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Dear Parent(s) and Guardian(s):

Recently, the Alaska Department of Education & Early Development (DEED) released the 2023-2024 Report Cards to the Public for each school district and school in Alaska. These Report Cards present information about performance for the 2023-2024 school year. During this third administration of The Alaska System of Academic Readiness (AK STAR) assessment, students in grades 3-9 were assessed in English Language Arts and Mathematics. Students in grades 5, 8, and 10 took the Alaska Science Assessment.

To view a 2023-2024 School or District Report Card to the Public, go to https://education.alaska.gov/compass/Report/2023-2024/33/330340#overview. This user-friendly website aims to provide families with clear, common information. The Report Card to the Public contains data and information about academics, school environment, teacher quality, and more. If you are unable to access the Report Card to the Public online, please contact us.

We know that the Report Card to the Public is just one of many ways you will engage with us at Talkeetna Elementary School. We look forward to sharing our school’s successes with you and working together to make our school better every day. We are proud that at Talkeetna, the report card to the public shows us doing well in academic growth in both English Language Arts and Math.

We hope you will closely follow your student’s academic progress and work with his or her teacher(s) to help ensure academic success. Working together as a team, we can improve not only how well our students are performing individually, but how our school and district is performing as a whole. There is nothing more important to administrators and teachers at Talkeetna Elementary than ensuring that students are ready for the next step in their academic career. We look forward to partnering with you.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding our School or District Report Card to the Public, please don’t hesitate to contact us at (907)733-9400.

Sincerely,

Drew Larrabee, Principal

Talkeetna Elementary School

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

W: (907)733-9402 C: (907)885-7321

The GoGuardian Parent app is a mobile app designed to provide parents/guardians insight and control over their student's online activity when on school-managed devices and accounts.

The GoGuardian Parent app provides you with an additional set of internet controls that you can set for out-of-school hours. GoGuardian Parent was created to help provide students with additional educational support and is a companion to the classroom engagement and internet filtering tools that our schools use.

To access the app, please follow the instructions below:

1. Download the app
   1. Download via Apple Store
   2. Download via Google Play Store
2. After the app is successfully downloaded and installed, open it up and enter the email address registered with the school. Note: If you forgot your registered email address, please reach out to your child's school.  If the email you used at registration does not work, please contact the MSBSD Callcenter at (907) 761-HELP
3. Login/Check Email: Check your email on your phone for a link to log in to the app. Tap the "Verify your email", and it will take you straight to the app. Note: If you don't have access to your email through the device you used to log in, tap on "Login with verification code", and copy and paste the verification code from the email into the app.

MSBSD is looking to hire Special Education Assistants and Tutor Advisors at several school sites across the district!  Paraprofessionals play an essential role at our schools.  Under the supervision of a certified teacher, a paraprofessional supports schools in meeting the educational, behavioral, and socio-emotional needs of students.

Interested in applying?  Head to https://www.matsuk12.us/jobs

To help keep our schools safe, we encourage you to use STOPiT, MSBSD’s anonymous reporting tool.

Here’s how STOPiT can help:

• Students: Report bullying, harassment, alcohol or drug use, depression, campus violence, and more.
• Community Members: Report individuals who may be a danger to themselves or others, or involved in unlawful activity.
• Employees: Report safety, misconduct, or compliance concerns.

How to Report:

• For urgent threats, call 9-1-1.
• Use STOPiT for anonymous reports.

Thank you for helping us keep our schools secure!