Chalk Talk June 17, 2015

DISTRICT

The last day of the school year is Thursday, June 18. This will be an early release day. We wish all our students and staff a fabulous summer break. The district office remains open throughout summer break.

The first day of the 2015-2016 school year is Tuesday, Sept. 1. The complete 2015-2016 calendar can be found on the district website at www.sequim.k12.wa.us/domain/9.

We invite all stakeholders to take our online survey regarding our school buildings at www.surveymonkey.com/r/FacilitiesSpring2015. Thank you for your input!

GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Students in Jennifer Lopez’s fifth-grade Language Arts class have been learning how irony can add unexpected humor to their writing. They practiced by writing seemingly standard Help Wanted advertisements, with some surprising twists.

The project was enjoyed by all, with many students writing additional job announcements for fun to share with their classmates and families:

“Help Wanted” By Mallie Jackson

Do you like to clean? If so this would a perfect job for you. We are looking for a Magical Chair cleaner. In this job you will never be sitting bored for forever and ever. You will be up and moving all the time!

You will need a lot of cleaning supplies, mostly Windex. Also you will need some towels. We would like blue ones. What you will need to wear is a blue jumpsuit, but on Thursdays we wear pink ones. To find us go to P.A. and look for Tables-R-Us. You will work on Mondays, Tuesdays and Fridays. The time you will be working is five hours each day. You could work extra if needed. Our pay is competitive. It is slightly below minimum wage, but you’ll be too tired to do any outside activities, so you will actually save money by working for us!

Please contact Sally Sue Chairington at www.ilovetoclean.gov, apply now!

“Help wanted” by Grace Titterness

Don’t you just love the smell of vanilla and cookies? Well, have I got the job for you! We are looking for a Resource Generator to join our team. Your job as a Resource Generator will be to pick up ordure from unicorns! That’s right, they aren’t extinct; they are still alive!

Now all you have to bring are these simple supplies. Rainbow sparkle toga, leopard print lipstick and some meat loafers. Loafers made of meat. There also are a couple other things that we have here for you since they are hard to find. Things like a rainbow top hat made of ordure and a shower cap.

Your schedule will be nine hours a day. From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and if you have any questions about your schedule, please don’t be shy to come to our company in Narnia Business Ca. You will get a 45-minute lunch break and get paid $20 every hour. When you eventually quit you will get paid.

So please contact us today for your amazing new job! That’s 417-559-2436. Or e-mail me at thisisnotarealjob@yahooIgotajob.com.

“Help Wanted” by Amelia Hermann

Do you love cute little pigs? Me too! Come and join our pig training team. All you have to do is teach the pigs tricks and exercise them. Each day you will chase the pig of your choice from the stall area to the training area. You will be required to chase the pigs around the training pen for their exercise. Then you will have to teach them to sit, lay down and roll over. It’s easy, you just have to earn their trust. To do so, you can feed them when you arrive and before you leave. If you want to earn a raise or promotion just clean their pens. That also will help with your relationship.

The nice thing is you don’t even need to bring your own tools. If I were you, I wouldn’t wear nice clothes. Come meet your team in Clean Town, Wyoming. We work Mondays through Wednesdays, 9 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. (the hog hours.) You will earn $20 an hour. Great deal, right?

Call or text Amelia Hermann at 357-124-3218 or e-mail her at AmeliaHatesPigs@gmail.com. Or apply at www.dontbuyanastypig.org.

HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

As part of a life science lesson, Sheri Suryan’s fifth-grade class started seeds by germinating them and planted a vegetable garden this spring that included radishes, lettuce, beans, peas, onions and spinach. The group plans to harvest the garden and have a feast of salad as a final classroom science activity. Students worked hard caring for the garden for the past few months. The young gardeners faced some challenges, including someone pulling up much of the garden, but they were able to get the plants back into the ground and growing again.

SEQUIM MIDDLE SCHOOL

On May 30, the Robotics and Engineering Class, taught by Caleb Gentry, participated in the fourth annual Kitsap ROV Underwater Competition at the Olympic High School pool in Bremerton. Here are some of the honors our students received:

Liam Payne and Brenden Jack/STEM Spirit Award, Brenden Jack/Awesome Volunteer Award (for doing everything well: design, construction, driving and presentation board); Porter Funston and Flora Walchenbach/first place in SeaPerch Division, recognized for Outstanding Storyboard Presentation, winners of the Team Spirit Award and Head to Head Competition.

Other team awards included:

Emily Glenn and Elizabeth Sweet/Perseverance Award; Blake Wiker and Andrew Tucker/Swiss Army Knife Award; Damon Little and Aaron Jackson/Risk Taker Award.

Porter Funston: Our design had less mass so we had better mobility. We spent around six hours in all in the pool area — It was hot and humid!

Flora Walchenbach: We were very careful in soldering so we didn’t have any short-circuiting in competition.

Liam Payne: The cord kept getting knotted and that caused problems. Also, we blew a fuse twice. It was another obstacle to face. We learned a lot.

Brenden Jack: We had four days of pool time to practice with our Rover at SARC, which was great. I felt like I learned a lot from putting our presentation board together.

Andrew Tucker: This experience really strengthened our partnering skills. We really worked well as a team.

Blake Wiker: Our run was consistent; everything went well.

Emily Glenn: It was a good experience. Our last minute adjustments paid off.

Elizabeth Sweet: There’s not a lot of time to get the task completed, but that’s what makes it fun!

Damon Little: We explored the possibility that using spray foam would be better than flotation tubes, but it proved inconsistent.

Aaron Jackson: We made the switch and went with the traditional flotation for competition.

Caleb Gentry, teacher: They faced problems in competition and then they would have to try again — that’s what learning is. We’d like to give special thanks to Corinne Beach, K-12 STEM Outreach Coordinator at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard and Intermediate Maintenance Facility, as well as Gail Sumpter, aquatics manager, and Sequim Aquatics Recreational Center (SARC) for supporting the program.

SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL

An assembly was held in the gym on June 5 to recognize seniors who have distinguished themselves in their scholastic, athletic and service endeavors. Senior awards, presented by teachers, were as follows:

Grit — Rikki Parr; World Languages — Katherine Stevenson; Social Studies — Alexandra Stuart–Lovell; Physical Education — Ryan Root; Fine Arts — Visual — Mesa Maddux; Fine Arts — Choir — Benjamin Heintz; Fine Arts — Band — Mikaele Baker; Mathematics — E. Vance Willis; Career/Technical Education — Josh Cibene; Special Services — Tyler Reeves; Science — Katherine Landoni; English — Maeve Harris; Scholar/Athlete — Boy — Eli Berg; Scholar/Athlete — Girl — Cheyenne Sokkappa; Sportsmanship — Miguel Moroles; Athletics/Girl — Kaylee Ditlefsen; Athletics/Boy — Alexander Barry; Service Awards — Sydney Hastings, Cecilee Wech; Heart of Purple and Gold — Lisette Garcia; Outstanding Senior — Emily Carter.