Salk January 2024 Newsletter

UPCOMING EVENTS

December 25th- January 5th - Winter Break
January 1st - February 15th - 2024-25 Choice Portal Open
January 8th - 1st Day Back from Break - 10am-3:30pm
January 8th - 7th Grade Basketball Begins - 3:40-5:20pm
January 12th - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Assembly - 9:30am
January 15th - Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - No School
January 17th - 8th Grade Picture - 9am
January 24th - Drama Performance - 7pm
January 25th - MOD Pizza Day - ASB Fundraiser
January 30th - Guitar Celebration - 7pm
February 1st - End of First Semester
February 2nd - Semester Break - No School

For sports and club dates or more details on athletics, activities, and events, visit our website or click on the link below.

Salk Activities/Events Calendar

We look forward to seeing you back Monday, January 8th at 10:00am!

7th Grade Basketball

7th grade boys and girls basketball starts up right after winter break on January 8th from 3:40-5:20pm. (A take home bus will be available for all regular busers.) To play, you must sign up on Final Forms, have a current physical on file, and purchase your ASB card ($15 in the business office).

Girls' Basketball Schedule

Boys' Basketball Schedule

Final Forms/Physicals

School Choice Application

The majority of our students go to Shadle Park High School, but there are a few that will go elsewhere because of their address. You will have received communication by email and/or a neon half-sheet of paper sent home with your student on Friday, December 22nd. If you would like your student to go to a high school other than the one they’ve been assigned for the 2024-25 school year, you need to fill out a choice application January 1, 2024 - February 15, 2024. To do this, click on this link, or go to www.spokaneschools.org, click on enroll, and look for where to register (or “choice”) at your preferred school for the 2024-25 school year. If you have questions, please call Louisa Dotson at 354-5621.

Congratulations to the

7th & 8th grade volleyball teams on an amazing season! They worked hard, improved greatly, and represented our school proudly!

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

On Friday, January 12th, we will be honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. in a special assembly where students will be re-enacting his speech, and our African drum class will be performing. You are invited to attend at 9:30am in the Salk Gymnasium.

There will be no school Monday, January 15th in observance of MLK Day.

On January 17th, during advisory, we will be having the 8th grade group picture for the yearbook. 8th graders need to be on time that day so they do not miss out on being in this memorable photo.

MOD Pizza ASB Fundraiser

Come support our ASB and school by ordering pizza from the Shadle Center MOD Pizza on January 25th. You can order in store or online using the code MODGIVES20.

20% of the total sales goes to support Salk ASB. ASB funds support our school's clubs, sports and activities.

MOD Pizza

Congratulations to November's

Students of the Month

Braylon Adolph
Fatimah Al Mohammed
Myrarii Amaral
Claire Anderson
Zoey Baxley
Sakara Birdtail-Best
Kayde Booher
Zyren Collins
Harper Empert
Eve Koller
Aero Lee
Ava Lewis

Shahzad Malikzada
Jayleen McCarty
Aiden McMahon
Lucian Merrill
Alanzo Ramirez
Ellia Seden
Payton Smith
James Stamps
Brady Stevens
Corbin Twitchell
Kaylynn Wheaton
Scott Wren

Computer Science

My name is Mrs. McCormick, and I teach two Computer Science CTE courses, Innovators and Makers and APP Creators. These are semester long electives open to 7th and 8th grade students. Innovators and Makers is the entry level block coding course using Makecode.org and Project Lead the Way to learn to program micro.bits. App Creators is the highest level PLTW course where students use iPads and MIT App Inventor to create functioning apps. If you are interested in learning more about block coding, come join our class!

Publications

I also teach a yearlong CTE Publications course where we build our school's yearbook. In this class, we learn a variety of skills which include interviewing, writing, photography, time management, typing, leadership, and graphic design. Students attend events and visit clubs and classrooms to capture our school's story in pictures and bring it to life in our annual yearbook. This class requires a commitment to detail, but the reward at the end is a book you can share for years to come.

January 14th through March 24th, SPS will host Open Gym at select, local schools on Sundays from 12:00-2:00pm for students grade 5-12 to play basketball and other sports-related activities. Click the link below for locations and to sign-up.

(Some Sundays may be cancelled due to gym availability at an individual school and holiday weekends. Please check the registration or that school's website for exceptions.)

Open Gym Sign-Up

First semester ends February 1st with a semester break day on Friday, February 2nd. Now is a good time to check PowerSchool with your student and make sure there are no missing assignments. If you have a student needing help with homework, or just a space and time to finish up work, they can access our "Breakfast Club" every Tuesday-Friday from 7:45-8:45am. Tuesday's and Thursday's club are in room 235 with Mr. Anderson; Wednesday's and Friday's club are in room 133 with Mr. Thies.

Salk Spirit!

We now have an online store with hundreds of different apparel and accessory items available. The store never closes. All items will be shipped to your home 10 days after the order is placed.

Click the Salk Merch link to start shopping.