Sammamish High School Baseball Camp
The Sammamish High School baseball team is hosting a 1 day baseball camp for 1st - 8th grade boys on April 9th. It will be a fun, great opportunity for students to check out the program, meet and interact with the coaches and learn some new baseball skills. See flyer for details.
Seminar for Parents of 9-15 year olds
What Every Parent Should Know - Middle School: The Inside Story
Sue Acuna, veteran teacher and co-author of Middle school: The Inside Story will share tips to help navigate your student through classes, home life, relationships, entitlement and social media.
Sunday, April 24th 3-5pm
$5/person; childcare available for $10/family (middle schoolers can attend the workshop with parent)
Hosted by Crossroads Bible Church (15815 SE 37th St. Bellevue, WA)
Register by April 17th at kids.cbcbellevue.com
i9Sports
Come join the fun with i9Sports. We are offering Soccer, Flag Football, T-Ball and Basketball. See our i9Sports Flyer for details. Register online at i9sports.com. Questions? Contact seattle@i9sports.com.
Summer Camp at Music Works
Students from ages 4 to 16 are invited to join us this summer at Music Works Northwest to learn, collaborate, make music, and have fun! We have camps for all ages and abilities, weekly from June 27th through August 19. Younger students will love our I Love Music camps, where they’ll explore music from around the country through singing, instrument playing, games, and songwriting, as well as the Gotta Sing! Voice Camp, where young singers are introduced to vocal technique and work on their performance skills. Teens and pre-teens can live out their dreams of being the next Taylor Swift in our Pop Voice Camp, learn how to compose their own music in Computer Composition Camp, or get a chance to work with other young musicians in the Orchestra Jam Camp, Jazz Camp, Piano Ensemble Camp, or Rock Shop! We also offer music therapy camps for special needs students. Extended care is available for most sessions, as is financial aid. For more information and to register, you can visit http://www.musicworksnw.org/programs/summer-camps.html, email registration@musicworksnw.org, or call us at (425) 644-0988.
Newport HS Gymnastics Summer Camp
The Newport High School Gymnastics Team will be offering a summer camp June 27-June 30 (morning session: 9-noon or afternoon session: 1-4:00). We invite boys and girls of any skill level entering grades K-6 who want to do gymnastics! Groups will be divided by age and skill level. Camp is located at Newport High School in the Outside Gym. Cost: $150, $40 discount for siblings who register at the same time (2 siblings = $260). Early bird discount of $10 for those who register by May 16th! Register online at www.newportgymnastics.wordpress.com Questions? Email Head Coach Melissa Baker: bakerm@bsd405.org
Theater Works Summer Camp
Theater Works in Bellevue is offering summer theater camps for all ages and abilities. Camps will be held at Bellevue High School in July. For more information, see www.theaterworksinbellevue.com or contact info@theaterworksinbellevue.com.
Sponge Language Summer Camp
Hola! Ni Hao! Summer will be here before you know it, and it's time to start getting camp plans in order - we're excited to offer language immersion camps in Spanish and Mandarin Chinese. This year, we'll be exploring exotic destinations, cuisines, environments, and celebrations from around the globe. Our dynamic teachers will lead campers in crafts, games, cooking, science, drama, and outdoor play. It's an excellent opportunity to keep up language over the summer, or to try something totally new!
Week long camps will be offered at Bellevue Montessori School and the Parkside School in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood, from June 20-July 22. Camps are open to K-2nd grade students, and run 9am-3pm. Aftercare is available until 5pm. For more information and to register for camp, visit us online at
www.spongeschool.com/sign-up/summer-camp-2016/. Contact us by email at
info@spongeschool.com or give us a call at
(425) 274-5188 with any questions. Register by April 15 and save up to $100 per student with early bird prices!!
Bellevue Parks Cheerleading Program
Come join the fun with the Bellevue Parks Cheerleading Program. Summer camps are offered for all experience levels, ages 5-14. Bellevue camps are held at Crossroads Community Center (behind Crossroads Mall). Other camps around the Eastside are available as well. Learn cheers, jumps, some beginning tumbling, and dance, and have a ton of fun! Go to
www.EastsideDreamElite.com for a complete list of our camps or call
425-246-9636 for more info. Register online through the City of Bellevue at
www.MyParksAndRecreation.com.
