October
12 - Garden Work Party
14 - Parent Education Speaker
23 - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee Mtg.
24 - School Anniversary Celebration
30 - Picture Retake Day
31- Elementary Costume Parade
31 - Middle School Block Party
Click here for a PDF of our calendar for the school year!
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Parent Education Presentation
Our Parent Information Exchange committee (PIE) is pleased to present the first parent education event of the year, open to all Salmon Bay parents and friends.
Aggression Anxiety Resilience and Courage
Monday, October 14, 2019, at 7:00pm
Salmon Bay School Auditorium
How do we help our kids walk through an alarming world when we ourselves are so stirred up? Parent coach Jenni Pertuset will provide actionable insight into the unsettling experience of anxiety and share the true sources of relief. Discover ways to move through your own feelings of alarm and guide your child through theirs. Jenni's presentation will be followed by abundant time to talk through your personal concerns and questions.
Volunteers Needed: Donate Pies on Monday
Coming to our parent Education event on October 14th? Bring a pie with you! Can't attend on Monday evening but want to support parent education? Drop off a pie during the school day on Monday in the Volunteer Coordinator's office.
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Fifth Grade Partnership with Marra Farm
Salmon Bay fifth graders have been making an annual service learning trip to Marra Farm in Seattle's Southpark neighborhood for ten years now. One of only two working agricultural spaces in our city, Marra Farm's 8.7 acres include a P-Patch, a Mien community garden, and the Giving Garden where we volunteer our time. Over the years we've been asked to help in many ways: we weed the garden beds that provide produce for the local food bank, clean out greenhouses, spread wood chips on the trails, turn and sieve compost, and more. While we're there, we learn how small farming practices differ from those at large corporate farms and how communities can work together to create sustainable spaces.
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After School Payments Due Now
Payment can be made through our online payment site, SchoolPay, or via check, payable to FOSB and dropped off in the Volunteer Coordinator's office. Click
here for instructions on how to make an online payments.
Questions? Email
Jodi
, our Volunteer Coordinator.
Monday Morning Chess Club
Our free morning Chess Club is returning, open to students in grades 1-8. Meet in the auditorium beginning on September 23rd, 8:15 am - 8:50 am. Question? Email Jason, Salmon Bay Occupational Therapist.
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Salmon Bay Library Wish List
Hi all,
I have compiled student and staff book requests into a wish list of books for the library. We would be grateful to anyone would like to make some of the wishes come true! The list is on Amazon, but please feel free to buy these books from any place you like. The list can be found here.
With appreciation,
Ben
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Cheer on the Panthers this weekend!
 Girls Soccer on Saturday
JV plays at 12:30p vs Whitman 2 @ Rainier Beach High School (8815 Seward Park Ave S, Seattle)
Varsity plays at 12:30p vs Broadview Thompson @ Eagle Staff (1330 N 90th St, Seattle).
 Ultimate Frisbee on Saturday
8th grade plays STEM Owls at Ingraham HS North #2 at 9:30 am
7th grade double header:
Eckstein at Ingraham HS South #1 at 9:30 am
Tops at Ingraham HS South #1 at 11:000 am
6th grade vs. JAMS at Ingraham HS North #1 at 11:00 am
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Discover U
Next week is Discover U Week. A week that schools in the Seattle area focus on college, careers, how to get there and why it is important to think about at any age. We have created a plan to focus on talking about college and different careers in homeroom and in classrooms, mostly at the middle school level.
Please think about ways to integrate conversations about post-secondary options and careers with your children. Most young people love to hear about your high school or college experience, how you decided on a major, the process you went through to get to college or a training program, how you came into the job/career you have now, and career ideas you had in elementary or middle school. If you would like more information you can look here: www.discoveruwa.org
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Loyal Heights Community Center
Click
here for a monthly calendar of events.
Radium Girls at Ballard High School
The Ballard High School Playmakers present Radium Girls, on October 17, 18, 19, 24, 25 and 26, 2019.
A hundred years ago, radium was a miracle cure used to fight cancer. It was quickly commercialized and used in products for consumers, including luminous watches that glowed in the dark. Radium Girls tells the story of the New Jersey factory girls who hand-painted the dials until they mysteriously became ill, started dying, and ultimately fought back.
