Weekly Bulletin

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

http://www.wastatepta.org/

Monday January 30th, 2012

Upcoming Events Calendar:

FEBRUARY

9th Thursday MS 2nd Middleschool Daytime Tour – 8:30 AM Cafeteria

9th Thursday ES 2nd Elementary Daytime Tour – 9:15 AM Cafeteria

9th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent Meeting 7:00 PM Library

10th Friday AS PIE Bookgroup starts 7:00 PM rescheduled

10th Friday MS WEP #5 – Winter Enrichment Program

11th Saturday AS Adult Spelling Bee – 7:00 PM 2007 NW 61st ST

15th Wednesday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 7:00 PM Stage

16th Thursday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 9:00 AM Stage

16th Thursday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 7:00 PM Stage

17th Friday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 9:00 PM Stage

17th Friday MS WEP #6 – Winter Enrichment Program

20th- 24th AS MID WINTER BREAK – NO SCHOOL

27th Monday AS Open Enrollment begins for choosing schools – elem/middle/high school

29th Wednesday MS Middle school Career Day

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

A big thank you to everyone who came out on Friday night and supported the Salmon and Spaghetti Feed. Wow! We had a great turnout, very generous donations for the dinner and also for the playground tiles. Plus, the food was definitely an amazing treat---so tasty! A special thanks to the parents who helped, especially Bret and Stephanie Lynch, to sponsor and make this event so successful.

I would also like to take this opportunity to introduce a new staff member: Natalie Ramsay. Natalie will be working with the Special Education staff in both the elementary and middle school programs. She is replacing Seema Vaze, who transferred to a position at Nathan Hale High School. Natalie is an experienced teacher—has worked in various schools for Seattle District, including AS #1 / Pinehurst Alternative School. She is also an endorsed art teacher, as well as core subjects and special ed teacher. She will be located this year in Room 214. Please give her a welcome “hello” if you have a chance.

Did you know? This is National School Counselor Recognition Week! You may recognize many of the things Anthony does with children—talking, guiding, problem-solving, friendship coaching, helping families and students in crisis, as well as teaching the anti bullying curriculum in classrooms.

But: Did you also know all the new programs Anthony has added over the years, including the following ones he has added just this year:

Training and supporting the Panther All-Stars in their work of tutoring younger students, being peer conflict mediators, and anti-drug student educators.
Starting a book group, on the titles “Raising our Sons/Daughter” by Kathy Masarie, for our parent community (the group has been beneficial to gather parents to support each other in the most important job of parenting our children).
Working with parents and staff to bring the wonderful movie, “Finding Kind,” to our school
Coordinating our first Middle School Career Day.
Organizing our first Middle School Health Fair put on by the Panther All-Stars to educate their peers on the negative effects of alcohol, marijuana, and tobacco.

Simply put: We count our blessings every day that we have such an amazing counselor as Anthony!

Have a good week!

Jodee

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Quick notes for a long week

Gratitude and blessingsto all for Friday nights’ success. Thank you to

All of the volunteers who helped set up, serve, clean, sweep and push brooms.
All families who joined us for food and fundraising
Our gift of a staff who cooked a beautiful meal– Bret and Stephanie Lynch and their amazing crew.
Our playground committee who presented great info about the playground
Our Salmon Bay community who overall made the evening a huge success –

The room felt full of joy and appreciation on Friday night. Thank you. If you liked the salmon from the event, Ocean Beauty Seafoods (our hosts of the evening) sell it at a dock sale every 3rd Saturday at Fisherman’s Terminal. Check them out.

DIRECTORIES: Hopefully you all have received your directory via kid backpack. Look deep into those backpacks and I am sure you will unearth many treasures. If you find your info is incorrect, email me and we will send it out with our corrections page.

FOSB MEETING:Thursday night is our monthly FOSB meeting. Remember, you do not have to belong to our board to attend our parent meetings. Our meetings are informative and helpful decision making sessions. We encourage any who are interested to come.

SPELLING BEE:Are you free this Saturday and want to show your spelling strength? Join us for this fun adult only event. All info is below.

Enjoy your week. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Many Thanks to give this week- To those who helped to lead our first Middle School tour of the year, Thank you! To all the people who helped to create a successful and community building fundraiser at Friday night's Salmon and Pasta feed, Thank You! To the Lynch family and Ocean Beauty Seafoods for donating all the time and delicious food that we ate at this wonderful event, Thank You! To the people who volunteer to help our WEP activities each week, Thank You! To all the families who are patient and considerate during that crazy pick up time on Friday night, especially this week with the added congestion of extra cars, Thank You! I am continually impressed with the generosity and willingness of our parents and it makes this job so much easier.

Grown Up Spelling Bee Saturday 2/11 at 7 pm- 2007 NW 61st ST- Come test your spelling skills at a super fun social night and fundraiser for the school. See below for all the particulars and we hope to see you Saturday!

Volunteer Needs- I could use a couple parents this Thursday morning to help with the Middle school tour. It starts at 8:30 and if this is something you can do, please reply to this email.

Friday,February 17th is scheduled to be our last WEP day. We usually have a hot dog BBQ at Snoqualmie Summit on the last day. I need parents who can help out with this both by shopping for supplies before or helping up at the pass the day of. Please let me know if this is something you can help with.

Directory Corrections- We are ever so glad the directory is finally in your hands! If you did not get a directory please let me know and I will put one in your students hands. We are compiling a list of directory additions and corrections so if any of your information is missing or wrong, please let us know and we will put it on the list.

I hope you enjoy this spring like weather and have a great week! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

8TH GRADE PROJECT UPDATE

Week of Feb 6th - Students should have finished their first 30 notecards and shown them to Melanie this week to be recorded. This included 5 source cards and 25 information cards with the source number noted. Information on how to do this is in the yellow folder. I have an information sheet on how to do the source (bibliography)cards if needed. Students who are doing the same topic as their LA book just need to show me their notes and bibliography information from that project, and then we will decide if they are going to continue in the same way or with note cards.

The next set of 70 cards is due on Monday, February 27 (right after midwinter break) and should include another 5 sources (10 sources total with 100 cards).

This Thursday’s lunch meeting is mandatory for all students participating in the project so that we can confirm expectations and so that students can receive the calendar with dates for the rest of the project. It should not take the full lunch period. Students can bring their lunch and eat while we meet. As usual, please let me know if you have any questions at meshelton@seattleschools.org or 206-252-1781.

SPRING PLAY AUDITIONS COMING NEXT WEEK

Auditions for the spring play The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, Monday Feb 13 and Tuesday Feb 14, after school in Room 306 (Glyde’s Room).

Performance dates are May 3, 4, 5. We need cast and crew. Scripts are available for perusal.

There is even room for the very talented and very brave elementary student, so… come one… come all!

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT MEETING THIS THURSDAY AT 7;00 PM

Everyone is welcome to attend. Agenda is attached to today’s bulletin

MATH CELEBRATION IN MARCH

March 14th Pi Day - A Math Celebration Night at Salmon bay School. Event will include: potluck pie, pie walk, math games, show case, collective social math activity, parent resources related to math and more.

Keep posted to the bulletin for more information.

SALMONBAYLOWER PLAYGROUND UPDATE:

Great things to say about the playground today and for Friday night.

A huge thank you to Bret and Stephanie Lynch, their staff, Ocean Beauty Seafoods, Couer d’Alene Bakery and Charlies Produce for their donations of time, talent and tasty food to Friday’s night successful event. We hosted over 400 folks, sent kids home tired from pin down, gave food away to a local shelter and collected over $7000 in tile requests. We couldn’t have done what we did without them. Net proceeds from the Salmon Feed were around $5000, so are halfway to our goal.
Starting Wednesday, please visit the scrip desk to visit a sample of tiles, an updated view of the playground designand to pick donation form and envelope (which you can leave with the Scrip seller, Volunteer Coordinators or in the Playground box of the main office
We are very close to our goal of completely funding the playground and opening it in the fall. If you didn’t get a chance to come Friday night and support the project, you still can. Donation forms are at the scrip table or available from the volunteer coordinators.

Adult Spelling Bee Fundraiser: Saturday February 11th 7–10 PM

Have you heard the buzzing in the halls yet? Well, that bee in our bonnet wants to make some money, honey! So if you’re a pretty good (adult) speller, like live music, and enjoy the company of good friends, then this fundraiser’s for you. We begin with a written, qualifying round, open to all paying contestants ($10 fee). After a break with live music by Alice Strassburger (alumni), the top spellers will then participate in a traditional (live) spelling bee.

All proceeds benefit Salmon Bay. $50 cash prize to the top speller. Cash donations for entrance accepted at door, donations for drinks gladly accepted, and the live bee offers a $10 buy-back (which is pretty darned popular)! Saturday, February 11th, 7pm-10pm, at 2007 NW 61st St. (the funky old church with the tricycles on the porch). Questions? Contact Robin Wise Lofstrom at robin@lofstrom.com. Bee there – and bee sure to bring yer date for this fun evening bee-fore Valentine’s Day!

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

We need your donations! Do you have something totally awesome that you just don't need? Donate it! Do you have a cabin or time share? Donate! Do you have a special skill that someone else might think is pretty neat? Donate! Do you have a business that can offer services or items? Donate!

I have three gift certificates for Diva Espresso to give away. The first three donations starting TODAY, that are entered either here http://salmonbayschool.maestroweb.com/ or here http://www.salmonbayschool.org/parents/fundraising/auction/donor_form will get one.

Incentive! :)

Here is what we still need help with:

1. Someone to run the Fund A Need portion of the Live Auction. We won't know what we'll be funding specifically until after mid-winter break, but a general "getting ready to think about it" can happen now.

2. Someone to set up the Live Auction. This includes preparing displays, setting up displays and more.

3.. People to help with decorations. Talk to Jaci! jak@jacikajfas.com

Please e-mail me if you are able to step in to any of these, or have questions about them. suzaroo@gmail.com Please know that there are people to help you know what to do if you've not done any of these jobs before. The beauty of our auction is that there are many people who have done this all before and are more than willing to help train new people. :)

Our growing catalog of donated items is on the web as we get them: http://salmonbayschool.maestroweb.com/ check 'em out! You can donate on that site,or through the Salmon Bay school website's Auction link. http://www.salmonbayschool.org/auction A printable document is there as well.

Like us on facebook if you hang out there. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salmon-Bay-School-Annual-Auction/200623706680975

Questions? Comments? Holla!

Suzanne

WINE GRAB INFORMATION:

For those of you who are wine lovers and want to share your wisdom or know of someone who would love the gift of wine, (you perhaps?) start thinking about this year's Wine Grab at the auction. We are requesting donations of fabulous wines ranging from $10-$30 in value as another great way to support our auction. Dry Whites and All Reds are the most desirable varieties.

This year, we are making a special plea for one or two donors to submit 1 very special bottle, (unexpected luxurious gem) to be discovered by one or two very lucky bidders.

You can donate in three ways at your convenience. Please be sure to fill out your donor information on the clipboard including why your donation is special. (point rating, description etc.)

To Megan at the school
On my porch at my home located at: 7058 13th Ave NW, (1/2 a mile form the school. Corner house at 73rd and 13th. There is a white trashcan on the porch to keep it discrete.)
Or you can call 425-501-8846 and I will pick it up.

This auction item is done in a sign up fashion so you don't have to compete for a bottle in the silent auction manner but, for example, if we have 25 bottles up for grabs, the first 25 bidders who sign up to take a bottle home, WINS! One bottle is a flat $15, it's that simple, and a great way to make sure you don't go home empty handed. Chances are, you are going home with something worth much more.

Happy Grabbing,

Hillary Leonard

PARENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE BOOK CLUB NIGHTS STARTING SOON

PIE Book ClubDate Changed!

Due to conflict with our Salmon Feed last week we are changing the date of the “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” book group from February 3rd to February 10th. E-mail or call Zara to confirm.

“Free Range Kids” will still be on March 2nd.

There are two copies of “Tiger Mother" in the school library. Check with Linda to see if they’re checked out. I also have a copy to loan. It’s a quick read.

Book discussion will meet at my house, Friday, February 10th, 7:00 pm. RSVP to get the address.

Zara Kublin (Henno, 7th grade)

zkublin@hotmail.com (206) 276-2831

PS. Next up after “Tiger Mother” is “Free Range Kids” at Karine Dammer’s house. Friday, March 2, 7:00 pm.

From Legislative Chair:

1) FOCUS DAY is right around the corner on Monday, February 20th, President’s Day (no school that day). This is the day, organized by the Washington State PTA, when families and concerned citizens rally at the Capitol in support of public education. You can go to the WSPTA’s main page to learn more:

Also, here’s a link to the day’s schedule and agenda.

http://www.wastatepta.org/meetings/focus_day/Focus_Day_Agenda_12.pdf

SalmonBay Schoolis not a member of PTA, but that doesn’t mean we can’t join with the public school community to demand that the legislature not cut our funding during this session as they are planning to do. Please plan to go if you can because a big turnout makes a big difference. I will be trying to organize some carpools. Contact me if you need a ride or can provide one.

2) Also, note that there is a bill that’s been put forward called “Fund Education First” (HB 2533). I suggest we all be skeptical of this bill because, though the name is awfully nice, it doesn’t raise revenue for education, but simply prioritizes education over other public services. The public education community understands how important social services are for the success of our students. We should consider whether this bill does anything other than shift money around in ways that may even be damaging to children. The devil is in the details.

Zara Kublin

zkublin@hotmail.com

(206) 276-2831

SCRIP NEWS!

Come on over and help us clear out our merchandise and help our school make some sweet moolah at the same time!

Scrip table is staffed M-F 8:15am-8:45am and Wednesdays 2:15pm-2:45pm.

Hope to see you soon!

Suzanne and Amy

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

SALMONBAYELEMENTARY YEARBOOK IS CHANGING IT’S LOOK

We have a new way to get photos to Sherry Jaqua, our elementary yearbook editor – one way is to upload directly to the yearbook site – there are some steps below and it’s really easy for users, handy for Sherry! Or, photos can be sent to the new email address set up below.

http://edo.entourageyearbooks.com/UploadPhotosGeneralUserLogin.asp?yearbook_id=5869

Enter password: yearbook (all lower case)

Click “submit”

Choose number of photos you want to upload
Choose Category (these are arranged by teacher and event) Please choose the teacher or event that your photos represent
Browse for photos and click “upload” (It’s ok to upload fewer photos than you designate in step 1)
Enter names of students if possible
Click “done” if you are finished or “upload more” to upload more to the same or choose a different category

Email photos to sbyearbook2012@gmail.com

Please let me know which class/event the photos are for

Problems? Call Sherry at (206-601-5627)

Thanks

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Attention Jazz Band Enthusiasts!

Salmon Bayparent Kenny Mandell is starting a Middle school jazz band and is looking for musicians who are wanting to join a jazz band. He is currently looking for any instruments as long as you have had some experience playing. Please contact Kenny Mandell at kenny mandell jazzworks.com or kgm1953@yahoo.com. (206)331-7025

Sweatshirt orders for Middle school Boys and Girls Basketball

Orders are now being taken for students participating in boys and girls basketball after school. Get your order form from your coach and turn it in with your payment (make checks out to FOSB) to your coach by Tuesday, 1/24.

Sweatshirts and pants are not required to participate in basketball but are available to order for school/team spirit. If you have any questions, contact Rae Keyes at seattlekeyes@comcast.net.

UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL TOURS

Open Enrollment Periodfor the 2012-2013 school year is Feb 27,2012 through March 9, 2012. Information on student assignments will be available for families on April 16, 2012.

NOVA:

Have you, or your student, considered The Nova Project for High School? Whether you check the yes or no box above, you owe it to both of you to take a look at what Nova has to offer.

At Nova:

Students take responsibility for their own education, governance and behavior. Nova is the only school democracy in the Seattle Public School system.
Teachers have a close personal relationship with students and are heavily invested in their academic and social success.
Students have the flexibility to pursue a wide range of educational passions.
Staff and students focus on social and environmental justice –in the school, in the local community and in the world at large.

Nova hosts an exhibition night on February 9; and a series of visit dates coming up; Jan 12th and 31st, Feb 14th and March 1st; 12noon-1pm.

If you would like to talk to a Salmon Bay parent who currently has a student at NOVA Cameron Mason has volunteered to be another contact person for questions. Her contact information is vida@seanet.com and 789-5198.

Additional questions: Contact Lynne lynne@ohana.org; 818-8093,

BALLARD:

Ballard High is offering three day time tours from 8:00AM-9:30 AM. The dates are February 9, 14, and 29. We will have one evening tour on Wednesday, February 15. The tour will begin at 7:00 PM in our Main Gym. Please find street parking. Thank you.

INGRAHAM:

Ingraham Open House 2012 for incoming students

February 1st – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Auditorium

IngrahamHigh SchoolIB Information Night

February 8th – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Library

IngrahamHigh School Day Time Tours

February 15th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

March 7th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

Tour begins in the school Auditorium

Questions? Call the Main Office #206-252-3888 No need to RSVP for tours or the night open houses.

ROOSEVELT:2012 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHT

Feb. 2, 2012 at 7PM in the Theater.2012 High School Information Night, is taking place at Roosevelt on February 2, 2012. This event will give potential 9th grade families and other families new to the RHS community a chance to listen to a student panel talk about life at Roosevelt, meet with department heads about curriculum, tour the school, and visit with club and sports representatives. Contact the Counseling Office, 206-252-4827 or the Main Office, 206-252-4810, with questions.Roosevelt is holding their choice/curriculum night on February 2nd at 7 PM

NATHAN HALE:

Nathan Hale is having their information night on Tuesday February 7th from 6- 8:30 PM.

6:00-7:00- Table Fair

6:30-7:00- Building Tour

7:00-8:30- Nathan Hale High School Presentation and Q&A

CENTER-

Open House February 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Tour February 15th from 9:00- 10:00 AM

These were the dates we were sent or I was able to get so it is not complete. I will list more tour dates as I get them. Thanks!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Boys & Girls 3rd Grade & Up Basketball Players -- Looking for more time on the court?

Ingraham's New Head Coach Barry Jones, formerly with the San Antonio Spurs Development Team, along with Ingraham's Varsity Team will hold a Midwinter Break Clinic on February 21-23 from 9 AM to 1 PM for $65 in Ingraham's newly remodeled gym. Players will be put into age/skill appropriate groups. Work on shooting, rebounding, ball handling, speed & agility and team offence & defense. Mini games played each day. Contact Janet Gibb at ajgibb@comcast.net or 784-3971 for more information.

NCLL Baseball and Softball Late Registration Available

There's still time to join North Central Little League boys baseball and girls softball for the 2012 season. Ages 5 to 18. Registration ends on March 1, 2012. Details available at http://bit.ly/vL0xTi

FREE! - World of Salsa Workshop

Walter Dill & daughter, Celina (16) will be at the Ballard Umpqua Bank (Yes, a bank is the sponsor!)

2032 NW Market St., in downtown Ballard

Thursday, Feb. 23; 6:30-7:30pm

This workshop, suitable for beginners and all ages, will show the simple rhythm pattern underlying all forms of Salsa done around the world, along with elements of their unique styles. Also discover that Brazilian, Cajun, Zydeco, and other dances use exactly the same steps.

North Seattle Five's Cooperative School – OPEN HOUSE FEB 4th Saturday 2 – 3:00

Children welcome
More information: 410-207-2460
www.northseattlefives.org
NorthSeattle Fives Cooperative Schoolprovides a highly nurturing learning environment in which children develop academic, social and emotional readiness for kindergarten.

BALLARD LITTLE LEAGUE

BLL is hosting an in-person registration night on Wednesday, February 8 from 6:30 pm until 9 pm at Sunset Hill Community Association, 3003 NW 66th St. You can sign up in person, meet coaches, submit volunteer and medical release forms, and find out more about the league. You can also exchange cleats and baseball mitts! Ballard Little League is now registering baseball and fastpitch softball players ages 5 to 16 for the 2012 season. For more information, please go to BallardLL.net Patty Lott

SALMON BAY MOM OFFERING FRENCH SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES

Parents,

I would like to invite you starting once a month on a Friday to practice your French in a casual conversational atmosphere. I could instigate games, questions, role play and will be there to help answering any grammatical questions.

Let me know if you are interested.

425-503-0294

A bientot!

Nathalie Tomaszewski ( Elliot's mom in Sally's K).

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

Upcoming Classes:

Monday- Drawing with Nina starting Feb. 6

Wednesdays- Art with Barb ages 5th grade and up 3 - 5 pm Ongoing

Thursdays - Valentine Making Feb. 9

Adult Paper marbling and journal making class Friday, 2/10 7 - 9 and Saturday 2/11 from 2-4

and more... Visit us at www.spacetocreate.net for details

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Weekly Bulletin 1/30/12

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: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

http://edo.entourageyearbooks.com/UploadPhotosGeneralUserLogin.asp?yearbook_id=5869

Monday January 30th, 2012

Upcoming Events Calendar:

JANUARY

30th Monday MS Middle school choral concert CANCELLED 7:00 – 8:30 PM

FEBRUARY

1st Wednesday AS Early Dismissal – 2 hour early dismissal

2nd Thursday MS First Middleschool Daytime Tour – 8:30 AM Cafeteria

2nd Thursday ES First Elementary Daytime Tour – 9:15 AM Cafeteria

2nd Thursday AS Playground Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

2nd Thursday AS Math Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Cafeteria

3rd Friday MS WEP #4 – Winter Enrichment Program

3rd Friday AS Salmon/Pasta Feed – Community Dinner to Support Playground 6:00/7:00

3rd Friday AS PIE Bookgroup starts 7:00 PM (See below for more info)

9th Thursday MS 2nd Middleschool Daytime Tour – 8:30 AM Cafeteria

9th Thursday ES 2nd Elementary Daytime Tour – 9:15 AM Cafeteria

9th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent Meeting 7:00 PM Library

10th Friday MS WEP #5 – Winter Enrichment Program

11th Saturday AS Adult Spelling Bee – 7:00 PM 2007 NW 61st ST

15th Wednesday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 7:00 PM Stage

16th Thursday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 9:00 AM Stage

16th Thursday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 7:00 PM Stage

17th Friday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 9:00 PM Stage

17th Friday MS WEP #6 – Winter Enrichment Program

20th- 24th AS MID WINTER BREAK – NO SCHOOL

27th Monday AS Open Enrollment begins for choosing schools – elem/middle/high school

29th Wednesday MS Middle school Career Day

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

Dear Salmon Bay Families:

EARLY RELEASE WEDNESDAY: School dismissal at 12:35/12:45. DON’T FORGET!

