Aurora Elementary
Military Family Resources
JBER Military School Liaison Officers:
Adele Daniels
(907) 384-1505
Services Provided: Assist military students and families with issues pertaining to transitions and how these transitions impact a student’s education. Assist school personnel by providing information on the unique issues facing military students (especially upcoming deployments.) Provide school personnel with information and resources available to families on JBER.
MFLC (Military Family Life Counselor)
- Services Provided: Non-medical counseling support to military students, families, and school staff. Provide brief solution focus, problem-solving, observations, and presentations. The Aurora MFLCs are available to students at Aurora Elementary every day.
- MFLC Permission Form
Kelcie Hansen
Gail Abernathy
phone: 907-742-0300
School Age Programs
Children in kindergarten through fifth grade may take advantage of JBER's School Age Programs. School Age Programs offer before and after-school care during the school year, with costs based on total family income.
Transportation is provided to and from Orion and Aurora Elementary Schools. The School Age Programs also offer summer camps and all-day camps on non-school days and over winter and spring break periods.
The School Age Program is offered at two locations on JBER:
Illa
Building 31-600, Grady Avenue | (907) 384-1063
Ketchikan
Building 7163, 11th Street | (907) 552-5091
JBER Youth & Teen Centers
The JBER Youth and Teen Centers provide students in ages 9–18 with a safe, supportive, and fun place to spend time after school. Each center offers a wide range of activities designed to encourage creativity, friendship, and personal growth. Centers are filled with opportunities for activities and clubs, skateboarding, field trips, and sound-proof music center.
There is also computer and Internet access, opportunities to earn funding for college, and space to relax with friends. Sports programs include baseball, flag football, basketball, cheerleading, indoor and outdoor soccer, girls' softball, gymnastics, dance, and Tae Kwon Do. Camp ins, dance clubs, arts and crafts, games, holiday events, and more.
Kennecott
Building 6104 Carswell Avenue | (907) 552-2266
Two Rivers
Building 297, Sixth Avenue and Dyea | (907) 384-1508
Tutor.com for U.S. Military Families
Tutor.com for U.S. Military Families is a DoD-funded program that allows eligible students in U.S. military families to connect to a live tutor online at any time for one-to-one help with homework, studying, test prep, proofreading and more. More »
The Military Interstate Children's Compact Commission (MIC3)
The goal of the MIC3 Compact is to replace the widely varying policies affecting transitioning military students. The Compact leverages consistency: It uses a comprehensive approach that provides a consistent policy in every school district and in every state that chooses to join. Alaska is a signatory to the MIC3 Compact. More about MIC3 »