The Eagle – Week of November 18
The Eagle – Week of November 18
Letter from Principal Bean
Dear Families,
Native Heritage Story/Dance Assembly: On Tuesday we will have an assembly featuring Native American storyteller, artist, and educator Roger Fernandez (Lower Elwa Skallam tribe). He is also the artist that will be creating our Land Acknowledge art installation project. I also want to thank the Urban Native Alliance for funding this amazing assembly and for leading the opening and closing songs.
Picture Retake Day: We will have picture retakes on Thursday!
Shout-outs: I wanted to give some shout-outs for some volunteers who have been doing great things!
- Thanks to Sarah Hartley who has been running the after-school enrichment program.
- Thanks to Tom Fanelli for putting on Movie Night on Friday.
- Thanks to Sabrina O’Brien for organizing holiday baskets
- Kristel Gonzales for organizing Eagle Packs.
- Thanks to the mountains of volunteers who supported Ms. Bruecher in skating, for our Wonderful Wednesdays art projects, putting Eagle Packs together, volunteering in the classroom or on field trips, and everything else!
Family-Teacher Conferences: As a reminder, there will not be school next week as we will have Family Teacher conferences from November 25-27. Please make sure to sign up. Here is a link to sign up. Make sure to click on your child’s teacher in the “Select Staff” drop-down menu. Fall Conference Sign-Up
Lost and Found: Please come check lost-and-found for lost clothing. Before winter break, we will donate them. It would be great if you could write your child’s name on the inside of their jackets. This will really increase the odds that the jacket will be returned to your child when they leave it on the playground.
In partnership,
Mr. Bean (he/him)
Important Dates
Every Wednesday is 1:10pm early release
- November is Native American Heritage Month Learn More About Native American Heritage Month
- Tuesday, November 19 Choir 2:30-4 p.m. P2
- Tuesday, November 19 Native American Storytelling Assembly Cafeteria 1:15 p.m.
- Thursday, November 21 Individual Picture Retake Day 9-11 a.m. Order Individual Picture Retakes
- Thursday, November 21 After School Enrichment Session 6
- November 25-27 Fall Conferences – No School
- November 28-29 Thanksgiving Break – No School
This Week’s News
Thanksgiving and Holiday Basket Fundraiser
The holidays are right around the corner! In order to support our families in need, we have started a GoFundMe to purchase food for Thanksgiving Baskets and gift cards for Holiday Baskets. All contributions will go directly to our Olympic View families this holiday season.
Additionally, we have started a Wish List for books and toys for ages infant-18 years old who are receiving Holiday Baskets. If you would like to donate any additional new toys or books, please drop them off in the office. We appreciate all of the donations! Olympic View Holiday Basket Wish List
Spring Musical Auditions
We are excited to announce the musical for Spring 2025 is The Wizard of Oz!
Grade 3 – 5 students should look for a signup at school this week; additionally an informational packet will be coming home with students. Before students can audition, parents must complete this form.
Group Audition Dates: December 2, 3 and 5 3:45 – 5:30 p.m.
Rehearsals Start: December 9, every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday, 3:45 – 5:30 p.m.
Show Dates: April 4-6
Questions? Email Jeremy Behrens (Director) at jeremy.r.behrens@gmail.com or Sabrina O’Brien (Producer) at sobrien519@hotmail.com
Washington State Combined Fund Drive
Are you a current state employee or retiree? Looking to spend your donation dollars before the end of the year? Please consider donating through the WA State Combined Fund Drive that is running from now until early December. The OVPTA is already a participating 501c3. Donate to the Washington State Combined Fund Drive and use Charity Code: 0481688
Broadview Thompson Friday Night Skating
If you want to continue to practice skating every Friday at Broadview Thompson K-8 school there is skating. It is open every Friday that Seattle Public Schools is in school from 6:30-8:15 p.m. The cost is $6.00 per person. You can bring your own blades or skate or borrow. Helmets are required. This activity is sponsored by Bitter Lake Community Center. Here is the number if you have any questions 206-684-7524. For the past 20 years this has been a very popular activity with O.V. families.
Free UW Tickets!
The Olympic View PTA has partnered with the University of Washington once again this year to offer FREE tickets for Olympic View families. Limited tickets are available to each game and will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis, so sign up today!
- USC: Saturday December 7, Men’s basketball 3 p.m.
- Purdue: Saturday January 18 Women’s basketball 2 p.m.
- Iowa: Wednesday January 22 Women’s basketball 6 p.m.
Multicultural Night Planning Committee
We have our annual Multicultural Night planned for January 15, 2025 but need a planning committee. Our MLL Teacher, Rachel Modi, needs volunteers to help plan this wonderful community event. If we don’t have a committee, we don’t have an event. If this event is one that your family enjoys, please consider helping with planning.
Email Mrs. Modi at rdheideman@seattleschools.org to join the team!
Arts Night Planning Committee
We have our biennial Arts Night planned for March 19, 2025 and are forming the planning committee.
Our Arts Committee and Student Enrichment needs volunteers to help plan this wonderful community event. If we don’t have a committee, we don’t have an event. If this event is one that your family enjoys, please consider helping with planning.
Email Cara Mattera at enrichment@ovpta.org to join the team!
Neuroscience for Kids
Hello families! I am very interested in neuroscience and neuro-development. I like to talk with students about the brain, to start the conversation that everyone has a unique brain that develops in it’s own way and at its own pace. Every brain, and thus, every person, is unique.
I’d like to call your attention to a website called “Neuroscience for Kids” that has information, activities, songs, about the brain– for kids of all ages.
There is a feature on this website that may be good for recreation at home—online jigsaw puzzles.
If you do a search for “Neuroscience for Kids” it will come right up on your computer. On the home page, there is a Menu on the left—
“Postcards” is the puzzles. When you click on Postcards, you will get a screen with a number of pictures/puzzles relating to brain and various holidays.
Click on one and it will populate as a puzzle! You can use a touch-screen or a mouse to move the pieces together. [Note, a few puzzles do not populate—If that happens, try another one!] There is a place to “modify” the puzzle where you can change the number of pieces and the color of the background.
Modify and click ok, then the puzzle will go up. Enjoy!
– From Doris Brevoort
A note from your school nurse
Lice
Families should be checking students head weekly for lice this time of year. Please remind your child to not share hats or jackets with other students.
Illness is among us!
Keep your child home if they have any NEW symptoms or symptoms that are NOT YET IMPROVING. Kids should not come to school with eye discharge, runny noses that cannot be contained, or coughing that is uncontrollable. As always, keep students home if they have had fever, vomiting, diarrhea within 24 hours.
Thank you for working as a community to keep our school healthy.
Skating Volunteers- Thank you
By the second and third session the younger students started to find their balance and figured out how to push and glide. The older students found their full balance and are now skating. The growth and improvement were supported by our volunteers who came in and helped support all students. Thank you, parents, for coming in and helping.
Volunteer Opportunities
OVPTA Information
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.
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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
Assistant Principal – Rachel Roosma rmroosma@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 – Doris Brevoort dbrevoort@seattleschools.org (Long term substitute)
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