Salmon Bay Monday Bulletin June 14th 2010

SALMON BAY K-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN
“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”
Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721
Website: www.salmonbayschool.org
Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org
Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Jessica Phillips 252-1731 jlphillips1@seattleschools.org 
Monday June 14th, 2010
 
Upcoming Events Calendar:
JUNE
14th–16th Mon-Wed        ES        Marian/Shawn’s Classes to Camp Seymour
16th      Wednesday       AS        LAST DAY Banking Window Open – Family Room Window 8:45
16th      Wednesday       MS       8th Grade Project Night 7:00 PM 3rd Floor Classrooms
17th      Thursday          ES        5th Grade Promotion 7:00 Stage/Cafeteria Area
18th      Friday              ES        Last Morning Sing with Mary K – 9:25
18th      Friday              ES        Field Day 10:00 AM
18th      Friday              ES        Elementary PE Talent Show 1:00
18th      Friday              AS        CELEBRATE “JAY DAY” – Jay Sasnett Retirement Celebration 4 – 6 Library
18th      Friday              MS       One Act Plays – Cafeteria – 7:00 PM
21st       Monday                        MS       6th/7th Graders to Wild Waves Amusement Park
21st       Monday                        MS       8th Grade Rehearsal and picnic
21st       Monday                        MS       8th Grade Promotion and Reception – Ballard High School 7:00 PM
22nd      Tuesday           MS         Panther Day (aka middle school field day)
22nd      Tuesday           AS        Last Day of School
23rd      Wednesday       AS        Sleep in and do nothing day
 
 
PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
 
 
ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE
 
Hello good people, here is lots of great info that everyone wants you to know…
 
LOST AND FOUND – Check through all the clothes/hats/lunchboxes in the cafeteria by Friday. It goes away Friday afternoon.   (by the way, how do kids lose pants or better yet, one shoe?)
LIBRARY BOOKS – Check in your car, your closets, your bookbags, your grocery bags for Salmon Bay library books. Linda has a very liberal lending policy and loves it when lost books are shelved where they belong for the summer.  
LUNCH ACCOUNTS – Our lunch manager Arthurine is not allowed to feed kids who have a negative balance, so could you kindly pay if you owe so her books balance. Thanks
SCRIP TABLE – Last week of scrip inventory. Buy your gift cards from Alodie for all of your
end of the year gift giving needs.  
NURSE JULIE – Remember any meds that your kids use at school should be picked up by next Tuesday or they will be destroyed. Thank you for taking care of this
ART HELP NEEDED – If you child has already gone to camp, their locker is oh so tidy and you are looking for a school project, could you help Barb in the art room. She could use a hand wrapping up for the year end. Bring lots of newspaper with you.
DID YOU BORROW THE CAKE DOCTOR from our IA Maureen Tameno? If you did, could you return it to the main office. Thanks
BANKING WINDOW – Last chance to deposit money this week. If you get a chance, please stop by the banking window and thank Linda Richards for maintaining our banking program this year. Her cheer and patience with pennies has been greatly appreciated. The banking program will continue with the help and monetary wisdom of Peggy Lynch. Thanks Peggy for stepping up.
FIELD DAY HELPERS – All those who are helping with field day, meet Mr. G on the upper field at 9:00 to get your assignments.  I am in need of two things for Field day…
  1. Help with creation of little mini water bladders. If you can fill 100 or so, come see me or look on my desk for bags of water balloons to be filled. Bring them for Field Day. Thx.
  2. Pick up of popsicles – (the best thing about Field Day) – if you can pick up some of that frozen fun before 11:30 on Friday, see me or email me – mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org.
ELEMENTARY YEARBOOKS – Will be handed out next week. The cost of the yearbooks is covered by your enrichment fees. Thank you to Cathy Rundell and crew for making sure there are photos of every student. Your commitment to photo equity is admirable.
DON’T FORGET: 5th Grade Promotion on Thursday night and the Elementary PE Talent show on Friday at 1:00 PM. We will also have our last Friday morning sing for the school year on Friday before the start of field day. 
 
 
Can you believe it is the last full week of school? I cannot. I will be at 4th grade camp Tuesday and Wednesday. See you at Field Day. Megan
 
 
MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE
 
June is here and we only have a few more busy weeks of school left!
 
