Bulletin 1/31/2011
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 January 31st, 2011
Upcoming Events Calendar:
January
31st Monday MS Middle school Parent Social – Off campus – See below for info
February
1st Tuesday ES Elementary Afterschool Spanish Program continues
2nd Wednesday AS Banking Window Open- Family Room Window 8:00 am
2nd Wednesday AS Early Release – 2 hour early dismissal
4th Friday MS WEP # 4
5th Saturday AS 2nd Annual Salmon Bay Adult Spelling Bee – 7:00 – 2007 61st St
8th Tuesday ES Elementary Daytime Tour for prospective new families – 8:45 AM
9th Wednesday AS Banking Window Open – Family Room Window 8:00 AM
10th Thursday AS FOSB Meeting – All are welcome 7:00 PM Library
10th Thursday MS Middle school Daytime Tour for prospective new families-8:45 AM
11th Friday MS WEP #5
15th Tuesday AS 2nd Playground Design Workshop – 7:00 PM Library
16th Wednesday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare play - PM performance “Twelfth Night” – 7:00
17th Thursday ES “Twelfth Night” Daytime performance – 9:45 AM
17th Thursday ES “Twelfth Night” Evening performance – 7:00 PM
18th Friday AS All Auction Donations Turn in Deadline
18th Friday ES “Twelfth Night” Daytime performance – 9:45 AM
18th Friday MS WEP #6
21st-25th AS Mid-winter Break – NO SCHOOL
PRINCIPAL’S NOTE
Dear Salmon Bay Families:
Remember: Early dismissal this Wednesday. School finishes 2 hours early (12:35/12:40)
Teachers will be using their time this week to meet in an on-going professional learning community. Each group has selected a focus and particular activities and professional development to support their goals. This time, some groups will be looking at student work together, others will be reflecting on visits they have completed to observe each other’s classrooms, others will be planning a future observation with each other, others will be reflecting on some common reading. This is valuable time for every teacher to take a breath and look collaborate with each other for more than just the few minutes that then can grab here and there during the day, and it is all focused on improving student learning and instruction.
Middle School Families: Welcome to the first week of second semester! Your student may have new exploratory classes to tell you about. Their core classes may begin a new unit of study or project. It’s also a good time to stay on top of things, get organized and get off to a good start. We appreciate all you do to help your student thrive at school, and arrive on time ready to learn.
Have a good Wednesday afternoon, and a good week as well.
Take care,
Jodee
ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE
Hurray for sunny, 5 day weeks, with an early release day in the middle.
Booster seats are still needed for our primary classrooms to help in making sure little tikettes are safe when they go on little field triplettes. If you have one and don’t need it anymore, would you be so kind to drop it by my officlette. Thank you much
Tour guides are still needed for next week’s first elementary daytime tour, which begins at 8:45. We need cheerful folks who can help new prospective parents with simple questions like where do I go, how do you like it here and where did I park my car? Please email me if you can help. I need folks for approximately an hour. Thank you much
Hobby horses are hardly played with anymore but are very needed and necessary for our upcoming Shakespeare play, “Twelfth Night”. Shakespeare used hobby horses you ask? Our Shakespeare does. If you have a hobby horse that we can borrow for a few weeks, bring it in to my office and set it next to all the booster seats that hopefully are going to be streaming in. We also need a bench with a back so that Orsino can “recline lazily” while delivering his lines and we are in desperate need of
COWBOY BOOTS – sizes Chilren’s 3 to Women’s 9 Any donations of cowboy bootwear would be great!!
