Address:
650 W. Intern. Airp. Rd.
Anchorage, AK 99518
Tel: 742-7455
Fax: 742-7456
E-Mail: info@rilkeschule.org
Home of the Panthers
* Rilke Schule is still enrolling students grades K - 8 (there is a wait list for 2nd grade). Please call the school for more information or to schedule a tour. You are also invited to our Open House (Tuesday, 9/16/08, 7pm - 8:30pm).
* We made the grade! Rilke Schule made AYP (Adequate Yearly Progress) in its first year of operation. More than 95% of our students that were tested were proficient in language arts and 82% were proficient in Math.
* Rilke Schule has officially been recognized by and is receiving some financial support from the German government.
* Uniqueness: The entire school (ALL students, faculty, and staff) participates in the immersion into the German language and culture and the program spans elementary and middle school.
* Learning a foreign language develops basic skills such as communication, listening, and memory and is beneficial for your child’s English language development.
* Rilke Schule has had the pleasure to host 7 native German education major interns so far through a wonderful organization called Amity. Having native German speakers volunteer in our classroom is a great benefit to our students.
* We celebrate major German holidays and traditions. For example, the students build lanterns in November for our annual lantern walk (St. Martin).
* Rilke Schule has two partner schools in Leverkusen and Eiselfing, Germany. Rilke students have the opportunity to develop friendships with pen/e-mail pals and the upper grades can participate in an annual exchange program.
* Adult German classes are offered in the evenings for parents and community members who want to learn along or are interested in the German language.
____________________________________________________________________
The German Government has recognized Rilke Schule as a German Immersion School Abroad. Furthermore, Rilke Schule is a member of the initiative "Schools: Partners for the Future" (Schule: Partner der Zukunft; short PASCH). For this recognition and membership Rilke Schule receives annual financial support from the German Government.
To learn more about this initiative, please click on PASCH
___________________________________________________________
Stay connected with the Rilke Schule Community: Join the RSV
Rilke Schule Verein (RSV)/PTO: Rilke Schule's Parent Teacher & Community Organization
Email: rilke.schule.verein@gmail.com
To be included in the RSV/PTO email list, please send a request to the RSV Communications email.
Website: http://rilkeschule.wikispaces.com/You can find more information about the RSV/PTO from their website.
Forum: http://www.rilkeschule.info/forum/
Connect with parents, exchange ideas, ask questions, or volunteer your help.
* * * * * * QUICK ANNOUNCEMENTS * * * * * *
Please visit our Scheduled Events page for a list of all upcoming school-related events.
___________________________________________________________________
German Boot Camp
The school is in the process of setting up German boot camp for the new students who might be struggling -- more details should be available soon.
___________________________________________________________________
*New Traffic Pattern*
Please review the changes below. They are effective immediately. We hope this will improve the safely and timeliness of the Drop Off/Pick Up procedures. Drop Off Time: 7:50-8:15 AM
Pick Up Time: 2:45-3:00 PM
PROCEDURES for DRIVE-THROUGH DROP OFF/PICK UP Go past the parking lot to make a U-turn on 53rd & join the end of the line - do not use Rilke parking lot to turn around in for drive-through as originally posted. Line up east of AK Housing (do not block any part of their driveway & do watch for delivery trucks). Please drive forward when flagged ahead. Pull as far forward as you can, being sure to not block the crosswalk. You may want to turn your wheels outward so you can leave without backing up. ****Be aware of backing up, there may be a child behind you**** Do not back into crosswalk. Students need to load and unload on the passenger side of the vehicle only. Please post the name and grade(s) of student(s) in your passenger side window so they can be called more quickly from their lines. Please stay in your car when you are in the pick-up zone, it helps traffic flow.
PROCEDURES FOR PARKING DURING DROP OFF AND PICKUP Please use the parking lot on 53rd if you would like to park to pick up your child. The parking lot on International is for teachers only. Please be courteous to our neighbors. Do not park across the street from the school. Do not block any business or residential driveways. Do not park on any other businesses property. Enter the parking lot near the crosswalk and exit near the fire hydrant. Use the crosswalk when crossing the street, watching for crossing guard signals. The 4 farthest east front row parking spaces are reserved for activity buses from 2:15-3:15 PM.