Be sure to check out the Calendar at the beginning of the Bulletin for important dates!
 
8th GRADE PROJECT NIGHT!  Is this Wed., June 16 at 7pm, here at Salmon Bay School!  Projects will be displayed in the 3rd floor homerooms.
 
CELEBRATE JAY! Jay Sasnett is retiring after 41 years of teaching! Come celebrate all that Jay has done for Salmon Bay School on Friday, June 18th from 4 – 6pm here at Salmon Bay! Come with a favorite Jay story that you can share, wear a yellow WEP scarf or maybe a white Jay hat, and have fun with family, friends and Jay! The fun will begin in the Library, at 4pm. The program will begin at 4:30pm and we will have cake and drinks from 5:30 -6pm!!! Hope to see you and your kids there! This is open to all students, parents, friends, and alumni students! Any questions, please contact
– Jessica Phillips – jlphillips1@seattleschools.org
 
NOTES FROM THE LIBRARY:Middle School Parents: Yearbooks are coming! Amidst all of the excitement, please take a  moment to check in with your student about library materials. To receive their yearbook on time, students will need to have their books returned (or their lost/damaged books paid for) by the end of the school day on Wednesday (June 16th.) From Thursday on, students will first need to see me to resolve any outstanding library issues, at which point they can pick up their yearbook from Joel. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns! Email is the best way to contact me: laillman@seattleschools.org or you can give me a call at 252-1737. Please remember that parents can now check the Source for information regarding their students’ library account!
 
 
 
 
Important note for 8th grade students: Library accounts are now district-wide (like the Seattle Public Library.) To make sure that you start your high school career with a clean slate, please make sure you clear your Salmon Bay library account before you leave. Thanks! Linda Illman - Librarian/Ed. Tech.
 
SUMMER MATH SKILLS! Jon Olver, our 6th grade math teacher, wanted to make sure that all of our Middle School Families know about this great math program website - XtraMath! This is an online daily math program to help keep students math skills tuned up over the summer. It takes just 10 minutes a day! If you would like more information, check out the website at - xtramath.org Or Follow this link to their Summer flyer: http://xtramath.org/doc/XtraMathSummerFlyer.pdf
 
Freshman Orientation for Music Students at Ballard High School. On Monday, June 14 at 7:00pm in the music room. This is for both students and parents. This is an opportunity for incoming Ballard High School Music Students, and any students interested in learning more about the BHS Music program, and their Parents - to get important information about the Music Program at Ballard High School. Please look in the Community Section of this Bulletin for more info.
 
 
ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION
 
Young Playwrights One Act Play Festival. Friday, June 18th  7:00 pm   
* this is right after Jay’s party so come for the party and stay for the one acts!
 This is the big bang performance at the end of the year. Come and join us for the fun! Glyde.
Spring 2010 Young Playwrights One Act Play Festival Playlist
Act One:
Abe Lincoln (monologue) by Elliot Liedgren
Haiti (one act) by Marta Anex-Schnauss
Shakespeare (monologue) by Marta Anex-Schnauss
Ever After (one act) by Oliver Gibb
George Donner (monologue) by Maya Vesneske
Portia (monologue) by Emma Prang
Blind Beauty (one act) by Bailey Ellis
Van Gogh (monologue) by Aiden Walker
Blind Guy (one act) by Fate S.
Junkyard Dogs (one act) by Glyde Hart King
Tsunami in Seattle (one act) by Amelia Miller
Toon of Death (one act) by Isaiah Hensley
Ten minute intermission
Act Two:
Harriet Tubman (monologue) by Izzy Leitch
The Haunting (one act) by Emma Thomas
Leonidas of Sparta (monologue) by Kaiser deMaranville
End of My World (one act) by Oliver Gibb
Robin v. Robin (one act) by Elliot Liedgren
Anne Bonny (monologue) written and performed by Zenia Pakker
HHolmes (monologue) by Maya Vesneske
James Cook (monologue) by Amelia Miller
Earth (one act) by Percy Boyle, Davey Reinitz, Emma Prang & Co.
Harmless Bread Dough (one act) by Kayna Wong
Advert by Hunter Morris
Wheel of Misfortune (one act) by Maya Vesneske
Advert by Jonny Cechony
The Dating Game (one act) by Glyde Hart King
 
 
 
