Daily Bulletin
State Testing 2026
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Parents have the right to make educational decisions for their child, including whether to participate in statewide testing. Practice tests, tutorial videos, and additional information can be found on the district website at https://www.k12northstar.org/departments/teaching-learning/parent-student-information/assessments/ak-system-of-academic-readiness-ak-star-ak-science
Daily Bulletin - Thursday, March 05, 2026
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Friday, March 6 | Early Out
End Of Quarter | Early Out:
Per. 1 | 7:30am-8:10am
Per. 2 | 8:15am-8:55am
Per. 3 | 9:00am-9:40am
BREAK 9:40am-9:50am
Per. 4 | 9:50am-10:30am
Per. 5 | 10:35am-11:15am
Per. 6 | 11:20am-12:00pm
LUNCH 12:00pm-12:30pm
**Buses Leave At 12:37**
We will be closing the Front Office at 1:00pm on Friday, March 6.
MAC Basketball Regionals:
Thursday, March 5
Girls: Lathrop vs West Valley at 4:30pm
Boys: West Valley vs North Pole at 6:00pm
Boys: Lathrop vs Monroe at 7:30pm
Friday, March 6
Girls: Championship at 6:00pm
Boys: Championship at 7:30pm
Model UN Meeting:
Please join Model UN today at lunch in Ms. Sprankle's room today.
If you are interested in learning new debate skills and meeting new people, please join us.
We will be discussing global cooperation as well as volunteer opportunities and the ABC Beginner Conference we will be hosting in April.
Contact Mrs. Damario in room 236 with questions
Boys Soccer Tryouts: Revised Date Change
Remember to get your Golden Ticket before coming to tryouts.
Fitness Portion:
March 5 and 6 @Big Dipper
-Fresh/Soph 6:30p-7:15
-Jun/Sen 7:15-8p
Technical Portion:
March 18, 19, 20 @ WVH
7:30-9pm
Attention Freshmen:
Freshmen Class meeting at lunch in room 116.
Sophomore Class of 2028
There will be an Airband meeting during lunch on Thursday, March 5 in Rm 122.
This is our last meeting before Spring Break and we need to finalize music lyrics and have them turned in by Friday.
Please come and bring a friend!
Fresh Fruit Friday:
Help us keep Fresh Fruit Friday going strong as we send our students off to Spring Break with a healthy treat!
We are requesting fruit donations to be dropped off by Friday at noon so we can prepare for distribution.
Donations can be brought to the front office or counseling office.
Your support helps us provide a fresh, nutritious boost for our students before they head into break.
Thank you, Wolf Pack, for continuing to pitch in and keep Fresh Fruit Friday thriving!
Music In Our Schools:
Two Music In Our Schools Month concerts are this week.
The band concert is Tuesday, March 3rd and the orchestra concert is Thursday, March 5th.
Both concerts are at 7:00pm at Hering Auditorium.
Please join us as we start the month-long celebration of music in our schools!
Week Of March 9 - 13:
SPRING BREAK | NO SCHOOL
Attention Students & Parents - Lost And Found Items:
Please remember to take a look at the lost and found table in front of the library for any items you may have misplaced (boots, coats, books, cups, hats, sweatshirts). Items will be removed and cleared out on Friday, March 6.
Join Wolfpack Football!
WHO CAN JOIN:
Students in the West Valley attendance area | Homeschool students | Hutchison students.
All skill levels are welcome.
Come learn, train, and grow with us.
TEAM WORKOUT TIMES:
Monday • Wednesday • Friday
Morning: 5:30 AM - 7:00 AM
Afternoon: 4:00 PM -5:30 PM
Choose the time that works best for your family.
QUESTIONS OR INTERESTED IN JOINING?
Contact Coach Jones for workout details and next steps | Jclaudious@yahoo.com
YEARBOOKS:
Online Pre-orders until the end of April.
Prices go up throughout the year, ORDER NOW and save money!
$70 until 3/31
$75 until 4/30
$80 after 4/30 (at distribution).
Yearbook Order
Attention Students - ANYTIME you are arriving late to school....
and a parent/guardian has called in to excuse you, you MUST stop into the front office and pick up your Excused Admit Pass BEFORE going to class.
PICKING YOUR STUDENT UP EARLY?
Picking up your student early, please remember to call ahead for a townpass.
Additionally, remind your student to collect their pass before heading to class if they know a town pass has been arranged.
The front office may not always have an aide available to assist with deliveries, so we appreciate your understanding and patience.
Thank you for your cooperation in planning ahead.
TRANSPORTATION / BUS CONCERNS:
Know Your Bus Stop Before School Starts! Check the Transportation website (Transportation) and click the Find Your School Bus Stop button to find the bus stop closest to you.
