Author Archives: Kirsten Tschofen

New Student Recruitment Volunteers Needed!

Greetings Steller Community!

The ASD lottery for the 2023/2024 school year opens February 1 and closes March 23. We have several exciting things happening for recruitment this year, and many opportunities for you to help.

  • A new video, featuring our awesome students, staff, and parents is being made.
  • Students and staff will be attending several elementary schools to speak with incoming 7th graders about what it’s like here at Steller.

Steller will also have a table at two important school fairs, and we need parent volunteers to help out. 

  • Saturday, January 28 1-4pm at Loussac Library
  • Saturday, February 4, 12-4 at Ed Centre 

We are super excited to be back to hosting the Steller Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, February 15th 6-7.30pm 

To volunteer please use Sign up Genius here. 

Steller Parent Group is also hoping to be able to speak at the parent group meetings at as many of our feeder schools as possible. If you have connections to any schools, or would be interested in presenting, please contact our chairs at chairstellerparentgroup@gmail.com. 

Questions? Contac chairstellerparentgroup@gmail.com

Kirsten

Communication 

Volunteers to Complete District Application

Since July 2022 ASD had had a new application process for anyone who volunteers in ASD Schools. 

“All volunteers (includes chaperones, drivers, and partner organizations) must complete a
volunteer application and sign a liability waiver each school year. This requirement ensures
that the District has the most up-to-date information on those volunteering. The application
and waiver can be found on the website for online submission or printing.” (Read more here) 

The process is not complicated and can be done online or on paper (printed copies are available through the school office). In order to ensure that you can volunteer when you are needed we are asking all parents and guardians to complete the application now.  SPG will have a number of opportunities where we will need volunteers in the next few months:

  • Ice Cream Social on January 15
  • Aurora Music Festival in the spring
  • Passage Mentors
  • Moviethon on March 26

Visit the district website here to complete your application now! 

Steller Fundraising Meeting

Following our very successful fundraiser this fall Cups for Kids, SPG is planning a community oriented fundraiser for the spring. 

Next Fundraising Meeting – January 30th at 6pm via Zoom. 

  • Bear Tooth Theater “Moviethon” on March 26 (matinee).  This will be a collaboration with Bear Tooth where SPG receives a portion of box office sales for a particular movie night.
    • We will discuss what movie to watch, fundraising activity like a raffle or silent auction and other logistics.
  • Pick Click Give 

Parents and guardians, students and staff are all invited to attend this meeting and share their ideas! For questions please contact Karen or Lea at spgfundraising@gmail.com

Welcome to Steller Library!

The Steller library is a busy place these days, did you know all the things the library can help your student with? Library doors are open daily from 9-1:30. I invite you to send your students into the library for anything and everything:

  • Research projects 
  • Source citation
  • Editing Help
  • Book selection
  • Reading inspiration
  • College admission books 

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  • Checking in and out Chromebook Devices, day-use and long term
  • Printing
  • Checkout of headphones, cameras, tripods, recording devices
  • Quiet space for kids who need to work without distraction
  • Web connection issues

Entire classes are always welcome to come down for a tour or visit, or to play library-themed competitions/games.

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Activities:

  • Wednesdays- Battle of the Books practice in Ashley’s room
  • Friday- Trivia at Noon, win prizes and bragging rights

Special Events:

  • January 23rd at noon in student lounge- Jon Ebron the teen services librarian at Loussac will be handing out public library cards and chatting with students about all the activities and resources that the Loussac library has to offer.
  • February 8th 8:30- 2pm- Battle of the Books Competition at West High

I’m also able to borrow books we don’t have in our library, including class sets of books you’d like to use. Maybe we have it hidden in the bookroom, I’ll look for you. Just ask!

Here to help,

Bonnie DeArmoun
Steller Secondary- Library Assistant
907-742-9733

Join the Steller Parent Group!

Open Positions for SPG. Co-treasurer, Secretary, Fundraising Committee, Member at Large

Thank you to Dee Dee Zobian who has moved from her position as Secretary to be a Co-Chair with Amy Dummann! 

This now leaves a vacant position for Secretary! It’s an easy way to join with main time commitment being taking notes during SPG meetings, and attending leadership meetings. Experience with Google Drive is an asset, but we can teach you too!

Thank you to Lea McKenna who has stepped up to lead the Fundraising Committee. She has been joined by XXX to plan our main fundraiser this year – Cups for Kids. 

Steller Parent Group Meeting Tuesday, Oct 11

The Three Pillars of the school are by default all members of SPG – Students, Staff, Parents & Guardians, and active participation in the running of the school is at the heart of the Steller Philosophy. 

Join us for the second Steller Parent Group meeting of the year, and find out what’s happening at school, share your ideas, and get to know fellow parents & guardians and staff. 

We meet the second Tuesday of the month (in person and via Zoom for now), and you can find the agenda by the Sunday before the meeting . This month we will be tabling the budget for the 2022/2023 school year. Our budget is quite limited until we can do some fundraising, so it’s important that all members of our community participate in the discussions so that we can prioritize our spending.  A group of parents met this week to discuss some fundraising options and will have more to share at the meeting. 

Thank you to all the students and adults that have already signed up to volunteer for specific positions, or to be general helpers.  Many hands make light work, and helps develop a sense of community.  We will have an updated list of ways to get involved soon. For more information about how you can get involved see here .

 

Support Steller Parent Group While You Shop!

 

Support Steller While You Shop

Steller Parent Group has teamed up with Fred Meyer and Amazon,  for corporate rewards, and your purchases generate corporate donations from these companies to our school.  Here is how you connect your shopping to the rewards:

Amazon Smile is a simple and automatic way for you to support Steller Secondary Parent Group every time you shop, at no cost to you. When you shop at smile.amazon.com, you will find the exact same low prices, vast selection and convenient shopping experience as Amazon.com, with the added bonus that Amazon will donate 0.5% of the purchase price to your favorite charitable organization when you go to smile.amazon.com from the web browser on your computer or mobile device to do your shopping.

3 Easy Steps

1.  Bookmark and Shop using this link – https://smile.amazon.com/
2.  Sign in to your Amazon account
3.  Select a charity by searching for ‘steller parent group’

Learn more about how your shopping at Amazon.com supports our school.  

Support Steller Secondary Parent Group (80690) just by linking your rewards card to our group and do your shopping at Fred Meyer with your Rewards Card. The more supporters who link their card to Steller Secondary Parent Group, the more we earn.   Sign up now!  The process is very simple.

3 Easy Steps

1.  Click to sign in or sign up with a Fred Meyer’s account first
2.  Associate your Rewards Card with your account
3.  Click here to enroll in Community Rewards and search for ‘Steller’.

Does this program affect my personal rebates or fuel points?  No, this is a corporate donation and does not affect your personal rewards.
Issues? contact the FredMeyer community reward team at fmcommunityrewards@fredmeyer.com

More info about Fred Meyer Community Rewards

Simply make a purchase at Office Depot or Office Max online or in-store using our school ID at checkout and Steller will receive 5% back in credits

Steller School ID:   70000032

3 Easy Steps

1.  Shop Online – http://www.officedepot.com/
2.  At the last checkout page, enter “BTS 70000032” in the Additional Order Information section.  Just type it in the comments box.
3.  For a more permanent association with Office Depot, create an account, and have customer service associate Steller School with your account.  They will ask for State, Zip and School Name. This way you can set it and forget it.