The Eagle – Week of September 15
The Eagle – Week of September 15
Letter from Principal Bean
Dear Families,
Eagle Way Parade: Thank you to all the families who cheered on students in our annual Eagle Way Parade. It is such a wonderful tradition and sets a positive tone for the school year. The “Eagle Way” is our school motto. It says…
- We take care of ourselves
- We take care of each other
- We take care of our school
Olympic View Title 1 School: Part of being a Title 1 school requires that we create a “Student, Staff, and Parent Compact”. Olympic View Student Staff Parent Compact Please review this with your child. After reviewing it, please click on this form to verify. OV Compact Verification
Back to School Night: On Thursday, September 25, we will host our annual “Back to School Night”. It is a great way to meet your child’s teacher(s) and see all the amazing work they are doing. The purpose of the night is to develop positive relationships between home and school as opposed to a traditional “curriculum night.” Teachers will, however, provide curriculum.
Start of School Packets: Please return the start of school packets before the end of the month.
Change to Volunteering Process: SPS is changing its volunteer sign-up procedures this year in order to ensure that all volunteers have cleared background checks. We need to train staff in this new process. Before being able to fill in the electronic volunteer documentation, you will first need to be invited to volunteer by an OV staff member. This should happen next week. If you want to know more, you can visit the Volunteer Application Page.
Fire Drill: We will be having a Fire Drill on Tuesday at 9:00 AM.
In partnership,
Mr. Bean (he/him)
Principal, Olympic View
ajbean@seattleschools.org
206 252-5500
Important Dates
Every Wednesday is 1:10pm early release
- Thursday, September 18 5th Grade Nuts and Bolts Meeting 6-7 Join the 5th Grade Nuts an Bolts Virtual Meeting
- Sunday, September 21 Husky Women’s Soccer vs. Illinois 1 PM Husky Stadium Request Husky Women’s Soccer Tickets
- Thursday, September 25 Back to School Night 6-7 PM
- Saturday, October 4 OVPTA Trivia Night 6-9 PM Lake City Eagles Order OVPTA Trivia Night Tickets
This Week’s News
Trivia Night is Back!! October 4
When: Saturday, October 4
Time: 6:00 PM (Check in starts at 5:30 pm)
Where: Lake City Eagles Club
This is a 21+ event. $25/person or $150/team. Each team can have up to 6 people and you can create and change teams right up until trivia starts — no pressure to commit. Pay for your 6 person team right away or pay for a solo ticket and join a team when you arrive. Feel free to BYOF (bring your own food) to this event!
Kidmail coming soon… Reserve your Trivia Night spot.
Join Eagles to support the Huskies!
The OVPTA has secured Free tickets to several UW Husky athletic events! We have tickets to four events this fall, including Football. For dates please Please sign up using this form. Bring the whole family to the game!
- Football vs Purdue, November 15 – Time TBD
- Women’s Soccer vs. Illinois, September 21 – 1 PM
- Men’s Soccer vs. Indiana, October 3 – 7 PM
- Volleyball vs. Iowa, October 4 – 4:30 PM
Art Docents Needed!
What is an Art Docent? A Docent is a parent or community member who volunteers to teach a pre-written, materials-prepared lesson by our Artist in Residence, Jenny Hellmann. As a Docent, you will receive a lesson on the artist, and an opportunity to try the project inspired by the artist for yourself, before presenting it to the children. These projects typically take an hour for the lesson and project combined. The total time commitment, including training, is about an hour, to an hour and a half, a month.
The Art Docent Program is beloved by the children and is a way to help supplement and support arts education for all our families at Olympic View. Please contact Laura Rogneby at ovdocents@gmail.com for more information on this program.
Fall Festival – October 17
The Olympic View Fall Festival is right around the corner! Get ready to play fun games and win prizes, explore the haunted house, enjoy the cake walk, photo booth, cotton candy, bake-off, and chili cook-off.
To help plan this great event and OV tradition, please contact Rob Wilson at wilson5113@gmail.com. We’d love help with adding new food choices, and bringing other new ideas to life.
Volunteer Opportunities
Coming soon!
General Information
Late Arrivals to School
If your student is late (the bell rings at 7:55 a.m.), please drop them off at the NE 95th Street entrance near the flagpole or blacktop. We now have a call box at the 95th Street entrance. After the bell rings at 7:55 a.m., all students must be signed in with office staff. The 8th Ave call box entrance will be used for staff only.
Absences
If your student will not be at school, please email the attendance email olympicview.attendance@seattleschools.org or call 202-252-5504 to let office staff know.
Early Pick Up
Parents/Guardians should come to the 95th Street security call box entrance. We are unable to call students down to the office until you arrive for pick up.
Pick Up Changes
If your student will have an alternate plan for pick up, please contact the office via email olympicview@seattleschools.org, phone 206-252-5500, Talking Points message, or a signed note with your student.
Our breakfast and lunch menus are now up on the SPS website!
Individual milk purchase (with home lunch) costs $.75
Want to know what to do if there is bad weather? Learn more about preparing for winter weather.
Coming Soon!
Want to support your student’s classroom teacher?
Spirit Gear: The Olympic View Spirit Wear online store is now open!
Choose from Kids, Women, and Men’s sizes. We have t-shirts, long sleeved, crewnecks and hoodies all available in many colors.
Membership strengthens the voice of our community, helps support the WA State and National PTAs, and allows you to vote on OV PTA matters, including how to spend the money we fundraise. Scholarships are available, if you need one.
With the first full week of school under our belts, students are starting to share germs and become sick.
For all illnesses, including COVID, please keep students home if:
- They have uncontrollable secretions from their eyes or nose
- They cannot control their cough
- Their symptoms are improving
- They are fever, diarrhea, vomit free for at least 24 hours, without the use of medication
COVID testing is no longer required.
We will be hosting a vaccine clinic at Olympic View on October 2, where all childhood vaccines, flu and COVID vaccines will be available at no cost to you.
If you would like to take action sooner, local pharmacies and doctors’ offices have the seasonal flu shot and pediatric COVID vaccines will become available over the next couple weeks. Adult COVID vaccines are currently available.
Please help keep our community healthy by keeping sick students home, practicing good hand washing, properly covering coughs and sneezes and maintaining vaccinations for preventable illness.
Thank you,
Nurse Angie
Resources
Looking for additional resources? Please go to our Family Resource Page:
Contact Us
Office Hours: Monday-Friday 7:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Main Office: 206-252-5500 olympicview@seattleschools.org
Main Fax: 206-252-5501
Attendance: 206-252-5504 olympicview.attendance@seattleschools.org
Principal – Andrew Bean ajbean@seattleschools.org
Administrative Secretary – Crystal Parry cnparry@seattleschools.org
Office Assistant – Sabrina O’Brien snobrien@seattleschools.org
School Nurse – Angie Sterwald (Mon/Thurs) amsterwald@seattleschools.org
Nurse Fax: 206-743-3157
Counselor – Joyce Rho jecho@seattleschools.org
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To submit a school-related news item or announcement, please email Crystal Parry at cnparry@seattleschools.org. Submissions are due Wednesday of each week for Sunday publication and should have “For the Eagle” in the subject line.