Join the Family Book Club in Spanish!
A reading program in Spanish for children ages 5 to 10 accompanied by their families. Learn through discussion and fun activities. Analyze stories, learn new vocabulary, and develop critical thinking and comprehension skills in Spanish.
Lake Hills Library 5:30-6:30pm
April/abril 26-Doña flor, Pat Mora
May/mayo 24-Del norte al sur, René Colato Lainez
June/junio 28-Mi propio cuartito, Amada Irma Pérez
2016 SIFF Youth Juries Call For Applications
SIFF Education invites youth to participate in our Films4Families (Ages 8-12) and FutureWave (Ages 13-18) juries during the 2016 Seattle International Film Festival (May 19 - Jun 12). Watch up to eight feature films during the festival, select the best film with your peers and get additional free tickets! Apply at
bit.ly/OFgdZK. Jury Application deadline is Thursday, March 31 at 5:00pm.
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to us at
futurewave@siff.net.
Free Green Cleaning Workshops
The City of Bellevue is offering five special green clean workshops this spring. These fun, hands-on classes cover information on avoiding toxic cleaners and resources for making your own green cleaners. Attendees will receive a free green cleaning kit to take home. Adults and children over 7 are welcome to attend. If you would like to attend,
registration is required. Please email
recycle@bellevuewa.gov or call 425-452-6932 to register. Spaces are
limited to 20 people per session. First come, first served.
Workshop dates/locations:
Monday, April 11 2016
7:00-8:00PM
Bellevue Downtown Library 1111 110
th Ave. NE
Thursday, April 14 2016
7:00-8:00PM
Newport Way Library 14250 SE Newport Way
Friday, April 22nd 2016
4:00-5:00PM
Lake Hills King County Library 15590 Lake Hills Blvd.
Monday, May 2nd 2016
7:00-8:00PM
North Bellevue Community Center 4063 148
th Ave. NE
Wednesday, May 11th 2016
7:00-8:00PM
Northwest Arts Center 9825 NE 24
th St.
It's that time again...our lost and found is overflowing!!
The date for spring pictures is March 29. As this is not our primary picture event (which was in the fall), order forms will not go home with each child. Instead, if you are interested in having your child take a spring picture, order forms are available in the school office. 
Please join us for the annual Spiritridge Multicultural Night on Friday April 15th from 6:30pm to 8:00pm in the MPR.
Here are the dates from our music teacher at Spiritridge, Pam Faletto, for this year’s K-4 music concerts. In response to parent feedback regarding the issues of crowds and the inability to see their children from the audience, grade levels that have more than 3 classes are divided into two nights for performances. 
This will be our second year of administering the online Smarter Balanced tests in English Language Arts and Math to all students in grades 3-8. Smarter Balanced tests are aligned with the Common Core State Standards, and they have replaced the previous state MSP tests. The Washington Comprehensive Assessment Program website contains lots of test-related resources for parents and students:
Thank you everyone who came out to see our Spiritridge students perform in the annual Lip Sync last Friday. This is one of the kids favorite events, and everyone had a great time. There were 40 acts plus two special performances by Ms. Guilford's class and alumni during intermission. We want to thank everyone that helped make this event successful. We had lots of teen and parent volunteers helping in many ways! Thank you Danae Alexander, Riley & Sydney Quick, Matt Woo, Grave Bravo, Sasha Phasavath, Amy Martinez, Juju Eulensen-Wallace, Brent & Dinah Quick, Kohana Aisaka, Avery Kwik, Sophia Lowe-Hines, Kelsey Burks, Kelly Mumma, Nina Sanidad, Adam King, Kathy Meng, Betsy Vo, Manisha Taneja, Zohrah Ghorishi, Anusha Varadarajan, Edna Gosage, Anne Pham, Heitor Teixeira, Josselyn Salas, Annel Medina, Miae Aramori, Jennifer Topel, and most importantly our emcee for the night Brian Taibl!!! We look forward to seeing you next year! 
