Once again, IDEA families will meet on Tuesdays and Thursdays to have fun stretching and running trails in preparation for a Community Run!!

For more details and to sign up, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website or check your Monday IDEA News. Some events are also listed in the Region A Private PAC Facebook group.

Teens are invited to the office to hang out, play games and visit on the 1st Friday night of the month.

For more details, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your Monday IDEA News or check the private PAC facebook group.

Students in grade 6 thru 8? Love Math?  Learning to love math?  IDEA’s Math Club is for you!

Beginning September 17th with plans to meet every other Tuesday at the Anchorage Office from 1 to 2:30 PM!

For more details and to sign up, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your Monday IDEA News or check the private PAC facebook group

Parent Advisory Committee: Your connection to community, fun,
and where great ideas are born! Join us!

Note February & March 2025 meetings will be on alternate dates. February’s meeting will be on 2/20/25 (same times as 1st Tuesday meetings).  March date is TBA

The Parent Advisory Committee (PAC) is your opportunity to have a voice in IDEA.  They meet monthly for 1 to 1.5 hours. You can visit in person or via TEAMS or follow the thread posted in the PAC’s Facebook group.  The PAC is unique to IDEA and provides a great opportunity to impact the IDEA program’s growth while offering a community that is encouraging!

Click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your IDEA Monday news or the PAC’s Facebook group or email Sally.Javier@ideafamilies.org for more information.

Yes You Can meetings from 2:30 to 3:00  and  PAC meetings from 3:00 to 4:00  are typically on the 1st Tuesday of the month. This month, they will meet on the 2nd Tuesday as the office is closed on the 1st Tuesday for In-Service. In-person meetings at the Anchorage Office have chocolate!  See you there!

August – Yes You Can – Organizing for your homeschool! – Please plan to join us!

Gr 6 & Up – Wednesday Math Support begins Sept 4th and is available on most Wednesdays throughout the year from 11AM to Noon. Contact Teacher Scott Gingrich offers help and has fun challenges for the group while parents listen in. (More details TBA).

Join Sarah for a fun beginning French experience for the whole family! There will be no charge however she is limiting this to 20 learners. Mom or Dad (or both) will join in practicing the language and looking at effective and enjoyable techniques and strategies for including French in their home.

For more details and to sign up, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your Monday IDEA News or check the private PAC Facebook group!

With the Anchorage Office move, we are moving the start of Chess Club to October 9th.
Save time on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 3:30! – All ages – Begins October 9th!   Chess Club will meet on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 3:30

For more details and to sign up, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your Monday IDEA News or check the private PAC Facebook group.

Join us for Park and Playground Days to meet other moms and let the children play.   We’ll meet on Wednesdays starting with parks and then move to playgrounds in the summer.

Click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, or check your IDEA Monday News or the Region A PAC Facebook group and sign up for updates.

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Fridays from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM to work on perler bead projects!

Learn more  by clicking here and logging on to the family side of the IDEA website, checking IDEA Monday news and / the private PAC Facebook group and signing up!

Join Sarah for a fun beginning French experience for the whole family! There will be no charge however she is limiting this to 20 learners. Mom or Dad (or both) will join in practicing the language and looking at effective and enjoyable techniques and strategies for including French in their home.

For more details and to sign up, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your Monday IDEA News or check the private PAC Facebook group!

With the Anchorage Office move, we are moving the start of Chess Club to October 9th.
Save time on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 3:30! – All ages – Begins October 9th!   Chess Club will meet on Wednesdays from 2:30 to 3:30

For more details and to sign up, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your Monday IDEA News or check the private PAC Facebook group.

Join us for Park and Playground Days to meet other moms and let the children play.   We’ll meet on Wednesdays starting with parks and then move to playgrounds in the summer.

Click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, or check your IDEA Monday News or the Region A PAC Facebook group and sign up for updates.

May 2025

• 1 – Senior grades due (for students walking in graduation)
• 15 – Spring semester Progress Reports due
• 15 – Fourth quarter samples due
• 21 – Graduation ceremonies

June 2025

• 30 – Last day to enter in FAST reimbursements or payment requests for services (activities or internet) that took place from April 1 through June 30

July 2025

• 1 – Allotment available for new families and re-enrolled families with current and up-to-date paperwork from the previous year (ILP, two PRs, and four sets of work samples)
• 1 – Requests for funding can be entered into FAST for the new school year
• 4 – All regional offices closed in observance of Independence Day
• 15 – Last day for receipt in Fairbanks of supporting documentation for reimbursement or payment requests for activities (or high-speed internet) that took place from April 1 – June 30. (Must have been entered in FAST by June 30!)

The IDEA Anchorage Office will be closed on May 15th. We hope to see all families at Kincaid Park! We’ll have a box to collect work-samples!!

This Potluck is great for families who are finishing up their school year and great for new families just getting started with IDEA to visit with other families and our staff while they snack on potluck side dishes and enjoy hotdogs and hamburgers!

Please show up early as hotdogs and hamburgers are served till we run out!

Sign up – https://forms.cloud.microsoft/r/EAPAn0HVAY

Congratulations to the class of 2025. Our available staff will be at Changepoint readying for the ceremony at 4:00 PM.

We appreciate your patience with the office closure.

Join Sarah for a fun beginning French experience for the whole family! There will be no charge however she is limiting this to 20 learners. Mom or Dad (or both) will join in practicing the language and looking at effective and enjoyable techniques and strategies for including French in their home.

For more details and to sign up, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your Monday IDEA News or check the private PAC Facebook group!

Join us for Park and Playground Days to meet other moms and let the children play.   We’ll meet on Wednesdays starting with parks and then move to playgrounds in the summer.

Click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, or check your IDEA Monday News or the Region A PAC Facebook group and sign up for updates.

Graduates will arrive early for a required rehearsal.  – More details TBA.

Graduation Information Meeting for Parents (Students Welcome) on January 9th @ 11:00 AM – IDEA Anchorage Office

Commencement Ceremony begins at 4:00 PM @ ChangePoint.

Join us on the 2nd and 4th Fridays from 9:30 AM to 10:30 AM to work on perler bead projects!

No Perler Bead Group on 3/28 – State Assessments Window is 3/24 -3/28

Learn more  by clicking here and logging on to the family side of the IDEA website, checking IDEA Monday news and / the private PAC Facebook group and signing up!

In honor of Memorial Day, the IDEA office will be closed on Mary 26th and re-open at 8:00 AM on Tuesday.

Join Sarah for a fun beginning French experience for the whole family! There will be no charge however she is limiting this to 20 learners. Mom or Dad (or both) will join in practicing the language and looking at effective and enjoyable techniques and strategies for including French in their home.

For more details and to sign up, click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, check your Monday IDEA News or check the private PAC Facebook group!

Join us for Park and Playground Days to meet other moms and let the children play.   We’ll meet on Wednesdays starting with parks and then move to playgrounds in the summer.

Click here to log on to the family side of the IDEA website, or check your IDEA Monday News or the Region A PAC Facebook group and sign up for updates.