On Wednesday, we will have one of our early release days for teacher professional development. I want to thank those of you who have been so supportive of our teachers in their work to bring attention to the issues of state support for education in the legislature.

I also thank you for supporting the early release days for teachers, as well. This week we will be meeting together to work further on project based learning, our focus for the year. Previously we have read and discussed articles, teachers have taken “learning walks” to learn about other projects being

done in the building, and we have collaborated with staff from Thornton Creek School to learn more about Expeditionary Learning. In addition teachers have organized themselves into study groups that have been meeting since September to create new project based learning for their curriculum.

On WEDNESDAY we will look at current projects (one elementary, one secondary) and reflect on ways to strengthen and deepen the experience for students. We will look at further resources to support this kind of instruction (The Buck Institute) as well as a particular school, Minnesota New Country School in Henderson, MN, and watch a video, “Mummified Chicken, Mutant Frogs, and Rockets to the Moon.” Teachers will meet in their study groups to see how this new information informs the projects they are creating. This time is invaluable for teachers, to take a breath and do long range planning and reflection. So thank you for the role you play in supporting their work.

We’ll see you all at the Salmon / Spaghetti feed on Friday! Seatings at 6pm, and 7pm. Donations, and playground tiles available. Bring your hungry snowboarders to dinner?

Take care,

Jodee

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

Sneak Peeks January 30. 2012

Now that the snow has melted and vacation is over we are settling into our routines. Scurrying around the building these past few weeks staying warm I was able to see learning in many of our classrooms.

6th grade:

· Science was definitely hands on with students holding, petting and observing cockroaches. Tyler was like the cockroach whisperer he was able to get his cockroach to sleep in his palm and then hiss on demand….but I have to say I got a bit squeamish and let out a yelp.

· Math students were calculating percents using real world examples with sales at local stores.

· LA students were finishing their personal essays and doing peer editing. Essay topics ranged from being short, to the purpose of detention to the perils of being late.

· P.E. students were swinging and climbing ropes and working on their upper body strength.

5th grade students were sipping tea as they were deep in discourse in their literature groups.

4th grade students were building stamina in their writing and honing their brainstorming strategies.

1st grade students engaged in real world applications of writing and wrote persuasive letters about getting lockers to having a play date every day.

I also wanted to thank all the parents who came in on the late start/early release snow day and offered their help in calling families, running messages to teachers, finding rides for students and answering the phones. It certainly takes a village….

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Notes for you and ‘can you do’ for us.

NOTES FOR YOU

SALMON/PASTA FEED – Friday night is your chance to support the playground and have a great dinner. Our goal is to serve loads of folks including the MS families that will be returning from the WEP program up at Snoqualmie. If you would like to avoid this rush, come at 6:00, with other elementary families. We will be accepting donations for the dinner as well as selling etched tiles for installation in the new Lower Playground, which is prepped to break ground this summer.

We hope you can come. It should be a fun evening

DIRECTORY – Hurray hurray, it’s being printed today!! The Salmon Bay All School Directory had a few bumps getting to the printer this year but it is finally done and will be delivered to students this week. We send one directory out per household and typically send the directory out with the youngest student of the family. They of course, are the most responsible. Many thanks to many ladies for making this helpful booklet happen. Thank you Jen Fallon, Hillary Leonard, Paula Montgomery, Monica Porter, Jane Davies and Cathy Rundell for all your hardworking efforts. You will notice that this year’s directory is absent one section. Our parent listing was omitted for expediency sake. If you find that your information is incorrect, email me and we will get a list of corrections out to the community.

ELEMENTARY YEARBOOK COVERS - It is great to see kids working on their covers all around the school. Covers can be in color this year due to the color nature of the elementary yearbook. When entries are done, please drop them off at Megan’s office by Feb 6th, ONE WEEK FROM TODAY. I incorrectly gave you more time last week.

‘CAN YOU DO’ the following?

TOURS – We need a few more folks to help lead tours, especially 3rd, 4th, 5th grade parents. Thursday Feb 2nd, 9th from 9:15 – 10:30. Thanks in advance

HALLWAY PRETTY-FICATION – We have a few teachers that would love help sprucing up their bulletin board – should only take an hour or so. Email me if you can help.

SALMON FEED – We need a few more helpers to help this awesome dinner go well. Email me if you would like to join the fun. Thanks

Enjoy your week and THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for all you do. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Hello Salmon Bay Middle School families- It is hard to believe that it is almost February and the year is just flying by. We have a week jam packed with activities and events to keep you busy and involved with our school.

2 hour early release this Wednesday Feb. 1st- This is a district wide professional development day so all students will be released 2 hours early.

Salmon and pasta feed to benefit our new playground Friday Feb. 3rd 6pm in the cafeteria. Thanks to the generosity of the Lynch family and Ocean Beauty Seafoods we are going to have a salmon and pasta feed here at school this Friday. We are hoping to have two seatings with one at 6pm geared toward Elementary and one at 7pm in the hopes we will catch those Middle School families whose children are just returning from Snoqualmie pass cold and hungry! Anyone is welcome at either of these seatings but we wanted to make sure there was plenty of hot food for the families of the late arrivals. We could still use some volunteers to help this ambitious and fabulous event go off seamlessly. Please reply to this email if you can donate any of your time this Friday. There is no admission fee but donations are gratefully accepted and we will be selling engraved tiles for our new playground so your families name can live on at Salmon Bay.

High school tours are happening this time of year- See below for information on your High School of choice.

Help get our school ready for tours- Our Elementary and Middle school tours are starting this Thursday and we have a list of teachers who could use your help. If you have a spare hour or two and can help hang a bulletin board or artwork we could really use your help. Please reply to this email if you are available sometime before Thursday morning.

All School Directory is coming this week! Thanks for your patience as we worked out a few kinks in our directory process. Your handy dandy all school directory should be coming home this week in the hand of the youngest Salmon Bay student in your household. Thank you Jen Fallon, Hillary Leonard, Paula Montgomery, Monica Porter, Jane Davies and Cathy Rundell for all your hardworking efforts. You will notice that this year’s directory is absent one section as our parent listing was omitted for expediency sake. If you find that your information is incorrect, email me and we will get a list of corrections out to the community.

Middle School tutor needed- Gabriel Kidane, our home/school coordinator is looking for someone who is able to offer tutoring at a middle school level in math, reading and writing. Please respond to this email if you are able to help out.

WEP update- I got to go up to the pass last Friday and it was loads of fun. Lots of new snow and beautiful sunny weather combined with no serious injuries made for a great day. There is lost and found from WEP outside of Connie's room (315) so advise your student to look there if they came home short any gear.

Thanks and have a great week! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

8TH GRADE PROJECT UPDATE

Week of 1/30

We made some decisions at our Thursday lunch meeting that everyone needs to know about. First, since there are only two assignments for second quarter (topic choice journal and research contract), all students who have completed those assignments will receive a P for passing. Students that want to do the letter grade system will receive letter grades for third and fourth quarters. Students that want the Pass/Fail grade system will continue with P's.

Next due dates (set with student input based on current assignments, students may work ahead of this schedule):

Monday, February 6: 30 notecards including 5 bibliography cards from 3 different kinds of sources (you may use another notetaking format but need to show me what you have to receive credit)

Tuesday, February 28: additional 70 notecards plus 10 total bibliography cards from at least 3 different kinds of sources.

As usual, please email me at meshelton@seattleschools.org or call me at 206-252-1781 if you have any questions.

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

SALMON BAY LOWER PLAYGROUND UPDATE: February 3rd – Salmon Feed

Salmon and Pasta Feed Details: FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 3rd 6:00 – 8:30 PM.

Salmon Bay Spaghetti/Pasta and Salmon feed is a Chef supported catered event to benefit the new playground. We hope you can join us and eat great food and have an opportunity to see the playground progress. There will be tiles for sale – prices and details below.

Ocean Beauty Seafood has donated the bulk of the food for this event and would like to invite you, your neighbor, friends and family to their monthly Dock Sale. Bulk seafood for great prices. 3rd Saturday of each month except December. Located just across the Ballard Bridge. More information available at the event. Thank you Ocean Beauty!

The cost of the event is FREE but donations are encouraged to help support the Playground’s efforts and costs for building and completing the project by Fall of 2012. Please join us.

Check out the awesome menu

Salmon Bay Salmon Feed

February 3rd, 2012

EVENING MENU

Green Salad with Asiago Cheese and Homemade Caesar-Balsamic Vinaigrette

Vegetarian Roasted Vegetable Ratatouille

Pasta with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Homemade Marinara Sauce

Wild Alaskan Salmon with Sundried Tomato Basil Marinade

Lemon Butter Sauce (onside for salmon)

Artisan Bread and Butter

Grated Parmesan Cheese

Apple Pomegranate Juice

Playground Community Support: Salmon and Pasta Feed: It’s hard to believe that we’re finally here—but we are! The playground committee will be offering tiles for sale at the upcoming salmon feed, and hopes to raise $10,000 to wrap-up our fundraising for the year. So far, the committee has raised over $200K in grant support, and now everybody gets a chance to help out.

· A donation of $75 is for a 4x4 colored glass tile, etched with your family’s name or other text, and installed on the concrete plinth.

· A donation of $150 or more is for your text etched into the stones which make-up the star-shaped planter.

· Both of these design pieces showcase the heart and soul of our project, and will help to make the space really special.

· At the feed, you’ll have a chance to see an updated drawing of the playground (to be opened next fall!), see the stones and tiles, and fill out a short form to include your name, email address, donation amount, and text to be etched.

· Donations by cash or check, as well as credit card.

· Tiles will continue to be sold throughout the rest of the year, both at the scrip table, and with the volunteer coordinators.

We invite you to “like” us on Facebook, and stay tuned about final developments as we wind-down our fundraising and ramp-up our construction. On behalf of the playground steering committee, I thank you! ~ Robin Wise Lofstrom, robin@lofstrom.com.

So let’s play, Salmon Bay!

Adult Spelling Bee Fundraiser: Saturday February 11th 7–10 PM

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

Incentive! :)

Here is what we still need help with:

2. Someone to set up the Live Auction. This includes preparing displays, setting up displays and more.

3.. People to help with decorations. Talk to Jaci! jak@jacikajfas.com

Our growing catalog of donated items is on the web as we get them: http://salmonbayschool.maestroweb.com/ check 'em out! You can donate on that site,or through the Salmon Bay school website's Auction link. http://www.salmonbayschool.org/auction A printable document is there as well.

Like us on facebook if you hang out there. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salmon-Bay-School-Annual-Auction/200623706680975

Questions? Comments? Holla!

Suzanne

PARENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE BOOK CLUB NIGHTS STARTING SOON

Just a few days left to read "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother!"

I put two copies of the book in the school library. Check with Linda to see if they're checked out. I also have a copy to loan. It's a quick read, so don't be intimidated by the lack of time. Easy-kapeazy.

Book discussion will meet at my house, Friday, February 3rd, 7:00 pm. RSVP to get the address.

Zara Kublin (Henno, 7th grade) zkublin@hotmail.com (206) 276-2831 (Calling me might be better as my inbox is stuffed and I seem to have been missing things)

PS. Next up after "Tiger Mother" is "Free Range Kids" at Karine Dammer's house. Friday, March 2, 7:00 pm.

SCRIP NEWS!

Come on over and help us clear out our merchandise and help our school make some sweet moolah at the same time!

Scrip table is staffed M-F 8:15am-8:45am and Wednesdays 2:15pm-2:45pm.

Hope to see you soon!

Suzanne and Amy

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

SALMON BAY ELEMENTARY YEARBOOK IS CHANGING IT’S LOOK

Enter password: yearbook (all lower case)

Click “submit”

1. Choose number of photos you want to upload

2. Choose Category (these are arranged by teacher and event) Please choose the teacher or event that your photos represent

3. Browse for photos and click “upload” (It’s ok to upload fewer photos than you designate in step 1)

4. Enter names of students if possible

5. Click “done” if you are finished or “upload more” to upload more to the same or choose a different category

Email photos to sbyearbook2012@gmail.com

Please let me know which class/event the photos are for

Problems? Call Sherry at (206-601-5627)

Thanks

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Attention Jazz Band Enthusiasts!

Salmon Bay parent Kenny Mandell is starting a Middle school jazz band and is looking for musicians who are wanting to join a jazz band. He is currently looking for any instruments as long as you have had some experience playing. Please contact Kenny Mandell at kenny mandell jazzworks.com or kgm1953@yahoo.com. (206)331-7025

Sweatshirt orders for Middle school Boys and Girls Basketball

Sweatshirts and pants are not required to participate in basketball but are available to order for school/team spirit. If you have any questions, contact Rae Keyes at seattlekeyes@comcast.net.

UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL TOURS

Open Enrollment Period for the 2012-2013 school year is Feb 27,2012 through March 9, 2012. Information on student assignments will be available for families on April 16, 2012.

NOVA:

Have you, or your student, considered The Nova Project for High School? Whether you check the yes or no box above, you owe it to both of you to take a look at what Nova has to offer.

At Nova:

· Students take responsibility for their own education, governance and behavior. Nova is the only school democracy in the Seattle Public School system.

· Teachers have a close personal relationship with students and are heavily invested in their academic and social success.

· Students have the flexibility to pursue a wide range of educational passions.

· Staff and students focus on social and environmental justice – in the school, in the local community and in the world at large.

Nova hosts an exhibition night on February 9; and a series of visit dates coming up; Jan 12th and 31st, Feb 14th and March 1st; 12noon-1pm.

Additional questions: Contact Lynne lynne@ohana.org; 818-8093,

BALLARD:

INGRAHAM:

Ingraham Open House 2012 for incoming students

February 1st – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Auditorium

Ingraham High School IB Information Night

February 8th – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Library

Ingraham High School Day Time Tours

February 15th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

March 7th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

Tour begins in the school Auditorium

Questions? Call the Main Office #206-252-3888 No need to RSVP for tours or the night open houses.

ROOSEVELT: 2012 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHT

Feb. 2, 2012 at 7PM in the Theater. 2012 High School Information Night, is taking place at Roosevelt on February 2, 2012. This event will give potential 9th grade families and other families new to the RHS community a chance to listen to a student panel talk about life at Roosevelt, meet with department heads about curriculum, tour the school, and visit with club and sports representatives. Contact the Counseling Office, 206-252-4827 or the Main Office, 206-252-4810, with questions.Roosevelt is holding their choice/curriculum night on February 2nd at 7 PM

NATHAN HALE:

Nathan Hale is having their information night on Tuesday February 7th from 6- 8:30 PM.

6:00-7:00- Table Fair

6:30-7:00- Building Tour

7:00-8:30- Nathan Hale High School Presentation and Q&A

CENTER-

Open House February 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Tour February 15th from 9:00- 10:00 AM

These were the dates we were sent or I was able to get so it is not complete. I will list more tour dates as I get them. Thanks!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

North Seattle Five's Cooperative School – OPEN HOUSE FEB 4th Saturday 2 – 3:00

§ Children welcome

§ More information: 410-207-2460

• www.northseattlefives.org

§ North Seattle Fives Cooperative School provides a highly nurturing learning environment in which children develop academic, social and emotional readiness for kindergarten.

BALLARD LITTLE LEAGUE

SALMON BAY MOM OFFERING FRENCH SPEAKING OPPORTUNITIES

Parents,

Let me know if you are interested.

425-503-0294

A bientot!

Nathalie Tomaszewski ( Elliot's mom in Sally's K).

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

OPEN STUDIO FURLOUGH DAY:

Upcoming Classes:

Monday- Drawing with Nina starting Feb. 6

Tuesdays- Impressionism starting Jan. 10

Wednesdays- Art with Barb ages 5th grade and up 3 - 5 pm Ongoing

Thursdays- Sewing Machine 101 Jan. 12/Pajama pants Jan. 19 and 26

Thursdays - Valentine Making Feb. 2 and 9

Saturdays- Modern Art Sculpture Jan. 21 - Feb. 11

and more... Visit us at www.spacetocreate.net for details

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Weekly Bulletin 1/23/12

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

Monday January 23rd, 2012

Upcoming Events Calendar:

JANUARY

24th Tuesday AS Furlough ½ day – Students out 3 hours early

25th Wednesday AS Banking Window Open – Family Room 8:00 AM

27th Friday ES Peace and Social Justice Assembly – Friday AM Sing 8:30 AM

27th Friday MS WEP #3 – Winter Enrichment Program

30th Monday MS Middle school choral concert 7:00 – 8:30 PM

FEBRUARY

1st Wednesday AS Early Dismissal – 2 hour early dismissal

2nd Thursday MS First Middleschool Daytime Tour – 8:30 AM Cafeteria

2nd Thursday ES First Elementary Daytime Tour – 9:15 AM Cafeteria

2nd Thursday AS Playground Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

2nd Thursday AS Math Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Cafeteria

3rd Friday MS WEP #4 – Winter Enrichment Program

3rd Friday AS Salmon/Pasta Feed – Community Dinner to Support Playground 6:00/7:00

3rd Friday AS PIE Bookgroup starts 7:00 PM (See below for more info)

9th Thursday MS 2nd Middleschool Daytime Tour – 8:30 AM Cafeteria

9th Thursday ES 2nd Elementary Daytime Tour – 9:15 AM Cafeteria

9th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent Meeting 7:00 PM Library

10th Friday MS WEP #5 – Winter Enrichment Program

11th Saturday AS Adult Spelling Bee – 7:00 PM 2007 NW 61st ST

15th Wednesday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 7:00 PM Stage

16th Thursday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 9:00 AM Stage

16th Thursday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 7:00 PM Stage

17th Friday ES 4th/5th Shakespeare Performance – “The Tempest” – 9:00 PM Stage

17th Friday MS WEP #6 – Winter Enrichment Program

20th- 24th AS MID WINTER BREAK – NO SCHOOL

27th Monday AS Open Enrollment begins for choosing schools – elem/middle/high school

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

Whew! What an amazing week!

We will try to put things back to “normal” as soon as possible this week for your students.

However: Remember tomorrow, Tuesday Jan 24, is an early release day because it is a furlough day negotiated for teachers as a budget reduction. School will be dismissed for all students at 11:30.

There will be a ‘lunchtime’ for elementary and middle school students prior to 11:30.

Here are re-schedules of events:

MOST IMPORTANT: Friday will now be a school day. (previously was a day off called “the day between semesters.) Classes will be held as usual. This will be our first make up day for the snow days.

WEP: the middle school Winter Enrichment programs will be on Friday (not Thursday). All classes and routines will happen as other Fridays. The make up day for the one we missed last week will be Friday, Feb 17.

PIE – Parent Information Exchange – Demystifying Standardized Testing – New date will be Thursday March 8, at 7 pm.

Chorus Concert: Monday Jan. 30, 7 pm in the auditorium.

Snow Make Up Days – District Calendar: the district has not settled the dates that will be added to the calendar to make up for the missed snow dates. As soon as we know, we will pass on the information to you.

Again, even with the furlough day this week, we will be busy establishing the routine for students. On Tuesday, for the first part of the furlough day, Middle School staff will use some of the time to do their planned activities to commemorate Martin Luther King Day. The elementary teachers and students will do their Peace and Justice assembly on Friday the 27th along with Friday sing.

Thank you, as well, for being so supportive and flexible on Tuesday when we had a both a late arrival and early dismissal—especially with those who pitched in to help get everyone home safely and families notified.

Take care,

Jodee

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Doesn’t that sunshine feel great!! Here are your news and notes for this week

I need lots of volunteers in the following ways. Email me if you can help.

SALMON FEED FUNDRAISER – FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3rd from 4:00 on. We need at least 6-8 volunteers to help set up, serve and clean up for the evening. Our goal is to feed at least 362 folks, so we need a few volunteers to do it. All the funds from this evening will support our lower playground project. Thank you.
ELEMENTARY DAYTIME TOUR GUIDES – It is that time to showcase our special corner of the world and invite prospective families to see what we do. Can you help lead a tour either on February 2nd or 9th? General helpfulness and willingness to answer questions are all the skills that are required. I will provide all tour guides with a friendly cheat sheet to help answer questions. I need 8 volunteers per tour date. Tour starts at 9:15 and goes until 10:30 or so. Partial helpfulness is still appreciated. Thanks
FLYER DELIVERY – We have begun delivering flyers, showcasing our terrific middle school to the various elementary schools that are in our reference area (Hamilton and Whitman). Do you live near an elementary school that you would be willing to drop off some Salmon Bay promotion flyers to? Delivery would be best before this Thursday. Thanks in advance if you can help with this.
CHESS HELPER/INSTRUCTOR – Because of a strong youthful showing, we could use some extra adult support in our elementary chess club. Could you help out with some of the basics of chess? Do you know enough to help advance some of the beginners? If yes, and I hope yes, please email me. Chess club meets on Mondays from 2:40-3:30. Our pawns would be delighted with the assistance. Thank you.
STRONG EYES FOR EDIT WORK –Our directory is nearing it’s completion and needs a few strong eyes for some editing work. Email me directly Thanks

NEWS:

YEARBOOK COVER CONTEST – This is earlier than usual request. We are encouraging kids to submit their artwork to vie for the coveted spot of elementary yearbook cover. If you have an artist have them submit their artwork on an 8 ½ by 11 piece of paper outside of Megan’s office. All entries should be received by Feb 17th. Color or black and white art is okay.

