Whittier WildChat
June 5, 2019
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PAWS UP WILDCATS!
Whittier is proud we're going to shout out loud…
Responsibility, Respect, and Safety!
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Kindness Challenge This Week!
Each day will bring a different spirit day and target challenge to complete. Throughout the week, K and 1st grade students will work on completing a checklist of 12 kind acts while 2nd-5th graders will tackle a list of 50! Students who complete their entire checklist will be invited to place a handprint on a poster during recess on Friday. The schedule of spirit days and daily challenges are as follows:
Wednesday: Wild About Kindness (animal day); bring a flower to the office staff
Thursday: Dream of Kindness (pajama day); learn to say hello in a different language
Friday: Express your Kindness (individuality day); invite a new friend to play with you
Families are also invited to participate at home with the family checklist. To find it, go to the Family Edition page at
www.greatkindnesschallenge.org. We hope the Whittier community will join us in celebrating kindness during the challenge and beyond!
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WildChat Editor Still Needed for Next Year!
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June 3-7
Kindness Challenge Week
June 13, Thursday: Math Night for K- 2 Families 6:00 – 7:30
Friday, June 14
Field Day
Thursday, June 20
Spring Sing and Art Walk
Friday, June 21
Whittier Jogathon – Rainbow Spirit Day
Thursday, June 27th
5th Grade Moving Up Assembly/Celebration at 8:15 – 10:30
Early Dismissal for all at 1:25
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Field Day on June 14 -Celebrate the Women's World Cup 2019 in France 2019
Old hands or new, everyone is welcome! Let's celebrate Women's World Cup France 2019 on Field Day in true Wildcat fashion and have a blast!
Sign up today.
Volunteers are asked to wear the colors of the defending Women's World Cup Champions, Team USA... It is an easy one. Red, White, and Blue. A double winner!
Face paint and dyed hair a bonus! It will be a blaze of color!
STATION VOLUNTEERS SHOULD MEET MR. PULE IN THE WHITTIER GYM @ 11:15 AM. Mr. Pule will present a quick Field Day Activities 101 wiki-course. In a few minutes, you will be an expert in the field day arts! Bring a friend and really have a Flag Waving, World Cup Field Day .
Date: 06/14/2019 (Fri.)
Time: 8:00am - 2:20pm PDT
Location: Whittier Elementary
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Please join us for a BBQ lunch on Field Day, Friday June 14
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The menu includes hamburgers, hot dogs and veggie burgers. We´ll have some vegetables and watermelon and cookies for dessert.
Everyone is welcome. The cost for adults is $4.75 and students are $3.00. If your child has money in their lunch account, they can just come through the line and put in their pin number. For the students who don´t and for adults, they can bring in cash or a check.
Lunch begins at 10.25 for second graders
10:30 for third graders
10.40 for the first graders
10.50 for kindergarten
11.00 for 4/5
Hope to see you there.
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Whittier Book Swap
To promote reading throughout the summer, we will be having a book swap in the library starting the week of June 10th. I am asking each student to bring in at least one used book to exchange for a new-to-them book to read over the summer. If you have additional books to donate, it would be greatly appreciated! Please keep us in mind if you are cleaning out your child’s bookshelves! If we have enough donations, students will be able to select more than one book and they will have more of a selection to pick from. Books remaining after the book swap will be added to the book exchange outside the office, saved for next year or donated.
Some things to consider:
- Books should be appropriate reading for grades K-5 (picture books, early readers, non-fiction, chapter books)
- No adult books, magazines or board books please
- Books should be in good to excellent condition (no rips, stains, missing pages, or writing in them)
We can start accepting books for the swap on Monday, June 3rd. It’s important for us to get the books prior to the day the classes come in so that we can sort them. If you have any questions or would like to donate extra books, please contact me at
shnewcomb@seattleschools.org.
Thank you! Ms. Newcomb
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Help build a Lego Wall for the Library!
We have a spot picked out and just need a handy person to help us put it all together. Listed below is a step-by-step tutorial to how one person did it. If you can help us out, please email me at shnewcomb@seattleschools.org. Thank you! Ms. Newcomb
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Stride to show your WILDCAT PRIDE!
