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Whittier WildChat
December 5, 2018
PAWS UP WILDCATS!
Whittier is proud we're going to shout out loud…
Responsibility, Respect, and Safety!
Register for Winter After School Programs
Registration is open for many of the Whittier After School Programs starting in January.

Principal Clark included a comprehensive list and links to all the forms (also available in the office) in her email on Monday, December 3. The descriptions she shared can be found here.
  • After School Recreation
  • Basketball
  • Chess4Life
  • Coding with Kids
  • Comic Club & Gamer Group
  • Girls on the Run
  • Hip Hop
  • Language Links
  • Musical
  • Outdoor Wilderness
  • Philosophy for Wildcats
  • Playwell
  • Sewing
  • Ukulele Club
  • Yoga
Calendar
November 26-December 7
Helping Hands Gift Drive

Mon., December 10
Spring Musical Student Meeting
2:35-3:10 Ms. Steph's room

Tues., December 11,
Whittier Game Night
6:30-8:00 pm-in the Whittier Cafeteria 

Wed. December 12,
Whittier Spring Musical Mandatory Parent Meeting
6:30-7:15 pm library

Sat., March 9, 2019,
Spring Fling FUNraiser
7:00pm – 11:00pm
News from the Office
Come Learn about the Spring Musical
In 4 th  or 5 th  grade? Like Green??? Like to sing, dance and create something great with friends???
Then you’ll love Whittier Wildcat Player’s

Students  Join us to learn all about this year’s musical
Monday December 10
From 2:35-3:10
Room 203 (Ms. Steph’s room)
Mandatory parent meeting
Please come pick up our child’s paperwork and hear more about the musical process
Wednesday December 12
From 6:30-7:15 in the library
if you can’t make the meeting please contact Ms. Steph to schedule an alternate time at  whittierwilcatplayers@gmail.com
Whittier Family Game Night
Join us on Tuesday, December 11th, 6:30-8:00 pm, in the Whittier Cafeteria to play board games with your family and / or friends. Please bring your own favorite board or card game, dig into Mr. Buck’s game library or the game library from Mox Boarding House.
Bring Helments for PE!
Whitttier PE’s skate unit started Monday, Nov.26th. and will run until Winter Break

All students will need to wear a helmet. Please bring your helmet from home. We have quad skates, wrist guards, and pads at school. You may bring your own quad/inline skates as well, but label everything and store in unbreakable bag.

Be sure to sign up for notifications like this from Schoology.
News from the PTA
Helping Hands Holiday Gift Drive is Underway!  
Our annual Helping Hands Gift Drive is on its way to being a great success for Whittier and Bailey-Gatzert Elementary families in need -- extend a "Helping Hand" this holiday season by providing gifts and gift cards for these families.

Here’s how can you help:

  • Pick a large gift mitten or small grocery card mitten from the Helping Hands Winter Wonderland display in the lobby
  • If you pick a large gift mitten, there is a signup sheet to keep track of mittens and donors. Please find your gift code number, and fill-in your name and email address
  • For Gift Donations, return your new, unwrapped gift with your large mitten attached to the box in the lobby by Monday, December 9th.
  • For Grocery Card Donations, we will be selling a limited number in the lobby after school during the drive, or you can purchase them on your own and return to the box in the lobby (with dollar amount indicated).
  • Volunteer for sorting or wrapping gifts by clicking on the link below; https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4DA9A62EA5FC1-helping
  • Or volunteer to sell Grocery Gift Cards after school by clicking on the link below;
  • https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0F4DA9A62EA5FC1-grocery

Thank you for your “Helping Hand”!

If you have questions about Helping Hands, please contact Dawn Eggerts or Lena Aldinger .
Volunteer for Whittier's Spring Fling FUNraiser
Looking for a creative and fun way to get involved in your kiddo’s classroom while helping to raise money for Whittier at the same time? We’ve got you covered! The Spring Fling FUNraiser needs one parent volunteer from each classroom to coordinate a themed bucket to be auctioned off the night of the event. You can pick the theme and recruit other parents from the classroom to contribute items. Ideas for buckets could be anything from Ballard Brews to Family Game Night to Emergency Preparedness or anything else you can imagine. Sign up here!

