Staff Appreciation June Events
In honor of Alexa’s transition to a new role in the district, we are inviting the school community to write notes of gratitude and appreciation for her years of dedication to our school community. Notes can include a picture, a poem as well as words sharing how she made a difference to the life of a student. Completed notes can be returned to the collection box placed at the front office. Please mark your letter with your student’s name, teacher and grade. Notes can be submitted until Friday June 12th. These will be presented to Alexa before the end of the school year.
In addition, if you have favorite pictures of Alexa at school events, please feel free to send to
annie@lander.ca. Questions?
annie@lander.ca
Volunteers needed for 5th Grade year-end party June 11th!
In less than a month, our fifth-graders will be wrapping up their elementary school lives and saying goodbye to Spiritridge! A committee of parents has planned a party for the kids to let them celebrate and add to their memories.
The party will be on
Thursday, June 11, at the South Bellevue Community Center, 14509 SE Newport Way. Buses will bring kids from school at 11am and return to school around 1:30pm.
We've planned snacks, a pizza lunch, and "Minute-to-Win-It" games... now all we need are parents to volunteer to make it a success.
Please visit this site (SignupGenius)to sign up to help.
http://www.signupgenius.com/go/805084dabaf2fa31-5thgrade
If you'd like to help but rather not create a SignupGenius account, you can contact Eugenia Yen at
eugenialin@yahoo.com.
Thanks!
Spiritridge Staff is hosting the Volunteer Tea Friday June 12th
Please join the Spiritridge teachers and staff for the annual Volunteer Appreciation Tea. The success of our community relies on many helpful hands and the staff would like to honor all of our volunteers who make Spiritridge the wonderful place that it is!
When: Friday June 12th 1:00 – 2:30
Where: Spiritridge Multi-purpose Room
Final Skate King Night is June 16th
Have you heard Skate King will be closing the doors for the final time very soon?
Enjoy a last night at Skate King with your Spiritridge Friends,Tuesday, June 16, 6:00—8:00 p.m. Parents and siblings are welcome to skate, too! Free popcorn for everyone wearing Spiritwear!
Admission: $6:00 Cash or Check only. Inline skates $4.00 extra. Personal skates are welcome. Skate King has concessions on site and we will also have pizza for $1 a slice.
This is not a drop-off event. A guardian must be on site.
Volunteer! We need volunteers for half hour shifts to help with the ticket lines and handing out popcorn. Sign up here.
Questions? Contact Skate King PTSA Committee Chair Beth Fraser beth.fraser@centurylink.net
The Spiritridge Student Garden is ready to harvest!
Over the past few weeks, classes from Kindergarten, First and Second Grade have been coming out in the sunshine to visit the garden. Students have been observing bugs and sunflowers, sampling fresh spinach, helping to find ready radishes, releasing ladybugs as well as helping to water the garden. Thank you to Carleen Weebers and Sarah Engel for helping with classroom visits. Thank you to Mike Hill for repairing our garden sign. Next week, students in grades 1-3 will help harvest ingredients for a school-wide salad. The salad includes a variety of lettuce, spinach, kale, swiss chard, sorrel, radish, edible flowers and a mix of herbs. Questions?
annie@lander.ca
Field Day is Friday June 19th
Finally, the event you've been waiting for, Field Day - A fun annual celebration at the end of our school year with all students, staff, and parents together. This is a super fun event that the whole school participates in to celebrate the end of the school year and the kick off to a fantastic summer.
It is being held this year on Friday, June 19th at Spiritridge. The event includes over 25 stations that the students cycle through. We need a lot of parent volunteers to help staff the stations and make this special day a success! Sign up
here to volunteer! The day will be filled with outdoor activities and relays.
We need your help with morning setup, afternoon cleanup and, most importantly, activity stations.
