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TABLE OF CONTENTS Welcome from district superintendent ...................................................................................................... 3 High schools add to culinary curricula ....................................................................................................... 3 Elementary schools prep for K-8 transitions............................................................................................. 4 Personalized learning rearranges classrooms.......................................................................................... 7 New charter school opens this fall ............................................................................................................... 8 Internet filter rules change at district high schools ............................................................................... 8 What to expect during school emergencies ............................................................................................ 9 New weapons policy ......................................................................................................................................... 9 School district map, contacts and information .............................................................................. 12-13 How dangerous is walking to school? ......................................................................................................14 Tips for parents to encourage their children to write .........................................................................18 When parents help too much with homework .....................................................................................19 The newest in lunchboxes ........................................................................................................................... 22

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Welcome to a new school year, North Star Borough I t’s almost time for another school year to begin! In just a few weeks, staff will welcome students and parents back to schools. Information regarding start dates and schedules for each school and grade level can be found on the district website. Many exciting things are happening in your school district this year. We are pleased to welcome Boreal Sun Charter School to our array of educational options. Boreal Sun offers families an educational approach based on the Waldorf model. The school, located at 2404 South Barnette St., will serve grades K-7 this year and expand to K-8 next year. Teachers and education leaders will kick off their year at a district-wide gathering with timely and inspiring messages from local, state and national leaders. The Alaska Commissioner of Education, Michael Johnson, will share his vision for teaching and learning in Alaska as well as provide an update on Gov. Bill

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Walker’s Alaska Education Challenge. We will share a video of this opening session, including Commissioner Johnson’s remarks, on Aug. 15. The video will be posted on the district’s YouTube channel and shared online at streaming. k12northstar.org and on GCI Channel 14. Anthony Muhammad, author of “The Will to Lead and the Skill to Teach: Transforming Schools at Every Level,” also will speak at the district-wide kickoff. He will share insights about how to transform school culture so each student’s unique learning needs are met, every student has equitable access to effective instruction and postsecondary opportunities, and all

students achieve at the highest possible level. This message aligns with the district’s goal to meet the needs of all our students. We strive to be a school district in which effective teaching, student engagement, innovation and effective use of resources leads to student achievement and success. Your district will continue to implement the personalized learning goals and objectives set forth in the school board’s strategic plan. In Fairbanks, we want to ensure each student achieves their highest potential by creating a student-centered environment that engages, inspires and empowers all learners based on their unique strengths and needs. For us, student success includes equitable access to opportunities and resources, achievement of academic competencies and state standards, and future-readiness upon graduation. We are successful when every single one of our students is fully prepared for

their next step as they leave our classrooms, our schools, and our district. Full-day kindergarten will expand to North Pole and include Midnight Sun, Ticasuk Brown and North Pole elementary schools. K-8 planning will move forward at Joy, Nordale, Ladd, Arctic Light and Hunter elementary schools, with seventh-grade classes as an option for students in the 2018-19 school year. Elementary schools will hold their personalized learning Launch Week on Sept. 18-22. Middle schools will begin personalized learning training in August, and high schools will come on board with training beginning in January. Options for high school students continue to expand and evolve. The Lathrop High School Innovations Academy opens this year with approximately 80 students attending school on a nontraditional schedule. In addition, we will continue to support the surge of high school students across

the district who are choosing eLearning to recover credit, take courses not available at their home schools, create and/or accelerate their individual learning paths and make room in their schedules for elective options. As we work to fully engage students in their education, we also will focus on increasing parent and community engagement. Stakeholder input will be essential to the comprehensive review and future planning of career and technical education programs, including Hutchison High School, as well as a comprehensive review and update of the K-12 discipline system. We are fortunate to have amazing, dedicated teachers, support staff and education leaders who truly care about the success of students. I appreciate the community’s ongoing support of the school district and high quality public education. We look forward to serving you and your families.

North Pole, West Valley high schools add to culinary arts By Amanda Bohman ABOHMAN @NEWSMINER.COM

The culinary arts programs at North Pole High School and West Valley High School are adding baking breads and pastries to the curriculum. It’s part of some new offerings with the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District’s Career and Technical Education Program. Daniel Domke, program director, said the new class was suggested

by the career and technical education advisory council, whose members come from the business sector. “Our programs advisory council, which is comprised of business and industry folks, suggested this would be a valuable addition to the hospitality and tourism curriculum and increase opportunities for our students,” Domke said. “Tourism continues to grow rapidly in Alaska and is one of the largest employment sectors in the state. Many

businesses, both large and small, want to hire locally.” The CTE program is also looking to expand internships, Domke said, and efforts are underway to start an internship program with the city of North Pole. The school district has relationships with multiple agencies, both governmental and nongovernmental, including Eielson Air Force Base and the American Red Cross, providing students practical, real-world work experi-

ence. Domke said efforts to expand the internship program are ongoing. “Internships offer students incredible personalized learning experiences outside the classroom,” Domke said in an email. “We have had a long relationship with the City of Fairbanks and our students have had incredible learning experiences working with the mayors, the engineering department, planning and zoning, and even being on the front lines in the 911 call center.

“Last year, we expanded internship opportunities to our FNSBSD Administrative Center downtown and had students creating marketing plans for the district’s school lunch program and doing high-end computer and networking projects.” Another area where the Career and Technical Education program is growing is partnerships with trade unions. Domke said partnerships are expanding with the Fairbanks Pipeline Training Center and

the Alaska Works Partnership, which offers apprenticeship programs. “With the federally funded construction at Eielson and Clear (Air Force Station), we will hopefully be offering welding, electrical, carpentry and heavy equipment after-school training available to students districtwide,” Domke said. “This is in partnership with four local trade unions.” CULINARY » 5

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Five public schools will begin K-8 prep this fall This May 2013 photo shows the exterior sign of Joy Elementary School. NEWS-MINER FILE

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of the five elementary schools. An eighth-grade class is expected to be added at each school in 2019. “Students will be able to attend K-8, or the middle school in their attendance area during their

seventh- and eighthgrade years,” Kowalski said in a written statement. Except for Hunter, all of the schools selected send their seventh-graders to Tanana Middle School.

