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A. J. Dimond High School Community Newsletter September 2013

Letter from the Principal

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Join Ms. Guyett for coffee/tea and conversationSeptember 24th 7:30-8:00am

and 12:15-12:45pm

September 12 Thursday 6 PMDimond Open House

September 16 – 21Homecoming Week

September 23 Monday 7 PMJROTC Awards

OPEN HOUSEPLEASE JOIN US

Thursday, SEPT. 12TH

6:00pm.

This is a great opportunity to meet each of your student’s teachers and

see their classrooms.

Dear Dimond Parent or Guardian,

Please mark your calendar to attend Di-mond’s Back to School night Thursday,

September 12. We open our doors and class-rooms at 6 PM, provide parents with their stu-dents’ schedules so you can meet each teacher and see the class-rooms, hall-ways, and lock-ers used each day by your stu-dent. This night

is absolutely the most useful gathering of our entire school year. I look forward to being available to visit with you. You’re welcome to come solo or bring your Di-mond student and your family.

As you take a few minutes to read this newsletter or check our website at http://www.dimondhigh.com you’ll see the many exciting events and programs going on this year at Dimond High School. You can find our current and past newsletters, teacher’s email addresses, links to Zangle Parent Connect and much more.Thanks to ASD and to our local leg-islators, three areas at Dimond were upgraded this summer. Our library was expanded to accommodate more students, the vintage gym has new bleachers, and the snack shack at Dimond Alumni Field is larger and more efficient. We appreci-ate everyone who helped these projects go from an idea to a reality.Dimond’s goals for this year benefit each and every student. The first goal is that each student will have at least 90% attendance, which means missing no more than 17 days all year long. To support this goal, the ASD School Board has defined 5 conditions that allow an absence to be excused:1) Illness

2) Death or serious illness in the immedi-ate family3) Participation in a school function 4) Attendance at a religious service5) Extenuating circumstances approved by the principalAttendance matters in school as well as when students graduate to pursue col-lege or career. A second goal is to have every student achieve at least one year’s growth in each subject area. Attendance and achievement are very closely correlated – good attendance results in higher grades and deeper learning.In this newsletter you will find more in-formation about attendance incentives, academic support programs and a lot of student activities to appeal to everyone.

Again, WELCOME to Dimond’s 46th year of educating students for life be-yond high school.

Most Sincerely,

Cheryl M. GuyettGuyett_Cheryl@asdk12.org742-7000

Anchorage School DistrictBoard Members

Tam Agosti-Gisler, PresidentNatasha von Imhoff, Vice President

Kameron Perez-Verdia, ClerkBettye Davis, Treasurer

Eric Croft, MemberPat Higgins, Member

Kathleen Plunkett, Member

James Bell, Curriculum Assistant Principal - 742-7008

CURRICULUM NEWS

COUNSELORS

Freshmen....Jaime Boyd-Kragt

9-12 Special Services.....Tracie Ashman ELL.........Lee Montoya

Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors:

A – Di.....Dave Donk

Do – K.....Rob Hartley

L – P.....Chris Higgins

R – Z.....Pete Mandel

Connecting Curriculum and Career Resources

As most of you know, the dis-trict has been restructuring it-self to meet the needs of the bud-get. This means the counselors and the curricu-lum personnel will be taking over the respon-sibilities of the Career Resource Center. This

will be a learning curve for us, but we will do our best to help your student transition to the next stage of their life.It will be increasingly important for students to pay attention to morning announcements and to the district and school web site. Scholarship and college visits will be noted in these areas. Please don’t hesitate to contact your child coun-selor for any help that they might need.

Parent Connect is the on-line service that allows parents to see their student’s schedule, monitor student’s progress, ac-cess quarterly and semester grades, and view current contact information. This is a great way to be informed about what is happening in your student’s classroom. Be informed early! If you still need your ac-cess information, or if you are unable to lo-cate your information from last year, please contact the curriculum office at 742-7026.

Back-to-School Night – we invite you to attend this event on Thursday, Sep-tember 12th at 6:00pm. We will start in the auditoria for general information. You will then get to follow your student’s class schedule. The purpose is to provide you with an overview of what is expected in the classroom. It is not designed to be a parent/teacher conference. If you need to have a conference with a teacher, feel free to contact them and set up a time to meet.

