Weekly Newsletter 05/18/24 | |
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Happy Saturday all, and apologies for getting the newsletter to you a day late!
This time of year is the culmination of so many activities happening for our students: the end of season tournament, the recital they’ve been practicing for months, the last day of their favorite club activity. We don’t mention every activity by name in this newsletter, but I am continually amazed and impressed by the commitment and energy of our students. Congratulations to every student who has hit a milestone or achieved a goal or been part of a team/group/club this year - whether big or small. And, congratulations to all the parents and caregivers who have gotten them to all the practices, games, events, classes…it’s a win for you too!
Big thanks to all who attended the May FOSB Board meeting on Thursday, either virtually or in-person! With community support, we were able to approve our 2024/2025 budget and our slate of directors and executive board members for next year!
Additionally, a wonderful conversation was had regarding advocacy around the waitlists and enrollment of not only our school, but option schools in general. While the conversation left us with more answers than questions, the passion from our community is a great start. We need YOUR help to create meaningful advocacy around this conversation. If you have the time and interest to get involved, please email FOSB Co-Chairs Julie & Caitlin.
Also, quick note: with kids leaving for camps, cars will be parked in the playground on Monday and Wednesday morning, getting ready to leave. Staff will be guiding kids out on the field, but please be mindful of a number of cars pulling into the playground those mornings.
Have a wonderful weekend!
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May 28, 6:30-8 pm: Interrupting with Care: Navigating Identity Based Harm
"It was only a joke." "I didn't realize what that meant." "My friend told me it was okay." Young people use derogatory language and perpetuate harmful stereotypes as they test boundaries, repeat what they hear in the media, attempt off color humor, and more. How do you navigate if your child is found to be using micro-aggressions - those words and actions that offend and hurt, even though they may be unintended - and racism towards others? Learn some ways to have authentic conversations about race and privilege, as well as practical strategies for dealing with when microaggressions or racism happen to your child, to their classmate, friend, or if they are the ones who have used the language. Discuss and practice how to “call in” privately, interrupt in the moment publicly, and receive interventions gracefully.
Please join us on Tuesday, May 28 from 6:30-8p for a community learning event with Rosetta Lee. We have booked the school library for those who are able to meet in person (Ms Dixon plans to!) and are hosting this event as a hybrid so if you can’t make it to campus you can join virtually. Joining virtually will require registration. We are working on childcare for those who would like to attend in person - stay tuned. Also, we could use some hands to help with the day-of execution of this event… please reach out to Julie & Caitlin if you’re able to help!
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May 29, 6-7pm: 6th Grade Welcome Night
Join us at school for a meet and greet social event for incoming sixth grade families.
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June 7, 6-8 pm: 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.
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Auction invoices are out!
Invoices went out on Thursday morning with a text notification. Please help our all-volunteer close-out team by paying your invoice promptly.
Matching Gifts or Additional Donations?
Help us raise the roof on this year’s auction! Please contact Auction Chair Shelby Reynolds if you have any questions!
Thank you Auction Committee, Community Members and Business Partners!
Thank you to the following community members for creating "A Night at the Library":
Christine Alar (in-person experience silent auction displays), Shelby Bond (in-person experience floral and decor), Sarah Byrd (in-person experience decor), Taylor Dos Santos (auction baskets), Izzy Duenhoelter (in-person experience support), Louisa Hall (in-person experience support), Elenka Jarolimek (procurement), Breean Kay (item pick-up prep), Samsy Martin-Gray (in-person experience support and procurement), Rachel Nagorsky (procurement), Shelby Reynolds (auction chair), Katie Roberts (auction parties and auction baskets), Erin Rosenberg (in-person experience decor lead, photo booth backdrop and management, graphic designer), Gelsey and James Sherrill (catering), Stephanie Tichenor (in-person experience decor), Poorvee Vyas (item pick-up prep), Niamh Ward (wine wall procurement and development, accounting quality check), Polly Yokovich (procurement).
Special thanks to Caitlin Collins for presenting this year's Fund-a-Need at our in-person experience, Alumni Student Chloe Russell for developing our in-person experience signage, Jenn Zimmerman for procuring beer from Fremont Brewing and FOSB Treasurer Brian LeBlanc for driving to the Washington border to pick up and haul the DRY Soda donation!.
Additional thanks to the individuals who provided day of support at check in, item haul-in, set-up, and clean up. Plus, thanks to our auction item donor and party hosts– we are grateful for your willingness to provide items and experiences for our community.
Please take a moment to visit the following companies and leave them a review for their work! Each provided reduced fee or in-kind support to make our event a success.
Shine Event Design for event planning services
Lovely Night Seattle for catering services
Diamond Events for their bar management
Bond in Bloom for at-event floral design
LD Techniques for music & audio management, plus lighting
Pedersen’s for event rentals
Fremont Brewing for our bar’s beer and NABs
DRY Soda for the botanical base for our beautiful mocktail
Beast & Cleaver for their multiple generous donations to this year’s auction
THANK YOU to everyone who registered for and participated in this year's auction! Together, we have raised $112,000 to date!
