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Dear Friends

May 31, 2022

Dear FriendsMay 31, 2022
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2022 WASA award recipients

The Washington Association of School Administrators (WASA) – Sno-Isle Region 109 recently recognized these local groups for their unique contributions to the Snohomish School District. Citizens for Snohomish Schools received the 2022 WASA Community Leadership Award, and the Snohomish School District nursing team was the recipient of the 2022 WASA Staff/Student Leadership Award. We are thankful for their contributions to our district and community!


Community Leadership Award
More than three decades ago, Citizens for Snohomish Schools was formed by a group of concerned Snohomish parents and community members. Throughout the years, the work of this all-volunteer group has continued to center around their manta - strong schools mean strong communities. Working together, they have been consistent with helping the Snohomish School District in its support of passing school levies and construction bonds. The Snohomish School District had two critical funding measures on the February 2022 ballot. Both were approved by local voters ... in large part because of the work of the citizens group. Under the direction of outgoing president Jeff Judy and current president Sonya Siegel Vexler the team of community volunteers spent hundreds of hours fundraising and organizing campaign and get-out-the-vote messaging, events and activities to help ensure the measures would pass. Whether it be doorbelling, writing letters to the editor, educating our community about the difference between levies and bonds, putting up yard signs, creating social media campaigns, or attending dozens of community meetings, Citizens for Snohomish Schools volunteers have been relentless advocates for all Snohomish School District students. Thank you, Citizens for Snohomish Schools!


Staff/Student Leadership Award
The Snohomish School District is pleased to honor our district nursing team with this year’s WASA student/staff leadership award. Using their dedicated professionalism, tireless effort and support, our 15 nurses enabled our schools to continue to educate the students of Snohomish as we navigated the challenging time of the COVID-19 pandemic. Our nurses faced an ever-changing period of time in healthcare in which they were given unprecedented responsibly. This expanded role meant their job was often a balancing act in which they provided reassurance to anxious families, students and staff, while at the same time navigating uncomfortable, and at times hostile, situations with families. I think that they would all say that their skin is a bit thicker as a result. It was often exhausting and frustrating as they navigated changing COVID-19 guidelines, contact tracing and testing, providing data to the departments of health, while also doing the important job of school nursing. Yet each day they returned to the pressures that awaited them and met the challenges they faced using their nursing skills and training to provide a safe place for our students to learn during a pandemic. We mean it when we say we could not have done it without you. Thank you, Snohomish School District nurses!

Senior & graduation information

Make sure your child's immunizations are up to date!

It is important to make sure your child goes to their regularly scheduled wellness appointments, which often include immunizations. The summer months are a great time to get your child caught up with immunization requirements before the 2022-2023 school year. Schedule your appointments early, as health care providers’ schedules quickly fill up in August and September. Make sure to turn in your updated immunization paperwork to the school by Wednesday, September 7.


This reminder is especially important if your child is transitioning to preschool, kindergarten, or 7h grade, as each of these grades has additional immunization requirements.


Every student enrolled/registered in school or childcare in the state of Washington must have medically verified up-to-date immunization records on file with the school in which they are enrolled/registering before the first day of school 2022-2023. Medically verified immunization records include one or more of the following:

Student photographers place in state competition

Congrats to our high school students who placed in this year's Washington State High School Photography Competition. Throughout the state of Washington, there were 4,511 entries from 67 schools and 1,608 students. To see there photos, please click here.

PUD photo contest winners announced

Congratulations to our high school photographers on winning the 2022 PUD Student Photography Contest! The theme of this year's contest was “Bringing Joy to Our Communities!” Click here to see their winning entries.

Congrats Students of the Quarter!

Congratulations to these Snohomish Kiwanis Students of the Quarter (4th Quarter)!