Tickets
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$15 for adults and $10 for students/seniors. Advance tickets are available here.
(search for "Ballard High School.")
Hourly Position at Daniel Bagley
Want to earn a little money while your student is at school?
Daniel Bagley is hiring
1-2 hourly staff to supervise the playground and lunchroom between 11am-1pm Monday - Friday. Pay is $15/hour.
Please contact
Denae Gordon
,
Administrative Secretary at
Daniel Bagley @ John Marshall, if interested.
Phone: 206-252-5110
Free Educational Parenting Event
"Overindulgence: Building Resiliency in the Face of the New Normal.'
Wed, Oct 23, 2019 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM
Phinney Neighborhood Association, 6532 Phinney Ave N.
Overindulgence is giving your child too much of anything that can delay their development. This can include money, space, time, energy, and attention. Parents overindulge children from a "good heart." Unfortunately, overindulgence doesn't help children or families because it can present unexpected risks for adult life and major discomforts in young families. In this educational event, parents will explore overindulgence and ways to teach their children how to be accountable and responsible for themselves and towards others.
More info, and free registration
here
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Ultimate Frisbee Clinic
Cascades Academy is coming to Roosevelt High School (turf) with our special Halloween edition - we're wearing our costumes so feel free to wear yours!
Sunday, October 27th
Roosevelt High School (turf)
Elementary School 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Middle School 9:30 am - 12:00 pm
Theme: "Cutting to Create Space and Get Open"
Sign up here! All clinics are $35, or $50 includes either a jersey, shorts or a disc.
Roosevelt Jazz Band Performance
Performing with The Band is local jazz treasure and this years' Earshot Artist in Residence, Jay Thomas and the East West Alliance, including RHS Alumna Maya Hatch.
BHS Student Dance Workshops
Students in grades K-8 are invited to join us for a day of dancing with the Ballard High School Dancers. All participants will learn choreography (taught by BHS Dance team members) and receive a dance team t-shirt.
Workshop dates 9/29, 10/27, 12/8 from 2-4 pm. Participants in our December workshop are invited to perform with the team at Winter Showcase, Friday, December 13th at 7 pm., BHS Auditorium. register here. For more information email Coach Bethany.
After School Baking Classes
Does your kid love baking? grettie's goodies, a local business, is teaching after school baking classes for 6th-8th graders this year. Located on 85th St and 22nd Ave NW in Loyal Heights Ballard, classes are Friday's after school until 6:30pm. Classes available now through December 13th.
Kids can sign up for all of the classes or just the dates that work for them. Each class is $40. Contact Gretchen O'Connell at [email protected] to learn more.
GEMS Opportunity
After school STEM program for 7th and 8th grade girls in the Seattle area sponsored by the Association for Women in Science - Seattle Chapter. GEMS (Girls in Engineering, Math and Science) is a free, volunteer-run, after-school science enrichment program that explores STEM fields through hands-on activities with women scientists. GEMS meetings run once a month from 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm from November to May and are offered at two locations: the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in downtown Seattle and South Shore PK-8 School in South Seattle. Dates for this year are listed on our
website. The application for GEMS closes on October 14, 2019 and is available
here. Please contact
[email protected] if you have any questions
Americanism Essay Contest
The Ballard Elks Lodge #827 is inviting students in grades 5-8 to participate in our annual national Americanism contest. The theme for this year's contest is "What Does Freedom of Speech Mean to Me?" Additional information about the contest and how to enter can be found
here. National winners will receive bronze plaques and our Lodge will award Participation Certificates to each entrant along with a financial donation to the classroom fund of each first-place winner in each grade.
The deadline to turn in essays is December 15, 2019 students!
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Adolesco Youth Exchange
Please join us at an upcoming informational meeting:
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019
1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Bellevue Public Library, Meeting Room 3
1111 110th Ave NE, Bellevue, WA 98004
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019
2:00 PM-4:00 PM
Capitol Hill Public Library, Meeting Room
425 Harvard Ave E, Seattle, WA 98102
Everyone welcome, RSVP
for more information.
Adolesco Youth Exchange offers a two-way exchange program that gives students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a new language and new culture AND to host a carefully matched exchange partner in turn. The kids are together in each other's country, forging a life-long bi-lingual friendship along the way.