The school district will begin sur veying parents to see who would be interested in keeping their child at a K-8 school in November and December, according to the assistant superintendent. “In January, parents may enroll their students and a lottery will be conducted when applications exceed the limit of 26 students,” she said. In February, schools will announce the results of the potential lotteries.

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Why is the district creating K-8 schools? Kowalski said parents expressed interest in a 2014 survey. Two years later, 40 percent of participants in a second survey expressed interest in the K-8 structure, the assistant superintendent said. “The Board (of Education) is interested in providing both a middle school structure, and a K-8 structure for parents to choose from for their children,” Kowalski said. T he school distric t administrator said research has shown that fewer school transitions

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Five elementary schools will begin developing plans this fall to convert to K-8 schools. Arctic Light, Hunter, Joy, Ladd, and Nordale elementary schools will begin providing information to parents about the conversion starting in October, said Sandra Kowalski, assistant superintendent for primary schools at the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. The change is expected to begin fall 2018 when one seventh-grade class will be offered at each

The school district has several K-8 schools— mainly charter schools— which have long waiting lists. The cost for offering the new model was determined to be $82,000 for all five schools, according to a school district memorandum. The money would pay for professional development, classroom materials, library materials and an adjusted hot lunch menu, according to the memo. Po t e n t i a l s t a f f i n g reductions at middle schools will be determined when enrollment at the K-8 schools is finalized, school district officials said.

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TRANSITION Continued from 4 are linked with better outcomes for students’ achievement, emotional well-being and discipline. “Students who attend K-8 schools have higher academic achievement during early adolescence as well as throughout high school years in comparison to students who have transitioned

through middle school and junior high schools,” Kowalski said. “Students attending middle and junior high schools report lower self esteem and other psychological, social and emotional outcomes than students who attend K-8 schools.” More information about K-8 schools and the research about them can be found at www. k12northstar.org/Page/5856. Contact the newsroom at 459-7572.

CULINARY Continued from 3 The school district also is offering some of the latest computer-aided design software this year for its architecture, construction, CAD drafting and engineering classes by acquiring Autodesk Inventor.

F i n a l l y, D o m k e s a i d the Career and Technical education program will undergo a comprehensive review this coming school year. The review is required every five years to qualify for federal funding. “We use this review to update our existing courses to make sure our programs are preparing students for high-wage, high-skill and

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Personalized learning shifting classroom dynamics Students in Eric Rush’s third-grade class at Ticasuk Brown Elementary School form groups to work on various iPad programs Nov. 22, 2016, as part of personalized learning.

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Fawn Jelinek’s sixthgrade classroom will look very different this year than her classrooms of the past. “I am getting rid of a chunk of my desks,” the Hunter Elementary School teacher said. Jelinek said her students will keep their books and things in cubbyholes. They won’t have assigned seating. Jelinek is setting up work stations with tables and mats. It’s part of a profound shift taking place at elementary schools across the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

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this fall as teachers put into action a new teaching strategy known as personalized learning. Elementary schools are leading the way. A “launch week” is being planned for mid-September so parents can see how personalized learning is unfolding in their students’ classrooms and schools, said Sandy Kowalski, assistant superintendent for primary schools. Middle schools will transition to personalized learning in the spring. At the high schools, it will happen next fall. Teachers and schools have been preparing for the change since January. They are at varying

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“Everybody in the field knows that all kids are different,” Jelinek said. “You have kids where the stuff is over their head, and you have kids who are bored.” Teachers often adopted the strategy of teaching to the middle. With personalized learning, teachers will be teaching to the individual, and students will have more influence on the kind of work they do. “It’s really hard to do one-size-fits-all, and meet the needs of each of those kids,” Jelinek said. Teachers will be trying different tactics to determine how best to

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stages of adopting the initiative, which involves methods, such as breaking up classes into small groups, that some teachers have been using, Kowalski said. “ There is no light switch that changes. It’s a process,” she said. “We want teachers to be able to change their strategies as they need to.” At its core, personalized learning is about making education relevant to each student by giving them work tailored to their personal skill level. Adopting personalized learning is the biggest shift Jelinek has made in the classroom during her 30 years of teaching, she said.

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Boreal Sun Charter School opens this fall Staff report NEWSROOM@NEWSMINER.COM

A new school is opening this fall in the former Lily of the Valley Church on Barnette Street. Boreal Sun Charter School will offer a curriculum based o n t h e Wa l d o r f p h i l o s o phy, which emphasizes imagination in learning. The school will take a slower approach to helping stu-

dents meet state standards, said Tal Harlan, one of the school’s founders. Lessons will have a natural evolution and flow from subject area to subject area. Students will have the same teacher from first through fifth grades. The school also is offering sixth and seventh grades. The school has been described as “low-tech” with students creating their own

t e x t b o o k s . Te c h n o l o g y i s introduced in the sixth grade. The maximum enrollment is 188 students, and class size is being capped at 24. Boreal Sun is the first public Waldorf school to be offered in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Faculty and staff are being drawn from across the school district and Outside. A c c o r d i n g t o a Ju l y 1 3 school newsletter, teachers

are moving to Boreal Sun from Woodriver Elementary School, Ticasuk Brown Elementary, Barnette Magnet School, Lathrop High School and West Valley High School. Two teachers are coming from Mountain Song Community School, a public Waldorf school in Colorado Springs. The fifth-grade teacher, Bennett Wong, is the director of Camp Habitat at the

Creamer’s Field Migratory Waterfowl Refuge. Remodeling has been underway at the church to transform it into a school, and an open house is planned for 6 p.m. Aug. 15. The school is opening after years of planning and with the approval of the local Board of Education as well as the state Board of Education and Early Development. Contact the newsroom at 459-7572.

Some changes on the horizon for high school internet filters ABOHMAN @NEWSMINER.COM

The public school district is introducing changes to the internet filters at the high schools this fall with plans to unblock Wikipedia and remove these key words from the blocked list: amateur, anime, bikini, breast, breasts, chick, chicks, escort, hoe, impotence, lace, latex, lubricants and swinger, saod Janet Cobb, executive director

of the district’s Information and Technology Department. High school students also will be able to access information under new categories: alcohol, tobacco, guns, weapons and drugs. Cobb said in an email that a committee that met last year recommended the changes. Questions about i nternet filters at public schools occasionally are raised with the Fairbanks No r t h S t a r B o r o u g h Board of Education.

