SBLSD News
April 27, 2023
This week, Mountain View Middle School teacher Tammy Notehelfer was surprised with the Houghton Mifflin Harcourt National Lighthouse Award, a national award that recognizes teachers who have positively affected students, other teachers, and their communities. Tammy was selected from 500 applications for her work in the MMS reading intervention program, where she helps students grow and thrive.
Tammy has worked at Mountain View Middle School since 2016. She believes in her students to take their next best step in class each day.
"I watch it change these kids’ confidence levels. I watch it change their mindset about their future. I have kids who couldn’t read who now can. And it’s because kids are amazing and we just forget sometimes that they can do much more than we thought they were capable of," Tammy said.
The person who nominated Tammy for the award said: “Tammy Notehelfer exemplifies all Teacher Lighthouse Attributes, but a few stand out. Our area has seen a large influx of students from Ukraine and many of these students have been placed with Tammy. She is an inventive teacher, using numerous tools including individualized instruction, classroom culture, and rewards to make personal and positive connections with each student, guiding them through uncertain times. She is a constant and consistent mentor in these students' lives. Tammy also empowers others through example and resilience; even in the face of her own personal struggles, she is seen as a leader by her district colleagues.”
Thank you, Tammy, for being a mentor and cheerleader for our students!
Iris Rogel, 12th grader at Bonney Lake High School
1st place in the 11th-12th grade Drawing category for an original oil painting titled "Enduring Support."
Evelyn Bang, 12th grader at Bonney Lake High School
3rd place in the 11th-12th grade Drawing category for an original colored pencil portrait titled "Feeling Blue."
Masha Skulskaya, 10th grader at Bonney Lake High School
2nd place in the 9th-10th grade Drawing category for an original liquid india ink piece titled "Dwell in Superiority.”
Congratulations to BLHS senior Love Oluwaleye, who has been named an Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship recipient and will receive $40,000 over four years to pursue a degree in computer science or engineering.
Love is one of 400 students across the country to receive the award along with a paid internship offer at Amazon after the freshman year of college to gain hands-on, practical work experience with mentorship from Amazon leaders.
Recipients were chosen based on a variety of criteria, including their academic achievement, demonstrated leadership, participation in school and community activities, work experience, future goals, and financial need.
Congratulations to Sumner High School Future Farmers of America (FFA) for a great weekend at the Washington State Fair! They had eight livestock students showing their market lamb projects and seven students competing with their science projects in the WA FFA State Agriscience Competition.
Our rockstar livestock students earned the following accolades:
Ultimate Grand Champion Market Lamb (the best market lamb out of all lambs at the fair including FFA, 4H and open classes) - Shealyn S.
Grand Champion FFA Market Lamb - Shealyn S.
Reserve Grand Champion FFA Market Lamb - Cole V.
Reserve Champion FFA Senior Showmanship Award - Shealyn S.
Champion FFA Novice Showmanship Award - Carson L.
Reserve Champion FFA Novice Showmanship Award - Scarlett H.
Overall Herdsmanship award for the best chapter for interacting with the public, maintaining clean tack areas, and overall leadership skills.
There were numerous class winners from Lexie J., Carson L., Shealyn S., Scarlett H., Marley D., Kylie B., Lorelei B., and Cole V.! Class winners are students who won their individual market classes to advance to the "Champion Drive" where all of the class winners compete against each other for the ultimate grand champion.
Students also showcased their agriscience projects and earned the following awards:
1st place - Social Science project on Horse Public Perceptions for Scarlett H. and Kylie B.
1st place - Social Science project on Milk and Milk Alternatives Preferences for DaniRose H.
1st place - Food Science project on Egg Preservation for Peyton A. and Lexie J.
1st place - Plant Science project on Acid Rain & Plant Growth for Mia C.
2nd place - Plant Science project on Soil Type for Sara Z.
All first place projects will advance to nationals and those students will represent the state of Washington! We will find out this summer if they placed in the top 12 of all 50 states and get the opportunity to compete at nationals.
On April 26, the Sumner FFA Horse Judging team competed at the state contest in Ellensburg and took 6th place out of over 35 teams, the best any horse judging team has done in the past 7 years! The team consists of Marley D,, Kylie B., Scarlett H., Anna A. and Addi N.
Ninth grader Marley D. placed 1st overall in the entire contest out of 140+ competitors. This is her first year in FFA and her very first state competition!
Congrats to all of these students!
Congratulations to the Sumner High Distributive Education Clubs of America (DECA) students who competed in Nationals in Orlando this month:
Athena W. competed in the Restaurant and Food Service Management category.
Hailey G., Jorja M. and Siena W. competed in School-Based Enterprise (Student Store). They were able to participate in an SBE (School Based Enterprise) Academy among other SBE competitors from all over the nation and spoke with other schools about their student stores for ideas for the future Spart Mart.
DECA is a career and technical student organization that prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs who are interested in careers in marketing, finance, hospitality, and management.
Asista a una serie de talleres de crianza de amor y lógica -- en español -- para aprender un enfoque práctico de "cómo hacer" la crianza de los hijos que se ha enseñado con éxito durante 25 años. ¡El enfoque de Amor y Lógica es divertido!
Los participantes recibirán un libro de trabajo gratis en español mientras asisten. Estas clases son GRATIS proporcionadas por el Distrito Escolar de Sumner-Bonney Lake y utilizará videos de Amor y Lógica.
Estas clases están disponibles para cualquier padre o guardián, independientemente de la edad de su estudiante. La clase tendrá un límite de 30 participantes. Las familias de SBLSD tendrán la primera prioridad para registrarse.
Los participantes aprenderán cómo:
- Evite las luchas de poder y las discusiones imposibles de ganar (poner fin a las discusiones, las contradicciones y rogar)
- Establecer límites exigibles
- Empoderar a los niños
- Ayude a los niños a aprender de los errores en lugar de repetirlos
La serie se ofrecerá -en español- los siguientes días:
- Los jueves, 4 de mayo - 1 de junio, 5:30-7 p.m. en Daffodil Valley Elementary (1509 Valley Ave, Sumner)
Guardería para niños/jóvenes de 5 años y adelante. Se proporcionará agua y refrigerios en cada sesión.
Daffodil Valley Elementary students welcomed a brand new Gratitude Locker at school this week. Students are encouraged to put notes of gratitude in the locker to spread joy.
Thank you to Sumner Mayor Kathy Hayden for introducing the locker during EarlyAct, a rotary youth program at school. Gratitude Lockers are created by Gratitude 253, a community group that aims to spread love, kindness and joy in the area. There are also Gratitude Lockers at Sumner High School and Sumner Middle School!
A longstanding tradition, Sumner Rotary donated more than 750 dictionaries to all third grade students during recent presentations at each school.
Even while so many educational resources are now accessed online, students continue to find excitement in this paper format. Rotary members like to point out fun facts in the dictionary, such as the longest word. Did you know the longest word has a whopping 1,909 letters?!
Thank you, Sumner Rotary, for your ongoing support and partnership in learning.
See what’s for breakfast and lunch in the month of May:
