Houghtaling Elementary - A Member of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District

Parents

School starts at 8:45 a.m.

8:30 a.m. - 11:30p.m. Preschool 1

12:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Preschool 2

9:45 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. Kindergarten

Students dismissed at 3:30 p.m.

Parking Lot Reminder

Our parking lots are locked up every day from 8:30 am until 8:45 am and again at 3:20 pm until 3:35 pm. If you are planning on visiting the school during those times be sure to park on the street to avoid getting locked in!

If you get locked in you will have

to wait. This policy is for the

safety of your children! car driver

Drop Off/Pick Up

Parents: Please drop off your children at the playground entrances. Please do not drop them off at the front stairs as the front doors are now locked for security.

Teacher List

2008-2009 School Year

Preschool	Penny Connelly
	Traci Garner
Kindergarten	Michelle Dyakanoff
	Connie Wingren
1st Grade	Kimberly Berg
	Jennifer Simpson
	Angie Taggart
2nd Grade	Janet Haynes
	Kathleen Varela
3rd Grade	Colleen Smith
	Norma Thompson
4th Grade	Danielle Hewitt
	Gretchen Klinger
	Kristy Martin
	Shay LeBeau
5th Grade	David Jones
	Mark O'Brien
	Erica Reynolds
6th Grade	Sharon Carson
	Meredith Lundamo
	Eileen Truitt
P.E.	Jennifer Walton
Music	Tanya Antonsen
Read. Teacher	Valerie Brooks
Library	Penny Ranniger
Speeck	Pam Christianson
ESL	Liz Bower
Resource	Shelly Harris
Special Ed.	Kathy Schultz

Parents, please do not allow your children to wear heely shoes to school.

heeleys

When coming to school in the morning, students are not allowed in the building before school. Please do not come through the school to get to the playground. All students can walk around the building. schoolhouse

Our teachers are preparing for their students & need this time to plan their day.

Dates to Remember . . .

Nov. 21	Dessert Auction
Nov. 25	Choir / Band Concert
Nov. 27 & 28	No School - Thanksgiving Break
Dec. 8	Drama Performance
Dec. 22 - Jan 2	Winter Break- No School
Jan. 16	End 2nd Quarter
Feb. 12 & 13	No School - Parent - Teacher Conferences
March 16 - 20	Spring Break - No School
March 27	End 3rd Quarter
April	SBA Testing
May 25	Memorial Day - No School
June 5	LAST DAY OF SCHOOL

Houghtaling Pins

We now have pencils & pins for sale at Houghtaling! YAHOO! The pencils are #2 lead pencils and sell for $.50 cents each. They are royal blue with the school name & a dolphin on them.

They will sell for $3.00 each.

Stop by the school store sometime during your lunch to purchase them!

Houghtaling School Store

Our store is open! We will be selling t-shirts, sweatshirts, tote bags, pins, and pencils. The store hours currently are during student lunch times. Ms. Shawna & Ms. Tami in the office will be running the store for the time being. Please come by the office during lunch times to purchase your items.

new dolphin logo

Address and Phone number changes – It is important that you contact the school office (225.4128) as soon as you make a change in your address, home phone number, cell phone number, work phone number, or emergency contact.

Visiting – You are ALWAYS welcome at Houghtaling School, however, we ask that you sign in at the office and put on a visitors badge.

PATH – the PTA organization at Houghtaling is called PATH, Parents and Teachers of Houghtaling. All parents and teachers are encouraged to become members of the PATH organization, which meets in the library once a month. The PATH organization has five main functions:

Encourage parents to become more involved in the school.
Provide parent information programs.
Provide input on school and district decisions.
Conduct fund raising to benefit our students.
Organize social functions for our parents, staff, and students.

PATH BOARD - 2008-2009

President	Karen Taylor
Vice-President	Penny Ranniger
Secretary	Sandy Tippets
Treasurer	Dorrien Hendrickson
Principal	Kurt Lindemann
Office Reps	Shawna Harrison & Tami Daniels
Teacher Rep	Kathleen Varela