun! You will have the opportunity to learn about credits, GPA, scholarships, and more! Dinner will be provided.
All parents should have received a 9th grade launch letter in the mail.
For more information, please...
The Board Packet for the August 27th, 2018 Meeting is posted under Regional School Board. The meeting is 6 PM at the district board room.
Every migrant student in Alaska Gateway School District received a book and activity pack from the migrant program this summer. The same books were also supplied to classroom teachers of migrant students. Migrant students will also receive a Free backpack filled with school supplies before school starts in August.
If you'd like to know more about AGSD's migrant pro...
To register your child for the Summer Greenhouse Camp,CLICK HERE
There are still places available at the STEM Camp for students of AGSD entering Grade 6 through 8. The camp runs from Monday 11th June through Friday 15th June. Students will join Mr. Kelso in the Tok School STEAM room to explore a new curriculum. The camp focus on trash and recycling and has creative, hands on activities that support real world learning experiences...
AGSD is offering opportunities for enrichment over the summer months. Camps, literacy opportunities and credit recovery tuition are all to be offered this summer to students of our district.
Summer Reading Camp
Reading and Archaeology:
June 4-8 and June 11-15, Morning: 9-12 (Lunch) or Afternoon: 1-3
Read. Talk. Explore. Create.
Contact: Bonnie Dompierre, 541-515-2210. bdompierre@agsd.us Reading is like being an Archaeologist:
You dig for clues. You look at artifacts.
You try to figure out how the facts fit
together to make sense of this discov...
AGSD is pleased to offer a STEM camp for students of the district . The camp will be held from June 11th to June 15th. Morning camp will be for students entering Grade 3 through 5. Time is 9am to Noon followed by lunch. Afternoon camp will be for students entering Grade 6 through 8. Time is noon for lunch with camp activities starting at 1pm and ending at 4pm.Plac...
There are still places available for students of the AGSD aged 8 through 12 years of age to attend a Summer Greenhouse Camp. The day camp will take place in the Tok School Greenhouse, there is no cost to students. The dates are Monday July 16th to Friday 20th July. Students will explore art, science and have a chance to prepare nutritious food harvest from the green...
Free Family Concert
in the Park!
Wednesday May 30 @ Lions Club Park (Tok School in case of rain)
Free Reading Rocks! Summer Reading Program activities and crafts for all ages begin at 5pm
Music from 6pm-9pm *BYO blanket or chair
BBQ Dinner available for purchase: enjoy ribs, burgers, polish dogs, sides, desserts, and drinks!
Generou...
It's all fun and competition today. The kids are having fun building fine motor skills, listening skills and just following directions. Wow, they are doing a great job at having fun. Thanks for all your efforts.
Our middle and high school students are just finishing up their basic wiring class. They built a box put in a power source, a outlet, a switch and a light. They had to complete the project themselves and work on completing tasks, following their schematic, and measuring and cutting drywall. All in all they did a wonderful job. Awesome work.
This coming Friday and Saturday, April 27 and 28, there will our second annual Tetlin Basketball Tournament. The surrounding communities are invited to come and participate. We will begin at 5 p.m. on Friday and 9 a.m on Saturday. Please come and support Tetlin Schools fundraising activities.
Today, Grandpa Roy was our gracious teacher. Tales, stories and words in Athabascan help our student grow in the use of their language skills. Thanks so much for your support of the Tetlin Community. Thanks also to all the kids who listened and learned.
April 19th, 2018Daytime Event 1-4pm: Alaska Gateway School District Office Board RoomEvening Event 6-8pm: Tok School Multi-purpose roomResidents and community organizations in Tok are invited to two informal public events to look at the new draft community profile maps for Tok. You may want to view the maps and make comments about accuracy of information on the map...
Parents and Caregivers of Young Children: Join a FREE supportive group in learning techniques for becoming more attuned and supportive to our young child's emotional needs. Only those who attend the first session on 4/16 will be eligible to continue with the program. Each participate will receive a $50 Barnes & Noble gift card upon completion of the 4 week course! Lun...
