Newcomers'
guide

Registering for school

New kindergarteners
See our page just for kindergarteners.

All other students new to ASD
Bring a copy of your child’s transcript and health record including immunizations to your new school. See our Health Services page for required immunizations. You can tell your current school that these records are for enrollment purposes only. After your children are enrolled here, the Anchorage school will contact the former school to have the official records sent directly from school to school.

Proof of residency, such as a utility bill or phone bill, contract of purchase or lease agreement will be needed for students new to the district.

High School students who withdraw from their current schools should re-register at a new school as soon as possible. The days between withdrawal and enrolling in ASD are counted as absences. High school attendance policies allow for a maximum number of excused and unexcused absences per semester — eight days at Bartlett, East, West and South and 15 days at Chugiak, Eagle River, Service and Dimond. If a student exceeds that amount, they can lose credit for their classes. Attendance is an important part of learning and students and families should be extremely aware of the attendance policies at the schools they choose.

About the district and our schools

• ASD overview and general information
• Alternative schools and programs
• After-school programs
• Demographics
• List of schools
• Parents & students page
• No Child Left Behind
• Report cards with detailed information about each school
• Youth Risk Behavior Survey (1.25 MB PDF)

Find your school

• Type in your address
• Look up a specific address in a PDF document (529 KB)
• Elementary, middle and high school boundary maps
• Call 907-348-5190 for questions. Please have your address handy

To request a zone exemption:

• Elementary Schools
  907-742-4254
• Middle School Education at
  907-742-4249
• High School Education at
  907-742-4256

Applications for zone exemptions:

• Elementary schools (PDF)
• Middle and high schools (PDF)

Find your school bus

• Bus schedules
• Safety rules, items than can and cannot be brought on the bus and more
• Questions?: Call the Transportation office at 907-742-1200

Meals

Meals, menus and price information

Schedule and calendars

• Day start/end schedules for schools
• School year calendars including holidays and testing dates

Health services and immunizations

The Anchorage School District has specific immunization requirements that must be met before children can attend school. Our Health Services Web site has more information about these requirements, including enrollment health forms.

Winter weather

Our winter weather page tells how to dress for the cold, explains elementary school recess guidelines, and gives the district’s emergency closure procedures.

Additional questions

If you have more questions, please contact one of the departments below:

Elementary Education, Linda Carlson at 907-742-4254 or carlson_linda@asdk12.org

Middle School Education, Leslie Vandergaw at 907-742-4249 or vandergaw_leslie@asdk12.org

High School Education, Mike Henry at 907-742-4256 or henry_mike@asdk12.org

Special Education, Jerry Sjolander at 907-742-4236 or sjolander_jerry@asdk12.org

Anchorage resources

The Municipality of Anchorage governs Anchorage, Eagle River and Girdwood.

The Anchorage Convention and Visitors Bureau Web site features Anchorage attractions, events, a relocation page and more.

Alaska 2-1-1 offers help in finding community resources such as health care services, child care, public benefits and more. See the Web site or call 1-800- 478-2221 toll free outside Alaska.