  • Centennial Middle School – Azlyn Clark (7th) and Scarlett D’abbracci (8th)
  • Valley View Middle School – Jacob Tadesse (7th) and Chloe Lee (8th)
  • AIM High School – Robert Floyd (a.m. session) and Taylor Strunk (p.m. session)
  • Glacier Peak High School – Tessa Mossburg (9th), Archit Kumar (10th), Antonia Ordonez-Suarez (11th) and Madison Oakland (12th)
  • Snohomish High School – Madison Doty (9th), Dane Jensen (10th), Eric Barajas (11th) and Gloria Santti (12th)

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Sports physicals available June 6

Sports physicals are being offered at Snohomish High School for all incoming 7th-12th Snohomish School District athletes for the 2022-2023 school year on Monday, June 6, from 4-7 p.m. in the auxiliary gym. (Note: This is an all-district event for any secondary student. Snohomish High School is this year's host location.) The cost is $25 with cash or check made out to Panther Football Club. To make appointment call Sara Larson at 360-563-4087 or email her at sara.larson@sno.wednet.edu. Please leave a message with the student’s name, contact information (phone and email), and the desired appointment time.
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Kids' Café returns this summer

All area kids age 18 and younger are invited to join us at our Kids' Café summer breakfast and lunch program. The program is free, and there is no pre-registration or sign-up. Kids just need to show up and enjoy a great breakfast and/or lunch. Kids' Café is held Monday through Friday and runs from Monday, June 27, through Friday, August 26 (There is no service on Monday, July 4.).


We offer meals at the following times and locations:

  • Snohomish High School
    • Breakfast - 8:30-9 a.m.
    • Lunch - 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
  • Three Rivers Mobile Home Park
    • Lunch - 11:15-11:30 a.m. Lunch
  • Snohomish Boys and Girls Club
    • Breakfast - 8:30-9 a.m.
    • Lunch - 11:55 a.m.-12:20 p.m.
  • Snohomish Aquatic Center
    • Lunch - 12:25-12:45 p.m.
  • Circle H Mobile Home Park
    • Lunch - 12:55-1:15 p.m.


Notes about the program:

  • Children will need to consume all meals on site. Children cannot take food away from the service site.
  • Children must be present to get a meal. Children will not be permitted to take food for siblings at home.
  • Children may only receive one meal per child, per day.
  • Parent/guardian pick up of meals is not allowed.
  • Mealtimes (breakfast and lunch) are stand alone, and meals can only be served at the predetermined times. Breakfast and lunch cannot be served together.


School libraries open this summer

The following elementary school libraries will be open from 9-11 a.m. every Wednesday from July 6 through August 24:

  • Cascade View Elementary
  • Cathcart Elementary
  • Dutch Hill Elementary
  • Emerson Elementary
  • Little Cedars Elementary
  • Machias Elementary
  • Riverview Elementary
  • Seattle Hill Elementary
  • Totem Falls Elementary


A Snohomish School District staff member is available at each location to greet students and their families and to check-out books. Students must be accompanied by an adult. All students are welcome at any location, including entering kindergartners.

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Congrats retirees!

Congrats to this year's district retirees who were recognized at last week's School Board meeting for their years of commitment and dedication to our students, their families and our community! We wish all of our retirees happiness as they move into the next phase of their lives!

  • Robert Beach, Riverview Elementary
  • Noreen Berget, Snohomish High School
  • Patricia Boek, Machias Elementary
  • Leonard Bone, Snohomish High School
  • Joanne Briggs, Dutch Hill Elementary
  • Rebecca Brockman, Academic Services
  • Tara Buchanan, Interpreter Services
  • Janet Campbell, Valley View Middle School
  • Jean Carwin, Snohomish High School
  • Lori Cordova, Totem Falls Elementary
  • Shannon Curran, Technology
  • Michael Ferrari, Dutch Hill Elementary
  • Margaret Fynn, Speech Language Pathology
  • Heidi Ganske, Human Resource Services
  • Myles Glance, Transportation
  • Kathleen Goertzen-Jenkins, Transition Center
  • Eran Gourarie, Technology
  • Nancy Guthrie, Accounting
  • Tammy Johnson, Machias Elementary
  • George Jordan, Glacier Peak High School
  • Debora Koenig, Career and Technical Education
  • Roger Krause, Parkway Campus
  • Ruth Kuehn, Emerson Elementary
  • Karen Lindemuth, Dutch Hill Elementary
  • Peter Mohn, Glacier Peak High School
  • Elizabeth Moshier, Little Cedars Elementary
  • Debra Post, Transportation
  • Caroline Pratt, Transportation
  • Robin Reese, Valley View Middle School
  • Jane Salo, Braille Services
  • Sheri Sebastian, Central Primary Center
  • Linda Schell, Valley View Middle School
  • Frances Shurtz, Transportation
  • Kimberlee Spaetig-Peterson, Riverview Elementary
  • Karen Taylor, Centennial Middle School Teacher
  • Lawrence Taylor, Centennial Middle School
  • Heidi VanLom, Dutch Hill Elementary
  • Mari VonThun, Snohomish High School