Spellers are still kneeded for this Saturday’s fun fundraiser, our adult only Spelling Bee, starting at 7:00 PM. This fundraiser will bring some dollars to our school, giggles to your face and it will surely challenge your sense of spelling. Haupe two cee ewe thair. ( I might as well just give my $10 up now J)
Coffee makers are still needed for our coffee hour. Do you love to make and share your coffee? Well how about doing it at school. Email me if you would like to help out our coffee hour on Tuesday mornings. Thank you much
Lastly, for all the times you have laundry in your basket and dishes in your sink and you come to Salmon Bay to help us out in any way, Thank you much. Have a lovely week. Megan
MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE
WEP!!! #4: Is this Friday, 2/4! And, Thank you for volunteering again this week!! If you are planning to volunteer to help with any of the WEP Activities, you will need to have a Background check on file here at school (A Criminal History Information Form – CHI). We need to have a new form turned in every year! Forms are available in the main office, on the Seattle School District website, or on our school website – salmonbayschool.org - under “forms”. If you are not sure if you have turned in a form yet, please send me an email (jlphillips1@seattleschools.org) and I will check. Thank you!
SCRIP FOR SALE: In the main office on WEP nights! That’s right! When you come to pick up your skier or snowboarder, be sure to bring your check book and stop by the main office to buy some Scrip! Tracy will be selling Scrip from 6:45 – 7:15pm on WEP Fridays – 2/4, 2/11 and 2/18. We have Scrip for – Fred Meyer / QFC, Starbucks, Safeway, PCC and Snooze Junction Pizza. Scrip helps to raise much needed funds to support Salmon Bay School! See you Friday!
MIDDLE SCHOOL TOURS! Are scheduled for Thursday, Feb 10th, Thursday, March 10th and Thursday, March 17th. All beginning at 8:45am. We will need parent volunteers to help with these tours from 8:30am – 10:30am. Please send me an email if you are interested and available to help! Thank you!
EMERGENCY WATER DONATIONS NEEDED! AND ENERGY BARS!! We have all of those wonderful classroom emergency buckets (thank you for donating)! Now we are in need of donated water and energy bars! We would like to have 40 cases of water and 40 cases of Power Bars on hand for use in an emergency for all of the students. If you are able to pick up a case of either water or Power Bars, you can bring them in to my office at any time and I will be sure to get them to Keith McLaren who is organizing our Emergency Supply Needs!!! Thank you!
MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENT SOCIAL NIGHT! Can We Talk? MIDDLE SCHOOL Parent Social Nights Are Back! MONDAY, JANUARY 31! Come meet and “hang out” with other Salmon Bay middle school parents. This is a fun, informal opportunity to connect with other SBS parents and talk about the issues we all face in raising and educating adolescents. Suggested topic this month: Rudeness! What is it? Where does it come from? What do we do about it? Share your frustrations and successes (or...chat about something completely different:). When: Monday, January 31st, 7:00 pm - whenever. Where: [CORRECTION] The Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, 8564 Greenwood Ave. N. (North of 85th and Greenwood intersection, just South of Safeway)
FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT INFORMATION
Spelling bee fundraiser: SATURDAY FEBRUARY 5th 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM
Our adults-only spelling bee fundraiser is SATURDAY! This year, we’re adding a bonus game —if you know what “2BZ4UQT” means, then this is the game for you! Live music by Crwth (and that’s the truth). All proceeds benefit Salmon Bay. Cash bar. Donations gladly accepted at door, plus $10 to play, and $10 to buy back in once. Prizes (and bragging rights)! Saturday, February 5, 7pm-10pm, 2007 NW 61st St. (the funky old church with the tricycles on the porch).
AUCTION NEWS: SATURDAY MARCH 26th, 2011 - A Space Oddity
Look for auction news in the attached auction flyer, but you can still help by one of the following.
- Join our auction team! Please contact Edith Fuchs by email (eka@nwlink.com) or phone (206-779 1220).
- Donate items to our auction! You can donate conveniently online at http://salmonbayschool.org/parents/fundraising/auction/donor_form, or mail in or drop off a donation form (available in the school lobby, or download attached file). For information regarding donations or to volunteer to be part of the procurement team, please contact Julie Nachtwey by email (julie@nachtwey.com) or phone (206-781 5229).
- Come to the event, have fun, and enjoy the satisfaction of buying the things and services you wanted anyways while knowing that the $$ will directly support your kids receiving the quality education they deserve.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS NOW: Sat, MARCH 26th, 2011 North Seattle Community College, 5-10.
