Community Band Wants YOU!

by Seldovia Arts Council

Got Talent?

by Ruth Sensenig

Getting into the “Christmas Spirit of Giving”

by Laurel Hilts
Hey, folks! It’s time to gear up for Santa’s Shop once again. Each year, Santa’s elves gather donations from the community of great items for our children to purchase for those they love. Then, more elves busily wrap the gifts for the kids to give at Christmastime.

This year’s Shop will be on Friday, December 14th. If you have any items you would like to donate, please call Laurel Hilts at 435-3252 or send an email to her at lhilts@svt.org.

Good News on Test Scores for Seldovia’s Students

by Sherry Hingley, Principal

Each year the state of Alaska gives all students in grades 3-10 Standard Based Assessment Tests otherwise known as SBAs.

This test is mandated by the Federal Government’s No Child Left Behind Act. The students at Susan B. English School did especially well this year.

33 students tested in 3 subjects, Reading, Writing, and Math.

• All students (100%) were Proficient or Advanced in Reading. 19/33 students were Advanced in Reading.
• 28/33 students were Proficient or Advanced in Writing. 10/33 students were Advanced in Writing.
• 29/33 students were Proficient or Advanced in Math. 19/33 students were Advanced in Math.
• All 3rd graders were Advanced in all 3 subject areas of Reading, Writing, and Math!

Good things are happening here! Great Job Students!

Success is the Only Option!!

Seldovia Halloween Carnival 2012 Photostory

by Jenny Chissus

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Be a Hero – Join us at the Halloween Carnival

by Seldovia Village Tribe

The Future of Susan B. English School

by Sherry Hingley

Right Now – Basketball at SBE!!

Susan B. English has a New Math and Science Guy

by Jenny Chissus

He used to go by “coach” in his last teaching job, and he said that it may morph back into that as the year goes by, but for now, our new teacher goes by the official title “Mr. Derks”.

Justin Derks is our newest teacher at Susan B. English school, instructing both math and science to our middle school and high school students.

Mr. Derks is from Michigan, raised in a small itty bitty town right on Lake Michigan, about 80 miles across the lake from Milwaukee.  He exclaimed that it is a beautiful place, where he went to a small high school, North Muskegon High, and studied at Grand Valley State University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.  He worked in the Connections program in Homer last year before accepting this job in Seldovia!

So, this is his first classroom experience since student teaching!  When I spoke with him, I asked his opinion about how it was going so far, and his response was:  “I’m stoked!  You know, you have this vision of what a perfect scenario, environment and classroom would look like – and this is it for me!  Grand Rapids had a very progressive/think outside the box philosophy about education in math and

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