5th Grade Families - Students and parents are encouraged to go one of the Salmon Bay middle school tours, either daytime or evening. Even though we are one school, your students are automatically enrolled into our middle school program and your students have been here for 6 years, the tour is a great window into the differences that happen between 5th and 6th grade.

Thank you Salmon Bay for supporting your kids and your school. Have a great week> Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Hello and welcome back after that unscheduled break brought to you by Mother Nature! I hope you had fun in the snow, weren't too horribly inconvenienced and are ready to get back to our busy school lives. Thank you for being so flexible last Tuesday as the district tried to predict the unpredictable and keep all the kids in the Seattle School district as safe as possible.

No OST Tuesday 1/24 due to our scheduled 3 hour release day. This is a furlough day and students will be released 3 hours early so there will be no after school activities.

This Friday January 27th will be a regular school day instead of a day off! We were supposed to have a day off this Friday, but the district has decided to use this day to make up some of the time missed due to the snow last week. They have not informed us of what other make up days there will be, but we will let you know as soon as we get that information.

WEP this week is rescheduled to Friday January 27th. Since we are now scheduled to come to school on Friday this week we are shifting all the WEP activities so that they will happen on Friday instead of Thursday. All of the activities will run just like the other weeks and happen on Friday. We will make up the WEP day we missed last week on Friday February 17th.

WEP installment payments due- If you were a family who paid the deposit on the WEP program and didn't make any other payment arrangements, we need your balance paid now. If you have any questions about amounts due, please contact our bookkeeper Jerri at jlharden@halcyon.com or call her at (206)793-1113.

Tonight's Choir concert that was cancelled has been rescheduled for Monday 1/30, Salmon Bay Auditorium at 7pm. Come hear our very talented choir students sing for you!

Volunteers Needed for Salmon and Pasta Feed- February 3rd- Thanks to the generosity of the Lynch family and Ocean Beauty seafood we are having a Salmon and Pasta Feed to help raise money for our amazing new playground! It starts at 6 and we will have a second seating of Middle School families at 7 who will have just returned from skiing and will be ready for dinner! There will be fundraising tiles for sale to help raise money for the playground and it will be a great time to socialize, raise funds and eat delicious food. I need some volunteers who would be willing to help out that night. We need people there at 5 to help prep, people to help with the running of the meal and some people to help with clean up. Please reply to this email if this is something you can do.

Thanks for your patience during this time of cancellations and rescheduling and hopefully we will be back to normal soon.

Have a great week, Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

Why are students only in school ½ day on Tuesday, January 24th?

Due to 2011 budgets cuts to education in our state, Seattle School District SEA employees are on furlough for ½ day on Tuesday, Jan 24. After students are dismissed, teachers will be leaving their classrooms and showing their disapproval of these budget cuts by demonstrating in different locations of Seattle. Parents and students are encouraged to join. The more people participate, the louder our voice will be to the public, the media, and the legislators that cutting education funding must not be an option, especially since the WA Supreme Court just decided, once again, that the legislature is in fact not fulfilling its paramount duty: to adequately fund public education.

Everyone (students, parents, educators, concerned citizens) is invited to show support for public schools on Tuesday, January 24:

Wear “RED for ED” on Tuesday, Jan 24.
Meet at 1 p.m. on Jan. 24th NW Market St & 15th Ave NW with your thought-provoking signs and your cell phones.
At 2 p.m. everyone sends pictures and messages to legislators: NOT AT WORK: AMPLY FUND PUBLIC EDUCATION.

And remember, bring your school spirit!

8TH GRADE PROJECT UPDATE

This week there will be no OST work session on Tuesday due to the furlough day schedule. There will be a lunch meeting on Thursday and our regular OST session on Thursday afternoon. I will try to check in individually this week with all those that have signed up; I’m still missing many topic choice journals and research contracts. Our topics for mini lessons and meetings this week will be note taking. There is a message about this on the class Source page. There is also information in the yellow folder on note taking. We do 30 cards first, but eventually you will need 100, including bibliography cards. Please stop by or email me if you have questions at meshelton@seattleschools.org. Thanks, from Melanie

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

SALMONBAYLOWER PLAYGROUND UPDATE: February 3rd – Salmon Feed

Salmon and Pasta Feed Details: FRIDAY - FEBRUARY 3rd

Check out the awesome menu planned for our community dinner/playground fundraiser on Friday February 3rd. It is kindly hosted by the Lynch family and Ocean Beauty Seafoods.

The cost of the event is FREE but donations are encouraged to help support the Playground’s efforts and costs for building and completing the project by Fall of 2012. Please join us.

Salmon Bay Salmon Feed

February 3rd, 2012

EVENING MENU

Green Salad with Asiago Cheese and Homemade Caesar-Balsamic Vinaigrette

Vegetarian Roasted Vegetable Ratatouille

Pasta with Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Homemade Marinara Sauce

Wild Alaskan Salmon with Sundried Tomato Basil Marinade

Lemon Butter Sauce (onside for salmon)

Artisan Bread and Butter

Grated Parmesan Cheese

Apple Pomegranate Juice

Playground Community Support: It’s hard to believe that we’re finally here—but we are! The playground committee will be offering tiles for sale at the upcoming salmon feed, and hopes to raise $10,000 to wrap-up our fundraising for the year. So far, the committee has raised over $200K in grant support, and now everybody gets a chance to help out.

A donation of $75 is for a 4x4 colored glass tile, etched with your family’s name or other text, and installed on the concrete plinth.
A donation of $150 or more is for your text etched into the stones which make-up the star-shaped planter.
Both of these design pieces showcase the heart and soul of our project, and will help to make the space really special.
At the feed, you’ll have a chance to see an updated drawing of the playground (to be opened next fall!), and fill out a short form to include your name, email address, donation amount, and text to be etched.
Donations by cash or check only, made out to FOSB.
We’ll have samples available for you to look at, and have the most recent design drawings as well.
Tiles will continue to be sold throughout the rest of the year, both at the scrip table, and with the volunteer coordinators.

So let’s play, Salmon Bay!

Adult Spelling Bee Fundraiser: Saturday February 11th 7–10 PM

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

Here is what we still need help with:

2. Someone to set up the Live Auction. This includes preparing displays, setting up displays and more.

3. A few people to help reconcile items on Friday the 30th at school. We'll be making sure that all items are accounted for and that they all have bid sheets and labels. Fun way to get a preview!!

4. LOTS of people to help set up on Saturday, the 31st at NSCC. We'll be there from 9am until start time, so any amount of time that you can help set up is greatly appreciated!

5. Someone to run the Wine Grab.

6. People to help with decorations. Talk to Jaci! jak@jacikajfas.com

Like us on facebook if you hang out there. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salmon-Bay-School-Annual-Auction/200623706680975

Questions? Comments? Holla!

Suzanne

http://edo.entourageyearbooks.com/UploadPhotosGeneralUserLogin.asp?yearbook_id=5869

LEGISLATIVE INFO – Charter School Debate forum postponed until further notice

PARENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE BOOK CLUB NIGHTS STARTING SOON

Less than 2 weeks left to read "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother!"

Book discussion will meet at my house, Friday, February 3rd, 7:00 pm. RSVP to get the address.

Zara Kublin (Henno, 7th grade) zkublin@hotmail.com (206) 276-2831 (Calling me might be better as my inbox is stuffed and I seem to have been missing things)

PS. Next up after "Tiger Mother" is "Free Range Kids" at Karine Dammer's house. Friday, March 2, 7:00 pm.

SCRIP NEWS!

In stock now: Joann Fabrics, Barnes and Noble, Tully's, iTunes, PCC, Regal, AMC, Shutterfly, Jiffy Lube, LLBean, Gymboree, JcPenny, Panera, Little Caesars, Starbucks, Safeway, Amazon, Fred Meyer/QFC.

Scrip table is staffed M-F 8:15am-8:45am and Wednesdays 2:15pm-2:45pm.

Hope to see you soon!

Suzanne and Amy

Robotics Team Update

Congrats to FLL Team 405 – “The Winners” for wrapping up this year’s FLL Challenge by competing in the Western Washington state tournament this weekend.   The competition was fierce and it was obvious through the project displays that many teams were extraordinarily committed to the challenge.    Our team had fun and learned a few things while compiling some research on cabbage worms (a few types) that infect broccoli and other members of the cabbage family.   The judges commented that it was a great start and an interesting presentation and made some suggestions for future improvement such as using a variety of research/reference materials, talking with experts, and sharing our results/ideas with others who might benefit from our ideas. The team again received positive feedback on the robot design, both the mechanical design and the programming with a suggestion that the robot performance could be enhanced by using sensors – a new challenge that we’ll tackle next year!

It was a fun and interesting season and a definite learning experience.   During the teamwork challenge a number of the kids reported to the judges that they felt the experience helped them learn more about working on a team as well as learning about the challenges of designing something and the challenges of team research.

We’ll be taking a few months break from robotics club to reflect on the season and to formulate a plan going forward.   We would like to participate in the FLL challenge again in the fall so will likely start the club again right after spring break (if the equipment is not being used in the classroom).    One idea is to do mini-challenges each week in the spring to help the kids learn how to use the sensors; to try different building techniques; different types of attachments, etc, so we’re more prepared to hit the ground running in the fall.    We’d like to get more equipment so more kids can be involved hands-on at one time.   So if you have any leads on potential grant sources please let us know.

We welcome your thoughts and observations.   Also if anyone wants to help pull together some of the mini-challenges for spring, let us know. We can be reached at dartom@comcast.net.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

SALMONBAYELEMENTARY YEARBOOK IS CHANGING IT’S LOOK

Enter password: yearbook (all lower case)

Click “submit”

Choose number of photos you want to upload
Choose Category (these are arranged by teacher and event) Please choose the teacher or event that your photos represent
Browse for photos and click “upload” (It’s ok to upload fewer photos than you designate in step 1)
Enter names of students if possible
Click “done” if you are finished or “upload more” to upload more to the same or choose a different category

Email photos to sbyearbook2012@gmail.com

Please let me know which class/event the photos are for

Problems? Call Sherry at (206-601-5627)

Thanks

ATTENTION 3rd-5th ELEMENTARY ULTIMATE FRISBEE PLAYERS –

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PLAYING THIS SPRING?

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

If your student would like to join Sam Olson, Salmon Bay ultimate Frisbee coach extraordinaire for another terrific season of elementary level ultimate Frisbee, respond to the following questions below

Child’s name
Gender
Grade
Classroom Teacher
Played ultimate before Y or N

Email your answers to Sam Olson at soolson@seattleschools.org

SPRING ELEMENTARY ULTIMATE FRISBEE DETAILS:

For a 3rd grade team and 4/5 team we need 5 girls per team and at least 10 boys per team. A total of 30 kids. If we have more than this sign up I may need to create a third team. Practices will most likely be on Fridays from 2:45-4:00. Games will be on Saturdays. First game is March 17th and last game is May 19th. Cost to be determined.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

Attention Jazz Band Enthusiasts!

Sweatshirt orders for Middle school Boys and Girls Basketball

Sweatshirts and pants are not required to participate in basketball but are available to order for school/team spirit. If you have any questions, contact Rae Keyes at seattlekeyes@comcast.net.

UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL TOURS

Open Enrollment Periodfor the 2012-2013 school year is Feb 27,2012 through March 9, 2012. Information on student assignments will be available for families on April 16, 2012.

NOVA:

Have you, or your student, considered The Nova Project for High School? Whether you check the yes or no box above, you owe it to both of you to take a look at what Nova has to offer.

At Nova:

Students take responsibility for their own education, governance and behavior. Nova is the only school democracy in the Seattle Public School system.
Teachers have a close personal relationship with students and are heavily invested in their academic and social success.
Students have the flexibility to pursue a wide range of educational passions.
Staff and students focus on social and environmental justice –in the school, in the local community and in the world at large.

Nova hosts an exhibition night on February 9; and a series of visit dates coming up; Jan 12th and 31st, Feb 14th and March 1st; 12noon-1pm.

Additional questions: Contact Lynne lynne@ohana.org; 818-8093,

BALLARD:

INGRAHAM:

Ingraham Open House 2012 for incoming students

February 1st – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Auditorium

IngrahamHigh SchoolIB Information Night

February 8th – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Library

IngrahamHigh School Day Time Tours

February 15th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

March 7th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

Tour begins in the school Auditorium

Questions? Call the Main Office #206-252-3888 No need to RSVP for tours or the night open houses.

ROOSEVELT:2012 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHT

NATHAN HALE:

Nathan Hale is having their information night on Tuesday February 7th from 6- 8:30 PM.

6:00-7:00- Table Fair

6:30-7:00- Building Tour

7:00-8:30- Nathan Hale High School Presentation and Q&A

CENTER-

Open House February 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Tour February 15th from 9:00- 10:00 AM

These were the dates we were sent or I was able to get so it is not complete. I will list more tour dates as I get them. Thanks!

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER DAY NEEDS YOU:

We are planning a career day for middle school students on Wednesday, February 29th. Students will get a chance to hear about different careers and ask questions of presenters. If you or someone you know is interested in being a presenter, please contact Anthony Malaki at eamalaki@seattleschools.org or Dana Irwin at dcirwin@seattleschools.org.

8th GRADE TEACHER NEEDS YOUR HELP:

Cleaning out your closets? Please send any old beading/jewelry materials to Melanie in room 317 for our WEP class; we appreciate any donations!

We are also looking for foam core donations for a bulletin board project. We’d appreciate any foam core scraps, including old campaign signs or posters as we can cover the old text. Thanks!!!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

January SNAP Training at Loyal Heights

A Seattle Neighborhoods Actively Prepare (SNAP) training will be held at Loyal Heights Community Center in Ballard (2101 NW 77th) on January 19th from 6:30-8:00 PM. Debbie Goetz from the Office of Emergency Management will discuss both individual and neighborhood preparedness, as well as the concept of a neighborhood hub site at Loyal Heights.

FAYEZART POTTERY HAS SPACE

Fayezart Pottery located one block from Salmon Bay school has 2 openings in the Wed. 3:00-4:00 beginners pottery class. Check out http://www.fayezart.com for all the details.

Also one spot left in the Tue. 4:30-5:30 mixed level pottery class

SalmonBayMom's kickball

Wouldn't you like to get some fresh air and run around? Come play
kickball! No experience necessary- everyone welcome.
Please contact Lisa Crozier if you are interested: 784.7563 or
Lgcrozier@gmail.com. If I hear from enough people, we'll meet this Sat, 1/7
at 10 AM @ Greenwood Elementary playground (80th N & 1st Ave N).
But I need to hear from YOU to make this happen!

BASEBALL CLINICS

Baseball Positive is putting on winter instructional programs running for six weeks from Jan 11 - Feb 26 at Magnuson and Crown Hill.

For those of you new to Baseball Positive, check out our Testimonial Page:

http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/page.php?pid=4e7d1024d839c

Sign-ups are now open for our Six Week Jan/Feb Training Classes:

http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/index.php

Most Classes have a 3:1 or 4:1 Instructor to player ratio.

Class Descriptions & Info: http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/page.php?pid=4ddacdce311d9 Schedule & Registration: http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/index.php

Yoga for Teens & Tweenstaught by Salmon Bay parent Mary Kay Vadino

Monday's 3:15pm starting Jan 9.

Taj Yoga Studio

Give the gift of Yoga this year. Teens & Tweens agree yoga is a great way to unwind, develop strength and flexibility and bring balance to their active lives.

$40 for a 5 class card

Classes meet at the old Crown Hill Elementary School

Violin Lessons-

Interested in violin/fiddle lessons for yourself or your child? Elizabeth Lovelace is a Salmon Bay mom and a certified Suzuki violin teacher. She has been teaching violin for 20 years for ages 6- adult. She also loves to teach fiddling. For more information please call (206)351-3307. website- whidbeymusic-Elizabeth Lovelace

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

OPEN STUDIO FURLOUGH DAY: Jan. 24th after school - 4:30 (Barb Smith will walk group over from Salmon Bay)

Pre-registration required. Space limited.

Upcoming Classes:

Monday- Drawing with Nina starting Feb. 6

Tuesdays- Impressionism starting Jan. 10

Wednesdays- Art with Barb ages 5th grade and up 3 - 5 pm Ongoing

Thursdays- Sewing Machine 101 Jan. 12/Pajama pants Jan. 19 and 26

Thursdays - Valentine Making Feb. 2 and 9

Saturdays- Modern Art Sculpture Jan. 21 - Feb. 11

and more...

Visit us at www.spacetocreate.net for details.

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Weekly Bulletin 1/9/12

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2012/12-001.html

Monday January 9th, 2012

Upcoming Events Calendar:

JANUARY

9th Monday AS Finance Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

10th Tuesday AS Auction Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

12th Thursday AS Java with Jodee – evening opportunity – 6:00 PM

12th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent meeting 7:00 PM

13th Friday MS WEP #2

16th Monday AS NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr Holiday

18th Wednesday AS Purl and Unfurl Knitting Group - 7:00 PM

19th Thursday AS Demystifying Standardized Testing and Assessments 7:00 PM Library

20th Friday MS WEP #3

24th Tuesday AS Furlough ½ day – Students out 3 hours early

25th Wednesday AS Emergency Planning Meeting – POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE

26th Thursday MS WEP #4 – Thursday, not Friday

27th Friday AS NO SCHOOL – Day between semesters

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

Next week we will celebrate Martin Luther King’s birthday.This is an opportunity for you to join with us by having a conversation with your student, in whatever way is appropriate for their age, about why this is an important holiday. Martin Luther King fought for the civil rights and justice for all people. He relied on schools to be a key component in teaching students both directly about social justice, but also indirectly by supporting all students in their to desire to learn, to aspire to great ideas, and to realize their dreams, whatever they might be. It is powerful for students when they hear about something both at home as well as at school, to know that the important accomplishments of people are not just something we celebrate and take note of in all sorts of ways. There are community celebrations (you can find them listed in Seattle Times) at Benaroya Hall, Mt. Zion Baptist Church, Seattle Children’s Museum, Discovery Park and Garfield High School.

SalmonBayExpansion. We will soon begin tours the first week of February. In addition to our usual new students in Kindergarten and 6th grade, we will be opening up space in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade. Can you please help us get the word out? Talk to your neighbors, friends, relatives who you think might be interested in joining us in one of those grade levels. If they are interested, you can have them check our website, or call the school office for tour dates and information. (Feb 2, 9, March 8 at 8:30am for middle school and 9:15am elementary, and a 6:00 elementary/7:00pm middle school evening tour on March 1).

Have a great week. Thank you for all you do to make Salmon Bay such a wonderful school community.

Jodee

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Hello friends of Salmon Bay. Considering this is the only 5 day school week in January, there is a lot of information to share with you today. Time for a cup of tea….

SAVE THE DATE – SALMON BAY SALMON FEED - FRIDAY FEBRUARY 3rd

This will be the new date for our fall community get together that didn’t happen in the fall. This event, besides being a great way to get our community together, is a targeted fundraiser for our Playground Renovation project. We will be treated to an evening of a terrific salmon/pasta dinner, created by the talented Bret and Stephanie Lynch. Dinner will be generously hosted that evening by the Lynches and other friendly businesses. We will accept donations to cover the meal and all donations will go to support the Playground Renovation project. Salmon Bay families will also have the opportunity to contribute to the playground project by purchasing etched tiles, sold that night. More info will be coming your way. We just wanted to make sure it was on your calendar.

We would love the balls you don’t need (There is no easy way to say that one for sure)

Our playground supervision team needs your help. The kids love to play soccer, kickball, basketball and pogo but we don’t have enough bouncy circular units (balls) to go around. Do you have any extra around your house that you are not using that we could have? Drop them off at Megan’s office or throw them at Anthony the next time you see him at recess duty. Thanks

Our school is expanding as you may have heard – For the first time ever, we are taking more kids at the 3rd,4th and 5th grade levels. Talk to all the folks who have always wished they could join us at Salmon Bay but there was never enough space. Now there is. Encourage them to come to a tour. I am happy to talk to any prospective intermediate parent. Have them call me at 252-1730.

LOTS OF IMPORTANT TIDBITS:

Elementary Ultimate Frisbee kids should look below on how to sign up for spring season
The Emergency Meeting scheduled for later this month has been postponed
There is childcare offered free from Coho Kidstime to those who would like to attend next Thursday’s PIE discussion on standardized testing and our kids. Please reserve a spot at 297-7764
Our monthly FOSB meeting is this Thursday at 7:00 with an earlier opportunity to enjoy “Java with Jodee” at 6:00 PM. The discussion at 6:00 PM will be Project Based Learning
Elementary Enrichment fees are still being accepted for all the activities that your student and their class participate in for the year. This is the last call for scholarship requests for the 2011-2012 school year. An enrichment fee form is enclosed for your convenience. If you are unsure you have paid or not, email or call me. Thank you.
Thanks to all kids and families for their continued patience regarding Friday’s winter enrichment program for the middle school. We use the lower playground as a parking area to keep middle school kids safe, help with drop off and alleviate some of the traffic strain on our neighbors. Thanks for you cooperation. It is totally appreciated.
Wednesday morning there is an auction committee stuffing party to help get the letters and donation forms out to everyone, everywhere. Come join the fun in the cafeteria.

Whew! That is a lot. Thanks for reading and have a great week. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

HelloSalmon Bay Middle SchoolFamilies-

Thank You for all you did to help the first week of WEP happen successfully and safely!

