• Friday, December 21st  - January 4th -No School Winter Break!   
• Wednesday, January 9th: WSC - The First Talent Wednesday  
• Wednesday, January 16th: WSC - Kelly S. Class   
• Wednesday, January 23th: WSC - Diane  
• Wednesday, January 30th: WSC-  Dolly   

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This week we wrapped up the Fall Fund Drive and did our final raffle!  Thank you so much to everyone who donated, your support is critical to the success of the school. Our Goal was $45,000 and we met that goal and exceeded it by raising  $47,800! The community support of this endeavor was tremendous. Please accept the thanks of all Anser staff for helping us fill the funding gap and insuring we can provide our students everything they need! Congratulations to Gregg Burrington and Alice Antonioli who were the winners of a Create Common Good gift certificate and to Shaun and Jennifer Howell won a great wireless HP printer!!! Thank you to the following families for their donations to the Fall Fund Drive: James C. Thompson, Mike and Maridee Lemieux, Kelly and Jennifer Shepard, Bessie Labudde, Tobiann Grindstaff and David Foster, Paige Shafer and Bill Coffey, Jennifer and Shaun Howell, Abby and George McLean, and Shawn and Lesley Nickel.

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Some changes related to how students are picked up by families are on the horizon. Discussion had been occurring about changes to improve safety and with the tragic events that have recently occurred those discussions have broadened to include a variety of measures that can be taken to insure our students, staff and parents are always safe. We have always asked that parents sign in when they enter the building. We have placed signs in the front lobby as a reminder and we ask that you help us by signing in each time you enter. Suzanne and Heather will be in communication with Family Council over the Winter Break regarding these changes and communication with families about the changes will happen after we return from the break. We have received suggestions and tremendous support from many parents. Thank you for kind words and encouragement as we work through these changes.

An important CBC and Electives form is coming home with your student today on golden paper.  This form will need to be signed by both a parent or guardian and the student and returned to Anser by Tuesday January 8th in order for students to participate in CBC and Electives the week following winter break.  You can also access this form via the Anser website at the link below:

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Talking with your children about Sandy Hook:

At school we are hearing many conversations among our students about the events that occurred at Sandy Hook. In order to help you support your children during these difficult conversations we are providing the information we received below. We hope it is helpful to our families.

Mental Health America has developed guidelines to help Americans respond and cope with tragic events, which can be found at www.mentalhealthamerica.net/go/information/get-info/coping-with-disaster.

To guide discussions about the shooting, Mental Health America offers the following suggestions for parents as they communicate with young people in the area and across the nation:

• Talk honestly about the incident, without graphic detail, and share some of your own feelings about it.
• Encourage young people to talk about their concerns and to express their feelings, and validate the young person's feelings and concerns.
• Limit television viewing. It can be difficult to process the images and messages in news reports.
• Recognize what may be behind a young person's behavior. They may minimize their concerns outwardly, but may become argumentative, withdrawn or allow their school performance to decline.
• Keep the dialogue going even after media coverage subsides. Continue to talk about feelings and discuss actions being taken to make schools and communities safer.
• Seek help when necessary. If you are worried about a young person's reaction or have ongoing concerns about his/her behavior or emotions, contact a mental health professional at their school or at your community mental health center. Your local Mental Health America Affiliate can direct you to resources in your community.

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There are only a handful of spots left for the January 9th Talent Wednesday!!  Follow the link provided in the event that you missed your invitation that was e-mailed out.  

Criteria for January 9, 2013 Talent Wednesday:

1. Performance must be no longer than 90 seconds
2. Student/s must sign up using Sign-up Genius- INCLUDE the names of the performers and what talent they will be performing!
3. Student needs to have practiced in order to give the best performance possible and entertain the audience This responsibility falls on the family and the student to make sure he/she is ready to perform
4. Please read information below regarding equipment, etc. from our AV Crew Advisor

VIDEO

We're working on a video playback method which minimizes switching of devices between clips and ensures compatibility with our projector. The current plan is to collect the video clips in a shared Dropbox folder and play them all back from the same laptop. We should be able to handle the major computer video formats - .mpg, .avi, .wmv, and .mov (QuickTime) - so please save your finished clip as one of those if possible. Files will need to be uploaded by the Monday morning before Talent Wednesday so we can verify that they'll work with the playback laptop. If you plan to share your talent via video, please have a parent contact me to discuss the details by no later then Monday, Jan 7, 2013 

Thanks for choosing to share your talent with the Anser community, and thanks for taking the time to consider these performance guidelines. Adequate preparation on your part will help ensure that the show runs smoothly and that every student gets a fair share of the available performance time. It will also help us help you perform your best!

Mike Lemieux

(208) 484-7845

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The winners of the School Pool Parking Space drawing for January are the Asumendi-Harvey and Baker families.  Thank you to the many Anser families who car pool to ease congestion around the school!

There will be an informational open house about this year's Anser Science Olympiad team after school, this Thursday December 13th, in the Junior High science room.

Science Olympiad is open to students in 6th-8th grade.  Team members prepare for one or more science events through a process of exploration and experimentation.  Last year's team had excellent results in all of our events and medalled in two - a remarkable showing for our very first year.  

For more information, contact Alice Antonioli at  alice.ant2@gmail.com or 322-5420 or visit

http://www.soinc.org/sites/default/files/uploaded_files/SOBrochure2013.pdf

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There is still plenty of time to sign up for basketball, so don't worry if you missed the meeting. Angie has all the necessary paperwork in the office, and our final roster doesn't have to be submitted until January 9th. There is also a list of game dates to take a look at, feel free to grab one.
Sara Claar

For those families looking for childcare over the coming holiday break Bronco Elite only needs a few more kids signed up to make it available. If you have been wondering how to swing that extra week in January contact Liz Dozier with Bronco Elite for more information.  

Contact person: Liz Dozier

Phone: 389-9005

Email: boiseinfo@broncoelite.com  

Anser is on Social Good Network,  a portal to all of your favorite online shopping merchants like Amazon, The Gap, The Body Shop, iTunes and more! When you use Social Good Network to travel to your favorite sites to shop, Anser will receive a percentage of your purchase! There are no additional costs or steps for you!  So go to http://www.socialgoodnetwork.com and in less than two minutes you can create an account. Then, find the Anser Project, ( link below) select it as your favorite and start your shopping! That's it! AND if you have out of town relatives that you think would like to support Anser, you can send them the link to our project where they can also select it as a favorite or give a donation directly to the school! Want to take one more easy step to help Anser? Share the link to our project on your Facebook page to help us get the word out!

Link to Anser project on Social good network:

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