James C. Isabell School

📢 Special Announcements from James C. Isabell School 🐻💙

Migrant Education Program
Come see Lilly at the school this week in the afternoon if you think you may be eligible for the Migrant Education Program.
Please be patient as Lilly is using a new software system and process to ensure our school and community receive the proper support and funding.
The eligibility window is open this week only, so stop by soon!

♻️ After-School Plastic Bottle Crushing Club
Join the fun and help our community recycle and protect the environment!
📅 Tuesdays & Thursdays
📍 Meet at the IRA Building
One or two students each session will help crush plastic bottles that will be sent out for recycling — keeping Teller clean and green! 🌍
Participants will be entered for monthly prize drawings!
There will not be rides for new site after.
Sign up at the school in the activities area.

📚 After-School Tutoring Available! 🐻💙
Need a little extra help in your classes or just want some quiet time to study?
You can now reserve a tutoring session with Coach Fred or Coach Eric after school!
Tutoring is available in a variety of subjects, and if you’d like to work with another staff member, we can help arrange that too — our amazing team is here to support you!
Let’s keep learning, growing, and showing that Teller Pride! 💪✨

#TellerPride #GoAklaqs #RecycleTeller #CommunityStrong

🎃 Teller School Halloween Week Wrap-Up! 🐻

What a busy and exciting week at James C. Isabell School!

✨ Thursday’s Traditional Wear Day winner was Taylor — those beautifully crafted boots were a highlight of the day!
👻 Friday was all about “Scare Away Drugs” Costume Day, and the creativity was off the charts. The winner will be announced Monday, along with the Door Decoration Contest results.

Our Halloween Carnival was full of fun and laughter — from costume judging to the spooky zombie game, every moment was a blast.

🏆 Costume contest winners will be posted at City Hall.

A huge thank you to everyone who helped, participated, and came out to celebrate with us. It was truly a safe, family-friendly, and fun community event.

And to top it all off — we’re sending our Aklaq Volleyball players to Unalakleet with our classic Teller send-off!
Good luck, Aklaqs — make us proud! 💙🏐
Teller Pride! 💙

Game times:
Saturday, November 1st
1:00 PM — UNK vs. Teller Aklaqs
3:00 PM — Brevig vs. Teller Aklaqs
6:00 PM — UNK vs. Brevig
8:00 PM — Teller Aklaqs vs. UNK

You can watch free on:
https://www.nfhsnetwork.com/schools/bering-strait-school-district-unalakleet-co

#GoAklaqs #TellerPride #HalloweenCarnival

October 29th, 2025
Parent/Guardian and Community Newsletter

✅ Tutoring & Academic Support
Coach Fred and Coach Boring are available after school to support students academically.
Please reach out to them directly to schedule and reserve a time. Our students deserve this opportunity for extra help and enrichment!
🏀 Updated Open Gym Schedule — Starting Wednesday, October 29th
We are excited to share the new open gym times to ensure fair access for all students and community members:

Open Gym Times

Monday-Thursday
Pre-K – 4th Grade: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
5th – 8th Grade: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
High School Girls & Ladies: 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM
High School Boys and Men: 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Friday
Pre-K – 4th Grade: 6:00 PM – 7:15 PM
5th – 8th Grade: 7:15 PM – 8:30 PM
High School Girls & Ladies: 8:30 PM – 9:45 PM
High School Boys and Men: 9:45 PM – 11:00 PM

For the safety of our youngest athletes, we ask that parents or guardians help supervise students during the PreK–4th grade open gym time (6:00–7:00 PM, Friday 6-7:15).
Your presence makes all the difference — thank you for helping keep open gym safe and fun for everyone!

Thank you Tara!

➡️ Please enter through the back gym door.
Thank you for helping us keep gym time fun, safe, and equitable for everyone. See you on the court! 🐻💙
Quick Reminder on Open Gym Expectations:
To keep open gym a safe and enjoyable space for everyone, all students and community members must follow our behavior expectations.

Gym list if:
Bully or harass others
Fight or intentionally harm someone
Cause disruptions or refuse to follow staff directions
Create unsafe situations inside the gym or at the gym entrance

✅ IGAP Night
Wednesday, October 29th at 7:00 PM — School Library
Our IGAP representative will be hosting hands-on, eco-friendly activities that are both fun and useful!
This week’s highlight: making environmentally-safe laundry detergent from simple household ingredients. And learning about mold in our homes.
Come learn something new, enjoy good company, and take home what you create!
We look forward to seeing you Wednesday evening!

Goodle Doc Link to the Newsletter:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lGucjokyk9P7uu3_9hOFYmA0Jo5H6D2dTTaXK2acWaQ/edit?usp=sharing

#TellerPride #AklaqStrong

👏"👏 "A huge congratulations to all the wrestlers and cheerleading participants for their incredible commitment and hard work this season. A special acknowledgment goes to our winners—your dedication truly shone through!" 👏"👏"

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🎃 Halloween Carnival — Friday, October 31st! 👻

Get ready for a frightfully fun celebration!