It is a huge endeavor and whether you came to the mountain, helped keep the parking area safe, were conscientious of our neighbors and didn't block their driveways, got your kids to school on time, got forms and payments in on time, made sure your student had a good night's sleep and a full belly or any of the hundreds of little things you did to help WEP go smoothly, we thank you! Between the huge group that went to the mountain and the many exciting Seattle based activities it seems that kids had a great time and enjoyed their activities.

It is a 3 Meeting Week! There are many ways to get involved in Salmon Bay after school hours this week. The finance committee is meeting at 7pm on Monday in the cafeteria, the Auction committee at 7 pm on Tuesday in the library and our monthly FOSB meeting is Thursday at 7 pm in the library. This month there is a Java with Jodee at 6pm on Thursday right before the FOSB meeting and the topic is project based learning. Come and learn how to be involved in our biggest fundraiser on Tuesday or join our monthly parent meeting on Thursday and learn some of the ways we support this fabulous school. Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend!

WEP #2 Friday January 13th- Our second Winter Enrichment day is this Friday and we will be sending out a separate email with any information you might need. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns and I will do my best to get you taken care of.

No School Monday January 16th for the Martin Luther King Jr. Holiday- Sleep in and enjoy the day, you have earned it!

8th Grade Teacher Needs You! Cleaning out your closets? Please send any old beading/jewelry materials to Melanie in room 317 for our WEP class; we appreciate any donations!

We are also looking for foam core donations for a bulletin board project. We’d appreciate any foam core scraps, including old campaign signs or posters as we can cover the old text. Thanks!!!

Salmon Bay is Expanding- We are growing our school next year in the 3rd, 4th and 5th grades so help us get the word out to prospective families who might want to join our fabulous community. Tours are listed on our website.

Salmon and Pasta Feed Fundraiser, Friday February 3rd- Save this new date for our community get together and playground fundraiser that we had postponed. The Lynch family has volunteered to feed us a delicious meal of salmon and pasta and we will be selling tiles to help fund the new playground. This is an easy way to feed your student who will be just coming home from the mountain if they are doing skiing and snowboarding for WEP. Students who attend need to have a parent with them. More information will follow.

Anthony and the Playground staff need more equipment- We are looking for donations of playground balls, soccer balls, basketballs and footballs for the students to use at lunch and recess. If you would like to donate you can leave them in the main office for Anthony.

Thanks for everything you do and have a great week! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

Notes from the Library:

Welcome to 2012! And welcome to new books for the library, including many picture books from the “best of” lists of 2011. I look forward to sharing these books with elementary classes over the next few weeks! We began our new book celebration last week with You WILL Be My Friend, by Salmon Bay favorite Peter Brown.

Students are making the most of before-school library access, especially when the weather is less than ideal for outdoor play. I wanted to remind parents that the library opens at 8:00, and that students need to leave as soon as they hear their bell (first bell for middle school students, third bell for elementary.) There will be rare times when I’m pulled away from the library before school however, and in that case the library isn’t available. If students are unsure of how to tell if the library is available, please ask them to remember this: An “open door” means an “open library.” For safety’s sake, students need to be in a place where there is supervision. Thanks!

The “big” book awards will be announced in a couple of weeks. This announcement is always causes much excitement, as well as a lot of heated discussion. People are passionate about books, and the students and teachers at Salmon Bay are no exception.

Here is another piece of exciting news in the world of books for young people:

Walter Dean Myers is one of our most circulated authors, and several of us had the privilege of hearing him speak at the UW a few years ago. I think he’s the perfect choice for this position!

Happy Reading!

Linda

ATTENTION 3rd-5th ELEMENTARY ULTIMATE FRISBEE PLAYERS –

ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PLAYING THIS SPRING?

WHAT WE NEED FROM YOU:

Child’s name
Gender
Grade
Classroom Teacher
Played ultimate before Y or N

Email your answers to Sam Olson at soolson@seattleschools.org

SPRING ELEMENTARY ULTIMATE FRISBEE DETAILS:

8TH GRADE PROJECT UPDATE

OST classes on Tuesday and Thursday start this week on Tuesday. Our mini lesson topic will be essential questions and need to knows, and how to do the research contract. Our next mini lesson topic will be finding appropriate resources. Please be sure to fill out the OST application and be clear if you need bus transportation home. Also, remember to turn in your green contract to get signed up for the class and have access to information on the Source. Questions? Contact Melanie at meshelton@seattleschools.org or Janet at jabogle@seattleschools.org.

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

SALMONBAYLOWER PLAYGROUND UPDATE:

It’s hard to believe that we’re finally here—but we are! The playground committee will be offering tiles for sale at the upcoming salmon feed, and hopes to raise $10,000 to wrap-up our fundraising for the year. So far, the committee has raised over $200K in grant support, and now everybody gets a chance to help out.

A donation of $75 is for a 4x4 colored glass tile, etched with your family’s name or other text, and installed on the concrete plinth. A donation of $150 or more is for your text etched into the stones which make-up the star-shaped planter. Both of these design pieces showcase the heart and soul of our project, and will help to make the space really special.

Fill out a short form to include your name, email address, donation amount, and text to be etched; donations by cash or check only, made out to FOSB. We’ll have samples available for you to look at, and have the most recent design drawings as well. Tiles will continue to be sold throughout the rest of the year, both at the scrip table, and with the volunteer coordinators.

We invite you to “like” us on Facebook, and stay tuned about final developments as we wind-down our fundraising and ramp-up our construction. So Let’s Play, Salmon Bay!

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

Auction News!

Meeting tomorrow night at 7pm in the Library. Come one, come all! Find out what's happening and where we still need some help. We do still need a Live Auction Captain (there will be training!) and someone to volunteer to get the catalog and evening program put together once it's time. So be thinking about that! :)

Wednesday morning, we'll be stuffing envelopes for the all-school mailing. If you're able, please join us in the cafeteria after you drop off your darlings.

Our catalog of donated items is on the web as we get them: http://salmonbayschool.maestroweb.com/ check 'em out!

Like us on facebook if you hang out there, too! http://www.facebook.com/pages/Salmon-Bay-School-Annual-Auction/200623706680975

Happy Monday!

Suzanne

http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/page.php?pid=4e7d1024d839c

DECORATION COMMITTEE NEEDS YOU!!

Hello Everyone!

Our theme this year is LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!

What images and thoughts are evoked from this theme? I’d love your ideas and feedback- you can email or call me- please! 206 949 6519 or jak@jacikajfas.com

Here are some of my thoughts:

Clean white banners along railing with projection (of kids? films?)
Balloons (not very green in my mind)
Red Carpet (super cool if we got a donation…)
Elaborate stage- like what though??
Film strips- either painted or…?
Colored lighting (not Xmas, but the real deal… means we need donations of lights, plus electrical cords)
Drapery- (can be expensive to obtain or rent!)

As many of you know, I/we like to make this as inexpensive as possible- so all of your ideas, donations and networking skills are appreciated IMMENSELY!

Thank you for your support. If you would like to be more involved with the art deco team- either a small project or weekly, please let me know!

Happy New Year!

PARENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE BOOK CLUB NIGHTS STARTING SOON

Start reading now! P.I.E. Our two Book Club Nights are coming right up!

BattleHymn of the Tiger Mother - February 3rd, 7:00 pm

Free Range Kids - March 2nd, 7:00 pm

Hosted in the homes of P.I.E. members Zara Kublin (Feb 3rd) and Karine Dammer (March 2nd). Addresses to be posted soon.

The February book will be “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” and the March book will be “Free-Range Kids” Please come to one or both! These books were chosen for their ability to spark lively discussion of hot-button parenting issues.

“Tiger Mother” raises questions about how to parent in our high-pressure times: when to give a push and when to step back; how to know the difference between encouraging our children and pressuring them; how do we step out of this rat race without worrying that we might be "leaving our children behind?”

“Free-Range Kids” focuses on the child’s physical independence: how to balance our fears for our children’s safety with our urge to protect them; how overprotection can keep them from becoming confident and independent; what are real risks and what are perceived risks?

Bring your wisdom, your anxiety, and your total cluelessness!

Plenty of delicious snacks and drinks will be provided and, of course, pie.

RSVP greatly appreciated. Send to Zara Kublin zkublin@hotmail.com [We’re trying to get copies of the books to put in the library for parents. If you have a copy you’re willing to loan, please e-mail me. Thanks!

Legislative Update: NO MORE CUTS!

Today is the beginning of the congressional regular session (the 60 days during which the legislature meets in Olympia to propose, haggle over, and vote on new laws). There are already spending bills being put forward that will make drastic cuts to public services in order to balance the budget. Most of these cuts are slated to come from education. As you probably know, the Washington State Supreme Court ruled last Thursday that the legislature is not fulfilling its primary constitutional duty to fully fund public education ("It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample provision for the education of all children residing within its borders...” Article IX http://www.leg.wa.gov/LAWSANDAGENCYRULES/Pages/constitution.aspx).

Please call or write to your representatives right now (see attached legislative guide and sample scripts). Make sure they know how you feel about the ongoing cuts to your children’s schools and make sure they know that you know about the Supreme Court ruling. Follow the guidelines in the attachment and be polite but firm. This is a critical time to let the legislature - your paid employees - know that you’re not happy with what they’ve been doing to education and you, along with the Supreme Court, demand that they get their priorities straight.

Enjoy! Advocacy is not only necessary, it’s empowering and fun. I swear.

Zara Kublin, FOSB legislative chair, zkublin@hotmail.com

PURL & UNFURL 7pm, Wednesday, January 18th

Knitters unite and steal away to work among friends on some of those holiday presents you may need to finish. The word is getting out about this fun group! ...come relax, knit and get to know better some fellow parents. New knitters, crafters of all kinds and holiday card writers are all welcome. Purl and Unfurl will always be the 2nd Wednesday of the month so jot future months on your calendar if you cannot make this one. Karine's house (5 houses north of Salmon Bay park) 7029 20th Ave NW

SCRIP NEWS!

In stock now: Joann Fabrics, Barnes and Noble, Tully's, iTunes, PCC, Regal, AMC, Shutterfly, Jiffy Lube, LLBean, Gymboree, JcPenny, Panera, Little Caesars, Starbucks, Safeway, Amazon, Fred Meyer/QFC.

Scrip table is staffed M-F 8:15am-8:45am and Wednesdays 2:15pm-2:45pm.

Hope to see you soon!

Suzanne and Amy

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL TOURS

Open Enrollment Periodfor the 2012-2013 school year is Feb 27,2012 through March 9, 2012. Information on student assignments will be available for families on April 16, 2012.

NOVA:

Have you, or your student, considered The Nova Project for High School? Whether you check the yes or no box above, you owe it to both of you to take a look at what Nova has to offer.

At Nova:

Students take responsibility for their own education, governance and behavior. Nova is the only school democracy in the Seattle Public School system.
Teachers have a close personal relationship with students and are heavily invested in their academic and social success.
Students have the flexibility to pursue a wide range of educational passions.
Staff and students focus on social and environmental justice –in the school, in the local community and in the world at large.

Nova hosts an exhibition night on February 9; and a series of visit dates coming up; Jan 12th and 31st, Feb 14th and March 1st; 12noon-1pm.

Additional questions: Contact Lynne lynne@ohana.org; 818-8093,

BALLARD:

INGRAHAM:

Ingraham Open House 2012 for incoming students

February 1st – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Auditorium

IngrahamHigh SchoolIB Information Night

February 8th – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Library

IngrahamHigh School Day Time Tours

February 15th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

March 7th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

Tour begins in the school Auditorium

Questions? Call the Main Office #206-252-3888 No need to RSVP for tours or the night open houses.

ROOSEVELT:2012 HIGH SCHOOL INFORMATION NIGHT

NATHAN HALE:

Nathan Hale is having their information night on Tuesday February 7th from 6- 8:30 PM.

6:00-7:00- Table Fair

6:30-7:00- Building Tour

7:00-8:30- Nathan Hale High School Presentation and Q&A

CENTER-

Open House February 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Tour February 15th from 9:00- 10:00 AM

These were the dates we were sent or I was able to get so it is not complete. I will list more tour dates as I get them. Thanks!

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER DAY NEEDS YOU:

8th GRADE TEACHER NEEDS YOUR HELP:

Cleaning out your closets? Please send any old beading/jewelry materials to Melanie in room 317 for our WEP class; we appreciate any donations!

We are also looking for foam core donations for a bulletin board project. We’d appreciate any foam core scraps, including old campaign signs or posters as we can cover the old text. Thanks!!!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Also one spot left in the Tue. 4:30-5:30 mixed level pottery class

SalmonBayMom's kickball

BASEBALL CLINICS

Baseball Positive is putting on winter instructional programs running for six weeks from Jan 11 - Feb 26 at Magnuson and Crown Hill.

For those of you new to Baseball Positive, check out our Testimonial Page:

Sign-ups are now open for our Six Week Jan/Feb Training Classes:

http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/index.php

Most Classes have a 3:1 or 4:1 Instructor to player ratio.

Class Descriptions & Info: http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/page.php?pid=4ddacdce311d9 Schedule & Registration: http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/index.php

Yoga for Teens & Tweenstaught by Salmon Bay parent Mary Kay Vadino

Monday's 3:15pm starting Jan 9.

Taj Yoga Studio

Give the gift of Yoga this year. Teens & Tweens agree yoga is a great way to unwind, develop strength and flexibility and bring balance to their active lives.

$40 for a 5 class card

Classes meet at the old Crown Hill Elementary School

Violin Lessons-

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

OPEN STUDIO FURLOUGH DAY: Jan. 24th after school - 4:30 (Barb Smith will walk group over from Salmon Bay)

Pre-registration required. Space limited.

Upcoming Classes:

Tuesdays- Impressionism starting Jan. 10 - Barb will walk students over from Salmon Bay after school" to the Impressionism class starting tomorrow

Wednesdays- Art with Barb ages 5th grade and up 3 - 5 starting Jan. 11

Thursdays- Sewing Machine 101 Jan. 12/Pajama pants Jan. 19 and 26 and more...

Visit us at www.spacetocreate.net for details...

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Weekly Bulletin 1/3/12

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/page.php?pid=4e7d1024d839c

Tuesday January 3rd, 2012

Upcoming Events Calendar:

JANUARY

3rd Tuesday AS First day back to school!

5th Thursday AS Math Committee Meeting 7:00 PM Library

6th Friday MS First Winter Enrichment Program (WEP)– Session 1

9th Monday AS Finance Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

10th Tuesday AS Auction Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

12th Thursday AS Java with Jodee – evening opportunity – 6:00 PM

12th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent meeting 7:00 PM

13th Friday MS WEP #2

16th Monday AS NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr Holiday

19th Thursday AS Student Assessment Discussion 7:00 PM Library

20th Friday MS WEP #3

24th Tuesday AS Furlough ½ day – Students out 3 hours early

25th Wednesday AS Emergency Planning Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

26th Thursday MS WEP #4 – Thursday, not Friday

27th Friday AS NO SCHOOL – Day between semesters

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

Happy New Year!

Did you notice that returning to school was much more enlightening this time? The district installed new hallway lighting in the first floor halls. Wow! Who knew those lockers were actually orange? My favorite comment was from a young student who said, “Look you can really see the words in my story now!” It’s great to be able to see the student work and art on the bulletin boards. Eventually, we will also see the lighting on the 2nd floor and annex. (And, for those of you who asked, I did have them save the old fixtures… future renovation? ... auction items?)

If you have an upper elementary student: they will be doing MAP assessment this week in reading and math. Remember the MAP assessment measures growth, from one period to the next. If you have questions about MAP, or other assessments, please be sure to come to our next Parent Information Night on January 19—All about assessment—7 pm in the cafeteria.

If you have a middle school student: remember Friday is the first day of Winter Enrichment Program (WEP) so students may need a little extra help getting organized Thursday night, depending on the activity they have chosen. Also, please remember, drop off and parking will be different. Drop off in the playground, turning right ONLY, into the field. No parking in neighbor’s driveways.

It will be a fun, exciting week! Jodee

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

Sneak Peeks January 3, 2012

Welcome back and Happy New Year!

Few reminders:

This Friday, January 6, will be our first Winter Enrichment Day. We will have approximately 240 middle schoolers headed up to the mountain. Please plan for extra traffic around the school in the morning. We will have the lower playground shutdown in the morning. Elementary students may go to the West Gym for rainy day recess or the library.

January 24th will be an all school furlough day and we will have a 3 hour early release day. We will be serving lunch for students.

Winter Enrichment FYI’s for Middle school families

Before the winter break homeroom teachers went over with their class, student assignments for Winter Enrichment Activities. Students should know where they will be going for their first Winter Enrichment day.

We will be having a student assembly on January 5th where students will meet with their Winter Enrichment teachers and they will go over expectations, equipment needed and answer any questions. If your student is signed up for a Seattle Area Winter Enrichment activity, please have them bring their payment for their activity on that day.

MIDDLE SCHOOL PARENTS – PLEASE HELP US!!

If you will be dropping off your student in the morning for skiing/boarding we will have the lower playground open for parking. Please come south on 18th ave NW, turn right into the playground lot, when leaving the playground we will ask that drivers turn right only.

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Happy 2012 Salmon Bay!! Wowzers, if you haven’t walked through our main floor halls, you should.

Their new lightness and brightness can energize your whole day. Now you can actually see who is waving at you down the hall. Thanks to the over break – work folks who got that done.

January– If December was the month to celebrate and rest, then January is the month to meet and get going. If you look at our calendar above, there are a multitude of meetings that you can participate in to help us plan for and talk about like; math, FOSB finance and budget planning, the all school Auction, student assessment and planning for emergency’s. Email me if you would like more information.

Friday– As you know now is Winter Enrichment for the middle school. How cool that for 6 Fridays, our middle school students get to choose from a variety of cool activities (Skiing, snow-boarding, ice skating, city touring, hiking, beading - to mention a few) and spend the day doing them outside of the classroom. As you have gathered, there will be lots of activity of Friday morning. Another way you can best help on Fridays, besides what Michelle asked of all drivers above, is not parking on 19th after the school buses leave. Ski buses arrive shortly after the school buses depart and take up most of 19th. Thanks for the extra patience it takes to get through the start of Winter Enrichment. Watch for kids and enjoy the fun.

Thanks– Three sets of Thank you’s today. Thank you to Kate Banta Green for organizing and coordinating the Direct Giving Campaign and committee. Congratulations, you made your 2011 Direct Giving goal cheerfully and confidently. Thank you all of Salmon Bay who donated to the Direct Giving Campaign. Your donations helped the committee do what they set out to do – financially support the students and staff of Salmon Bay School. And lastly, a big thanks to our dear sweet Mary K McNeill who usually gently guides a few dozen of us through the trees during our evening Lantern Walk. Well a few dozen turned out to be a few hundred it seemed and Mary K did what she did best…. She giggled, smiled and kept on singing.

Enjoy your week and I hope you’re glad to be back. I know I am. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Hello and welcome back! I hope your holiday break was filled with good things and down time and you are ready for 2012 and all that it will bring! We are hitting the ground running as WEP starts this Friday and this is a super busy month.

WEP Assembly Thursday, January 5th- Students will meet with their Winter Enrichment teachers and they will go over expectations, any equipment needs and answer any questions.

First WEP Day Friday, January 6th- This is a very busy day with all students arriving at school at the regular time. We have approximately 240 kids heading to Snoqualmie Summit and they will be dropped off with all their gear, adding to the usual morning busyness. The lower playground area will be closed to students and will be used as a drop off area for cars with students and gear. Please be extra careful when dropping off at school as these kids will be excited and loaded down with gear which can lead to them being less careful than normal. Please drive south on 18th ave NW and turn right into the playground. When exiting the playground please turn right only to help keep traffic moving smoothly and safely.

Congratulations Geography Bee Participants- I was super impressed with all the participants and how well prepared they were. Congratulations go out to Colin F. on taking first place for the second year in a row!

There will be an email coming out tomorrow with more in depth information about WEP and should answer any last minute questions you might have. Please don't hesitate to call me if there is anything I can help you with, and I will do my best to get you the information you need.

Thanks and have a great week! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

8TH GRADE PROJECT UPDATE

By now interested 8th graders should have turned in their signed green contracts to sign up for participating in the project. They can still turn them in with Sam or Melanie this week. This will get them signed up for the Projects and Presentations class and give them access to information on the Source. Students that want to attend Tuesday or Thursday sessions after school should also sign up for the OST class and indicate which days they plan to come.

We will also have our weekly lunch meeting for students on Thursday during lunch in Room 317. Students should be finishing up their Topic Choice Journals and should bring those by Thursday this week and turn in to Melanie or Sam. If you have any questions, please email Melanie at meshelton@seattleschools.org or Janet at jabogle@seattleschools.org.

Thanks, Melanie

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

DECORATION COMMITTEE NEEDS YOU!!

Hello Everyone!

Our theme this year is LIGHTS! CAMERA! ACTION!

What images and thoughts are evoked from this theme? I’d love your ideas and feedback- you can email or call me- please! 206 949 6519 or jak@jacikajfas.com

Here are some of my thoughts:

Clean white banners along railing with projection (of kids? films?)
Balloons (not very green in my mind)
Red Carpet (super cool if we got a donation…)
Elaborate stage- like what though??
Film strips- either painted or…?
Colored lighting (not Xmas, but the real deal… means we need donations of lights, plus electrical cords)
Drapery- (can be expensive to obtain or rent!)

As many of you know, I/we like to make this as inexpensive as possible- so all of your ideas, donations and networking skills are appreciated IMMENSELY!

Thank you for your support. If you would like to be more involved with the art deco team- either a small project or weekly, please let me know!

Happy New Year!

DIRECT GIVING COMMITTEE UPDATE

WooHoo - we did it. We not only made our goal ,we exceeded it! You all donated $26,038 towards the wonderful teaching and learning at Salmon Bay. Add the $5,000 match from one generous Salmon Bay family and we raised $31,038. I am so proud to be a part of such a generous community.

