2015 Back to School

Fairbanks, Alaska

Saturday, August 1, 2015

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WHAT’S INSIDE

3: Letter from the

12: Back to school a great

Superintendent

time for baby-stepping kids

4: How curriculum materials get 13: Fairbanks CTE courses from idea to desk

offer additional options

6: Summer construction

19: Make it through another

fixes schools for fall

year of packed lunches

takes on sugary drinks

school? A fresh look at gear

10: State anti-obesity program 21: What’s cool for back to 11: Evaluating for-profit

25: Online shopping hits

colleges: a how-to guide

sales highs at end of summer Sam Harrel/News-Miner file photo

ANNUAL PUBLIC NOTIFICATION CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION (CTE) OPPORTUNITIES The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District (FNSBSD) offers Career and Technical Education (CTE) opportunities without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, creed, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, marital status, changes in marital status, pregnancy, parenthood, sexual orientation, gender identity or veteran status. CTE opportunities are available at the following high schools: Lathrop, Hutchison, North Pole, West Valley and Ben Eielson. *~

Classes start September 8th & end December 12th.

Early registration is strongly recommended.

Wednesday

11:00-11:45 Ages 3-5 Preschool

1:30-2:15 Ages 3-5 Preschool

Thursday

Friday

Saturday 9:00-9:45 Ages 3-5 Preschool

3:30-4:30 Ages 5-8 Ballet/Tap 1&2

4:00-5:00 Ages 9-12 Jazz/Tap 1&2

9:45-10:45 Ages 5-8 Ballet/Tap 1&2

JAZZ • TAP BALLET PRESCHOOL

(Video Production, Broadcast Journalism, Digital Photography, Graphic Design & Publishing, Graphic Design & Multimedia, Yearbook)

• Business Management and Administration (Computer Applications)

• Finance (Accounting) • Health Science (Medical Terminology, Nutrition, Certified

Nursing Assistant, Emergency Medical Technician, Introduction to Healthcare Occupations, Math in Healthcare) • Hospitality and Tourism (Culinary Arts, ProStart) • Human Services (Self-reliant Living) • Information Technology (Computer Networking, Introduction to Information & Technology, IT Essentials, Mobile Apps)

For information/registration, call or pick up form at studio

4:30-5:30 Ages 6-8 Intro. Jazz

4:00-5:00 Ages 5-8 Ballet/Tap 1&2

4:30-5:30 Teen Jazz

5:00-6:00 Hip-Hop 1&2

10:45-11:45 Ages 6-8 Intro, Jazz

5:30-6:30 Adult Jazz 3A

5:00-6:00 Contemporary

5:30-6:30 Teen & Adult Tap 2

6:00-7:00 Hip-Hop 3&4

11:45-12:30 Ages 3-5 Preschool

6:30-7:30 Adult Tap 3A

6:00-7:00 Teen & Adult Ballet

6:30-7:30 Adult Jazz 3B

12:30-1:30 Ages 9 & Up Ballet

7:30-8:30 Adult Tap 4

7:00-8:00 Adult Ballet 3&4

7:30-8:30 Adult Tap 3B

1:30-2:30 Ages 9 & Up Jazz/Tap 3&4

914 College Rd 452-5678

2:30-3:30 Ages 6-9 Kids Hip-Hop

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8:30-9:30 Adult Jazz 4

• Arts, A/V Technology and Communications

• Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (Digital Electronics, Principles of Engineering, Introduction to Engineering and Design)

We also sell Dancewear/shoes and exercise wear We accept VISA and Mastercard

Admission Criteria:

• Open to all FNSBSD students • Enrollment in the school offering the opportunity • Registering and/or applying for the desired class or workshop • Some programs, such as the Alaska Construction Academy or School to Apprenticeship, have additional requirements.

Contact your school counselor for more information.

• Transportation, Distribution and Logistics

(Small Engines, Automotive Technology, Collision Repair)

Individuals requiring further information should contact the designated compliance director: Ms. Doreen Oliver, Employment & Educational Opportunity Director 520 Fifth Avenue, Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 452-2000 ext. 11466 • Fax (907) 452-3172 • doreen.oliver@k12northstar.org

* Not all offerings are available at all schools. Check with the counseling department for an accurate and current list of available courses and opportunities. ~The lack of English fluency will not bar students from participation in Occupational Education opportunities.

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Program offerings may include:

• Architecture and Construction

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Letter from the Superintendent

Welcome to the start of the 2015-16 school year Superintendent

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reetings, school district families.

The tops of the fireweed are blooming and the blueberries are ripe, which means the new school year is just around the corner.

I hope students and families enjoyed the wonderful summer.

District staff members have been working during the past couple of months to prepare for a new school year, which begins Aug. 19.

Numerous school construction projects,

including the Career Technical Education wing at North Pole High School, Gaborik will be completed this summer. New flooring has been installed in Ticasuk-Brown Elementary, University Park Elementary and North Pole Elementary schools, and we are in the last year of construction on the Ryan Middle School renovation.

Virtual infrastructure improvements are also underway.

We are excited to announce a new district website will be rolled out in early August. The upgrade will provide schools with a wider range of tools to share content and will offer families improved access to important information.

The school board adopted a new strategic plan in the spring.

District administration and school principals have been working on components of the action plan the last few months, and we look forward to sharing updates with each school community throughout the year.

As a part of the strategic plan, the school board will implement a parent engagement committee.

Look to the district website in coming months for new opportunities to participate in your student’s education.

We invite families to take advantage of the many tools we provide to connect with the district and our schools.

A few things you can do to stay connected are update your contact information in PowerSchool, sign up for Late Bus Notification and join us on Facebook (facebook.com/fsdk12) and Twitter (@fsdk12). Also

be sure to download the Fairbanks School District app from the iTunes App Store or Google Play.

Congratulations to all our students who represented the district and the state in national and international events over the summer, including the Future Problem Solving International Competition and National History Day. We hope you enjoy the last few weeks of summer vacation and look forward to welcoming you back to school.

Karen Gaborik is the superintendent of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District.

Staying connected There are several ways to contact the district. » By phone: 452-2000. » Online: www.k12northstar.org. » On Facebook: facebook.com/fsdk12 » On Twitter: @fsdk12

» School calendar:

http://www.k12northstar.org/sites/default/ files/2015-2016_calendar_2.pdf

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How curriculum materials get from idea to desk “

By Weston Morrow

wmorrow@newsminer. com

School subject curricula and the materials that go with them often serve as the face of education, the point where classwork and homework, teachers and parents intersect.

The curriculum set by a school district serves as the starting point for teachers and as the entry point for parents helping their children with coursework.

Setting the right curriculum is important for any school district, which is why the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District focuses so much time and effort on finding the right fit.

From beginning to end, the process of reviewing and selecting a subject curriculum takes a full calendar year and often involves input from dozens, if not hundreds of people.

The curriculum review is a multi-part process, though it can be broken down into two main parts: curriculum review and materials review.