Fall Academic Assembly – This will be held on Thursday, September 26, during our 5th period, which starts around 12:10pm. We will honor the

academic achievements of our students, our sophomores who, for the first time, could have earned an academic letter.The PSAT for Sophomores and Juniors is October 19th. Please visit the curriculum office for more information and to sign up.The first SAT date is October 5th and the first ACT date is September 7th. Please go to the following web site for more information and to sign up.

ACT: www.actstudent.orgSAT: www.collegeboard.org

Start early! It is never too early to start building a resume or portfolio that is at-tractive to the college entrance process and for scholarship. There are many clubs and activities within the school and our community to be actively in-volved. Colleges want to see you actively involved outside of your academic life.

Once again, please watch for more in-formation regularly that will be posted on the district and school’s web site.

APS FAMILY AND STAFF WEBINAR

ACPE & EED are happy to make APS Family and Staff webinars available for your school. With the final phase of APS requirements now in effect for the Class of 2015, tim-ing is excellent to ensure all families and staff are aware of the full APS requirements, including curricu-lum. This 30-minute presentation to families will help alleviate the myr-iad questions you are asked about the APS. We are able to accommo-date a variety of schedules to offer webinars at a time most convenient to you and your students’ families. Two APS webinars are already scheduled for September - on Sep-tember 9th at 7:00 p.m. and Septem-ber 26th at 7:00 p.m. Students, par-ents, and educators are all welcome. To sign up - go to APS.alaska.gov and click the registration link for the webinar you would like to attend. Sign up for e-mail APS up-dates at APS.alaska.gov.

ACTIVITIES NEWSTim Helvey, Activities Assistant Principal - 742-6996

The fall sports season has officially kicked off for the Dimond Lynx. I am in my second season as Activities Principal and I couldn’t be more proud of our 2012 – 2013 activities. Last year

the Dimond Lynx won 10 state titles! I expect we will see the same results this year. Dimond has more than 500 students out for sports this fall and we continue to register more each day.

Requirements for Student-Athletes Under Alaska law, Anchorage School District is required to have a program in place for the prevention and management of concussions in student-athletes. As part of this requirement, and our commit-ment to the health and wellbeing of our students, middle school and high school student-athletes signing up for an ASD sport that requires a physical must also take a computerized ImPACT Baseline Screening. There is a $5 fee for this sim-ple, non-invasive test.

Parents and student-athletes must also receive and read “Concussion in Sports: A Fact Sheet for Anchorage School District Athletes and Parents” and sign the accompanying Acknowledge-ment and Consent Form.

For more information on concussions in athletes, the ImPACT Baseline Screening, or to download the fact sheet and Acknowledgement and Consent Form, please visit http://www.asdk12.org/activities/high/participant_HS.asp.

Activities Fees $175 per activity – tennis, cross-country running, track and field, drama debate/forensics$185 per activity – flag football, volley-ball, cross-country skiing, football, wres-tling, basketball, riflery, soccer$195 per activity – gymnastics, swim-ming and diving, hockeyA $5 concussion baseline fee is required for all sports (one time fee)Interested in checking sports schedules on line? Go to:http://www.asdk12.org/activities/

Construction UpdateThe bleachers in our Vintage Gym underwent a total renovation. The old gym

now has two separate sections.

Dates to remember September 12 Dimond Open House

September 20 Homecoming Game vs West @ Dimond Stadium September 21 Homecoming Dance @ Di-mond High School

STUDENT SERVICES/ATTENDANCE NEWSHolly Morris, Student Services/Attendance Assistant Principal - 742-7056

Welcome back to another great year at Dimond High!

Parents, when you come to Dimond, parking is available in the Student Parking lot. This lot is lo-cated in front of the Pool and Original Gym.

The first row of parking is designated for parents and visitors. On the west end of Visitor Parking, we have three (3) dedicated spots for parents volunteering in our school store/coffee shop, the Lynx Lair.

We have a dedicated Drop off/Pick up circle. Please use it in the morning and afternoon when driving your students to/from Dimond.

The Faculty Lot is not available for parking or to use as a drop off/pick up point for students. This lot requires a staff permit. Please use our drop off circle or the student lot.

We are excited to also have dedicated parking spots for Student(s) of the Month. Two students will receive the privilege of parking in these reserved spots each month.

Please drive safely and plan enough time for traffic. Students should arrive to Dimond safely and timely for their classes.

