OCT 11 - Softball Game -Varsity & JV Black @ Chase - JV Red @ Ferris
XXXXX - Cross Country Meet @ Northwood (Northwood, Mead Middle, Glover) 4:15 p.m.
OCT 12 - Flag Football @ Chase 5:00 p.m.
OCT 13 - Softball Game @ Ferris vs Salk 5:00 p.m.
XXXXX - First Fund Run Turn-In Day
OCT 14 - Cross Country ALL-CITY Finals @ Audubon Park - 5:00 p.m.
xxxxxxx - Flag Football Game @ Salk 4:15 p.m.
OCT 18 - 22 Spirit Week
OCT 19 - Softball Game vs Chase @ Ferris
OCT 20 - PTG Meeting
xxxxxxx - Second Fund Run Turn-In Day
OCT 22 - FUND RUN / Early Release Day
OCT 25 - 7TH & 8TH Girls Volleyball Begins
OCT 26 - Choir Feeder Concert @ LC
OCT 27 - Third Fund Run Turn-In Day
NOV 3 - FINAL FUND RUN TURN-IN DAY
NOV 8 - 8th Grade Volleyball Jamboree @ Home 4:15 p.m.
NOV 9 - 7th Grade Volleyball Jamboree @ Home 4:15 p.m.
NOV 10 -7th Grade Volleyball vs Chase @ Home 4:15 p.m.
xxxxxxx- 8th Grade Volleyball @ Chase 4:15 p.m.
NOV 11 - VETERAN'S DAY - NO SCHOOL
NOV 12 - Picture Retakes / Early Release Day
NOV 15 - 8TH Grade Volleyball vs Salk @ Home 4:15 p.m.
xxxxxxxx-7th Grade Volleyball @ Salk 4:15 p.m.
NOV 17 - 8th Grade Volleyball @ Chase 4:15 p.m.
xxxxxxxx-7th Grade Volleyball vs Chase @Home 4:15 p.m.
xxxxxxxx- PTG Meeting
NOV 22 - 8th Grade Volleyball vs Garry @ Home 4:15 p.m.
xxxxxxxx-7th Grade Volleyball @ Garry 4:15 p.m.
NOV 24-26 - THANKSGIVING BREAK - NO SCHOOL
NOV 29 - 8th Grade Volleyball vs Highland @ Home 4:15 p.m.
xxxxxxxx-7th Grade Volleyball vs Highland 4:15 p.m.
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Halloween Reminder:
Costumes, face paint or other props
are not allowed at school.
We wish you a safe and happy Halloween!!
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So hard to believe it is October already and that we have already passed the 1st Mid Quarter mark. Fall SBAC testing happened this week for ELA and will continue next week for Math. We hope to have this progress data to share with you at our Sac Connection Conferences November 2 -5. More details are below about how we will be scheduling these important conferences.
While you read Sacajawea News You Can Use, please look for little details that help you to understand what makes our school so special. This month two small requests from our community will help us to continue to offer a world-class middle school experience:
1. Support the Sacajawea Fund Run- Students were presented detailed Fund Run information outlining our main fundraiser for the year. The money our students raise during our Fund Run supports clubs, organizations, music, arts, athletics, and more. Every student in our school is a beneficiary of our Fund Run. As an example, money raised in previous years funded uniforms, Talent Show, reward activity days, after-school activities and more. If every student raises $30.00 in donations we can meet our goal of $20,000.
2. Benevolence Fund- We have a small Benevolence fund we use to help students with a variety of different needs (sport physical costs so they can participate in athletics, alarm clocks, shoes, socks, hair barrettes, bus passes etc…). Please consider making a small donation to our Benevolence fund by stopping by the business office or writing a check to Sacajawea Middle School with Benevolence Fund on the memo line. All money donated will go directly to supporting students’ basic needs.