The curriculum essentially determines the framework of what teachers teach, whereas the materials are the books the teachers use to convey that knowledge.

One helpful way to think about the alignment is to imagine curriculum as a pyramid. On the bottom of the period are the

standards set by the state, which dictate what general knowledge students must be taught in the core subject areas.

Above that foundation sits the curriculum, se t by the school district, that provides more detail about how teachers should help their students meet those standards.

Lastly, at the tip of the pyramid, curriculum materials provide the readings and assignments that help teachers implement the standards and curriculum on a day-today basis.

“We identify our curriculum first and then we buy the textbooks that best support our curriculum,” said Melanie Hadaway, executive director of

curriculum and instruction for the Fairbanks school district. “ We adopt materials once we know what curriculum they’ ll be supporting ... we’re not just adopting any textbook.

(The textbook) is just a tool.”

The curriculum review comes first and usually starts in the spring. The school district rotates its subjects for review.

State law requires public school districts to review their curriculum in each subject area at least once every six years.

That doesn’t mean the district has to overhaul its curriculum or switch to a new set of materials, though. It just means the district must perform a

We’re not just adopting any textbook. (The textbook) is just a tool.”

Melanie Hadaway, Fairbanks schools district executive director of curriculum and instruction comprehensive review and ensure its curriculum aligns with state standards.

Math, for example, which was just reviewed in 2014, may not come up for review again until about 2020.

Right now, the district is in the process of reviewing three separate subjects: science, health and physical education.

One of the first things the curriculum depart-

ment will do is have its content leadership teams look over the existing curriculum and provide feedback on the kindergarten through twelf th-grade curricula as a whole.

Then they send a request to teachers to participate in subgroups that focus on individual content areas.

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

Children ages 3 – 5 The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District will conduct Child Find screenings on:

Wednesday, August 12, 2015 Thursday, August 13, 2015 .

8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

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.

If you would like to schedule an appointment or need more information, call 452-2000, ext. 11445.

발달장애아동 발견검사 학부모님께:

3 – 5 세 아동

자녀에게 의사소통, Fairbanks North Star Borough 교육구는 아래 학습 또는 기능 발달상의 문제가 있지는 않나요?

날짜에 발달장애아동 발견검사를 실시합니다.

Padres de familia: ¿Creen que su hijo podría tener problemas de comunicación, aprendizaje o desarrollo de destrezas?

Niños comprendidos en las edades de 3a5 El Distrito Escolar Fairbanks North Star Borough realizará pruebas de pre diagnóstico para niños los días:

Miércoles 12 de agosto de 2015 Jueves 13 de agosto de 2015 . de 8:30 a.m. a 2:00 p.m. para identificar niños de 3 a 5 años (con fecha de nacimiento del 01/09/10 al 1/09/12 ) que pudieran tener problemas de comunicación, aprendizaje o desarrollo de destrezas. Esta selección se llevará a cabo, con cita únicamente, en el Centro Administrativo del Distrito Escolar Fairbanks North Star Borough, 520 Fifth Avenue, primer nivel.

Niños comprendidos en las edades de 5 a 21 Durante todo el año escolar y en la escuela más cercana de su vecindario, se realizarán pruebas a los niños en edad escolar, incluso aquellos que comiencen el kindergarten este otoño.

Si desea programar una cita o necesita más información, llame al 452-2000, Ext. 11445.

2015 년 8 월 12 일 수요일 2015 년 8 월 13 일 목요일 .

8:30 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. 이를 통하여 의사소통, 학습 또는 기능 발달에 문제가 있을 수 있는 3 - 5 세(2010 년 9 월 1 일부터 2012 년 9 월 1 일 사이에 출생) 아동을 가려냅니다. 검사는 예약제이며 520 Fifth Avenue 층 Fairbanks North Star Borough 교육구 행정센터에서 실시합니다.

5 – 21 세 아동 이번 가을에 유치원에 입학하는 아동을 포함한 학령기 아동은 학기 중에 인근 학교에서 검사를 받습니다. 예약을 하려거나 더 많은 정보가 필요하시면 4522000 내선번호 11445 로 전화하십시오.

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2015 年 8 月 12 日，星期三 2015 年 8 月 13 日，星期四 上午 8:30 至下午 2:00 目的是為了確定 3 至 5 歲的兒童 (生於 2010 年 9 月 1 日至 2012 年 9 月 1 日期間) 是否有溝通﹑學 習或技能發展方面的障礙。 甄別將在第五大街 520 號 Fairbanks North Star Borough 學區行政中心首 層舉行，您需提前預約。

5 至 21 歲的孩子 學齡兒童，包括今秋入讀幼稚園的兒童，將於本學 年在本社區學校進行甄別。 若要預約，或需要更多資料，請致電 452-2000，轉 11445。 AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT AND EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY INSTITUTION.

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To identify children ages 3 through 5 (birthdays between 9/0l/10 and 9/01/12) 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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Summer construction fixes schools for fall

By Weston Morrow wmorrow@newsminer. com

For students and teachers, summer is a time to take a break from the daily grind and prepare for the next school year, but for facilities and maintenance crews, summer is the busiest season of all.

While students are outside playing in the sun, members of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District’s facilities management department are hard at work making sure the district’s 33 school buildings will be ready come Aug. 19.

When students return for the first day of the 2015-16 school year, they may notice things that are

different from when they left in May. The change might be as small as minor alterations to a school’s walkways or as massive as a completely new gymnasium.

It might be an unnoticeable change to something behind the scenes, like the duct system, or it might be an obvious change, like the replacement of a school’s entire flooring material.

Either way, chances are good a facilities maintenance crew repaired or replaced something at your school over the summer before vanishing at the start of the school year, leaving behind no trace except shinier, more efficient construction.

This summer, the Fair-

banks School District facilities crews, and in some cases private contractors, undertook several large projects. Here’s a look at some of the most significant changes made this summer.

Ryan Middle School

Ryan Middle School has been at the top of the school district’s priority list for the last several years — ever since a routine examination of the building found its structural integrity lacking.

When administrators found out Ryan Middle wouldn’t stand up to a reasonably big earthquake, its replacement

shot to the top of the list.

Maintenance crews worked to reinforce the existing structure, while administrators crafted a bond measure to help pay for the much-needed replacement. Borough taxpayers approved the $37.15 million project in fall 2013.

The first phase of that project — construction of a new gymnasium — has already wrapped up.

This summer, a contractor began work on the second and larger phase of the project, the construction of the rest of the school.

The new school will be located to the south, directly adjacent to the current Ryan Middle School.

The foundation for the

new school is already in place, and the contractor hopes to be standing steel beams by the time school starts.

Not all work can be finished in a single summer, but since the original building doesn’t have to be knocked down, crews can work during the school year as well.

They are using their own street access, so administrators say the process should cause little disruption to the day-to-day operations of the school.

The contractors hope to have the building entirely enclosed by the end of October, so they can begin inside work in the winter months.

The building is expected to be completed before the

start of the 2016-17 school year.

Hunter Elementary School Hunter Elementary School will be the beneficiary of an unexpected addition this school year.