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May is Bike, Walk, Roll Month and we are so excited to celebrate all the ways our community moves our bodies at Salmon Bay. Come celebrate with us on Bike Everywhere Day on the playground before school with snacks and stickers for everyone in celebration and some bike related goodies at the bike racks for students who ride their bikes to school. | |
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Throughout May elementary students can keep track of how many minutes they move whether it’s walking, rolling, running, biking, dancing, or however they choose to move. Students received tracking calendars in their class, but more are available at the front office. At the end of May students can turn their calendars into their teachers. If the student body collectively logs 63,000 minutes in May (close to 10 minutes-a-day per student for five days each week in May), the elementary school will win an EXTRA RECESS one day in June!
Hope to see you out there moving this May!
Questions? Reach out to Heather Darval.
If you are planning to bike more this month or are just starting to bike, here are some basic safety tips:
Go With the Traffic Flow: Ride on the right, in the same direction as other vehicles. Go with the flow – not against it.
Yield to Traffic When Appropriate: Almost always, drivers on a smaller road must yield (wait) for traffic on a major or larger road. If there is no stop sign or traffic signal and you are coming from a smaller roadway (out of a driveway, from a sidewalk, a bike path, etc.), you must slow down and look to see if the way is clear before proceeding. This also means yielding to pedestrians who have already entered a crosswalk.
Be Predictable: Ride in a straight line, not in and out of cars. Signal your moves to others.
Stay Alert at All Times: Use your eyes AND ears. Watch out for potholes, cracks, wet leaves, storm grates, railroad tracks, or anything that could make you lose control of your bike. You need your ears to hear traffic and avoid dangerous situations; don’t wear a headset when you ride.
Watch for Parked Cars: Ride far enough out from the curb to avoid the unexpected from parked cars (like doors opening, or cars pulling out).
Specific rules from Seattle Dept of Transportation can be found here.
MINDING THE LAW:
If you’re riding a bike on the street, you’re required to follow the same rules of the road as when you’re driving a car:
• Stop at red lights
• Signal when you’re turning
• Stop for pedestrians in crosswalks
• If riding on sidewalks, ride slowly and yield to pedestrians
WHERE DO I RIDE?
If bike lanes are unavailable, or the lane ends, you can use the general travel lane. Make sure to look over your shoulder for approaching cars, and signal before entering.
HOW ABOUT ONE-WAY STREETS?
On one-way streets, people on bikes can ride in the direction of traffic and can use either the left or right side. Use the side that best serves your destination.
HOW FAST SHOULD I GO?
Always make sure to stay under the posted speed limit, and feel free to take it as slow as you’d like. Confident and predictable bicyclists are safe bicyclists, so travel the speed that makes you most comfortable.
HOW DO I TURN?
You can use turn lanes while you’re on your bike. Before changing lanes, remember to look behind you for approaching cars and signal that you intend to move over or turn. You may also use the crosswalk.
WHERE SHOULD I STOP AT AN INTERSECTION?
Some people prefer to stop behind vehicles. Others prefer stopping to the right of vehicles, or at the very front of intersections for visibility. Remember to stay clear of drivers’ blind spots and watch for right-turning vehicles. This is very important near large vehicles with large blind spots.
TURN SIGNALING:
Turning Left Signal: Extend your left arm out to the side, keeping it straight.
Turning Right Signal: Extend your right arm out to the side, keeping it straight OR extend your left arm out to the side, bend your arm at a 90-degree angle, and point your arm up.
Slowing Down Signal: Extend your left arm out to the side, bend your arm at a 90 degree angle, and point your arm down.
For a complete list of bike laws in Washington, check out the Washington bike’s website.
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Upcoming Sixth Grade Important Dates:
Wed, May 29 6-7pm: Welcome Night
Thurs, Aug 29 5:45-7pm: Orientation
Tues, Sep 3 - morning: Orientation
Incoming sixth grade families, please save the above dates! May 29th is more of a meet & greet social evening. The official orientations are Thursday August 29th (evening) and the WEB Orientation on Tuesday September 3 (morning). More details to come!
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Advocacy for Option Schools
FOSB chairs are in touch with All Together For Seattle Schools and CANSSPA to collaborate on actions to help advocate for option and other school enrollment. The goal is to work alongside other school communities to get the message to the SPS School Board and district administration about how option schools are necessary to provide Seattle families with choices around education for their children. Sharing that families aren't actually fleeing public school, but many families are actively choosing schools like SB that have long been beloved to the community. We want to do our part to make sure they continue to be an option for our community.
SPS will likely announce school closures for the 2025-26 school year at their May 8th school board meeting. Several people suspect that option schools will be on the chopping block. This does not mean that we are too late to advocate for option schools! Since the 2025-26 budget will not be voted on by the School Board until June of next year, we still have time. Another 8-9 months to advocate for options schools (K-5 and K-8), HCC, focused SPED schools, Center School, Nova, Cleveland STEM, Middle College, etc. We can be more effective if we work with All Together for Seattle Schools.
If you’re available to get involved in this, please reach out. We need help with this.
Email FOSB Chairs here.
