Hello Salmon Bay Families!

There are so many things happening at school right now! School plays, camps, concerts! The calendars sure do fill up quickly in these last few weeks of school.

Our next big event is hugely important to the school - our FOSB Auction is NEXT WEEK! We hope that you will consider buying a ticket to the event - ticket sales close on Sunday evening (April 28th). Please buy a ticket, and tell your friends! This event is not only tons of fun, it's an incredibly important piece of funding that allows FOSB to support the school community.

There are also many items available for bidding in our silent auction leading up to the May 3rd event. Please consider registering and checking out the items, parties and fun goodies up for auction. And buy a ticket!! We really hope to see you at the event as we raise a paddle, have a drink, and connect in community...all while raising money for our amazing school.

FOSB Auction:

Text BOOK to 71760 to register for free,

Ticket sales close on April 28th; buy your event ticket for the in-person experience now!

The in-person event will be May 3rd from 7-11 pm at Metropolist (2931 First Ave South). Walk through the doors into the magical, mysterious Night at the Library. The in-person event experience includes entrance to a show-stopping live auction, a fundraising bar and games, a curated selection of silent auction baskets, complimentary appetizers, and more! Even if you can only attend for part of the evening, please consider purchasing a ticket and stopping by.

You are encouraged to dress to the theme; perhaps as your favorite book character, author, or librarian or showing support for banned books! Click here for more details.

To experience the online offerings, register to bid, and then browse the auction items, parties, buy a raffle ticket, and read about this year’s fund-a-need.

Day-of Auction Help

There are a number of day-of auction volunteer needs! Take a look here and consider signing up to help out.

Upcoming Events:

Note: if you would like to publicize an event here, please reach out to fosbnewsletter@gmail.com with relevant details.

Friday, May 3rd. 7-11 PM: FOSB Auction - A Night at the Library

It’s the event of the year and you don’t want to miss it! Purchase your ticket to next Friday's Live Auction Experience! First, register for free by texting BOOK to 71760. Then, buy your ticket to the live auction experience (pay-what-you-can pricing!) and attend the event next Friday, May 3 at Metropolist from 7-11 p.m.

May 5th, 2024, 7-8:30 pm: Budget Meeting (via Zoom FOSB)

All are welcome to join.Here is the link to our final Finance Committee meeting on Sunday, May 5, at 7pm. At this meeting, we will finalize the draft budget to send to the May 16th board meeting for a full vote

The agenda for the meeting can be found here.

May 6-10: Staff Appreciation Week

Staff Appreciation Week is right after the auction and we need some parent support to help make it an awesome week of gratitude for our hard working staff. Check out these sign-ups below if you can donate items or your time!

Monday: Lunch Provided For Staff.

Tuesday: Salmon Bay Sweet Shop

Wednesday:  Coffee Cart & Staff Meeting Snacks (Two opportunities to help!)

Thursday: Words of Gratitude

Friday: Botanical Bash

Questions: KatieQRoberts@gmail.com

May 16, 6:30 pm: FOSB Board Meeting + FOSB Open House

Please save the date and plan on attending our May 16th 6:30pm board meeting in the school library. There are two important votes that need to happen: our 2024-25 FOSB budget and our slate of directors and officers. We need a quorum of 20 non-directors to pass these two items, so even if you haven’t attended any FOSB meetings yet this year, this is the one!  We’ll hold voting in the first 30 mins of our meeting so that 7th and 8th grade camp chaperone parents can make it to the chaperone meeting starting at 7pm - please consider coming to the school 30 mins early to help us vote! The second portion of our meeting will be a FOSB Open House where we’d like to highlight the various committee chairs and open conversation and brainstorming to plan for next year. This will be an opportunity to put faces to names of some of the people working behind the scenes of FOSB and get ideas for ways you might like to be involved next year. Childcare is available for potty independent kids free of charge - childcare rsvp is requested but not required. There is a virtual option to join if you can’t make it to the school.

June 7 (NEW DATE): 5th Grade Trivia Night

5th graders and their families are invited to join us for a kids vs adults trivia night on Friday, June 7, 6-8pm in the school library. Sign Up to Bring Food Here Questions? Contact Katie Roberts at katieqroberts@gmail.com.

Announcements:

Do you know someone on the waitlist for Salmon Bay next year?

Space is available!