While crews worked on the replacement of Ryan Middle School, they also were allocated funding to replace community fields in the area with newer versions.

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something they haven’t had in the past — a sledding hill.

Hunter was one of the few elementary schools in the district without one, but now they too can enjoy a small winter slope of their own.

Ticasuk Brown Elementary School Students at Ticasuk Brown will have something new to look up to when they start the school year — a new roof. The school’s roof was updated over the summer, adding insulation.

Other portions of the exter i o r, i n c l u d i n g s o m e d o o r s and windows, have also been replaced.

“We’ve had a lot of leaks over the years at (Ticasuk Brown),” said project manager Larr y

Morris.

The new roof will dramatically improve the school’s overall heat retention value, saving the district thousands of dollars each year in energy costs. The insulation in the new roof is significantly higher rated than the old version, and the design of the roof has changed as well to a model Morris said should be much more conducive to Fairbanks seasons.

The flooring at Ticasuk Brown was also replaced during the summer. In place of the thin carpet that covered most of the walkways in the school, a new rubber flooring has been laid down.

In addition to being cleaner, the new flooring should last a much, much longer time before requiring replacement.

According to Morris, the new flooring is the same kind that was put into Frankfurt (Germany) Airport when it was built in 1947 — and that flooring is still in place.

The concrete foundation for the addition to the Barnette Magnet School during construction continues in 2012. Eric Engman/News-Miner File Photo

University Park Elementary School See entry — “Ticasuk Brown.”

Un i v e r s i t y Pa r k a n d T i c a suk Brown received similar upgrades during this summer

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University Park received a new, higher insulation-value roof and a layer of new rubber flooring.

Morris said the flooring isn’t expected to need replacement for at least 30-40 years, likely until the whole school is replaced.

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ACCIDENT protection, football Each district school will distribute to every student at the start of school, an INSURANCE application and a brochure describing benefits and premium costs. If you wish If your child is not protected by a to purchase this insurance policy, mail the completed application form to the commercial carrier. This insurance may be purchased at any time during the parent or guardian’s health insurance policy, the commercial school year. Coverage is effective the date the commercial carrier receives the application. If you do not receive an application, policy outlined herein is a or have questions on this matter, contact reasonable and economical option. Risk Management at 459-1392.

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Arctic Lions & Alaska Grizzlies announces 2015/2016 Hockey Tryout Schedule

curriculum

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ALL ICE @ BIG DIPPER

REGISTER ONLINE: www.arcticlions.com or www.akgrizzlies.com

TRYOUTS MIDGET 16

Arctic Lions Midget U18 Jason Witt, Head Coach

Arctic Lions Midget U16 Adam Powell, Head Coach

Mon, Aug 3, 2015 8:00 PM Tues, Aug 4, 2015 8:00 PM Wed, Aug 5, 2015 8:00 PM

Mon, Aug 3, 2015 6:45 PM Tues, Aug 4, 2015 6:45 PM Wed, Aug 5, 2015 6:45 PM

TRYOUTS BANTAMS

TRYOUTS PEE WEES

NAHA Bantam U14 Shawn Lundgren, Head Coach

Arctic Lions Pee Wee Major Greg Milles, Head Coach NAHA Pee Wee Minor Jeff Brooks, Head Coach

Mon, Aug 3, 2015 5:30 PM Tues, Aug 4, 2015 5:30 PM Wed, Aug 5, 2015 5:30 PM

TRYOUTS SQUIRTS Arctic Lions Squirt Major Adam Powell, Head Coach NAHA Squirt Minor Kerry Hafele, Head Coach Mon, Aug 17, 2015 5:30 PM Tues, Aug 18, 2015 5:30 PM Wed Aug 19, 2015 5:30 PM All Divisions: You must bring a copy of your tryout/registration form AND a copy of your 2015–2016 USA Hockey registration.

To register with USA Hockey, go to http:www.usahockeyregistration.com/ using your legal name (as on your birth certificate).

For questions, please send an email to arctic_lions@hotmail.com

made recommendations, the district will put out a call for drafts.

Ideally, when fall hits, the curriculum drafts will be ready for the content leadership team and teachers of that subject to review.

The district will distribute the drafts to teachers, parents, counselors and community groups for feedback.

Once a draft is in place, the second part of the review process kicks in — the district begins looking for the materials that align best with the curriculum. Ideally, this part of the process begins the early winter.

“With science, sort of our hope is that we’ll be able to get a draft in pretty good form by Christmas,” Hadaway said.

Hadaway’s department puts out a call to materials publishers, asking for samples.

They’ ll do a cursory review of each publisher’s offering and see which ones most closely align to the district’s curriculum.

For some content areas, such as high school algebra, there are dozens of choices.

For others, such as financial math, there might only be a handful.

Teachers will then review the finalists, as will the content leadership team, parents and the school board’s curriculum review committee.

In some cases, as with the most recent math review, the district will ask a select group of teachers to pilot the potential materials in their classroom for several weeks.

“It’s a difficult process to do for teachers, to ask them to take a month out of their teaching to use materials that might not be effective is a tough sell,” Hadaway said.

In many cases, it doesn’t come to that.

Hadaway said, in the case of science, health and P.E., she doesn’t expect the district will need to do any materials pilots.

Throughout the curriculum review process, the school district is constantly seeking feedback.

Information on current curricula, as well as pending changes, can be found on the school district’s website at www. k12northstar.org/departments/curriculum-department.

Contact staff writer Weston Morrow at 4597520. Follow him on Twitter: @FDNMschools.

North Pole High School Announces

Mon, Aug 17, 2015 6:45 PM Tues, Aug 18, 2015 6:45 PM Wed, Aug 19, 2015 6:45 PM

TRYOUTS/PRACTICE TIMES FOR FALL ACTIVITIES:

NAHA MITE FUN SKATE & SIGN UP Mite Director: Dirk Menard Player Development: Dima Kumanovsky Fri, Aug 21, 2015 6:45 PM Sat, Aug 22, 2015 3:45 PM $75.00 non-refundable tryout fee per division (regardless of the number of tryouts you attend or the position you play. Cuts will be made at the coaches’ discretion. $25.00 fee for Mite Fun Skate. Cash or checks only will be accepted. Please make checks payable to ARCTIC LIONS. Fees must be paid prior to getting on the ice. Full gear required!

NO exceptions!

Saturday, August 1, 2015

Before a student can participate, the STUDENT MUST HAVE: • Current physical on record with the school • Activity Consent/Release Form with parent/ guardian signature • 2.00 GPA & passed five classes from previous semester

ACTIVITY Football

NEW STUDENT REGISTRATION:

Volleyball

Thursday, August 6; Friday, August 7; Monday, August 10 8:00–11:00 a.m. and 1:00–3:00 p.m.

Flag Football (girls) Football Cheerleading Tennis X-Country

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School. The school’s career and technical education wing was entirely redone, and is expected to be ready for the start of the school year.

The project started last summer and worked through much of the school year.