Attendance Procedures for 2013-2014

At Dimond High school we believe when students attend school regularly, they will achieve academic success.We, the staff, at Dimond recognize our obligation to assist the parents and stu-dents to ensure that every student will attend school at least 90% of the time. It is also the parents’ responsibility to get the student to school.Starting with the 2013-2014 school year, a student who misses ten (10) or more days in a semester will be considered to have excessive absences. Students may be

designated as habitually truant because of excessive absences, and a written notifica-tion of excessive absences will be sent home.The school administrator may excuse stu-dent absences when receiving satisfactory evidence of the following conditions:

• Evidence of illness. • Death or serious illness in the immedi-ate family. • Participation in a school function.• Attendance at religious services. • Extenuating circumstances approved by an administrator.

To ensure that students attend school ev-ery day, we at Dimond will provide, our students and parents with uniform pro-cedures to encourage regular attendance, minimize excessive absenteeism, truancy and tardiness, and encourage appropriate attendance behavior of all students. These procedures include: Calling home, send-ing notifications to parents of students with deficient attendance, and working with students and families to identify bar-riers that make it difficult to get to school.

We encourage student attendance at Di-mond by recognizing good attendance and improved attendance at assemblies and during personal interactions with students.

Together we can make a difference!

FRESHMAN HOUSE NEWSImtiaz Azzam, Freshman House Assistant Principal - 742-7069

All ASD schools are tobacco, alcohol and drug free campuses

The Anchorage School Board policy bans the use of tobacco, alcohol and drugs on all school grounds, ASD vehicles and school-sponsored events.Changes to policy 533.7 make ASD school campuses tobacco free 24-hours a day, year-round. This means no students, staff or visitor may use tobacco products while on school grounds or off-campus at an ASD sponsored event. ASD administrative buildings that are not schools are subject to state and municipal code. Possession or use of alcohol or illicit drugs is not allowed by students, staff or visitors within any school facility or district vehicle.Policy states, “The board recognizes its re-sponsibility to promote the health, welfare and safety of students, staff and others on school property and at school-sponsored activities. Ample research has demonstrat-ed the health hazards associated with the use of tobacco products, including smoking and the breathing of second-hand smoke. In accordance with law and to promote the health and safety of all students and staff, it is the intent of the board to establish an environment free of tobacco.”Also changed in this policy, the district will not allow advertising or sponsorships from companies whose primary business is ser-vicing or selling alcohol, tobacco products or other adult-only-oriented businesses. View the policy: http://bit.ly/Z7H4AB.

Hello Dimond! My name is Imtiaz Az-zam and I am your new Assis-tant Prin-cipal of the Freshman House. We are exited about be-ginning this new school year and would like to take this opportunity

to formally greet you and share information with you!The Freshman House focuses on main-taining positive school culture, provid-ing a successful learning environment, and increasing school spirit. Our goal at the Freshman House is to increase stu-dent achievement by focusing on engaged academic instructional time. In an effort to maximize instructional time, we proactively encourage stu-dents to model appropriate attendance behavior. We proactively address stu-dents who are not on time for class. Stu-dents who are not in class before the tardy bell will be gathered at the beginning of each period, given an admit slip and es-corted to class. This will allow teachers to start class on time and eliminate disrup-tion.We have created an environment that is kind, caring, and extends the necessary support services and resources to meet the varying needs of all students. After the first two weeks of school, the Fresh-man House staff meet to discuss students who may be struggling academically or

have already begun to accrue excessive absences/tardies. A staff member is as-signed to check in with individual stu-dents and monitor their progress as well as provide additional supports. When nec-essary, individual attention, both academic and behavioral, is given to help students find success.For students needing additional aca-demic support, we have a Home Work Café’ available during freshman lunch. We at Dimond believe in rewarding students for doing a great job in school.

Anchorage School DistrictBoard Members

Tam Agosti-Gisler, PresidentNatasha von Imhoff, Vice President

Kameron Perez-Verdia, ClerkBettye Davis, Treasurer

Eric Croft, MemberPat Higgins, Member

Kathleen Plunkett, Member

One way we do this is by teachers nomi-nating students as Phenomenal Freshmen. Students are selected for a variety of rea-sons such as academic success or simply demonstrating good character. We hold several Phenomenal Freshman ceremonies throughout the year. I hope you will be one of the parents to receive a call notify-ing you that your student has been nomi-nated as a Phenomenal Freshman.One of my goals as a Principal for this school year is to involve the community in our school by inviting Role Model Individuals who overcame life obstacles so our students can learn from them and can become motivated to have pride. PRIDE stands for having a Purpose for learning, having Respect for each other, having Integrity, and being Deter-mined to achieve Excellence by learning from others.I invite each one of you to be involved with the many different events and ac-tivities occurring throughout the school year.

