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Dear Friends
December 13, 2022
Upcoming important dates
- Tuesday, December 20 - Half-day early release
- Wednesday, December 21-Tuesday, January 3 - No school/Winter Break
- Wednesday, January 4 - Classes resume after Winter Break
- Monday, January 16 - No school/MLK Jr. Day
- Monday, January 30 - No school/Beginning of second semester and non-student day
Learn more at www.sno.wednet.edu/calendars.
Color Me Important works to engage students by celebrating and recognizing diversity
Snohomish School District kindergarten and 1st grade teachers will soon be one step closer to having additional tools in their classrooms that help provide students with the creative supplies that more closely represent who they are.
Thanks to the local Color Me Important project, which is organized by Marnie Gray, the Snohomish Lions Club and others from the Snohomish community, Snohomish School District’s youngest students will have some new tools that will help make it easier to express themselves creatively. Color Me Important organizers will gift every district kindergarten and 1st grade classroom with a supply kit/tote filled with some creative essentials and resources, such as Crayola Colors of the World markers and crayons, skin tone bandages, skin tone construction paper colors, body cutouts and the New York Times bestselling picture book All Are Welcome by author Alexandra Penfold. The supply kits/totes will be distributed to Snohomish School District elementary schools on December 19 and will be used by classrooms after the Winter Break.
“Our goal is to engage students by recognizing and celebrating diversity in the classroom and to help every student feel important and valued,” said Gray, community organizer of the Color Me Important project. “Teachers frequently are left to buy supplies for their own classrooms. Basic boxes of crayons and colorful construction paper are often on the this supply list, but budget constraints prevent many teachers from fulfilling their true wish lists. Teachers would love to offer more diverse opportunities to represent their students, especially when it comes to expressing themselves creatively. Our goal is to help teachers bridge that gap and provide students with supplies that more closely represent who they are. Apricot and brown shouldn't be the only two colors to choose from.”
In its promotional materials, Color Me Important notes that it strives to provide students with classroom supplies that reflect who they are. The group’s goal is to engage students by recognizing and celebrating diversity in the classroom and to help every student feel important and valued.
“It is our privilege to help every child showcase their uniqueness and to realize they their individuality is something to be proud of,” said Gray. “We want every student in the classroom to fell represented, valued and seen. We love to support teachers as they strive to make their classrooms safe and nurturing places for every student. We want to help each child’s light shine bright, and we believe that the tote of supplies we provide classroom teachers will help ignite a flame of inspiration for all who use them.”
Learn more about Color Me Important at www.colormeimportant.com.
Got children's books?
Our district Book Café needs your help! If you are interested in donating new or gently used books (grades K-8) to the Snohomish Book Café, we are happy to accept your donations!
All Snohomish School District school offices and libraries in the Snohomish School District are happy to take your book donations and send them to the Book Café. (Please only drop off books inside during school office hours. Do not leave boxes of books outside of the school office.) Donations can also be dropped at the district office (1601 Avenue D in Snohomish).
What is needed:
- New and gently used chapter books (for grades K-8)
- New and gently used story books (for grades K-8)
- New and gently used board books (for grades K-8)
- New and gently used kids magazines (for grades K-8)
Please note that high-school age and adult books, magazines, reference books, etc. are not needed and cannot be accepted at this time.
Interested in donating money to the Snohomish Book Café? Monetary donations support students with new books, as well as gas for the book mobile bus runs. Contact the Snohomish Book Café for more information or donate online with the Snohomish Education Foundation and designate funds to "Book Café." For more information, please contact Danielle Baker, district teacher and Book Café coordinator, at danielle.baker@sno.wednet.edu regarding monetary donations.
Winter Break news from the pool
12 Days of Christmas sale - Enjoy 25% off the item of the day at the Snohomish Aquatic Center gift shop!
- December 12 - Towels
- December 13 - Trays
- December 14 - Kitchenware
- December 15 - Chala products
- December 16 - Swimwear
- December 17 - Pomchies products
- December 18 - Beach decor
- December 19 - Ornaments
- December 20 - Candles
- December 21 - Mugs
- December 22 - Gnomes
- December 23 - Entire gift shop (does not include Snohomish High School items)
Volunteer judges needed for area DECA competition
Our high school DECA programs need your professional help! Please mark your calendar for Saturday, January 7. The Area 1 Career Development Conference (CDC) competition is the first official step leading to the coveted DECA International Career and Development Conference in April. The April trip is known as “going to ICDC," where scholarships, prize money and networking with 12,000+ of the best marketing students in the United States takes place. It takes 120+ non-teaching adults to make Area 1 CDC to be the best it can be. Your role will simply be to help evaluate the student role-plays, student presentations, help with registration, or chaperone the students. Your presence will also bring a level of adult professionalism into the lives of the students.
