Secondary School Weekly Update

• Wednesdays - Early Release @ 2:45pm
• Wednesday, October 9th - SHS Boosters Meeting 5pm
• Thursday, October 10th - High School & Beyond Night
• Thursday, October 10th - SMS PTO Meeting 6pm
• Thursday, October 10th - 1/2 Day No School (Early Release 12pm) - Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Friday, October 11th - No School - Parent/Teacher Conferences
• Monday, October 14th-18th - Homecoming Week
• Friday, October 18th - Homecoming Football Game 7pm
• Saturday, October 19th - Homecoming Dance 7:30pm
• Monday, October 21st - Friday, October 25th - FREE Dental Sealant Clinic (more info coming soon)

Thursday, October 10th , 1pm - 8pm

(1/2 day of school Thursday, 12pm dismissal)

Friday, October 11th, 8am - 12pm

(No School Friday)

Conferences will be either by phone or zoom ONLY

Need help figuring out who your student’s teachers are? That information can be found on ParentVUE:

• Login to ParentVUE (if you can’t remember your login information please call the Main Office at 503-738-5586)

• Select your Student

• Select Grade Book

• You will see all your students classes, their current grade in that class and the class teacher’s name

• Let us know if you have any questions by calling the Main Office at 503-738-5586

Hay intérpretes disponibles. Seleccione el intérprete con el porcentaje más bajo para tener la mayor disponibilidad. Si necesita ayuda para programar un intérprete, comuníquese con Hermenegildo Ochoa en hochoa@seasidek12.org

Our Freshman Civics classes, taught by Matthew Klosterman and Kriste York, focus on how good citizens contribute to their communities, the purpose of government, and how it functions. Here’s more from Ms. York’s class.

Bella Page & Jazzy Silvis: These past few weeks in Civics class, we have been interviewing different local officials, such as Seaside’s Assistant City Manager Jon Rahl, Seaside School District Board Member Brian Taylor, and Cyrus Javadi, our State Representative. To prepare for these interviews, we all come up with some questions related to Civics. So far, we have learned about our city structure, what our school board does, and what it’s like running for office.

Jos Moreno & Eddie Hoover: This interview, we feel like we learned a lot. We met Cyrus Javadi, our State Representative, and he spoke with us about his role. Usually, we don’t really care for politics, but after this Civics interview, we are looking at it in a different light.

By Paiton Printy: This week, Ms. York's Civics class welcomed Ms. Jennifer Reading, Director of the Seaside Public Library. Ms. Reading has been a librarian for over 30 years, and has plenty of knowledge about citizens, working, and seeing all types of people every day. She says good citizens are open-minded and comfortable speaking up to work on solutions for problems within the community.

During the school year, preventative dental services are offered at no cost to students. These free screenings will be offered on October 21-25th during the school day.

If you would like your child to receive services, please complete the attached fillable form completely, choose the services you would like your child to receive, sign, date, and return to your child’s school. Forms can be dropped off in the school office.

These screenings are open to all students grades 6-12. Every student is encouraged to participate, even if they receive regular dental care.

If you have any questions or need a hard copy of a consent form, please email Nurse Dani at dnelson@seasidek12.org or call the school office.

Thank you!

Do you have any gently used but long forgotten LEGO's lying around the house? The SMS Lego club would love to help you out by taking them off your hands! If you are able to donate Legos to our Lego club please contact Shelby Gagnon at sgagnon@seasidek12.org or 503-738-5586

Create Art Weeks: October 28th - 31st & November 18th - 21st

Volunteers are needed to assist with a middle school art event. Volunteers will help facilitate an instructor during these special events.

If you are interested in helping out during our upcoming 6th-8th Create Art Weeks please complete our Seaside School District background form below and sign-up for a time slot below:

Volunteer Application And Background Check Form

Sign Up For a Time Slot:

• October
• November

There will be more opportunities to volunteer in 2025!

Questions? Please contact Shelby Gagnon at sgagnon@seasidek12.org or 503-738-5586.

This year's Homecoming Theme will be Tangled In The Moment

Dress Up Days:

• Monday 14th - PJ Day
• Tuesday 15th - Famous Duo Day
• Wednesday 16th - Pink Out
• Thursday 17th - Jersey
• Friday 18th - Spirit Out

Homecoming Game Friday 18th vs. Astoria 7pm @ Broadway Field

Homecoming Dane Saturday 19th 7:30 - 10pm @ SHS Aux Gym

Get your team gear at the SEASIDE MIDDLE SCHOOL My Team Shop

Make sure to place your order before OCTOBER 15th!

All items will be delivered directly to your address.

When children are hungry, they aren't able to focus on the job of learning. The Food4Kids Seaside Program is available to help and is offered to students at Seaside Secondary School (grades 6-12) who do not have access to consistent meals on the weekends. Food is fuel, and we want to help your child be fueled and ready to learn each week!

The volunteers at Food4Kids provide a bag filled with food on the last school day before each weekend. Students will bring this food home from school on Fridays.

If you have more than one child in need of a food bag, please fill out this form for each child.

If you are driving yourself to school you need to stop by the Main Office and fill out a parking permit application so that you can receive your student parking permit sticker.

Office hours are Monday – Friday, 7:30 am – 4:30 pm.

Reminder when parking on our steep hill to curb your tires to help avoid any accidental rolling.

If you will need to pick up your student before the school day ends, please send them in the morning with a note to the Main Office. That way we can have your student ready for pickup at the time you need them.

To avoid receiving the automated attendance call if your student is absent, please contact the Main Office as soon as possible at 503-738-5586

The Main Office hours are Monday – Friday 7:30 am – 4:30 pm.

