* Next ASB meeting:  December 20, 2005 * Public Hearing – Continuous Progress Model (Phases)  Jan. 26, 2006  4 pm by video conference  (3 minute per person limit for comments) * Next LKSD Board Meeting – Jan. 27 & 28, 2006.  *ASB cluster meeting w/tundra villages Feb. 13, 2006  6:30-8:30 pm.     *Jr. Hi Basketball season has started again.  The first games were to have been Friday and Saturday, but the team didn’t have enough practices in.  The next games are here.  Jan. 20 & 21 w/ Napas & Napak  Jan. 27 & 28 w/ Akiuk, Napas, & Nunap  Feb. 3 & 4 @ Napak w/ Akiuk, Kweth  Feb. 10 & 11 @ Nunap w/ Napas Kweth  Feb. 17 & 18 @ Napak  Feb. 24 & 25 League Tourney @ Nunap *The Eskimo Dance group is practicing several night a week to prepare for the Christmas program, Camai festival, and any other opportunities that may come up.  Contact Wassiliane, Annette, Tanya, or Olinka for more information.

*Christmas program  Dec. 21, 2005 1:30 pm. (Students will go home after the Christmas program) December  22, 2005 Early release for Christmas break. January 16, 2006 Return to school. *The end of first semester is Jan. 16, 2006.  Encourage your students to finish up their class work this week. * We plan on having Saturday school on the 21st and the 27th of January while the students are having home basketball games.  *Lego robotics competition was Dec 2-4 in Bethel.  They had lots of fun and learned a lot. Congratulations to Kyle Tikiun, Miranda Mochin, Alexie Brown, Lonny Strunk, Jennifer Tikiun, Chaperone Louise Mochin, and Coach Stewart.   The kids did well for being in the first year of competition. Teams from Oscarville and Kipnuk won the Bethel region tournament then competed in the Anchorage Competition the next week.  Oscarville was invited to go the International Lego competition in Atlanta, Georgia in March.  * We are grieved by the passing of Robert Nicholai.  Our condolences to the family.