Frog News
H.D. Thoreau Elementary
School
8224 NE 138th
Kirkland, WA 98034
425-823-4350
FAX: 425-814-4986
Web: schools.lwsd.org/thoreau
Steve Roetcisoender, Principal
Email: sroetcisoender@lwsd.org
March 25, 2005
March
30-31
11:45 Early Dismissal – Conferences
31 S.H.A.R.E. Workshop Sandburg Gym
(read article)
April
1 11:45 Early Dismissal –
Professional
Development Day
4-8 Staff
Appreciation Week
8 All-School
Barbecue
11-15 No
School-Spring Break
21 Spring
Parent Ed Class at Thoreau
PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE
Spring Conferences
March 30 and 31 will be
the two half days in our calendar for spring conferences. Teachers have begun
to schedule conferences with parents. The shortened conference schedule
allows for teachers to meet with the parents of students they feel would benefit
from a teacher/parent conference. If you don’t hear from your child’s
teacher, this is okay. If you do hear from your child’s teacher, this is okay
as well.
If your child’s teacher
does not schedule a conference with you, but you would like to meet, please
contact your child’s teacher.
S.H.A.R.E. WORKSHOPS
Sexuality
Health and Relationships Education (S.H.A.R.E.) parent and student workshops
for 5th and 6th grades are scheduled 7:00pm-8:00pm, at
the following locations within our district:
March 31, 2005
Sandburg Gym
April 21, 2005 Mann Commons
May 12, 2005
Twain Library
June 9, 2005 Smith Library
This is a fun, educational, and interactive
meeting that encourages students to form healthy relationships at an early
age, and to avoid early dating relationships that lead to premature sexual
activity. The focus is on parent education, providing parents with
communication tools to work with their own child about this sometimes
difficult to talk about subject. You and your student are welcome to attend
any of these meetings sponsored by LWSD and S.H.A.R.E. Please contact your
school for more information.
LOST AND
FOUND ITEMS
There are piles of lost and found coats,
sweaters, sweatshirts, a shoe, etc. in Thoreau’s Lost and Found area located
across from the elevator on the first floor. Tonight the Lost and Found items
will be moved into the Commons during Bingo. Please take a few minutes to
look through all the items and see if any may belong to your child. All
unclaimed items will be donated to a charity on March 31.
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POSITIVE CHOICES WITH
BULLIES
Our
counselor would like to share the following workshop information with you.
This workshop is especially right for your child if: He/she gets picked on or
bullied frequently and seems to not know how to break the pattern, or if they
pick on others and struggle to handle their anger. This is a fun and
life-changing Workshop for young people ages 7 to 11. It is facilitated by
Paul Figueroa, a former police officer and an expert in his field. The
workshop will be Saturday, March 26, 2005, 10:00am-2:00pm, at the Shoreline
Library (345 NE 175). Please bring a sack lunch for your youngster. The fee
is $40.00. Please call 206 418-3383 to register or register online at www.CityofShoreline.com
Did you know, this year over 2100
Eastside children received new clothing, dental kits, coats and shoes from
Operation School BellŇ?
Please mark your calendar
for
Pound the Pavement
A
Family Funwalk to Benefit Operation School Bell®
On
Sunday, May 15, 2005
Operation School Bell is a
project of Assistance League® of the Eastside, an
ALL-volunteer, nonprofit organization dedicated to Caring for Our Community.
As you are well aware, the need in our community is growing, at a time when
contributions are decreasing. The
number of children they are able to serve is limited only by the ability to
raise funds. The 132 members of ALE provide new clothing with funds raised
through an active grant writing committee, a direct mail campaign, individual
contributions & fundraising events including “Celebrations” Holiday Home
Tour, a Spring Event and “Pound the
Pavement”. Questions? Contact Shannon
Chavez, Chair 425-556-5106
Congratulations
to the Top Frog Award Winners for November! They are:
Mrs.
Rebecca Sinclair Jesenia A
Ms.
Cary Platzke Isaac J
Ms.
Skye Van Cleave Camille T
Mrs.
Linda Sickles Sydella
Y
Mrs.
Lindstrom/ Amundsen Hannah R
Mrs.
Marie Hartford Matthew W
Ms.
Carol Guthrie Lukas V
Mr.
Lon Turner Kelsey D
Ms.
Jan Vunak Noah S
Mr.
John Turnbull Spencer
B
Ms.
Ann Holman Hannah J
Mr.
Hank Snider Nicole
S
Mr.
Ken Elsworth Amy J
Mrs. Patricia Rosenberger Nick F
Check out our
website for the latest information!
schools.lwsd.org/thoreau
BOXTOPS RESULTS
Race 4 results are in....Mrs. Sinclair's
class collected the most boxtops for the K-2 grades and Mr.