As always, we are so thankful to our families for providing our school with such wonderful students and people. Our partnership with each of you is key to continued student success and something we value deeply. Please continue to check PowerSchool, talk with your children and seek clear communication with our school and our staff.
Sincerely,
Tracey Leyde
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Students in both 7th and 8th grade have been completing Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) testing in English Language Arts classes this week and will continue next week with Math testing. We will not have any alterations to the regular bell schedule. Students will take the test with their content teacher in the same period they have the subject (if they have English Language Arts 1st period, they will do the ELA test during 1st period). Students will take the test for their PREVIOUS YEAR’S GRADE LEVEL (7th graders will take the Grade 6 ELA test, 8th graders will take the Grade 7 ELA test). These tests are slightly shorter than the usual Spring SBA tests, but are not timed, so students will be able to pause the test and finish it the next day if needed in their regularly scheduled content class.
Test Days:
Math
Tuesday, October 12th
Wednesday, October 13th (to finish if necessary)
PARENTS: YOU CAN HELP SUPPORT TESTING
- -Be sure your child gets plenty of rest the night before a test
- -Be sure your child eats a good breakfast the morning of a test (free breakfast available in Sac’s cafeteria each morning)
- -Be sure your child charges their school laptop the night before a test
- -Send a set of headphones or wired earbuds to school with your child on test days (we will provide them, but it is nice to have your own)
- -Be sure your child brings their school issued laptop and charging cable to school on test days
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13th Annual Fund RUN Has Begun!!
On Monday, October 4th, Sacajawea Middle School kicked off our annual fundraising drive, which will culminate in our annual student “fund run”.
This fundraiser supports ALL of our ASB programs for the entire school year. Your Fund Run donation supports our school’s sports teams (uniforms, officials) and music programs (band Instruments, sheet music, concerts). It also supports extracurricular activities such as clubs, special presentations, and providing rewards and incentives to help our students succeed both academically and socially. ALL (100%) of the money brought in will find its way back to Sacajawea kids in some form.
The Fund Run will be the "Grand Finale" of our first Spirit Week of the year, running from October 18th-22nd. The theme this year is "A Tour of Time." More information about spirit week and Fund Run will be coming soon.
TIMELINE:
- Monday, October 4th- Fund Run Kick-Off Video
- Wednesday, October 13th- First Turn in Day & Choice Drawings
- Spirit Week – October 18th – 22nd
- Wednesday, October 20th- Second Turn in Day & Choice Drawings
- Friday, October 22nd- Fund Run Day
- Wednesday, October 27th- Third Turn in Day & Choice Drawings
- Wednesday, November 3rd- Last Turn in Day & Choice Drawings
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Coming Soon....PBIS rewards.
PBIS stands for Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports. This is a school wide program to help encourage students to make positive choices academically, behaviorally and socially. Students know our expectations as “The SAC Way”.
Recognizing students for following agreed upon expectations has been part of our school culture for many years, but our rewards and incentives are continually being refined to make sure they appealing to students. In the coming weeks, students will learn some of the ways they can earn “Sac Way” tickets from their teachers (some have already earned a few of these for various positive choices they have made) as well as how they can redeem these tickets for prizes. Students are able to either save up tickets to “buy” items like “skip an assignment” passes or they can also enter them into a drawing for a chance to win a variety of prizes. Students will learn more about the PBIS Rewards and Tickets in Home Base within the next couple weeks.
In addition, you can help us make our PBIS system amazing for our students. If you know of anyone who owns a business, encourage them to be one of our Community Partners. For a suggested $75-$100 donation of a monetary variety or an item, service or gift card the company name and logo will be displayed on our reader board located on Grand Avenue for a period of 1-2 months per donation as well as displayed in this newsletter that has over 1200 subscribers. We welcome and deeply appreciate any assistance you or business owners you know can provide to continue to make our PBIS program thrive. Please contact our PBIS Coordinator, Laura Treece with any questions at LauraT@SpokaneSchools.org
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Lydig Construction has begun putting fences around the back playfield on. We have taught students a new recess plan that utilizes Hart Field this past week in Home Base. Additionally, some construction will be occurring on our front lawn which will eventually be a temporary parking lot, but we should have use of the East gym lot until February 2022.
