DISTRICT
The next school board meeting is 6 p.m. Monday, July 16, in the district boardroom, 503 N. Sequim Ave. The public is invited to attend, and time is set aside for public comment. To view the agenda and minutes of past meetings, click on “Board of Directors” and “2017-2018 agendas” on the district’s website at www.sequimschools.org.
GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
More than 100 fifth-graders received certificates from their teachers in front of a group of proud parents at the school’s 5th Grade Moving On Ceremony on June 15. Principal Donna Hudson introduced them, saying, “The two characteristics that these students have are kindness and hard work. Usually people who work hard and are kind are very successful members of their community.”
During library time, Greywolf students researched topics related to Earth Day. Then, to celebrate both Earth Day and National Poetry month, they wrote poems using nouns and verbs we brainstormed as class.
— Librarian Dena Riccobene
Earth is …
Trees growing
Flowers grooving
Fish playing
Horses jumping
Cheetahs running
Plants growing
— Maelyn Noble
Earth is …
Trees swaying
Horses running
Spiders crawling
Sand scratching
Forests growing
Wasps buzzing
— Finn Tomco
Earth is …
Water traveling
Trees growing
Sand crunching
Fish whooshing
Beavers building
Horses jumping
— Barrett Brilhart
Earth is …
Cactus sticking
Sand drying
Hawks hunting
Wings flying
Feathers flapping
Beaks eating
— Nolan Stewart
Earth is …
Penguins huddling
Bees buzzing
Rocks tumbling
Corn popping
Fish swimming
Crocodiles chomping
— Brennan Slack
Earth is …
Butterflies fluttering
Lakes splashing
Fish swimming
Doves cooing
Roses blooming
Birds chirping
— Olive Register
Earth is …
Tornadoes spinning
Grass sprouting
Rocks tumbling
Dust flying
Fish swishing
Sand crunching
— Owen Sawby-Smith
Earth is …
Tornadoes twirling
Rocks rumbling
Bees stinging
Thunder cracking
Sharks chomping
Flowers growing
— Lincoln Humphries
Earth is …
Grasshoppers jumping
Eggs cracking
Snow falling
Sun rising
Spiders crawling
Grass bending
— Blake Arnold
Earth is …
Sunsets glowing
Water rushing
Sunrays sparkling
Fish splashing
Lava spilling
Butterflies flapping
— Kara Hamilton
Earth is …
Water dancing
Lava splashing
Diamonds sparkling
Trees wiggling
Ice freezing
Lakes flowing
— Brayden Wahlsten
Earth is …
Water splashing
Giraffes running
Palm trees dancing
Trees flowing
Waterfalls bubbling
Rocks rolling
— Mikomi Olivarri
Earth is …
Lava flowing
Volcanoes erupting
Gold shining
Llamas kicking
Silver sparkling
Water moving
— Max Brouillard
Earth is …
Trees dancing
Lions roaring
Rivers flowing
Bugs crawling
Snow melting
Thunder booming
— Inara Miles
Earth is …
Volcanoes booming
Gold shining
Rivers flowing
Bugs crawling
Plants blooming
Cactus poking
— Kohrbyn Henderson
Earth is …
Cats meowing
Flowers dancing
Gold glimmering
Trees swaying
Volcanoes erupting
Ice melting
— Alexis Gierth
Earth is …
Pollen dusting
Cats meowing
Corn popping
Oceans flowing
Dens hiding
Dogs jogging
— Zuri Kurtze
Earth is …
Butterflies flapping
Lava bubbling
Mountains stretching
Dolphins splashing
Fish playing
Peppers crunching
— Jocelin Hough
Earth is …
Eggs cracking
Moss squishing
Snow twirling
Water shining
Fish swimming
Rain falling
— Elise Sundin
Earth is …
Bees buzzing
Creeks running
Islands floating
Kids playing
Feathers whooshing
Snow sprinkling
— Silas Hagar
HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Students in Gail Kite’s class were invited to write a poem, personal narrative or expository paragraph about “Summer”:
During this summer I hope to do these things: go to the park and ride my bike, go camping with my family, have sleep overs with my friends, go to the beach, and read all of my Six Books For Summer. I also hope to go to Glass Beach for sea glass. I hope to have my friend from Texas come over. I also hope to go to the Game Farm. There are many other things I would like to do this summer but I can’t list them all.
— Megan Savage
This summer will be a blast
Not like any in the past
We’ll play all day and have lots of fun
And we only stop when we want it to be done
This summer will be extra sandy
It will be full of lots of candy
This summer there’s lots to bake
Cookies, cupcakes, bread and cake
There will be no cleaning of the sink
Only coloring the family dog pink
In the pool we will dive deep
And by midnight no one will be asleep
Well, maybe now it’s time to rest
Tomorrow will be the best
— Sienna Dahlquist
My perfect summer birthday this summer will be camping with six or more friends. We will roast hotdogs, marshmallows, starbursts, and more. We will climb trees. We will play games, like Minute to Win It or fun running games like tag or hide and seek. We will have a water balloon fight. At night we’ll tell scary stories by the bright, big, beautiful fire that glows like the sun. I’ll be as warm as can be. Finally, the sun will rise. Everyone will leave the next day and we will go to my grandma’s house and have pancakes with whip cream and butter and chocolate syrup. As I fall asleep, I will know I had a great 11th birthday.
— Lexy Amaya
I like summer
It is funner
I got my shades
Then I gaze
At the ocean
There is a commotion
I got my hands
In the sand
I was out
And about
I had so much fun
In the sun
I was at the deep
Then I was asleep
— Journey Simpson
Students in Shannon Prescott’s fourth-grade class finished up the year with a math project where students had to create and build a model taco truck.
In the first part, students created and designed a taco truck based on real world models. Then they researched menu items in order to come up with their own menu.
Later, they assigned prices to each of their ingredients. Students practiced ordering tacos from each other.
Once students had their order they practice adding decimals by totaling the amount each student ordered.
In the second part of the project, students constructed a three-dimensional model of their food truck.
Students examined real world floor plans of food trucks. Using grid paper, they plotted out where their ovens, counters, trash cans, storage, driver, etc., all was going to fit into their truck.
After it was plotted students found the perimeter, area, and volume of each piece of equipment.
Finally, some students were able to construct three-dimensional models of their equipment.
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL
The Sequim High School office closes for the summer from June 21-Aug. 12, and re-opens Aug. 13.
