Dear Families, Staff and Community Members,

We are on the homestretch of the 2021-2022 school year. As we near the last six weeks of the school year, there are a variety of events and activities to look forward to.

The month of May begins with a weeklong celebration of our dynamic teaching staff. May 2nd-6th is Teacher Appreciation Week. Eatonville School District is fortunate to have 116 incredibly talented certificated teachers serving our 1,861 students. Additionally, we recognize our school nurses and food service employees the first two weeks of May. On May 6th, National School Lunch Hero Day, we recognize our food service staff for their efforts to keep our students well fed each day. Our nurses have devoted an extraordinary amount of time the last two years to their work. May 11th, National Nurse Appreciation Day is a great time to show gratitude.

We are pleased to announce the reinstatement of our long-held and missed tradition of Community Day on Friday, May 6th from 1:00-3:00pm. The program will be held in the large gym at Eatonville High School. There will be various vendors located in the front of the high school outdoors as well as in the commons and the small gym. We hope you join us in celebrating the 106th Annual Community Day, and we hope you enjoy the crowning of our 94th May Day Queen.

While end of the year event planning is in full swing, we are also starting to make plans for the next school year. Please visit our website for more information regarding enrollment. We are now accepting enrollment packets for all grade levels including Preschool and Kindergarten.

Thank you for your continued partnership. We could not do this work without you.

Wishing you and your family the very best,

Gary Neal

Superintendent

📌May 6: Half Day for All Students

📌May 30: No School

📌June 16: Half Day for All Students

📌June 17: Half Day for All Students & Last Day of School

Due to difficulty receiving food service orders and the nationwide supply chain issues, we cannot guarantee we will be able to offer the entree published in the menu.

Thank you for your patience and understanding as we work through this matter.

The Pierce County Skills Center will be offering FREE In-Person Summer Classes for Summer 2022. Classes are open to current 8th -11th graders. EHS will provide transportation to the Skills Center & back for Session I only, which will run June 27th-July 15th. Semester credit (.5) will be earned for a completed class.

The application goes live on Monday, May 2nd at 5pm on the PCSC website: https://www.bethelsd.org/pcsc

See the attached flyers for details and a list of classes per Session and Location on our website by clicking this link.

Prior to the pandemic, schools were already woefully understaffed with regard to nurses. School nurses serve as a critical health hub for students and staff managing complex conditions. During the worst of the COVID19 pandemic and now, they continue to go above and beyond keeping students and school personnel safe and healthy to achieve academic success.

Eatonville School District is fortunate to have three school nurses. Thank you so much for your service:

• Heidi Mulcahey
• Cara Rogers
• Hana Gebhardt
  

May is Mental Health Month. Focusing on mental health is always essential.

For additional supports and resources please checkout this site.

When you register online or at your child's school office, you will need your student's:

• Medically Verified Immunization Records
• Birth Certificate
• Proof of Residency

Any Eatonville School District 6th-11th grade student who has had at least one year of instrumental or vocal lessons or one year of participation in an instrumental or vocal ensemble may apply for a lesson scholarship

If you are interested in pursuing a McTee Lesson Scholarship, please fill out the “2022 McTee Lesson Scholarship Application” form and submit it no later than Friday, May 13, 2022. If you have any questions, please email me at j.hunter@eatonvilleschools.org.

Inspired by the movie Up, the Eatonville community is coming together with the hope that even though we may be divided in some ways, we can still come together to continue a valued tradition in our small town. We're finding common ground and creating with unlikely friends. And we're confident that with hope anything is possible.

The UP theme proved popular with the crowd. A huge shout out to Eatonville Lions member Ernie Wolf for taking his job as Mr. Fredrickson very seriously. He powered through all 4 parades with a smile on his face (when he wasn’t grimacing for the camera). We also want to acknowledge “Dug” (the sweet and well-behaved dog we borrowed from Annie Dattillo). He was perfection and a crowd favorite!

Thanks to all who helped make this happen: Everyone you see in these pix plus the Town of Eatonville, Eatonville Lions Club, EHS ASB, Arrow Lumber, Dogwood Garden Club, Krystal Benham, and many other private donors. Huge thanks also to EHS band and dance parents for the delicious hot meal and Ms. Rodrigues’s mom Monica for providing warm cover and a real bathroom at the end of the day (much appreciated).

We look forward to growing this tradition and gathering more community members for 2023 so stay tuned!

May is Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Please join us in celebrating the exceptional contributions of Asian Americans in the United States.

To review all employment opportunities with our district:

1. Visit EdJobsNW.org
2. Click FIND A JOB
3. Choose the appropriate JOB CATEGORY (Administrator, Certificated, Classified, Coaching, Substitute) from the menu on the right-hand side of the page
4. Type "Eatonville" in the filter box to narrow your search results*

*If the posting you are looking for does not show up on the first page of results, scroll to the bottom of the page and filter the next page of job posting results

Our first middle school session was heavily focused on our passion projects and making sure we were ready to jump right in. Remaining students presented their pitches, worked on final plans, and began putting in materials requests. We also did some lego building challenges in honor of Read Across America Day (Dr. Seuss Day) and joined Columbia Crest Middle Schoolers for their read in. Students were gifted donuts by CCA leadership students too!

Our second session we worked on passion projects, solving two minute mysteries, and even did a St. Patrick's Day themed STEM project to celebrate! Our last session students attended a field trip to Pierce College Ft. Steilacoom. They got to tour campus with students and attend a video presentation of our galaxy in the science dome there. Elementary students also celebrated St. Patrick's Day with some themed brain teasers, a leprechaun trap STEM project, and also had time to work on their passion projects.

The highlight for elementary this month was our second session, in which we attended a field trip to Pioneer Farm and the Native American Village. Students got to tour both parts of the facility and learn about how children lived in each type of community in the past. We are looking forward to a few more field trips and fun experiences before the year ends!

~Mrs. Dattilo

Highly Capable Teacher

The GRITS Farm has a live virtual store. Place your orders online to sport GRITS style shirts, hats, beanies, coats, vests and more.

Rylee Valentine will be swimming for Iowa Lakes. She will be studying elementary education.

The Valentine family is thrilled that they will have a teacher in the family.

Eatonville School District is seeking applicants to become substitute teachers.

Our daily rate of pay has increased to $150.

Please apply on this website: https://bit.ly/325f5u6

Eatonville School District #404 will provide equal educational opportunity and treatment for all students in all aspects of the academic and activities program without discrimination based on race, religion, creed, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged, veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability.

The district will provide equal access to school facilities to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society. District programs shall be free from sexual harassment. Auxiliary aids and services will be provided upon request to individuals with disabilities.

Address: 200 Lynch St. W., Eatonville, WA 98328; Telephone: 360-879-1000

Title IX Coordinator, Section 504/ADA Coordinator & Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator: Cristin Blaskowitz, Executive Student Services. Email: c.blaskowitz@eatonvilleschools.org

Superintendent: Mr. Gary Neal

Executive Assistant: Ms. Amanda Smith

District Office Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Superintendent Neal was selected as the Superintendent of Eatonville School District in Spring 2021.

Email: communications@eatonvilleschools.org
Website: https://www.eatonville.wednet.edu
Location: 200 Lynch Street West, Eatonville, WA, USA
Phone: 360-879-1000
Facebook: facebook.com/eatonville.school.district
Twitter: @EatonvilleSD