PLAYGROUND COMMITTEE NEWS:
 
PLAYGROUND UPDATE:  If you want to check out the committee’s recommendations and some results of our recent survey, visit us on Facebook!  You do not need a Facebook account in order to look at our page:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salmon-Bay-Playground-Committee/123070781051722.  In a nutshell:  Our timing is driven first by the district’s approval process, then by the award dates of two Neighborhood Matching Fund grants; construction, therefore, may be delayed until the summer of 2011 or sometime in 2012.  Thank you.  – Lance Adams (lancecadams@hotmail.com) and Robin Wise Lofstrom (robin@lofstrom.com), Committee Co-Chairs.
 
 
SCRIP NEWS:


A big “thank you!” to the families who purchased scrip last week, our inventory has shrunk considerably!!  We still have a some stock to clear out though, so check out the list below – if you are planning on having a pizza party, going to the movies (cards can be used for concessions, too!), picking up some books for summer reading, or suspect that you will be drinking a lot of iced lattes now that the sun has come out, stop by the scrip table and pick up a card that can be used for these purchases.  Scrip hours this week are Mon/Wed/Thurs/Fri mornings, and Thursday afternoon. We also have a few Chinook Books left; these pay for themselves in no time, so why not pick one up?
 
** There will be no Tuesday coffee hour this week, so be sure and stop by next week for the final coffee hour of the year!

PCC (reloadable):  $20 (1)
AMC Theatres (Meridian, Oak Tree):  $25 (1)
Regal Cinema (Thornton Creek, Pacific Place):  $25 (9)
Majestic Bay:  $15 (13)
Rain City Video: $35 - 10 punch (6)
Starbucks:  $10 (2), $25 (7)
Snoose Junction Pizzeria:  $10 (19), $25 (13)

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
8th GRADE PROMOTION TICKETS:  FROM FAYE O’KIELLY –
 
Pink forms are coming in requesting “extra promotion tickets”.  I am attaching the extra tickets onto the pink form and sending them back to Homeroom teachers for distribution.
 
Parents - Ask your students for those forms… in case they get buried under stuff in their backpacks.
 
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
 
Come hear a talk on Climate Change!
Why the controversy? Latest info on planetary effects and options for change.
Focus on what can be done. A half full not have empty approach.
By Louise Stonington, (a science teacher and Lynn Fitz-Hugh (SB parent)
At Greenwood Library Meeting room Thursday June 24th 6:30 to 8:00
Come be part of the solution
 
 
MUSIC OPPORTUNITIES FOR SUMMER: 
Openings for the kenny mandell jazzworks summer workshops starting monday, 6/28 thru friday, 7/2    10am - 12 with informal backyard bbq/performance   also monday, 7/5 thru friday, 7/9  
for grades 5 - 8   must read music  any instrument but drums  
more info kenny mandell at kgm1953@yahoo.com  789-5731   
 
 
IN THE FACE OF ANGER WORKSHOP
Please join Salmon Bay Mom and life coach Edith Fuchs and Buddhist nun Reverend Cheen for a half-day workshop on anger and other distressing emotions:
What: In the Face of Anger-Workshop on antidotes for anger and other distressing emotions. Components include presentations, experientials, and optional one-on-one sessions.
A suggested donation of $29 includes lunch.

When: Saturday, June 19th, 8 a.m. to Noon
Where: TCN Buddhist Center
11024 2nd Ave. NE, Seattle 98125
More information at http://www.thecompassionnetwork.blogspot.com/
Edith: (206) 779-1220 
Edith donates 10% of her client fees resulting from a Salmon Bay referral back to Salmon Bay School.
 
Fresh Air Body Fitness Outdoor Bootcamp at
Golden Gardens, Greenlake, and Ella Bailey Parks!  (Business owned by Salmon Bay moms)
Current Class Schedule:
Golden Gardens Park, Mon,Tues,Wed,Thurs, 6am – 7am
Greenlake Park, Tues,Thurs, 6am – 7am* women only class
Ella Bailey Park, Saturday 8am – 9am
With classes under $10, we challenge your body, not your pocketbook
About us:  We are passionate about fitness and people, and we want to make fitness accessible, affordable, and FUN to everyone. Our goal is to help you make fitness a part of your long term health regime. Our classes serve a variety of fitness levels and we offer modifications as needed. Classes are challenging, but not intimidating.   The first class is free - give us a try! For more information and to register for a class, please visit our website at www.FreshAirBodyFitness.com Questions? Call or emailsherry@foryourhealthnw.com 206-297-5942
 
