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Frog News
H.D. Thoreau Elementary
School
8224 NE 138th 425-823-4350 FAX: 425-814-4986
Steve Roetcisoender, Principal Email: sroetcisoender@lwsd.org |
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September 2, 2005September 9 Ice Cream Social and Information Night 6:30pm-8:30pm 15 Curriculum Night for Intermediate Grades, 6:30pm 22 Curriculum
Night for Primary Grades, 6:30pm 29 Curriculum Night for Kindergarten, 6:30pm PRINCIPAL’S PERSPECTIVE Yahoo!!! The 2005-2006 school year is off and running. As we have begun classes this year, your patience has been greatly appreciated as we work to finalize class lists and adjust to a new schedule. It is truly delightful to see the faces of our students as they meet new teachers and make new friends. On behalf of the staff I’d like to welcome all of our new families to the Thoreau Community and welcome back our returning families. Be sure to read through the first day packets and see how you can become involved at school. Curriculum Nights will be held in September. Look under the calendar section of the Frog News to find out which nights and at what time. This is a great way to find out what your student will be learning throughout the year. We look forward to a fantastic year! New Daily Schedule Thoreau Elementary will start at 9:00am and end at 3:30pm. for the upcoming school year. The first bell will sound at 8:55am. LUNCH MONEY It is greatly appreciated when you are able to have lunch money in your child’s lunch account. Please do not let their account have a minus balance. It takes a lot of your child’s time and staff time to catch up once an account hits a minus balance. Thank you for your help! |
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Check out our
website for the latest information! KUDOS Thank you to the Thoreau PTA
board Helen Garcia, Brenda Nunn, Valerie Quinn, Sarah Cuplin, Polly
Blanchard and especially Denice Loken
for the terrific welcome back coffee and muffins! Please
come to the Ice Cream Social Friday, Sept. 9, 6:30pm-8:30pm in the gym. It’s
free! In additional to ice cream we will have a balloon artist, two face
painters, plus tables with information and the opportunity to sign up for our
many wonderful after school programs! You can also enter the drawing to win a
Star Wars chess set! Volunteers are needed to help scoop ice cream and clean
up. If you would like to help or have questions please call Denice Loken, 425 814-9726.
Hope to see you there! Schedule Changes – Emergencies & Inclement Weather The HOW TO JOIN CUB SCOUTS! First
through Fifth grade boys and their parents are invited to recruitment night
at the Thoreau Gym, Thursday Sept. 8, 7pm-8pm. We will have a rocket launch,
games and goodies for the boys, and membership and scouting information for
the parents. Pack 565 has excellent volunteer parents that care about
scouting and boys in our community, please come and find out what the FUN is
all about. Contact our membership chair with any questions. Polly Blanchard
820-8909, or polly@mccarthygmac.com. We
are very excited to have the Chess Mates Foundation of Seattle offer Chess at
Thoreau again this year! Class size will be limited to 20 kids this year. Chess
Club will meet on Mondays from 3:30pm to 4:30pm, starting Oct. 10 and ending
April 24. Please contact Polly Blanchard at polly@mccarthygmac.com
or 820-8909 to register. Thanks
to parents’ feedback, we have improved the Homework Club. They will meet on
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 3:30pm until 4:30pm and will be continuous
starting Oct. 18 and running with three sessions until May 4. Each session,16 classes, is only $10.00. You can sign up for one
session and then continue or stop there. This was very valuable for the
students last year. Mrs. Guthrie will be the supervising teacher and has a
real commitment to the success of students. Please contact Helen Garcia at
Helen@planetgarcia.com or 821-4442 to register. The
popular after school art with Mrs. Freese is back!
Yeah!. She has many great programs for the year!
Classes will be held on Wednesdays from 2-3:30 pm. There are 4 different art
classes and 2 clay art classes offered throughout the year. These classes
will run almost every Wednesday of the year and are offered for grades 1-6th.
The first class is called “basic art” and it runs Oct. 5 until Nov. 9 (6
classes) The cost is $20.00. Min. enrollment needs to be 10 students and max.
enrollment will be 15 students. Hurry - this will
fill fast! Please contact Helen Garcia at Helen@planetgarcia.com or 821-4442
to Register. Mrs.
Paige is ready for another year of fun with the Honor Choir! Any student who
loves to sing and is in grades 4, 5, or 6 may join. They meet in the music
room on Mon. and Thurs. from 3:30 to 4:15. Honor Choir runs from Oct. 3 until
June, with many cool performances. Last year they even sang the National
anthem at a Sonics and Storm basketball game!! Please contact Helen Garcia at
helen@planetgarcia.com or
821-4442 to register. WEBSITE Check out our Website!!
Schools.lwsd.org/Thoreau. It has everything you need to know about Thoreau on
it!! Thanks to Look
for the directory form in the 1st day packet and fill out right
away! This information needs to be turned in by Sept. 20 if you want to
be included in the directory. This is a very useful booklet provided by the
PTA and available to all students at Thoreau. Business advertisements in the
directory were a success last year and we are happy to offer this again. It
is $35.00 for a business card sized ad. This is tax deductible and the money
will support student enrichment programs. Please contact Shelly at shellybalice@verizon.net,
or call her at #823-3839 if interested. It’s a new year and we are looking for
parents to be art docents! I know many of you are closet artists and would love to help in your
child’s classroom. There is a
curriculum that Thoreau is using from the district, so things are set up. We will also meet and talk as a group and
share things we learned last year and note any changes we want to make this
year. If you are interested in being a docent, please let your child’s
teacher know or email me at slg.morris2@verizon.net -Suzanne Morris |
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