The Strategic Plan, along with the Vision and Mission Statement of the District have been updated. Thank you to the committee who worked on the Vision and Mission statements.

Supt Boyle receiving the check from Wal-Mart

Mr. Bob Hewitt, Mr. Doug Nausid, Ms. Natasha O’Brien and Ms. Jennifer McCarthy recently co-wrote a grant request that Wal-Mart has funded for $3000.
As a result of Wal-Mart’s generously funding this program, students will have access to a breakfast and homework club 5 days a week, during the school calendar. Beginning at 7:00 am a breakfast will be served and certified staff will be available to assist students with homework. Mr. Nausid and staff will oversee breakfast and healthy recreation activities for students. Healthy breakfast options will include: cereal, milk, juice, waffles etc. Some recreational activities will also be available for student.

We believe that this program will benefit students in several ways. First, students have a healthy breakfast, second the opportunity to receive homework assistance from certified staff and third the opportunity to engage in recreational activities in a safe and healthy environment.

It has been said that it takes a village to raise a child. It is challenging to understand what that means and just what we need to do to be part of the village. Research indicates that Mini-interventions, short conversations that focus on a single student, are proven methods of reducing the chance of a student dropping out of school.

If you see a child during school hours outside of school or know a child that is struggling at school, you may want to engage them in a mini-intervention, a conversation meant to get them back to school. What that conversation really says is, here is an adult that cares about you, it is important for you to go to school.

The following sets of question were given to us by Dr. Copple, an expert in designing programs that increase graduation rates. He states that these simple, short question when directed at a child, with compassion for their answers, are proven to cause changes in behavior that lead to success in school.

These questions focus on attendance issues and building relationships with students. When people of authority and respect ask questions about a student’s behavior/attitude it challenges the student to reform their actions and can often modify their choices.

Please feel welcome to review these questions and use them! Become a citizen of the village that is raising that child. Become the citizen who shows that child that someone cares.


For ease of use, KGBSD has these cards in laminated form! Call the Office of the Superintendent, 247-2109, and request some. Or stop in and get them.



Doctors

1. How are you doing in school?
2. What is your favorite subject?
3. Who is your favorite teacher and why?
4. How is you attendance and are you staying home often because of illness of boredom?
5. What is your long-term goal and what do you hope to do after school?
Employers

1. What is your favorite subject?
2. What do you consider to be your strongest skill?
a. Writing
b. Speaking
c. Reading
d. Art
3. What do you want to be doing 10 years from now?
4. What do you think it will take to reach that goal?
Clergy

1. How is school going for you these days?
2. Who is your favorite teacher?
3. What do you want to do after school or when you graduate?
4. What do you consider to be your strongest gifts or talents?
5. Anything we can do to help you with school?
Parents

1. What do you want to do after you graduate?
2. Who is your favorite teacher?
3. What is your favorite subject?
4. If you could change something about school what would it be?
5. What can we do to help make school a success for you?
Citizens

1. Is school out today?
2. How come you are not in school today?
3. Do your parents know you are here?
4. Do you need a ride back to school?
5. What is your name?

The new vehicles ready to go into service.

Thank you, to the Borough

The winter holidays are just a short way off. Winter holidays indicate a traditional half way marker for the school year. Our calendar reflects that tradition, as of Dec 10, 2008, there are only 17 days of school until the semester ends on January 16, 2009. It has been an exciting year to date. Our students are engaged in a number of programs such as the CDL project at Schoenbar and RTI (Response to Intervention) in all District schools. In the next step of production technology, our high school students will soon start the KGBSD-TV. We have been working with GCI to have a tv-channel up and running with District related activities and student-generated programs.
The budget has consumed more than its fair share of headlines and meeting time this year, however the FY 09 budget is now solid and positive. Attached to my report in the Board meeting of Dec 10 is a student count by school report. Student count is used to determine our funding and following the count report is a brief report on the funds generated by the number of students we have reported. It appears that we will reach of revenue projections and as a result can be comfortable in following our projects based on original budgets.
One of the main reasons for being comfortable is the drop in fuel prices. Also attached to my report (you can one it on the District website) is a breakdown of our fuel expenditures to date. We are averaging approximately $3.01 per gallon. At a halfway point in the budget this indicates that some funds will be available to cover over-runs in other areas.
As a special note, District administration is requesting approval to expend funds in the purchase of much needed vehicles. We had originally requested funds to lease these vehicles, however the Ketchikan Borough Assembly has granted the District funds for their out-right purchase. This is a tremendous benefit to the District, to have these vehicles without debt, enhances our budget this year and the next four. Administration offers recognition of the Administration of the Borough and the Assembly in this extended appropriation.
If you get the chance, please thank members of the Borough Assembly and the KGB Administrative team for their strong support of the school district.