Area 1 CDC will be held at Lake Stevens High School on Saturday, January 7. The conference will have 800+ students who will participate in 30+ marketing events. The top five marketers in each event will be invited to Washington DECA’s State Career Development Conference in March which will be held in Bellevue. To make this a great experience for these young marketing leaders, your help during Area 1 CDC is needed!
What: Area 1 Career Development Conference
When: Saturday, January 7
Time: 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Where: Lake Stevens High School (2908 113th Avenue NE in Lake Stevens)
To be a volunteer judge, please reach out to any one of the three teachers below:
- Jaime Dooley (Glacier Peak High School) at jaime.dooley@sno.wednet.edu
- Ben Doucette (Snohomish High School) at ben.doucette@sno.wednet.edu
- Alicia Sents (Glacier Peak High School) at alicia.sents@sno.wednet.edu
We'd like to introduce you!
Watch for spotlights on the district's Facebook page to learn more about our educators and staff who help make Snohomish School District so special!
Free ACT opportunity for high school juniors
Large arena standard time ACT online days:
- Snohomish High School - Tuesday, March 7
- AIM High School - Wednesday, March 8
- Glacier Peak High School - Thursday, March 9
ACT accommodations
- Please note that if your student is approved for accommodation, they will be testing anytime within the testing window (March 7-9 and March 14-16) at your student’s school, grouped according to timing code.
The ACT is a leading U.S. college admissions test and includes tests in science, writing, reading, math and English. It is a curriculum-based educational and career planning tool that assesses students’ academic readiness for college. It includes an Interest Inventory that provides students with valuable information for career and educational planning, as well as a Student Profile Section that provides a comprehensive profile of an examinee’s work in high school and his/her future. To learn more about the ACT, please visit www.act.org.
Students who may need testing accommodations such as students with an IEP (Individualized Educational Plan), 504 Plan, or specific health plans and students receiving English Language (EL) services, will be contacted by their special education teacher, counselor, EL teacher, or school nurse. For the accommodation request to be submitted to ACT on your student’s behalf, the request form must be filled out completely with parent/guardian consent, which can be done over the phone. For students on a 504 Plan, ACT requires a doctor’s note when requesting accommodation; if you do not have one on file with our district office, you will need to provide one. All accommodation forms must be completed by Monday, December 19. Please talk with your IEP/504 case manager.
Specific testing directions will come from your school site. For accommodation request questions, please contact your child’s school:
AIM High School
Elizabeth Harms
360-563-4263
Glacier Peak High School
Brittany Elliott, Assistant Principal
360-563-7502
Snohomish High School
Anne Tompkins, Assistant Principal
360-563-4018
To learn more about the ACT, please visit this link - www.act.org.
Important weather links
- District weather info - www.sno.wednet.edu/weather
- Limited transportation (snow) bus routes & schedules - www.sno.wednet.edu/snowroutes
- FlashAlert - http://www.flashalertseattle.net/closures-cats.html
- Puget Sound Energy outage map - https://pse.com/accountsandservices/servicealert/pages/outage-map.aspx
- Snohomish County PUD outage map - https://outagemap.snopud.com/
- Snohomish County road closure information - https://snohomishcountywa.gov/518/Road-Closures
- Snohomish County snow and ice response - https://snohomishcountywa.gov/2113/Snow-and-Ice-Response
Free and low-cost community programs
Below are links to some free and low-cost programs which we are aware of that are available for our district students and community members:
- All grades - Free/reduced meals
- All grades - Washington 2-1-1
- All grades - Affordable Connectivity Program
- All grades - Clothes for Kids
- K-9th graders - Operation School Bell
- 2nd graders – Swim for Life Second Grade Swim Program
- 4th graders - Every Kid Outdoors
- Youth - Youth on Course golf program
- Senior citizens – Golden Kla Ha Ya Club
District-approved community fliers
- BridgeWhiz for Youth
- Civil Air Patrol
- Civic Ambassadors Recruitment - City of Snohomish
- Climb the Mountain Free Online Speech and Debate Programs
COVID-19 Study Conducted by UW and the Center for Health Research at Kaiser Permanente Northwest - You and your family are invited to join a research study to help understand more about COVID-19. You do not need to be vaccinated to participate. You will receive free weekly COVID-19 PCR tests delivered to and picked up from the convenience of your home. Learn more at cascadiastudy.org.