SAFETY PRECAUTIONS Please do not let your children (school age OR siblings) play on the playground structure between 2:45 and 3:00 PM while other children are waiting in line. The teachers can't watch any stray children that are tempted to wander over and join them. Please do not conference with your child's teacher at pickup time, except to arrange for a time. The teachers need to be helping the volunteers by listening for the kids names to be called. The district would like us to remind you to arrive shortly before 2:45 for Pick Up to keep the road clear in case of an emergency. This also will shorten your wait time. While we understand that pick up seems to take a long time, it only takes approximately 15 minutes which is about standard for the other Anchorage schools. We ask for your patience as we try to make things go as quickly as possible while keeping everyone safe. The traffic volunteers are parent volunteers who are just trying to keep things moving and safe. Please watch for them and listen to them. They may see a safety problem that you can not see.
THANK YOU!!
__________________________________________________________________
Rilke Schule Grand Opening Thank You
The Grand Opening of our school was a wonderful celebration and the APC would like to thank everybody who helped! The students performed with enthusiasm and gusto, the school was beautifully decorated, and the food was delicious. It was great to celebrate with so many people who have helped our school get started.
The recognition of our school by the German Government is highly appreciated and it was an honor to welcome the German delegation at our school - the German Consul General Rolf Schütte, the director of ZfA Frank Müller, and the ZfA German Language Coordinator Elke Rühl.
Rilke Schule Grand Opening: October 1, 2008 , Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
Front row l-r:
Carol Comeau, ASD Superintendent; Rolf Schütte, German Consul General; Jo Sanders, Rilke Schule founding member
Back row l-r: Rilke Schule founding members and Academic Policy Committee:
Petra Nickerson, Antje Carlson, Klaus Mayer, Max Gruener.
Please visit our website again soon for more Grand Opening Pictures!
Calling for Grand Opening Guest Book entries
Only a handful of people signed our guest book that we had prepared for our Grand Opening. It would mean a lot to us if you could share some comments and thoughts with us. If you attended our Grand Opening, we invite you to send them in an e-mail to info@rilkeschule.org. Or you can sign the guest book next time you come to school. Either way, Carrie Ross will collect all entries and assemble them in a guest book that will be a lasting memory for Rilke Schule.
We thank you so much for being part of our Grand Opening and we look forward to reading your guest book entries. __________________________________________________________________
Plans for a Rilke Schule Band
Our music teacher, Herr Downie, is working on finalizing his plans for a school band. The plans are still tentative at this time, but we are excited and want to share the information with you: The band, open to grades 5 through 8, would begin to meet the second week of October every Monday and Wednesday morning from 7:30am to 8:15am. In November, the band will also be open to intermediate students who played last year with the Anchorage School of Music. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
__________________________________________________________________
YEARBOOK PICTURES FROM LAST YEAR
The photos that were available for last year's yearbook turned out to be low resolution thumbnails. If you have high resolution pictures from last year that can be used in the yearbook, please put them on a disk (do not email) and bring them to the school for Terri to use. The yearbook will be sent to the printer September 30th, with our without better quality pictures. If you want a quality yearbook for the money you've already paid, please help by providing pictures to be included. Thanks very much.
__________________________________________________________________
Drop Off and Pick Up Volunteers - Look for the new signup Calendar on the right inside the back door of the school for Drop Off and Pick Up Volunteers. Please consider helping out one day a week if you can, either morning or afternoon. Contact Linne' with any questions ( joelinne@msn.com) and thanks for helping out at school!
NOONTIME VOLUNTEERS
The school needs daytime help with midday recess and lunch. Below is the recess schedule. Soon, it will be too cold for one person to be outside for two hours. If you are able to be at school during one of these half hour segments every week, it would free up our school staff to work on other things that need to be done. Please consider helping out if you can by contacting Brandi Odom at brandimodo@aol.com, our coordinator for the noontime volunteers.
10:30-11:00 AM - 3rd and 4th grade
11:00-11:30 AM - 1st grade
11:30-12:00 PM - Kindergarten
12:00-12:30 PM - 2nd grade
12:30-12:45 PM - 5th, 6th,7th and 8th grades
NUTRITION POLICY COMMITTEE Any and all parents, students, and teachers are invited to attend the Nutrition Policy Committee kick off meeting on Oct 7th at 6:30 pm. Please contact Sheri Amundsen at ramsy1@alaska.net for the location of the meeting.
__________________________________________________________________
Please check our Scheduled Events page regularly for upcoming meetings, events, and Registration information.
Pages last updated: 10/02/08
This is a parent-maintained website for Rilke Schule.
| 