Invitation:  Nine Simple Steps to Prime Time Health
Join us for a fun time as Dr. William Sears joins us via DVD to share his healthy-aging program that will help you: Prevent disease, Sharpen thinking,  Boost energy, Take charge of your life
 
Dr. William Sears with his wife Martha have co-authored 38 popular books on parenting & childcare.  They turn their attention to healthy aging in their latest book & DVD.  Dr. Sears has been advising busy parents how to raise healthier families for almost 40 years at the Sears Family Medical Practice in California.  He has appeared on television programs such as Oprah, Good Morning America, Today, 20/20, Dateline, and The Doctors. 
 
Where: Sherry Jaqua’s (mom to Sophia in ½ day K) home 8033 – 14th Ave NW (Ballard)
When: Tues. June 15th, 10:30am; Wed. June 16 th, 7pm; Thurs. June 17th, 7pm
 
Healthy smoothies will be provided as based on Dr. Sears’ recipe.  Please RSVP & bring a friend!
Call Sherry Jaqua at 206-297-5942 or email sherry@foryourhealthnw.com
DVD is 30 minutes – plan on staying for an hour for smoothies & social time!  
 
       
Parkour summer camps for kids!
Do your kids like to run, jump, climb, and vault over everything they see? Of course they do! Parkour Visions - a small nonprofit in Seattle - exists to teach kids and adults how to do these things safely and progressively through classes in the exciting new sport of parkour. Our first set of half-day, week long, summer camps are happening in July and August at our new parkour facility in Fremont and in parks outdoors across the city. Learn more and register now at http://parkourvisions.org
 
 
Coed Beach Volleyball Summer Camps at Golden Gardens –
Come join us for a ton of fun in the sand with Sandbox Sports Seattle. A great opportunity for boys and girls ages 9-13 to dive (literally) into beach volleyball, with a camp focused on fun, developing basic volleyball skill, and team building. No volleyball experience required.
 Summer dates are GG#1 July 19-23 and GG#2 August 23-27, 9am-noon, Go to http://www.sandboxsports.net/ to register, or contact Willie Moneda at 206-624-2899 or willie@sandboxsports.net for more info.
 
ART WIZARDS EVERYONE CAN DRAW SUMMER ART PROGRAM 
Art Wizards presents the North Seattle Summer Art Program. It’s a chance for every child to develop their drawing skills, and fill summer hours with beautiful artwork. Whether it’s Pikachu and Wall-E or still life and landscape, we teach our students how to see as artists do, and we show them exactly what and how to practice so their progress continues. We’ll show young artists the best ways to use pens, pencils, chalk and oil pastels and watercolor. You can see some of our students’ work in the galleries at artwizards.org. Whittier Elementary June 28 to July 1, Bryant Elementary July 12 to 15 and Whittier Elementary August 16 to 19. 10:00 to noon all four days. For grades 1-6. Tuition is $98, and includes snack and all materials. Flyers are available in the office. You may register by email at register@artwizards.org. If you don’t have internet access, please call Ilene Adler, Ph.D. at 206 525 6075. 
 
Incredible music opportunity for kids in Seattle area
Seattle JazzED is a new non-profit organization that was created to offer the highest level of jazz education and performance to the youth of the Seattle metropolitan area, regardless of their prior access to musical resources or their ability to pay. Building on Seattle’s rich jazz heritage, they are drawing upon the talents of highly-respected educators and institutions in the area to create one of the premier youth jazz organizations in the Western U.S.
 
Robert Knatt, former Band Director at Washington Middle School, and Clarence Acox, Band Director at Garfield High School, will be auditioning for Beginning, Intermediate and Advanced Jazz Ensembles this fall.  Please see the Seattle JazzEd website for more information.

All Middle and High School students are welcome, and a major thrust of Seattle JazzED’s efforts is to offer financial aid to underserved youth so that they can participate in the Seattle JazzED programs.  http://www.seattlejazzed.org/

Submitted by Megan Ratcliffe on Mon, 06/14/2010 - 2:13pm