With the wing complete, students and teachers will finally be able to use the new area and will no longer have to endure the sound of heavy machinery working in the area — except when one of the CTE classes happens to be using some.

The wing, which houses North Pole’s automotive shop, culinary arts kitchen and metal shop, has been remodeled and updated significantly. The culinary arts kitchen has been remodeled from an older home kitchen style to one that more closely resembles a commercial kitchen.

The wing also includes a general duty shop, which can be converted as needed for use by any number of career or technical education programs. The school’s JROTC — Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps — space was also updated.

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Fairbanks North Star Borough School District is pleased to announce our participation in the National School Lunch Program. Meals will be available to enrolled students at the following schools: Anderson Elementar Elementaryyy,, Anne Wien Elementar Elementaryyy,, Arctic Light Elementar Elementaryyy,, Badger Road Elementar Elementaryyy,, Barnette Magnet, Ben Eielson Jr/Sr High, BRIDGE (lunch only), Crawford Elementary, Elementary y, Denali Elementar Elementaryyy,, Effie Kokrine Charterr,, Hunter Elementar Elementaryyy,, Hutchison High, Joy Elementar Elementaryyy,, Ladd Elementar Elementaryyy,, Lathrop High, Nordale Elementar Elementaryy, y, North Pole Academy (lunch only), North Pole Elementar Elementaryyy,, North Pole High, North Pole Middle, Pearl Creek Elementaryy,, Randy Smith Middle, Ryan Middle, Salcha Elementar Elementary Elementaryyy,, SMART, TT Tanana Middle, Ticasuk Brown Elementar Elementaryy, y, T Two wo Rivers School, University Park Elementar Elementaryy, y, Weller W Elementary, Elementary y, West W V Valley High, W Woodriver oodriver Elementar Elementaryy. y. Meals meet nutritional standards established by the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Our schools will participate in the National School Lunch Program, After School Snack, and the School Breakfast Program.

If your income is less than or equal to the following guidelines you are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. These guidelines are effective July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016. If you have children who are approved for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) formerly known as Food Stamps, T Temporary emporary Assistance for Needy Families ((T TANF) T ANF) or Native Family Assistance Program (NFAP), FAP), they are automatically able to receive free meals by filing F an application that includes their assistance number from one of those programs. Students who are identified as migrant, homeless, or runaway are automatically eligible and do not need to fill out an application but do need to contact the district’s homeless liaison or migrant coordinator at 452-2000 ext. 11200 to ensure benefits. Foster children receive free meals regardless of the income of the household with which they reside. Note: Medicaid and Denali Kid Care case numbers do not qualify for eligibility. y y.

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We cannot approve your application unless it contains complete information. The information you provide on an application W may be verified at any time. Households may apply for school meal benefits at any time during the school year if circumstances change. Children whose parents or guardians become unemployed may be eligible for school meal benefits based on their household income during the period of unemployment. A household whose application for school meal benefits is denied will be provided an opportunity to appeal the decision.

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State anti-obesity program takes on sugary drinks “

By Amanda Bohman

Physical activity isn’t going to be enough to address the obesity problem.”

abohman@newsminer.com

Avoiding sugar y drinks is trickier than you think. Did you know there are more than 20 names for sugar that appear on drink labels?

T he Play Ever y Day campaign is ramping up efforts this year to get the word out about unhealthy sugary drinks.

Schools across Alaska are being called on to help.

Consumption of sugary drinks is contributing to the obesity problem among children, according to Ann Potempa, public health specialist for the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services Division of Public Health.

“We want to see more families choose water and low-fat milk,” Potempa said.

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Ann Potempa, public health specialist, Division of Public Health

Every Day campaign is sending posters with facts about sugary drinks to all schools in Alaska.

Vitamin Water, for example, has about 30 grams of sugar, or seven and a half teaspoons, in a 20-ounce bottle.

The campaign is also sponsoring a video public service announcement contest for elementary schools with a theme of avoiding sugary drinks.

The campaign is additionally offering a special curriculum to educators to help children understand how sugar consumption adds up throughout the day. The 20-minute lesson is provided free of charge.

“We are trying to dig deep-

er into the message of suga r y d r i n k s ,” Po t e m p a s a i d .

“It’s more than just soda. It’s fruit-flavored drinks, pow dered drinks, sports and energy drinks,” she said. “We want to sort of motivate some behavior changes.”

T he Play Ever y Day campaign began in 2012 as a pilot program to promote the idea of children being active for at least 60 minutes a day. Last year, the campaign began a discussion about sugar consumption, particularly drinks.

The theme about avoiding sugary drinks grew from the discussions that began last year, Potempa said.

Two Rivers musher Aliy Zirkle talks to students at Two Rivers Elementary School in 2014. Photos courtesy of the Play Every Day campaign

“Physical activity isn’t going to be enough to address the obesity problem,” she said.

More information is available

on the website playeveryday. alaska.gov.

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Evaluating for-profit colleges: a how-to guide Beth J. Harpaz Associated Press

Commercial schools have been around for centuries, providing training in fields like accounting and construction that loftier educational institutions did not always offer. America’s first billionaire, John D. Rockefeller Sr., completed a course at one such school, Folsom’s Business College in Cleveland in 1855.

But these days, for-profit colleges are under fire.

Federal investigations found that many for-profit schools have low rates of graduation and job placement, and that they target low-income students who are eligible for federal loans. The schools pocket the loan money for tuition, but when students drop out or can’t find jobs, they can’t repay those loans.

If they default, the taxpayers lose, too.

For-profit students make up 47 percent of all federal student loan defaults, according to a 2012 Senate investigation.

And yet, the appeal these schools hold is understandable.

They’re often easy to get into, and they do a great job marketing themselves as a way to enter careers in trendy or growing fields like technology, marketing or health care.

“For-profit schools do offer a practical option for many seeking education and training in high-demand fields.

Otherwise these schools would not survive,” said Richard Ruch, former dean at DeVry University and author of the book “Higher Ed, Inc.: The Rise of the For-Profit University” (Johns Hopkins COLLEGES » 18

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Parents are required to stick around but take a backseat. “ That way, I was still there but at a distance,” Mc K e a r n e y s a i d . “ I t ’s a good way to work on things, like whether your child is shy in a group.”

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This April 25, 2015, photo provided by Amy McKearney shows her daughters, Kelley, from left, 9, Meghan, 7, and Diane, 4, during a soccer game at Nystrom’s park in Thomaston, Conn. While she’s still on chauffeur duty to distant and busy roads, McKearney has found lots of little ways to foster growing independence in her brood. “I let my oldest go to the park with my 4-year-old while I watch the 7-year-old play soccer,” she offered. “It’s about 100 yards away.” Amy McKearney via AP

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Parents of newly minted kindergartners cling to school fences, while firsttime middle schoolers are encouraged to find their own way there after years of being micromanaged.

In between are the middle-grounders, parents who embrace baby steps to independence.

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freedom and responsibility for kids doesn’t have to be an ordeal, some said. And back-to-school season can be the perfect time to figure out the next round.