Mark your calendars for fun filled family math nights.
Join us for an evening of family math games, snacks, and door prizes!
Tetlin School: April 9th, 2018 . 5-6:30pmTok School: April 11th, 2018 . 5-6:30 PM
Dot Lake School: April 12th, 2018 . 5-6:30 PM
Mentasta School-April 18th, 2018 . 5-6:30 PM
A new blog has been posted on the AGSD A-CHILL website. Check it out!CLICK HERE if you love dog mushing!
Parents & Students-Join us for a fun evening of math games. There will be door prizes, snacks and a book distribution. 5-6:30pm Thursday, April 5th at Tanacross School.CLICK HERE to find out more!
In October of 2017 Alaska Gateway School District was the recipient of a grant called RAVE (Rural Alaska Village Entrepreneurs). For the purposes of this grant, AGSD is seeking baseline data on community involvement and input on opportunities for Alaska Native youth in the areas of college and career preparation. Community Members, Staff & Parents-Please take a minut...
Alaska Gateway School District is excited to bring a two-week Where Are Your Keys language workshop to the district! Several of our communities, including Tanacross, Tok, and Northway, may be familiar with the organization from the last time they visited several years ago and held language workshops. Those workshops were hosted through Doyon, University of Alaska Fairb...
In December of 2017, 54 students and 17 adults participated in AGSD's first ever PHLIGHT Club. AGSD’s Phlight Club was a lock-in style, student-centered event that occurred over 3 days that actively involved both youth and adults, learning and working alongside each other to solve problems using their heads, hands, and hearts while keeping each other safe, focused, re...
Dot Lake hosted Mentasta students for two days of skiing on the lake and mushing activities. Students skied the numerous groomed trails on the lake and warmed up by student handcrafted fire pits. In the evening students played a variety of mushing games and learned Iditarod history. Dot Lake students shared their dog house design projects and tested out the sled the...
Alaska Gateway School District is excited to bring a two-week Where Are Your Keyslanguage workshop to the district! Several of our communities, including Tanacross, Tok, and Northway, may be familiar with the organization from the last time they visited several years ago and held language workshops. Those workshops were hosted through Doyon, University of Alaska Fairba...
Tok School students taking the Entrepreneurship for Snowmachine Repair class have been busy during the two-week Aurora schedule. The students, guided by their teacher, community member Gary Antrim, have been working on repairing a 1991 Polaris Indy 500 efi.
The machine had some problems - it was hard starting and not running properly. The students conducted trouble sh...
Student photographers captured the action as Menasta A-CHILL students ran dogs at Tok Dog Mushers’ Hall on Friday, February 9. Older students ran two and three dogs while mentoring and assisting younger students on the one dog track. Students displayed teamwork and cooperation switching roles as mushers, handlers, and trail support. A special thanks to Mentasta supp...
A big thank you to Samantha Nellis who volunteered at Tok School this year to host a a very successful lego robotic team, the Alaska State Robots.The Alaska State Robot team received the judges award at the first tournament in Fairbanks because even though they faced many obstacles including traveling the farthest of all the teams, being a rookie team and dealing with ...
A big thank you to Bernie and James for coming in today to talk to our students about Alaska Native skills and language. Today's topic was watching an expert skin and tan a beaver. Very interesting. We appreciate all of their skills and knowledge.
There will be a special showing of the new video production of the story of Spider Women on Wednesday, November 22 at 12:30 p.m. The video which features Roy David narrating the story of two young women and a butterfly will be shown for the first time. All are welcome to come and be a part of history.
This is an opportunity for parents and members of the Tok and neighboring communities to come enjoy coffee and a snack with the Alaska Gateway School District Guidance Counselor on a routine basis. There will be a theme every meeting but this is meant to be informal and the counselor will be happy to discuss any counseling topics with you, individually or as a group.
