The Eagle – Week of October 6
- Letter from Principal Bean
- Important Dates
- This Week’s News
- 5th Grade LEGO Robotics Team
- Lil’ Tiger Ice Cream PTA Fundraiser – October 10
- Fall Festival – October 17
- Cake Contest – Cake Kits
- Fall Festival Poster Contest Winner!
- Flying Forward Fund Direct Ask Campaign
- Join Eagles to support the Huskies!
- Choir at Olympic View Elementary – Registration is open!
- Veterans Day Assembly – November 3
- Subscribe to the PTA Newsletter!
- Volunteer Opportunities
- General Information
- Resources
- Contact Us
Letter from Principal Bean
Dear Families,
No School on Friday: This Friday, October 10 is a teacher in service day.
October Changemaker Assembly: This month we will be focusing on the theme of responsibility. We have our first Changemaker assembly tomorrow, and it will feature our PE teacher Ms. Bruecher and her circus arts team.
Disability history month: October is Disability history month. This year, we are moving beyond awareness to focus on acceptance by creating school cultures where students of all abilities feel respected, included, and valued. Here is a link to many books that celebrate people with disabilities. Virtual Reading Rooms
Student Crossing Guards: Our fifth-grade students are starting their patrol on Monday. Please show extra patience as they learn to navigate the complicated traffic circle intersection.
Indigenous Peoples’ Day Assembly: We will have an assembly on Monday, October 13 for Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Included in the assembly will be the unveiling of our new Land Acknowledgement Mural that was created by Native American storyteller/artist Roger Fernandes and all OV students who helped paint it. We have invited Mr. Fernandes back for the ceremony, and he will share a story as well! Indigenous Peoples’ Day Resources
Picture Day: Individual Picture Day will be on Tuesday, October 14. Order School Pictures
Help with Abandoned Vehicles: I have been working with our security office and filed a report with the Seattle Police Department about abandoned vehicles on 5th Avenue next to our playground. The security department recommended that I share this with the community because the more complaints will cause this issue to be more prioritized. Report Abandoned Vehicles: Find It, Fix It
In partnership,
Mr. Bean (he/him)
Principal, Olympic View
ajbean@seattleschools.org
206-252-5500
Important Dates
Every Wednesday is 1:10pm early release
September 15 to October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month
- Monday, October 6 Attribute Assembly 8:10 AM Cafeteria
- Monday, October 6 Racial Equity Team Meeting 2:30-3:30 PM Library
- Tuesday, October 7 LEGO Robotics (5th Grade) 2:30-4 PM Room 203
- Wednesday, October 8 SPIRIT DAY: Geometric Shape Day
- Friday, October 10 NO SCHOOL (Teacher In-Service Day)
- Friday, October 10 Lil’ Tiger Ice Cream PTA Fundraiser
- Monday, October 13 Indigenous Peoples’ Day Assembly 1 PM Cafeteria
- Monday, October 13 Art Committee 1st meeting 2:45-3:30 PM Art Room (212) and virtual
- Tuesday, October 14 Individual Picture Day Order Pictures
- Friday, October 17 Fall Festival 4-7 PM
This Week’s News
5th Grade LEGO Robotics Team
OV is starting a LEGO Robotics team for 5th graders! We will train toward a competition in December, and we could use some help to prepare! The competition requires we practice on a specific tabletop that we need help getting built. Are you handy and want to help out? We need someone to build and assemble our competition table.
Please reach out to Heather Pierce-Maiani at hapiercemaia@seattleschools.org if you think you can help!
Lil’ Tiger Ice Cream PTA Fundraiser – October 10
Please join us for an Olympic View PTA fundraiser at Lil’ Tiger Ice Cream on October 10. Lil’ Tiger will be donating 40% of sales to the PTA for anyone that mentions they are coming from Olympic View School that day, so be sure to mention that when you make your purchase!
Lil’ Tiger is located at 12348 Lake City Way NE in Seattle and is open 2-10 PM on Friday October 10. Please contact Rob Wilson, wilson5113@gmail.com, with any questions.
Fall Festival – October 17
The Olympic View Fall Festival is Friday 10/17 from 4-7 PM.
This is the one and only opportunity for kids to wear their costumes, so feel free to wear them for the event. We’ll have all the Fall Festival favorites like the haunted house, games, photo booth, cotton candy, quiet room, and food for you to enjoy!
Volunteers Needed!! We have setup, cleanup, and opportunities to help for both shifts at the Fall Festival. Have no fear, you’ll still have plenty of time to enjoy the event! Older siblings and others are welcome to help as well, they can earn service hours!
Cake Contest entry information can be found in the Fall Festival flyer kids brought home this past week. Awards at ALL grade levels! Bake and decorate your signature cakes and bring them in between 7:30 and 8:30 AM on Friday, 10/17!!
Chili Contest – bring your best chili and take home this year’s “Best Chili” title. Your chili also feeds Fall Festival guests and helps raise money to support the event. This is a great way to support the event if you can’t attend or can’t volunteer.
Sign up here in the Chili Cook-Off section of our SignupGenius.
Please contact Rob Wilson at wilson5113@gmail.com with any questions.
Cake Contest – Cake Kits
For the Cake contest, there is a limited number of complimentary “cake kits” that will be available for pick-up October 15 and 16 on a first request basis for families who may need assistance. Please reach out to Mrs. Joyce via TalkingPoints or email, jecho@seattleschools.org if your family needs one so she can add you to the pick-up list.