Take Amy McKearney, a mom of three girls, ages 4, 7 and 9, in Thomaston, Connecticut. While she’s still on chauffeur duty for school and many activities, she has found lots of little ways to foster growing independence in her brood.

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Letter from the CTE Director

Fairbanks CTE courses offer additional options

By Daniel Domke FNSB School District CTE Director

T

he CTE — Career and Technical Education — classes offered in the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District contribute to some excellent individual student outcomes.

For Katie, CTE courses led to a lucrative job on the North Slope. Tyler is graduating from college with a bachelor’s degree and wants to fly jets for an airline. Nikki is a top apprentice with a local union and is close to becoming a journeyman.

Amanda is headed to medical school after working for three years as Domke a certified nurse’s aide.

Shaun just graduated from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a master’s in mechanical engineering, while Clay is a master ASE technician working at a local automotive dealer.

These are real examples of local graduates who took CTE courses to help prepare themselves for success after high school.

Last year, more than 500 Fairbanks students earned nationally recognized industry certifications in welding, construction trades, culinary arts, the automotive industry, the medical and health care fields, and information technology while still in high school.

These diverse fields have literally thousands of high wage, high skill, and in-demand jobs waiting to be filled in Alaska and across the nation.

Combining career and technical education training and certification with their academic coursework has made these students truly college and

career ready.

The school district is working hard to make CTE courses available to all middle and high school students.

A new career exploration model is being piloted this year at Ryan Middle School.

The CTE renovation at North Pole High School was completed over the summer with upgraded automotive, welding, culinary arts and STEM — science, technology, engineering, math — facilities.

Lathrop High School is expanding work-based learning opportunities and the careers and

Statistics In 2014, more than 500 Fairbanks students earned nationally recognized industry certifications while still in high school. employability classes in conjunction with Alaska Works Partnership. West Valley is investigating new career clusters aligned with the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and Eielson Junior and Senior High School continues with the student business enterprise program. Hutchison High School is accepting applications from juniors and seniors at other high

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Increasing collaboration with outside entities is also providing expanded learning opportunities for students. One example is the Greater Fairbanks Chamber of Com-

Counselors will be available the following dates by appointment: August 6, 7, 10 & 11 • 8:00 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

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TRYOUTS/PRACTICE TIMES FOR FALL ACTIVITIES: ACTIVITY DATE LOCATION TIME Football Wed., July 29 West Valley 5:00-8:00 p.m.

Football Cheer TBA West Valley TBA Tennis Wed., July 29 Alaska Club 3:00-5:00 p.m.

XC Running Wed., July 29 West Valley 10:00 a.m.

(Pre-season meeting for X-Country Running — Aug. 1 at WV Library) Volleyball

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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

DATE

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

TIME Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7 Aug. 6-7

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

MIDDLE AND HIGH SCHOOLS Ben Eielson........................................................

Aug. 6-7

9 a.m.-2 p.m.

Hutchison ........................................................

Lathrop High .....................................................

Aug. 6, 7, 10, 11, 12, 18 8 a.m.-2 p.m.

North Pole High ................................................

Aug. 6, 7, 10 8 a.m.-11:00 a.m., 1-3:00 p.m.

North Pole Middle ............................................

Aug. 6, 7, 10 10 a.m.-2 p.m.

Randy Smith Middle...........................................

Aug. 10 1-4 p.m.

Aug. 11 9 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m.

Aug. 12 9 a.m.-noon, 1-4 p.m.

Ryan Middle ......................................................

Aug. 6, 7 9 a.m.-noon, 1-3 p.m.

Tanana Middle..................................................

Aug. 6, 7,10, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.

West Valley High ...............................................

Aug. 6, 7, 10, 11 8 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

By appointment, call 479-4221, ext. 9111 to schedule

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

Elementary Schools: 1. Anderson 2. Ann Wien 3. Arctic Light 4. Badger Road 5. Crawford 6. Denali 7. Hunter 8. Joy 9. Ladd 10. Nordale 11. North Pole Elementary 12. Pearl Creek 13. Salcha 14. Ticasuk Brown 15. Two Rivers 16. University Park 17. Weller 18. Woodriver Middle Schools: 1M North Pole Middle 2M Randy Smith 3M Ryan 4M Tanana

✁ Phone numbers to clip and save ✁ The FNSBSD administrative offices are located at 520 Fifth Ave., wwwk12northstar.org, 452-2000 Extensions:

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High Schools: 1H Ben Eielson Jr/Sr High 2H Lathrop High 3H North Pole High 4H West Valley High 5H Hutchison High Charter/Magnet Schools: 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)

FNSBSD Key contacts: Anderson Elementary Stacey Stansell, principal stacey.stansell@k12northstar.org 372-2167 Anne Wien Elementary Michael Angaiak, principal michael.angaiak@k12northstar.org 451-7500 Arctic Light Elementary Barbara Wiley, principal barbara.wiley@k12northstar.org 356-2038 Badger Road Elementary Joanne Vanfleteren, principal joanne.vanfleteren@k12northstar.org 488-0134 Barnette Magnet School Dana Evans, principal dana.evans@k12northstar.org 456-6072 Ben Eielson Jr./Sr High Mario Gatto, principal mario.gatto@k12northstar.org 372-3110

Career Education Center Craig Kind, head teacher craig.kind@k12northstar.org 479-4061 Chinook Charter School Wendy Demers, head teacher wendy.demers@k12northstar.org 452-5020 Crawford Elementary Barbara Sperl, principal barbara.sperl@k12northstar.org 372-3306 Denali Elementary Deborah Hall, principal deborah.hall@k12northstar.org 452-2456 Effie Kokrine Charter School Josh Snow, principal josh.snow@k12northstar.org 474-0958 Hunter Elementary Robyn Ward, principal robyn.ward@k12northstar.org 456-5775

North Pole Elementary Hutchison High School Mark Winford, principal Robyn Taylor, principal mark.winford@k12norths robyn.taylor@k12northstar.org 488-2286 479-2261 Joy Elementary North Pole Middle Lalaunie Whisenhant, principal Rich Smith, principal lalaunie.whisenhant@k12northstar.org richard.smith@k12norths 456-5469 488-2271 Ladd Elementary North Pole High Cori Anthony, principal Clarice Mingo, principal cori.anthony@k12northstar.org clarice.mingo@k12norths 451-1700 488-3761 Lathrop High Pearl Creek Elementary Bob Meade, principal Kate LaPlaunt, principal bob.meade@k12northstar.org katherine.laplaunt@k12no 456-7794 479-4234 Nordale Elementary Randy Smith Middle Brian Powell, principal Dave Dershin, principal brian.powell@k12northstar.org david.dershin@k12norths 452-2696 458-7600 North Pole Academy Diana Childs, head teacher diana.childs@k12northstar.org 490-9025

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to other aisles to pick up items on their list. And at a nearby familiar amusement park, her two oldest are allowed to roam together.

