November 6, 2014 Community Happenings

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Created on Thursday, 06 November 2014 10:37

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Museum Closure

Sheldon Jackson Museum will be closed Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

Winter hours of 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday resume Nov. 15.

Advent Festival

At St. Peter’s

The Advent Festival of Lessons and Hymns and Holy Communion will be 10 a.m. Nov. 30 at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 611 Lincoln Street.

For more information call Roberta at 747-3977 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. .

Pool Closure

Blatchley pool will be closed 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 6, and Friday, Nov. 7. It will reopen for the 7-10 p.m. swim on Saturday, Nov. 8.

Call 747-5677 for updated information.

‘Ordinary Wolves’

Author in Sitka

“Ordinary Wolves” author Seth Kantner and illustrator Beth Hill will be at Old Harbor Books 5-7 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 12. A presentation will begin at 6 p.m.

State Park Board

Meeting Canceled

The Sitka State Parks Advisory Board has canceled its Nov. 11 meeting. The next meeting will be Dec. 2.

YAS Board Meets

Youth Advocates of Sitka’s board of directors will meet 5:15-7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 10, at YAS’s 805 Lincoln Street office. The meeting is open to the public.

Preschool Child

Find Screen Set

Sitka School District will provide a child find preschool screening for children ages 3-5 on Friday, Nov. 21, at the Rasmuson Building on SJ Campus.

An appointment is required. For more information, or to schedule a screening appointment, parents should call the Baranof Elementary office at 966-1334, or Mandy Evans, special education director, at 966-1253.

The child find program is provided without charge to families who live within Sitka Borough School District boundaries.

The purpose of the program is to identify children who are having difficulty in their development; and provide special education services to them, when it is appropriate.

Parents may have concerns about their child’s development in the areas of hearing, vision, speech/language skills, motor skills, thinking skills and emotional or social skills.

A screening is a series of short tests and professional observations in various developmental areas. Children who are unable to pass one or more areas of the screening may have a developmental delay in those areas. The screening, however, is not enough to determine that a child is delayed; it is only designed to let us know if further investigation into a child’s developmental progress is necessary, the school said.

Screenings will be held at least once per quarter, and those dates will be publicized. Additional appointments at other times or locations may be scheduled as needed.

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