New Families Potluck June 19
The Spiritridge PTSA would like to invite all the New Families that joined Spiritridge in the last semester and all the incoming families for next year to a “Welcome Potluck” on Friday June 19th from 6-7:30pm in the Spiritridge cafeteria. To reach the cafeteria, please enter through the side doors on the right-hand portion of the building. Weather permitting, children may use the playground with adult supervision. Please bring a main dish. We are also in need of people to help with clean up (wipe down tables, sweep, put away tables), so if you are available at the end, please help. Feel free to pass this along to other incoming Kindergarten parents that you may know.
The potluck is a great place to meet other new families as well as current families with older kids. We will have an email sign up list so that we can arrange summer play dates. Looking forward to seeing you!
Seeking Panther Post Editors and Webmaster for Next Year
Join the Communications team as one of the Panther Post editors or the Webmaster 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.
If you are interested in the Webmaster role, consider these guidelines:
- Ensure an integrated web site structure and consistent look-n-feel.
- Respond to any requests related to updates of the site, such as custom forms, page setup, user rights, event and news update and approval etc., and follow up with proper actions.
- Provide technical support on using the web site.
- Familiarity with HTML or a desire to learn is important.
- Significant time commitment August through October to refresh for the new year, and then significantly less.
These are both 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.
Bike to School Month Updates
What a great month of biking! Now that all of the numbers are in here are some facts showing just how awesome our Spiritridge bikers are:
· Participant with the Most Minutes = Nathan Shaw with 1,255 minutes (Ms. Kneeland’s 1st Grade Class)
· Class with the Most Participants = Ms. Williams 3rd Grade Class (12 bikers)
· Total number of Spiritridge Participants = 102 participants
· Total number of Minutes of Cycling for our School = 22,797 minutes
Prizes will be collected from Cascade Bicycle club next week and should show up in your child’s classrooms during the week of June 15th.
Almost 100 students participated in this years Book Exchange and swapped over 400 books! What a great start to summer reading! A special thank you to all the volunteers that made this event run smoothly: Aparna Ravipati, Cristi Rivas, Kierstin Swanson, Natalie Holm, Susan Nguyen and Umida Vali.
Box Tops and Labels for Education
Thank you to the entire community who raised money for Spiritridge Elementary by collecting box tops and soup labels! Because of your efforts, we raised $970 for the PTSA this year from collected box tops, and we were also able to purchase the following equipment with our soup label points:
- 5 Basketballs
- 2 Soccer Balls
- 2 Footballs
- 7 Gym Scooters
Please turn in any additional box tops or labels to your teacher or the collection box in the office, and be sure to save them up over the summer for our collection drive in the fall!
- Jennifer Topel and Jenny Bridge, Redemption Program Co-Chairs
Community News
Mad Science Summer Camps
Mad Science is offering a variety of summer camps! New this year is an all-girl Science Camp at both Crossroads and Highland Community Center.
Please visit the Mad Science website for complete details on their camp offerings and to register!
Interlake Girls Volleyball Summer Camp
Who: 4th-12th Grade Girls
What: Volleyball Summer Camp coached by Interlake High School Coaching Staff
When: July 27th-30th
Where: Interlake High School Main Gym
For time, pricing, registration, and more information, please see the registration form. Questions? Contact Coach Melissa Brodsky.
Newport Knights Gymnastics Summer Camp
Who: Students entering K-6
Where: Newport High School
When: June 29th - July 2nd, four half-days
Cost: $150
Instruction on all four gymnastics events (vault, bars, beam, floor) plus related conditioning and dance, taught by Newport Gymnastics Team Girls and Melissa Baker, head coach of the Newport gymnastics team.
Questions? Read more on the Newport Knights Gymnastics website or contact Melissa Baker at bakerm@bsd405.org
Summer Science Camp - Chemistry is a BLAST at Newport High
Chemistry is a BLAST is a week-long camp that will give students with an interest in science a chance to get hands-on experience with lab equipment and learn basic chemistry.
Who: Incoming 6th, 7th and 8th graders who have a GPA of 3.0 or higher
When: August 10th - 14th, 1:00 - 5:00
Where: Newport High School, Room 3114
Cost: $249 (includes t-shirt and equipment fee)
Registration: Go to http://www.chemistryisablast.com/