Time to lace up those running shoes, Wildcats! Whittier’s Annual Jog-A-Thon is Friday, June 21st! Race into the end of the school, putting the FUN in fundraising! Every student is invited to run, jog or walk and will earn a fantastic Whittier running themed prize and a Popsicle!
- When is it? Friday, June 21, 2019
- How does it work? Kids walk, jog or run around the playground during the school day. Each grade walks or runs as many laps as they can in their 30-minute period.
- How much are we trying to raise? We encourage Kids to gather sponsorships from family, friends and neighbors. Our fundraising goal for the Jog-A-Thon is $16,000 or approximately $50 per student. Funds raised at the Jog-A-Thon will be used to fund Whittier PTA sponsored programs such as staffing positions, artists in residence and field trips!
How do I sponsor a Wildcat Runner?
Students can raise Jog-A-Thon Sponsorships online or in person, as flat donations or per lap pledges.
2. Pledge envelopes will be sent home in KidMail on Friday, June 7!
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Extra Support for Struggling Families Over the Summer-Gift Card Drive thru June 5th!
Make sure you check everyone’s school backpack this week. You’ll find a yellow envelope that can help families in our community and our sister school, Bailey Gatzert Elementary who are still struggling to make up lost income and additional expenses from this winter’s snowmageddon.
The next time you’re at Safeway, Fred Meyer, or Bartell Drugs, pick up a Gift Certificate, and pop it in that yellow envelope.
Then drop the gift card in the envelope in KidMail this week—before June 5, 2019.
This fast and easy Gift Card Drive is a powerful and immediate way you can help support every student in our communities.
So don’t forget to check those backpacks!
Thank you, PTA Outreach Team
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Loyal Heights Summer Teen Program
Summer Teen Program 2019
July 1st – August 30th
Hour: 1:00p.m. – 5:00p.m.
Ages: 11-19
Cost: Free
Loyal Heights Summer Teen Program is here. Teen will experience lasting memories of summer fun. Super activities including regular field trip such as bowling, festivals, camping, golf and Enchanted Village just to name a few. Swimming and movie rentals are weekly activities. Not to mention all the great new friends you will meet. We also provide Service Learning opportunity for high school students year round. The Summer Teen Program is terrific.
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Free class for Whittier parents at barre3 Ballard on June 6th!
Summer is amazing and stressful all at once. We know that carving time out of your day to care for yourself is already challenging and can be even more difficult in the summer. Why not get started with us before summer kicks in?
Have you met us yet? Barre3 Ballard is an independent, family owned, fitness studio moments from your neighborhood school. Barre3 is a full body, balanced workout combining strength conditioning, cardio and mindfulness. We are community centered and always looking to meet new members that are excited about finding strength on both the inside and out.
Come connect with us at a free community event on Thursday, June 6th, before school is out for summer! Experience a FREE 60 minute class for members of the Whittier Elementary Community!
See you there!
Katie Lyden-Whittier Mom, barre3 instructor and barre3 Ballard Community Manager
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Welcome to Robert Eagle Staff Middle School: New Student & Family Welcome
June 6, 7:00-8:15 pm
Join us for student-led school tours, performances, and a welcome from school staff & community partners
Additional New Student & Family Welcome
**June 11** (NEW DATE!), 6:00-7:15 pm
Stay for our end of the year Orchestra Concert!
Updated with new date!
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Shopping for Whittier
Support our Wildcats by shopping! (Really!) These retailers donate a % of your purchases to Whittier...
- AmazonSmile - Select "Whittier PTA Seattle Council" during the easy set-up at smile.amazon.com. Bookmark it and click it every time you shop! (Tech support tip: Amazon Smile only works on browsers, not the Amazon app.)
- Fred Meyer - Link your Fred Meyer Rewards card to Whittier PTA (NPO# 85919). You keep your Rewards points!
- Ballard Market - Look for the jar labeled Ballard Market receipts on the table in the lobby and stuff your collected receipts inside.
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