Make sure to have your child at the bus stop five minutes before the scheduled time.
ANY BUS CONCERNS PLEASE CONTACT | DURHAM SCHOOL SERVICES:
*Call DURHAM Dispatch for student drop-off/pick-up issues, late buses, missed stops, driver complaints, service issues, and lost items.
*Fairbanks: 907-206-7789
*AT&T customers are experiencing issues with the Durham number.
Use the backup numbers: (907) 347-0304 or (907) 385-6916
FNSBSD Transportation Department Administrative Center | 3rd Floor, Room 338
Main: (907) 452-2000 xOption 4
Fax: (907) 451-0608
Student Cell Phone / Personal Electronics / Bags & Backpack Policy:
This school year, new personal electronic devices and backpack policies are being implemented.
Personal electronic devices and backpacks are no longer allowed in classrooms.
Personal Electronic Devices:
Common forms of personal electronic devices are cell phones, earbuds, and smartwatches.
Students will be given the first two weeks of the school year (the short week this week and the full week next week) to make the transition, as it is understood that this is a big adjustment.
During the first two weeks of school, if students bring their phones or backpacks to class, they will be asked to return them to their locker.
We will also not be running the tardy kiosk, and students who have to return items to their locker will not be marked tardy (provided that they are not abusing this accommodation).
After the first two weeks of school, the following consequences will be given for students who bring personal electronic devices to class.
First offense: the student may retrieve the phone from the front office at the end of the school day.
Repeat offenses will be handled in collaboration with parents/guardians to implement school-level interventions that ensure compliance with the policy.
Parents/guardians will be required to pick up the device at the end of the school day.
Refusal to report to the office or to submit a device is considered Insubordination, which falls under normal school discipline.
Bags and backpacks Backpacks and other large bags are not allowed in classrooms; however, students are allowed to have a small personal bag the size of a pencil/school supply bag.
This can include bags such as side bags, small purses, satchels, small fanny packs, and of course pencil bags.
These bags should be small enough to be stored on a student's person or their desk.
Refusal to comply with the backpack policy will be addressed with regular school discipline for insubordination.
Attendance | How do I excuse an absence?
ANYTIME a student will be arriving late to school a parent/guardian has to call in to excuse the student and then the student MUST stop into the front office and pick up an Excused Admit Pass (BEFORE going to class).
If the student has a note from a parent/guardian excusing them, trade it for an excused admit in the front office before going to class.
Students will not be excused without checking into the office first and picking up this pass.
If a student is leaving the building a TownPass must be called in by a parent or have a note with specified time of needing to leave the building(students must sign out in the front office in order to get excused.
If the student returns to school, they must remember to check in at the front office before going to class or the missed class will remain unexcused.
Parents can not call in after the fact to excuse their students.
We must hear from a parent / guardian BEFORE the student leaves the building.
If a student is marked AU for classes within the day, and the student did not have a pre-arranged townpass to leave the building, parents can not excuse that AU.
Parents can not excuse a student for not attending a scheduled class to go to another class.
Students must communicate with their teachers and get teacher permission.
AU = Absence Unexcused:
Teachers will mark this when students who are either more than 10 minutes late to class or do not show to their class.
TU = Student is tardy to class (under 10 minutes).
Teachers are unable to mark a student Absent Excused.
If a student is planning to be absent the whole school day, a parent will need to call the front office to excuse the absence within 2 school days of that absence.
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STUDENTS, YOU MUST CHECK IN AND OUT OF THE FRONT OFFICE AND PICK UP YOUR ADMIT / TOWNPASS.
Attention Students.....Open Campus Lunch Policy:
It is a student's responsibility to return from lunch on time and prepared for class.
Students who enter the building late from lunch will need to get a tardy unexcused and will not be allowed to take food or drink into their classrooms or to their lockers.
NO Door-Dash, Grubhub, etc..food deliveries---THE FRONT OFFICE STAFF IS NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR FOOD DELIVERIES!!
Attention Parents and Students | Activities and Attendance:
A student must be in attendance the entire school day (ALL class periods for which they are scheduled, including extension) in order to practice or participate in any extracurricular or co-curricular activity.
*When a student is absent from a class (marked AU) the student cannot participate in any same day practice or game.
*Students who are (10) or more minutes late to any class will be considered absent, not tardy and can NOT participate.
*When students are tardy (10 minutes or less) to class, coaches have discretion to implement consequences related to activity participation.
*For activities or events that are scheduled on non-school days or weekends, students are required to attend every class on the last school day prior to the activity.
*Excused absences MUST BE CALLED IN THE DAY BEFORE in order to participate in an activity.
*Students must remember to pick up their stamped excused admit pass in the front office to bring to their coach / advisor in order to participate.