New to Dimond Staff

My Name is Imtiaz Azzam. I am your new Freshman House Assistant Principal. I hold a master degree in Counseling and Education. I have been working for our Anchor-

age School District for about 13 years. I believe everyone is capable of succeeding when we provide him or her with the right support. I am gracious individual and always work hard to bring out the best in others.

I’m Elizabeth Barnes and I am excited to begin my first year teaching at Dimond and serving as the Transi-tion Coordinator for the special services depart-ment. This will be my fourth year as a Dimond staff member and I am looking forward to another great year working with the students and staff here.

My name is Jamie Cash. I was born and raised outside of Athens, Georgia but I have made Anchorage home for the last five

years. I attended the University of Georgia where I received my degree in Special Education K-12. I am a huge sports fan (particularly college football) and I love being outdoors! My husband and I try to get our two-year-old son out and enjoying the beautiful Alas-kan scenery. We love it up here and I am looking forward to a great year with the Dimond High School community!

I am Amy Hughes, the new Life Skills II teacher at Dimond High. I have three wonderful children - Abby, Emmy and Josh. I also have two quirky shelties -

Tansy and Zuki who I am going to start training to do agility training this spring so they can hopefully compete at dog shows. I love to read so please feel free to offer recommendations.

My name is Greta Ingram, origi-nally from North Carolina. I served in the United States Army for over six years with duty stations in

Germany and Ft Richardson, Alaska. I was hired by the Anchorage School Dis-trict in October 2002 and have worked various jobs in the District. I now serve in the capacity of Safety Security. This position allows me to connect with more students. Now, I get a chance to greet them at their locker and introduce myself, meet them at the front door, help them if they can’t find a class, give a smile or just some encouragement and the list goes on...I always encourage our students to do their best and with that they can’t go wrong. It’s important to connect with them and to let them know we are here for you! I look forward to serving our Di-mond Lynx students, parents and staff!

Hello, my name is Brandy Jones and this is my eighth year of teaching and my first year at Dimond High School. For the 2013-2014 school year, I will be teaching Pre-Algebra, Algebra A, Algebra B and Survey of Algebra. I have a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics and a Master’s degree in Special Education. I’m looking forward to the opportunity of teaching all of the students who walk through my classroom doors. I love being a teacher and feel privileged to be able to share my knowledge with others. During my free time when I am not teaching, I love to spend time with my family including my 5-year-old son, Dawson. My family and I love to spend time outside playing soccer, hiking, snowshoeing and riding bicycles. I also like to lead a healthy lifestyle by eat-ing healthy and being active.

My name is Valerie Oliver. I came to Alaska from Michi-gan 33 years ago and have been with the Anchorage School District for 32 of those years. I began my teaching career here at Dimond High School (then the Dimond-Mears Secondary School) as a science teacher and have spent the last 18 as a librarian at the elementary level. I am very happy to be back at Dimond!

Ryan Shanley is currently the new IT person who shares re-sponsibilities between Dimond High School and

Bayshore Elemen-tary. He was last employed with the Uni-versity of North Texas (UNT) and work-ing on several projects integrating Apple products into a predominately Microsoft ecosystem. These projects include work-ing on UNT’s iTunes U site, deploying Apple hardware running OS X Server and OS X Client with Active Directory inte-gration. Aside from managing OS X serv-ers, Ryan supports both faculty and staff workstations as well as a general access computer lab. Ryan previously worked for Apple, Inc. before accepting a position with UNT.

My name is Julie Trim. I have been in Alaska for five years now, and this is also the beginning of my sixth school year working in the An-chorage School District. I am from New Mexico originally and love being able to call Alaska home, as it is such an incred-ible place. I was previously working in elementary schools and am very excited to come be a part of Dimond High School, go Lynx!

