DISTRICT

The district is looking for input on school facilities plans. Four public forums are scheduled for Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. and 6:30 p.m., Monday, Nov. 10, at 3 p.m. and Thursday, Nov. 13, at 6:30 p.m. to discuss facility needs in our schools. The forums will take place in the Sequim High School Science classroom B-2, at 601 N. Sequim Ave. For more information, call the district office at 582-3260.

There is no school and the district office will be closed on Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day.

GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Chris Stevens’ second-grade class wrote paragraphs about why they think Halloween is always fun! They needed to write a topic sentence, add details and a clincher to end their paragraph.

Halloween is always a lot of fun because you can go trick or treating and get a lot of candy. Next, all the new Halloween movies that are always great are on TV. And then, you can carve as many pumpkins as you want and put any faces you want on them! Halloween has always been my favorite, what about you? — Sophie Morton

Halloween is always a lot of fun because you can carve pumpkins or paint them. You can go to a haunted house. You can even get your costumes ready. Finally you can go trick or treating. Those are some things you can do on Halloween. — Jovi Weller

Halloween is always a lot of fun because you can dress up. I also like Halloween because you can go trick or treating. You can also do a Halloween party! That’s why I love Halloween! — Amara Gonzalez

Halloween is always a lot of fun! First, you get to dress up! Next, when you go trick or treating you get lots of candy and candy baskets to put your candy in. Then, some people go to Halloween parties or go home and eat candy. Finally, make sure to not eat too much candy or your dentist will be mad. — Jade Reynolds

Halloween is always a lot of fun! First you get to dress up and be scary! Then you can go trick or treating and get lots of candy! Halloween is a lot of fun because you get candy and get to have a Halloween party! — Dawn Hulstedt

Halloween is really fun. You can go trick or treating and get lots of candy. Halloween is supposed to be super spooky! Now you know why Halloween is super fun! — Jack Crecelius

The students in Alex Ogilvie’s first-grade class recently have spent some time writing and illustrating a Halloween A-Z book. After reading the book “Alpha Oops!” they thought it would be fun to write their own Halloween alphabet book. Each student chose a letter from the alphabet and came up with their own descriptive words to represent each letter.

“H is for Halloween, A Halloween A to Z Book”

A is for aliens.

B is for bats.

C is for candy.

D is for dunking apples.

E is for an enormous giant.

F is for Frankenstein.

G is for goblins.

H is for Halloween trick-or-treaters.

I is for in a Halloween costume.

J is for Jack-O-Lanterns.

K is for King Dracula.

L is for little ghost.

M is for mummy.

N is for scary sounds in the night.

O is for October. Halloween is in October.

P is for pumpkins in a patch.

Q is for a queen costume.

R is for rattling bones.

S is for slithering snakes.

T is for terrible monsters.

U is for underground zombies.

V is for vampire teeth.

W is for witches.

X is for X-Ray.

Y is for yelling, “Trick- or- Treat!”

Z is for dead zombies walking around.

HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Students in Ione Marcy’s first-grade classroom are learning to solve “put together and “take apart” story problems. After listening to a story problem they show how they solved it by using pictures, number bonds, number sentences and statements for their answer.

They also used Unifix Cubes to represent their drawings. All first-grade students across the district are working rigorously to understand the math Common Core requirements and working harder than ever before to show their learning.

Way to go, Cougars! We surpassed our goal of $2,014. Our school first participated in the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Pennies for Patients campaign in 2007. With this year’s contribution of $2,242.22, we have collected over the years a whopping $16,973.56. Ann Riggs’ third-grade class collected $221.28, making them our first-place winners. They will receive a pizza party from Domino’s for their outstanding effort. Not far behind them was Renee Mullikin’s second-grade class, with a contribution of $147.64. Coming in third was Stephanie Nash’s afternoon kindergarten class, making a huge impact with their $128.78. A big thank you to our Haller families for their generous donations and to Lili Ring, para-educator, who has coordinated this campaign from the very start. Lili’s efforts have guided us to truly make a difference.

SEQUIM MIDDLE SCHOOL

Harvest Fest was an after school fun-filled event on Friday, Oct. 17, with inflatable climbing toys, cupcake walk, dance, hamster balls, board games, air hockey, face painting, and more. Admission was charged to cover activity costs ($10 with ASB, $12 without and $15 at the door). Melody Schneider, ASB secretary, says about 250 students attended and thoroughly enjoyed themselves. More than 20 volunteers helped with set up, clean up and supervision.

We would like to extend an invitation to all those who are currently active in the military or who have served to attend our annual Veterans Day assembly at 8:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 7, in the school gym. Please sign in at the front office when you arrive.

SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL

Performances for the all school play, “Charley’s Aunt,” directed by Robin Hall, are at 7 p.m. Nov. 7-8 and Nov. 14 and 2 p.m. Nov. 15 in the auditorium. Tickets are available at the door for $8 for adults, $6 for senior citizens, children and students with an ASB card. See story below.)

Paperwork for winter sports is due in the office by 3 p.m. Nov. 12. Winter sports begin Nov. 17.