Aurora Elementary School welcomed 200 new students today from the now-closed Ursa Major Elementary. “I told parents last night, ‘You’re not guests here. You’re part of our family,’” said principal Margaret Jones.
‘You’re part of our family’: Anchorage students from a now-closed JBER school get warm welcome into new classroomsKathryn Earhart’s third- and fourth-grade students line up outside during a tour of Aurora Elementary School on Thursday, the first day of school for thousands of students across the Anchorage School District.
Anchorage teacher Kathryn Earhart took her third- and fourth-grade students on a tour of Aurora Elementary School Thursday morning. It was the first day of school, and Earhart got to know her way around the building right along with them. Earhart is among the group of teachers and students sent to new schools on Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson this fall after their school, Ursa Major Elementary,“It’s been overwhelming, and it’s definitely been a roller coaster, but we have a really great supportive team here,” Earhart said.
Thousands of students across the Anchorage School District returned to classrooms on Thursday morning for the 2022-23 school year. On base, about 200 Ursa Major students went to Aurora, with others going to Orion Elementary or Ursa Minor Elementary. It was an added layer of newness to their first day back. But, Earhart said, the students seemed to be taking it in stride. They’re resilient.
“They are very quick to welcome new people, they’re very adaptive,” said Earhart, who’s in her 12th year of teaching on base. “The families and the community that they’ve built is very near and dear to my heart.”Aurora Elementary principal Margaret Jones said that community is especially important this year for Ursa Major families. To help with the transition, Aurora held its open house the day before school started, rather than the usual first week of September.
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