If you know someone on the wait-list to attend Salmon Bay next year, have them contact Ms Dixon. She shared with FOSB members at our board meeting last week to please spread the word that she would like to hear from you if you are trying to get into SB. The district does NOT give her your names and she cannot advocate for you until she knows who you are and what your exact scenario is. She is open and waiting for your contact! There is room in nearly every grade level at SB - even though the district is telling parents differently. The district has not given good reasons for why they aren’t placing kids from the waitlist so Ms Dixon is working to understand why families are placed on a waitlist when there are spaces available. She is advocating for parents wanting to get in and for the waitlist to be moved. Please email Principal Dixon.

We also encourage families to contact the district themselves and explain that the Salmon Bay principal has said there is space at Salmon Bay, particularly in kindergarten and in middle school. Get information back in writing from them. Email enrollment here.

Also, if they’d like to please keep FOSB posted on their situation and progress, we are hoping to figure out wider messaging to the district. Having real info (not hypotheticals) helps with crafting language around the bigger picture issue - we won’t include specific names in our messaging. Email FOSB Chairs.

Finally, related, FOSB chairs are in touch with All Together For Seattle Schools -  and CANNSPA - and are hoping to collaborate on additional actions to help advocate for option and other school enrollment. If you’re available to get involved in this, please reach out. We need help with this. Email FOSB Chairs.

Plastic Film Drive with Ridwell

Salmon Bay is keeping Plastic Film from landfills with Ridwell this spring! As part of this limited-time drive, you can bring these types of CLEAN Plastic Film to school on either Friday, May 17th or Monday, May 20th and Ridwell will make sure they stay out of landfills and are turned into new decking materials instead!  Start collecting these items at home now as Salmon Bay parents are coordinating a one-time large scale pickup for our community.

You can also help Salmon Bay recycle our school’s Plastic Film for the entire ‘24/’25 school year! Be sure to use this link to join Ridwell with an at-home membership by May 31st, 2024. If we sign up 10 or more new members by this date, we will be awarded monthly Plastic Film pickups for our school next year! That would be amazing!

Want to test your plastics recycling knowledge? Here are 10 questions, how many will you get right? Take the quiz here.

Join Kids on the Run - NEW START TIME!

The FOSB running club meets Wednesdays and Friday mornings from 8-8:35 am. This program runs until Friday, June 7. Parents and siblings are welcome to run with us. Our goal is to make running fun and help kids get a great start to the school day. Those who are interested can challenge themselves and register to run a 5k in June. We are also encouraging families to try out the Bill Roe All Comers track meets which are for all ages and abilities. Our running club is a gender-inclusive group and is open to students in grades K through 5. Registration will stay open so kids can join at any time.

Register here.

Lunchroom Volunteers Needed:

Volunteers needed in the elementary lunch period from 11:10-12:05 daily. Please check that your volunteer paperwork is up to date and sign up here. Ms A appreciates any days you can come in to assiste her during lunch!

Take Me Out to the Ball Game

Salmon Bay has partnered with Seattle Mariners to offer discounted tickets to our students and families for their June 1st game against the LA Angels. Join us for an evening of fun with other Salmon Bay families!

What: Seattle Mariners vs LA Angels

Where: T-Mobile Park

When: June 1 at 4:15pm

Who: Salmon Bay students and families

How: Tickets are $12 each. Please purchase through SchoolPay. 

Scholarship donations are greatly appreciated to help make these events equitable, no amount is too small! Donations are accepted through school pay. 

For scholarships, please email fosbtreasurer@gmail.com

School Reminders & News:

The following dates, activities & announcements pertain to the school and come from information provided by school staff/teachers/admin. We are pleased to include them as reminders to our community, but this may not be an exhaustive list of everything the school has planned. Please check with your student’s teacher(s) or office staff for more information.

News from Principal Dixon:

Elementary School News:

Yearbook Cover Competition:

It is that time of year again! We know a lot of the students have been looking forward to this year’s Yearbook Cover Competition. The theme for this year is “Salmon Bay Community”. If your student wants to participate, please have them complete an artwork and submit either in the office or with their teacher until Friday May 10th. The submissions need to be 8.5 x 11 inches in portrait orientation. Once the submissions are closed, we will have a vote and the winning artwork will be on the cover of this year’s yearbook, with the runner up being on the back cover. FOSB is providing every child with a yearbook, so there is no need to purchase one.

Middle School News: 7th and 8th grade teachers have begun their preparations for spring camps. You should all have gotten the student contract (yellow paper) the teachers shared this week. In addition to those, here is a brief description of what happened in preparation for camps this week.