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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. 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. She is advocating for parents wanting to get in and for the waitlist to be moved. Email Principal Dixon here.
We also encourage families to contact the district themselves and explain that the Salmon Bay principal has said there is space at Salmon Bay. Get information back in writing from them. Email SPS 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 here.
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Let’s Recycle and Help Salmon Bay get FREE Plastic Pick Up for a YEAR!
Final Days to Gather Your Items and Bring them in
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 Monday, May 20th, and Ridwell will make sure they stay out of landfills and are turned into new decking materials instead! Weather you've been collecting these items the past two weeks or make a big sweep of your home the day before, every bit will help.Salmon Bay parents are coordinating a one-time large scale pickup for our community.
Plastic Film Includes*:
- CLEAN, unsoiled Plastic Bags of all kinds - grocery bags, ziploc bags, produce bags, bread bags, newspaper bags, dry cleaning bags and cereal bags!
- Bubble wrap or air pillows
- Prime plastic envelope shippers, tyvek shippers and poly-bags
- Plastic wrapping materials like the outside wrapping for your paper towels
*It does NOT include chip bags, paper+plastic envelopes, metallic shippers, granola bar wrappers, blister packs or vinyl/metallic wrapping of any kind.
Last day for drop off: MONDAY May 20th!
Bring your items in or send them with your student on Monday. Items will be collected before school from 8:00 AM to 9:00 AM in Panther Passageway, the alleyway between the school and playground.
Help Salmon Bay Get FREE Recycling Next School Year
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!
Get inspired with this CNN video about Ridwell and a father and son who can recycle the unrecyclable!
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Lost & Found
The lost & found is jam-packed once again!
Please stop by the lost & found or send your kids to look! A clean out will likely happen again soon, but it is a lot of work for volunteers. Best case scenario is getting items back to families, and for that we can use your help!
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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!
This is also Pride night at the stadium, and the first 10k fans will get a Mariners pride hat!
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
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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. | |
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News from Principal Dixon:
With kids leaving for camps, we will have cars parked in the playground on Monday and Wednesday morning, getting ready to leave. We will have staff guiding kids out on the field but please be mindful of a number of cars pulling into the playground those mornings.
Elementary School News:
Last weekend Salmon Bay 3rd graders got 1st place in the Ultimate Frisbee Championship! We also congratulate our 5th grade ultimate team, for getting 2nd place after an undefeated season until the final game.
Middle School News:
Salmon Bay School’s community is invited to the Middle School’s Spring production of "The Cinderella Complex" dramatized by Ruth Fuller Perry. This old tale of Cinderella is now from the “Evil Stepmother’s” point of view...this Cinderella is a compulsive martyr who'd love to have the whole world weep and say: "Poor Cinderella," as she spoils life for her family. Her
stepmother buys her a Paris gown for the ball. Her stepsisters line her up an intriguing date. But Cinderella prefers to suffer. A wise, witty show. Comedy.
The Details:
Tickets are FREE!
Date: Thursday, May 23rd and Friday May 24th at 7pm. Doors open in the school cafetorium at 6:35pm.
Students are asked to be accompanied by an adult. Each night performance is sure to be different as there are two casts. Come show your support !
Approx Running Time: 95 minutes.
Note from School Nurse
We have been observing students playing sports in inappropriate footwear like sliders, crocks and even just socks. Please make sure your students have adequate footwear for sports to avoid injuries.
Students are not allowed to have OTC medicine on their possession, including but not limited to Advil, Tylenol, etc. If your students need any kind of medication during school hours, please contact nurse Suzanne Jonas and do not send them in their backpacks.
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School Calendar Dates:
May 20-22: 3rd Grade at Camp Colman
May 21: Auction item pick-up
May 22-23: 1st Grade at Indianola
May 23-24: Middle School Spring Play
May 29: 6th Grade Welcome Night
May 30: Middle School Band Concert @ 7:00 pm
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: 5th Grade Promotion
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Seen (and heard!) Around School: | |
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Seen on the second floor!
Little Free Art Bulletin board - stop by and take a look, and maybe some art.
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Elementary Ultimate
Last day of practice for the elementary ultimate teams. Fun season!
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Planters on the Playground
The garden committee is hoping to plant these soon. Interested in helping? Please reach out here.
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Love & Pride
Always love to see hearts around the school.
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An article in the Seattle Times with information about upcoming Seattle Public Schools community meetings can be found here. A pdf version can be found here.
District Two School Board Director
Salmon Bay is represented by newly elected School Board Director Sarah Clark. Her email can be found here. Please reach out to her if you have concerns regarding the current conversations surrounding school closures and/or waitlist movement.
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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 assist her during lunch! She shared during our last FOSB meeting that lunch time is a great time to get to know and connect with the students at school!
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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.
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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
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Join Kids on the Run
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 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.
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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.
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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!
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This will be a special chat with Susan Cain, moderated by Christy Keating of The Heartful Parent Collective. We’ll be discussing the overlooked potential of introverts and how we can foster the innate qualities of introverts in a way that allows them to contribute comfortably in a loud, extroverted culture. | | |
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