LISD School Newsletter

Dear LISD Families,

We are so lucky this year to have two student teachers in our classrooms right now. Student teachers (interns) bring new energy, fresh ideas, and curiosity. Supporting an intern means we get to examine our own practices, explain our methodologies, collaborate, and be open to new ways of serving students. It's the best!

In addition to serving as our new K-12 part time music teacher, Naomi Vliet has been student teaching with Joe Behnke and Kristen Maker in both middle and high school science classes. Naomi is a graduate of Lopez Island High School and a current student at Montana State University. She has done a great job as a student teacher and we are so delighted that she will stay with us as our music teacher after she graduates with her college degree in December.

Hannah Gibson is doing her internship with Lorri Swanson's 4th grade class. She has been working as a substitute and a paraeducator for LISD since 2019. She is attending Western Governors University, and her certifications will be in K-8 general education and K-12 special education. Hannah has been a joy to work with as a parent volunteer and colleague, and we are so thrilled that she has decided on a career in teaching.

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and that you take some time on Veteran's Day to honor all who have served.

All my best,

Martha Martin

Nov 10 – Veteran’s Day holiday - no school

Nov 14 – Vaccine Clinic at school - see info below

Nov 16 – School Picture Makeup Day

Nov 16 – PTSA Membership Meeting - See Info Below

Nov 23-24 – Thanksgiving Holiday Break (2 pm dismissal on Nov 22)

LIFRC After School program is partnering with the San Juan Islands Conservation District Youth Conservation Corps program to offer Tuesday field trips for Camp Blackberry (Middle School). Students will explore Lopez’s public lands, historical sites, and local farms while also participating in service projects at locations such as Spencer Spit State Park, Iceberg Point, and Odlin County Park.

Sign up on the Lopez Island Family Resource Center website.

Students that missed getting their picture taken on picture day can get their pictures taken on November 16.

Online order forms here: Direct Link Photo Order Form
Event code: Lopez23

For students who want to re-take their photos, please have them bring in their photo packet that they received last week.

Ms. Lorri's 4th grade class is now taking care of fertilized Chinook eyed eggs. Students can see the baby salmon's eye through the translucent egg. They should hatch by losing the outer egg casing by mid December. The salmon are then referred as alevin. They will survive on their egg yolk for a couple months. Once, the yolk sack is dissolved we'll begin feeding them. In May, we'll return the juvenile Chinook salmon to Long Live the King's salmon hatchery to be clipped and released into Eastsound.

Check out "Qué Onda" a dedicated newsletter designed to highlight and share the activities achievements, and ongoing projects within the Spanish Department at Lopez High School. This week: Heritage Spanish Students Reinvent the Chalupa!

Time to cheer on our middle school boys basketball team! Next home games are:

• Tuesday, November 14 at 2:15 pm
• Monday, November 20 at 2:15 pm

High school basketball - both girls and boys - start practices next week. All Lopez games for all sports can be found on the school's sports calendar here.

Barn Owl Bakery hosted the SAP class for a field trip this week. The class learned about the historical progression of processing wheat (threshing) all the way from using their hands and breath to a flail and bouncing a tarp into the wind to a gas powered hammer mill. Thank you Barn Owl for being such gracious hosts!

The LISD Yearbook Club has started its own Instagram account - all their great photo can't all make it in the yearbooks it's great to see them here! Please follow them @lopezislandschoolyearbook.

Also, the school District has an Instagram account as well @lopez_island_school_district

All are welcome to join the general membership meeting for the Lopez Island PTSA. Come give feedback about the After-School Program and Summer Camps managed by the LIFRC.

Thursday, November 16, 5 - 6 pm
Zoom Link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82173471494
Meeting ID: 821 7347 1494

Students can get both flu and COVID vaccines at the clinic.

School Chef John Shaw is offering knife sharpening service on Fridays. This service is a fundraiser for the school's LIFE (Lopez Island Farm Education) program.

The cost is $10 per person +$2/in per knife. So if you bring in three knives that are 6in long it would be $46 total.

Sharpening happens on Fridays, ideally you would drop them off in the morning and then John will have them done before 3pm. There is one spot available for next week. Email jshaw@lopezislandschool.org to get the next available slot.

Martha Martin, Interim Superintendent & K-12 Principal

The Lopez Island School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employee(s) has been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator, and Title IX Coordinator Martha Martin; HR Specialist, Beth Stanford; Section 504, Mary Fordham. OR contact by phone, 360-468-2202, OR mail to 86 School Rd, Lopez Island, WA 98261.