My name is Richie Vélez and I re-cently moved to Anchorage from Montana. I am ex-cited and thankful for the opportunity

to be where I am at and to be doing what I am doing. I am an avid cyclist, love spending time with my wife and kids, and

Christine Zelin-sky has come to Dimond High as the Special Ser-vices Department Chair. Originally from a little farm-

ing community called Grafton near Cleve-land, Ohio, Christine attended Bowling Green State University and graduated too many years ago to mention. After teach-ing in Florida and Ohio, she came up to Anchorage to visit and has been here on vacation for over 18 years. She loves art, photography, volleyball, and reading, has three children of her own and a husband who is a professional jazz musician. She is excited to be a part of the "Lynx" team working with high school students and families.

thoroughly enjoy anything that takes me outside on adventure.

My name is Jas-mine Yeh and I hail from sunny San Diego, where I grew up as a Marine Corps brat. After high school, I attended Air Force basic training and was eventu-ally stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in Palmdale, California, where I was as-signed to the Air Force Flight Test School as a tactical aircraft maintainer. In July of 2006, I relocated to Anchorage. Over the years, I have fallen in love with every-thing that Alaska has to offer. I feel truly blessed to have been an active member of the Anchorage and surrounding military communities.

2013/2014 School YearOPTIONAL STUDENT FEES

Activity Sticker $25.00Activity Fee (Price depending on sport) $175.00-$195.00Parking Permit (Year) $110.00Yearbook (Price when purchased at registration) $65.00PSAT $20.00

ELECTIVE CLASS/LAB FEESAdvanced Art I $30.00 sem.Advanced Art II $30.00 sem.Art I $25.00 sem.Art II $25.00 sem.Art Studio $30.00 sem.Digital Electronics $35.00 yearElectronic Communications $25.00 sem.Food Science $25.00 sem.Guitar $15.00 sem.Multimedia Design $25.00 sem.Nutrition/Food Prep. $25.00 sem.Photography 1 $25.00 sem.Photography 2 $25.00 sem.World Language Workbooks:German I & II $15.00 yearSpanish I & II $15.00 year

J.R.O.T.C. NEWSMSG Shelley - 742-7010

JROTC Summer CampAt the conclusion of last school year, Dimond JROTC held their annual summer camp on Fort Richardson. The camp lasted four days, and as usual cadets stayed at the Mandragen building on Camp Carroll. On the first day, cadets met at Dimond High School early in the morning to catch the bus to take them to Fort Richardson. Upon their arrival, ca-

dets set up their bunks and wall lock-ers and prepared for the camp ahead of them.

Events for that afternoon consisted of an Obstacle Course and teaching the new LET I’s the drill basics. Within the Ob-stacle Course, there are a variety of ob-stacles that test both physical and mental capacity, whether it is the strength to pull yourself or the willpower to overcome heights. As the cadets participated, MSG Youngblood joined them. Later that day, the new LET I’s were

given their first taste of drill. Some were naturals and others needed more practice, but by the end of camp, all had learned the basic drill movements.The second day brought many chal-lenges of getting over the common fear of heights.

The day’s events consisted of the Jump Towers and Rappel Tower. First was the mindboggling 34 foot jump tower. Usu-ally cadets have trouble with this event, but many prevailed, conquered their fear, and jumped.

Some cadets found that they liked the rush of jumping off so much that they jumped multiple times.Following the Jump Tower, came the Rappel Tower. To get the hang of rap-pelling, cadets first rappelled down a 45 degree “confidence wall” twice so they

would be more comfortable rap-pelling down the vertical tower. For many of the new cadets, it was mentally chal-lenging, but many successfully com-pleted the rappel tower. After the Rappel Tower, the cadets enjoyed a well-earned movie night.

The third day brought the most physi-cally demanding event, the P.T.-A-Thon. The event started at the Mandragen build-ing, from there cadets ran to the first station, the inflatable obstacle course.Cadets then ran to the rock wall where they raced to the top. From there cadets ran to the next station where cadets met with SFC Ortiz and filled their canteens. Cadets then ran to the Run, Dodge, and Jump station where LET I’s recited their cadet creed and the older

cadets were asked a series of “In-Ranks” ques-tions. After, cadets ran to

the Vehicle Pull and then onto the timed sprint. Finally, cadets then ran to Otter Lake where they competed in Tug-O-War and enjoyed the rest of the night paddle boating and roasting marshmallows.

On the fourth and final day, cadets packed their bags and headed to H2Oa-sis. Cadets enjoyed themselves for a few hours before heading back to the school.

After leaving H2Oasis, cadets returned to the school for a drill competition, Pizza feed, and Awards Ceremony, the highlight of which was the LET I’s being promoted from Private to Private Frist Class.

