DISTRICT

The next school board meeting is 6 p.m. Monday, April 16, in the district boardroom, 503 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, click on “Board of Directors” and “2017-2018 agendas” on the district’s website at www.sequimschools.org.

April 2-6 is Spring Break. Classes resume Monday, April 9.

HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Teacher Toni Vincent’s fifth-grade class at Helen Haller Elementary observed Black History Month in February by reading the award-winning “The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963.” The students’ final projects for the unit ranged from civil rights timelines, maps of the central family’s road trip, imagined text conversations between the two main characters and a faux Twitter page. The class worked incredibly hard and turned in amazing work!

GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Greywolf Parent-Teacher Association president Tricia Stratton would like to give a huge Greywolf “Howl-out” to friends and family who participated in the school’s cookie dough fundraiser, one that raised more than $13,000 for the PTA to help purchase a classroom set of laptops and a charging cart. Thank you to all of the volunteers who spent hours counting money and confirming orders. Cookie dough will arrive in the afternoon on Friday, April 20; plan on picking up frozen orders between 3-7 p.m.

Greywolf hosts a free Family Movie Night screening “Ferdinand” from 6-7:45 p.m. on Friday, April 20.

Greywolf would also like to thank Michael and Kindryn Leiter, Greywolf parents who donated time, gravel and a dump truck to fill in the potholes in the back parking lot.

A thank you to the more than 200 folks who attended Greywolf Math Night on March 22. It was a fun-filled night of food, fascinating math games and fabulous math noticing! Thank you to all the staff at Greywolf for making this event happen! A special thank you to the PTA for providing dinner and the Blockfest activities. And thanks to community sponsors: Dungeness Kids Co., First Federal, Kris Henrikson of Edward Jones, Oscar Lopez Painting, Kathy Larsen of Evergreen Home Loans, Paisley’s Boutique, Roof Guru, Lopez Construction, Alderwood Bistro, Sequim Animal Hospital and That Takes the Cake.

We appreciate everyone who made this amazing night happen— can’t wait for next year!

— Teresa Iversen and Monique Brasher, Math Night coordinators

SEQUIM MIDDLE SCHOOL

Sequim Middle School has several upcoming key dates for eighth-graders:

• Wednesday, March 28 — Sequim Middle School online registration (English class). Students will meet with Sequim High School counselors in the middle school library for course registration through Skyward Student Access. This Skyward registration window will be accessible to students for home use through Tuesday, April 10. (All students should have the draft of their Registration Planning Forms with them to transfer onto their official Registration Form)

• April 19-20 – Sequim Middle School Student-Led Conferences. Families will have the opportunity to review courses selected during student conferences with Wolfpack teacher. Melee Vander Velde (last names A-F), Erin Fox (last names G-N) and Steve Erickson (last names O-Z) from the SHS counseling department will be on hand at the middle school for scheduling questions and concerns.

SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL

Sequim High School students planning to take next year’s new Medical Interventions class recently accompanied Sequim Middle School Hi-Cap students on a field trip to Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Students toured the labs, preformed lab work, demonstrated protein folding and learned about Project Violet.

Sequim High School students Erin Dwyer, Alissa Lofstrom, Darren Salazar, Porter Funston, Vita Olson, Isa Benitez and Zach Baird visit Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Submitted photo

Helen Haller Elementary fifth-grader Isaac Freeman created a book quiz during his class’ Black History Month studies. Submitted photo

Helen Haller Elementary School student Sara German created this map during Black History Month studies in February. Submitted photo

Student Olivia Collins created this representation of a text conversation during Black History Month studies in her fifth-grade class at Helen Haller Elementary. Submitted photo

Helen Haller Elementary student Evan Cisneros created a timeline of key civil rights events during the 1960s. Submitted photo

Fifth-grader Johanna Beckerley created a Twitter page for “The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963.” Submitted photo

Teacher Kelli Mishko joins students Stella Yednick and Susie Updike at the school’s Math Night on March 22. Photos by Darcy Lamb

Students Xillion Stone, Rhyen Badasha and Lyra Reuther try their hand at math games at Greywolf Elementary School’s Math Night on March 22.