Students may wear costumes to school on Friday — but please remember: No weapons of any kind, real or fake. This includes (but is definitely not limited to):
❌ Guns (toy or real), sickles, knives, daggers
❌ Bows, arrows, crossbows
❌ Swords, katanas, brass knuckles
❌ Bullets, grenades, potato guns, slingshots, rubber chicken slingshots
❌ Anything dangerous or that looks dangerous

Let’s keep it spooky and safe! 🛑✨

🎪 Halloween Carnival Activities
✨ Games & prizes
🧟 Family-friendly spooky fun
🍬 Candy & treats

🕜 Doors open: 1:30 PM — all are welcome!

🎟 Admission:
• Adults — $2.00
• Children & Students — FREE
(Thanks to the generous sponsorship of Teller Traditional - Thank you!)

🙌 Volunteers Needed!
Volunteers get in FREE — come sign up in the office or talk with any staff member.

Let’s make this a Halloween to remember! 🐻💙 #AklaqPride #TellerStrong #HalloweenCarnival

October 25th, 2025
Parent/Guardian and Community Newsletter

Dear Parents and Guardians,
What an incredible first quarter here in Teller! We finished strong despite facing major challenges — including two powerful storms and two principal transitions. Yet, this community continues to stand tall and support our students every step of the way. It’s clear why the phrase “Teller Pride” means so much here.
Last Friday, October 24th, we held our Advisory Education Committee (AEC) meeting, where great conversations sparked exciting ideas for the months ahead. We are committed to continuing to involve our families and community as we celebrate student success.
Here are some upcoming school events to add to your calendars:
📌 Family & School Events
• Family Literacy and Halloween Craft Night — Monday, October 27 at 7:00 PM
• IGAP Night— Wednesday, October 29th at 7:00 PM
• Thanksgiving Potluck — November 26 at 5:30 PM
• Christmas Program — December 18 at 6:00 PM
• Quarter 2 / Semester 1 Celebration — January 9 at 3:00 PM

We are also working on several exciting collaborations with:
⭐️ IRA
⭐️ Nome Tribal Office
⭐️ Norton Sound Behavioral Health
⭐️ Mary’s Igloo
⭐️ Teller Traditional Council
One idea still being developed includes a cultural exchange with Nome Elementary — possibly involving each school hosting the other overnight to learn and connect together in the spring. More information will be shared as planning continues!
✅ Tutoring & Academic Support
We realized tutoring wasn’t advertised as much as it should have been — and we want to change that!
Coach Fred and Coach Boring are available after school to support students academically.
Please reach out to them directly to schedule a time. Our students deserve this opportunity for extra help and enrichment!
🏀 Open Gym Update
We are adjusting open gym times to ensure equal access for all grade levels. I know change isn’t always easy, but our students have earned this space, and we want it to be fair and consistent for everyone. I was told equity and sharing is a strong value in Teller. It checks out with the Inupiaq Values too.
There is so much to look forward to here at James C. Isabell School, and we are grateful to have you as partners in every success. Thank you for the warm welcome this first quarter, and for your patience as I settle into this role. It is truly an honor to serve what I believe is the best community in the world.

With love and gratitude,

Mr. Reid Jackowick
Principal
James C. Isabell School — Teller, Alaska

🏀 Updated Open Gym Schedule — Starting Monday, October 27th
We are excited to share the new open gym times to ensure fair access for all students and community members:
Open Gym Times
Pre-K – 4th Grade: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

5th – 8th Grade: 7:00 PM – 8:00 PM

High School Girls & Ladies: 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM

High School Boys & Men: 9:00 PM – 10:00 PM


➡️ Please enter through the back gym door.
Thank you for helping us keep gym time fun, safe, and equitable for everyone. See you on the court! 🐻💙
Quick Reminder on Open Gym Expectations:
To keep open gym a safe and enjoyable space for everyone, all students and community members must follow our behavior expectations.

Gym list if:
Bully or harass others
Fight or intentionally harm someone
Cause disruptions or refuse to follow staff directions
Create unsafe situations inside the gym or at the gym entrance

Past Information

Cell Phones Revisited
Students are not allowed to have cell phones during the school day. Please review the student handbook.
The cellphones shouldn’t be in the lockers, this is still a learning distraction
1st violation student gets the cell phone back at the end of the day with gym list, 2nd violation student’s parent or guardian has to pick up the cell phone and sign the document that they are picking up the cell phone, 3rd violation student needs to turn in their cell phone at the beginning of the day or they have to keep their belongs in the office.

Upcoming Dates and Events
October 27th: 7:00pm, Family, Literacy, and Halloween Craft Night
October 27th: 6-10, Starting the new gym times
October 29th: 7:00pm, IGAP night, fun activities for the community
October 31st: 1:30-3:00, Halloween Carnival, 3pm-3:45, Zombie Game
November 6th: 3:30-5:30, Quarter Parent Conferences
November 18th: 12:00-1:00, AEC Meeting, Small room in elementary wing, community welcome
November 26th: 5:30, Community Feast/Potluck
November 27-28th, No School, Thanksgiving break
December 10th: 7:00, Family Literacy Night
December 18th: 6pm, Holiday program
December 22nd-January 2nd: No School, Christmas and New Years Break
January 9th: 3:00, end of the quarter celebration
January 14th, 7:00, Family Literacy Night
February 7th: Read for Free Run 5k Run/Walk (with t-shirts!)


Link:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vjTXStWqXPiAHB2vTnWuvZ8rrPhl-5zf8nP1aM2rh9Y/edit?usp=sharing