• June 6 - 8 - Book Exchange
• June 8 - 9  -  Student Garden Salad Celebration
• June 9  -  PTSA Board Meeting
• June 16  - 5th Grade Party & Moving Up Ceremony
• June 17  - Field Day
• June 17 - Academic Challenge Assembly 10 am
• June 20  - Last Day of School (Early Release Day)

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 PTSA Board Positions Available

We are still seeking candidates for the following position: Secretary.  Many of the activities that enrich and enhance your child's learning, including classroom aides, curriculum enhancement, STEM activities, Family Science Week, Academic Challenge, Multicultural Night, health & wellness activities and many other experiences WOULD NOT EXIST without the PTSA.  By joining the PTSA Board, you have the chance to contribute meaningfully to each student at Spiritridge.

If you are interested, please email nominatingcommittee@spiritridge.org.  

 

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Book Exchange

Start your summer reading with books from friends.  Bring your collection of gently used books to trade or donate Monday and Tuesday, June 6^th and 7^th .  Books may be exchanged during regular lunch recess on Wednesday, June 8^th. 

Last year close to 100 students exchanged over 400 books.  Please place books (up to 10) in a bag labeled with the reading grade level.  Books should be appropriate for elementary age readers.  Please no board books, Little Golden Books or cartoon character books.  All participants receive a prize donated by Scholastic.
 

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Spiritridge Student Garden Salad Day!

This week, students will be harvesting and sampling veggies grown in the Spiritridge Student Garden. Students in Grades K-3 have helped plant or water with this project. After harvest, Kindergarten will be planting sunflowers in the garden space.

If you are interested in helping with the salad celebration(June 8th & 9th), please sign up here:

https://m.signupgenius.com/#!/showSignUp/904054ba4a62fa31-salad/9587459

 

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Seeking Panther Post Editors for Next Year

Join the Communications team as one of the Panther Post editors for next year.
 
To help with publishing this newsletter, all you need is basic computer familiarity and an enthusiasm for sharing information a few hours every few weeks.

This is a great way to volunteer behind the scenes with a rotating turn at publishing the newsletter every few weeks.  Email communications@spiritridge.org if you would like to participate or want to learn more.

 

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Math Kangaroo Results

Thank you to all the volunteers and our PTSA for making the first Math Kangaroo competition possible at Spiritridge!

About 100 of our kids participated on March 17, 2016 along with 6 million kids worldwide and about 25,000 in the USA. The results are in and we are very proud of the kids’ success. Well done!

Congratulations to these two Spiritridge students for placing in the top 3 nationwide:

• Owen Fei – 2^nd place – Level 4 USA silver medal and
• Meranda Wang – 3^rd place – Level 4 USA bronze medal

We also would like to recognize the following kids who placed in the top 20 nationwide:
 

Grade	First Name	Last Name	USA	WA State	Spiritridge
2	IVAN	CHENG	19	13	1
3	DUONG	TRAN	8	6	1
3	MADDOX	YUHAS	11	9	2
3	RUICHEN	XIAO	12	10	3
3	WYATT	TANG	12	10	3
3	KARINA	BELOKAPOV	16	13
3	ANDREW	YOON	18	15
3	RAYMOND	LI	19	16
3	SICHEN	LUO	20	17
4	OWEN	FEI	2	2	1
4	MERANDA	WANG	3	3	2
4	SUNNY	GUO	4	4	3
4	AMY	ZHANG	4	4	3
4	CHAOYI	ZHANG	6	6
4	RENEE	ZHANG	6	6
4	ALISON	XIAO	7	7
4	SOPHIA	LI	7	7
4	AARYAN	PAWAR	14	14
4	DEREK	DONNER	15	15
4	ETHAN	CHO	17	17
5	JEFFREY	SONG	8	6	1

Also, these kids did the best amongst their Spiritridge peers (top 3):
 

Grade	First Name	Last Name	USA	WA State	Spiritridge
1	SURABHI	KOUNDINYA	27	6	1
1	GAGANA RUDRA	BODALA	29	7	2
1	RICK	ZHOU	30	8	3
2	INARA	MEDVEDEVA	21	14	2
2	INESH	DEY	22	15	3
5	KE	JIANG	25	19	2
5	SEAN	WOO	37	30	3

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5th Grade Party & Moving Up Ceremony

 

You are invited to attend…

Spiritridge 5th Grade Ceremony

Date: June 16, 2016

Time: Doors open at 6:30pm, Ceremony begins at 7:00pm 

Location: Spiritridge Elementary School MPR

 

5th Grade Party: 2 hours at Lucky Strike during the school day for bowling and games
 
 
OUR NEEDS

• Baby Pictures: Please send ONE baby picture of your child to be used in the slide show.  There is no specific age required, just pick one you love! E-mail with your child’s name and teacher name to:  5thgradeceremony@spiritridge.org
• T-shirts: We are collecting plain, white t-shirts to tie-dye.  Please send one in with your child at this time, 
• Volunteer:  As we get closer we will create a sign-up genius for volunteers to donate refreshments  and assist with tie-dying.   Official chaperoning of the daytime event will be decided on a class-by-class basis, as we will want an equal number of chaperones per class.  Sign-up for chaperoning is via the permission slip in June.

Questions?  Please contact Emily Taibl + Betsy Vo at 5thgradeceremony@spiritridge.org

 

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Field Day

Don't forget to join us for a day of fun and games.  Field day would not be possible without the support of our amazing volunteers and wonderful PE teacher Kristin Young.  Celebrate the last full day of school on June 17th from 1:45-3:30 with your children and their classmates.  Let's keep our fingers crossed for beautiful weather. Sign up to volunteer here: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0f48aeac2fa2f58-2016

 

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Community News:

FREE Recreational Soccer with NPSA

In the United States, soccer has become an expensive sport that requires families to pay in order to play for an established club. While paying for coaching services is a reality in today’s market, this pay-to-play model has greatly limited the number of children who can participate in the game.

Our new Spartan program aims to eliminate those costs. We want to open soccer to everyone and specifically those families who have been held back by the rising costs of youth sports. The mission of our foundation is simple: To offer the underserved youth in the greater Eastside region access to quality soccer training and competitive games that will help them develop [the] soccer skills so they can enjoy the beautiful game or reach their potential and play for a competitive youth club.  We want to enable Soccer For All!Please register today using the link below!

http://www.npsafoundation.com/npsa-spartans-rec-soccer/

Summer Camps and activities!

Looking for fun activities and summer camps?  Please see the PTSA webiste for details on many exciting options.