“They’ve been there at least 50 times. I know they know their way around,” McKearney said. “They’ll go on rides while I go with my smaller one or stay in a central location.”

McKearney’s baby steps might put fear into some helicopter parents wary of leaving young kids unsupervised in public places.

No worries, said mom C h r i s t i n a Wo e l ff e r i n Raleigh, North Carolina.

She sees opportunities to foster school-worthy skills for her three kids — 3, 5 and 7 — right at home.

“My kids attend a Mon-

tessori school, of which a main principle is the child’s need for independence and the adult’s need to recognize them as a person versus a baby,” she said. “So, what we do at home closely mirrors the attitude which is found in the classroom: bring your dishes to the sink, clean up after yourself, order your own food at a restaurant, etc.”

Sound simple? It should be, parenting experts said.

“Our job as parents is to put ourselves out of a job,” said mom-of-two-teens Julie Lythcott-Haims, a former freshman dean at Stanford University and author of the book “How to Raise an Adult: Break Free of the Overparenti n g Tr a p a n d Pr e p a r e Your Kid for Success,” out in June from Henry Holt and Co. “I saw parents coming

to campus and not leaving, literally and virtually.

They began to be present in the university experience in the late ‘90s. They came in greater numbers every year and we thought it was silly, then odd and a little annoying because the university didn’t have an easy way to accommodate so many third parties who thought they had a role to play,” she said.

Ye t Ly t h c o tt - Ha i m s , in Palo Alto, California, found herself falling into the overparenting trap when her own kids, soon to be 14 and 16, were younger.

“I came home one day after gently scolding a set of Stanford parents about, you know, ‘You’ve dropped your student off today.

Trust us, trust them, now go home,’ and realized I was still cutting my kids’ meat — and they were 8

This June 20, 2015, photo provided by McKearney shows, parents, Amy and Scott, with their children, from left, Diane, Kelley and Meghan at their home in Thomaston, Connecticut. Amy McKearney via AP and 10,” she said. “That was my big aha moment.

I thought, ‘Wait a minute, when do you stop cutting

their meat?’”

Kim John Payne, a former school and family counselor in Northamp-

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Students have the opportunity to job shadow at a wide range of local businesses.

Teachers can invite experienced managers and technical experts into the classroom while field trips provide a firsthand look at various occupations in action.

College and post-secondary training play a huge role in CTE opportunities. Several district career pathways align with UAF and communi-

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Here are some tools for evaluating the quality of for-profit colleges. While it’s especially important to do your homework if you’re considering a for-profit school, these resources can be used to judge traditional colleges as well.

Listed below are the starting dates, coaches’ names and phone numbers, practice times and locations for the fall sports at Ben Eielson High School.

HS Football Coach David DeVaughn...907-347-5942 First Practice...7/29/2015 12:00 pm Practice Location...Ben Eielson High School HS Cross Country Running Coach David Brannan 907-460-9349 First Practice...7/29/2015 9:00 am Practice Location...Ben Eielson High School HS Football Cheerleading Coach Ashleigh Bush 907-888-8352 Try-outs...7/29/2015 4:30pm Practice Location...Ben Eielson High School HS Girls Volleyball Coach Dana Baugh 388-2215 First Practice...8/5/2015 3:30-5:30 pm Practice Location...Ben Eielson High School

National Center for Education Statistics The National Center for Education Statistics at https://nces.ed.gov/ offers data collected and analyzed by the federal government.

Under “School Search,” click “College Navigator,” and on the left-hand side of the page, pick a state or type of institution, or type in a school name. Listings for individual schools say whether they are for-profit, public or private not-forprofit schools. Each listing contains a wealth of data, from tuition prices to campus security, which includes crime statistics.

One important statistic is a school’s

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cohort default rate, which is the percentage of students who default on loans within a given period of time once they begin repaying them.

Compare the default rate for a given school with what the site lists as national averages: There’s a 12.9 percent average default rate for borrowers who attended public institutions, 7.2 percent default rate for borrowers who attended private non-profit institutions and 19.1 percent default rate for borrowers who attended private for-profit schools.

Also look at each school’s “Retention and Graduation Rates.” Compare statistics for the school you’re looking at with national averages, found under “Postsecondary and Beyond” in the website’s “Fast Facts” section.

For all public institutions, NCES says graduation rates average 58 percent. For private non-profit institutions, it’s 65 percent. For for-profits, it’s 32 percent.

(The graduation rate is defined as the percentage of first-time, full-time undergraduate students who started a bachelor’s degree at a four-year institution in 2007 and received that degree within six years.)

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Make it through another year of packed lunches Ap Food Editor

There was a time when a lunch box was just that, a box into which your parents packed your lunch.

For many years, they were metal and came emblazoned with your favorite cartoon or movie characters, as well as a matching thermos. By the ‘80s, metal was passe, making way for plastic. But the basic design was the same. And you liked it. Until you were old enough to not. Then you graduated to paper bags or ditched packed lunches entirely for some atrocious pizza-chicken-cheese-nugget-potato thing from the cafeteria.

Lunch gear has come a

long way since those days.

Today’s lunch “systems” are dominated by bento-style gear, which originated in Japan and involve multiple compartments and containers to hold a variety of foods. And that makes sense for modern kids, who are as likely to be toting sushi and DIY taco kits as they are the classic PB&J. The gear also is far more high-tech. Today, everything from the bag to the water bottle is super-insulated and rated so you know how long your darling child’s pasta carbonara will stay warm and how long the organic juice will remain chilled.

Which isn’t to say all

This July 9, 2012, photo shows a Japanese bento box and Indian Tiffin that offer a multinational version of the traditional brown bag lunch in Concord N.H. Today’s lunch “systems” are dominated by bentostyle gear, which originated in Japan and involve multiple compartments and containers to hold a variety of foods. And that makes sense for modern kids, who are as likely to be toting sushi and DIY taco kits as they are the classic PB&J. AP Photo/

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Continued from 18 The education resource site http://www.Noodle. com offers up much of the NCES data in a more user-friendly format, along with other information.

Noodle.com also invites readers to submit questions to be answered by the site’s experts.

For this article, Noodle.com crunched data such as graduation rates a n d g ra d u at e s t a r t i n g salaries to identify some of the top four-year, forprofit schools with freshmen classes of 500 or more.

The best, according t o No o d l e’s e d i t o r - i n chief Suzanne Podhurst, include Full Sail University in Winter Park, Florida, which offers degrees in entertainment, media and the arts; the School

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Accreditation Is t h e s c h o o l y o u ’r e looking at accredited, and if so, by whom?

“The accreditor should be one recognized by the U.S. Department of Education as a reliable authority on college quality,” said Linda Suskie, assessment and accreditation consultant.

Accrediting agencies recognized by the U.S. Department of Education are listed at http://www2.ed.gov/ a d m i n s /fi n a i d /a c c r e d / accreditation_pg6.html . “ The next question is whether the school is h av i n g a ny a c c r e d i t a tion issues,” Suskie said.

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mation on the status of institutions they accredit.”