Your match will be about your age, and your families will decide exactly WHEN (whatever's best for your schedules), and for HOW LONG (anywhere up to 12 weeks) you want to go on exchange and host as part of our flexible and affordable non-profit language immersion and cultural exchange program for qualifying students between the ages of 9 and 18.
Start your application at
here
and get in touch with alumni mom Marie Meyer, the Adolesco Exchange Coordinator, at 303-913-4845. Applications are due on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, with matches announced in early January 2020.
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We welcome submissions to our weekly Bulletin.
Email submissions to Jodi by
noon on Thursdays.
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Garden Work Party Tomorow
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Join us for a Garden Work Party on Saturday
Saturday, October 12th
9 am - Noon
Salmon Bay School Grounds
Did you know it is up to our Salmon Bay School community to maintain and enhance the landscaping around our school? The district mows the grass and cleans up the leaves but the weeding, mulching and new plantings are up to us!
This weekend will be focused on tackling the weeds that have grown up over the summer. We will start at the front of the school and work our way around the building. You don't have to be an experienced gardener to come help pull some weeds and move waste to the compost bins. Many hands make the work light! Come by yourself or your family. If you can't make it the whole time, consider coming for an hour or two!
Water and snacks will be available as well as some adult tools provided by the district. If you have any metal spring rakes, please bring them.
We look forward to seeing you. Please spread the word. Invite someone to join us. It's a great way to spend time with friends, build community and help the school!
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Last Weekend to Order School Spirit Wear
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School T-shirt & Sweatshirt Orders
 We are happy to share an opportunity to purchase school t-shirts and sweatshirts through a new online store.
Orders must be placed by midnight on October 13th.
We are continuing to work with our same local vendor, just offering a more streamlined ordering process for families. Once we receive the completed orders, we will deliver them to your student at school (or you can arrange to pick up your items).
Questions? Email
Jodi, our Volunteer Coordinator
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Join us for an anniversary celebration marking 20 years since Coho Elementary and New Options Middle School united in Ballard.
- Reflect on the foundational work to establish Coho and NOMS
- Connect with those who helped create the culture and traditions of Salmon Bay
- Draw inspiration for getting involved to grow and strengthen Salmon Bay
Where: Salmon Bay Front Lobby
When: Thursday, October 24, 6:30 - 7:30 p.m.
What: Snacks, stories, friendly faces, celebration of community
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Dear Salmon Bay Families,
We currently have an opening for a Parent Representative on the Salmon Bay Building Leadership Team (BLT). Might you be interested? The Building Leadership team is comprised of staff, administration and parents that work to coordinate the building's Professional Development Calendar, the Comprehensive School Improvement Plan (CSIP), Budget Allocation, as well as attending to the overall direction of the school and our community relationships.
We have two parents that serve on the BLT at any given time - generally for a two-year cycle.
Parents interested in serving on the BLT should email Neil with their past experience and how this would benefit the work of the BLT by 10/24/19. Per our BLT bylaws, parent representatives will be selected from among applicants by the sitting BLT.
The BLT meets once or twice a month from 7:30 - 8:30 a.m. on Thursday mornings.
Thanks for considering! Feel free to also email with questions if you would like to learn more about the role and the work of the BLT.
Neil Gerrans
Salmon Bay Principal
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Please Help Us Keep Students Safe
For student and family safety, do not drop off or pick up students on
NW 65th Street or next to the bus zone on
19th Avenue.
We have seen some near misses on 19th Avenue during our first month of school.
 Please drop off and pick up in the loading zone on the east side of the building (18th
Avenue). We ask that drivers do not drive north on 18th Avenue. Limiting the street to southbound traffic helps our crossing guard manage congestion and ensures all students are leaving and entering cars from the curb side of the street.
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Action Requested: School Directory
This year, we will not be printing the directory but will be sending an electronic PDF copy to all community members. Participation in the directory is voluntary and each family can select the information they would like included (phone numbers, email, street address, etc.). We will also include homeroom class lists and a staff directory.
To participate in the directory this year, please complete the online form found here.
Please complete only the information you would like included in the directory and omit information you do not want shared. For example, if you do not wish to have your home address included, please skip that information when filling out the form. Please double-check your information before submitting it.
You may enter information for up to 4 students on the form. If you need to add additional students, please use the notes section at the end of the form.