If you donated money before the winter break, you should have received an acknowledgment letter and receipt. If you did not, please contact me. If you donated over break, thank yous will go out this week. Thanks everyone! Happy New Year!

Kate Banta-Green
bantagreen@gmail.com

PARENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE BOOK CLUB NIGHTS STARTING SOON

Start reading now! P.I.E. Book Club Nights coming right up!

BattleHymn of the Tiger Mother - February 3rd, 7:00 pm

Free Range Kids - March 2nd, 7:00 pm

Hosted in the homes of P.I.E. members Zara Kublin and Karine Dammer

Bring your wisdom, your anxiety, and your total cluelessness!

Snacks and drinks provided.

RSVP appreciated. Send to Zara Kublin zkublin@hotmail.com

SCRIP NEWS!

Welcome back! Who's excited to continue to support our school by buying Scrip cards!?!? I am! :)

We still have a wide variety of cards, along with our basics of Fred Meyer/QFC, Safeway and Starbucks. Stop by the Scrip table to check out what else we have!

Scrip Table Hours: M-F 8:15am-8:45am and Wednesdays 2:15-2:45pm

Happy Tuesday!

Suzanne and Amy

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL TOURS

Open Enrollment Periodfor the 2012-2013 school year is Feb 27,2012 through March 9, 2012. Information on student assignments will be available for families on April 16, 2012.

BALLARD:

INGRAHAM:

Ingraham Open House 2012 for incoming students

February 1st – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Auditorium

IngrahamHigh SchoolIB Information Night

February 8th – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Library

IngrahamHigh School Day Time Tours

February 15th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

March 7th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

Tour begins in the school Auditorium

Questions? Call the Main Office #206-252-3888 No need to RSVP for tours or the night open houses.

ROOSEVELT:

Rooseveltis holding their choice/curriculum night on February 2nd at 7 PM

NATHAN HALE:

Nathan Hale is having their information night on Tuesday February 7th from 6- 8:30 PM.

6:00-7:00- Table Fair

6:30-7:00- Building Tour

7:00-8:30- Nathan Hale High School Presentation and Q&A

CENTER-

Open House February 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Tour February 15th from 9:00- 10:00 AM

These were the dates we were sent or I was able to get so it is not complete. I will list more tour dates as I get them. Thanks!

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER DAY NEEDS YOU:

8th GRADE TEACHER NEEDS YOUR HELP:

Cleaning out your closets? Please send any old beading/jewelry materials to Melanie in room 317 for our WEP class; we appreciate any donations!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

BASEBALL CLINICS

Baseball Positive is putting on winter instructional programs running for six weeks from Jan 11 - Feb 26 at Magnuson and Crown Hill.

For those of you new to Baseball Positive, check out our Testimonial Page:

Sign-ups are now open for our Six Week Jan/Feb Training Classes:

http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/index.php

Most Classes have a 3:1 or 4:1 Instructor to player ratio.

Class Descriptions & Info: http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/page.php?pid=4ddacdce311d9 Schedule & Registration: http://www.diysports.com/baseballpositive/index.php

Yoga for Teens & Tweenstaught by Salmon Bay parent Mary Kay Vadino

Monday's 3:15pm starting Jan 9.

Taj Yoga Studio

Give the gift of Yoga this year. Teens & Tweens agree yoga is a great way to unwind, develop strength and flexibility and bring balance to their active lives.

$40 for a 5 class card

Classes meet at the old Crown Hill Elementary School

Violin Lessons-

Interested in violin/fiddle lessons for yourself or your child? Elizabeth Lovelace is a Salmon Bay mom and a certified Suzuki violin teacher. She has been teaching violin fro 20 years for ages 6- adult. She also loves to teach fiddling. For more information please call (206)351-3307. website- whidbeymusic-Elizabeth Lovelace

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

Upcoming Classes:

Tuesdays- Impressionism starting Jan. 10

Wednesdays- Art with Barb ages 5th grade and up 3 - 5 starting Jan. 11

Thursdays- Sewing Machine 101 Jan. 12/Pajama pants Jan. 19 and 26 and more...

Visit us at www.spacetocreate.net for details...

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Weekly Bulletin 12/12/11

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

Monday December 12th, 2011

Upcoming Events Calendar:

DECEMBER

14th Wednesday AS Purl and Unfurl 7:00 PM

15th Thursday MS Geography Bee- 5th and 6th periods-Salmon Bay Auditorium

15th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent meeting- 7:30 Library

16th Friday MS Rollerskating Party - Daytime

16th Friday ES Lantern Daytime Celebration 8:30 AM Stage area

16th Friday AS 1 Hour Early Dismissal

16th Friday ES Lantern Evening Celebration 6:30 Salmon Bay Park

19th- January 2nd AS Winter Break!

JANUARY

3rd Tuesday AS First day back to school!

5th Thursday AS Math Committee Meeting 7:00 PM Library

6th Friday MS First Winter Enrichment Program (WEP)– Session 1

9th Monday AS Finance Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

10th Tuesday AS Auction Committee Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

12th Thursday AS Coffee with Jodee – evening opportunity – 6:00 PM

12th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent meeting 7:00 PM

13th Friday MS WEP #2

16th Monday AS NO SCHOOL – Martin Luther King Jr Holiday

19th Thursday AS Student Assessment Discussion 7:00 PM Library

20th Friday MS WEP #3

24th Tuesday AS Furlough ½ day – Students out 3 hours early

25th Wednesday AS Emergency Planning Meeting – 7:00 PM Library

26th Thursday MS WEP #4 – Thursday, not Friday

27th Friday AS NO SCHOOL – Day between semesters

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

Please save the date: SalmonBayAssessment Night, January 19th at 7 pm. This will be an evening to talk about assessment: state, district and classroom. How does a parent make sense of it? There will be two parts: the first, to answer the question, “How do I use / read the assessment reports I receive for my child?” and the second, “How should I look at the big picture of assessment for my child?” This will be a presentation that has been planned by parents, staff and administration together. We hope to see you there!

ThursdayDecember 15– Middle SchoolGEOGRAPHY BEE at 1:00 to 2:30. If you have never had the sheer fun of watching the Salmon Bay Geography Bee—don’t miss it. Test yourself: how many of the questions could you answer?

EARLY DISMISSAL:Don’t forget we will be dismissing school at 1:35/1:45 Middle school will just be returning from roller-skating, and Elementary will do their Lantern Festival that day.

ELEMENTARY REPORT CARDS– Elementary report cards will be coming home at the end of this week. Remember this is a new report card, and if you have questions you can always check in with your student’s teacher.

From all your students’ teachers and staff, we wish you a wonderful holiday season—it’s always great to see if you can squeeze in some extra time for everyone in the family to READ!

Happy Winter Break!

Jodee

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

Sneak Peeks December 9, 2011

I finished up my last teacher observations this past week and learned lots of Math and Science.

Multiplication is always a tough one to learn but the 3rd graders I had the opportunity to sit in with had it down. Students did choral response to equations, drew pictures to help their thinking and worked on following directions.

In another class we worked on equivalent fractions using the IXL computer based program along with a mini lesson using manipulatives to help students see visually if 1/8 is = to 4/12.

I ended my week having 6th graders learn about transpiration and acting out the process of the water cycle through plants.

K-8 performance. If you didn’t get an opportunity to see Tom Sawyer, I’m sure you’ve heard the buzz. I attended the Thursday performance and it was standing room only and it was wonderful to see both elementary and middle school students in this production. Thank you to all the staff, parents and students for your hard work to make this happen!

Tidbits you may want to know…..

Middle schoolers will go roller-skating on Friday and the dress code will still be in effect. If students are unsure of the dress code policy it can be found in their student planner on page 5.

The temperatures have dropped but students seem to be bundled and prepared to play outside before school and during lunch recess. Thank you for sending your student dressed for the weather.

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

What a beautiful day to begin the last week of the year. Here is some news for you.

LANTERN CELEBRATION: Please join us this Friday at 8:30 AM in the stage area for our Solstice Lantern Celebration. With the gift of Mary K’s singing and gentle guidance and the creativity of all of the elementary student’s lanterns, our solstice lantern celebration is a great treat for your heart and soul. The lanterns will light our way and the children’s voices will guide the mood. It is a beautiful expression of harmony, joy and peacefulness. I will need helpers to get all the lanterns set up in the morning and back to classes after our celebration. Students take their lanterns home to bring back to Salmon Bay park to enjoy a true lantern walk through the trees, with delicate voices to lead our way. Evening performance begins at 6:30PM at Salmon Bay Park. Dress warmly. Nasty weather cancels the event. Hope to see you.

PHOTOS: This year is looks like there will be a lot of photos of me and Sherry Jaqua (editor) for our elementary yearbook, because we haven’t received much else. If you have time over the holidays and you know you have cute photos of cute kids doing cute things, please help by gathering them, giving them and continuing taking them. Sherry’s email issherry@foryourhealthnw.com or drop them off in the folder outside of Megan’s office. Thanks for your help with this.

TSHIRTS – We have some new ladies Salmon Bay tshirts that come in 3 styles and a few different colors. We also ordered one new blue color tshirt for the fellas. We didn’t expand into sweatshirts or kids shirts this time, due to the large inventory we still have. Ladies and gentlemans tshirts are $12 and checks can be made out to FOSB. What a great gift idea. Shirts can be purchased before school or after school or anytime you can catch Megan or Caitlin.

ROCK FER FOSB WRAP UP – Thanks to Penny E, Cameron M and Alan W, for organizing the Rock fer FOSB event last Saturday. Terrific music was abundant that night as well as generous rock and rollers. The door proceeds almost tipped $700. Thanks to all and see you in the spring.

GRATITUDE AND BLESSINGS: Thank you for your gentleness with children and with each other. Thank you for supporting the teachers and the staff. Thank you for you gifts of time and talent. Thank you for the warm smiles, the friendly hellos and cheerful goodbyes.

Enjoy your break, enjoy your family, enjoy your city and we will see you in 2012. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Hello and Welcome to the Last Week of School Before Winter Break! We have a full and fun week ahead with the Geography Bee, Roller-skating and a FOSB parent meeting to complete the excitement!

"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" was a smashing success! It was so amazing to see a play with a large cast of K-8 kids with many lines and lots of scene changes go so smoothly. Congratulations to Glyde and her whole cast and crew for a job well done!

Middle School Treasurer needed! A huge thank you to our Middle School treasurer David Sommerville for all his wonderful service as he is passing on the torch to the next eager person. If you like numbers and want to take a more active part in the parent board, this is the job for you. You would be working with the elementary treasurer and all school bookkeeper and asked to attend monthly FOSB meetings. The Middle School Treasurers works with the Middle School staff to help with all things financial. It is a great way to get to know the Middle School staff and be aware of Middle School financial needs. Please reply to this email if you think this is something you are interested in.

FOSB Meeting Thursday 12/15 in the library at 7pm. See you there!

Come down and get a new and beautiful Salmon Bay t-shirt. We just got in an order of adult sized Salmon Bay t-shirts in time for all your holiday shopping. They are very reasonably priced at just $12.00. I also got in some more Middle School Panther sweatshirts so if you were looking for one I have them now for $25.00.

I hope your winter break is festive and relaxing and you have time to do the things you most like to do! Take care and we will see you in 2012!

Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

8TH GRADE PROJECT UPDATE

At this time we’ve held an evening meeting for parents and students, and a lunchtime meeting for students, about how the 8th grade project is going to work this year. Students know that they have several options of how to participate: work independently with check- ins with an adult mentor, attend either or both of the Tuesday and Thursday afternoon after school OST sessions for mini-lessons and work time with Janet and Melanie, and a weekly check in meeting during lunch on Thursday’s for those that are interested.

Students who want to be registered and do an 8th grade project should see Sam or Melanie to get a contract, folder and topic choice journal. Contracts should be turned in by Wednesday, Dec. 14 to either Sam or Melanie. Once we have contracts, we will create a class called Projects and Presentations that will be visible on the Source with Melanie listed as the teacher. All project information will be available there, from assignments to calendars to what students should currently be working on.

Topic choice journals should be completed by Thursday, January 5 and turned in to Sam or Melanie. The first session for the OST class will be Thursday, January 5 after school in the library. If you have questions, you can email Melanie at meshelton@seattleschools.org or Janet at jabogle@seattleschools.org. Thanks

Notes from the Library:

A huge “thank-you” to Lisa Dunn and her crew of volunteers for all of their terrific work on the University Book Store book fair! I enjoyed seeing students and their families, as well as many teachers taking advantage of this wonderful opportunity to support the library here at Salmon Bay. The purchase list is almost finished, so look for some great new books in the library when we return from break.

Over the last few weeks I’ve had the opportunity to introduce (or re-introduce) middle school students to the resources available through the district’s subscription databases. If you’re familiar with the databases available through the Seattle Public Library, access to our databases works in much the same way. You can access them for free from any district computer, but they require a user name and password for access from home (or any other non-district computer.) Students were given a sheet with all of the necessary information. (If it gets lost, they can come by the library and get another one.) The district databases are the preferred reference sites for most middle and high school teachers, so it’s important that our students get lots of practice using them!

As some of you know, the winter round of MAP testing has begun, which always means some changes to our regular library schedule. We’re working hard to make sure that all of the elementary students will have one more opportunity to visit the library to check out books before the break! And speaking of break…it’s a great time to round up all of those library books that may have found a place to hide at home!

Have a wonderful break, and remember to find some time to curl up with a good book!

Linda

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

FOSB NEWS: December FOSB meeting – Thursday December 15th 7:30 PM Library

Budget discussions are starting for next school year. If you are interested in joining this conversation, please plan to attend the finance committee meeting on January 9th at 7p.m.

We are seeking a few volunteers who are interested in helping host FOSB coffee time. Coffee time is generally held after drop-off in the morning. Host duties include preparing coffee and assisting with set-up/clean-up. If you are able to help for a time or two, please contact Jodi Russell or Sarah Kopf.

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

Auction News!

Things are moving right along. If you are interested in helping out still, we can find you something to do! There are donation forms in the front of the school under the Auction Sign up poster, feel free to grab one for yourself and someone else any time. You can also find them on our school website: http://www.salmonbayschool.org/parents/fundraising/auction/donor_form

"Like" Salmon Bay School Annual Auction on facebook to be in on the most current happenings!

Stay tuned for more information and for a call for decoration meetings!

Suzanne

DIRECT GIVING COMMITTEE UPDATE

Thanks to all the families who have given to the Direct Giving Campaign. We really are a generous community.

It is not too late to donate. Please remember FOSB as you give at year-end. We still need $3,000 to make our goal of $25,000. Lost your letter? No worries - you can donate online at http://www.salmonbayschool.org/giving. Or put a check (made out to FOSB) in the Direct Giving mail box in the school office.

Thank yous and receipts have started going out. Look for them in your mail box in the upcoming weeks.

Have questions? Contact Kate Banta-Green at bantagreen@gmail.com

Thanks for choosing Salmon Bay! Have a wonderful Winter break.

PURL & UNFURL 7pm, Wednesday, December 14

Karine's house (5 houses north of Salmon Bay park) 7029 20th Ave NW

SCRIP NEWS!

Last chance to get scrip for your holiday shopping! We might just have something for you! You could use a gift card to shop, or buy one to give away. Either way, we all win. Yay for winning!

Here are the cards we have at the moment: Fred Meyer/QFC, Safeway, Amazon, Little Caesars, Claire's, JcPenny, Big 5, Gymboree, LL Bean, Jiffy Lube, Groupon, Shutterfly, AMC, Regal, PCC

We now have lots of Starbucks, as well as Fred Meyer and Safeway in $25 amounts.

Scrip table is personed M-F 8:15-8:45am and M/W 2:15-2:45pm.

:) Suzanne, Amy and Teresa

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

UPCOMING HIGH SCHOOL TOURS

Open Enrollment Periodfor the 2012-2013 school year is Feb 27,2012 through March 9, 2012. Information on student assignments will be available for families on April 16, 2012.

BALLARD:

INGRAHAM:

Ingraham Open House 2012 for incoming students

February 1st – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Auditorium

IngrahamHigh SchoolIB Information Night

February 8th – 7:00 PM – Ingraham Library

IngrahamHigh School Day Time Tours

February 15th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

March 7th – 8:15 AM – 9:45 AM

Tour begins in the school Auditorium

Questions? Call the Main Office #206-252-3888 No need to RSVP for tours or the night open houses.

ROOSEVELT:

Rooseveltis holding their choice/curriculum night on February 2nd at 7 PM

NATHAN HALE:

Nathan Hale is having their information night on Tuesday February 7th from 6- 8:30 PM.

6:00-7:00- Table Fair

6:30-7:00- Building Tour

7:00-8:30- Nathan Hale High School Presentation and Q&A

CENTER-

Open House February 9th from 6:00-8:00 PM

Tour February 15th from 9:00- 10:00 AM

These were the dates we were sent or I was able to get so it is not complete. I will list more tour dates as I get them. Thanks!

MIDDLE SCHOOL CAREER DAY NEEDS YOU:

6th GRADE TEACHER NEEDS YOUR HELP :

DearSalmon BayParents and Community Members!

I am hoping to offer a new exploratory class about Food, Cultures, Healthy Eating and Cooking this spring. The class would allow students to explore the politics of food, how to pick healthy choices when it comes to food, how and what people in cultures around the world eat and some cooking basics. In order to make this class a success, I need your help! I am hoping to gather any old (but still functioning and safe!) small cooking appliances such as Electric Frying Pans, Crock Pots, George Forman Grills, Hot Plates, Electric Kettles, etc. If you have any of these items way back in your kitchen cabinets, or down in the basement, and would like to donate them for the semester--or permanently--please email me at knhayes@seattleschools.org to let me know what you have.

Thanks!

Katie Hayes . 6th Grade LA/SS

8th GRADE TEACHER NEEDS YOUR HELP:

Cleaning out your closets? Please send any old beading/jewelry materials to Melanie in room 317 for our WEP class; we appreciate any donations!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Yoga for Teens & Tweenstaught by Salmon Bay parent Mary Kay Vadino

Monday's 3:15pm starting Jan 9.

Taj Yoga Studio

Give the gift of Yoga this year. Teens & Tweens agree yoga is a great way to unwind, develop strength and flexibility and bring balance to their active lives.

$40 for a 5 class card

Classes meet at the old Crown Hill Elementary School

INGRAHAM’S HOLIDAY HOOPS CAMP - 3rd Grade and Up –

Basketball Players-- Looking for more time on the court? Ingraham's New Head Coach Barry Jones, formerly with the San Antonio Spurs Development Team, along with Ingraham's Varsity Team will hold a Holiday Hoops Camp on December 19, 20 and 21 from 10 AM to 1 PM for only $50 in Ingraham's newly remodeled gym. Work on shooting, rebounding, ball handling, speed & agility and team offence & defense. Mini games played each day. Contact Janet Gibb at ajgibb@comcast.net or 784-3971 for more information.

Violin Lessons-

A GREAT WAYto SPEND your SCHOOLS OUT Days!

December 26th-30th there is NO SCHOOL which means it's time for ALL HOOPS!

Who: Boys and Girls, Grades 2-8

What: Join Husky legend Donald Watts, Sonic's great Slick Watts and the world-class Watts Basketball trainers for a camp full of skills, drills, games and prizes! Whether you are just starting out or trying to take your game to the next level, our coaches will help you reach your full potential all while having fun! *Late registration does not guarantee t-shirt*

Where: Sound Mind and Body

When: Monday-Friday, December 26-30, 9am-4pm

Cost: 3 Days: $165.00 / 4 Days: $195.00 / 5 Days: $225.00 (t-shirt included)

More information: www.wattsbasketball.com

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

Space to Create- Winter Schedule now online

School Break open studio time:

December 19 - 23 from 9:30 - 1 pm

(sign up for one or more days)

Space limited. Pre-registration required.

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Weekly Bulletin 12/5/11

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

Monday December 5th, 2011

Upcoming Events Calendar:

DECEMBER

6th Tuesday MS 8Th Grade Project Meeting – Cafeteria 7:00 PM

6th Tuesday AS Transportation Meeting with Tom Bishop at Thornton Creek –info below

7th Wednesday AS Banking Window Open – Family Room Window – 8:00 AM

8th Thursday AS Alternative School Coalition Meeting TOPS – 6:30 PM

8th Thursday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 7:00PM

9th Friday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 7:00 PM

10th Saturday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 2:00 PM

10th Saturday AS Rock Fer FOSB- Ballard Eagles, 7 PM

14th Wednesday AS Purl and Unfurl 7:00 PM15th Thursday MS Geography Bee- 5th and 6th periods-Salmon Bay Auditorium

15th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent meeting- 7:30 Library

16th Friday MS Rollerskating Party - Daytime

16th Friday ES Lantern Daytime Celebration 8:30 AM Stage area

16th Friday AS 1 Hour Early Dismissal

16th Friday ES Lantern Evening Celebration 6:30 Salmon Bay Park

19th- January 2nd AS Winter Break!

JANUARY

3rd Tuesday AS First day back to school!

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

As we approach the holiday break,I want to thank you, as always, for supporting the teachers in their work with students. Especially at this time, teachers try to give students strong academic challenges and projects, as well as a balance of fun and special projects. Your support helps them pull off that balance. In other words, keep checking the homework! And keep everyone reading at home… And read the bulletin to take advantage of all the great things happening: lantern festival, geography bee, roller-skating, Tom Sawyer….

8th Grade Project Information Night- Tuesday December 6th 7-8pm Cafeteria- This is a meeting for parents and students to get information about how the 8th grade projects will go this year.

Update on district Capacity Management:the revised district proposal for next year does NOT recommend any portables at Salmon Bay. It does recognize classrooms we will add (elementary expansion). They may change our geo-zone boundary to include more residences in the Adams Elementary attendance area.

