DISTRICT
There is no school on Monday, Oct. 12, for students. This is a professional development day for teachers. The district office will remain open.
Our next public forum on the Nov. 3 school construction bond proposal will be held at in the library at Helen Haller Elementary at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 13. Please come and bring a friend.
GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The next Reading Tutor Training session is scheduled for Oct. 28, from 3:30-4:30 p.m. in Room 142. This session is for those interested in becoming a reading tutor at Greywolf Elementary. Our WA Reading Corps members Holly Ambro, Lauren Best and Kim Dodson will be providing this initial training. Come learn about the 3 P’s of tutoring and how to successfully help our readers grow! Call 582-3300 and ask to speak with one of our WA Reading Corps members for more information.
HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
The annual Dungeness River Festival always promises to be interesting, engaging, educational and, most of all, a lot of fun! The students in Cheryl Daniels’ fourth- grade class discovered that this year was no exception. Touring and participating at the many different booths and tents, students had the opportunity to touch, pedal, paint, string and even climb through a giant salmon!
Faith Iymangrover, Madison Ripley, Brian Gallegos, Svenn White, Lili Mitchell and Alden Smith agreed that their favorite thing about the River Fest was watching the salmon swim up the river to spawn. There were so many dead fish after they laid their eggs. They also liked digging in the sand/sawdust to find cool rocks and bracelets.
Emma Sweeney, Joy Munyagi, Ava Pettett, Quin Adams, Chaya Cruz and Zachary Green all loved walking through the Audubon Center looking at the stuffed animals and fish of the Northwest. They even petted a bear. Their favorite craft was the fish painting and fish hats. The team had a lot of fun, but the best part was getting to hug Smokey the Bear. He was so soft.
Kathryn Folstrom, Miguel Majera, Jayden Aiken, Kika Oldham, Anna Anderson and Ricardo Hernandez thought the most interesting part of the day’s field trip was the Salmon Exhibit. Inside the salmon, we discovered that the tongue was supposed to be the river. There were also lots of birds and other fish inside. At the end of the salmon there was a big bump. It was such a fun exhibit to explore!
Brayen Appel, Allie Arnold, William Blahm, Zach Pinell and Kaitlyn Bloomrader liked hearing the marimba music as they walked around and talked to the Mr. Salmon and shook Smokey the Bear’s hand. They learned he just had his 71st birthday! They also were fascinated by the “bee” man and all his honey facts. Most shocking was when their teacher learned take-out food containers were not recyclable!
All in all, it was a great day and the weather was fair. Many students planned to return to the festival on the weekend with their families for more adventures.
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL
Madeline Patterson, journalism student, reports that Sequim High School hosted the first annual College Fair. Invited were over 50 colleges and schools, including the armed forces.
Representatives from some colleges in Arizona, Oregon, California, and of course, Washington were present. With the colleges were a few apprenticeship programs and the five branches of the armed forces. Among the enlisted military, there was a few academies represented also. Thanks go to Mitzi Sanders, who organized the entire event.
Kyle Klopfenstein said, “It was the most interesting thing we’ve had at school.” Sonja Miller said to her first period Spanish class. “Make sure you like what the rep is saying and that you can connect with them. If you don’t like what they are saying to you, that college is probably not right for you.”
SEQUIM OPTIONS SCHOOL
Recently, the teaching staff celebrated Dakota Walthall’s earning of her 2015 diploma. Dakota was a very hard worker and we are happy to be able to celebrate all her hard work and success with her. School board president Beverly Horan was on hand for the presentation.
