Community Bulletin 10/6/22

Good evening, Aki family. Thank you for taking a moment to review updates in our Community Bulletin. For up-to-date information, you can always visit the School Bulletin on the Aki Kurose website.

At-a-Glance Calendar

October 10-13 | SPS MAP Math Testing | See Announcement

October 14 | No School | State In-Service for Staff

October 17 | Picture Day | Students will receive order information to bring home prior to this date

October 17 | After School Program Begins | See Announcement

October 18 | PTSA Meeting | 6 PM | See Announcement

October 20 | Curriculum Night 5:30-7:30pm | See Announcement

Announcements

Math Testing – All our students will be completing SPS District Wide MAP Math Testing next week, October 10-13 in their math classes with their math teachers. This test will not impact their math placement or class schedule, rather provide valuable formative assessment data for our teachers. We will be doing a second round of district wide testing in late May/early June as well.

More information about math testing

Student Needs Assessment – In order to serve our Aki Kurose student community, the counseling and student support team uses a variety of tools and data to develop programs and interventions specific to our students. One of the tools used is the student needs assessment survey. This short survey asks students how they are feeling about a variety of academic and social emotional topics. Students will be offered the chance to take that survey twice a year, mid-October through December and mid-April through June. Based on survey responses, school counselors and school support staff may follow up with students individually to offer resources within the Aki community as well as the broader community. Ultimately, we want to remove barriers for our students and ensure that they have access to programs, activities and support to help them feel safe, welcomed and able to be successful within the school environment. Information collected through the surveys is kept confidential except for anything that would mandate us to report. Survey responses excluding personally identifiable student information are shared with administration to report overall student needs. Students will complete the brief needs assessment during advisory class, and participation is voluntary. Students and families can opt out of completing this survey. If you would like to review the survey, please let us know and we will make one available to you. If you would like to opt your student out of completing the needs assessment, please contact the main office at 206-252-7700. We look forward to a great school year with your students!

Curriculum Night – We will host all Aki families (students welcome) to join us on Thursday, October 20th from 5:30-7:30 PM for an opportunity to hear from our administration team, support staff and rotate through all of your child’s classes to hear from their teachers about curriculum for the school year. This event will be in person at Aki’s school building; please enter through the front doors on South Graham Street.

After-School Program – The Community Learning Center is preparing to release after-school registration forms this week.  The program is scheduled to start on Monday, October 17th, and will run through January 19th, 2023.  Registration forms can be returned to the main office or oregister using our nline through our online form.

All programs are free and transportation home is provided.  Space is limited in some of the programs.  For more information, feel free to email Mr. Browne at mlbrowne@seattleschools.org.

Aki PTSA meets every 3rd Tuesday of the month at 6pm. The meetings will mostly be by zoom. On October 18, 2022, at 6pm, PTSA will host both an in-person meeting in the Aki library and a zoom meeting. Please watch for details.

Athletics Updates 

Registration still happening for Fall Sports – Get a registration packet and physical request form from the Aki Library.  If you still want to play, please be sure to turn in your forms and talk to your coach or Mr. Nelson the Athletic Director.  We hope you participate, have fun and make friends!  More information is on the Aki Kurose Athletics Website.

Ultimate Frisbee – Practices have begun for Ultimate, but you can still come out!  

• Game: TBD as schedule is still being made by DiscNW

• Practices are Monday, Wednesday & Fridays – after school for 1 ½ hours.  There is no bus transportation at this time, so please arrange a ride in advance.  Game 1 will NOT be this weekend, but rather Sat. 10/8 at a time & field TBD.  

• Talk to the Coach, Mr. Kaiser or the Athletic Director, Mr. Nelson dlnelson@seattleschools.org 

Girls Soccer – Practices have begun for Girls Soccer, but you can still come out, and we encourage to have your friends to play too!  

• Game: Sat. 10/8 9:30am vs Mercer @ Cleveland UPDATED (arrive by 9a)

• Practices are Tues & Thurs., 3:50 – 5:10pm & there is no bus transportation after practices.  Games will begin NOT this Sat, but next Sat 10/8.       

Stay up to date on Aki Kurose Athletics by reviewing the following resources – Go Aki!

Sports Information on the Athletics Page | Instagram @Aki_Athletics | SPS Athletics Schedules

Reminders

Bathroom Passes – As we move through our first quarter of the school year, we are implementing a school wide system to maximize in class time for students and ensure a safe and healthy school environment by encouraging students to use the bathroom before school, during passing time, at lunchtime and after school. All students have ten bathroom passes provided through their advisory class to use during any class time between now the end of first quarter in mid-November (pending revised school calendar). Any students with any type of health need will be accommodated for as well as any emergent need. We will be monitoring in class time, our hallways and bathrooms, and seek feedback from students, staff and our families starting mid to late October to make any revisions to this plan moving into second quarter.

Crane Cash – Our students can earn Crane Cash each day at school in all school spaces by demonstrating the Aki Core Four mindsets (academic, social/emotional, community and environmental), which have been introduced and continue to be practiced through our Wednesday advisory class time. We are working to set up weekly raffles during grade level lunches in the upcoming weeks to provide celebration and rewards for our students doing a great job each day at school! Families are welcome to donate raffle gifts and volunteer to help with prepping our Crane Cash tickets – reach out via phone or email!

Student Laptops: All students should have received a laptop and charger. Support their learning by making sure it is plugged in every night, and that they bring their laptop and charger to school and that they restart it at least once a week. 

Need Resources? Please check our Family Resources page for information about food, household items and financial assistance.

Please reach out to us with any questions using the following contact information:

For English, call Aki at 206-252-7700 or email akikurose@seattleschools.org

For Amharic & Oromo, call Guesh Wubneh at 206-252-7718 or email guwubneh@seattleschools.org

For Somali, call Abdi Geireh at 206-252-7718 or email afgeireh@seattleschools.org

For Spanish, call Amy Anderson 206-252-7748 or email alanderson@seattleschools.org 

For Filipino, call Eden Tumbaga at 206-252-7748 or email ebtumbaga@seattleschools.org

For Vietnamese, call Quang Hoang at 206-252-7734 or email qvhoang@seattleschools.org