Thank you to FOSB: We want to thank our amazing parent group, Friends of Salmon Bay, who have concluded their annual Mini Grant process. These grants will provide:

New stage curtains! They are gorgeous!
Support for showing Finding Kind, as well as a school bullying curriculum
Classroom emergency supplies
Class supplies for Japanese class, Spanish Class, Making History Project, 7/8th grade novel project, kindergarten expansion, reading program,
Technology projects: earphones, ipods for audiobooks, audio book library

It is gratifying to have a community of teachers and parents who work and collaborate so arduously to support the learning of their children, and all children at Salmon Bay.

Take care,

Jodee

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

Sneak Peeks December 2, 2011

I had the opportunity to just peek into an intermediate class to see students working on geometry.

6th-8th graders experienced “Finding Kind” it was an amazing experience to see students be authentic with each other and able to take steps to apologize to one another. Kudos to Anthony and Dana for the background work to make this happen.

6th graders were engaged in the library and LA classes gaining important research skills to build that foundation as a researchers by learning to evaluate reference books on Egypt.

7th graders were exploring scale factor and ratios demonstrating their knowledge by sharing their work to the class. The mantra in the class is U.S.A. does the student’s answer show “Understanding”, a “Strategy”, and do you have an “Answer”.

It was wonderful to hear the hallways with pitter pattering feet and student voices after a week break.

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

A full week of December business for you…

Three events for you –

Tom Sawyer– the second all school play performance that we have ever had. Come enjoy the youngest to the oldests in the classic Twain tale. Performances are at standing room only for Fri and Sat. Thursday night is a good option for a seat.
ROCK fer FOSB– the 11th rock event that showcases our talented Salmon Bay parents as you have never seen before. This year for the first time, two alumni students – Alice Strassburger and Jonah Falk, who attended Salmon Bay their complete and early formative rock and roll years, will be beginning the program with some original works. How cool to see our kids shine and flourish. Doors open at 7:00 PM, music begins at 8:00, fun begins right away. The Salmon Bay Eagles Club is south of Market street, on 20th. Cover charge is a recommended $10. Proceeds support our parent group general fund. Don’t miss it.
LANTERN FESTIVAL – The dark days of December are made more beautiful and bright with the lights and sounds of Mary K McNeill, our kids and delicately crafted lanterns, which fill the room on Friday morning, December 16th at 8:30 AM. Please join us for this magical morning. If you would like to help me set up, email me.

Two meetings for you –

Tomorrow night, Tuesday 12/6 at 7:00 PM, Thornton Creek Elementary is hosting an evening with Tom Bishop, the director of transportation, to discuss possible busing options for next year in regards to the NE quadrant of the transportation zone and Salmon Bay families. Address is below
Thursday night, 12/8 at 6:30 PM, TOPS K-8 is hosting an opportunity to discuss the innovation school/creative approach school application process and how it will affect alternative schools in Seattle. Caleb Banta Green, SB parent and co chair of the Alternative Schools Coalition, has worked hard to foster the discussion of what this application process will mean for our future and the future of alternative schools in Seattle.

Way to go’s

Chess club– To all the Kings and Queens of the Salmon Bay Chess Club. Way to go, placing in your tournaments.
Robotics club– Look below for all of the accolades for all of the all school Robotics team members. Great showing of talent and commitment
OUR BOOK FAIR- Thanks to ALL who helped bring in almost $2000 towards the purchasing power of Linda and our library, to buy more popular, fun and current books.

Thank you all - Enjoy your week - Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

HelloMiddle SchoolFamilies-

8th Grade Project Information Night, Tuesday 12/6 from 7-8 PM in the Cafeteria

Come hear background information on how the 8th grade project is going to work this year, from topic choice journals to rubric folders. There will be time for questions at the end of the session.

Does anyone work near Tukwila? Or just love driving there? We order our team sweats and school shirts from a place in Tukwila and are looking for someone to pick them up. Let me know if this is something you would be interested in.

Donation Opportunities for Middle School Classes- Both Melanie Shelton and Katie Hayes are asking for donations to help with classes. Look below in the Middle School section to see how you can help out these fabulous teachers.

Alternative Education Coalition Meeting-Thursday 12/8 at 7PM at TOPS K-8 there will a meeting with teachers and alternative school representatives to discuss the upcoming application process to become an innovation/creative approach school and what it means for the alternative school community. See below for more information.

Transportation Meeting-Tuesday Dec. 6th Thornton Creek Elementary, 7PM-Families who live in the NE quadrant and the Eckstein M.S. attendance area are encouraged to come and talk with Tom Bishop, SPS director of transportation to hear about proposed transportation cuts for next year and what we can do about them. See message below to get more details.

December FOSB Meeting Date Change/Time change- New Date is Thursday December 15th- Salmon Bay Library at 7:30 pm (for December only). So that our FOSB meeting isn't competing with the fabulous all school production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" we have a new meeting date.

All School Production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Thursday December 8th @ 7pm

Friday December 9th @ 7pm

Saturday December 10th @ 2pm

The Friday and Saturday show have all the chairs already reserved and the Thursday night show is filling up quick. There is still room to sit on the floor in front or stand in the back at all the shows.

Rock Fer FOSB-Saturday December 10th at the Ballard Eagles- doors open at 7pm. Come listen to fellow parents and their bands rock out! We will also be treated to the musical styling's of two Salmon Bay alumni, Alice Strassburger and Jonah Falk! Have fun listening to great music and raise money for our wonderful school.

WEP Ski/Snowboard volunteers needed! I will be sending out an email this week with details of all the volunteers needed on those 6 WEP Friday's so you can start planning accordingly.

Congratulations to the Chess and Robotics clubs on your impressive seasons!

Our amazing bookfair raised almost $2000 for our school library! Great job!

Thanks and have a great week! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

Hear ye hear ye! Upcoming Tom Sawyer Performance Update

Friday night and Sat performances to "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" are now sold out - meaning, we have 130 seats and those are all reserved.

There is still room for standing in the back, sitting in the front and (possibly) sitting at a table in the back in the cafeteria...

Still some chairs left for Thursday night but they're going fast!

ROBOTICS TEAM - Last Meeting This Wednesday, Dec7th

Last meeting this Wednesday in the multipurpose room.

We will celebrate our successes from the robotics season and do a couple of team challenges!

Note: "The Winners" will continue to meet to prepare for the State Championships. The time and place is still to be determined.

ROBOTICS TEAM NEWS
The Salmon Bay Robotics club participated in the FLL Washington State Regional Qualifiers this weekend, and had a really great time. This was our first year competing in a tournament and the kids did fantastic!

We fielded 3 teams for the competition: The Winners (#405), Firebots (#407), and Techno Tigers (#408).

The qualifiers consisted of 3 team interviews (FLL Core Values, Robot Design, and Science Project) as well as the robot game. We (the coaches) were really impressed with the great job the kids did in their interviews. The teams also scored well in the robot game. The Winners also qualified for the State Championships by winning the "Gracious Professionalism" award.

Here are some of the highlights and great comments our teams got for their interviews:

The Winners
Louis F., Spencer H., Kaspar H., Gabe H., Myele J.,
Jonah K., Henry L., Nolan L., Sabrina M.
Coach: Darlene Soellner

    Robot Game Score: 116 points

    FLL Core Values
        - High marks for Inspiration, Teamwork and Gracious Professionalism.
        - Won Gracious Professionalism award with Exemplary marks for Inclusion
           of all team members, Respect for other team members, and Accomplished
           marks for Cooperation.

    Robot Design
        - High marks for Mechanical Design and Programming
      - "Good robot design, really liked the tread design"
        - "Quite innovative to use single attachment for all of the missions"

Firebots
Owen A., Shamus B., Max B., Philip C., Sally H., Alan O.,
Clayton S., Claire S., Owen S., Alex V.L.,
Coach: Jeff Coleman

    Robot Game Score: 115 points

    Robot Design
        - High Marks for Mechanical Design and Strategy & Innovation
        - "Attachments that could transform into other attachment was a great idea
            and an efficient use of parts"
        - "Programming seemed well understood and iteratively improved"
        - "Moveable computer for easy access was great"

Techno Tigers
Jordan A., Saia D., Paul F., John L., Bjorn M.,
Jack P., Theo S., Riley S., Beth T.
Coach: Sarab Mattes

    Robot Game Score: 86 points

    Core Values
        - High Marks for Kids Do The Work, Respect for other team members, and
           Cooperation amongst the team

    Robot Design
        - High Marks for Strategy & Innovation, and Mechanical Design
        - Recommended for "Rising Star" award for accomplished ratings in Mission Strategy
           and Innovation
        - "Claw device was innovative and seemed to address team's well defined goals"

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

FOSB NEWS: December FOSB meeting – Thursday December 15th 7:30 PM Library

Please note the FOSB meeting has been moved to next Thursday, December 15th at 7:30 p.m. By rescheduling our meeting, we were able to avoid a conflict with the all school play (and it is going to be great--please join us for a performance!). We are currently finalizing the FOSB meeting agenda and ask that anyone with agenda items contact Jodi Russell (reddsell@comcast.net) or Sarah Kopf (kopfpatterson@earthlink.net )

Budget discussions are starting for next school year. If you are interested in joining this conversation, please plan to attend the finance committee meeting on January 9th at 7p.m.

-up/clean-up. If you are able to help for a time or two, please contact Jodi Russell or Sarah Kopf.

ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION COALITION MTG THIS THURSDAY –

7:00 PM TOPS K-8

We would like to convene a meeting with teachers, administrators and parent representatives from all 7 alternative schools to discuss:

* what the "creative approach schools" process is about and the possible implications

* the pros and cons of different decision paths

* determine whether and how we might coordinate our efforts.

Feel free to join us at TOPS, at 7:00 PM in the library.

Attention: Salmon Bay Families who live in the NE quadrant and the Eckstein Middle School Attendance area! Transportation meeting tomorrow night.

A group of NE parents have quickly put together a meeting for all parents of Salmon Bay students without guaranteed transportation next year (2012/2013) and beyond, to meet with Tom Bishop the Director of Transportation for Seattle Public Schools.

Tuesday, Dec 6th 7PM

Thornton Creek Elementary

7711 43rd AvenueNE Seattle, WA 98115

Due the State's education budget cost, Transportation has been given a mandate to dramatically cut bussing costs next year! There will be a city wide cut in bussing services, including discontinuing bussing our kids from outside the Salmon Bay assignment zone, which is the combined Hamilton and Whitman Middle School Attendance Areas. (The grandfathered clause for busing is scheduled to end May 2012) The goal of this community meeting is to brainstorm and advocate for transportation solutions with Tom that would make it possible for our children and other NE students to continue to attend Salmon Bay.

The timing of this meeting is important as Tom needs to turn in his bussing plan for the 2012/2013 school year in January.

Please send at least one parent to the meeting, we need to demonstrate that this is an important issue for us as a community.

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

Auction News!

"Like" Salmon Bay School Annual Auction on facebook to be in on the most current happenings!

Stay tuned for more information and for a call for decoration meetings!

Suzanne

DIRECT GIVING COMMITTEE UPDATE

Have you seen those new curtains on the stage? Did you know that YOU purchased them? That's right, they were purchased with money raised by this Annual Giving campaign!!!! There are lots of other amazing projects, just waiting for our dollars.

It's not too late to give! We still need $5,000 to make our goal of $25,000. Lost your letter? No worries - you can donate online at http://www.salmonbayschool.org/giving.

Have questions? Contact Kate Banta-Green at bantagreen@gmail.com

Thanks for choosing Salmon Bay!

PIE NEWS:

Coming up: P.I.E. Book Club Nights!

Friday, February 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and Friday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

Hosted in the homes of P.I.E. members Zara Kublin and Karine Dammer

Bring your wisdom, your anxiety, and your total cluelessness!

Snacks and drinks provided.

Contact Zara Kublin zkublin@hotmail.com

NEW SCRIP NEWS!

If you haven't managed to get all of your holiday shopping done just yet, come on down to the scrip table! We might just have something for you! You could use a gift card to shop, or buy one to give away. Either way, we all win. Yay for winning!

Scrip table is personed M-F 8:15-8:45am and M/W 2:15-2:45pm.

:) Suzanne, Amy and Teresa

PURL & UNFURL 7pm, Wednesday, December 14

meet at: Karine's house (5 houses north of Salmon Bay park)

7029 20th Ave NW

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

CHESS CLUB NEWS

The Salmon Bay Chess Club participated in the Bryant Fall Classic chess tournament this weekend and had a great time! We had 16 kids who played in the tournament. Our 1st-3rd grade team took home the 4th place team trophy and our 4th-6th grade team took home the 7th place team trophy. Nice job chess players!

Kindergarten Team
Isa A.W., Saul D., Chase M.

    Highlights
        - Saul - First Tournament! - 3 points - Qualified for State Championships
        - Isa - Second Tournament
        - Chase - Second Tournament - 3 points - Qualified for State Championships

1st - 3rd Grade Team
Sophia A.W., Blanca K., Jackson K., Jackson M., Fritz M., Julian M., Keegan P, Milo P., Asher S., Gabe T.

Highlights
    - 4th Place Team Trophy
    - Jackson M. - First Tournament!
    - Julian - Second Tournament
    - Jackson K. - 7th Place 3rd Grade - 4 out of 5 games won
    - Fritz - 2nd Place 2nd Grade - 4 out of 5 games won
    - Keegan - 3 wins - Qualified for State Championships

4th - 6th Grade Team
Jackson B., Julie K., Cian M.
Highlights
    - 7th Place Team Trophy
    - Cian - 3 wins - Qualified for State Championships

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL 8TH GRADE PROJECT UPDATE:

8th Grade Project Information Night, Tuesday 12/6 at 7- 8 PM in the Cafeteria

Come hear background information on how the 8th grade project is going to work this year, from topic choice journals to rubric folders. There will be time for questions at the end of the session. If you have any questions please reply to Caitlin Racey at caracey@seattleschools.org

6th GRADE TEACHER NEEDS YOUR HELP :

DearSalmon BayParents and Community Members!

Thanks!

Katie Hayes . 6th Grade LA/SS

8th GRADE TEACHER NEEDS YOUR HELP:

Cleaning out your closets? Please send any old beading/jewelry materials to Melanie in room 317 for our WEP class; we appreciate any donations!

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Violin Lessons-

A GREAT WAYto SPEND your SCHOOLS OUT Days!

December 26th-30th there is NO SCHOOL which means it's time for ALL HOOPS!

Who: Boys and Girls, Grades 2-8

Where: Sound Mind and Body

When: Monday-Friday, December 26-30, 9am-4pm

Cost: 3 Days: $165.00 / 4 Days: $195.00 / 5 Days: $225.00 (t-shirt included)

More information: www.wattsbasketball.com

SNOW SPORT OPPORTUNITY

Interested in getting your kids cross-country skiing -- and getting in some ski time yourself? Three, four and eight week programs offered at Summit East's Nordic Center are fun for everyone, ages 4 and up through teen racers. Each year the eight-week classes have an adventure theme and this year the elementary - middle school young skiers will be on a "Beyonders" quest. For more info, see: http://home.comcast.net/~karelzikan/JP/ (This page also has information for the Snoqualmie Nordic Club ski swap coming up this Friday, 12/2)

Salmon Bay Alumna Helen Miller (Ballard High, '13) will be instructing in this program for her third year (following eight years as a student).

Salmon Bay Mom’s Kickball

Come have fun with Salmon Bay moms playing kickball! No experience

necessary- everyone welcome.

Second Saturday (12/10) every month 10 AM @ Greenwood Elementary playground (80th N & 1st Ave N) Just show up or contact Lisa Crozier for more information. 784.7563.

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

Space to Create- Winter Schedule now online

Studio Holiday Sale: Dec. 9, 10 and 11 - One of a kind gifts for the holiday

Friday from 5 - 8 pm

Saturday from 10 - 5 pm

Sunday from noon - 5 pm

School Break open studio time:

December 19 - 23 from 9:30 - 1 pm

(sign up for one or more days)

Space limited. Pre-registration required.

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Weekly Bulletin 11/28/11

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

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Monday November 28th, 2011

Upcoming Events Calendar:

NOVEMBER

29th Tuesday AS Picture Retake Day

30th Wednesday AS Banking Window Open – Family Room Window – 8:00 AM

DECEMBER

1st Thursday AS "Finding Kind" for Salmon Bay Parents- Ballard High Auditorium 7:00 PM

8th Thursday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 7:00PM

9th Friday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 7:00 PM

10th Saturday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 2:00 PM

10th Saturday AS Rock Fer FOSB- Ballard Eagles, 7 PM

15th Thursday MS Geography Bee- 5th and 6th periods-Salmon Bay Auditorium

15th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent meeting- 7:30 Library

16th Friday MS Rollerskating Party - Daytime

16th Friday ES Lantern Daytime Celebration 8:30 AM Stage area

16th Friday AS 1 Hour Early Dismissal

16th Friday ES Lantern Evening Celebration 6:30 Salmon Bay Park

19th- January 2nd AS Winter Break!

JANUARY

3rd Tuesday AS First day back to school!

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

Welcome back to school! I hope you had a refreshing and happy holiday break.

You probably already know through the bulletin that Salmon Bay will be showing the documentary “Finding Kind” this week to middle school students. The film has been well received in other schools, and after previewing it with Anthony, we decided to show it here as well. Middle students will see the movie on Thursday morning, followed up with discussions in their home room groups, and further follow up on Friday. We will make certain that students include all types of bullying in their discussions and reflection, not just girl-to-girl bullying. There is an opportunity for parents to view the film as well, on Thursday, December 1st, at 7pm, in the Ballard High School auditorium. Please remember that this event is not open to friends and relatives, but the space is limited just to parents of Salmon Bay. As we have previously shared with you, this film is not appropriate for elementary aged students. Since our middle school students will have already seen the film during the day, there is no need to have students attend this showing. We want to also thank FOSB, our parent group, for co-funding the event with us. There is an important reason why our first rule at Salmon Bay is to be kind….and this will give us a great opportunity to have meaningful conversations with our middle school students.

Thank you for your conscientious participation in school conferences last week. We know that when parents do participate in their child’s education in ways like this, and by attending their performances, games and school events, it solidifies the child’s every-day engagement and effort as well. Many of your conferences may have been “student led” and this is one more way we use to further develop our alternative school philosophy to have students own their education, and to become strong independent learners and thinkers.

Thank you for all you do to support your child at Salmon Bay School.

Have a good week.

Jodee Reed, principal

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Tis the season to be thankful – all the things I am thankful for at Salmon Bay this week…

Our new stage curtains– Goodness Stephen McGehee, Glyde&crew – you are terrific. Our former stage curtains were older than our dear old school and needed to move along. And now they have, so take this opportunity to check out the new, beautiful stage curtains during morning sing, the all school Tom Sawyer performance next week or our upcoming Elementary Lantern Festival on December 16th, 8:30 AM. – or just walk into the stage area and be amazed. Thank you all.

Our hardworking garden committee- Gracious Jen Millen and crew – you are unstoppable in your commitment to maintain the outer grounds of our beloved school. Thanks to you all.

Our wildly successful fall bookfair- Good Golly Lisa Dunn and all of her bookfair crew – your efforts made the weekend bookfair a huge success. (Special thanks to Audrey L, Drew D, Kenny M, Mary Ann C, Dorothy J, Amy G, Mary K, Glyde K and all of the student performers) Amounts are still being tallied but the word is from the UW Bookstore, “We love Salmon Bay”. Beyond supporting our library with funds, the bookstore staff continues to remark on the strong community feel that comes from the Salmon Bay families when they attend, participate, shop, hang out, listen, help out and look like they are really enjoying themselves. Next week… proceed amount

Our awesome PE teacher, MR. G– Holy Rollers!! Mr G is on the hunt for gently used roller skates and roller blades that you no longer want or need. Donations can be dropped off in his gym.

Our dedicated Friends Of Salmon Bay parent board – Heavens to betsy – Our committed FOSB parent board meets each month to craft, discuss, decide and plan for our year. Our December Meeting will be held on Thursday December 15th, - new date, and held at 7:30, new time. It will be located in the same place though…. In our library, at 7:30, on Thursday Dec 15th.

Our unexpectedly popular elementary early morning yogaclass – my oh my how successful our yoga class became. For the month of December, there will be no early morning yoga. Thanks Becky for the great instruction.

Our “Yes we can” Playground Committee– gosh, what would we do without them. This committee is on tract with fundraising ideas, equipment plans, 2012 timelines and community awareness. It is continually rewarding to see how the playground is coming together. Thank you all.

And you!! Thank you for doing all of the above and responding to all the calls for help in and around the classroom and school. What a gift you are. Enjoy your week. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

HelloMiddle SchoolFamilies-

I hope your holiday break was relaxing and fulfilling (and filling) and that you are back ready for a whirlwind three weeks until Winter Break!

Thank You to the New Curtain Crew! A hardworking group led by Steve McGehee and our drama teacher Glyde have gotten us new curtains for our stage area. Thanks to all involved for all your work in keeping our school beautiful!

Picture Retake Day- Tuesday November 29th- If your student did not get their picture taken or would like retakes then this is the day for it. Bring in your order form for first time pictures or your picture packet for retakes.

"Finding Kind" Screening for Salmon Bay Parents- Thursday December 1st Ballard High School Auditorium 7pm. Middle School students will be seeing this during the day on Thursday and this is an opportunity for their parents to see it as well. If you have any questions please reply to this email.

Mr. G Needs Some Wheels! If you have any roller skates or roller blades (or other PE equipment) sitting around not being used, Mr. G would love to take them off your hands. Next week is skating week so let us know if you can help out.