Elsworth's class collected the most boxtops for the 3-6 grades. Each
student in the class received a small prize. Great job to all of our box top
collectors! Collectively for Race 4 (six weeks), students collected
1,332 box tops. That translates to $132.00 for our school. Total to date for
this year we have earned $1010.00!! We have reached our goal of $1000.00 for
this program and we even still have one race left. Race 5 is starting now and
will end May 5. This race will be included in the overall classroom
collection for the year and the winners from K-2 and 4-6 will receive a pizza
party! Keep collecting - each box top is worth a dime!
CARTRIDGES FOR KIDS RECYCLE PROGRAM
Thank you for your support with
bringing in old ink cartridges and cell phones. We received our third
check for $14.00. We have received a total of $183.00 so far from this
program. We are hoping to make at least $200.00 on this! Please keep bringing
in old cell phones and used cartridges! They also take used laptops. Please
place these items in the bins underneath the table located just outside
Thoreau’s main office.
FOSTER FARMS
For those of you who participate in
the Foster Education program we just received a check for $10.35. Every bit
helps thank you! When you buy Foster Farm chicken products, the label
has a donation amount and a code to enter online. It is easy! Just go
to www.FosteringEducation.com and enter the
code from the label, then designate Thoreau as the donation recipient.
TACO TIME
We have sold about 78 coupon
books and have about 222 more Taco Time coupon books to sell.
This is a 100% fundraiser for us.... we get to keep all the money and the
coupons cost us nothing as a PTA. The coupon book is only $1.00 and has a
value of $5 in coupons. This money will go into our playground fund. Please
send a note marked “Attention Brenda Nunn”, or look for the flyer to purchase
these coupons. You may also call Brenda at 821-5054.
KUDOS
Thank you to Dianna Johnson for the
idea of supporting the kids during WASL testing with snacks! She will be
coordinating this for the 6th grades. And “Thank you” to Makayle
Rich for working out a parent helper for the 3-5th grades. It
is that time of year and the 3-6th grades received a letter regarding the
schedule of this. You can confirm the specific times with your child's
teacher. Or if you want to help with snacks and your child is in the
3-5th grade you can contact Makayle Rich at 820-5452.
DID YOU KNOW?
Thoreau Elementary has been
highlighted in the Kirkland Courier just about every month this year!
Unfortunately we all live outside city limits and do not automatically receive
this paper. It is a relevant paper to our area, with many good articles that
pertain to us and the schools in our district. If you would like to subscribe
to it you can call circulation, Jim Christianson at 206-461-1337. A one-year
subscription is only $12.00.
OUR STUDENTS DO BENEFIT! -
THANK YOU!
Field trips vary greatly depending on
grade level and teachers. Many of our students have already gone on a
classroom field trip or will be going soon! This is a privilege that
the district does not fund! Thanks to our PTA efforts and your contributions
we guarantee at least one field trip for each grade. Mostly we pay for
the bus, which is usually about $250.00 per trip. This is a significant
part of our budget and can add up to $4,000.00 for the year. Thank you for
continuing to enrich the student life at Thoreau!
STAFF APPRECIATION WEEK IS
APRIL 4-8 ! !
Mark your calendars for this special week where we
give thanks to Thoreau's wonderful staff.
STUDY
CLUB
Does your child need a little extra
study help? Maybe a quiet place after
school two times a week to get their homework done? Spring session is coming
up March 28 through April 27, Mondays and Wednesdays after school until
4:30pm. Students meet in Mrs. Guthrie's classroom and she is very
supportive of this class and the students! Fee is $10.00 for the entire
session. Registration forms are being sent home or you can contact Polly
Blanchard at polly@mccarthygmac.com or 820-8909.
CREATE A LASTING MEMORY
To raise money for our playground and
to create a wonderful lasting memory at Thoreau, the PTA is selling
engravable tile pavers to be included in our additional playground area.
Please look for the manila envelope coming home this week for the details.
BASEBALL
Kirkland National Little League
Jamboree will be Held at Big Finn Hill Park, Saturday April 2nd 9am to
4:30pm."Webbly" the Aquasox Frog will be there from noon until
1pm. KNLL will be having a number of "booths". The
Aquasox will be providing a "speed lane" (radar gun to measure
throwing speed), they will be having an accuracy toss, and have a
KNLL raffle booth as well as information about Little League and KNLL
upcoming activities.
Starting at 9am with games for
different teams and then break at noon for the opening season
ceremonies. From noon until 1:00pm, they have the opening
ceremonies at field #2. As part of the ceremonies, the Thoreau
Honor Choir will be singing the National Anthem. At this time they present
the teams and have team and individual competitions (home run derby,
etc.). After that, there will be more games on the different
fields ending around 4 or 4:30pm. This also includes the Ford of
Kirkland (16U) game down on field #4, with free hot dogs and pop for those
watching the game!! Hope to see you there!
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