According to the school board web filter policy, adopted in 2008, all school district computers with internet access should have blocks to “child pornography” and “visual depictions that are obscene or harmful to minors.” The district has different levels of filters, depending on the grade level of students, Cobb said. In general, the filters block adult content, personal ads, gambling, games, violence, forums

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and swim suits. Additional filters for younger students includes weapons and controlled substances. Cobb shed light on how the school district handles internet filters and why.

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grade students that might not be appropriate for K-8 students. 3 . W hy a r e s o c i a l media sites filtered? We h a v e n ’ t h a d a strong call for social media access for students up to this point. That may be changing as students get more access to devices and teachers learn about educational tools available through social media. FILTERS » 15

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Behind the scenes of school emergencies By Amanda Bohman ABOHMAN@NEWSMINER.COM

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The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District has two ways of managing crises at its schools, depending on the seriousness of the event. For a low-level incident, such as police activity near a school with no immediate threat to the school, a school will go into sit-tight mode, said Shaun Kraska, assistant superintendent for secondary schools. During a sit-tight, a school’s exterior doors are locked — no one is allowed in or out — but classes and all other indoor activities carry on as usual. “If kids are outside on the playground, we bring them in,” Kraska said. “If kids are in the hallway, we bring them in the nearest classroom, library or office area.” Kraska said sit-tights sometimes happen for privacy reasons when a student is having a medical emergency or is acting out. “We don’t need kids in the

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• High-level incident • Students outside are brought inside • All outside and classroom doors are locked • Windows are covered • No one answers phones • Students moved away from classroom windows and doors • No bathroom breaks • Students instructed to stay quiet

hall staring at that,” the former high school principal said. Sit-tights are typically short lived. Last year, the school district had about 15 sits-tights, Kraska said. When there is a serious threat, a school will go into lockdown. “It’s a much bigger deal than sit-tight,” Kraska said. When a school goes into lockdown, children who are outdoors are brought inside. All

of the outside and classroom doors are locked. Windows are covered. No one answers the phones, Kraska said. Students are moved to an area of their classroom aw ay f r o m w i n d o w s a n d doors. There are no bathroom breaks. “The bells might ring but we don’t dismiss class,” Kraska said. Also, students are instructed to stay quiet.

“We want to make sure everyone is hearing any possible instruction from law enforcement or from the building administration,” the assistant superintendent said. During a lockdown, parents are notified via email or text message and are kept informed of the unfolding incident, Kraska said. It’s fruitless to go to the school, she said. “It’s a normal reaction to want

to rush to the school and pick up your student,” Kraska said. “By the time the school has gone into lockdown, no one can come in and no one can get out. You are going to be taking direction from law enforcement, not the school at that time.” The best thing parents can do for their students is to make sure their contact information — phone numbers and emails — is up to date with the school district, Kraska said. She said the school district had four lockdowns during the last school year. In the end, the lockdowns wound up being precautionary. There were no serious safety issues or threats, Kraska said. In one incident, multiple schools in North Pole were put on lockdown in April after a report of an armed man near the North Pole High School. Authorities later concluded that the report was inaccurate. Contact staff writer Amanda Bohman at 459-7587. Follow her on Twitter: @FDNMborough.

Students can avoid automatic suspension under new weapons policy By Amanda Bohman ABOHMAN @NEWSMINER.COM

Fifteen public school students were spared automatic suspension for unintentionally bringing a weapon to school under a new policy that took effect late last year. The amnesty policy allows students who unwittingly bring certain kinds of weapons to school to turn it in right away and avoid discipline. The new policy allows students with no intent to do harm to avoid a man-

datory 30-day suspension if they immediately turn in non-deadly weapons accidentally brought to school. Shaun Kraska, assistant superintendent for secondary schools, said the new policy has worked well, saving elementary, middle and high school students from getting suspended for their mistakes. Of the 15 students granted amnesty during the past school year, almost all of them were elementary or middle school students. One was in high school.

“Amnesty is afforded to all students,” Kraska said. “At secondary, the expectation is they know and should be checking to make sure they don’t have a knife (or) weapon on them before they walk in the doors.” The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District’s new policy only applies when the student turns in a non-deadly weapon, such as a razor blade, boxcutter or utility knife, Kraska said. Under the previous rules, any student caught bringing any kind of

weapon to school was subject to an automatic 30-day suspension. Kraska said the hard line on weapons forced the school district to treat Leatherman tools the same as machetes and to punish kids with no ill will. “We had elementary kids getting 30-day suspensions,” she said. The new policy allows the school district to consider whether the knife was designed for a specific useful purpose other than causing death or serious physical injury.

The amnesty policy is time sensitive. Students must act as soon as they realize they have a weapon at school. “You can’t be in class and take out your pocket knife and be pretending with it and waiving it around,” Kraska said. “You can’ t knowingly possess and not turn it in and than later turn it in and expect the amnesty clause to click in.” Students seeking amnesty should take the banned object to the nearest teacher or school staff, Kraska said.

The key is to turn in the weapon immediately. Showing the weapon to other students is disqualifying when asking for amnesty. “If you are on the bus or walking into the building and you realize that your pocket knife from whatever you were doing the evening before, it’s in your pocket. Right there, you turn and you walk to the front office,” Kraska said. Contact staff writer Amanda Bohman at 459-7587. Follow her on Twitter: @FDNMborough.