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BITE 2 GO....
If you need food over the weekend, then you should sign up for Bite2Go! Bite2Go is 100% free and completely anonymous.
Once you sign up you will receive a bag of food once a week.
How to Order Bite2Go:
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Click on this link BITE2GO. This will take you to the Bite2Go order form.
- Fill out the order form.
- Input your student ID and the date. Under teacher/staff person put Mr. Allen.
- Pick items from the Bite2Go menu, you will get these items every week, but you can change them at any time to add variety to your bag.
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Once the order form is filled out and submitted you will receive a pass letting you know where to pick up your Bite2Go bag on Thursdays after 3rd period or Fridays at any time (starting Oct.15).
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If you have any questions email veronicas@spokaneschools.org
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ATTENDANCE PLEA FOR HELP!!
24 HOUR ATTENDANCE LINE
509-354-5515
Please call anytime your student will not be attending class. It is important that you notify the office when your student will be
absent - don't just tell the teacher.
WHEN YOUR STUDENT HAS AN APPOINTMENT
To avoid missing precious learning time, please do your best to schedule appointments outside of school hours. If this is not possible please call the day before or send in a note so we can plan ahead with a dismissal pass to avoid disrupting the classroom. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
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REMINDER-The weather is changing. Please make sure students are dressed appropriately. Our doors open at 8:50 am. Students wait outside until then. We also go outside every day for lunch recess! Please let your child's counselor know if you need help getting a coat/hat/mittens for your child. Our Thunderbird Closet has lots of gently used coats etc...
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TECH TIP for STUDENTS:
At the end of the school day, before you leave the building, please make sure to ‘Restart’ your school laptop before you ‘Shut Down’ your laptop. During ‘Restart,’ your laptop will install any updates or software that is needed along with resolving any errors. After your laptop has restarted completely, you can shut down your laptop and it will be ready to go for the next day.
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Digital Library Cards: The Spokane Public Library is introducing Digital Access Library Cards for all middle and high school students. These specialized library cards give students online access to most of the library's digital learning resources that are ideal for research. How to access: go to www.spokaneschools.org/students. Click the ‘Clever’ button and log in like normal. Click the Spokane Public Library icon, where you’ll see your library card number and pin displayed at the top of the page.
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This Year's 8th grade advanced engineering class jumped directly into their first big project two days into class. They had six class periods to brainstorm, research, and create CAD drawings for Spokane's famous Bloomsday race. We submitted six unique and creative t-shirt designs for the next race.
We were incredibly lucky to have Jon Neil the director of Bloomsday come to our class and present. He brought his amazing energy and excitement to all the students. He also gifted each of us a t-shirt from last year's race.
The advanced class would love to invite any Spokane business to participate in our class. If you are interested, please contact Kim Taylor at kimta@spokaneschools.org
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At Sacajawea, we want students to learn the importance of service to others. Through a program called Character Strong, we focus on elements such as commitment, patience, kindness, and respect, to name a few.
Returning to school after a year long absence due to Covid, the Sac Drill Team was without previous leadership in the form of upper classmen or drill team captains. Without them, we didn’t have anyone to choreograph a tryout routine, organize fifty plus girls into groups or teach the routine.
With nothing to lose, I reached out to an incoming 7th grader who I knew to be a dancer. I asked if she would be interested in choosing a song, choreographing a routine, and running 3 early morning practices so we could revive drill team at Sac. Melinda Kilbourne took the opportunity by the horns, asked two fellow dancer friends to help, and away they all went!
Due to the hard work and commitment of Melinda, Anna Ashenbrener and Alex Read, we have a drill team! This year our team will perform mostly in a virtual environment, but we are excited to be dancing and spreading school spirit any way we can.