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Once again Mrs. O'Neil has outdone herself. Our second annual Math Family Fun Night was a big hit. Over 25 came to tonight to participate in math activities built for families. It is good to see that fun and learning go together. Thanks so much to the great village of Tetlin for coming out and supporting our school.
A big thanks to our parents and students who came by after school to split and stack the wood for our Great Wood Raffle. All did a great job helping us make this next step.
Mentasta hosted a culminating two day Native Youth Olympic event for students districtwide on November 8th & 9th. Students from Mentasta, Dot Lake, Tok and Tanacross participated. A big thanks to all the volunteers who helped organize the event and Nicole with NYO.
Tok School students honored Veterans this week in a school assembly. The Cub Scout Troop 75 opened the ceremony by presenting the colors. There were several songs by the elementary students and two poems were read. Mr. Jim Doering was the guest speaker and spoke of his experiences in the Air Force. Mr. Holmes conducted a roll call of Veteran's who were present and ...
Northway School honored Veteran's at a prime rib dinner this week. Students led the Pledge of Allegiance and sang the National Anthem. Lorraine Titus conducted a roll call of Veterans and principal, Doug Richards was the guest speaker.
We at Tetlin School know how to have a great time. We combined Parent-Teacher Night with a Spaghetti Feed and multiple Cake Walks. Thanks to Eva for heading up our dinner, Natalie for assisting and Logan for helping and doing the clean-up. Also a big shout-out to all the kids who helped. We had a wonderful time. Wow, we have a great school, great parents, and awesome s...
Dot Lake students got outside this week to enjoy the great outdoors and the snow!
October 27, 2017 – The Alaska Division of Community and Regional Affairs and the Alaska Gateway School District have partnered with the Native Village of Northway and the community of Tok to develop up-to-date maps for the two communities. Community maps are a vital tool for community and infrastructure planning and can help identify title issues which may interfere w...
Our Halloween Carnival was a great success. We had a good turnout and many booths filled by volunteers from our students families, and friends. We were able to make money for our school through our fundraising efforts. Every dollar helps. Thanks also for the cakes provided for our cakewalks. There were so many. To all our volunteers who helped make our carnival a gr...
Join us for an afternoon of fun at our annual Halloween Carnival, Wednesday, October 25 at 12:30 p.m. We will be having fun and games, great food, and of course CANDY!!! All families and their students and siblings are invited. Come by and have some fun and support Tetlin School's fundraising activities.
Thanks to the Tok Shooters Association for allowing our great Tetlin students to step up and complete the Fall cleanup at the range. These students scoured the range, emptied trash cans and picked up debris. All of this done with an awesome attitude and making the work fun. Girls, you did a great job.
Each year, the Alaska Head Start Association’s annual awards recognize outstanding performance in Alaska’s Head Start programs. This year Alaska Gateway was nominated and won an Award of Excellence for School District Collaboration. Our partnership with Tanana Chiefs Conference Head Start began in 2012 with Scott MacManus, Superintendent and Pam Gingue, Special Progra...
Seventeen students and 16 adults participated in the districts first ever 9th grade launch on Tuesday, August 29th at the Tok School. Students from Mentasta Tok and Tanacross attended. Students and parents got a chance to learn about graduation requirements, credits, transcripts, the district website, attendance policies, scholarships, GPA, PowerSchool and more. Tha...
The new school year calendar has the same features as it does every year, except you'll notice some color coding on it as well. Tok School will be utilizing a Variable Schedule this year (for more info see http://www.agsd.us/what-is-the...). The weeks in yellow indicate the Core or Nén’k’et schedule, and the blue weeks indicate the elective or Yadíimeey schedule.
Fir...
The Build A Better World summer reading event took place on June 20th at the Tok School. There were 65 people, 46 kids and 19 adults that turned our ready to Reduce, Reuse, and Read! Story time participants were taught how to finger knit and were able to practice while the Lorax book was read. Afterwards, the many participants in the Recycled/Repurposed Item Contest...