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LEARNING Continued from 7 incorporate personalized learning into their classrooms, district officials said. Consulting firm Education Element has been helping the district train teachers on the new methods. Technology is expected to be a major component of personalized learning in many classrooms. The school district is undergoing a technology inventory and will be ordering new computers and tablets in the coming months. “We are aiming for oneto-one access, where every student has access to a device in the classroom, not just access to devices on checkout carts or in labs,” said Janet Cobb,

executive director of information and technology at the school district. “We will work with principals to determine the number that is needed to successfully implement the personalized learning model at each school.” Scott Johns, senior design and implementation consultant with Education Elements, said the goal is to use technology in a precise and purposeful manner to boost student growth. “In no way should technology be used as a babysitter or time-filler,” he said in an email. Johns gave some examples of how technology can be used to enhance student learning. Teachers can use technology to enhance classroom management and tailor work to students’ levels of proficiency. Students

can access volumes of information on the internet, including taking virtual tours of locations around the world, Johns said. “Technology can provide a classroom of students with individual feedback much faster than a teacher can, and research indicates that tight feedback loops boost student growth,” Johns said in an email. Joanna Mackey, who will be teaching fourth grade at Joy Elementary School, said she will be encouraging students to bring in their own devices to supplement the devices provided at school. Macke y has taught school for eight years and said she began adopting personalized learning in her classroom before the school district began its effort to apply it districtwide. Mackey described her

plans for a typical day in her classroom. “The students begin by taking ownership of their classroom,” she said in an email. “They lead the way into the room, designate whose day it is to select seating first, take attendance and lunch count, remind each other about class goals and check the digital schedule to help prepare for the first activities.” Most days, Mackey’s students will work on individual schedules, or their personal learning plans, choosing where to focus their efforts. Mackey plans to connect with each student every morning “even if it’s just a quick conversation.” She will lead the class in “whole-group activities that are accessible for students at any skill level before breaking into

small groups, independent work, collaborative work, teacher-led groups, and one-on-one with the teacher,” she said in an email. “There is a tremendous amount of collaboration and problem-solving with discussions happening all over the classroom,” she said. Mackey’s classroom seating arrangement involves a leather loveseat, six yoga balls, a spinning chair, three standing balance disks, six lapdesks, bar stools, moon chairs, bean bags, foam mats, milk crates and air disks. There are also tables of different sizes. Students will take turns being the first to choose a seat, and they will be allowed to move around. Mackey will be encouraging her students to find answers to basic ques-

tions using the internet. “They have information of the world at their fingertips and needn’t wait for me to answer the questions that arise as they move through their personalized learning plans,” Mackey said. “For example, a student learning about three-dimensional shapes can Google a term and find the answer quickly.” Kowalski, the assistant superintendent over elementary schools, said many teachers are spending the summer exploring digital content. “When we get good at this, students are going to know what they need to learn and how they want to learn it,” Kowalski said. “I feel like students will feel like their teachers care. We are going to have classrooms that are going to deliver an environment so that they can be engaged.”

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Student Registrations Following is a list of back-to-school student registration dates and times planned at district schools. Contact your school for more information or to confirm dates/times. SCHOOL

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ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS Anderson Anne Wien Arctic Light Barnette Magnet Crawford Denali Hunter Joy Ladd Midnight Sun Nordale North Pole Pearl Creek Salcha Ticasuk Brown Two Rivers University Park Weller Woodriver

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Elementary Schools: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18.

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Anderson Ann Wien Arctic Light Badger Road Crawford Denali Hunter Joy Ladd Nordale North Pole Elementary Pearl Creek Salcha Ticasuk Brown Two Rivers University Park Weller Woodriver

Middle Schools:

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS Ben Eielson........................................................ Aug. 8, 9 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Call 372-3110 x30521 for an appointment

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North Pole Middle Randy Smith Ryan Tanana

Lathrop High .... By appointment beginning Aug. 4

North Pole High ................................................ Aug. 7-9 8 a.m.-11 a.m.; noon-2:30 p.m. North Pole Middle ............................................ Aug. 8-11 8 a.m.-11 a.m.; noon-2:30 p.m. Randy Smith Middle........................................... Aug. 7-9 9 a.m.-noon; 1 p.m.-3 p.m. Ryan Middle ...................................................... Aug. 4 & 7 9 a.m.-noon, 1-3:30 p.m. Tanana Middle.................................................. Aug. 9 10 a.m.-4 p.m. West Valley High ............................................... Aug. 7-9 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

Call 479-4221 x9111 after Aug. 2 for an appointment

Fairbans North Star Borough School District Administrative Center Karen Gaborik, Superintendent • Sandra Kowalski, Asst. Supt.-Elementary Shaun Kraska, Asst. Supt.-Secondary

Extensions:

Superintendent 11401 Special education School board 11400 Teaching & Learning Asst. superintendents 11411 B.E.S.T. Student records 11212 Community relations Transportation 11351 After-school prog. Nutrition services 451-1004

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Ben Eielson Jr/Sr High Lathrop High North Pole High West Valley High Hutchison High

Charter/Magnet Schools:

(Tentative times, some schools may open/close earlier or at lunch time)

Call 456-7794, Ext. 11503 to schedule an appointment

The FNSBSD administrative offices are located at 520 Fifth Ave., wwwk12northstar.org, 452-2000

FNSBSD Key contacts:

C/M1 Barnette C/M2 Chinook Charter C/M3 Effie Kokrine C/M4 Watershed C/M5 Star of the North (NPA) C/M5 Star of the North (CEC) C/M6 Boreal Sun Charter

Anderson Elementary Stacey Stansell, Principal Stacey.stansell@k12northstar.org 372-2167

Career Education Center Craig Kind, Head Teacher Craig.kind@k12northstar.org 479-4061

Hutchison High School Robyn Taylor, Principal robyn.taylor@k12northstar.org 479-2261

North Pole Academy Diana Childs, Head Teacher Diana.childs@k12northsta 490-9025

Anne Wien Elementary Michael Angaiak, Principal Michael.angaiak@k12northstar.org 451-7500

Chinook Charter Wendy Demers, Head Teacher wendy.demers@k12northstar.org 452-5020

Joy Elementary Lalaunie Whisenhant, Principal lalaunie.whisenhant@k12northstar.org 456-5469

North Pole Elementary Mark Winford, Principal mark.winford@k12northst 488-2286

Arctic Light Elementary Thad Keener, Principal thad.keener@k12northstar.org 356-2038

Crawford Elementary Barbara Sperl, Principal Barbara.sperl@k12northstar.org 372-3306