AUCTION WINE GRAB
It's that time of year again... time to think about your favorite bottle of wine and one that you want to share with the other good folks of Salmon Bay. Here's how it works. We will have a wine grab where auction attendees can pay $25 and before they leave the auction they will get to grab a bottle of wine to go. What will they get? The hope is that they will get a great bottle of wine that will become one of their favorites as well! The wines that end up in the wine grab are mostly $10-$30 bottles (with the occasional $30+!). We are looking for your favorite wines to be donated - the ones that you buy as a gift when you're going to a friends house for dinner, or as a treat when friends come over. For instance, I discovered a 2006 Castle Rock Syrah that is $14 and amazing. That would be a good candidate for a wine grab donation. Another idea is to get a case of your favorite wines so that you get the case discount, and then donate half of them to the wine auction! Whichever way you choose, we would really like to make this year's wine auction a big event. We've done this the last two years and sold out within the first 30 minutes of the auction and lots of people were disappointed they didn't get to participate. And, if you have higher end bottles of wine, you can also donate those! Anything around $30 or more will end up in the silent auction. Ready to donate? Take your wine over to Michelle Chamberlain's house at 7023 22nd Ave. NW (just a couple blocks from school). There's a trunk on the porch where you can put your donation and there will be a clipboard to note your name, what you brought and the approximate value. Or you can give your bottles to Audrey Lee, Cassy Johnson or Kevyn Hauser. Thanks for your help! Cheers! Michelle
PLAYGROUND DESIGN WORKSHOP – Tuesday Feb 15th, 7:00 PM Library
2nd playground design workshop: In two weeks’ time, we’ll see three different concepts, and have another chance to refine our vision down to one final concept (with budget). Come meet our architect, hear what the community has to say, and help make a difference to our school. Mark your calendars for Tuesday, February 15th, from 7-8:30 in the library.
SCRIP NEWS –
NEW SCRIP HOURS: Purchase scrip at the table located in the front foyer near the office; hours are Tuesday and Friday mornings 8:15 - 8:45, and Thursday afternoons (right after school).
GIFT CARDS AVAILABLE THIS WEEK! We now have Starbucks cards for $10 and $25, Fred Meyer/QFC cards available for purchase in $50, $100, $200, and $300 amounts, PCC cards available for $20, and Snoose Junction available in $10 and $25 increments. The PCC cards are rechargeable, just add funds at the cash register and then use the card to pay.
eSCRIP: The eScrip program allows you to support Salmon Bay programs with minimal effort! Simply go to www.escrip.com, securely register your credit cards, debit card, and selected store club cards (club cards require use of account #, not phone #), and designate Friends of Salmon Bay as the group you would like to support. Now, every time you shop at any one of the hundreds of participating merchants using one of the registered cards, a percentage of your purchase goes directly to the school!
MIDDLE SCHOOL INFORMATION
ELEMENTARY ANNOUNCEMENTS
SPANISH CLUB
SPANISH CLUB: Starts Tuesday February 1st afterschool. Meet in room 214.
K-5 Class Tuesday’s 2:35-3:35 Room 214, Cost $100
More info or questions contact Martha 783-1012
DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS
FOR HIGH SCHOOL TOUR INFORMATION, PLEASE GO TO
http://district.seattleschools.org/modules/groups/homepagefiles/cms/1583136/File/Departmental%20Content/enrollment/High%20Schools%204%2011.12.pdf?sessionid=1568ead8201846fc6faf76daa18cf72e
COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS
Event: Getting to Calm with Laura Kaatner, Ph.D
Tuesday, February 1, 2011 7:00-9:00 pm
Admission: $15.00
Discovery House -- 4401 2nd Ave NE -- Seattle
(behind Dick’s Drive-in on 45th in Wallingford)
With humor, wisdom and a deep understanding of the teenage brain,
Dr. Laura Kastner will offer parents practical approaches for handling
some of the most common hot-button issues of adolescence.
In this interactive, engaging session, Dr. Kastner will present some of the most frequently encountered and normal rough patches of adolescence, offering specific strategies for resolving these difficulties calmly & successfully while enhancing the teen’s development in the process.
