Dolphin Clicks - November 5

• Front gates open at 8:35 a.m. for student arrival onto campus. Please DO NOT drop students off before 8:35 a.m. There is no supervision.
  
• Main office is open from 8:00 - 4:00 p.m. on weekdays.
• Breakfast and lunch are FREE for all students this school year.
• Main office phone number - (425) 366-2700
• Attendance phone number - (425) 366-2705
• Need to register a student? Fill out online registration: mukilteoschools.org/domain/2210

Monday - Thursday – 8:55 - 3:25 p.m.

Every Friday – 8:55 - 2:10 p.m. (Early Release for Learning Improvement Time (LIT) for staff.)

Thursday, November 9

9:15 - 9:45 a.m. - Veterans' Day Assembly (This assembly will be presented live to classrooms via Zoom.)

6:00 - 7:00 p.m. - Sno Isle Family Reading Program (for families who signed up)

Friday, November 10

NO SCHOOL - Veterans' Day

Dear Discovery Families,

We are preparing a presentation for the Mukilteo School Board that aims to showcase our school's strengths, acknowledge our challenges, and highlight our goals for the year. We believe that the personal stories of our dedicated staff, enthusiastic students, and engaged families are an important part of our story. We would be honored if you could take a moment to share your insights and experiences with us. Your story can help us paint a more vivid picture of our Discovery community and the positive impact it has on the lives of our students and families.

If you're willing to contribute, please click on the link below to share your story (and/or your student's story) or to schedule a brief interview with us. We appreciate your time and commitment to our school.

What does Discovery mean to you?

Thank you for being a valued part of our community.

In partnership,

Mrs. Koehnen

October was Bullying Prevention Month. As part of our ongoing work to prevent bullying at Discovery, our school counselor, Kristen Ching, has been spending time each week in 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classrooms teaching about what bullying is and what it isn't, as well as teaching ways we can prevent bullying at Discovery. She will also be doing this work in primary classrooms in the next month or so. Mrs. Ching and Mrs. Schultz, our primary Social Emotional Learning (SEL) specialist, use Second Step curriculum, which is also implemented by classroom teachers, to support this work.

The Second Step curriculum teaches children important skills for getting along with others and doing well in school. It also helps our school be a safe, respectful place where everyone can learn. The Second Step Bullying Prevention curriculum teaches our students how to:

• Recognize when bullying is happening, report bullying to a caring adult, and refuse to let bullying happen.

• Be a bystander who helps stop bullying.

• Support someone being bullied by standing up for that person and being kind and inclusive.

• Recognize, report, and refuse cyber bullying when they see or know about it happening.

What can you do to help? You can help by supporting your student in understanding what bullying is and what it isn't. We use the guidelines below to help teach students to recognize bullying:

Is it Bullying?

RUDE Behavior - When someone says or does something unintentionally hurtful and they do it once.

MEAN Behavior - When someone says or does something intentionally hurtful and they do it once.

BULLYING Behavior - When someone says or does something intentionally hurtful and they keep doing it - even when you tell them to stop or show them that you're upset.

We are looking forward to focusing on Gratitude this month! One way to think about Gratitude is “choosing to appreciate the people and things in our lives.” Practicing Gratitude can increase our well-being and our happiness. Gratitude is 1 of 3 traits we will focus on throughout the year that helps students Be Well. Throughout the school, students will be developing skills like emotion regulation, positive self-talk, and stress management.

● What is something you are Grateful for every day?

● When someone shows you Gratitude, how does it make you feel? Why?

Meeting tomorrow night, Monday, October 23 (Rescheduled from last Monday)

• PTO Meeting - November 13, 2023 - 7:00 p.m.

Please join our PTO group on Facebook:

Discovery Elementary PTO

https://www.facebook.com/groups/1558801251020448

Contact us with questions and feedback at:

pto.discoveryelementary@gmail.com

Please join Discovery PTO for our first ever Holiday Market!

This event will be December 9th from 10am to 4pm. There will be a variety of vendors selling food, gifts, crafts, and more. We are especially hoping the Discovery Community will participate with their businesses! There will be no entry fee for attendees and Discovery staff and families who are interested in becoming vendors will receive a discounted vendor fee. Please click the link below to apply to be a vendor at this event.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeFXDtjxK1GVknaJdvzQQODI2YSe8XPBF0D2SofYfKHlqYSWw/viewform?usp=pp_url

Help us make this event a success by sharing with friends and familiy and on your social media pages!

Please email pto.discoveryelementary@gmail.com with any questions.

We look forward to seeing you there!

~Discovery Elementary PTO

The milk supplier for our district has notified us we will likely experience milk shortages beginning this month due to a shortage of milk cartons. Chocolate milk availability has already been impacted and the kind of white milk (1%, 2% or whole) may vary due to availability. This issue is nationwide and affecting many school districts and it could continue on and off throughout December and possibly beyond.

We have received permission from the state to serve cups of water as a meal component instead of milk. We are prioritizing milk in elementary student meals since older students can more easily serve themselves water from a central container.

NOVEMBER

9: Prime Time Sno Isle Family Reading program (Sign-ups only)

10: Veteran's Day - NO SCHOOL

13: PTO Meeting - 7:00 p.m. (via Zoom)

16: Prime Time Sno Isle Family Reading program (Sign-ups only)

20 - 30: Scholastic Book Fair

20 - 22: Parent-Teacher Conferences - NO SCHOOL

23 - 24: Thanksgiving Break - NO SCHOOL

27 - Dec. 12: 12 Days of Giving - Cereal Drive

DECEMBER

Nov. 27 - Dec. 12: 12 Days of Giving - Cereal Drive

1: Scholastic Book Fair (Last day!)

15: Early Dismissal Day - Students Dismissed at 12:55 p.m.

18: PTO Meeting - 7:00 p.m. (via Zoom)

Dec. 18 - Jan. 1: Winter Break - NO SCHOOL

JANUARY

2: 1st Day Back to School in the New Year

22: PTO Meeting - 7:00 p.m. (via Zoom)

15: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day - NO SCHOOL

Principal: Shannon Koehnen,

KoehnenSA@mukilteo.wednet.edu

Assistant Principal: Mary Helen Bever, BeverMX@mukilteo.wednet.edu

Dean of Students: Alysha Yeamans, YeamansAX@mukilteo.wednet.edu

School Counselor: Kristen Ching, ChingKL@mukilteo.wednet.edu

Family Engagement Liaison (FEL): Dulce Estrada, EstradaDX@mukilteo.wednet.edu

Administrative Assistant: Debbie Fischer, FischerDL@mukilteo.wednet.edu

Attendance clerk: Shelley Franz, FranzSK@mukilteo.wednet.edu

Registrar: Sandra Ibarra, IbarraSE@mukilteo.wednet.edu

Website: https://www.mukilteoschools.org/Domain/147
Location: 11700 Meridian Avenue South, Everett, WA, USA
Phone: (425) 366-2700

Fax Number: (425) 2702

Mukilteo 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 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 and Title IX Coordinator Simone Neal (425-356-1319),

nealsr@mukilteo.wednet.edu, Section 504 Coordinator Becca Anderson (425-356-1277),

andersonra@mukilteo.wednet.edu, and the ADA/Access Coordinator Karen Mooseker (425-356-

1330), moosekerkw@mukilteo.wednet.edu. Address: 9401 Sharon Drive in Everett, WA.

Inquiries regarding ADA/Access issues at Sno-Isle TECH Skills Center should be directed to

Wes Allen, Director (425-348-2220) allenwr@mukilteo.wednet.edu. Address: 9001 Airport Road

in Everett, WA 98204.