Ladd Elementary Cori Anthony, Principal cori.anthony@k12northstar.org 451-1700

North Pole High Clarice Mingo, Principal Clarice.mingo@k12northst 488-3761

Barnette Magnet James Groves, Principal james.groves@k12northstar.org 456-6072

Denali Elementary Deborah Hall, Principal deborah.hall@k12northstar.org 452-2456

Lathrop High Carly Sween, Principal carly.sween@k12northstar.org 456-7794

North Pole Middle Richard Smith, Principal Richard.smith@k12northst 488-2271

Ben Eielson Jr/Sr Bruce Bell, Principal Bruce.bell@k12northstar.org 372-3110

Effie Kokrine Charter Josh Snow, Head Teacher josh.snow@k12northstar.org 474-0958

Midnight Sun Elementary Joanne Vanfleteren, Principal joanne.vanfleteren@k12northstar.org 488-0134

Pearl Creek Elementary, Kate Laplaunt, Principal Katherine.laplaunt@k12no 479-4234

Boreal Sun Charter Tal Harlan, Head Teacher tal.harlan@k12northstar.org 452-5444

Hunter Elementary Jane Bedford, Principal jane.bedford@k12northstar.org 456-5775

Nordale Elementary Brian Powell, Principal matthew.powell@k12northstar.org 452-2696

Randy Smith Middle Dave Dershin, Principal Dave.dershin@k12northsta 458-7600

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Walking to school — is it really so terrifying? CREATORS.COM

Let’s please stop telling parents that it is normal to be terrified for even the shortest periods of time when kids are doing the most mundane of activities — walking to or from school. Because here’s what NBC’s Alyssa Newcomb reported last year in a piece on “Backto-School Safety Tech That Helps Keep Kids Safe� (the title alone reinforcing the idea that kids are not safe without us taking new, tech-assisted precautions): “No matter how mature and responsible a child is, those few blocks without adult supervision are enough to make most parents worry.�

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sense for only two groups of people: the media, who depend on fear to keep us engaged, and the makers of tech tracking devices, who depend on our dollars to stay in business. And so reporter Newcomb goes on to list four products that track kids and apprise the parents of their location. T he Pocke tFinder is one. It goes in the child’s backpack “and updates a parent’s smartphone with their location every two minutes.â€? What a joy that makes walking home: Follow that squirrel, kid, and Mom calls 911. Then there’s Life 360, which is free and shows every family member’s location. WALKING Âť 16

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WALKING Continued from 14 But if you pay a premium (aha!), you can get “expanded history data and a live adviser for urgent situations.” Just sug gesting “urgent situations” makes the walk sound dire. The Canary, also profiled,

is part of a $199 home security system, allowing you “to see live video and hear audio from their home. Parents can even replay the video clip from when their child walked in the door, ensuring that they were with only authorized house guests.” This seems less like a normal household device and more like something you’d

find above the door at a 7-Eleven. A n d fi n a l l y, t h e r e’s t h e August Smart Lock, which lets you “see and speak to whoever is at your door, even if you’re not home.” It also locks and unlocks your door, “making it ideal if your kid forgets their key,” according to Newcomb. At $400, it might be more ideal

fiscally to make your kid a few extra keys or hide one someplace clever. So now I, too, have some advice on how to keep your kid safe on the way home from school — advice that the TV report, in its haste to hail technological solutions to nearly nonexistent dangers, forgot. Teach your children to:

• Look left, right and left again when crossing the street. • Make sure that anyone turning sees them in the crosswalk. • Know that they can talk to anyone; they cannot go off with anyone. • And also understand that they should not get into anyone’s car.

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Children ages 3 – 5

Padres: ÂżConsidera que su hijo podrĂ­a tener problemas de comunicaciĂłn, aprendizaje o desarrollo de destrezas?

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District will conduct Child Find screenings on:

Thursday, August 17, 2017 Friday, August 18, 2017 . 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. To identify children ages 3 through 5 (birthdays between 9/0l/12 and 9/01/14) who may have problems with communication, learning, or skill development. The screenings will be held, by appointment only, at the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Administrative Center, 520 Fifth Avenue, first floor.

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РОдиŃ‚оНŃ?Đź: Đ?Đľ Ń Ń‡итаото Ни Đ’Ń‹, чтО Ńƒ Đ’Đ°ŃˆиŃ… дотоК ПОгŃƒŃ‚ ĐąŃ‹Ń‚ŃŒ прОйНоПŃ‹ Ń ĐžĐąŃ‰ониоП, ОйŃƒŃ‡ониоП и Ń€аСвиŃ‚иоП нОвŃ‹Ń… навŃ‹кОв?

9 ě›” 1 ě?źě—?ě„œ 2014 ë…„ 9 ě›” 1 ě?ź ě‚Źě?´ě—? ěśœěƒ?)ęšŒě§€ě?˜ ě•„ë?™ë“¤ě?„ íŒ?ëł„í• ę˛ƒěž…ë‹ˆë‹¤. ě?´ 진단ě?€ ě˜¤ě§ 520 Fifth Avenue ě—? ěžˆëŠ” Fairbanks North Star ěž?ěš˜ě§€꾏 í•™꾏 ę´€댏 ě„źí„° 1 츾ě—?ě„œ 학뜀모와 í•™ęľ?ě‚Źě?´ě—? ě•˝ě†?ě?´ ě?´ëŁ¨ě–´ě ¸ě•źë§Œ ě‹œí–‰ë?Šë‹ˆë‹¤.

5 – 21 세ě?˜ ě•„ë?™ ě?´ë˛ˆ ę°€ě?„ě—? ěœ ěš˜ě›?ě—? ë‹¤ë‹ˆę˛Œ ë?˜ëŠ” ě•„ë?™ë“¤ě?„ í?Źí•¨í•˜ě—Ź í•™ęľ?ě—? 다ë‹? 나ě?´ę°€ ë?˜ëŠ” ě•„ë?™ë“¤ě?€ ě?¸ě ‘ í•™ęľ?ě—?ě„œ í•™기 ë?„중ě—? 진단ě?„ ë°›ę˛Œ ë? ę˛ƒěž…ë‹ˆë‹¤. ě•˝ě†? 스쟀줄ě?„ ěžĄęł ě‹śěœźě‹œęą°ë‚˜ ë?” 많ě?€ ě •ëł´ę°€ í•„ěš”í•˜ě‹œ늴 452-2000, ë‚´ě„ ë˛ˆí˜¸

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Доти От 3 Đ´Đž 5 НоŃ‚ ШкОНŃŒĐ˝Ń‹Đš ОкŃ€ŃƒĐł Fairbanks North Star Borough School District прОвОдиŃ‚ "Хкрининг-Ń‚ĐľŃ Ń‚ наŃ€ŃƒŃˆониК Ń€аСвиŃ‚иŃ? Ńƒ дотоК": в чотворг, 17 авгŃƒŃ Ń‚Đ°, 2017 Đł., и в ĐżŃ?Ń‚ниŃ†Ńƒ, 18 авгŃƒŃ Ń‚Đ°, 2017 Đł., Ń 9 Đ´Đž 15 Ń‡Đ°Ń ĐžĐ˛ Đ´ĐťŃ? вŃ‹Ń?вНониŃ? дотоК в вОСŃ€Đ°Ń Ń‚Đľ От 3 Đ´Đž 5 НоŃ‚ (Ń€ОдивŃˆиŃ…Ń Ń? Ń 1.9.2012 Đł. пО 1.9.2014 Đł.), Ńƒ кОтОрых ПОгŃƒŃ‚ иПоŃ‚ŃŒŃ Ń? прОйНоПŃ‹ в Ойщонии, ОйŃƒŃ‡онии и Ń€аСвиŃ‚ии нОвŃ‹Ń… навŃ‹кОв. ĐžĐąŃ ĐťĐľĐ´ĐžĐ˛Đ°Đ˝Đ¸Ń? ĐąŃƒĐ´ŃƒŃ‚ прОвОдиŃ‚ŃŒŃ Ń? Ń‚ОНŃŒкО пО ĐżŃ€одваŃ€иŃ‚оНŃŒнОК ĐˇĐ°ĐżĐ¸Ń Đ¸ в Đ?Đ´ĐźĐ¸Đ˝Đ¸Ń Ń‚Ń€Đ°Ń‚ивнОП Ń†онтро ŃˆкОНŃŒнОгО ОкŃ€Ńƒга пО Đ°Đ´Ń€ĐľŃ Ńƒ: Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Administrative Center, 520 Fifth Avenue (поŃ€вŃ‹Đš Ń?Ń‚Đ°Đś).

Доти От 5 Đ´Đž 21 гОда ĐžĐąŃ ĐťĐľĐ´ĐžĐ˛Đ°Đ˝Đ¸Đľ дотоК ŃˆкОНŃŒнОгО вОСŃ€Đ°Ń Ń‚Đ°, вкНючаŃ? тох, ктО Ń?Ń‚ОК ĐžŃ ĐľĐ˝ŃŒŃŽ пОКдоŃ‚ в Đ´ĐľŃ‚Ń ĐşĐ¸Đš Ń Đ°Đ´, ĐąŃƒĐ´ĐľŃ‚ прОвОдиŃ‚ŃŒŃ Ń? в точонио Đ˛Ń ĐľĐłĐž ŃƒŃ‡ойнОгО гОда в йНиМаКŃˆоК Ń€аКОннОК ŃˆкОНо.

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Jueves, 17 de agosto de 2017 Viernes, 18 de agosto de 2017 8:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.

NiĂąos comprendidos en las edades de 5 a 21 NiĂąos en edad escolar, incluso aquellos que comiencen el kindergarten este otoĂąo, se seleccionarĂĄn durante todo el aĂąo escolar en la escuela mĂĄs cercana, de su vecindario.

If you would like to schedule an appointment or need more information, call 452-2000, ext. 11448.

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Fairbanks North Star Borough School District (Distrito Escolar Fairbanks North Star Borough) realizarĂĄ selecciones de niĂąos el:

para identificar niĂąos de 3 a 5 aĂąos (con fecha de nacimiento desde 01/09/12 hasta 01/09/14) que pudieran tener problemas de comunicaciĂłn, aprendizaje o desarrollo de destrezas. Esta selecciĂłn se llevarĂĄ a cabo, con cita Ăşnicamente, en Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Administrative Center, 520 Fifth Avenue, primer nivel.

Children ages 5 – 21 School-age children, including those who begin kindergarten this fall, will be screened throughout the school year at the neighborhood school.

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NiĂąos comprendidos en las edades de 3a5

Đ•Ń ĐťĐ¸ Đ’Ń‹ хОтиŃ‚Đľ ĐˇĐ°ĐżĐ¸Ń Đ°Ń‚ŃŒŃ Ń? на ĐžĐąŃ ĐťĐľĐ´ĐžĐ˛Đ°Đ˝Đ¸Đľ иНи Đ’Đ°Đź Đ˝ŃƒМна дОпОНниŃ‚оНŃŒнаŃ? инфОрПациŃ?, ОйаŃ‰Đ°ĐšŃ‚ĐľŃ ŃŒ пО Ń‚оН. 452-2000 (дОй. 11445).

8 ćœˆ 18 ć—Ľć˜&#x;ćœ&#x;äş” 上ĺ?ˆ 9:00 – 下ĺ?ˆ 3:00 篊檢出 3 ĺˆ° 5 歲間 (出ç”&#x;ć—Ľćœ&#x;ĺœ¨ 2012 ĺš´ 9 ćœˆ 1 ć—Ľ 至 2014 ĺš´ 9 ćœˆ 1 ć—Ľäš‹é–“) ćœ‰ćş?é€šă€ ĺ­¸çż’ćˆ–ćŠ€čƒ˝ç™ź ĺą•éšœç¤™çš„嚟獼ă€‚ĺż…é ˆäş‹ĺ…ˆé ?ç´„ć–šĺ?Żĺ?ƒĺŠ 篊檢ďźŒ篊檢 ĺœ°éťžĺœ¨ Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Administrative Center, 520 Fifth Avenue 一 樓。

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Parents: Do you think your child may have problems with communication, learning, or skill development?

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7 ways parents can get their kids excited about writing By Molly Sprayregen ASSOCAITED PRESS

Whether you’re writing an email or a novel, it’s vital these days to understand the craft of telling a story and telling it well. For kids, writing well helps

not only at school but with many off-the-page skills, from confidence to creative problem solving. What children may not understand is that writing can also be fun. Educators say there are many things parents can do at

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Use what they love Show your children

there’s more to writing than book reports and research papers. Those are important, yes, but the first step to helping kids enjoy writing is giving them freedom to write about what they love.

