Kindergarten Camp
On Tuesday night, Amy's kindergarten class and families gathered online for a virtual campfire as part of their camp week. Kids came in pajamas, munching on s'mores and with tents and sleeping bags. Families took turns leading songs and then Amy finished off the night with a story.
During the week, kids participated in other camp inspired activities like building forts, learning about the low tide, going on nature scavenger hunts and painting rocks.
K/1 students in other classrooms will be participating in camp activities next week!
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Friends of Salmon Bay is pleased to announce our Spring 2020 Virtual Book Fair, June 1 - 14th!
This is a perfect way to support your child's summer reading and fund Salmon Bay's library collection.
Here's how it works:
- From June 1 through June 14, Salmon Bay's library will receive a 10% commission from all purchases made on Secret Garden's website, with "SALMON BAY BOOK FAIR" written in the order comments.
- When your order is ready, Secret Garden will contact you so you can make a curb-side pick-up outside their shop. If you won't be able to get there to pick your items up, Teacher Ben is happy to get them and bring them to your door. Just type, "BEN DELIVER" in your order comments.
- We will have an ongoing Facebook event for the book fair in the Salmon Bay School Community group. This will be a great place to find and give book recommendations within the community, celebrate reading, and have fun building our community of readers. If you are not already a member of the group, click here and join it today!
Looking for summer book recommendations?
Teacher Ben has created a great webpage with links to book lists and other resources. Be sure to check it out here.
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Hello Families,
If anyone would like to stop by to ask questions, share what they've been doing, or just say 'hi,' I'll have
office hours on Mondays for elementary grades from 12:45pm to 1:15pm. Here's the zoom link:
https://seattleschools.zoom.us/j/96290675300
Music Lessons This Week
Elementary Instrumental Music Lessons
Questions?
Music Director
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Hello Salmon Bay Families!
I hope you are well, taking care of yourself the best you can and finding ways to keep upbeat. For this week's corner, I wanted to Keep. It. Simple. I am including a couple of relaxation videos from the Therapist Aid website. I know from experience that it's best to keep your thoughts in the present moment and not "future trip" to help decrease anxiety.
Please take care of yourself. Put on your oxygen mask first so you may take care of the ones you love.
Much love,
Rob
8th Grade Families -please see Rob's message regarding the transition to high school in the Middle School News Section of this newsletter.
As always if you or your family need any support please don't hesitate to reach out to Jenny Brooks or me.
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Friday Sing
A team of teachers have been preparing a Friday Sing slideshow for families each week. Note, that this is not actually a "live" event. You can choose anytime to sing together!
Watch the Friday Sing slide show
here
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SPS has created a new work group to give technical support to parents and students who have been issued SPS district laptops.
Hours: 7 am - 4 pm
A volunteer run helpline has been set up for students with Amazon-donated Chromebooks or personal devices.
Call 206-413-2700 for assistance.
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Friends of Salmon Bay (FOSB) is our school
parent teacher organization.
Next meeting:
Thursday, June 11 at 7 p.m.
We'll be discussing our budget and wrapping up the year! A meeting link will be shared in the Bulletin next week.
Your Help Is Needed:
 FOSB is recruiting parents to join as FOSB directors (board members) and officers:
- Co-Chair (middle school)
- Co-Chair (elementary)
- Secretary
- Assistant Treasurer
Click
here to learn more about joining the FOSB Board.
Questions? Ideas? Please contact us at anytime:
Scott Koch & Laura Feola
FOSB Co-chairs
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| WA Dept. of Health Message |
Stay Safe, Stay Healthy, Stay Vaccinated
The WA State Department of Health would like you to know that while there isn't a vaccine against COVID-19 yet, the good news is that vaccines can protect children from 14 other serious diseases. Delaying or missing vaccines could put your child, your family and your community at risk for these diseases. Vaccinating children on time is the best way to protect them.
Talk with your child's doctor, nurse or clinic about the
immunizations your child needs to stay healthy, and ask
about the clinic's safety measures to protect your family
when you visit.
For more information and to access a flyer available in several languages, click here.
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Dear Salmon Bay Families,
We hope the week has been good. As we wrap up May, we wanted to let you know our plans for returning student materials, and to invite participation in our Assistant Principal hiring process.
 Returning Student Materials
We are in the process of emptying lockers and desks and making these materials available for pick-up. In the process of cleaning out we are returning library books and textbooks that were in lockers.
We are asking that families come on
June 10th and 11th to pick up student things. We will have a drive-up and walk-up system where families can:
- return books that were taken home:
- Salmon Bay Library books,
- math textbooks (Algebra and Geometry only)
- classroom library books
- receive a bag with personal belongings
- receive promotion materials (5th and 8th grade),
- receive Wall Tile Kits (7th and 8th grade) for our 2020 Art Installation
- check out a school computer if desired for summer use (MS only)
- take any belongings from the lost and found
More detailed information will be published next week, and we ask that you help us keep everyone safe by following social distancing guidelines and utilizing personal protective equipment when you are on the campus.
Assistant Principal Hiring
We are all saddened by Annie Parker's departure from our team, but also extremely glad she has been with us the last two years and that she will continue to serve students and families at Nova High School.
As of this writing, we have 27 applicants for the position. We are planning to interview the afternoon of June 5th. We would like to have 3 parents join our school's hiring team. Please let me know (
[email protected]) if you are interested and available to be part of this process.
