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Principal's Corner

Gladys Wood Community,

 

Happy belated Mother’s Day and May Day!

 

As we race to the end of the school year with final learning, activities, and celebrations, I want to recognize the amazing staff at Gladys Wood elementary. A number of staff members reached milestones of years of service to ASD and a couple are retiring. Gladys Wood really does have an incredible and committed staff. One week ago was Teacher/Staff Appreciation and I wanted to thank all of you who support our PTO who put together meals and goodies last week for teachers to acknowledge their hard work. Many smiles and happy bellies left the staff lounge over the course of last week!

 

Returning students can be registered through Q/ParentConnection for the school year starting April 24, 2025 – August 14, 2025.* The Online Registration System works best in Chrome/Firefox/Safari browsers.

 

In-person Registration

In-person Registration will be held at all Anchorage School District Schools

Elementary:

Tuesday, July 29 - 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Wednesday, July 30 - 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM & 5:00 to 7:00 PM

Thursday, July 31 - 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM

 

New to District students can register online starting July 15th. It is important that our Gladys Wood families register early to provide ASD leaders a clear picture of our enrollment. We currently have 287 students enrolled at Gladys Wood compared to 313 at this time last year.

 

Please make sure to register your child early, as enrollment drives our staffing allocation. If you need your Parent Connect information, please call the office for assistance at 742-6760.

The class with the highest percentage of students registered will earn an extra recess with Mr. Straw on May 16th.

 

Please call the office if you have any questions or need assistance.

 

May 21st, our last day of school, is a no backpack day. Only a jacket is necessary.

 

We want to continue to recognize those students who have sought out adult help when they’ve seen something this year that concerned them online or during face to face instruction. ASD has a catchy phrase that we use in these situations. If you see something, say something! This applies to any situation where someone is being unsafe. Thanks for talking with your children about getting help and knowing that when safety is involved, it’s the right action to take.

 

I also want to highlight the need to supervise your children on the Gladys Wood playground after school hours. Our playground becomes a municipality park after hours starting at 3pm and anyone is able to come and go from it including much older students and young adults.

 

The Straw family wants you to know we continue to keep all of the Gladys Wood community in our thoughts and/or prayers over the summer and are thankful to be a part of your school family!

 

Have a great summer Gladys Wood!

 

Mr. Straw

Gladys Wood Community,

 

Happy New Year!

 

We’re off and running and students are actively refining their skills in reading, writing, math, social studies, science, art, music, health, pe, and library.

 

The ice rink has recently been hot mopped and available for use. If any parents would like to volunteer to help watch students during recess one day or a couple days of the week please contact Mr. Straw. straw_nicholas@asdk12.org or call 742-6760.

 

It was good to see families at the PTO Meeting this past Monday, January 8th. If you are not a PTO member yet, please consider joining us at: GW PTO Membership we’d love to hear from you!

 

The ice rink, the playground, and the sledding hill are available to all of you to use in the evening and on the weekend. Please come get some fresh air and play. Yes adults, you too!

 




The Straw family wishes you a safe and joyful January and will continue to keep all of you in our thoughts and prayers.

 

Mr. Straw

Gladys Wood Community,

Happy Early Christmas/Winter Break!

As we reach the end of our 1st semester of the 2023/24 School Year, I want to say thank you for your efforts to help get your children to school. Our school-wide attendance for this year is at 91%!

Turkey bingo was a huge success! Thanks to GW PTO for organizing it this year and the support of the GW PTO members and GW Staff volunteers. Many smiling faces left with turkeys or fixings and prizes..

Students continue to make a lot of growth in their learning. Students were recently progress monitored and the level of success that they’re showing is quite promising.

Sledding continues for all students this year every Tuesday during recess when safe conditions allow. Thanks to parents for making sure students have a coat, hat, gloves, and snowpants (an extra layer of pants works too!) every day for recess.

The rink is ready for use and is plowed out weekly thanks to the generous support of our PTO.

December 19th is our band/orchestra/choir concert at 1:45pm if you’d like to join us.

It was good to see families at the PTO Meeting in November. If you are not a PTO member yet, please consider joining us by going to: PTO Membership Form We’d love to have you join us! The next general PTO meeting will be January 8th at 5:30pm.

The Straw family will continue to think about all of you and keep you all in our thoughts and prayers. We hope you have a restful and relaxing Christmas/Winter break!

Mr. Straw

 

 

Gladys Wood Families,

 

Happy Early Thanksgiving!

 

Teachers continue to supervise students during recess and have been able to talk through many conflicts with students and relate social emotional lessons to these situations. I’ve also talked through student disagreements and have reminded students to seek staff when they need help. We want all students to be safe and make good choices when interacting with their peers.

 

Another big part of my job has been visiting classrooms to observe all the great teaching going on. We really do have some of the best teachers in ASD. Gladys Wood teachers continue to teach the district’s core curriculum, including our new Kindergarten - 3rd Grade English Language Arts Curriculum called CKLA and have continued to challenge the students to learn more. Go Gladys Wood Teachers! We are thankful for all of you!

 

It was good to see families at the PTO Meeting this past Monday, November 6th. If you are not a PTO member yet, please consider joining us at: GW PTO Sign Up, we’d love to hear from you!

 

I’m looking forward to Turkey Bingo this Friday November 17th. Doors open at 5:30pm.. We’ll see you in the gym/mpr.

 

ASD has wellness guidelines including healthy food for lunches. I’ve asked students to leave their sugary drinks at home and opt for milk or water. If you’d like more information about ASD’s guidelines go here: /Page/13242

 

The support for this year’s Gladys Wood Readathon was immense! Thanks for helping your children to raise money for school-wide needs like yearly maintenance of our ice rink.

 

The Straw family will continue to think about all of you and keep you all in our prayers. We’re thankful to have all of you as a part of our family!

 

Mr. Straw

 

Gladys Wood Families,

 

It’s hard to believe we are already halfway through October and the end of the 1st quarter is here. Thank you for all the effort you’ve made to make sure your child makes it to school each day. Drop off begins at 8:45am. Please remember the right lane is for drop off and you’ll want to pull all the way forward in this lane. The left lane is for through traffic and those who are wanting to park and walk their child to the school doors.

 

The school day starts at 8:50am for students with breakfast and then instruction starts at 9am. Students who arrive after 9am are marked tardy. Thank you for getting your child to school by 9am.