Each Migrant student will be receiving a summer book pack soon! Each book pack will have worksheets inside. When your student finishes one worksheet (some packs have 5) they can turn the sheet into Mukluk Land for a free popcorn or cotton candy and $2 in tokens. Each worksheet=prize! Turn in all 5 sheets and get $10 in tokens!
Students attending the summer reading program learned the history of ice cream, made a time line, watched a video about the making of ice cream, MADE ice cream, and even got to make their own sundaes at an old fashioned ice cream parlor!
The results are in and we have our winners for the Spring Writing competition! The raters who score our student work said they enjoyed reading everyone's papers this year, and as this is now their 3rd year reading AGSD student writing, they also commented that they have noted a lot of growth - great to hear! So without further adieu, here are the winners, along with t...
The Alaska Gateway School District would like to congratulate the following students on having Perfect Attendance for the entire 2016-2017 school year. We are very proud of the efforts of these students and their parents. To reward this accomplishment, the district will be providing these students with a backpack full of school supplies for the upcoming year.
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On Monday, May 22, the students from Walter Northway School went to Chicken on a field trip. We went on a tour of the old gold dredge and panned for gold at Chicken Gold Camp. We also went on a tour of Old Chicken at the Gold Panner. Thank you to Northway Natives for providing the bus to make the trip possible for the whole school. We had a great time!
by Cathy Pusch...
Today, Tok School received a $7,000 grant from The Laura Bush Foundation for America’s Libraries. More than $930,000 in grants will be distributed to 160 school libraries across the country this year for the purchase of books and reading materials.
“As a former librarian, I know school libraries play an important role in improving student achievement and encouraging...
There were TWO proms hosted in the district over the course of May 12 and 13! One was Tok School's annual prom, and the other was a new event - Prom/Spring Fling at Northway School. On the evening of May 12th Tok High School hosted a Night in Neverland for senior prom. The attendees enjoyed a lovely dinner at Fast Eddys: several kinds of pasta, salad and garlic bread. ...
Eagle Community School students accepted the Healthy Futures Challenge this spring. Students were active for at least 60 minutes a day, 15 days a month, and recorded their activity on the Healthy Futures Activity Log. Students were awarded fun incentives. As a 1st place winner Eagle School will receive a banner in recognition of their effort. Congratulations to Eagl...
Tanacross Culture Week kicked off Monday with a tea race and nature walk. For the tea race, students were given a scenario: You and a friend are out on the river and something happened to your boat, and your friend was injured. You need to help your friend and stay warm - what will you do? Students were given the task of figuring out how to quickly build a fire with wh...
On April 18th and 19th, Tok School 5th graders traveled to Fairbanks to participate in the Kids2College program.
Kids2College is a nationwide early college awareness program, designed for students in their last year of elementary school. Students are encouraged to identify career interests, build personal learning and career plans, and understand the steps they can t...
Tanacross Cultural week schedule - May 1st to 5th
Monday, May 1st, - Location of the cultural camp will be announced on Monday
11:00am Introduction to the Cultural week, schedule, rules, respect, prayer, elder visit etc. at the Tanacross Community hall
Regular school lunch
12:00 -1:30 location to be announced - but will be at the hall
Beading, necklaces, v...
This spring, Tetlin National Wildlife Refuge worked with students across AGSD schools and encouraged participation in two art contests. One was the Alaska Junior Duck Stamp contest, and the other was the Migratory Bird Calendar Contest. Students across the district submitted awesome artwork and literature.
Tok Middle School had several winners, including
3rd place: ...
Eagle Community School Teacher Named BP Teacher of Excellence
Eagle Community School teacher Marlys House was named a 2017 BP Teacher of Excellence.