Ballard Little League
Ballard Little League has extended its registration dates - so please sign up for baseball and softball right away! Assessments start this coming weekend and we want you to play ball! If you sign up, you will play!
Please go to ballardll.net to sign up or call Patty Lott at 784-2527.
If you live south of NW 85th Street, east of Puget Sound, north of the ship canal and west of 8th Avenue NW, you are a Ballard Little Leaguer! Ages 8 - 18 - come play real baseball and softball!
Ballard High School- Mid Winter Break- Soccer Camp- 2011
Attend the camp and show your skills
Ages 7-14
February 21-22-23-
Mid Winter break 10:00 am – 1:00pm Ballard High School Soccer Field
Cost$$$ $47.00 Prizes Daily….bring your own Snack & Water Bottle
For more information, contact grhunter@seattleschools.org
Hoopaholics Midwinter break basketball camp
Who: Boys/girls – grades 2nd through 8th – players will be broken into groups based on age/gender and skill level
Where: Ballard High school, February 22nd through February 25th – 9am to noon
Cost: $85
Coaches: Michael Johnson and others from Hoopaholics
Hoopaholics Midwinter break camp is an opportunity for players to learn more about the game and have fun in a great environment. Players will learn and work on: Shooting, footwork, ball handling, triple threat, and will play in game situations. Players should bring water and a snack.
EXCITING AFTER SCHOOL CLASSES FROM EARLY MASTERS ART STUDIO...
ZOOM IN! MASTERPIECES IN DETAIL
In this very special session, we’ll take a closer look at some of the most incredible paintings in history --- and then break them down to really understand the work in depth. For instance, what are clogs doing in the “The Arnolfini Portrait” and why is just one candle burning in the chandelier? And what does that mirror in the back really reveal?? We’ll unravel symbolism and find the hidden secrets located in plain view. We’ll learn that elite Egyptian women would wear scented animal fat cones on their heads on special occasions that would melt in the sun and coat their wigs with perfume.
We’ll shed light on fashions, lifestyles, politics, and people -
oh yes, and we’ll paint...a lot.
Let’s take a trip through history together, and discover fascinating little facts along the way.
Mondays Feb. 7- March 14* (no class on FEB. 21) 4-6pm
ALSO...
Early Dismissal Day -- February 2nd
Outsider Art Afternoon!
Folk Art, Naive Art, or Outsider Art... No matter what you call it, it's always interesting and original.
We'll paint up a storm and you'll bring home your own Outsider art masterpiece.
1:30-4pm
Limited space www.earlymasters.com
SUMMER TRAVEL OPPORTUNITY FOR SALMON BAY FAMILIES – SUMMER 2011
Dear Salmon Bay Parents,
Spend your summer vacation on the beautiful, fascinating island of Bali! At the end of last year I sent a message inquiring about interest in a Salmon Bay family tour to Greece or Bali, Indonesia. The feedback came in overwhelmingly for Bali, so I would like to give you more details about this adventure to Southeast Asia.
We propose a 14-day "Bali and a little Java" tour beginning Sunday, August 7 and ending Saturday, August 20 and would like to invite those interested to our home for a slide show and orientation of the tour Wednesday, February 2nd, 7:00 PM in room 214 at Salmon Bay. Please RSVP to either rctouring@comcast.net or 206 789 9156. We encourage your questions and concerns and hope to hear from you soon, because it is never to early to start planning for your summer vacation.
Julie Coen, mother of 6th grader Salmon Bay student
Piano Lessons offered for all ages and abilities
Hello Salmon Bay families! My name is Laura Coyer, and I currently run a piano studio in Ballard that includes families from Salmon Bay as some of my current students. I have a few openings in my studio, and I would love to welcome you to our music community and to help you begin your journey of music.
Lessons are $34 weekly for a 30 minute slot and $50 weekly for a 45 minute slot. I teach beginners through advanced, and I welcome all who are eager to make music part of their lives.
I have Masters and Doctoral degrees in piano performance and have been teaching piano and music for over 15 years. I'm a current member of the Washington State Music Teacher's Association, and am an active performer in the Seattle area. My studio is only 6 blocks from Salmon Bay on Jones, and just north of 65th.