Even if a school is accredited, its individual programs might not be recognized by professional boards in that field. “ To o m a ny a c c r e d i t e d schools nevertheless offer unaccredited programs, like unaccredited nursing schools or law schools, and the graduates aren’t eligible to work!” said Carrie Wofford of Veterans Education Success.

Ask a local employer in the field or a national organization (like the American Bar Association for law degrees) whether a degree from the school you’re considering is acceptable.

Online reviews Online reviews can offer valuable opinions and anecdotes about schools.

But as with all online

This undated photo provided by Full Sail University shows students working in one of the 110+ studios/labs on the Full Sail campus in Winter Park, Florida.

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PTA Back-to-School Ice Cream Social Monday, Aug. 17, 5–7 p.m.

New student enrollment accepted during office hours M–F. (office opens Aug. 6) School supply lists are available ahead of time at our school web site http://plc.k12northstar.org We look forward to seeing everyone on the first day of school, Wednesday, August 19.

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What’s cool for back to school? A fresh look at gear NEW YORK — For kids of all ages, one big thing helps soften the blow of summer turning into fall: fresh and fun back-to-school gear.

Supplies with popular licensed characters from movies, TV shows and books always make a splash among younger kids, while older ones contemplate design and functionality for everything from mid-

dle-school lockers to dorm rooms.

This year, the rambunctious little yellow Minions with the big goggles have their own feature-length fi l m s p i n o ff f r o m t h e “Despicable Me” franchise,

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and have surfaced on backpacks and notebooks available at Target.

A new take on Charlie Brown in another theatrical release, “The Peanuts Movie” due out in November, might have something

to do with two choices in Snoopy-theme soft lunch bags from Target, including one with the famous beagle snoozing on top of his equally famous doghouse.

At Staples, students at two middle schools will see

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• A booster dose of Tdap is required 10 years after the last DPT.

Immunization requirements apply to all public school students, including students attending charter schools, Fairbanks BEST, and other alternative programs. As of July 1, 2013, those seeking a religious exemption for immunizations must complete a State of Alaska Religious Exemption Form annually. The form is available at k12northstar.org/immunizations or from your school nurse.

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back to school This July 6, 2011 file photo shows ingredients for chicken fajitas in Concord, N.H. Today’s lunch “systems” are dominated by bento-style gear, which originated in Japan and involve multiple compartments and containers to hold a variety of foods. And that makes sense for modern kids, who are as likely to be toting sushi and DIY taco kits as they are the classic PB&J. AP Photo/ Matthew Mead

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Continued from 19 modern lunch gear is the same. So I’ve assembled a few pointers to help you make the best choices as you brace for another year in the lunch-packing trenches.

Boxed in

Bento-style containers rule. Having lots of little compartments to fill may sound intimidating, but it’s easy. Some crackers go in one, cheese in another, maybe something fruity in a third.

Toss leftovers from last night’s roasted chicken in a fourth and before you know it, lunch is packed in all of about 5 minutes.

That’s the power of bento; it lets you think small. And faster than you expected, you’ve assembled a complete meal.

For preschool and other young kids, consider a kit such as Laptop Lunches (LaptopLunches.com), which packs multiple containers inside an easy-toopen clamshell box.

They are affordable, dishwasher safe and indestructible. They also come with

their own insulated carrying bag and some of the containers are watertight.

Older kids require more food and flexibility. For them, LunchBots (LunchBots.com) rock.

T hese stainless steel containers are available in numerous configurations that can be combined in endless ways depending on what you feel like packing. They can be pricy, but will last forever (think fourth grade through grad school).

Looking for a budget option? Check out the disposable food-storage containers at the grocer (usually alongside the plastic wrap and foil).

Many companies now offer bento-like containers you can easily mix and match for lunch duty.

Bonus: When Junior loses them, you don’t lose a mint.

It’s in the bag

Insulated lunch bags are where it’s at. Some lunch kits, such as Laptop Lunches, come with custom bags.

But if you’re assembling your own container collection, you’ ll need to shop around.

For younger children, a basic insulated bag with a zipper closure should be fine. Combined with an ice pack, these are good for keeping yogurts and other perishables cool.

For older kids, you may need to dig a little deeper.

When my son transformed from a peckish preschooler to a voracious middle schooler, I needed a serious upgrade in packing space.

I searched online for hours before settling on a “picnic bag” that would allow me to pack a sufficient amount of food.

Whatever your needs, it’s wise to go with a bag that

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Liquid intelligence

Lunch liquids generally take two forms — drinks and soups/stews/chili.

You’ll need gear for both.

For drinks, the best bet is Hydro Flask (HydroFlask. com), which offers a line of insulated water bottles so good they are almost scary.

As in, I’ve left an ice waterfilled bottle in the blazing sun on my driveway for six hours and it still had ice floating in it.

Looking to pack milk or juice and make sure it stays safely chilled? This is your

back to school bottle. They are rated to keep liquids cold for up to 24 hours and hot for up to 12 hours.

For soups and chili, I’m a fan of Thermos brand’s Foogo food jars (Thermos. com). They are a great size for kids (available in 7- and 10-ounce versions), affordable, easy to open and keep foods hot for five hours.

The numbers

Packed lunches are great.

Food poisoning isn’t. Making sure the former doesn’t trigger the latter is just a matter of knowing your numbers.

Cold food needs to stay below 40 degrees Fahrenheit. Hot food needs to stay above 140 degrees Fahrenheit. Once food falls outside those ranges, it’s safe to eat for another two hours.

So when you shop for lunch gear — insulated lunch bags, thermoses, water bottles, etc. — only

buy products with thermal ratings that cover the range of time between when you pack the lunches and when they’ll be eaten.

The little stuff

We tend to focus so much on the gear and bags, we forget the little things like utensils and ice packs.

Obviously, this isn’t the time to break out any silverware you don’t want to lose (I’m still annoyed with my son for having taught me this lesson). But disposable plastic isn’t all that eco-friendly.

My solution? Hit the second-hand shop and grab some inexpensive stainless steel forks and spoons for pennies. If they get tossed, no big deal.

As for ice packs, you’ ll want one even when using insulated lunch bags. Get several so you always have one in the freezer. Rigid packs are better than soft,

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Among the winning products: The Big Pen, a pencil case that looks like a pen or pencil and actually writes. It comes in versions that are highlighters, ball point pens, markers and mechanical lead pencils. The cases include a pencil sharpener and real erasers at one end. Refills are available for the writing-implement part.

Another of the student designs chosen is an ingenious locker organizer that zigzags vertically to create nifty cubicles. The Floating Shelf comes in color combinations worthy of boys and girls — neon green and gray, purple and pink, and black and dark blue.

Alison Corcoran, senior vice president of marketing for Staples, said the company worked closely with about 48 students in all, from Middle School 88 in Brooklyn and the Ron Clark

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Online shopping hits sales highs at end of summer Hillary Speed Associated Press

While many parents hit the stores to find their children’s back-to-school wardrobes, the online marketplace also buzzes this season. And for some dedicated shoppers, it is more than a convenient place to buy clothes.

