Sumas Elementary Newsletter JUN E 2015 FAMILY BBQ THURSDAY, JUNE 4TH FAMILY BBQ: If you have signed up for the BBQ and have not sent in money for your lunch, please do so soon or remember to bring it on Thursday. The cost is $4.00 for adults and $2.75 for children. Approximate lunch times for the family picnic are as follows: kindergarten at 11:20 a.m., 1st & 2nd grade at 11:30 a.m. and grades 3rd, 4th & 5th at 12:00 p.m. We will be serving hot dogs, fresh vegetables and fruit, chips, dessert, and milk. Please bring a blanket or chair to sit on. We hope to see you there. KINDERGARTEN REGISTRATION & PRESCHOOL APPLICATIONS: If you have a child to register for kindergarten and missed the scheduled registration time, please come in and register your child at the school office as soon as possible. Children must be five years of age by August 31, 2015 to enroll. Applications for pre-school (children birth to 5 years) are being accepted for the 2015-16 school year. Please bring a copy of the birth certificate and immunization record of your child with the application. Placement programs will be determined in August / September. If you have any questions, please call Doreen at the district office 988-4754. FROM THE CAFETERIA: We are approaching the end of the school year and preparing to close our current year lunch accounts. Please keep in mind there are 8 school days remaining when purchasing meals. Be sure to subtract days that your child will be bringing a lunch from home. It is important your child has adequate money in their lunch account as charging is no longer allowed. Students staying in our district will have any remaining balance carried over to next year. Fifth grade student balances will automatically be transferred to the middle school. Please contact Laurie Scheffer in our food service department @ 988-9423 or [email protected] with any questions concerning your child’s lunch account. FROM THE LIBRARY: All student books need to be returned to the library as soon as possible for year-end inventory. This includes Math text books that your student may have checked out at the beginning of the year. Every unreturned library book represents a financial loss to our library. Please help us maintain our resources for the Sumas Elementary School library by returning borrowed books or paying for lost ones. REPORT CARDS & CLASS SUPPLY LISTS: Final report cards will be mailed home shortly after school is out for the summer. The school supply list will be included with your report card. Additional copies of the supply list will be available in the school office after August 20th. The following stores will have our supply list and may have them posted: Wal-Mart, K-Mart, Office Depot, Office Max, Rite Aid, Target, and Valley Drug in Everson. STUDENT INFORMATION: Please notify the school office if there have been any changes to your child’s address, phone number, or guardianship. Report cards will be mailed after school is out to the address we have on file. FROM THE NURSE: Attention parents of children who have medication at school: Please pick up your child’s medication prior to June 15. Any leftover prescription medications or expired over the counter medications will be disposed of on June 16, 2015. LOST & FOUND: Our lost and found closet is overflowing. Please take a minute to look through the items to see if they may belong to your child. We will be donating any unclaimed items to charity after June 12. CLOTHING NEEDED: The office could use extra changes of clothing for mishaps and accidents that happen at school. If your child has outgrown some of their clothes, please think about donating it to the school. Some of the items we could use are: pants/shorts with elastic waistbands, (especially size 8 and larger), t-shirts, socks and belts. Your donations are greatly appreciated. SUMMER SCHOOL: Sumas Elementary summer school session will be held July 13 – August 6, Monday thru Thursday from 8:30-11:30 a.m. Transportation is provided. FALL SOCCER: Nooksack Valley youth soccer signups begin June 1st. Go to www.whatcomsoccer to sign up. Register between June 1st-July 31st for $66.00. After August 1st the price increases to $76.00.The fall season runs 8 weeks beginning Sept. 12th-Oct. 31st. Any registration questions contact Karen Gebhardt #261-1148. Any club question questions contact David Gebhardt #223-0689 FALL FOOTBALL - Nooksack Youth Sports with the Boys and Girls Club of Whatcom County is offering football for boys and girls kindergarten through 6th grade. To reserve a spot on a team, please send an email to: [email protected]. Additional information sheets are available in the office. For more information, please contact Kevin Hester at (360) 3061660. BASKETBALL CAMP: Attention all 3rd – 6th grade girls interested in basketball! There will be a Camp from June 15-18, 2:00-5:00 p.m. My name is Arlissa Oettel and this camp is my senior project and it would be great to get as many girls as we can! In this camp we will be teaching basketball fundamentals, playing games such as bump and knockout, then separating into teams to play. The registration will be $45.00 and you can find registration sheets at every school, the library, and online at the PGYAA website. Hope to see you all there! DISTRICT DRESS CODE: Students and parent volunteers are asked to dress in a manner that promotes a learning environment and safety. Appearance should be consistent with the following restrictions: 1. Shoes are required to be worn at all times. 2. Shorts and skirts must be mid-thigh or longer in length. 3. Spaghetti strap tops are not permitted unless a shirt, blouse or vest is worn over them. Sleeveless tops are expected to cover under-garments at all times. Bare midriffs are not permitted. 