After the Awards Ceremony concluded, the kids called their families for rides home, and went to get some much needed sleep!

Dimond Drama, Debate, and Forensics Team

Inspiring Success!

The Drama, Debate, and Forensics (DDF) team—where Dimond students meet peers from across Alaska to de-

bate, speak, and act for fun—is gearing up for a new season and new recruits.

What is DDF?DDF is a competitive, team-based activ-ity (not a club) sanctioned by the Alas-ka School Activities Association. Like football or riflery, DDF students meet for regular team practice after school and at tournaments against other schools. Un-like most sports, however, its arena is not athletic, but academic. Students build skills in their choice of public speaking, argumentation, and/or performance arts through friendly competition in a com-munity of motivated teenagers. Their ef-forts over the season culminate in a State Tournament and opportunity to compete on the national circuit.

Successful Past SeasonDimond DDF is hot off the heels of its most successful season in recent years. After ranking third in the state among large schools, this June 16-21 coach Mr. Mike Baum and two students, with the help of a Dimond PTSA grant, traveled to Birmingham, Alabama for the National Forensic League (NFL) national tourna-ment. The NFL is the nation’s largest

interscholastic speech and debate honor society. Its tournament draws more than 3,000 students from across the nation to compete for honors—and scholarships totaling more than $200,000.

Dimond’s two entrants were graduating senior Eugene Shestakov and sopho-more Connor Van Alstine. Eugene com-peted with an original persuasive speech on the rights and duties of citizens, while Connor competed in Student Congress, debating legislative proposals ranging from national healthcare, to military drone strikes, to gun control.

Benefits of DDFDDF presents stu-dents with the op-portunity to build the skills and con-fidence necessary to become leaders in school and life. The friendships the activity fosters, though, are what students remember most. As Eugene

Shestakov, 2012-2013 Team Captain and Dimond Honor Society President, says, “DDF was my most important high school experience. Through DDF, the few of us that shared a passion for discus-sion, critical thought, performance, and speech learned from each other and, more importantly, created strong connections that we couldn’t always get from our peers. DDF is engaging and fun. It will introduce you to some of the smartest, funniest, friendliest, and charismatic individuals you will ever meet.”

How to join?Interested students should see coach and Dimond teacher Mr. Baum in Room B202. They will also need to pick up an application from the Activities Of-fice and pay an activities fee. Team prac-tice begins in September, so don’t wait: now is the time to get on board.

Student Lunch Prices2013 - 2014

The lunch (only) student meal price will increase at Elementary, Middle and High levels this school year by .10 cents.Breakfast and reduced meal prices will remain the same as 20 12-13 SY. Elementary student lunch price is $3.35Middle student lunch price is $3.75High student lunch price is $4.20

Connecting students with career and college resources is an essential part of our educational program. We are creating a plan to keep Dimond’s Career Resource Center (CRC) open to students and families since the Career Coordinator position was cut by the

budget. We know we will not be able to provide the full wrap-around services of a full time coordinator, however, we will keep the CRC open

on a limited schedule. Pictured below is the new ASD Counseling and Guidance website that is available to families and students at:

http://www.asdk12.org/counseling/

STEP ONE:

CAREER RESOURCE CENTER NEWS

STEP TWO:By clicking on the link “After high school” you will be connected to many helpful resources to guide the journey from high school to college or career.

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A. J. Dimond High School2909 W. 88th Avenue

Anchorage, AK 99502

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SCHOOL BUSINESS PARTNERS:American Legion Spenard Post 28Anchorage Kiwanis ClubBagoy’s Florist & HomeDavis Constructors & Engineers Inc.Dimond Alumni FoundationEnterprise Engineering Inc.GCI Communications CorpGreat Alaska Pizza Co.HalliburtonMichael Foster & AssociatesOrthopedic Physicians AnchoragePapa Murphy’s PizzaReger Physical TherapySiemens Building TechnologiesSteam Dot CoffeeTastee FreezUSKH

IMPORTANT PHONE NUMBERSMain Line (Switchboard) 742-7000Main FAX 742-7007Attendance Office 742-7009Registrar 742-7026Counseling/Guidance 742-7008Activities/Athletics 742-7005Nurse 742-7052Career Resource Center 742-7020Student Services 742-7056

A. J . DIMOND HIGH SCHOOL

Visit our Dimond High School Website for current information on our school and activities @ http://www.asdk12.org/schools/dimond/pages/