Thank you Snohomish Masonic Fraternity, Centennial Masonic Lodge #25!

Join us in a huge message of thanks to the Snohomish Masonic Fraternity, Centennial Masonic Lodge #25, who have donated two bikes to each of our district elementary schools as part of their Bikes for Books program. The Masonic Lodge’s Bikes for Books program is aimed at encouraging kids in grades K-6 to read more books. They believe reading skills are closely related to educational success, and by providing an incentive (a chance to win a bike), students will read more. By awarding bicycles, they also hope to encourage physical exercise.


Each year the Masonic Lodge provides two new bikes per elementary school (24” mountain bikes). They do not administer the competition or have any stipulations or motives. They simply suggest ways others have judged entries or made competitions and allow each school to have authority to who wins and how.


Throughout the year, the local Snohomish Masonic Lodge raises money for educational and benevolent uses such as this. In addition, they work with the local Fred Meyer stores to acquire new children’s bicycles at a low cost.


Thank you, Snohomish Masonic Fraternity, Centennial Masonic Lodge #25! We appreciate you and your support of students!

Thank you Kusler's!

We are grateful for Kusler’s Compounding Pharmacy in Snohomish for partnering with our district in its opioid overdose prevention efforts. Washington state law requires school districts with 2,000 students or more to obtain and maintain at least one set of opioid overdose reversal medication doses in each of its high schools. Through a donation from Kusler’s, we were able to secure Narcan kits for our three district high schools. Thank you Kusler’s!

Food service account balances

Any balances remaining your student’s food service account from the previous school year will move forward to the new school year. If your child is graduating, funds are automatically transferred to a younger sibling's account. If your child is graduating and there are no younger siblings, or if your child is no longer a district student, a refund of any remaining account balance can be requested by contacting Food Service at kim.horton@sno.wednet.edu or 360-563-7357. Please include your child's name, school, student ID number and address.

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SEF awards $92,601 to district classrooms

The Snohomish Education Foundation (SEF) recently awarded 148 classroom grants to district teachers and staff totaling $92,601. This year, SEF was able to fund 100% of the applications received.


The 2022 SEF classroom grants will improve student learning in literacy, science, technology, special education, and math. Since the program began in 1996, the Snohomish Education Foundation has funded more than $1 million to 1,730 teachers and staff in the Snohomish School District.


“Through the tremendous generosity of our donors and the great support of our community, the Snohomish Education Foundation was able to award a generous amount this year in classroom grants," said Steve Thomas, Chairman of the SEF Classroom Grant Committee. "The foundation and our classroom grant program are proud to support more students in the Snohomish community than any other organization. We thank everyone who has contributed to the great success of the program."


Learn more about the SEF by visiting www.snoed.org.

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Please complete 2022—2023 Student Transportation Input Form

So that we can better plan student transportation needs and routes/schedules for the 2022—2023 school year, we have implemented an online Student Transportation Input Form at www.sno.wednet.edu/ridethebus. Between now and through early summer, we are asking all parents/guardians of 2022-2023 students to please complete this form. The form only needs to be completed once per student.

New students - Register for the 2022-2023 school year

Have you recently moved to the area? Or, do you have a child who will be a kindergartener or new to the Snohomish School District during the 2022–2023 school year? We can’t wait for you to join us! Register now at the Snohomish elementary, middle or high school your child will attend. Learn more at www.sno.wednet.edu/newstudentenrollment.