More interested in a hands-on volunteer experience? No problem!
We also need one parent volunteer from each classroom to develop an art project to be auctioned off at the Spring Fling. You’ll pick the project, coordinate times with the teacher, and deliver the project by Monday, February 25th. This year, the theme is BALLARD! Sign up here!
We need 32 volunteers to sign up (ideally before Winter Break) to help make the Spring Fling a success. Is your child’s classroom on the lists below?

The following classrooms still need a themed bucket coordinator. Sign up here!
K - Legan & O'Leary
1 - Barrett & Hansen
2 - (all) Leming, Mayo, McGrath, & Smart
3 - Kemery & Maddeford
4 - (all) Engle, Ogle, & Richmond
5 - (all) Childers & Provence

The following classrooms still need an art project coordinator. Sign up here!
K - (all) Campbell, Legan, & O'Leary
1 - (all) Castillo, Hansen, Barrett, & Newton
2 - Mayo, McGrath, Smart
3 - (all) Kemery, Maddeford, Baldi, & Peterson
4 - Richmond
5 - (all) Childers & Provence 
Yankee Candle Fundraiser- Still Time to Place Your Order
The holiday season has officially began! The Class of 2019 are continuing to fundraise for NatureBridge by selling products through Yankee Candle Co.  through December 10 th !   As you consider your shopping list for the holiday season  (do you need wrapping or tissue paper?)  check out the wide selection of products online at   www.yankeecandlefundraising.com  and get ready to place your order. Be sure to look for the ‘ Start Shopping ’ area in the middle of the page and enter our Group # 999986682  to ensure your purchases benefit Whittier fifth graders   overnight science camp this spring at NatureBridge. 
Questions contact  shannonschiernbeck@gmail.com
District News
Important Dates from Seattle Public Schools 2019-20 ENROLLMENT CALENDAR
January 7
New student registration for 2019-20 opens
January 19
Admissions Fair 10am-2pm Mercer Intl’ Middle School 1600 S Columbian Way Seattle WA 98108
February 4
Enrollment for School Choice Opens -Ends Feb 15
Email: admissions@seattleschools.org 

Seattle Public School Admissions Center at JSCEE
2445 Third Avenue South Seattle, WA 98134
Open Monday – Friday 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Please note: Admissions Center close at noon every 3rd Wednesday.
Community News
Spring Season registration is now open for Seattle Celtic Soccer Club! 
Seattle Celtic will be holding Spring season tryouts in early January. Celtic have teams at all levels for players born between 2001 and 2012 and a coaching staff with the perfect mix of energy, passion and expertise to help players develop and excel in a fun environment. 

 Tryouts are free to attend and details can be found at  www.seattleceltic.com  

 Questions? Contact us at  info@seattleceltic.com  for further information.
It's time to sign-up for boy’s lacrosse!
Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in America, and Seattle. Lax is great at a young age. We work on hand eye coordination and we do lots of running (we start practice with a 400m) and strength building, we do push-ups every day.
Sign-up is now open for 2019 Spring lax for 3rd grade up to 8th grade. We put the 3rd and 4th graders together on one team, then have another team of 5th and 6th boys. Finally we put 7th and 8th graders together too. FYI we do encourage older boys to start even in 7th or 8th grade too so if you have older brothers who are tired of soccer/baseball it's never too late to try something new!

Practices start in February and are twice a week at Loyal Heights Playfield or Whitman Middle School. Games begin in March on Saturdays. Kindergarten – 2nd graders can register for Props Academy which starts in April. The Academy runs weekly clinics on Sundays to introduce kids to the game of lacrosse. For more information, please visit the club page -  http://www.propslacrosse.org/

If you have any questions about lacrosse please feel free to reach out to me directly or submit an inquiry via our website.
Cheers!
Marcos Dachary  (coach and father of a 4 th  grader at Greenwood Elementary)
Thank Yous!
Don't forget to send your thank yous!
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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.