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January 2020
Tomo No Kai January 2020 Meeting
Tomo No Kai Meeting The Tomo No Kai January meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 21, 2020, from 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm in the library at Sand Lake School at 7500 Jewel Lake Road. From 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm, the Sand Lake PTSA meeting will be held at the same location.
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TNK General Meeting November 10 at 6:30
TNK will have the next general meeting on November 10th at 6:30. The meeting will be held via Zoom, (Click Here for Zoom Meeting). The meeting will include introductions from this year's interns. If the link does not work you can copy/paste this address: https://asdk12.zoom.us/j/98909825679?pwd=anhZSHFUMHZNQ0gvUGVyZkRmcGNzdz09
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Kanji Fundraiser
Thank you everybody for the support, the fundraiser is now over. Click this link for a video with more information: Kanji Fundraiser Details Examples
Find out more »September 2021
September 2021 TNK General Meeting
TNK is pleased to announce that we are going to have a hybrid version of our TNK meetings this year. We will be meeting in person at the Sand Lake Library but will also try to have a Zoom option for parents that want to participate virtually. The Zoom info and link is below. The meetings will start at 7:00 this year. This first meeting this year will be an hour in length in order to plan and prepare for…
Find out more »October 2021
2021 Fall Family Dinner — CANCELED
It is with an abundance of caution that TNK is cancelling the Fall Dinner this year due to the high number of COVID positive people in our community. We will be exploring other ideas for events that can bring together the Japanese Immersion community and serve as fundraising opportunities for TNK. Please join us on September 14th for our TNK meeting at Sand Lake or Virtually to talk about options moving forward.
Find out more »November 2021
Online Silent Auction
Thank you so much for all of your donations these past few weeks! Thanks to your generosity, we have lots of wonderful items available to bid on in our first ever Tomo No Kai Online Auction! You can click the link below to get started bidding on some wonderful holiday gifts for your family and friends! https://www.biddingowl.com/TomoNoKai
Find out more »September 2022
United Nations Run
The Anchorage United Nations Day Run is a fundraiser for the Anchorage School District (ASD) language immersion programs. This is a fun 2K/5K run along the coastal trail open to all wishing to celebrate the cultural and linguistic diversity of the ASD and Anchorage community. Find more info at http://www.anchorageunrun.org
Find out more »October 2022
TNK Fall Family Dinner
Sign up to volunteer: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20F0A48ADA629A3FA7-tnk2022 Meals must be ordered in advance online - Deadline for orders is October 1; Meals are $16 each; Options include Katsu Chicken, Teriyaki Beef, and Yakisoba Noodles. Includes the main entree, rice, tempura, 2 dumplings, 4 California roll pieces and sauces served in a bento box. Meal Orders are now Closed. Join us for the Fall Family Dinner at Mears Middle School on October 8th from 6:00 - 8:00 pm Doors open at 5:45pm Silent Auction…
Find out more »November 2022
Japanese Immersion Planning Session
Attention Japanese Immersion Families! As many of you know, the school board is proposing to cut the high school immersion programs which would be a disservice to all our children’s education. This decision could be made as early as DECEMBER! So what can we do?! Please attend our planning session on Monday, 14 November, 2022 at 6:30 at the Sand Lake library. At the meeting, we intend to discuss how we can best mobilize and coordinate a response in support…
Find out more »March 2023
Alaska Nihongo Contest
ALASKA NIHONGO CONTEST: This Saturday, March 25th Tentative Contest Schedule: Registration/Check-In: 8:30am-9:15am (must register in person) Group Skit: 10:00-11:15 Poetry: 10:00-10:15 Original Poetry: 10:15-10:40 Haiku: 10:40-11:05 Speech: 10:00-11:25 Song: 11:20-12:15 *There will be Cultural Demonstrations throughout the day (more TBA). PLACE: UAA 3416 Seawolf Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 AWARDS: TBA (I’ll be in touch soon—in the past awards were @ 4:00pm)
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