HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Each month Jaysa Hill’s fourth-grade class learns how to write a different type of poem. For the month of November, these creative students practiced writing acrostic poems using adjectives, verbs and “juicy words” that painted a picture in their readers’ minds. Acrostic poems are designed to describe a specific word or topic. The letters in this word are then written vertically down the side of the page. Next to each letter, students come up with a word or phrase that begins with that letter, which describes the original word. As you can see, with this group of fourth-graders, there is no shortage of creativity!
FALL by Fiona Orloff
Fiona loves fall
All family comes together
Leaves are crunching
Love going around the table
FALL by Matt Gluck
F is for football
A is for additional warmth
L is for leaves
L is for love
CRANBERRY by Kalem Powell
Crimson
Rich
Airy
New-sprung
Burnished
Enticing
Recent
Replete
Yummy
CORN by Anna Gowdy
Cruel; the weather in fall is cruel
Orange is a popular color in fall
Red is a lovely fall color
Nerd – what I dressed up as for Halloween
THANKSGIVING by Mason King
Turkeys on the dinner table
Handshaking with your guests
Apples to eat
Napkins on your lap
Keeping warm and cozy
Soup and turkey
Giving respect to others
Inviting friends
Very nice to others
Inviting relatives
New people to meet
Gathering in the same room to eat
THANKSGIVING by Alliyah Weber
Together with friends and family
Home-cooked meals
Admiring the apple pie
Never-ending desserts
Kind, warm thoughts
Salty, yummy mashed potatoes
Giving warm hugs and kisses
Interesting conversations
Viciously being attacked by Sean
In the car for hours
Nice crisp walks
Getting ready to eat
WINTER by Phoebe Kaleo
Windy skies
I love Thanksgiving time
Neat and tasty food
The old crispy leaves
East birds fly
Rainy skies and days
WINTER by Eden Piecora
Windy days
Interesting tasting food
Not very warm
The lovely crisp leaves
East birds fly
Running through the snow
FALL by Cami Allman
Filling up your tummy
And having a good time
Leaves crunching on the ground
Leaving and saying goodbye
SEQUIM MIDDLE SCHOOL
November Students of the Month were nominated because they possess the characteristic of Helpfulness. Those that are helpful care about other people and willingly volunteer to help others without expecting payment or reward. The following students were nominated and received a certificate: David Buckley, Bailey Cauffman, Derek Fili, Corinne Foster, Jasmine Itti, Aaron Jackson, Virginia Kelvy, Cassandra Klienshans, Victoria Lelle, Kianna Miller, Michael Morefield, Delaney Nucci, Trevin Oakes, Matilda Obermeyer, Lesae Pfeffer, Olivia Preston, Ashley Poage, Ava Rich, Tanner Robins, Amara Sayer, Elizabeth Sutton, Jaren Trujillo, Cedar Vickery, Raina Walrath and Madison Withrow.
GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
For the second year in a row, the hard work of the school staff, students and families has resulted in a state level award for Greywolf Elementary School. This award represents outstanding improvement in reading and math sustained over a five-year period.
There are 101 schools in Washington that received the 2014 School of Distinction award. The Center for Educational Effectiveness in partnership with the Association of Educational Service Districts, The Association of Washington School Principals, Washington Association of School Administrators, Washington State School Directors’ Association and Washington State Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development have recognized schools in the top 5 percent of improvement for their levels.
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL
Jon Eekhoff and his journalism class ventured to Seattle on Nov. 10 to visit the offices of KING-5 News and The Globalist. The journalism class is responsible for producing The Growl, the school’s online newspaper. KING-5 news anchor Lori Matsukawa acted as guide during the 90-minute tour of the entire news organization. Along the way, the class met with the KING-5 team in charge of social media and had time to brainstorm ways to improve readership for The Growl.
The class visited all of the on-set locations of KING-5 and had the opportunity to see how all of the pieces are put together for the newscast. Highlights included visiting the set and seeing the weather room.
The class then journeyed to the University of Washington to visit The Globalist — an online magazine and part of the master’s program at UW’s Department of Communications. The class had an hour to meet with Globalist co-founder and editor Sarah Stuteville. Discussion ranged from the future of journalism to the production of an online newspaper.
Art students will now be featured at Sequim’s Blue Whole Gallery as part of the First Friday Art Walk each month. November’s selection was AP Art student Emily Webb, whose charcoal self-portrait is on display at the gallery. December will feature Abigayle Mayo’s work, a ceramic lantern/sculpture. The partnership between the gallery and SHS has provided an excellent venue to highlight individual students of SHS art programs and help establish connections between young artists and members of our community. One student per month will be selected to show in the gallery space. Art instructor Jake Reichner encourages all faculty, students and members of the community to take part in the Art Walks (first Friday evening of each month), and have a chance to meet the artists (students and otherwise) and view the fantastic things going on in our local art community!
Seven choir students recently were accepted into the Washington All-State Symphonic Choir and one student was accepted into the All-Northwest Mixed Choir. All-State Symphonic Choir inductees are Emma Brown (Alto 1), Colleen Carpenter (Soprano 1), Nicholas Fazio (Tenor 2), Benjamin Heintz (Bass 2), Hayden James (Tenor 2), Abby Norman (Alto 1) and Tomi Jo Wilson (Alto 1). All-Northwest Mixed Choir inductee is Eric Hermosada (Tenor 1). The choir program is under the direction of John Lorentzen.
A huge thank you to the Sequim Education Foundation and a big congratulations to sophomore Danica Miller. Danica was nominated to attend the Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership (HOBY) program at Washington State University this coming June. Thanks to SEF’s generosity in funding the required registration fee, Danica is good to go! HOBY programs provide students selected by their schools to participate in unique leadership training, service-learning and motivation-building experiences.
The SAT Test will be administered at 7:45 a.m. Dec. 6 in the cafeteria.