- Cub Scouts Pack 193 and Calendar
- Girl Scouts Daisy Troop 41623 - Cathcart Elementary
- Girls Snolax Lacrosse Try if for Free! - January 7
- Girls Lacrosse - Try Us Out
- GPHS Swing Dance - January 21
- Reflections School of Dance - December 2022
- Santa Slam (Girls Youth Basketball Camp) - December 20 and 21
- Santa Slam (Boys Youth Basketball Camp) - December 29 and 30
- Seattle Children's Chorus Registration
- Sno-Isle Libraries - November and December 2022
- Snohomish Community Food Bank
- STEMTree
- Strategic Kids Chess at Totem Falls Elementary
- Strategic Kids LEGO at Totem Falls Elementary
- SVIE Step into The Circle Holiday Open House - December 19
- Taekwondo for Kids - December 2022
School & district news
- Facebook - Today, more than 11,000 Facebook fans receive regular district updates through our district's Facebook page - www.facebook.com/snohomishschooldistrict. This site is just one of many ways we communicate with our students, staff, families and community. Although we are aware of other Facebook pages, please note that this is the only verified Facebook page of the Snohomish School District and is where official information is posted.
- School newsletters - If you would like to receive Dear Friends and other district and school newsletters, or if you have a high school student who wants to receive the school Daily Bulletin, you must subscribe to our listserv subscription tool. For directions on how to subscribe or change your subscription preferences (for those already signed up), please click here.
- Dear Friends - Looking for back issues of our Dear Friends enews? Visit www.sno.wednet.edu/dearfriends.
- School Messenger - Our district uses the School Messenger automated system as a tool for communication with our parents, families and staff. School Messenger works with the district’s student-data system (Skyward/Family Access) to notify families and staff through phone and/or email of emergencies, critical school and district messages, school/district closures, inclement weather, attendance issues, underfunded student meal accounts and other events/activities. The overall goal of using this service is for parents and families to receive critical information about Snohomish schools - especially information that affects their children - in a timely manner. As long as we have accurate primary phone numbers and email addresses on record for our students in Skyward/Family Access, families should automatically receive these messages when they are sent out.
How to reach us
- Snohomish School District
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu
- Phone - 360-563-7300
- Glacier Peak High School
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/gphs
- Phone - 360-563-7500
- Snohomish High School
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/shs
- Phone - 360-563-4000
- Centennial Middle School
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/cms
- Phone - 360-563-4525
- Valley View Middle School
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/vvms
- Phone - 360-563-4225
- Cascade View Elementary
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/cascadeview
- Phone - 360-563-7000
- Cathcart Elementary
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/cathcart
- Phone - 360-563-7075
- Central Emerson Elementary (Central Campus)
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/centralemerson
- Phone - 360-563-4600
- Dutch Hill Elementary
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/dutchhill
- Phone - 360-563-4450
- Central Emerson Elementary (Emerson Campus)
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/centralemerson
- Phone - 360-563-7150
- Little Cedars Elementary
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/littlecedars
- Phone - 360-563-2900
- Machias Elementary
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/machias
- Phone - 360-563-4825
- Riverview Elementary
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/riverview
- Phone - 360-563-4375
- Seattle Hill Elementary
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/seattlehill
- Phone - 360-563-4675
- Totem Falls Elementary
- Website - www.sno.wednet.edu/totemfalls
- Phone - 360-563-4750
- Student Learning Alternatives (AIM High School, Parent Partnership Program, Apex Online Learning)
- Website – www.sno.wednet.edu/alternative
- AIM High School Phone - 360-563-3400
- Parent Partnership Program Phone - 360-563-3423
- Apex Online Learning Phone - 360-563-3421
- ECEAP
- Website – www.sno.wednet.edu/eceap
- Phone – 360-563-4641
- Snohomish Aquatic Center
- Website - www.snohomishaquatic.com
- Phone - 360-563-8030
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The Snohomish School District, in its commitment to excellence, places the success of each student at the center of all decisions and actions. Partnerships and strong academic programs ensure competent, responsible, lifelong learners.
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