Calendar
December
18: Lantern Festival, 6:30 pm
21-31: No School - Winter Break
January
1: No School - Winter Break
7: FOSB Finance Committee Meeting, 7 pm
14: FOSB Monthly Meeting, 7 pm
18: Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School
26: PIE (Parent Ed) Event: Rosetta Lee, 7 pm
28: Day Between Semesters - No School
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Hello Salmon Bay Families,
More often than not, we tend to encourage time to slow down as opposed to rush it along. To the contrary, many of us are feeling that 2020 couldn’t end soon enough. Not to say there isn’t goodness in any time or situation, but this current year has been a bit much.
Of course, 2021 won’t be particularly easy or stress-free. As a country and community, it will require us to work together to maintain and enhance what’s working well and to effectively and efficiently change what’s not. With open hearts and minds, we look forward to continuing this hard work in all angles of our Salmon Bay triangle: students, staff, families.
Thank you for your sustained support, your recurring resilience and your continued compassion. May your family have a Healthy and Happy New Year!
In partnership,
Darren, Neil and Suro
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This morning, Salmon Bay elementary students and families participated in a Friday Sing Lantern Festival. Everyone is also invited to join us for an evening Lantern Festival celebration tonight at 6:30 pm. See the Lantern Festival section in this newsletter for information and a link to join. |
Middle School students participated in a Winter Celebration planned by Service and Leadership Club members. From snowflakes and snowpeople (like those created this morning in the photos above) to online games and a pet show, we heard that both students and staff had a fun time talking, laughing and connecting with one another! A special thanks to our WEB leaders for helping lead these activities! |
K-2 Puppet Shows
We are happy to share a couple new puppet shows with you this week! Click the links below to watch.
Middle School Media Lit PSAs
Take a minute to listen to these PSAs from the hearts and minds of our middle school students.
Click here: Gender/wage gap by Marley & Hazel
Click here: Climate change and endangered species. By Brynn, Glory, Leo, Hattie & Abe
Click here: Mask-wearing by Zoe, Eliana, Gigi & Rose
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FOSB Annual Direct Giving Campaign
Thank you to everyone who has donated to FOSB's Direct Giving Campaign. Together we have raised more than $65, 700!
There is still time to donate and help us reach our campaign goal of $78,000!
Donate online OR write a check payable to FOSB and mail your donation to: FOSB, Attn: Direct Giving Campaign, 1810 NW 65th ST, Seattle, WA 98117.
Don’t forget to ask your employer about a matching gift program! If your employer matches your donation, they could double or triple your contribution. Our tax ID is 91-1622350.
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Calling all middle school artists!
We've extended the deadline for our middle school yearbook cover contest. Submissions are now due by Friday, January 8th.
Yearbook Cover Expectations:
-Keep the content school appropriate.
-Keep your artwork related to Salmon Bay, our school, and our community. School pride.
-Full color.
-Original artwork only (no Disney princesses or Avengers superheroes!)
-Submit a front and back cover. 8.5X11 inches.
-Only one entry per artist.
-Respect other people’s time, so make sure that your submission is serious.
-Do not disrespect others’ cultures, traditions or opinions. Not politically motivated.
New Deadline Friday, January 8th
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Evening Lantern Festival - Tonight!
We hope you will join us this evening Friday, December 18th, at 6:30 pm for our evening Lantern Festival. Guest teaching artist, Mary K, will lead us in song. Gather your lanterns and join using the link below.
Salmon Bay Lantern Festival
December 18th at 6:30 PM
Join the Zoom Meeting at this LINK
Meeting ID: 825 9507 4040
Passcode: 719918
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Community Giving THANK YOU
Thanks to your generosity, we were able to grant all of the wishes from both our SB Community Giving program as well as our adopt-a-family program through Broadview Emergency Shelter & Transitional Housing. Additional donations were received for the Legion of Hope. Your collective efforts have made this season a whole lot brighter for many others in our community (and you've made the holidays brighter for our program organizers too)!
A special thank you to Julie Lowe for organizing our Third Annual Community Giving Program, to Victoria Schurman for coordinating with Broadview Shelter and to Therese Hill for organizing Legion of Hope donations.
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Hello Salmon Bay Families,
Have a great winter break everyone. We all deserve some long winter’s naps to finish off 2020. We hope that you and your family enjoy your time together. Here’s to a much better new year in 2021!
Much love,
Rob and Jenny
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Friends of Salmon Bay (FOSB) is our school parent teacher organization. All parents and guardians are members. |
Thank you to everyone who has supported our community this month by sending notes of appreciation to staff, participating in our Community Giving Program and donating to our Direct Giving Campaign!