All School Production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Thursday December 8th @ 7pm

Friday December 9th @ 7pm

Saturday December 10th @ 2pm

Rock For FOSB-Saturday December 10th at the Ballard Eagles- doors open at 7pm. Come listen to fellow parents and their bands rock out! We will also be treated to the musical styling's of two Salmon Bay alumni, Alice Strassburger and Jonah Falk! Have fun listening to great music and raise money for our great school.

Enjoy the week! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

Hear ye hear ye! Upcoming Tom Sawyer Performance Information

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain, adapted for the stage by Glyde Hart King and Riley Richards is coming to Salmon Bay next week!

Performances are Thurs. Dec 8 @ 7pm, Fri Dec 9 @ 7pm and Sat Dec 10 @ 2pm.

Reserve your seats on this google doc:

Tickets are free. There are only 130 chairs so you should reserve one if you want to sit. Little kids like to sit on the floor in the front. Bigger kids like to stand in the back. But we only have so many chairs. Hope to see you at the show!

RE-TAKE PICTURE DAY COMING SOON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH

Students and Staff that did not have their pictures taken on October 25th, MUST have it taken on Picture Re-Take day, Tuesday, November 29th in morning part of the day! Even if you do not want to order a portrait package, you MUST have your picture taken for other purposes.

Also, students and staff that are unhappy with their first picture can re-take their picture on Re-Take day by bringing the package back to school in its entirety and hand it directly to the photographer on picture re-take day. Lifetouch photographers will re-take your picture and order the same package for you. IF you want to order more pictures of your first portrait, then you may do so by filling out another form, (available in the main office), or you can go on-line to www.LifetouchPcDay.com to access more resources and information on how to order more pictures. Picture Package Envelopes and the order forms for Picture Re-Take day are available in the main office.

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

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Auction News!

Have any ideas for a class project? Start talking with other parents in your class!

We are still looking for someone to take over the Check Out position. This could be the perfect fit for someone who wants to participate in a way that uses their super computer skills instead of their socializing skills. Know anyone who fits the bill? There will be training!

We have a facebook page! "Like" the Salmon Bay School Auction page to get more scoop!

Questions? Comments? e-mail Suzanne at suzaroo@gmail.com

DIRECT GIVING COMMITTEE UPDATE

“I can see my child flourishing in away he never has before. His teacher is creative, direct, clear, and encourages his unique personality to come forward.” - Salmon Bay parent

THANKS to all those families who have generously given to the direct giving campaign. If you haven't already, please give to support your child's learning at Salmon Bay. Every amount counts! We are 1/3 of the way to our goal and need your support!

Work Place Giving - if you work for a large employer (Microsoft, Boeing, City of Seattle, etc) you can give through your Workplace campaign. Just choose Salmon Bay or Friends of Salmon Bay on the list of non-profits. Please let Kate Banta-Green know if this is how you are giving.(bantagreen@gmail.com)

Matching Gifts - Corporate matching gifts are an easy way to increase the impact of your contribution. If your employer has a matching gift policy, (and you haven’t already done so) please request a form from your employer, fill out your section and send it to the Friends of Salmon Bay at the school's address (1810 NW 56th Street, 98117). We will verify your gift and return the form to your company who will then issue a matching gift contribution to the Friends of Salmon in your name. Please let Kate Banta-Green know if your company matches, so she can account for the match amount. (bantagreen@gmail.com)

Thanks for choosing and supporting Salmon Bay!

PIE NEWS:

Did you miss out on PIE's excellent speaker, Lori Gradinger, a couple of weeks ago? There is another chance for parents to hear her talk about communication and connection with your tweens and teens on December 6th at Greenwood Library....it's FREE.

"HOLDING THE CONTAINER OF CONNECTION"

The issue of connection takes a different form while our kids are teens.

It is not a 50/50 proposition and it is not simple.

Can Connection and Conflict co-exist?

If so, what does this look like?

What does it sound like?

How does this feel?

How can we stay calm and clear in the midst of our differences with our kids, our partners, other parents?And how do we articulate all of this to the kids?Let's talk.

I have been learning some great stuff about the development of the brain and the mind and the ways in which we can influence this process for our kids (and ourselves).

I hope you can join me…..feel free to send your questions/ issues ahead of time on e-mail.

GREENWOODLIBRARY, 6:15-7:45 pm

Tuesday, December 6th

Lori Gradinger, MSW

Communication Consulting

lori@courageouscommunication.net

www.courageouscommunication.net

206.679.1365

BOOK CLUB NIGHTS:

Friday, February 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and Friday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

Hosted in the homes of P.I.E. members Zara Kublin and Karine Dammer

Bring your wisdom, your anxiety, and your total cluelessness!

Snacks and drinks provided.

Contact Zara Kublin zkublin@hotmail.com

NEW SCRIP NEWS!

Here are the cards we have at the moment: Fred Meyer/QFC, Safeway,Amazon, Little Caesars, Barnes & Noble, Claire's, JcPenny, Macy's, Big 5, Gymboree, LL Bean, Jiffy Lube, Groupon, Shutterfly, AMC,Regal, PCC

Scrip table is personed M-F 8:15-8:45am and M/W 2:15-2:45pm.

:) Suzanne, Amy and Teresa

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARBOOKS

This is your last week to order a 2011-’12 middle school yearbook.

Bring your checks/cash to Glyde in Room 306 at the beginning of the day (before homeroom).

$20/$15 reduced lunch.

Don’t put it off any longer!

Glyde and the Yearbook Committee

TEEN NIGHT AT BALLARD POOL!

Friday evenings at Ballard Pool teens swim for $2 and receive a free slide bracelet upon showing their middle school or high school photo ID. The last Friday Ballard Pool of each month is FREE for students showing middle school or high school photo ID!

FREEon Fridays: November 18 and December 30

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Teen Space - Ballard Branch Library

Teen Space is a place to drop in and hang out at the Ballard Branch Library. Snacks, board games or a DIY project. See what new books have come in recently, too. It's fun. Bring a friend and drop by Sunday Nov. 6th between 2:00 - 4:30 pm (6th grade and up)

Ballard Branch Library

5614 22nd Ave NW

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

SNOW SPORT OPPORTUNITY

Salmon Bay Alumna Helen Miller (Ballard High, '13) will be instructing in this program for her third year (following eight years as a student).

Salmon Bay Mom’s Kickball

Come have fun with Salmon Bay moms playing kickball! No experience

necessary- everyone welcome.

Second Saturday (12/10) every month 10 AM @ Greenwood Elementary playground (80th N & 1st Ave N) Just show up or contact Lisa Crozier for more information. 784.7563.

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

Adopt-a-Family/Gift making Event on Dec. 2 from 5 - 9

Wednesday Art Time for 5th - 8th graders Nov. 30 - Dec. 14 (gift making if desired)

Gift Making Class Thursdays Dec. 1, 8, 15

Winter Break Open Studio Dec. 19 - 23 from 9:30 - 1 (one or more days)

For details please visit our web site or call us. Thanks.

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnjjB2wRk6yGdG5vSmU3d0RBbGItRmszU3RrUExOVGc&hl=en_US#gid=2

Monday November 28th, 2011

Upcoming Events Calendar:

NOVEMBER

29th Tuesday AS Picture Retake Day

30th Wednesday AS Banking Window Open – Family Room Window – 8:00 AM

DECEMBER

1st Thursday AS "Finding Kind" for Salmon Bay Parents- Ballard High Auditorium 7:00 PM

8th Thursday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 7:00PM

9th Friday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 7:00 PM

10th Saturday AS "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" All school play- Auditorium 2:00 PM

10th Saturday AS Rock Fer FOSB- Ballard Eagles, 7 PM

15th Thursday MS Geography Bee- 5th and 6th periods-Salmon Bay Auditorium

15th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent meeting- 7:30 Library

16th Friday MS Rollerskating Party - Daytime

16th Friday ES Lantern Daytime Celebration 8:30 AM Stage area

16th Friday AS 1 Hour Early Dismissal

16th Friday ES Lantern Evening Celebration 6:30 Salmon Bay Park

19th- January 2nd AS Winter Break!

JANUARY

3rd Tuesday AS First day back to school!

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

Welcome back to school! I hope you had a refreshing and happy holiday break.

Thank you for all you do to support your child at Salmon Bay School.

Have a good week.

Jodee Reed, principal

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Tis the season to be thankful – all the things I am thankful for at Salmon Bay this week…

Our hardworking garden committee- Gracious Jen Millen and crew – you are unstoppable in your commitment to maintain the outer grounds of our beloved school. Thanks to you all.

Our awesome PE teacher, MR. G– Holy Rollers!! Mr G is on the hunt for gently used roller skates and roller blades that you no longer want or need. Donations can be dropped off in his gym.

And you!! Thank you for doing all of the above and responding to all the calls for help in and around the classroom and school. What a gift you are. Enjoy your week. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

HelloMiddle SchoolFamilies-

I hope your holiday break was relaxing and fulfilling (and filling) and that you are back ready for a whirlwind three weeks until Winter Break!

All School Production of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"

Thursday December 8th @ 7pm

Friday December 9th @ 7pm

Saturday December 10th @ 2pm

Enjoy the week! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

Hear ye hear ye! Upcoming Tom Sawyer Performance Information

“The Adventures of Tom Sawyer” by Mark Twain, adapted for the stage by Glyde Hart King and Riley Richards is coming to Salmon Bay next week!

Performances are Thurs. Dec 8 @ 7pm, Fri Dec 9 @ 7pm and Sat Dec 10 @ 2pm.

Reserve your seats on this google doc:

RE-TAKE PICTURE DAY COMING SOON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

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Auction News!

Have any ideas for a class project? Start talking with other parents in your class!

We have a facebook page! "Like" the Salmon Bay School Auction page to get more scoop!

Questions? Comments? e-mail Suzanne at suzaroo@gmail.com

DIRECT GIVING COMMITTEE UPDATE

PIE NEWS:

"HOLDING THE CONTAINER OF CONNECTION"

The issue of connection takes a different form while our kids are teens.

It is not a 50/50 proposition and it is not simple.

Can Connection and Conflict co-exist?

If so, what does this look like?

What does it sound like?

How does this feel?

How can we stay calm and clear in the midst of our differences with our kids, our partners, other parents?And how do we articulate all of this to the kids?Let's talk.

I have been learning some great stuff about the development of the brain and the mind and the ways in which we can influence this process for our kids (and ourselves).

I hope you can join me…..feel free to send your questions/ issues ahead of time on e-mail.

GREENWOODLIBRARY, 6:15-7:45 pm

Tuesday, December 6th

Lori Gradinger, MSW

Communication Consulting

lori@courageouscommunication.net

www.courageouscommunication.net

206.679.1365

BOOK CLUB NIGHTS:

Friday, February 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and Friday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

Hosted in the homes of P.I.E. members Zara Kublin and Karine Dammer

Bring your wisdom, your anxiety, and your total cluelessness!

Snacks and drinks provided.

Contact Zara Kublin zkublin@hotmail.com

NEW SCRIP NEWS!

Scrip table is personed M-F 8:15-8:45am and M/W 2:15-2:45pm.

:) Suzanne, Amy and Teresa

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL YEARBOOKS

This is your last week to order a 2011-’12 middle school yearbook.

Bring your checks/cash to Glyde in Room 306 at the beginning of the day (before homeroom).

$20/$15 reduced lunch.

Don’t put it off any longer!

Glyde and the Yearbook Committee

TEEN NIGHT AT BALLARD POOL!

FREEon Fridays: November 18 and December 30

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Teen Space - Ballard Branch Library

Ballard Branch Library

5614 22nd Ave NW

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

SNOW SPORT OPPORTUNITY

Salmon Bay Alumna Helen Miller (Ballard High, '13) will be instructing in this program for her third year (following eight years as a student).

Salmon Bay Mom’s Kickball

Come have fun with Salmon Bay moms playing kickball! No experience

necessary- everyone welcome.

Second Saturday (12/10) every month 10 AM @ Greenwood Elementary playground (80th N & 1st Ave N) Just show up or contact Lisa Crozier for more information. 784.7563.

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

Adopt-a-Family/Gift making Event on Dec. 2 from 5 - 9

Wednesday Art Time for 5th - 8th graders Nov. 30 - Dec. 14 (gift making if desired)

Gift Making Class Thursdays Dec. 1, 8, 15

Winter Break Open Studio Dec. 19 - 23 from 9:30 - 1 (one or more days)

For details please visit our web site or call us. Thanks.

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Weekly Bulletin 11/14/11

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

Monday November 14th, 2011

Upcoming Events Calendar:

NOVEMBER

15th Tuesday AS PIE Presents Lori Gradinger- Cafeteria 7pm

16th Wednesday AS Banking Window Open – Family Room Window 8:00 AM 17th Thursday MS Ski and Snowboarding Rental Night-Cafeteria 5-8 pm

19th Saturday AS Fair Trade Fair and Pancake Breakfast 9:00 AM – 1:00

21st Monday AS Anthony Malaki’s Book Group Informational Meeting

18th-21st Fri-Mon AS Salmon Bay Fall Bookfair-UW Bookstore – Full schedule below

21st-23rd Mon-Wed AS Conference Week- No classes

24th- 25th Thur- Fri AS Thanksgiving Holiday- No school

29th Tuesday AS Picture Retake Day

30th Wednesday AS Banking Window Open – Family Room Window – 8:00 AM

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

Remember: NO CLASSES NEXT WEEK!

As teachers prepare and begin holding parent teacher conferences, I want to remind you that next week there are no classes, so that teachers can schedule their usual time during the day to meet with families. Because we are a K-8 school, our middle school families also have this schedule, and the opportunity for a student-led parent/teacher conference. If you have not yet signed up for your appointment, please do so right away.

Remember: PANCAKE BREAKFAST! and FAIR TRADE FAIR!

Roll in Saturday morning for breakfast and check out all the fair trade booths at the same time. These funds will provide scholarship opportunities to help ensure all of our middle school students can participate in our Winter Enrichment program.

Remember: UNIVERSITY BOOK FAIR

This is also the week-end when anything you purchase at University bookstore generates 25% of the amount donated to Salmon Bay School. But there’s also lots of fun in store: puppet show, music, edible book feast…

Our teachers and students appreciate the great turn-out at all these events, and the support it produces for our community. Hope to see you there!

Jodee

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

Sneak Peeks

3rd graders exploring the definition of a parallelogram, rectangle, rhombus.

4th/5th grade students practicing multi digit multiplication and long division.

6th graders learning how to take notes from a non-fiction text (Egypt unit) using a strategy from Teacher’s College called “boxes and bullets”.

7th/8th grade students infusing research skills as well reading non-fiction text and being able to pull important facts using the strategy “boxes and bullets” in their Africa unit.

Tidbits you may not know……

We are keeping busy this month! We are just finishing goal conferences with staff where we discuss their professional growth goals this year, which includes a student academic goal along with the support they will need to accomplish each goal. These reflective sessions are vital to our continued growth as a learning community. I am also in the midst of 1st round formal teacher observations, which consist of a Pre conference, 30-45 minute observation, Post conference, and teachers are provided with written feedback. Again, the observation cycle allows for continuous conversations about improving and enhancing the teaching and learning at Salmon Bay.

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Lots to keep you busy and moving in these darker days of fall, like….

VOLUNTEER NEEDS:

I am looking for folks who like data entry. Our directory has hit the point when we need some dedicated time in front of the database and computer. Our hope is that with a few 2 hour shifts, we could begin to wrap up the all school directory. Wanna help? Contact Megan (Directories will hopefully be ready for delivery in December)
I am looking for someone(s) who has knowledge in the graphic arts area and could help our new Elementary Yearbook coordinator, Sherry Jaqua, with the layout of our elementary yearbook. Are you a wizard at Publisher or Word and could you help create a template where we could showcase the faces and grins of all of our elementary superstar kids? If so, contact Megan.

VOLUNTEER NOTES:

This fall’s UW bookfair has many events to entertain and delight you this weekend. Check out the schedule below and chances are whatever time you are going, you will run right smack into a fun event, like the Edible Bookfair on Saturday, a family puppet show on Friday, sing alongs with Mary K on Sunday and right after, an opportunity to hear Dorothy and Amy (our wonderful 1st grade teachers) read stories. Use that SBS code to order online or in person and start your shopping. Also, if you are in the children’s book section, you will notice that our teachers have created “Teacher Wish Lists”. Parents often ask how they can purchase books for their teachers. It is easy. Check out the lists at the bookfair. Purchase the books. Take the books to your favorite teacher. Everyone smiles.
Our fall Fair Trade Fair and Pancake breakfast is also this weekend and supports some wonderful organizations, with the opportunity to buy coffee and chocolate and eat pancakes in your favorite cafeteria. The proceeds support our middle school kids, which will eventually be your middle school kids. Consider the whole weekend a fun way to support your community and beyond.
Next week, after or before your conference time with your teacher, check out the new “Salmon Bay Hoodie and jacket extravanganza” in the cafeteria, also known as Lost and Found. Katie Shinn and friends have offered to display the blossoming mountain of lost clothes that now live in our space and not yours. Clothes will be donated at the end of next week to a local children’s clothing bank.
Free yogafor kids is every Thursday, offered by the very kind-hearted and flexible, Becky Moore. Class begins at 8:00 AM in the rug area. Drop in and prepare to bend.
Tomorrow morning, after drop off, there is an envelope stuffing party for the Auction procurement forms. Friendly attitudes are all that are necessary. Check out below for the cool auction theme for this year….
Finally, thanks to all the good folks of PIE, who have arranged for a great opportunity to hear Lori Gradinger tomorrow night. I have heard her speak and can testify to her wonderful use of humor and strength. Remember, there is free childcare – (call Coho kids) and treats afterward. Thank you PIE.

Lots to keep you busy. Thanks for helping make our school a terrific place. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

Hello and welcome to a busy and blustery week!

No School next week November 21-25! We are getting the week off school next week so we can go to parent/teacher conferences (Mon- Wed) and enjoy the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday and Friday. School will resume normally on November 28th.

PIE presents Lori Gradinger- Raising Emotionally and Functionally Independent Kids- Tuesday November 15th- cafeteria 7-9pm. Spend the evening listening to this informative and supportive speaker and enjoying some delicious pie afterward. See below for more information

WEP Skiing and Snowboarding Equipment Rental Night- Thursday November 17th- Cafeteria- 5-8pm. Come and rent all of your student's ski or snowboarding equipment directly from Snoqualmie Summit. They come and set up in our cafeteria and let us rent the equipment for the whole ski season. It is a busy night so come with your patience and good humor and go home with your major equipment needs met.

Fair Trade Fair and Pancake Breakfast Saturday Nov. 19th 9:00am- 1:00pm- Cafeteria- What could be better than shopping, eating pancakes and raising money for the Winter Enrichment Scholarship program that makes it so that every child can take part in WEP. Come on Saturday and enjoy this great annual community event.

SalmonBay Book fair at the UW Bookstore- Friday Nov. 18- Monday Nov. 21- Come support the Salmon Bay library and get your book and holiday shopping done at the same time! This is a truly fun event with live music, storytelling, an edible book fest and a fabulous puppet show! The UW gives 25% of any purchase made if you say you are from Salmon Bay at check out and it is good for online shopping as well! See below for more details and let friends and family know.

Data entry help needed for all school directory. If you would like to help out with entering data for the directory we are looking for people to work in 2 hour shifts. This can be done from school or home and please reply to this email if this is something you want to help with.

Enjoy and have a great week! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

Notes from the Library:

As we head into the whirlwind that is November and December, I thought that I would take a moment to update everyone on this fall’s library happenings. We’ve been busy circulating over 4,000 books since the beginning of the year, which would not have been possible without the help of my fabulous TA, Soleil Slawson. (If you have a student in Amy’s class, Soleil is the friendly person at the desk who helps them check out their books every week!) I’ve been amazed at how quickly students have been able to slip into the routines of class library visits. During the month of October, we were able to enjoy some of our favorite seasonal books, including The Perfect Pumpkin Pie. You might ask your student if they can remember the ghost’s chorus. (It starts with “Pumpkins, Pumpkins, Pumpkin Pie…”) In the intermediate classes we’ve just finished a month-long reading of Dying to Meet You, a mystery by Kate Klise. This book is one of this year’s Sasquatch Book Award nominees. (The story is told through a series of letters written back and forth between the main characters.) We did a lot of inferring and predicting work with this book, and I was really impressed with how students were able to support their predictions with specific examples from the book!

I’ve also had several opportunities to work with middle school students on everything from how to select and evaluate nonfiction sources, to book-talking new (and not-so-new) fiction. We’re definitely a school of “omnivorous” readers!

Speaking of reading, I hope to see many of you at the book fair this weekend. We can’t say enough about how much we appreciate the hard work and generosity of the Salmon Bay parent community! This library collection would simply not exist without you, and all of your efforts on its behalf. As always, feel free to contact me at laillman@seattleschools.org or 206.252.1737if you have any questions or concerns.

Happy Reading!

Linda

NEWS FROM ANTHONY MALAKI – BOOK CLUB STARTING SOON

Dear Elementary Salmon Bay Parents/Guardians,

A few weeks ago on curriculum night, I invited you to join a book group on the book, “Raising our Sons/Daughters: the Ultimate Guide for Healthy Girls/Boys and thriving Families” by Kathy Maserie. If you would like to be included in the group, please email me back at eamalaki@seattleschools.org or call me at 252-1742. Books will cost $32. There will also be in informational meeting about the group on November 21st. Your attendance is mandatory if you would like to be a part of the book group. Please reply back to let me know you are interested.

I have attached a link to the books for you to get a better understanding on what the book is about.

www.family-empower.com

Thanks, Anthony Malaki

Counselor

SalmonBay School

252-1742

FAIR TRADE FAIR & PANCAKE BREAKFAST! SAT NOV 19th 9:00 AM- 2:00 PM

DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011

TIME: 9 - 2 PM

PLACE: SALMON BAY SCHOOL

WHAT: PANCAKE BREAKFAST BEGINS 9 AM-12 PM

$7.00 PER PERSON $25 PER FAMILY

ENTRANCE TO THE FAIR TRADE FAIR IS FREE!