To Learning and Growing and Celebrations of Learning,
Neil
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| WEB Leadership Application Due Today |
Calling all 7th Graders! WEB Leadership Program
Students wishing to apply to be a WEB Leader next year, should complete their application and email it to Sam as an attachment
today (Friday). Teachers will review applications on Monday.
Sam will confirm that he has received your application via email. If you do not receive an email confirmation from Sam, please resubmit your application by emailing Sam again.
WEB Application:
Interested students will need to complete a WEB Leader Application. The Application and Introductory Video can be found on Victoria and Sam's Schoology pages in the WEB Leadership Folder.
Applications need to be emailed to Sam ([email protected]) by Friday, May 29th.
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Middle School Virtual Talent Show!
To showcase the abundance of talent present at Salmon Bay K-8,
there will be a Middle School Virtual Talent Show for all to see the last week of school. Start developing your ideas, enthusiasm and talent and BRING IT!
Here are the details and expectations:
- Must be school appropriate (PG rating)
- 30 seconds minimum - 3 minutes maximum
- Acts/performances could be individual or in a group
- Anything goes (within reason): juggling, pet tricks, trampoline, dancing, short film, gymnastics, singing, songwriting, spoken word, etc.
- Personal safety of all involved in your video must be ensured.
- Deadline for submitting: Wednesday, June 10th
How to submit: convert to m4v file (that can play in quicktime) and send as an email attachment to [email protected] OR upload your video to the "cloud" and send Glyde the link (eg Google drive or iCloud).
Talent show submissions will be compiled and safely shared on schooltube.
Interested in participating? Have questions? Please contact
Glyde.
8th Grade Information for High School Transition
Unfortunately, because of our current stay at home situation we were unable to have our annual High School Transition Night. Instead, Rob Bright, MS Counselor, created a handy, brief video that details current SPS graduation requirements, ideas about different post-secondary options and what students should focus on to help with the transition. He posted the video on Schoology for all 8th graders to watch and we've included a YouTube link for you here:
https://youtu.be/pQPt8fN70_o
Please watch it and discuss with your soon-to-be high schooler.
Also, Seattle Public Schools is offering a summer bridge program to help with the transition. All of the programming will be online this summer. Please find the information
here.
7th/8th Grade Parent/Guardians - Support for You
Weekly office hours are now open JUST FOR YOU. Each Tuesday from 12:45-1:45 we will have a open office hours to answer your questions about supporting your student(s) with ELA and World Geography assignments. We know you are juggling demands like a pro while also partnering with us as we all grapple with the challenges of remote learning. Well, we're here to help. Use the MS Teams link below to stop by for guidance, or just to say hello. We're happy to help.
Nancy Gruber/Audrey Lee, Instructional Assistants
Middle School 7th/8th Humanities
Conference ID:
987 404 339#
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Salmon Bay Stays Home
We've extended the deadline to submit poems to our poetry anthology to hopefully allow more students to participate.
ALL students are invited and encouraged to submit an original poem to the "Salmon Bay Stays Home" Poetry Anthology - poems can be any length, on any topic, in any style. The only rule is that it must be an original poem by a current Salmon Bay student.
Please be sure your student proofreads; poems will be published as submitted. Also specify your student's full name as you want it listed and their current grade. Poems will be compiled into a published anthology and available to families this summer.
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Students have been working hard to record videos from Newsies. Click the links below to see their performances. We've been so impressed with their efforts and desire to continue singing/ practicing. Congratulations to all on a job well done!
Bowery Beauties w/Eliott as Jack
Bowery Beauties w/Sylvia as Jack
King of New York w/Emma as Katherine
Something to Believe In w/Sylvia as Jack and
Emma as Katherine
Santa Fe prologue w/Sylvia as Jack and Julia as Crutchie
That's Rich w/Mackenzi as Miss Medda Larkin
Thanks for your support of the performance arts.
Enjoy!
Glyde & Newsies
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Dear Salmon Bay community,
Thank you to the generous donors who have helped us raise over $13,500 to support the
Salmon Bay K-8 and Broadview Thomson PK-8 communities with basic needs during this closure and into the summer.
If you are able, please consider donating to the Family Support Fund.
Our goal is to raise $15,000.
If you are in need of support, please reach out to us! Our counselors, Admin team and office staff can assist you and provide resources.
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Pushout Documentary:
Virtual Watch Party & Town Hall
Thursday, June 4th, 2020 from 6 - 7:30 pm
Pushout the documentary is based on a book released in 2016 about the criminalization of black girls in schools. The documentary is available on PBS and has been screened throughout the region. In light of COVID19 we're inviting you to watch the documentary at home, then join us for a virtual town hall about the documentary and how to advocate for our youth through COVID and beyond.
RSVP @skcdisciplinecoalition.com/upcoming-events
Coyote Central Online Classes
Spring Class Session is now online! We are offering a variety 15 hr online classes (7.5 hrs on ZOOM and 7.5 hrs on independent project time). Some classes are on the Weekend, some weekday,as we are hoping to meet families where they need the most support.
Students can register here:
https://coyotecentral.org/register-for-classes
The basic premise is the same for online courses
- small class sizes, breaking out of your everyday environment to try new skills, project based learning and reaching far and wide. Just a new modality. We even have supply pick-up for families that might need the gear. As always, Pay-what-works-for-you is available!
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We welcome submissions to our weekly Bulletin.
Email submissions to
Jodi by
noon on Thursdays.
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Trumpet Lesson - 