Fall Festival Poster Contest Winner!
A major thank you to the 21 students and student teams that submitted posters for the first annual Fall Festival poster contest! Congratulations to the winner Marcus Harpole of the 4th grade, pictured below with his winning design. The prize included over a pound of candy and food tickets for the upcoming Fall Festival on October 17th, 4-7 pm.
Flying Forward Fund Direct Ask Campaign
October 1 marks the beginning of the Olympic View PTA (OVPTA)’s direct ask campaign, the Flying Forward Fund.
Be on the lookout for a blue envelope coming home in kid mail this week. All money raised goes directly towards Olympic View. Your tax deductible contribution is vital to helping support and fund:
- Arts Enrichment and Arts Night
- Teacher Classroom Needs
- Family Engagement Activities
- Library Books
- PE Equipment
- Supplies for Multi-Arts
- Grants to Olympic View (field trips, support, etc.)
- After School Program
- And much, much more!
The 2025 Flying Forward Fund goal is to raise $20,000. Please make donations by returning the blue envelope to school or donating to 2025 Flying Forward Fund online.
Thanks for your support!
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
Choir at Olympic View Elementary – Registration is open!
Choir is coming back to Olympic View Elementary this year! This opportunity is for third, fourth, and fifth grade students who like to sing, perform, and have fun.
- Who: Third, fourth, and fifth grade students at Olympic View Elementary
- What: We will be learning musical games and songs throughout a nine-week session. Learned skills will be presented in the form of an in-person concert or recorded performance
- Where: Portable 2 (Ms. Helbach’s classroom)
- When: Tuesdays from 2:30-3:30 p.m. starting on October 21 and ending on December 16
- Why: In this choir, we will be working not only on musical skills, but also lifelong skills such as cooperation/teamwork, patience, creativity, perseverance, and growth mindset
Registration will open with the link below through October 20! Scholarships will be available. Please feel free to email with any questions: okhelbach@seattleschools.org
Please feel free to email with any questions: okhelbach@seattleschools.org
Olivia Helbach, Olympic View Music Teacher
Veterans Day Assembly – November 3
As we prepare for our annual Veterans Day Assembly, we would love your contributions! Do you have a family member, or even yourself, who has served in the military? Please submit a photo of your Veteran and include the following:
- Time of active duty (ex: 1970-2000)
- Name of Veteran
- Rank of Veteran
- Military Branch
- Name of OV student
- Relationship to OV student
Please have all submissions in by October 29 end of day. All submissions can be emailed to Ms. Sabrina – snobrien@seattleschools.org
The assembly will be on Monday, November 3, at 8:10 am. We invite you to this assembly, but we especially want you to invite the Veterans in your life, so we can honor them and show them our appreciation for their service.
Subscribe to the PTA Newsletter!
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Volunteer Opportunities
Library Help
Thank you for considering volunteering in the OV Library. If this is your first time volunteering in the library, please reach out to Ms. Leland klleland@seattleschools.org to receive an SPS Volunteer Invitation. Send any questions my way.
Kristi Leland
Eagle Pack Volunteers Needed (and bags too)
The Eagle Pack program provides weekend food bags for any family that requests it. The University Food Bank provides the food items, and volunteers pack the bags and distribute them to classrooms every week. We need volunteers to help with picking up from the Food Bank on Thursday afternoons and packing on Friday mornings from about 8:00-9:00 am. If you are able to help during this timeframe, please sign up.
We would love to have some consistent volunteers, so if you can commit to one or more Fridays a month, that would be helpful. Approved volunteers can feel free to drop into the lunchroom any Friday, after drop off to lend a hand as well if you find yourself with some time.
We can always use plastic and paper shopping bags (the thicker, handled ones like from Target or a grocery store). If you have extras you can donate, please drop them off in the office.
Questions? Contact k.linnes@gmail.com
Calling all art lovers!
We are in need of volunteers to support our wonderful art education offerings at Olympic view. Currently we have openings for:
- Art Docents: The Art Docent Program is a PTA sponsored enrichment activity for all students at all grade levels. Art Docents receive complete training, as well as all materials and support to teach the lesson and display the student art. It’s a great way to get to know your student’s class and see the enthusiasm for this outstanding program. It’s also a LOT of fun! Lessons are offered five times during the school year, from October to June. Each lesson requires about an hour of time for training, and an hour or so to give the lesson and hang the art.
** Art Docent Training, Lesson 1 is this Tuesday, September 30, 8-9 AM in the Cafeteria. Please join us, no rsvp required. We will start with information and introductions about the program, so just stop in! If you cannot make the trainings, the written lessons and materials are available as training; you can also be an assistant to a classroom Docent.
Please contact Docent Coordinator Laura Rogneby at ovdocents@gmail.com for more details or to sign up.
- Wonderful Wednesday Helpers: Once a month we have a lunch recess art activity that is absolutely beloved by the students. From 11am-1pm, we offer a small project either outside on the playlot or in the main lobby, supporting seasonal themes and exploring a variety of materials.
- Fall Festival (10/17) and Science Night Volunteers: Throughout the year we offer other volunteer opportunities.
Please contact Cara Mattera at enrichment@ovpta.org for more information, and look for information weekly in The Eagle.
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.
Please reach out to our Volunteer Coordinator, Sabrina O’Brien, for more information on volunteering: snobrien@seattleschools.org
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.
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.
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
All Staff Directory
Olympic View PTA
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