We are needing these remaining students to come to school to take their required AK STAR make-up tests. Parents/Guardian...
We are needing these remaining students to come to school to take their required AK STAR make-up tests. Parents/Guardians, please send them to school so they can show what they know. Quyana!
Apr 14, 2026 · Russian Mission School
Please apply by the deadline to get FREE MEALS delivered to your home this summer for your children 18 and younger. Take...
Please apply by the deadline to get FREE MEALS delivered to your home this summer for your children 18 and younger. Take advantage of this opportunity! 🍳 Free Breakfast & Lunch for Kids! This summer, kids 18 & under can get healthy meals shipped straight to your home through Meals to You. Totally free! 📱 Sign up by April 30, 2026 →
Apr 14, 2026 · Russian Mission School
School Board Election Notice!!School Board Election Notice The official election notice for the Lower Yukon School Distr...
School Board Election Notice!! School Board Election Notice The official election notice for the Lower Yukon School District School Board has been released. 📌 Seats open in Sections I, II, and III 📝 Candidate filing deadline: August 7, 2026 🗳 Election Date: October 6, 2026 Please review the attached notice for full details, including eligibility, filing information, and voting options. https://drive.google.com/…/1diemd5eVYiEAMn42qGv5Z_EA8…/view… Candidate forms are available on the Division of Elections website at https://www.elections.alaska.gov/reaa/ or from any elections office listed in the notice.
Apr 14, 2026 · Russian Mission School
PLEASE fill out this very short survey from Lower Yukon School District to give your feedback regarding our Family Engag...
PLEASE fill out this very short survey from Lower Yukon School District to give your feedback regarding our Family Engagment Nights that we have held this school year. Your input will assist us with planning/materials for Family Engagement Nights next school year. Click HERE: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScX9ioACGm951YXAm…/viewform Quyana!!
Apr 14, 2026 · Russian Mission School
🌍✈️ Summer School Registration is NOW OPEN! Get ready to Travel Around the World this summer 🌎✨ 📅 May 18–29 (No Schoo...
🌍✈️ Summer School Registration is NOW OPEN! Get ready to Travel Around the World this summer 🌎✨ 📅 May 18–29 (No School May 25) ⏰ 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM 🍎 Breakfast & Lunch Provided 📚 Elementary & Middle: SEL, Math, STEM & Literacy 🎓 High School: APEX / Credit Recovery ⏳ Space is limited, so don’t wait! 📝 Register by May 4 🔗 Register online: https://docs.google.com/…/1FAIpQLScwSSPwCl4tTBEymE…/viewform 📄 Paper registration form: https://docs.google.com/…/1_2tm71XNR1OlAMDZ9zrPpMzH1j…/edit… You can also contact your school for a paper copy. Adventure awaits 🌍✨
Apr 14, 2026 · Russian Mission School
We can do this, Raiders!! 22 school days before summer break. :DLYSD Families, As we head into the final stretch of the...
We can do this, Raiders!! 22 school days before summer break. :D LYSD Families, As we head into the final stretch of the school year, now is the time for students to show up every day and finish strong - this is their time to show what they know. Our April newsletter includes the importance of finishing the school year strong, the power of showing up, Yup'ik calendar April activities, important spring dates, and summer school registration opportunities you won’t want to miss. Follow the link to read the April newsletter - https://app.smore.com/n/yjbneg Thank you LYSD families! We appreciate your partnership. Let's work together to help every student Strive for 5 and finish the year strong! Quyana, Your LYSD Team
Apr 14, 2026 · Russian Mission School
Remember, students, if you were absent during any of your AK STAR state tests, check in with your teacher then go to Cec...
Remember, students, if you were absent during any of your AK STAR state tests, check in with your teacher then go to Cecilia's classroom to take your make up test and show what you know! We want 100% of our enrolled students to complete their required AK STAR testing. The window for make-up testing closes on May 1st. Just 22 school days before our summer break begins!
Apr 13, 2026 · Russian Mission School
Teacher Appreciation Week isn't officially recognized until next month, but this floated across our feed and felt it was...
Teacher Appreciation Week isn't officially recognized until next month, but this floated across our feed and felt it was worth sharing. Please read and reach out to teacher to let them know the impact they have had. It would mean the world to them. "My daughter came home from school and told me her teacher cried in class today. I assumed something was wrong. When she explained why the teacher cried, I had to sit down. Then I picked up the phone. My name is Karen. I'm 43. My daughter Lily is nine. She talks constantly - from the moment she gets in the car after school until approximately the moment she falls asleep mid-sentence. I have learned to listen for the things that sit differently inside the stream of chatter. The ones with a different weight. Last Thursday she got in the car and said: "Mrs. Hennessy cried today." I looked in the mirror. "Is she alright?" "She's fine," Lily said. "She cried because of what we did." Mrs. Hennessy is sixty-one. She's been teaching at that school for thirty-four years. She has the specific authority of a teacher who has seen everything twice and found a way to make even the second time feel worth showing up for. She is the kind of teacher parents hope their children get and quietly fear they won't. "What did you do?" I asked carefully. "It was Lily's idea actually," said Lily, which is how my daughter refers to herself when she's proud of something and trying not to show it too directly. She explained. Mrs. Hennessy had mentioned in passing, three weeks ago, that this was her last year teaching. Retiring in July. She hadn't made a thing of it. Just a quiet comment during a lesson that the class had absorbed and, Lily assumed, forgotten. Lily hadn't forgotten. She'd spent two weeks organising the class secretly. During lunch breaks, during free periods, in whispered conversations behind Mrs. Hennessy's back. She'd asked every child to write one thing - one specific thing - that Mrs. Hennessy had done that they'd remember. Not general compliments. Specific things. She'd collected them, asked the classroom assistant to help her compile them, and presented them that morning in a handmade booklet. Twenty-eight children. Twenty-eight specific memories. You noticed I was sad on Monday and you moved my seat next to Emma without making it obvious why. You told me my story was the best one you'd read in ten years and I've written six more since then. You called my mum when I was struggling and you didn't tell me you'd done it, so I never felt embarrassed. You always say our names like they mean something. Mrs. Hennessy had read three pages before she had to stop. Lily said she put the booklet down on her desk and looked out the window for a moment. Then she looked at the class and said, "I didn't know you noticed." Twenty-eight nine-year-olds. They'd noticed everything. I sat in the car park long after Lily had gone inside. I thought about every teacher who has quietly shaped something in my children and gone home at the end of term without ever knowing how far the ripple went. I went home and found Mrs. Hennessy's email on the school website. I told her about a conversation Lily had brought home in Year One. Something Mrs. Hennessy had said about trying again after you fail. A small thing, probably forgotten. Lily still says it. She said it last month over homework that wasn't going well. You try again. That's the whole secret. Mrs. Hennessy replied the next morning. Two lines. Thank you for telling me. You have no idea how much teachers need to hear where the words went. Thirty-four years of sending words out and rarely knowing where they landed. Tell the teachers. Tell them now. Before July. Before they retire. Before they go home without knowing. They shaped more than they know. Is there a teacher who changed something in you or your child? Find a way to tell them this week - a message, a letter, a phone call. And please share this today. Every teacher deserves to know where the words went. 💙💙" . Let this story reach more hearts.... . Please follow us: Astonishing By Mary Nelson