“Every child, even the most reluctant writer, has something they’re excited and passionate about, and there’s a way in,” said Marjolaine Whittlesey, a teaching artist associate at The Telling Room, a Maine-

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Homework help: How much is too much help from parents? CREATORS.COM

For most students, returning to school for the fall semester involves not only a new morning routine, but a new evening routine as well — one that includes making time for homework.

However, parents should keep in mind that the assignments are meant for their children and they should be interested in the work while not actually doing it themselves. “I think parents should provide guidance, as needed, to their children,” says long-time fourth-grade teacher

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The FNSB School District has arranged for a commercial carrier to make low cost accident insurance coverage, including accidental dental coverage, available to all public school STUDENT students. This parent-paid insurance policy includes options for school-time, 24 hour medical benefits and dental coverage. ACCIDENT protection, football The brochure describing benefits and premium costs is available for download INSURANCE in PowerSchool under the Health & Nutrition tab. If you wish to purchase this If your child is not protected by a insurance, complete the application and submit to the commercial carrier. This insurance may be purchased at any time during the school year. Coverage is parent or guardian’s health insurance policy, the commercial effective the date the commercial carrier receives the application. If you have any questions on this matter please policy outlined herein is a reasonable and economical option. contact Risk Management at 459-1392.

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As a mother of four and a licensed teacher who now stays at home with her children, Heidi Tschacher says she isn’t totally against helping her children with homework, but she doesn’t like to make a habit of it.

IT’S A SPECTACULAR YEAR

Please Be Aware The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District

Attention: Parents

Julie Ketchum. “Each child is different. Young children need to learn good homework habits and that starts at home. Each evening, parents should ask the simple question, ‘Do you have any homework?’ This question could open up many discussions about the ease and difficulty of the child’s homework.”

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Join us for our for our 17th Season! Auditioning for 2017-18 For auditions contact Janice Trumbull 459-5651 A Community Youth choir, open to males and females of all cultural, racial and religious backgrounds. All unchanged treble voices age 8 to 18 are welcome to audition. Janice Trumbull, Director; James Spontak, Accompanist

philosophy to cover the required curriculum. Women’s vocal ensemble for those who love to sing, now scheduling vocal interviews.

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HOMEWORK Continued from 19 “In my experience, my kids won’t ask for help unless they absolutely need it. That might be because the teacher in me makes them try on their own before they give up and ask for help,” she says. “I think parents should help with homework before their children get too frustrated, but not before the children have tried their best to finish it on their own.” Tschacher says that if the situation gets too tense, it might be acceptable to put homework aside for the evening. “There are times when I think it’s OK to call it a night,” she says. “If everyone is frustrated, then nothing worthwhile will get accomplished. We have done this and resumed it in the morning and things usually go much more smoothly after a good night’s sleep.” Sometimes, especially when the child is a little older, he or she will benefit from simply asking the teacher for more help. “Sometimes my oldest boys have had to go in early before school to talk to

their teacher if they need extra help,” Tschacher says. “I encourage them to do this instead of getting me involved. This has been great for their communication skills — and their teachers like knowing that they care enough about their grades to talk to them themselves.” Of course, parents do need to step in when things get too tough for a child, no matter what the student’s age. “If a child if struggling with a particular concept at home, let the teacher know,” says Ketchum, who is the parent of two college students and one in high school. “The teacher is probably already aware of the problem. However, this may open up communication between home and school and some strategies may be put in place to help the child.” Ketchum says there are some warning signs that parents need to watch for. “Parents should talk to the teacher when they notice a significant slide in the child’s grade, if they notice the child is doing less than the normal amount of homework, or if the assigned homework is taking longer than it should,” Ketchum says.

A good rule of thumb that most schools use is that a child should have roughly 10 to 15 minutes of homework per night multiplied by the school grade of the student. “For example, a four th-grader may have 40 to 60 minutes of homework per night,” Ketchum says. If you are helping too much, you aren’t helping anyone. “Students may need to learn a concept with supports in place, but essentially the goal is for the student to complete the task without support,” says Ketchum. “If the parent is doing too much for the student, the teacher will know based on the how the student is doing at school.” Teachers understand that not every student — and not every parent — will handle homework the same way. “Just as every child is different, so are parents,” Ketchum says. “Some parents are very good about homework and modeling good routines. Other parents struggle with homework routines.” No matter what, however, parents should stay in communication with teachers to ensure their child has a solid support system.

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WRITING Continued from 18 executive director of Mighty Writers, in Philadelphia, said his group listens to what kids are interested in — from superheroes to girl power to basketball — “and we build our writing topics around that.”

Begin visually

Help kids learn to create new worlds out of pictures — ones they draw themselves or ones they find. Amy Rosenbluth, co-founder and executive director of Lake Erie Ink, an Ohio-based youth writing center, said her organization’s comic-making camps are among its most popular. “When you’re writing a comic, you’re learning all the elements of writing a short story, or really writing anything,” she explained. “We teach them storyboarding. They start out with character development, then setting, conflict, all the same elements, but you get to draw your character first before you add the words.”

Share peers’ writing

Kids may feel more motivated to write when they’re exposed to work by their peers, said Caroline Patterson, executive director of the Missoula Writing Collaborative in Montana. “Several times we’ve had students who hear work by kids their own age and go, ‘Well, I could do that,’” she said. Many youth writing organizations, like New York Citybased Writopia, publish student work online that parents can share with their kids.