Questions? Email
Jodi, Volunteer Coordinator
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Elementary Yearbook Cover Contest
 Submissions are currently being accepted for our 2019-2020 Elementary Yearbook.
- Front and back covers will be selected
- Must say "Salmon Bay School yearbook 2019-'20"
- Original artwork only (no Disney princesses, cartoon or Marvel characters, etc.)
- You may work with a friend.
- Do NOT put your name on the work (names should be written on a post-it).
- Full color
- Digital images acceptable
- Deadline Mon Oct 28. No late entries.
- Hand in to GLYDE's mailbox in the office, or Room 306.
Questions? Please ask
Glyde.
Thanks,
the Yearbook student staff
Elementary Enrichment Fees Due Now
During the school year, your child will participate in field trips, artist-in-residence programs, or other special class projects. Instead of asking for payment each time one of these activities takes place, we ask parents to pay one fee in the beginning of the school year. This fee is called the Enrichment Fee (or field trip fee).
Our elementary enrichment fee is $100 per student.
Payment Options?
We have a new payment system (SchoolPay) that allows you to easily make and track payments throughout the year. You can reach the new payment portal by logging in to your student's SPS Source account. Click
here
for instructions on how to access your student's Source account and the SchoolPay system. You may also pay this fee by dropping off a check (payable to Salmon Bay School) in the volunteer coordinator's office. We ask that all enrichment fees be paid by December 1st. Scholarship funds are available.
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 Middle School yearbook Cover Contest
Submissions are currently being accepted for our 2019-2020 yearbook.
- Front and back covers will be selected
- Must say "Salmon Bay School yearbook 2019-'20"
- Original artwork only (no Disney princesses, cartoon or Marvel characters, etc.)
- You may work with a friend.
- Do NOT put your name on the work (names can be written on a post-it) for anonymous voting.
- Full color
- Digital images acceptable
- Deadline Mon Oct 28. No late entries.
- Hand in to GLYDE's mailbox in the office, or Room 306.
- Questions? Please ask Glyde.
 Student News
Our first edition of the Salmon Bay Panther Press is available
here
Take a minute to read about a wide variety of
thoughtful and timely topics!
Power of Kindness (POK) Video Contest
Open to all Seattle middle and high school students.
Create a short video-three minutes or less-
showing the power of kindness (POK).
Post it to YouTube and email the link and your
name, age, school and contact phone number to
Do this before May 1, 2020, and you're entered to win a
One year subscription to Adobe Creative Cloud.
Three subscriptions will be awarded based on the
kindness that videos inspire in the
friends, neighbors and business owners who,
through the Phinney Neighborhood Association,
have helped create KinderReminder.org.
Winners will be announced June 7, 2020.
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FOSB is our school parent teacher organization. All parents and guardians are automatically members
Minutes from the last FOSB meeting can be found
here.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Committee
Interested in Social Justice? Please join us for the next
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion committee meeting on Wednesday, October 23rd, 7-8:30pm in the Salmon Bay Library. All are welcome! Please contact our committee head at
[email protected] to be added to our email list and be on the lookout for future meetings and announcements.
The Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Book Club will host its first meeting Wednesday, November 6th at 7 pm. Our first book will be White Fragility, by Robin DiAngelo. Please contact [email protected] for more information.
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Chinook Books On Sale Now!
 Purchase a Chinook Book and support our school! We have 40 books available for sale. Each book costs $25 and comes with a 12 month mobile subscription.
To purchase a book:
Stop by the Volunteer Coordinator's office to pay via check (checks payable to FOSB).
Each book is $25. You can also purchase a book online through SchoolPay by navigating to the FOSB page (nonprofit group page) where after school activity payments are also collected. Once paid, pick up your book or ask Jodi to send it home in your student's backpack.
By purchasing a Chinook Book, you save money at local shops and FOSB gets money to spend on Salmon Bay students. Everyone wins!
 Ballard Market Receipts
We are continuing to collect Ballard Market receipts to benefit Salmon Bay! If you shop at Ballard Market, please save your receipt and send it to the Volunteer Coordinator's office. We bundle our receipts together and receive 1% of sales back as a donation to the school. That 1 % may not seem like a lot, but 1% of what we collectively spend on groceries adds up to significant funding for our school!
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