The BP Teachers of Excellence program recognized 29 Alaska teachers and education personnel in Alaska’s schools. Since the program’s inception in 1995, BP has recognized nearly 750 teachers for their dedication ...
We have some great up and coming readers at the school, some of which have read over 100 books. Congratulations for your hard work, dedication, and your love of reading. Keep up the good work and we look forward to you reading 200 this year.
Warm praise goes out to Danisha and Mrs. O'Neil for reading 200 so far this school year. That is quite an accomplishment. Thanks to Mrs. O'Neil for setting up our Olympic Reading program this school year.
This last week Jack O'Neil was recognized for his outstanding service in assisting with our basketball tournament. Jack worked tirelessly on Friday and Saturday cooking in the kitchen. The entire school appreciates his hard work and dedication. In recognition, Jack received a copy of 'Chickenhawk' a biography of a Vietnam War helicopter pilot, in which capacity Jack al...
The Migrant Education Program hosted a Literacy Night at Tok School on March 8th.
Culture Week in Tetlin and Tanacross Schools!April 24th-27th is Tetlin Culture WeekMay 1st-4th is Tanacross Culture WeekWe will have a local camp set up and the students will learn survival cultural activities such as:
Use and identification of plantsMaking beaded itemsWoodwork that includes bow and arrow, wooden box for storing beadwork or items needed for survivalHu...
After reading an article from Science World about the history of listening to music, Mentasta high school students experimented with making gramophones. We were fascinated to actually hear music using just a record, sewing needle, and paper cone. To improve the sound, students varied the needle angle and spinning technique. Students were able to compare and contrast...
The Migrant Education Program hosted a Literacy Night at Tetlin School on February 8th.
We have been exceptionally blessed to have some great volunteers helping in our school. First, parents have been attending various meetings and telling us more about what they would like to see happening in school. Second, Ole Olson has been coming into school to teach the game of chess. The kids love his attention and instruction in thinking and strategy. They must be...
Congratulations to our two students who improved their MAP scores in all three areas: Math, Language Usage, and Reading. Catherine and James did a great job. Peyton, our excellent second grader, had the most improvement overall. Great job to all three.
The Youth Alliance for a Healthier Alaska (YAHA) will be celebrating 9 years of Youth Voice in Alaska Public Health in 2017! Youth can help shape the way the State of Alaska responds to important teen issues such as mental health, relationships, violence prevention, nutrition, trauma and resiliency. If you know a young person in your school district or community that ...
Six-week, summer, statewide college preparatory bridge programRural and Alaska Native high school juniors and seniors with a 3.0 cumulative grade point averageDates of RAHI six-week program:May 30 – July 14, 2017Selected students receive all expenses paid (value of $8,500):Airfare, Tuition, Room, Meals, Tuition, Textbooks, Supplies, RecreationClick here for more inform...
The elementary students at Tok School celebrated Presidents’ Day and another special holiday: Hoodie-Hoo Day.What’s Hoodie-Hoo Day I hear you ask? Well it’s a special day which falls on 20th February every year and it is celebrated in a strange way!What happens is you’re supposed to go out at noon, wave your hands over your head and shout “Hoodie-Hoo” to scare away Win...
The high school students at Walter Northway School recently completed their in Red Cross First Aid, CPR and AED Certifications. Students had hands on experience using CPR mannequins and AED training devices that were purchased through the ANE grant. They learned CPR for Infants, children and adults, how and when to use an AED on Adults and children as well as First Aid...
On Monday, February 13, 2017 the AGSD Regional School Board will hold their monthly meeting at the AGSD Board Room. The Board will hold a work session at 5:00pm, and the regular meeting begins at 6:00pm. Click here for a board packet.
Welcome to our new app, our soon-to-be live new site and a new look! We have been working with a company called Apptegy to develop the site and app so that we can do a better job of organizing our information for staff, students, and community. Most importantly, the mobile app will make access to information for everyone simple and timely! As time goes on, we'll add mo...