Avoid criticism

“Be an ally to your writer — celebrate and love whatever they’re writing,” said Rebecca Wallace-Segall, executive director of Writopia. Parents should be “laughing when the child is trying to be funny, being moved when there

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Writopia Lab shows Leila Cisse , left, and Nyla BlakeSodden participateJune 2017 in a Writopia Lab in New York. Writopia’s mission is to use creative writing to foster “joy, literacy, and critical thinking in children and teens of all backgrounds.” WRITOPIA LAB VIA AP is something emotional. These are very sensitive moments. These are high stakes moments when a child is sharing their writing. Don’t take them lightly, don’t laugh in a condescending way even if it feels a little bit off — hold all that in.” That helps kids feel heard and excited about their work, which will lead to more writing. Rosenbluth, of Lake Erie Ink, urges parents not to focus on spelling and grammar when their children are working on creative writing. “Spelling and writing don’t have a lot in common,” she said. “Writing is thinking. It’s creating.” This doesn’t mean you can’t go back and work on the mechanics later, she stressed, but they shouldn’t be the starting point.

Demonstrate that the pen has power Brian Townsend, a Chicagobased fifth-grade writing teacher in the Kipp Charter Schools network, tries to show his students how they can use writing to make a difference. He shares motivational speeches and inspirational songs to demonstrate how good writing

can communicate powerful messages. He even had his students write letters to their senators about a bill that would affect the food served in their cafeteria. He wanted to remind them of the real purpose behind writing: to effect change.

Change the questions Jaya Mukherjee, a program manager at a youth literacy center in Chicago, Open Books, said parents can use writing prompts that might be more effective than starting with a direct question. Ask young writers, for example, to list 10 things they would save from their home if it were on fire, and then have them pick one item from their list and write about why they chose it. That approach might remove the daunting feeling of staring at a blank page.

Write with them

Several experts said sitting down to write beside your child can be a powerful technique. As Whittlesey said, “By doing it alongside them, I think we’re demonstrating that we’re excited about writing too, and that it’s accessible to everyone.”

A fun part of back-toschool shopping is the search for the perfect lunch container. Should it be square with a zip, with space for lots of tasty items? A smart little purse-like affair? A sack? And what about the pattern? When you’re going to be spending every lunch hour with it, it’s important to get it right. This fall, there are lots of new designs for students old and young, with thoughtful details and add-ons meant to make lunchtime pleasant and palatable.

Form and function Karen Cicero, contributing editor at Parents magazine, reminded parents and caregivers to keep kids’ ages and grade levels in mind when shopping for lunchboxes. “If you have a preschooler or kindergartener, you’ll want a box that’s easy to open and close,” she said. “For middle schoolers, you want to make sure it’s large enough to hold their lunch, an ice pack, and snacks they’ll need for after-school practices.” Also consider how easy the box is to clean, and whether it hooks on your child’s backpack, “which is a good feature so it doesn’t get lost or separated,” Cicero said. Many lunch-kit collec-

tions can be coordinated with backpacks, water bottles, and hot or cold insulated containers.

Bento boxes

Bento boxes are big among elementary and middle school kids, Cicero said. Popular for years in Asia, bento boxes are made of plastic or steel fitted with various-size compartments. That separation keeps foods from becoming a pile of crumbs or mush. And with just one container to wash and re-use, there’s often less waste. No more zippered baggies, plastic wrap or foil to pollute the environment. There are built-in bento containers in many of this season’s lunchboxes. Or Bentgo’s colorful, leak-proof bento containers come in several varieties, including an insulated bowl with a silicone-lined snap lid and its own fork and spoon. (www.bentgo. com)

Ditch the disposables Other environmentally friendly options include Russbe’s sturdy, gusseted reusable bags, which come in a bunch of designs and sizes. All have leakresistant double-lock closures; they’re alternatives to plastic bags. (www. reuseit.com) BOXES » 23

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Cicero also likes Packit: The whole bag is lined with a gel material, so you can freeze it the night before and food stays chilled all day. There’s a peppy buffalo check, and a tie-dye pattern in the collection. (www.packit. com) “Our school has a zerowaste policy, so we try to pack most food in a thermos or containers. Snap lids are easiest for the kids to open,” Toronto mom Amy Tse said. Kristy Lucenti, of Brooklin, Ontario, said her young son picked out a PBKids’ car-themed lunchbox that matches his backpack. “I found a set of Rubbermaid containers that

Gymboree offers a unicorn-printed box that clips to a matching backpack. (www.target.com; www.gymboree.com) Other popular patterns? Cute cats and fun food. Pottery Barn Kids has a lunch sack shaped like a kitten’s face; it wouldn’t look out of place on a 20-something’s office desk. (www.pbkids.com) Photo-printed lunch boxes and bags stand out from the crowd; some are even 3-D. (www.aliexpress.com) For younger kids, dinosaur, galaxy, mermaid and camouflage patterns in glow-in-the-dark inks are popular. Cicero also mentions quintessential favorites like superheroes

fit nicely in his lunch bag,” she said. “His school is strict on zero waste, so the containers are very convenient.” She puts morning and afternoon snacks in the smaller containers and his lunch in the big one.

Trending topics

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you’ ll see a lot of girls with traditional boy designs,” Cicero said. “Gender-neutral options include geometric patterns, stars and animals.” Unicorns are trending strongly with girls, she said. Zazzle.com has a nice variety; a lot feature rainbows, too. Target has the Skip Hop Zoo unicorn-shaped bag, and

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fur. (www.lunchbox.com)

Fashion forward Allison Spampanato, senior vice president for product development at Pottery Barn Kids and PBTeen, is betting on a few stylish designs: “Our Emily & Meritt gear features neon pink and oversize florals, bringing two trends together,” she said. Other graphic standouts in that collection: a chic, black-zippered lunch sack with the word MEOW in white type, and a bold, blackand-white-banded sack. There’s also a shibori motif. Larger-scale gingham and polka dots, and icons like sailboats, bows and hearts are a fresh take on preppy. (www. pbteen.com)

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and sports themes. Nike has lunch-size versions of its classic duffel bag. (www.store.nike.com) Crocodile Creek has designs with jungle, robot and backyard animal themes. (www. crocodilecreek.com) And Hanna Andersson offers soft lunchboxes in whimsical designs including a galaxy and spaceship, fluttery butterflies, race cars and smiling suns with rainbows. (www. hannaandersson.com) For older boys, consider video-game references such as Minecraft or Halo 5 lunchboxes. Licensed characters are perennial lunchbox favorites. This year, a Wonder Woman lunchbox picks up on the movie’s popularity. And the front of a Star Wars Chewbacca lunchbox is covered in washable fake

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