Please call or email me if you'd like to set up a time to meet or if you have any questions.
¯Thank you, and I look forward to hearing from you!
¯Dr. Laura Coyer (206) 788-9655 ljcoyer@earthlink.net
Northwest Seattle Little League
Registration is now open for Northwest Seattle Little League, which is open to boys and girls who are at least 6 years of age as of April 30th, 2011 and live in the approximate area in Seattle between Northwest 85th Street and Northwest 145th Street and between Puget Sound and I-5. Online Registration is available at www.NWLittleLeague.org. Families can also find out more about our league in person at the Meet and Greet / Cleat Exchange in the cafeteria at Whitman Middle School, 9201 15th Avenue NW on Saturday, February 5 between 9am and noon. For more information regarding our league, including volunteer and sponsorship opportunities, tryout dates and upcoming player, coach, and umpire clinics, please visit our website or contact us at NWLL@hotmail.com.
Play Baseball/Softball with North Central Little League
Sign up now for the 2011 baseball/softball season! North Central Little League offers programs for boys and girls ages 5-18 years-old living in Phinney Ridge, Wallingford, Fremont, Greenwood (south) and Ballard (east). Go to www.northcentrallittleleague.org to register.
Space to Create www.spacetocreate.net 1414 NW 70th Street 784.0401
2011 Classes/Events Coming Up:
½ Day K Class: Tuesdays ongoing
Middle School Open Studio: Wednesdays 3 - 5
Early Release Art Time: Wednesday, Feb. 2nd from 1 – 4:30 (Barb will walk group over directly after school)
Fun with Paper and Collage: Thursday, February 3, 10 and 17th 3:45-5:15
For Adults:
Felt Slipper Workshop
Frances Clements Fawcett
Saturday 2.5
10 - 2 pm
Fee: $40 plus $10 material fee
Calling all Washington State Students in Grades 3-12! The 2011 World Citizen Essay Contest is Officially Underway!
If you're a student, submit an essay! And tell your friends, too!
If you're a teacher, tell your students!
If you're a parent, tell your kids!
Spread the word!
Each year the World Affairs Council hosts the World Citizen Essay Contest for Washington state students in grades 3-12. The goal of the World Citizen Essay Contest is to promote discussion among students, teachers, families, and community members about the ways that individuals can effect positive change in the global community.
This year, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the World Affairs Council and the upcoming 50th anniversary of the Seattle World's Fair, the World Affairs Council is embarking on a two-year partnership with the Seattle Center Foundation to bring you this year's contest! Students in grades 3-12 are encouraged to ponder the following question:
Looking back over the last 60 years, please identify a Puget Sound-based innovation that has left its mark around the world. Explain why and how this innovation had an impact beyond the United States. (This impact can be related to the arts, sports, music, popular culture, technology, civic action, global health, education, manufacturing, etc.) Essays will be judged based on the strength and merit of their argument, organizational structure, and attention to detail (grammar, spelling, conventions). Students are encouraged to be creative in selecting their topics.
Essay Length: 1,000 words or less, typed and double-spaced
Deadline for Essay Submission: March 28, 2011
Eligibility: Washington state students in grades 3-12
Awards: First through third place awards will be granted in each of the following categories: grades 3-5, 6-8, and 9-12. Winners will be recognized at a celebratory Spring event.
First prize: $200
Second prize: $100
Third prize: $50
With many thanks to the Seattle Center Foundation, all 9 prize winners will also receive a set of 4 admission tickets to the Pacific Science Center and Seattle Center Foundation Next Fifty T-shirts!
All essays must be submitted electronically, as a word document, to EssayContest@world-affairs.org.
***Accompanying all submitted essays, must be a completed cover form. When submitting your cover form and essay, please indicate "Essay Contest Submission" in the email subject line. Please do not include your name or school on your essay.
For more information on the 2011 World Citizen Essay Contest, including Cover Form, Rules Sheet, and Judging Rubric, please visit the World Affairs Council
