Port Susan Middle School

We have done a lot of work to get to know our students and have a good start on our conversations related to our support of student learning. With that being said, I hope our staff and families took the opportunity over this weekend to "turn off" and enjoy the time with your family and friends. It is important, throughout the holidays, to reflect on what we're thankful for and take care of ourselves.

Thank you Mr. Keaton and the PSMS Equity group for putting together this video for Thanksgiving:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utkBCGWjod0

Cherae Almanza

Principal

Congratulations Blane, Drew, and Kyle for competing in the Washington High School Chess Association Championships this past weekend!

Boys Basketball

They will wrap up their season this next week, with two games. Tuesday Nov. 28th we will be playing North Whidbey and Wednesday Nov. 29th Cascade. 8th Grade will be at LHHS, 7th grade at PSMS. JV will play at 3:30, followed by V at 4:45.

Season 2B: Girls Volleyball

Girls Volleyball Starts Monday December 4th. Athletes wanting to participate must be signed up on FinalForms and a current physical on file in the office. You can sign up here: https://stanwood-wa.finalforms.com/ If you have any questions or need any help with this, please do not hesitate to reach out to Mrs. Auckland at cauckland@stanwood.wednet.edu

D&D Club Flyer: Mondays with Mr. McCrumb starting 11/20: Sign Up Here

Robotics Club with Mrs.Gale Tuesdays 2:15pm-4pm

Game Club with Mr. Bletscher Tuesdays 2:30pm-3:30pm

Chess Club (UPDATED Dates and Times) with Mrs. Shoemaker Wed/Fri 2:20pm-4pm

Art Club with Mrs. Klein Thursdays 2:15pm-3:45pm

Crocheting Club with Mrs. Zurcher Thursdays 2:20pm-3:30pm

*As a reminder, when you stay after school for a club you need to have arrangements/transportation at the ending time

Shining Star

Congratulations, Bella Arneson! She was recognized at the school board meeting and receive our Shining Star award. Bella has shown that hard work and respect goes a long way. Way to go, Bella!

HIB Poster Contest

Lilyana Williams submitted a wonderful HIB poster for the district contest and was voted as 1st place for the middle school level. We appreciate her message that she is sharing. Great job!

How long have you taught at PSMS: Since Port Susan opened in 1998

What have you taught? Science, Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, Video Productions

My favorite thing about Port Susan is: the staff and students

What do I do for fun? Painting/Art, Home Remodeling Projects, Kayak, Hiking, play with my Grandkiddos/ Nieces, Baking, Shopping, Escape Rooms

• Monday, November 27th

  • Regular Schedule
  • Advisory: Lesson
  • D&D Club

  
  

  Tuesday, November 28th

  • Regular Schedule
  • Advisory: Homework/SSR
  • Game Club
  • Boys Basketball vs North Whidbey

  
  

  Wednesday, November 29th

  • Wednesday Schedule
  • Chess Club
  • Boys Basketball vs Cascade

  
  

  Thursday, November 30th

  • Regular Schedule
  • Art Club
  • Crocheting Club

  
  

  Friday, December 1st

  • Regular Schedule
  • Chess Club

The Stanwood-Camano YMCA has been awarded a grant from Island County Grant, which will specifically aid youth who live on Camano Island.

This grant enables the YMCA to provide Teen Memberships, Teen Programming, Teen Swim/Sport Lessons, and more to those who qualify. The YMCA said supporting the health, social development, and overall well-being of local youth is a strong investment in the future of our community.

To be eligible for these benefits, students must be residents of Camano Island and be between 6th graders through 12th graders who are 17 years old."

For more, contact the YMCA at ymca-snoco.org/connect

We have begun our Replacement Levy information sessions! There are 10 remaining opportunities — some in-person, some online, some both — for our community to come together and learn more about this critical replacement levy. See the list of upcoming public events on our levy webpage.

• Find school breakfast and lunch menus HERE
• Sign up to volunteer in our schools HERE
• See school start times HERE
• Steps on how to complete Free & Reduced Meal applications are HERE
• Find the calendars for the school year HERE
• Sign up for our new weekly Spartan Sports Report newsletter HERE

Find the most recent Friday Family Message from the Stanwood-Camano School District online HERE

Cherae Almanza, Principal

Crysty Auckland, Assistant Principal

Teacher Emails

Dave Austin (6-8 Fitness & Social Studies 6) daustin@stanwood.wednet.edu

Jonathan Bletscher (6-8 Band & 6 Choir) jbletscher@stanwood.wednet.edu

Joan Campbell (6-7 Math) jcampbell@stanwood.wednet.edu

Tamara Pedersen (6-7 Math) tpedersen@stanwood.wednet.edu

Lori Stunz (7 ELA & 7/8 Art) lstunz@stanwood.wednet.edu

Grace Gale (6 Science & 8 STEM/Robotics) GGale@stanwood.wednet.edu

Chelsea Hanson (6-8 ELA/Humanities) CHanson@stanwood.wednet.edu

Audrie Harrington (6/7 ELA & 7/8 Leadership) aharrington@stanwood.wednet.edu

Joshua Keaton (7/8 History) jkeaton@stanwood.wednet.edu

Seth Hills (6/7 Social Studies) shills@stanwood.wednet.edu

Lori Johnson (6-8 Assist) ljohnson@stanwood.wednet.edu

Wade Johnson (7/8 Science) wjohnson@stanwood.wednet.edu

Rebecca Klein (6/7 Science) rklein@stanwood.wednet.edu

Meghan Lawrence (6-8 PBS) mlawrence@stanwood.wednet.edu

Ellianna Martin (6-8 Math) emartin@stanwood.wednet.edu>,

Daniel Mccrumb (6/7 Science) DMccrumb@stanwood.wednet.edu

Sarah Oldow (6-8 Health & 6 Art) soldow@stanwood.wednet.edu

Tracy Riley (6-8 ELA) TRiley@stanwood.wednet.edu

Kelcie Rocha (7/8 Math) krocha@stanwood.wednet.edu

Brad Rochon (6-8 Computers & 6 Leadership) brochon@stanwood.wednet.edu

Sheri Schroeder (8 History & ELA) sleeschroeder@stanwood.wednet.edu

Kym Shoemaker (7/8 Math) kshoemaker@stanwood.wednet.edu

Crystal Titus (6-8 Fitness & 7/8 Lifetime Fitness) ctitus@stanwood.wednet.edu

Kayte White (8 ELA & 6 Cultures) kwhite@stanwood.wednet.edu

Julia Zurcher (7 History & 7/8 Home Ec) jzurcher@stanwood.wednet.edu

Office Support

Christy Thompson (8 Counselor) cthompson2@stanwood.wednet.edu

Keli Niegemann (6-8 Counselor) kniegemann@stanwood.wednet.edu

Emily Bowne (School Psychologist) ebowne@stanwood.wednet.edu

Kandyce Hansen (Speech Language Pathologist) khansen@stanwood.wednet.edu

Debbie Byrum (Librarian) dbyrum@stanwood.wednet.edu

Amy Hart (Student Support Advocate) ahart@stanwood.wednet.edu