Thank you!! Melinda, Anna and Alex! You have shown us what it looks like to be committed to helping others and patient and kind in the process. Your leadership is commended.
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CONGRATULATIONS SAC CROSS COUNTRY TEAM!
Our Thunderbirds proudly represented Sacajawea on October 5th during our only home meet of the year. Our 7th and 8th grade teams were steadfast and placed first overall at first meet of the year.
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Congratulations: Share your good news with us! We love to feature the incredible things our students are doing inside and outside of school. If you have good news to share, please send it to Tracey Leyde (traceyl@spokaneschools.org) to be included in the SacNYCU
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Get Involved. Please join the Sacajawea PTG. This parent group helps support Sacajawea students and staff. Honor Roll Celebrations, supporting needy students, 8th grade fun day, and more are all examples of the way our PTG supports our learning community.
Join us for our next meeting (via Zoom) on October 20th to learn about our upcoming Sac GIVES fundraiser/event to make the holidays brighter for families in our own Sacajawea community!
If you haven't already provided the PTG with your contact information, please email us at sacptg@yahoo.com and let us know your name, best email contact, and name/grade of your SAC student for the 2021-22 school year. Visit the Sacajawea PTG webpage to view September's meeting notes.
Donate.
We strive to provide the BEST middle school experience for your child. Many of the activities we offer here at SAC are unfunded and don't happen at other middle schools. This is because of YOUR PTG. Sacajawea PTG is solely funded by your direct donation. Parents tell us that they don't want to sell cookie dough, wrapping paper, chocolates, etc..... If every parent donated a minimum of 20.00 our PTG would net 16000.00 to support student activities and events. CLICK HERE and donate today!!! Or pick up an envelope in the main office. Please make checks payable to Sacajawea PTG.
Volunteers are needed. Please volunteer your time. Contact our office to get in touch with our volunteer coordinator at 509-354-5500.
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Community Partners
About our Community Partner's Program..... We would appreciate you partnering with us in supporting the PBIS program at Sacajawea. There are 2 ways to participate and help the Sacajawea community.
- We ask that businesses pick one month of the school year to sponsor our PBIS program, with a suggested donation of $75. When your business sponsors a month of PBIS, it will be recognized in Sacajawea “News You Can Use” email with a link to your businesses’ website. This email gives your business exposure to the families of the 800+ students enrolled at Sacajawea. We will also advertise your business for the entire month on our brand new Sacajawea Middle School electronic reader board, located on Grand Blvd. at 32nd Ave.
- Other businesses provide us with rewards and tangible goods for students and staff.
If you are a business owner and would like to partner with us by contributing to our Sacajawea family with donations of time or resources please email Laura Treece at laurat@spokaneschools.org
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Spokane Public Schools complies with all federal and state rules and regulations and does not discriminate in the admission, treatment, employment, or access to its programs or activities on the basis of age, sex, marital status, race, color, creed, national origin, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability, sexual orientation including gender expression or gender identity, or honorably discharged veteran or military status. This holds true for all students who are interested in participating in educational programs and/or extracurricular school activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Inquiries regarding compliance and/or grievance procedures may be directed to the school district's Title IX/Staff Civil Rights Officer, ADA Officer, Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying (HIB)/Student Civil Rights Officer and/or 504 Compliance Officer. Officers: *Title IX/Staff Civil Rights Officer, Jodi Harmon, (509) 354-7344 *Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying (HIB)/Student Civil Rights Officer, Jodi Harmon, (509) 354-7344 *504 Compliance Officer, Jodi Harmon, (509) 354-7344 * ADA Officer, Stephanie Busch, (509) 354-5993 * Affirmative Action Officer, Nancy Lopez-Williams, (509) 354-5651 * Equal Opportunity Officer, Nancy Lopez-Williams, (509) 354-5651 *200 N. Bernard Street, Spokane, WA 99201-0206 View EEO Information
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