Monday: Lisa and Karly reviewed camp paperwork during ELA classes and sent paperwork home with students

Tuesday: Community Connections Assembly; at this assembly 7th & 8th graders reviewed T.R.U.S.T. Talked about how camp is earned, and each person will be held to the same expectations, so that when they go to camp students understand what is expected.

Thursday: 8th Graders had Camp Meeting in the Auditorium to get introduced about their activity options. They also got introduced the options they will have at camp.

All School News:

Middle School Photography class is asking for working digital cameras to help those students who don’t have cameras. If you have a camera you can donate, we would appreciate it. You can drop off at the main office.

Theater production needs a large donation of sand to fill sand bags for set safety. If you can donate, please reach out to theater teacher Rachel Street.

Library News:

Support Authors Coming to Salmon Bay this Spring!

Next week: Tuesday, April 30th

Markie Mitchell is coming next week to present to 2nd and 3rd grade library classes. To see more information, and to order Markie Mitchell's book, please click here.

Tuesday, May 14th 9-9:45am

Where: Salmon Bay cafetorium

Who: Author Josh Tuininga presents his graphic novel, "We are not Strangers"

This will be for all middle school students! Parents and community members are welcome to come too. To order Josh Tuininga’s book, please click here.

Updates from School Nurse:

There have been a few incidents of lice in our community. We are trying to be diligent about mitigating the spread of lice as we have overnight camp coming up for most grades. Please use the attached document here as a resource guide. Please email Nurse Suzanne with questions or concerns.

School Calendar Dates: 

April 30: “Norma” Book reading by author Markie Mitchell

May 3: The FOSB auction, organized by FOSB 

May 13: 4th grade sailing trip

May 20-22: 3rd Grade at Camp Colman

May 22-23: 1st Grade at Indianola

May 23-23: Middle School Spring Play

May 29: 6th Grade Welcome Night

May 30: Middle School Band Concert

June 3-5: 4th Grade at Camp Seymour

June 4-7: 8th Grade at Camp Orkila

June 5-7: 7th Grade at Camp Naturebridge

June 7: Kindergarten Camp Day

June 11: Elementary School Talent Day

June 12-13: 2nd Grade at Camp Indianola

June 13: Middle School Marimba Concert

June 14: Elementary School Field Day

June 17: Middle School Graduation Ceremony and Ingram High School

June 18: 5^th Grade Promotion

Seen (and heard!) Around School:

Sunny Days!

Beautiful, sunny afternoons make for busy playgrounds!

Lost & Found

The lost & found is once again overflowing! Sunny days mean layers are shed (and left) on the playground.

Ongoing Announcements:

Reminder to Pay Enrichment Fees:

Teachers were asked by our office staff to remind families about paying their yearly enrichment fees as there are still about 90 families that haven’t paid them this year. This $100 enrichment fee helps pay for field trips throughout the year.

To pay: log into your “SPS The Source” account and click the “SchoolPay” tab. The item is named “Elementary Enrichment Fee 2023-23”. If you wish, you can also contribute to the enrichment donation fund via “Scholarship Donation for Elementary Enrichment 2023-24”. The full amount every family is asked is $100 for the entire year. If you haven’t paid yet and need any kind of financial assistance (full or partial scholarship), please reach out to our volunteer coordinator, Elif.

School Spirit Wear

Want to show some school pride? Salmon Bay apparel is available for purchase online! You can choose from a variety of shirts and sweatshirts and have them delivered straight to your door. Both Youth and Adult sizes are available. Use this link to order.

School ID Cards: Families can now purchase an ID card online for $5. ID card orders take about 7-10 business days to arrive to the home.

2023-24 Salmon Bay K-8 Picture Days

Online Code: SPS student ID number

Get to know the PTO (that's FOSB!):

Stay Connected & Get Involved!

While you automatically receive emails from Salmon Bay K-8 administration, staff, and teachers on all things school-supported and classroom related, it doesn’t always include FOSB-related events, opportunities, and information. Tap into these information pipelines to stay connected and find ways to get involved.

• FOSB Calendar
• FOSB Friday Bulletins 
• FOSB Facebook
• Grade Google and Facebook groups (request to join)
• FOSB Committees
• Monthly Board Meetings
• Monthly Community Coffee (held before the first Friday Sing of each month)

Everyday Ways to Give

You can support Friends of Salmon Bay in everyday ways, like shopping at a merchant of your choice or searching online. Details about programs offered by Fred Meyer, Bing, and Office Depot/Office Max are on our website. Consider signing up!

Community Announcements:

SPS Safe Schools Hotline: 206-252-0510.

The Seattle School District Safety and Security Department is staffed 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.