2021-2022 and 2022-2023 school year calendar dates

2021-2022 School Year
  • Thursday, June 9 - AIM High School graduation ceremony
  • Monday, June 13 - Snohomish High School and Glacier Peak High School graduation ceremonies
  • Monday, June 20, 2022 - Last day of school (half-day early release)


2022-2023 School Year
  • Wednesday, September 7 - First day of school
  • Week of October 24 - Fall conference week (schedule and details TBD)
  • Friday, November 11- No school/Veterans Day
  • Wednesday, November 23 - Half-day early release
  • Thursday, November 24-Friday, November 25 - No school/Thanksgiving Break
  • 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
  • Friday, February 17-Monday, February 20 - No school/Mid-Winter Break
  • Week of March 27 - Spring conference week (schedule and details TBD)
  • Monday, April 3-Friday, April 7 - No school/Spring Break
  • Monday, May 29 - No school/Memorial Day
  • Friday, June 16 - Last day of school
  • Monday, June 19 - No school/Juneteenth
  • Tuesday, June 20-Friday, June 23 - Potential snow/inclement weather make-up days


Visit www.sno.wednet.edu/calendars for additional information regarding district and school events and activities.

$30 affordable connectivity program plans for families

The Affordable Connectivity Program (ACP) is offering eligible households high speed internet (100Mbps download) for $30 a month with no additional out of pocket costs.


There are three ways families can qualify:

  • Income of 200% or less than the federal poverty guidelines
  • Program participation (such as Free Reduced Lunch Program eligible, or SNAP, etc.), or
  • Meets the eligibility criteria for a participating broadband provider’s existing low-income internet program


What families need to know about this new ACP opportunity:

For those that meet the eligibility requirements:

  • $30 guaranteed plan download speed of 100 Mbps
  • 20 providers to choose from
  • New or existing internet plans
  • Three ways to qualify


Click here to apply and for further details about the federal program.


FAQs

If I am approved for ACP and currently on an internet service plan with a provider, can I switch to a different internet service plan of that provider, including to that provider’s low-cost plan, and receive the ACP benefit?
  • Yes. The ACP benefit can be applied to any internet service offering, and providers cannot restrict you from switching service offerings or subject you to mandatory waiting periods. Sometimes providers prohibit existing customers from switching to low-cost internet service plans; however, consumers receiving the ACP benefit are not subject to these “existing customer” restrictions.


What happens if my provider has eligibility requirements for an internet service plan that conflict with ACP rules? (e.g. My provider requires that I pay off my past debts before signing up for XYZ internet service plan)
  • ACP rules override the rules of participating providers in the context of an ACP consumer. For instance, a provider may generally require that consumers pay off past or present debts before signing up for XYZ internet service plan. However, consumers who are approved to receive ACP benefits are not subject to that requirement (since the ACP rules prohibit providers from declining to enroll ACP consumers based on past or present debts).


Note: The ACP rules clearly allow ACP consumers to apply their benefit to any internet service offering that is generally available (i.e. not a grandfathered/legacy plan) and prohibit mandatory waiting periods (47 CFR 54.1808(e)(6)(iii)) and restrictions on switching plans (Para. 166 of the Report and Order).

School & district news

  • Listserv - If you would like to receive district and school newsletters, or if you have a high school student who wants to receive the school Daily Bulletin, please 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.
  • Facebook - Today, 10,000 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 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.
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Non-Discrimination Notice

The Snohomish 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 employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator, Title IX Coordinator and ADA – Darryl Pernat, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290, 360-563-7285, darryl.pernat@sno.wednet.edu; Section 504 Coordinator and Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying – Shawn Stevenson, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290, 360-563-7282, shawn.stevenson@sno.wednet.edu.
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Our mission

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.

Email: communications@sno.wednet.edu
Website: www.sno.wednet.edu
Location: 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA, USA
Phone: 3605637300
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/snohomishschooldistrict/