Eckstein Weekly News

September

• Sep. 4 - 24 - Yearbook Orders Open
• Sep. 12: School Picture Day
• Sep. 12: Girls Soccer Tryouts (4 pm on field)
• Sep. 16: Ultimate Frisbee Tryouts (4 pm on field)
• Sep. 17: Girls Soccer Tryouts (4 pm on the field)
• Sep. 18: Ultimate Frisbee Tryouts (4 pm on the field)
• Sep. 20: Ultimate Frisbee Tryouts - (4 pm on the field)
• Sep. 26: Curriculum Night
• Sep. 27: Eagle Night Sixth Grade Only

Yearbooks are $30. Please order on Schoolpay located in your student’s Source account or here: https://schoolpay.com/

You can also have your student bring a check made out to Eckstein Middle School or $30 cash to the Main Office.

Yearbooks are distributed during the last week of school in June.

Yearbook Ordering Windows
September 4 – September 24, 2024
November 29 – December 19, 2024

We will be taking pictures of every student on September 12 throughout the day. These pictures will appear on their student ID and in the yearbook.

For students that are absent on September 12 we will have a picture make-up day on October 8.

The PTSA Weekly Bulletin includes important information about PTSA, high school, elementary, and community events that we do not post in our Eckstein Weekly News.

You can sign up here: SIGN UP FOR ECKSTEIN PTSA WEEKLY

Please consider volunteering one day a week to support our administrators during lunches. Your duties will include:

• Monitoring the hall outside the cafeteria
• Handing out Library Lunch passes
• Helping administrators on the field and garden
• No "disciplining" is required. If you spot something that needs attention let an administrator know and they will handle it.

You will need to be cleared via an SPS Volunteer Application found here: https://www.seattleschools.org/departments/volunteer/
Please contact Julia Detering at jrdetering@seattleschools.org for more information.

Breaking News! We can offer a JVC this year for all sports. This is great news for our student athletes. This means we will need a coach for our third team. Please email Mr. Grandbois @ djgrandbois@seattleschools.org if you can coach girls soccer this fall.

It's time for fall sports at Eckstein!

• We will offer Girls Soccer and Ultimate Frisbee as fall sports.
• Girls Soccer will have two teams.
• Ultimate Frisbee will have two teams per grade level.

• You have to be cleared through FinalForms.
• Physicals need to be uploaded to the website and will be checked in.
• Student-Atlethes need to you a non-school email to sign their portion of the documents.
• Paperwork needs to be completed prior to the first tryout.
• Please use FinalForms for all athletic paperwork. WE WILL NOT COLLECT PAPER DOCUMENTS. Most important is having an updated athletic physical. Physicals expire after two years. All paperwork needs to be submitted prior the the first practice. Physical and registration forms are found here.
• Girls Soccer:
• Tryouts will start on Thursday, September 12th and Tuesday, September 17th at 4:00 on the Eckstein soccer field. If another tryout is need it will be 19th.
• Practices will begin after tryouts, every Tuesday and Thursday from 4:00 to 5:30
• Games are on Saturdays, and we will share as soon as we have a game schedule and will be subject to change.
• Ultimate Frisbee
• Tryouts will be Monday, Wednesday and Friday starting on September 16th.
• Practice schedule:
• Mondays 4:00-5:30: 7th Varsity, 7th JV
• Wednesdays 2:45-4:00: 8th Varsity, 8th JV, 6th Varsity, 6th JV
• Wednesdays 4:00-5:30: 7th Varsity, 7th JV
• Fridays 4:00-5:30: 8th Varsity, 8th JV, 6th Varsity, 6th JV

The east side of 31st Avenue is a no parking or stopping zone. If you park on the west side of the street, please don't block the driveways and keep 30 feet back from the stop sign.

Come and meet the team of teachers working with your child!

Look for more information in next week's Smores and on the website.

A huge thank you to everyone who donated school supplies this year! We were able to successfully supply everyone who needed supplies with high-quality backpacks and needed items this year thanks to the EAC support and donations from the community.

Here is the Amazon Wishlist for the Community Cupboard that opens once a month for families to come get everyday household items, helping to alleviate some financial burden: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/UWW742XAT3PI?ref_=wl_share

If you have not been to the Community Cupboard and you would like to sign-up to receive notifications about the monthly household items and/or sign-up for weekend bag deliveries, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/r/ZKK4pnFUr0