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@SequimSchools — Dec. 26, 2018

Published 1:30 am Wednesday, December 26, 2018

@SequimSchools — Dec. 26, 2018
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@SequimSchools — Dec. 26, 2018
@SequimSchools — Dec. 26, 2018
Sequim Options School students stuff stockings that will be donated in the school’s clothing drive. Each student will receive a box with items they needed with a stocking stuffed full of fun gifts. “A big thank you goes out to community members who helped support my students clothing drive,” Michelle Mahitka, Sequim Options School Site Coordinator, said. Pictured are, clockwise from top, Gabrielle Simonson, Eli Dominguez and Camryn Pattison. Submitted photo
Students in Vanessa Rayburn’s kindergarten class at Helen Haller Elementary compare the life cycle of pumpkins and sunflowers. Submitted photo
Kindergarten students in Lorrie Corder’s class at Helen Haller Elementary plant paperwhite bulbs on rocks and in soil, to see which would grow better, in a recent botany lesson. Submitted photo

DISTRICT

The next school board meeting is 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at the Sequim High School library, 601 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 and click on “School Board,” “Regular Communication” and “Agendas” on the district’s website at www.sequimschools.org.

The Sequim School District’s teacher-librarians invite all students and their families to attend the Annual Family Reading Night on Jan. 23 at Sequim Middle School.

The event hosts an array of fun activities focused on literacy, and all students — pre-K through 12th graders — will leave with a free book at the end of the evening.

HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Kindergartners at Helen Haller Elementary completed a botany unit this month. Students explored plant anatomy and life cycles. They took nature walks on school grounds to compare deciduous and evergreen trees.

Students in teacher Lorrie Corder’s class read “Paperwhite” by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace. Her students followed up by planting paperwhite bulbs on rocks (as described in the text) and in soil to see which would grow better. Their findings so far include that the bulbs planted on the rocks put out roots sooner and the stems are taller. Students also experimented with germinating lima beans and pinto beans.

Vanessa Rayburn’s class compared the life cycle of pumpkins and sunflowers. All classes concluded the unit with a comparison of two historical figures: folk hero Johnny “Appleseed” Chapman and the botanist George Washington Carver.

OLYMPIC PENINSULA ACADEMY

November was a productive month for many Olympic Peninsula Academy high school students and their parents. Many ninth-, 10th- and 11th-grade students participated in an organization called NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month).

NaNoWriMo started in 1999 to encourage people of all ages to use November to write a novel. Students made goals to write between 30,000-50,000 words during the month.

Two parents also joined in on the writing challenge. Students wrote 126,734 words. On Nov. 30th, we celebrated and read excerpts from each of the novels.

SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL

High school freshmen, sophomores and juniors are invited to attend a College ROTC and Academy Night on Thursday, Jan. 31 at 6:45 p.m. in the Central Kitsap High School Theatre in Silverdale. For more information, see Mitzi Sanders in the counseling center or call Tyler Hunt at 360-662-2439.

Sequim High classes resume on Monday, January 7, at 9:15 a.m. Students will be on a DEN schedule that day.

Winter Ball is coming on Saturday, Jan. 19. Winter Ball dance requests will be available in the main office, starting Monday, Jan. 7, for any student wishing to bring a guest. Dance tickets are on sale Jan. 7-11 for $10.

This year’s Senior Class Play is “Alice in Wonderland.” There will not be auditions and the first rehearsal is on Tuesday, Jan. 8 at 4:15 p.m. in the auditorium.

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