A SAMPLING OF THE FAIR TRADE VENDORS:

UKUSH
SI A LA VIDA!
EQUAL EXCHANGE COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE
FAIR TRADE WINDS
AWAMAKI

ALL PROCEEDS GO TOWARDS FUNDING THE

WINTER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (WEP)

SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT SALMON BAY SCHOOL

SPONSORED BY FOSB (FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY)

RE-TAKE PICTURE DAY COMING SOON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 29TH

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

PARENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE: Raising Independent Kids Tuesday Nov. 15

P.I.E presents “Raising Emotionally and Functionally Independent Kids, or, Why Letting Our Kids Make Mistakes and Work Hard Leads to More Happiness and Better Performance” on Tuesday, November 15 from 7-9 pm in the Cafeteria. Lori Gradinger raised three kids through high school and college and has a Masters in Social Work from the UW. Her motto: “Together we can work on parenting in the middle and high school years with clarity, humor, empathy and strength. I know it sounds crazy but it’s possible. Let’s talk.” Join us for a supportive evening – parents of elementary students are welcome too.

Free childcare provided by COHO Kidstime – please call to reserve a spot at 297-7764. And remember, there will be pie! Note: we will start promptly at 7:00! Contact Karine Dammer at hortusgardens@yahoo.com or Zara Kublin at zkublin@hotmail.com if you have questions.

SALMONBAY ALL SCHOOLFALL BOOKFAIR AT UW BOOKSTORE – Nov 18th- 21st

The All-School Book Fair at University Book Store this November 18-21 gives you, family and friends a chance to do some early Holiday shopping and donate 25% of any purchase to the Salmon Bay Library. (Exceptions are: textbooks, Clinique, electronics, the café, or gift certificates) That does include a wide selection of adult and children’s books, calendars, sweatshirts, greeting cards, art and office supplies, online orders and much, much more. Got any holiday shopping to do? U-Book store provides free gift wrapping AND free shipping!

Book fair hours will be Fri. Nov 18th, 9-8, Sat. Nov 19th 10-7, Sun. Nov 20th 12-5 and Mon. Nov 21st from 9-8. Free validated parking is available, as is the ease of online shopping 24/7.

All you need to support Salmon Bay at the bookfair is to either use the code SBS if you are online or say you are from ‘Salmon Bay’ when you check out. If you do this simple task, Salmon Bay will receive a 25% commission on that purchase. If you can’t make it down to the U-Book Store, or if you have friends and relatives that don’t live close by y’all can shop and support our library too. Remember - free shipping for books. What could be easier!

FALL SALMON BAY UW BOOK FAIR WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Friday PM 7:00 – 8:00 PM Drew Derby puppet show – Great for elementary families

Saturday 10-12 childcare – Would you like to shop without the little one you might be shopping for?

Saturday2-3:30 Edible Book Fest – Great for the whole family – come check out the creativity

Saturday5-6:30 Kenny Mandell Jazzworks – See how cool our kids can be

Sunday 12:30 Mary K Songs and Stories – Come to listen to Friday morning sing songs on Sunday

Sunday 1:00 – Storytelling with Dorothy and Amy

Sunday4:00- 5:00 Kenny Mandell Blue Llamas

Monday PM6:15 – 7:15 – Middle school students performing theatre pieces/songs with Glyde Hart King

Thanks for your support. Questions? Want to Volunteer? Contact Lisa Dunn at Elohin@aol.com, or call at 206 498-8830.

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

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Auction News!

A theme has been chosen! Jodi Russell won a pair of tickets to the event for the theme, "Lights, Camera, Auction!"...think Hollywood glam, red carpet, movie characters and more! Thanks to all who submitted theme ideas. There were some real hum-dingers! ;0

Tomorrow (Tuesday) morning, drop your kidlets off and then join us in the cafeteria to stuff some envelopes. There will be coffee and treats.....come help out!

Have any ideas for a class project? Start talking with other parents in your class!

We have a facebook page! "Like" the Salmon Bay School Auction page to get more scoop!

Questions? Comments? e-mail Suzanne at suzaroo@gmail.com

DIRECT GIVING COMMITTEE UPDATE

PURL & UNFURL

Knitters (and crafters) unite......for an evening for yourself... to socialize and be creative.

2nd Wednesday of the month 7pm

Karine's house: 7029 20th Ave NW (5 houses north of Salmon Bay Park)

Coming up: P.I.E. Book Club Nights!

Friday, February 3rd at 7:00 p.m. and Friday, March 2nd at 7:00 p.m.

Hosted in the homes of P.I.E. members Zara Kublin and Karine Dammer

Bring your wisdom, your anxiety, and your total cluelessness!

Snacks and drinks provided.

Contact Zara Kublin zkublin@hotmail.com

NEW SCRIP NEWS!

Lots and lots of gift cards available for you! Come check out our variety.....get a jump on the gift giving season, or continue to stock up on the ones that your family uses.

To list a few: PCC, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Groupon, Shutterfly, Red Robin, movie tickets and Jiffy Lube.

Stop by the Scrip table M-F around drop-off or around pick-up on Monday and Wednesday.

Have a great week!

Suzanne, Teresa and Amy

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

BOOKS NEEDED:

SalmonBay Associated Student Body (ASB) is helping Spencer Fee (Salmon Bay middle schooler) and Puppy Power 4-H by donating new and gently used children’s books (ages 4-11). Books will be given and read to children at the Brentler Place transition home. Bring your books to the Volunteer Coordinators’ office Monday November 14 thru Monday November 28.

Thanks, Spencer and ASB

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

TEEN NIGHT AT BALLARD POOL!

FREEon Fridays: November 18 and December 30

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Teen Space - Ballard Branch Library

Ballard Branch Library

5614 22nd Ave NW

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Salmon Bay Mom’s Kickball

Come have fun with Salmon Bay moms playing kickball! No experience

necessary- everyone welcome.

Second Saturday (11/12, 12/10) every month 10 AM @ Greenwood Elementary playground (80th N & 1st Ave N) Just show up or contact Lisa Crozier for more information. 784.7563.

November 8, 15, 22, 29
Tuesdays - 4-6pm

Nathan Hale High School Theatre Department Presents: You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown - Nov. 10th

Don't miss Nathan Hale High School's fall production of this Broadway musical hit! Join Charlie Brown, Lucy, Snoopy and the rest of the Peanuts gang in this appropriate for all-ages show based on the comics by Charles Schulz. Hilarious and touching, the show performs November 10th, 12th, 17th, 18th and 19th at 7:30pm in the Nathan Hale Performing Arts Center. Tickets are sold at lunch at Hale starting October 31st and available at the door; $12 for adults and $6 for students.

SPACE TO CREATE NEWS: www.spacetocreate.net

- Paper Mache (3 week class) starting Nov. 3

- Silk Painting Class (5 week class) starting Nov. 7

- My Room...My World class starting Nov. 9

- Conference week open studio Mon. - Wed. 9:30 - 1

check out our full schedule on-line or call us at 784.0401

From Early Masters Art School this week...Beavertales: The Great Canadian Landscape

Oh Canada! When it comes to landscape painting, our neighbors (that’s neighbours, eh?) to the north have plenty to work with. The beauty of the mountains, lakes, and trees have inspired generations of artists to spend a LOT of time in canoes and cabins, capturing the exquisite beauty of their home and native land. We’ll learn about a group of famous Canadians called “The Group of Seven” who believed the true spirit of Canada could be found in the beauty of its northern lakes and trees. We’ll explore a crazy variety of different approaches to the great outdoors in this program. Not to be missed! (4 sessions)

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Weekly Bulletin 11/07/11

SALMONBAYK-8 WEEKLY BULLETIN

“Building small learning communities – connecting every child”

Main Office phone: 252-1720, Attendance: 252-1728, Fax: 252-1721

Elementary Volunteer Coordinator: Megan Ratcliffe 252-1730 mcratcliffe@seattleschools.org

Middle school Volunteer Coordinator: Caitlin Racey 252-1731

Monday November 7th, 2011

Upcoming Events Calendar:

NOVEMBER

8th Tuesday AS Election Day – Remember to VOTE

9th Wednesday AS Purl and Unfurl Knitting Circle – 7:00 PM Info below

10th Thursday AS Playground Committee Report 6:00 – 7:00

10th Thursday AS Friends of Salmon Bay Parent Meeting- Library 7pm

11th Friday AS No School- Veteran's Day

15th Tuesday AS PIE Presents Lori Gradinger- Cafeteria 7pm

17th Thursday MS Ski and Snowboarding Rental Night-Cafeteria 5-8 pm

19th Saturday AS Fair Trade Fair and Pancake Breakfast 9:00 AM – 1:00

18th-21st Fri-Mon AS Salmon Bay Fall Bookfair-UW Bookstore

21st Monday ES Anthony Malaki’s Book Group Begins.

21st-23rd Mon-Wed AS Conference Week- No classes

24th- 25th Thur- Fri AS Thanksgiving Holiday- No school

29th Tuesday AS Picture Retake Day

PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

DearSalmon BayFamilies:

You’ve noticed the leaves falling? It’s been such a gorgeous fall season. That also means it’s time for school conferences. By now you have probably already signed up for your date and time, but I wanted to remind all of us about the importance of fall conferences.

Elementary Conferenceswill be an opportunity for teachers to review with you the new report card and process. It is also a time to hear about how your student is doing so far, a time for you to talk with the teacher about your own observations or concerns, a chance to see how some of the big picture goals play out over the year, and a time to establish the connection for continued communication throughout the year.

Middle School Conferencesare an opportunity for your student to show you their progress and goals, to reflect on their work so far, and to open up the conversation that you can continue with them for the rest of the year. This is different than just receiving a report card, or looking at the source—it reinforces our belief that we want student to own their learning and be responsible for evaluating their progress. It is also different than an elementary conference because the student is the presenter and the teacher is a participant, with the parent, in that reflection. It is also a time to establish the ways you will continue to discuss progress with both your student and the teacher.

As you know, having specifics to talk about with your student always improves that dinner conversation about what did you do in school today and conferences play a key part in keeping that conversation going.

Have a good week.

Jodee

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL’S NOTE

Sneak Peeks November 6, 2011

We got our groove on….we had our middle school dance Monday, the 31st. Thank you to all the parents, staff, the ASB, and especially Caitlin Racey and Janet Bogle, for the help to make this possible. We were entertained by our student performance of “Thriller” and we all got down to the “Cha-cha” slide.

The Halloween parade was a march of creativity and imagination. There were penguins, M &M’s, clone troopers, Captain Kirk was present and I do believe I saw the tooth fairy. Thank you to the parents for helping in the classrooms, and coming to help with all the costumes.

7th/8th grade Science one class was working on measuring lung capacity, with plastic tubes and a lot of red faces.

7th/8th graders were assessing their knowledge on their geographic map test.

6th grade LA students were working on their personal narratives.

3rd graders in Math were challenging themselves with having more fluency with addition/subtraction facts.

Tidbits you may not know……

The weather is getting brisker…. students will still be going outside for recess to get fresh air, so please have students dressed appropriately.

Drop off and Pick up zone….please do not double park or let your student off in the middle of the street. We want to keep all members of our community safe.

ELEMENTARY VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

How to plan your week, you wonder?

Start using those Chinook Books. Thanks to all that purchased one or two or three. Chinook Books are now gone. $10 for every book went to the FOSB general fund
Speaking of books, start thinking of items you might appreciate from the UW Fall Bookfair that begins Friday, Nov 18th. Our library gets most all of it’s funding for new materials from our 2 bookfairs and this fall bookfair is a good one. We receive 25% of most every purchase and your extended family and friends can contribute to our cause just by using our code…. SBS if they make any purchases in store or online. Use that code at any point in the weekend and our school library will benefit. Lisa Dunn has listed a terrific set of activities that will be happening at the UW bookstore, usually on the 2nd floor near where the children’s books are. There are things to listen to, sing about, eat from and guess on, including our annual Salmon Bay trivia contest.
Speaking of contests, they are fun and inspire folks to be creative which is hopefully what you did for our Auction Theme Contest which ends tomorrow. Got a cool theme? Have a nifty idea? Have you always wanted to see this community dressed up for a night in bridal wear? If yes, then send your ideas to Suzanne Waller at suzaroo@gmail.com
Speaking of ideas, the playground committee is presenting their updated playground plan for you to get an idea of what the fundraising needs are, what the timing and construction of our new playground will look like and how you can continue to be supportive. Come listen and learn this Thursday at 6:00, which is prior to the monthly Friends of Salmon Bay parent meeting at 7:00 in the library, which you are also welcome to listen and participate in.
Speaking of parents and meetings, did you know that Conference week is the week where you get to meet with your student’s teachers and talk about the progress of the year? It also means there is no school that week for Nov. Mon 21st – Wed 23rd. If you need childcare, contact Coho Kidstime at 297-7764
Speaking of time, thank you for yours. Thank you for donating your dimes and your dollars and your time in between.

Enjoy your short week. Megan

MIDDLE SCHOOL VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR’S NOTE

HelloMiddle SchoolFamilies!

No School This Friday November 11th for Veteran's Day!

WEP Forms due Friday November 18th- We need to have all forms in as the Seattle based programs are contingent upon enrollment and the ski/snowboard program fills up fast! If you have any questions about the programs reply to this email and I will find you the answer or connect you with the right person.

PIE Event- Lori Gradinger-" Raising Emotionally and Functionally Independent Kids"- Tuesday November 15th in the cafeteria from 7-9pm. Come and hear this informative and supportive speaker and stay after to enjoy some delicious pie. See below for more information.

FallSalmon Bay Bookfair at UW Bookstore- November 18th- 21st- Shop for all your holiday needs and raise money for Salmon Bay at the same time. See below for more details about this super fun event.

FOSB Monthly Parent Meeting- Thursday November 10th in the Library from 7-9pm.- You are a part of the Salmon Bay parent group we want you to come see what goes on at our fun filled meetings! Everyone is automatically a member and is welcome to join the conversation at any time.

Playground Committee Report- Thursday November 10th in the Library from 6-7pm- Come and hear all the exciting progress being made towards our goal of a new playground. We are meeting before the FOSB meeting to get an update and see what our next step is.

Direct Giving Forms- Keep those coming in and let's all make this a hugely successful fundraiser for our school. You may have noticed that we don't ask our students to sell things to help raise funds for the school. This is how we raise desperately needed funds to keep our fabulous programs running and available to everyone.

Fair Trade Fair and Pancake Breakfast- Saturday November 19th- 9am-2pm in the cafeteria. Eat pancakes and shop the fair trade fair to raise money for the Winter Enrichment Program. Look below for more information.

Thanks, have a great week and don't forget to vote! Caitlin

ALL SCHOOL INFORMATION

NEWS FROM ANTHONY MALAKI – BOOK CLUB STARTING SOON

Dear Elementary Salmon Bay Parents/Guardians,

I have attached a link to the books for you to get a better understanding on what the book is about.

www.family-empower.com

Thanks, Anthony Malaki

Counselor

SalmonBay School

252-1742

FAIR TRADE FAIR & PANCAKE BREAKFAST! SAT NOV 19th 9:00 AM- 2:00 PM

DATE: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2011

TIME: 9 - 2 PM

PLACE: SALMON BAY SCHOOL

WHAT: PANCAKE BREAKFAST BEGINS 9 AM-12 PM

$7.00 PER PERSON $25 PER FAMILY

ENTRANCE TO THE FAIR TRADE FAIR IS FREE!

A SAMPLING OF THE FAIR TRADE VENDORS:

UKUSH
SI A LA VIDA!
EQUAL EXCHANGE COFFEE AND CHOCOLATE
FAIR TRADE WINDS
AWAMAKI

ALL PROCEEDS GO TOWARDS FUNDING THE

WINTER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM (WEP)

SCHOLARSHIP FUND AT SALMON BAY SCHOOL

SPONSORED BY FOSB (FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY)

FRIENDS OF SALMON BAY PARENT/FAMILY INFORMATIONB

PARENT INFORMATION EXCHANGE: Raising Independent Kids Tuesday Nov. 15

FOSB NEWS – NEXT MEETING NOVEMBER 10TH 2011

Our next FOSB meeting will be held this Thursday, November 10th from 7-9 p.m. in the library. At this meeting, we will elect new directors to join FOSB. If you are interested in becoming a director or have any questions about the director role, please contact Jodi Russell (reddsell@comcast.net) or Sarah Kopf (kopfpatterson@earthlink.net). We will also have a playground meeting from 6-7 p.m. prior to the FOSB meeting, please plan to join us for both.

Thanks to Jodee and all the parents who joined us for our first Java with Jodee coffee hour last week. We discussed math at Salmon Bay and began to explore ideas around building a math rich environment. We also formed a new math committee. If you are interested in joining the committee, please email Jodi Russell at reddsell@comcast

SALMONBAY ALL SCHOOLFALL BOOKFAIR AT UW BOOKSTORE – Nov 18th- 21st

Book fair hours will be Fri. Nov 18th, 9-8, Sat. Nov 19th 10-7, Sun. Nov 20th 12-5 and Mon. Nov 21st from 9-8. Free validated parking is available, as is the ease of online shopping 24/7.

FALL SALMON BAY UW BOOK FAIR WEEKEND SCHEDULE

Friday Night 7:00 PM Drew Derby puppet show – Great for elementary families

Saturday 10-12 childcare – Would you like to shop without the little one you might be shopping for?

Saturday 2-3:30 Edible Book Fest – Great for the whole family – come check out the creativity

Saturday 5-6:30 Kenny Mandell Jazzworks – See how cool our kids can be

Sunday 12:30 Mary K Songs and Stories – Come to listen to Friday morning sing songs on Sunday

Sunday 2-3 Alumni Tea with 2:30 Trivia Contest, hosted by Bill Falk

Thanks for your support. Questions? Want to Volunteer? Contact Lisa Dunn at Elohin@aol.com, or call at 206 498-8830.

Auction News! MARCH 31st 2012 – Saturday 5:00 – 10:00 North Seattle Comm College

THEME:You have until tomorrow, November 8th. We will announce the winner and the theme on the 10th. There will be a prize to go along with the immense fame and notoriety that will come as a result of your cleverness!

JOBS: Still available for the auction. Stop by the front of the school this week and look for the orange poste.

Questions? Comments? Theme idea? Email me! suzaroo@gmail.com

Suzanne Waller

Auction Chair

DIRECT GIVING COMMITTEE UPDATE

Wow - the money is rolling in! Thanks so much for all your support of Salmon Bay. What an amazing community. Keep 'em coming! Every amount counts!

Here is why one family chose Salmon Bay. How about you?

“My child loves school and believes it’s a fun place to learn. He has grown to become independent, confident, compassionate and helpful to friends or those in need. I love seeing kids of all ages playing together, older kids including younger ones in play.” - quote from SB parent survey 2011

Questions? Contact Kate Banta-Green, Direct Giving Chair, at bantagreen@gmail.com.

ROCK FER FOSB 11 is coming up! Saturday - December 10th 2011

Mark your calendars for Saturday, December 10, at the Salmon Bay Eagles, for another fabulous evening of rock and roll courtesy of Salmon Bay parents, teachers, and friends. The line-up is not set, so if you are in a band wanting to perform, let Cameron Mason or Alan Wenokur know by email to vidaATseanet.com. If you are a musician looking to hook up with others to perform, let us know that too. If you are a parent looking for a good time for a good cause, look no further on December 10. See you there.

PURL & UNFURL

Knitters (and crafters) unite...

...for an evening for yourself... to socialize and be creative.

2nd Wednesday of the month (next one is this Wednesday, November 9th) 7pm

Karine's house: 7029 20th Ave NW (5 houses north of Salmon Bay Park)

NEW SCRIP NEWS!

Lots and lots of gift cards available for you! Come check out our variety.....get a jump on the gift giving season, or continue to stock up on the ones that your family uses.

To list a few: PCC, Barnes & Noble, iTunes, Groupon, Shutterfly, Red Robin, movie tickets and Jiffy Lube.

Stop by the Scrip table M-F around drop-off or around pick-up on Monday and Wednesday.

Have a great week!

Suzanne, Teresa and Amy

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

MIDDLE SCHOOL ANNOUNCEMENTS

TEEN NIGHT AT BALLARD POOL!

FREEon Fridays: November 18 and December 30

7:30 – 8:30 p.m.

Teen Space - Ballard Branch Library

Ballard Branch Library

5614 22nd Ave NW

206-684-4089

DISTRICT ANNOUNCEMENTS

COMMUNITY ANNOUNCEMENTS

Student Fundraiser Garage Sale, Saturday, Nov 12, 9am-3pm

Our reigning Salmon Bay Middle School Geography Bee champ, 7th grader, Colin Fallon, is having a garage sale to raise funds for a trip to the Amazon jungle of Peru (next July). Please come by to say hello and do some early holiday shopping. Equal Exchange coffee and chocolate also for sale. Rain or shine.

10508 14th Ave NW, (North Crown Hill), Questions? Email Jen (mom): jzfallon@gmail.com

Free Admission to Highland Ice Arena Friday November 11 from 9:30am- 5:15pm.

In remembrance of Veteran's Day skate for free with your own skates or rent skates for $3.00. Highland Ice Arena 18005 Aurora Ave. N.

Salmon Bay Mom’s Kickball

Come have fun with Salmon Bay moms playing kickball! No experience

necessary- everyone welcome.

Second Saturday (11/12, 12/10) every month 10 AM @ Greenwood Elementary playground (80th N & 1st Ave N) Just show up or contact Lisa Crozier for more information. 784.7563.