Community Newsletter

Dear Dolphin Families,

I’m thrilled to share that we had a fantastic Bullying Prevention Week! Students participated in spirit days, engaging lunchtime activities, and meaningful classroom lessons. It was inspiring to see everyone uplift one another while learning the important skills to be upstanders. Thank you for your support in fostering a positive school environment!

Warmly,

Principal Ingraham

• 10-26 Varsity Soccer against Eckstein at 12:00 at Garfield High School
• 10-26 JV Soccer against Hamilton at 10:30 at Madison Middle School
• 10-29 Fall Choir Concert Chief Sealth Auditorium 7:00 pm

Does our family complete the school meal application?

Yes. Families at these schools should still complete the free student meals application to help our schools maintain federal and state funded programs.

Why is this survey important?

The School Meals Application provides your student’s school with a way to collect household income information. This information is important because it helps your school receive federal and state funding.

In addition to healthy and nutritious meals, the School Meals Application also helps to fund school programs such as:

• Before- and after-school enrichment programs
• School counselors
• Health and wellness services
• Resources for classrooms and teachers

Please complete this Online School Meal Application form.

Families with multiple students will only complete this form once. The form is simple to fill out and confidential. The information will only be used to help your school receive funding from state and federal programs.

The Denny Sealth Performing Arts is having a Bake Sale during the Choir Concert. Please use the following link to sign up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0A4EA5AE23A0F58-52522570-fall#/

1. Set Up Family Sharing

Before you can manage your child’s iPhone, you’ll need to set up Family Sharing:

• Open Settings on your iPhone.
• Tap Apple ID (Your Name) at the top.
• Select Family Sharing, then tap Set Up Family Sharing.
• Follow the prompts to add your child’s Apple ID to the family group (if they don't have one, you can create it for under 13, and they can create their own if they are 13 or older. Use their actual birth date; putting in a fake one will make things harder later).

2. Enable Screen Time for Your Child

Once Family Sharing is set up, you can manage your child’s Screen Time:

• Go to Settings > Screen Time.
• Select your child’s name under the Family section.
• Tap Turn on Screen Time.
• Follow the prompts to set up Screen Time for your child.

3. Set App Limits

You can set limits for certain apps, such as social media or games, to encourage balanced usage:

• Under Screen Time, tap App Limits.
• Tap Add Limit, then select the app categories or specific apps you want to limit.
• Set a daily time limit for each app or category.
• Tap Add.

4. Downtime and Bedtime Restrictions

Downtime allows you to set a schedule for when apps and notifications are restricted, such as during homework time or at night:

• Under Screen Time, tap Downtime.
• Turn on Scheduled and set a start and end time (e.g., 8 PM to 7 AM).
• During Downtime, only apps you choose will be available.

5. Content and Privacy Restrictions

You can block or limit specific content, such as adult websites or explicit music:

• Under Screen Time, tap Content & Privacy Restrictions.
• Turn on Content & Privacy Restrictions.
• Customize settings for allowed apps, websites, purchases, and more.

6. Monitor Usage with Weekly Reports

Apple provides a weekly report of your child's screen time:

• Under Screen Time, you’ll see a Weekly Report showing how much time your child spends on each app.
• You can adjust limits and restrictions based on this report to help manage your child’s screen time effectively.

Just completed this week is a beautiful crosswalk and additional stop signs put in at Kenyon and 26th Ave SW. This should help to keep traffic slow and our scholars safe. Also, our scholars put up slow down signs in our neighborhood to also remind us to be watchful and cautious so that we can keep us all safe.

The Seattle Parks & Recreation Community Learning Center at Denny provides educational enrichment opportunities while also delivering cultural and social emotional development supports to its scholars by partnering with families, CBOs, volunteers, and other community organizations. OST will provide after school academic and enrichment programs, culturally responsive mentoring programs and recreational sports programs to its participants. Transportation is provided for those students who are furthest away from educational justice and want to participate in after school programs. OST fall programs will start on October 15th. If you have any questions, please reach out to Program Coordinator Stephen Boney at smboney@seattleschools.org

6th Grade Math Support

Mondays – 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Ms. Emma | Room 132

Every other Tuesday- – 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Ms. Emma | Room 132

Fridays – 2:45 pm – 4:00 pm | Ms. Emma | Room 132

6th Grade ELA Support

Mondays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Ms. Quarrie & Ms. Chorney | Room 146

Thursdays - 3pm – 3:45pm | Mr. Smith | Room 149

7th Grade Math Support

Mondays -3pm – 3:45pm | Teacher Aimee | Room 259

Tuesdays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Ms. Ostroff | Room 349

7th Grade ELA Support

Tuesdays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Ms. McKay and Mr. Smith| Room 248

Thursdays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Ms. McKay and Mr. Smith | Room 248

8th Grade Math Support

Mondays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Ms. Brown | Room 348

Tuesdays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Ms. Ostroff | Room 349

Thursdays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Ms. Ostroff & Ms. Brown | Room 349 & Room 348

8th Grade ELA/History Support

Tuesdays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Mr. Slingsby | Room 342

Tuesdays – 3pm – 3:45pm | Mr. Richards | Room 340

Thursdays - 3pm – 3:45pm | Mr. Slingsby | Room 342

Practices are every Monday and Thursday from 3pm-430pm at Cantu Field.

• 10-26 Varsity Soccer against Eckstein at 12:00 at Garfield High School
• 10-26 JV Soccer against Hamilton at 10:30 at Madison Middle School

Talk to Mr. Gutierrez if you have any questions.

Practices are every Tuesday and Thursday from 3pm-4:20pm at EC Hughes.

Match this Saturday, Oct. 26th.

Talk to Ms. Holm if you have any questions.

The PTSA will hold their next general meeting on Wednesday, November 13th from 7:00 to 8:00 by Zoom. Please find the link to join below. The general meetings will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of each months.

Join Zoom Meeting
https://zoom.us/j/95559484589?pwd=MlZCdTNSYzd4c0Y4d005SWpidmk0Zz09
Meeting ID: 955 5948 4589
Passcode: 363034

We have gotten our link so that all can officially join the PTSA. Please use the following link to become a Denny PTSA member: https://wspta-00030863.givebacks.com/store

To learn more about Neighborcare Health and school-based health center services for the 2023-2024 school year, or to pre-register your student for services, view the Denny International Middle School page on the Neighborcare Health website.