DISTRICT
Don’t miss Family Reading Night, a free evening of fun activities for children of all ages, from 5-7:30 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 28, at the Sequim Middle School, 301 W. Hendrickson Road. All families are invited to attend. Free books will be given away at the end of the evening, along with prizes.
Activities include making Dr. Seuss hats, creating graphic novels, playing computer games based on books and participating in a reader’s theater.
For more information, contact Sequim Middle School librarian Elizabeth Lawson at 582-3515.
GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
In Kelli Mishko’s kindergarten class, students have been learning all about Martin Luther King Jr. Last week, students wrote facts about Martin Luther King Jr. and colored pictures of him.
Tegan Kurtze wrote, “He was smart and brave.”
Lindsey Chatterton said, “He stood up for us.”
Bjorn Henrickson wrote, “He had four kids.”
Greywolf students participated in a “book tasting” at the Book Tasting Café in the library. New books were served up on platters and students selected an appetizer, main course and dessert book. Many students took a risk and tried a new flavor, a book they would not usually choose. Some students even discovered they would like to devour the new flavor they had explored!
As students sampled the books they took notes about their observations and thoughts. After tasting three courses (books), some students gave feedback to Chef Ricco (depicted by teacher/librarian Dena Riccobene) about the flavors they had experienced while sampling the books. Spicy, sour, thrilling, odd and interesting were some of the descriptions.
As a result of many books being in high demand, the café will be utilizing a reservation list in the future!
HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Haller Cougars are about to have a great problem-solving resource on the playground — the Cougar Conflict Mediators! Over the past two weeks, 41 fourth- and fifth-grade students completed five hours of training to learn the process of conflict mediation.
These Cougar Conflict Mediators easily can be spotted on the playfield, in bright yellow vests, helping students resolve their conflicts.
The Cougar Conflict Mediators, along with the mediation process, were introduced on Jan. 23 during a schoolwide assembly and received certificates. We greatly appreciate their commitment to helping the Haller students solve problems and become better problem solvers themselves.
Cougar Conflict Mediators are Chelsea Carriveau, Blake Terry, Ethan Hunnicutt, Madison McKeown, Emma Wyant, Malory Morey, Tyler Lawson, Angelina Cooper, Logan Phipps, Olivia Brandt, Grace Cooper, Aidyn Shingleton, Kaylee Riley, Jackson Van De Wege, Aiyana Dennis, Krista Baker, Sophia Baskett, Zoe Moore, Ruby Coulson, Karlie Viada, Kari Olson, Yaya Ayala, Genesis Lopez, Kayla Titgemeyer, Kayli Fukunaga, Braiden Kitchen, Jarrod Blouin, Lincoln Sparks, Anna Gowdy, Kori Miller, Alliyah Weber, Kalem Powell, Jaelyn Ainsworth, Nia Haley, Colton Cosio, Briauna Saghafi, Danika Chen, Savannah Minker, Cole Smithson, River Bess and Jonas Welch.
Carolyn Luengen’s third-grade class has been studying the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and the change he inspired in our country with his words.
The students read the book, “Martin’s Big Words,” by Doreen Rappaport, and were encouraged to think of their own big words that could change our world.
“I think the world should end all wars.”
I want to end all wars because of so many deaths! It is so unnecessary. All the governments should make peace. People from all over the USA are sad from family members dying. That is why I want to end all wars. Ben Jones
“Let food, houses and cars be free.”
Lots of people are poor and have no money. They have no food and they need help or they are going to die. Payton Weidman
“Treat others the way that you want to be treated.”
If someone is being nice, you can be nice to them. Our world would be the best world in the universe if we treated others the way that we want to be treated. It would make our world be a fine world. Braiden Winans
“Only love can stop hate.”
Let’s help the poor and weak. War solves nothing. We should fight with words, not fists, not weapons, but with words. Hunter Halverson
Second-grade classes are learning about the concept of community. In Susan Dufner’s class, we read “The Big Orange Splot” by Daniel Pinkwater.
In this story, a seagull drops a can of paint on Mr. Plumbean’s house. All the neighbors ask him to fix it, and after thinking about it, he gets blue, orange, red and purple paint and paints it so it looks like an explosion. The neighbors are horrified! But one by one they too make the house of their dreams. After reading this, we drew the houses of our dreams. They are all different, but together they make a community.
This is my dream house because I saw a movie and I thought, Wow, look at that! — Mia Sayer
This is my dream house because it has a princess you can hear singing. — Johanna Beckerley
The house of my dreams has optical illusion stripes to make everybody dizzy! — Hope Burbank
It’s my dream house because it flies. It can fly to the North Pole to Santa’s house. — Dillan Worley
My dream house looks like an ice cream because I like ice cream. The red is cherry. The blue is water mint. The green blob is mint and chip. The black is blade ice cream. The brown is chocolate chip. The yellow is sun ice cream. And the brownish yellow is light chocolate. Now you know that I made an ice cream house. — Alexys Amaya
The house of my dreams is a Minecraft house and castle and the “splot” is green blood from creeper scum. — Lincoln Liggins
My house is a dream house. There is a hot tub to soak in. There is a princess to sing to the birds. — Tannes Carter
The house of my dreams has a cheetah and angry bird and a king cobra, a turtle and a goldfish, because I was sad living by myself. — Frank Johnson
OLYMPIC PENINSULA ACADEMY
Students from Singer’s Showcase class, under the direction of enrichment coach Kyra Humphrey, learn the basics of good vocal technique, including breath control, support, pitch matching and harmony, through singing their choice of vocally and textually appropriate music, which culminates in a showcase performance for family and friends.
Fifth-, sixth- and seventh-grade members of the class performed at the Jan. 20 board meeting. They sang the popular song “Hey Brother” by the group known as Avicii.
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL
Parents of seniors, if you would like a baby picture of your senior in the yearbook, the cost is $50 for a quarter page and the deadline is Jan. 30. Send a digital baby photo to jheintz@sequim.k12.wa.us. If you need to have your photo scanned, you can drop it off at the main office. You will need to pick it up at the office after it is scanned, so leave contact information on the back of the photo. Payment can be made at the front office.
The senior class play, “Senior Night Live,” has performances at 7 p.m. Jan. 30-31 in the auditorium (see story, page B-9). Tickets will be sold at the door for $6 for senior citizens and students with an ASB card and $8 for adults.
