DISTRICT
The next school board meeting is at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 19, in the boardroom. The public is welcome to attend. An agenda is available for viewing on the district website. Time is set aside for public comment at each board meeting.
For more information, contact Marilyn Walsh at 582-3260.
The district is offering public forums to present information to the community about the Nov. 3 school construction bond proposal. Please consider attending one and invite people to attend with you.
• Tuesday, Oct. 13, at 6 p.m. at Helen Haller Elementary in the library
• Wednesday, Oct. 14, at 6 p.m. a walking school tour starts at Sequim High School in Room P-1 (portable) and ends at Helen Haller Elementary
• Thursday, Oct. 15, at 6 p.m. at Greywolf Elementary in the gym
• Thursday, Oct. 22, at 4 p.m. at Sequim High School in Room P-1 (portable)
For more information about these events or the bond proposal, call the district office at 582-3260.
The Sequim Noon Rotary Club once again provided hardbound dictionaries for every fourth-grader at Helen Haller and Greywolf Elementary schools.
Greywolf principal Donna Hudson said,” Every year we are excited on Rotary dictionary day! Our kids love the dictionaries and our fourth-grade teachers integrate them right into our everyday lessons.”
Haller principal Russ Lodge said, “It’s a really nice gift from this community group to fourth-grade students of something they can get a lot of use out of. In this digital age, it is nice for the kids to have a book they can hold in their hands and dig into.”
GREYWOLF ELEMENTARY
Parent Teacher Association (PTA) will meet at 3:30 p.m. Oct. 21 in the library. Superintendent Gary Neal will provide information about the Nov. 3 school facilities bond.
Interested in becoming a volunteer reading tutor? A reading tutor training will be from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Oct. 28 in Room 142. Come learn about the 3 P’s of tutoring and how to successfully help our young readers grow from reading specialist Krista Chatters and Washington Reading AmeriCorps members Holly Ambro, Lauren Best and Kim Dodson. Call 582-3300 for more information. Volunteers must fill out a form and submit to a clearance each school year. More information will be available at the training events.
HELEN HALLER ELEMENTARY
Here are some selections from Gail Kite’s fifth-graders regarding life so far in fifth grade:
The best part of fifth grade is that I’m learning a lot. I’m learning new kinds of math and I’m getting better at reading out loud. Another thing I like about fifth grade is that we have a compliment circle. We can compliment a person that has been doing a good job or who has been thoughtful to others. I really think fifth grade is fun but sometimes it’s a little challenging, especially when we learn stuff like spelling words and math facts. I also like how we have science in class and sometimes it’s yummy. This is what I think about fifth grade.
Callie Arnold
My fifth-grade year has been great. But overall, I think the best part of my whole year so far is the best fifth-grade teacher in the whole world, Miss Kite. The most challenging part about fifth grade is well … getting up early to come to school. Even though that is my most challenging part, my biggest academic challenge would be our daily math timings. I’ve been stuck on multiplying by eights for a couple days now. But, I’ll keep practicing so I get better. Once I do, I’ll be very proud of myself. My goal for fifth grade is to be done and over with timings (multiplying and dividing) by January 1st. I hope I do! And, that is my fifth grade year so far.
Savannah Minker
My fifth-grade year so far has been amazing. One of my academic goals for the first trimester was to not miss one day of homework. So far, I haven’t missed one day (except for when I was absent, but I still got it done). That’s why my fifth-grade year has been amazing so far.
Abraham Torres
My fifth-grade year so far has been amazing. Miss Kite is the best teacher I’ve ever had. At the end of the day, she reads “Wonder.” The most interesting part of fifth grade is this book because the kid in this story has a deformed face and he is trying to make friends. People aren’t always nice to him. The other thing I like is the compliment circle. If the teacher doesn’t see something good and you see it, you can tell the class. The most challenging part of the day is social studies. My academic goal this first trimester is to score 100% on my social studies quiz. So far, this year has been awesome.
River Bess
My first month of fifth grade has been like a rocket taking off to outer space. My favorite part of school is math. Everything has been clicking. The most challenging part has been writing. We’ve been working on figurative language. I am most interested in social studies right now. We have already finished our first project. My group completed our assignment last week. What I hope I can improve is to increase my reading level: I want to read the Harry Potter series. My goal is to finish the Dork Diaries series by the end of the year. I already read about three or four of the books so far.
Angel Wagner
SEQUIM MIDDLE SCHOOL
Steven Boots, Leif Hendricksen and Tracy Barnes combined history classes during fifth period on
Oct. 6 to allow students to participate together in a “Colony Fair” hosted in Mr. Boots and Mrs. Barnes’ classrooms.
Students learned all about the original Thirteen Colonies, which were founded between 1607 and 1732, and were located on the east coast of North America, stretching from New England to the northern border of the Floridas.
Students created informative brochures to exchange their newfound knowledge with each other.
SEQUIM HIGH SCHOOL
Journalism student Madeline Patterson reports that on Sept. 29 all students voted to elect the Homecoming royalty court. Each student got a list of their class and circled their three choices for each gender. A few days later, each of the students with the most nominations received a letter announcing their candidacy.
For the 2019 freshman class, the nominations for the females are Erin Gordon, Nadia Martin and Bobbi Sparks. The male nominees were Colin Neal, Nate Despain and Jarrett Allen.
For the sophomore class of 2018, Andrea Albaugh, Ayleeann Bennett and Adare McMinn were nominated. For the gentlemen, Payton Glasser, Hayden Gresli and Bailey King were selected.
The junior class of 2017 has Jordan Bentz, Rose Erickson and Tatum Jensen for the ladies. Jade Arnold, Curtis Beery and Grant Pierson also were selected.
Seniors had twice as many nominees as the rest of the classes with Allie Bean, McKenzie Bentz, Karen Chan, Morgan King, Katie Rogers and Emily Webb for the women, and representing the men are Taylor Bullock, Ian Dennis, Evan Hurn, Jack Shea and Zachary Wakefield.
The final Homecoming royalty for 2015 was voted on one week ago by the classes and they will be presented Friday, Oct. 9, at the Homecoming game on Friday, Oct. 16, when the Sequim Wolves take on the Port Angeles Roughriders at 7 p.m. in the Sequim stadium!
Seniors planning to produce a scholarship notebook must attend a mandatory scholarship notebook workshop at 7:45 a.m. Monday, Oct. 26, in the cafeteria.
There will be a choir concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the auditorium. The choir is under the direction of John Lorentzen.