4. Clothing and other items that promote gangs and gang related activities, drugs/alcohol and tobacco products, or has sexual connotations are not allowed. 5. Dress and/or appearance which constitutes a clear and present danger to student/staff health and/or safety or which causes interference with work or creates a classroom or school disruption, will not be permitted. Clothing should be appropriate for the weather and for participation in playground and P.E. activities. (If your child wears flip-flops to school, please have an extra pair of shoes in their backpack. Flip-flops often break during school activities and hinder the child’s activity. Also, flip flops are not suitable for P.E.) SUMAS FISHING DERBY: Registration for this year’s fishing derby starts at 9:00 a.m. @ 399 Frost Rodeo Rd. (the new ball fields off Hovel Road. Boys and Girls ages 4-13 are invited to attend. For more information, check out the Sumas American Legions Facebook page. DE LA FAMILIA BARBACOA 4 DE JUNIO JUEVES FECHAS IMPORTANTES DATES TO REMEMBER June 3 June 3 June 3 June 4 June 5 June 10 June 11 June 11 June 18 July 13August 6 9:05 a.m. Kindergarten/Resource Field Trip to Birch Bay 9:05 a.m. 4th grade Field Trip to Larrabee State park 1:00 p.m. 5th grade HIV/AIDS Education Family BBQ day 7:00 p.m.NVHS Graduation 3:20 p.m. Library program @ Sumas Library 9:15 a.m. 5th grade moving on Ceremony LAST DAY OF SCHOOL 12:50 p.m. Early Dismissal 7:00 p.m. School Board Meeting @ District Office 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m. M-TH Summer School BIBLIOTECA: Todos los libros de los estudiantes tienen que ser devueltos a la biblioteca para el inventario de fin de año. Esto incluye los libros de texto de matemáticas que su hijo podría haber revisado a principios de este año. Cada biblioteca no devueltos libro representa una pérdida económica para nuestra biblioteca. Ayúdenos a mantener nuestros recursos de la biblioteca de la Escuela Primaria Sumas al devolver libros en préstamo o pagar por los perdidos INFORMACIÓN DEL ESTUDIANTE: Por favor notifique a la oficina de la escuela si ha habido algún cambio en la dirección de su hijo, número de teléfono, o la tutela. Las boletas de calificaciones serán enviados por correo después de la escuela es a la dirección que tenemos en nuestros archivos. DE KINDERGARTEN Y APLICACIONES DE PRE-ESCUELA – Si no ha apuntado a su niño/a en la clase de kindergarten, por favor vengan a hacerlo lo más pronto posible. Los niños necesitan tener los 5 años cumplidos para el 31 de agosto, 2015 para poder inscribirse al kindergarten para el año 20152016. Los padres o tutores necesitan traer una copia del certificado de nacimiento y pruebas de vacunas para el niño/a que estarán inscribiendo. Inscribir a su niño/a en esta fecha será muy importante así como les permite a los maestros planear adelante para las clases del año próximo. Aplicaciones de pre-escuela (niños al nacer a 5 años) están aceptadas por el año 2015-16. Por favor traigan una copia del certificado de nacimiento y el registro de inmunización de su niño. Colocación de los programas serán determinados en Agosto/ Septiembre. Si hay preguntas puede llamar a Doreen en la oficina del districto 9884754. 3 de junio 3 de junio 9:05 a.m. kindergarten/resource excursión a Birch Bay 9:05 a.m. excursión al parque larrabee – 4th grado 4 de junio De la familia barbacoa 5 de junio NVHS graduación @ 7:00 p.m. 10 de junio Biblioteca de programas a las 3:20 p.m. 11 de junio 11 de junio 18 de junio 13 de julio – 6 de Agosto Quito grado de pasar ceremonia @ 9:15 am. Ultimo dia de clases – la hora de salida es a las 12:50 p.m. Reunión de la Junta de la Escuela Districto, 7:00 p.m. escuela de verano Lunes – Jueves – 8:30-11:30 a.m. FAMILIA Barbacoa: Si usted ha firmado para la barbacoa y no ha enviado el dinero para su almuerzo, por favor hágalo pronto o recuerde llevar el jueves. El costo es de $ 4.00 para adultos y $ 2.75 para niños. La hora de comer aproximados para el picnic familiar son los siguientes: jardín de infantes a las 11:20 de la mañana, primero y segundo grado a las 11:30 horas y las calificaciones terceraquinta a las 12:00 pm Estaremos sirviendo perritos calientes, verduras frescas y frutas, patatas fritas , postre y leche. Favor de traer una manta o una silla para sentarse. Esperamos verte ahí. CODIGO DE VESTARIO DEL DISTRICTO – Estudiantes y padres voluntarios se les pide que por favor se vistan de una manera que promover un medio ambiente de aprendizaje y seguridad. La apariencia debe de consistir de las siguientes restricciones: 1. Deben de usar zapatos todo el tiempo. 2. Pantalones cortos y faldas deben de estar a mitad del muslo o más largo. 3. Blusas de correa de espagueti no deben ser usadas a lo menos usen una blusa sobre arriba. Blusas sin mangas también no son permitidas. 4. Ropa o otros artículos que promover gangas o activadas de gangas, drogas/bebidas alcohólicas, productos de tabaco, o que tengan connotaciones sexuales no son permitidas. 5. Vestuario o apariencia que constituye o presente peligro a los estudiantes/personal, salud o seguridad que cause o interfiera con el trabajo o que sea una distracción en el salón de los estudiantes, no son permitidas. El vestuario debe ser apropiado para el clima y para la participación en el patio de recreo y P.E. (Si su hijo(a) usa sandalias para la escuela, por favor de traer otro par de zapatos en su mochila. A veces las sandalias se rompen durante actividades en la escuela. Sandalias no son adecuadas para usar en P.E.) NOOKSACK VALLEY WEBSITE: Please visit our website at www.nooksackschools.org for the most current school and community information and announcements.