Q: My student needs to ride the bus home with another student today - what should I do?

A: We must have requests in writing, preferably no later than noon, and are unable to accept permission over the phone. Instead you may:

Send your student with a note to give to the Main Office in the morning with the date, the name of the student your student will be riding with, and your contact information.

OR

You may email the request to sgiess@seasidek12.org or kbrenden@seasidek12.org If you need further assistance please call the main office at (503)738-5586.

The Miss Clatsop County Scholarship Program is now accepting applications for ages 14 and up! MCCSP is a nonprofit volunteer-based organization that prides itself on empowering women in Clatsop, Tillamook and Columbia Counties to achieve their personal and professional goals, while providing a forum in which to express their opinions, talent, and intelligence. Participants receive scholarship money, gain interview and public speaking skills, and have the opportunity to speak on behalf of their favorite cause while enhancing personal and professional goals. Applications can be found at https://missclatsopcounty.org/ or at the front office!

By now you should have received an email introducing our new form of school-to-home communication at Seaside School District called ParentSquare. This unified communications platform is designed to keep parents and guardians informed and encourage greater engagement and connection with our schools. It provides a safe way for district administrators, school principals, teachers, staff, and parents to:

• Send and receive school and class information

• Share pictures and files

• See calendar items

• Schedule parent-teacher conferences

• and much more . . . all in one centralized place!

• ParentSquare is different than ParentVUE, which is used to register your student and view assignments and grades

Parents—Getting Started Video

Parents – Getting Started Video (Spanish)
Introduction to Parents and Guardians Slide Deck (English)
Introduction to Parents and Guardians Slide Deck (Spanish)

All district and school, grade level and classroom information will now be sent to your computer or phone via email and/or text. For even more convenience, download the ParentSquare app (available for free for iOS and Android devices).

Please click the LINK here for bus stop information.

If you cannot find your bus stop or believe it is incorrect, please contact our transportation supervisor at 503-738-7150 or cpeters@seasidek12.org.

Please be at your bus stop 5 minutes earlier than the scheduled pick-up time. Bus times vary due to traffic levels. Bus route information is posted on our school website. See link above.

During the 2024-2025 school year we will again be using our bus badge program. This program increases the safety of our students on our buses by allowing us to know who is on the bus at all times and at which stop they exited.

Here's how it works. Student ID Bus Badge utilizes an ID attached to a student’s backpack or a lanyard which communicates with the Bus Pass scanner located on the bus. Students will scan the badge as students enter and exit the bus instead of having to take paper pencil attendance.

If you prefer to opt your bus rider out of this program please complete this form. It is important to note that students who opt-out of the electronic monitoring portion of the program will still need to show their Student ID Bus Pass to ride a district school bus. Their badge will just not have a active barcode to scan.

Student ID Bus Pass Electronic Monitoring Opt-out Form

If your student has medical issues or needs to take medications during the school day, we need to hear from you ASAP! The medications will need to be delivered to the main office by the parent/guardian (NOT the student). We will ask the parent to complete forms for each medication your student takes. Even if your student has medication they need to keep with them during the school day i.e.: inhaler or epi pen or if your student takes an over the counter medication ie: cough drops or Advil, we need to have a parent signed form on file.

For our 7th grade students: Please be aware that all 7th graders need a Tdap booster as part of their required immunizations to attend school. If your student has not yet had that booster, please contact your primary care provider for this immunization. Immunization exclusion day is February 19, 2025 where all students must be up to date, or have an exemption in place, to avoid school exclusion.

Please contact the Main Office at (503) 738-5586 or the school nurse, Dani Nelson at dnelson@seasidek12.org

For current job openings please visit the website here: https://seaside.tedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx

For information on becoming a substitute for our schools please visit the ESS website here: https://ess.com/apply/

Seaside High School

Seaside Middle School

Seaside Schools Athletics

Thank you for your interest in being a volunteer in the Seaside School District!

There are many ways a volunteer can help in our schools: reading groups, mentoring, assisting in a library or cafeteria, school beautification projects, coaching, field trips, and much more.

The McKinney-Vento (formerly Title X) Homeless Program does not just serve families living in shelters or cars but all students who do not have a fixed, regular, or adequate living situation. We need your help to identify these students!

Seaside School District is once again able to provide a Free Breakfast and Lunch to ALL Preschool - 12th grade students. To view the menus for each school please click the link here: https://files.smartsites.parentsquare.com/5085/2024-2025_ssd_district_calendar.pdf

Calendars

• Seaside Secondary School Activity and Athletics Calendar
• Seaside School District Calendar

• Student Rights & Responsibilities Handbook
• Student Rights & Responsibilities Handbook Spanish Version

The Seaside School District prohibits discrimination and harassment on any basis protected by law, including but not limited to race, color, sex, marital status, religion, national origin, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, veteran/military status, or disability in any educational programs, activities, or employment.

The links below allow you to locate Seaside School District’s complete nondiscrimination policy and complaint procedure. If you would like to report information about conduct that may constitute Title IX sex discrimination, you may file a complaint by following the procedure below. If you have questions or concerns, please contact Jenny Risner, Coordinator of Civil Rights, Title IX, Section 504, & ADA, at 503-971-320-3268 or email jrisner@seasidek12.org

Notice of Nondiscrimination

Sexual Harassment

Sexual Harassment Complaint Procedure

Phone: 503 738 5586
Fax: 503 738 5589

Office Hours: Monday - Friday 7:30 am - 4:00 pm

Seaside High School Website: https://shs.seasidek12.org/

Seaside Middle School Website: https://sms.seasidek12.org/