It’s a subculture.

Finding a niche “ We a l l s h a r e a c o m m o n love for children’s clothing, which not many of our reallife friends understand,” says Jennifer Randeau, a mother of three from Mystic, Connecticut, who co-founded and now runs the “MiNi BoDeN ReSeLl” Facebook page, which she says has more than 10,000 members interested in buying and

selling kids’ clothing by the British designer brand Boden.

Similar Facebook resell boards have been created around other brands for boys and girls, such as Janie and Jack, Gymboree, Hanna Andersson and Tea Collection. Other groups focus on a specific location, gender or age group. Shoppers can zero in on what they like or need, and connect with products and people in a way they can’t in the real world.

Randeau prefers Facebook BST (buy/sell/trade) boards, as they are sometimes called, to conventional shopping, consignment or online auction sites.

Buyers can ask specific questions and often avoid high shipping costs, she says, while sellers can avoid the cuts and fees typical of consignment and online

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“Many of the boards develop a very strong sense of community,” Randeau says. “You make ‘friends’ as you buy from and sell items to people. You meet a lot of people that you may not otherwise cross paths with. A lot of great moms help each other out with ISO’s, matches and deals in general.”

An “ISO” is an item somebody is “in search of.” Like many places online, the for-sale groups tend to establish their own rules and use a language that might look cryptic to an outsider. There are frequently used acronyms — some of which have carried over from eBay and other online marketplaces — to describe the condition of items or other details.

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More than just clothes While day-to-day operations on these for-sale groups (Facebook’s official name for them) might seem to be business as usual, with sellers listing merchandise and buyers posting their PayPal addresses, something deeper than a simple exchange of goods can occur. “ These groups have come together in enormous proportions to rally around one another in times of sorrow and times of joy,” says Sarah Blevins, who runs the blog “Our Little Life Style,” where

she documents her children’s activities and wardrobes. She calls back-toschool shopping season “Christmas in August.”

Blevins’ example is the boutique brand Matilda Jane, whose Facebook resell groups have recently seen an outpouring of mourning and remembrance after the brand’s founder’s death from cancer.

Members of the popular “MJ Addicts” Facebook group and other resell groups created around the Matilda Jane brand honored founder Denise DeMarchis by pos ting “PIF” (”Pay It Forward”) listings of free items that would go — in DeMarchis’ memory — to lucky winners chosen at random. The items would be labeled with a “DD” on the tag, indicating that they were gifts inspired

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“That passion is something that you just simply can’t buy at the mall,” Blevins says.

Sharing deals It’s the giving spirit — that idea that mothers support other mothers, even as they shop — that inspired graphic designer Sarah Trainor to create her website SampleSaleMom.com.

There, she shares links to flash-sale sites that focus on clothing, accessories and toys for children. Websites she links to, such as Zulily, Gilt, MyHabit and Rue La La, offer daily markdowns on name-brand items for a short period of time, and many offer incentives to first-time shoppers and those who refer others to their site.

Trainor started the web-

site in 2011, when she realized that by sharing a link to a flash-sale site where she bought a deeply discounted Smart Gear wooden bike for her son, she earned $330 in referral credits to the site. It was a win-win.

“I thought I should use my design skills to set up a website and accompanying Facebook page to share the great sales I was able to find online,” said Trainor, who lives in Arlington, Massachusetts.

“It’s really satisfying to track down an incredible deal on something, and then it’s even better to share it with other people and hear their excitement about it too,” Trainor says.

The best advice to backto-school shoppers that she can share right now?

Get online. “ Yo u c a n s e e m u c h more in much less time,” Trainor says.

Left: In this photo provided by Sarah Blevins, who runs the children’s fashion and lifestyle website, Ourlittlelifestyle.com, her daughter, Abby, 6, center, poses with her two friends, Brynn Theunemann, 4, on left, and Olivia Thuenemann, 6, on right, in Glen Carbon, Illinois. The three friends are all wearing the boutique brand Matilda Jane, which has a number of popular resell pages on Facebook.

Right: Blevins’ daughter, Abby, 6, poses in a dress

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Continued from 24 products is an 18-month, spiral-bound planner good from July 2015 to Decemb e r 2 01 6 . I t i n c l u d e s weekly and monthly views with color-coded pages by month, along with a handy translucent front pocket.

“We’ve been very pleasantly surprised in past years with how well we’ve done with planners,” said Jeff Miller, Poppin’s vice president of product design.

“You hear so much about how everybody’s moved to electronic whatever but we’re very much still in a paper age on planners for students.”

Dorm rooms remain, well, dorm rooms, so space is at a premium. Poppin sells a storage unit called the Box Seat for those tired of the milk-crate look.

It’s covered with fabric in

back to school light and dark gray, navy, orange, red and pool blue, and is sturdy enough to withstand 275 pounds.

Givebacks have grown among companies doing business in back-to-school.

Many offer buy-one-giveone programs to kids and classrooms in need, or they’ll fill donated backpacks with school supplies.

At Yoobi, a spate of new supplies in that vein was curated by Usher. The Yoobi X Usher collection was designed by artist Jonni Cheatwood and features five prints for more than 20 products, ranging from blue paint drips to pink-andgreen splatters in binders, notebooks, pencils, pencil cases, folders and journals.

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13 and 16. Hovering for years then abruptly letting go once kids are older — without adequate preparation — is an issue that rears regularly among kids and parents today, he said.

“Rather than think about, ‘Am I helicoptering, am I free ranging, am I, am I?’ there’s a third dimension, and the third dimension is expanding our firm but loving boundaries as kids grow, so that we transition the way we hold them both physically and emotionally,” said Payne, who wrote the book “The Soul of Discipline: The Simplicity Parenting Approach to Warm, Firm and Calm Guidance — from Toddlers to Teens,” out in June from Ballantine Books.

Guide with a light touch “provided your kids are coping,” he added. “If kids have been really closely held for quite a long time and they’re not used to it, that’s a situation.”

For back to school, Payne suggests, ask older kids to outline their own strategies for tackling new challenges and tasks.

For younger kids, like new kindergartners, he said, parents often project anxiety without realizing it.

“Before school star ts, go walk around the school. Take the dog for a walk there or go play Frisbee on school grounds with your child. Get them familiar and get yourself familiar,” he said. “But play. Don’t just walk around and be all serious.”

Woelffer has some back-to-school strategies of her own. “For my 7-yearold this year, I’ll ask him to be completely responsible for his items each morning. We’ve been working on this, and he’s pretty much there: backpack, sunglasses, lunch and a jacket,” she said. “Additionally, I’ ll remind him less to do his homework and allow him to fail a couple times. That’ll be tough for me.”

The 5-year-old will receive fewer reminders of what books and supplies she needs.

“I’ ll encourage her to shower by herself, and she’ll be nudged to walk to her neighbor friend’s house by herself,” Woelffer said.

And her 3-year-old? “She’s already trying to do all these things, so I’ ll have to rein her in!”

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