Mark your 2021 calendar for these FOSB events:
Finance Committee: On January 7th, our Finance Committee will meet to discuss the current budget as well as a process for creating the 2021 - 2022 school year budget. We'd love to have more parents join us. Interested? Want to know more? Email Janelle or Danielle, our FOSB Treasurers.
FOSB Finance Check-In
January 7, 2021 7:00 PM
Meeting ID: 821 6875 5726
Passcode: 869447
January FOSB Meeting
Our next FOSB meeting is Thursday, January 14 (7:00pm). Mark your calendar and plan to join us!
Meeting ID: 836 2323 0194
Passcode: 507472
Parent Education Event with Rosetta Lee
THE FOSB PIE committee hosts Rosetta Lee - Talking To Youth About Heated Topics
Tuesday, Jan 26 at 7pm
This event is open to the community.
Description: Young people can bear witness to challenging and/or traumatic events in current events, media, and our local communities. They often process thoughts, feelings, and reactions without our explicit help and guidance - thereby increasing their confusion and anxiety.
-Adults have a natural instinct to protect their children from harsh realities, yet want to prepare them to navigate our complex world - is it possible to do both?
- How can we talk about identity, difference, and justice in age appropriate ways?
- How do you reinforce your family's values while maintaining respect for other perspectives?
- How do you coach children toward authentic and respectful dialogue across differences?
Engage in these questions and more through this interactive online session.
Legislative Committee Update
Given recent reporting of student abuse, the School Board has issued a statement. The statement can be found as a link on the SCPTSA website here:
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Support FOSB wth Reward Programs
Shopping for Groceries at Ballard Market? Remember to save your receipt! We'll add them up, submit them to Ballard Market, and they'll write us a check for 1% of the total back as a donation. This is an easy way to support our school. Receipts can be dropped off in the Panther Passage (school alley) - look for the marked bin.
Purchasing items on Amazon?
Select Friends of Salmon Bay in the Amazon Smile program and .5% of your eligible purchases will be donated back to support the school.
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Student Meal Box Pick Up For Break
One-week Meal Box Pick Up on December 21st and December 29th
Seattle Public Schools Nutrition Services will offer one-week meal box pick up for students and their families during Winter Break.
Monday, December 21, 11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Tuesday, December 29, 11:15 a.m. - 1:15 p.m.
Northwest Seattle Meal Sites During BreaK
- Catharine Blaine K-8
- Broadview Thompson K-8
- B.F. Day Elementary
- North Beach Elementary
The School Meal Sites will be closed December 22-28 and December 30 - January 3.
The SPS 40 meal sites will resume meal services on Monday, January 4th. Read more information here.
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Free Tutoring
Seattle Public Library has launched free virtual tutoring in a variety of subjects for K-12 students. This service will be available 7 days a week in English, Spanish, and Vietnamese and help is available in math, writing, science, history, foreign languages, college essay writing, AP courses, and more. Sign up for Library Link using your SPS student ID and get access to thousands of free tutors today. More information here.
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Family Connectors University
SPS families are invited to sign up for the Family Connectors University (FCU) class designed to support you in Winter 2021! The FCU class is a partnership between North Seattle College and the Family Partnerships Department at SPS. Here are some examples of topics we'll be covering:
· How to help your child with remote learning
· Social Emotional Learning ideas for home
· Becoming a supportive partner at your school
· Helping your child with literacy and math
· Talking to kids about race, racism, and antiracist actions
The class will take place online via Zoom for 10 weeks beginning Tuesday, January 12th at 6pm and parents can participate synchronously or asynchronously (sessions will be recorded).
It will be facilitated by NSC Parent Education Instructor Lea Evans, Principal Janine Roy from Queen Anne Elementary, Asosa Sailiai, SPS Family Partnerships Coordinator, and other special guest speakers as well. This year's curriculum is very exciting and has been immensely helpful to parents during Fall 2020.
The cost for the 2-unit class is $39.42 and some scholarships are available. Please email Asosa as soon as possible to reserve your spot if you're interested in enrolling: [email protected].
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NSCC Online Winter Classes for Parents & Teachers
Virtual Learning: Focus on Discipline. This is a class for parents and teachers who have a child in a remote class (coop, elementary school) and are noticing behavior challenges, possibly related to the pandemic. This class will cover various aspects of positive discipline and address behavior regressions and challenges. This class number is 9355.
The second class is called Supporting Parents and Strengthening Families. We will discuss parenting styles and dynamics, tools for strengthening relationships, and strategies for challenges.
This class number is 9354.
Both classes are asynchronous (no specific time) and consist of weekly readings and class discussions. Like regular parent ed, the goal of the classes is education and support, and grading is "credit/no credit". You can also audit. Download a flyer with more information here.
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