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-398780139700Index Elementary School - June 7, 20190Index Elementary School - June 7, 201927381201676400Index School 2018 -2019All Wednesdays, unless otherwise posted, school releases at 1:30 p.m.Our theme:Creative Expression in Art and BeyondImportant School DatesParents please join the Index Parents Group on Facebook6/6 Spring Concert 6:306/11 Awards & Field Day9:30 Awards in the gym11:00 – 11:30 Lunch Served11:30 -1:30 Field Day 1:30 – 2:30 Fire Truck Hose DownSwim suits and towels are suggested6/12 Early Release 11:30Index School office hours will be sporadic in the summer. When you see Linda’s car parked at the school, feel free to come on in. You can always leave a message on the phone and she will return your call her next trip up. Another option is to email her at ltate@index.k12.wa.us. Emails are checked every few days. Thanks!Enjoy summer!00Index School 2018 -2019All Wednesdays, unless otherwise posted, school releases at 1:30 p.m.Our theme:Creative Expression in Art and BeyondImportant School DatesParents please join the Index Parents Group on Facebook6/6 Spring Concert 6:306/11 Awards & Field Day9:30 Awards in the gym11:00 – 11:30 Lunch Served11:30 -1:30 Field Day 1:30 – 2:30 Fire Truck Hose DownSwim suits and towels are suggested6/12 Early Release 11:30Index School office hours will be sporadic in the summer. When you see Linda’s car parked at the school, feel free to come on in. You can always leave a message on the phone and she will return your call her next trip up. Another option is to email her at ltate@index.k12.wa.us. Emails are checked every few days. Thanks!Enjoy summer! We are the Index Bears!Superintendent’s Corner: New Upgrade to the school entrance!!Index School received a grant to modernize a few areas of the building. The drawing below is a preliminary drawing of our projected entry area. We are still in the planning process for the project. We are scheduled to begin work on the entrance after the school year is completed in June. We are excited to have a new look when we open up our school next fall (We will also be making some upgrades to our gym area and our kitchen). We will keep you posted on our progress. Creative Expression in Art and Beyond2018-2019Thanks to the many parents, sponsors, community members, teachers and staff, who made our vision of integrating the schoolwide theme: “Creative Expression in Art and Beyond” a reality this year. The idea was born out of a desire to take on a theme based on subject matter many of us didn’t necessarily consider our forte. (For Halloween, many of the staff dressed up as stick figures.) Knowing we have many talented artists in our community, we branched out to enlist others in our quest for creative expression, learning alongside the students along the way. We kicked off our theme with a K-8 trip to the Space Needle and Chihuly Glass Museum in the fall and wrapped up our creative journey in May with an art tour and hands-on classes at the Schack Art Center in Everett. Guest artists during the school year included Lisa Gordon (woodburning and leatherwork), Rebecca English (pottery), and Kevin Pettelle (bronze sculpture). Maeson’s mom, Lisa, shared her skills, tools, and materials with the 5-6-7-8 class who decorated small decorative wooden paddles and leather bracelets via woodburning and metal stamping. There was a faint smell of campfire and a whole lot of pounding going on for at least one afternoon. Willow and Scarlett’s mom, Rebecca, taught the fine art of making pinch pots to Miss Rachel’s K-1 and Miss Kendra’s 2-3-4 classes. The older class and staff were introduced to a wheel and offered thrown pottery instruction. All classes received a lesson on clays, and the firing and glazing processes. It was so wonderful to have these talented parent volunteers give of their time, energy, and talents to our students. Thank you, Lisa and Rebecca!It has long been a dream of the school board and staff to Invite local sculptor, Kevin Pettelle, to work with our students in the art of bronze sculpture. Kevin has been partnering with local schools for years in a program set in Wenatchee called Beauty In Bronze. This year, Kevin generously designed a custom experience for Index School students with an art tour in Everett followed by a sculpting workshop at the school. In concert with Carol Thomas, Cultural Arts Manager for the City of Everett, he coordinated stops at the Everett Station, Cope-Gillette Theatre, Village Children’s Theatre, the Performing Arts Plaza, Funko and the port of Everett to give students wide exposure to a perspective of the art world we would not have otherwise had. From the larger than life scale of the giant Kenneth Callahan paintings in the Weyerhaeuser Room to the much smaller scaled cast bronze ships of the Waterways Map (Judith and Daniel Caldwell) on the Great Hall floor, students were able to inspect several types of media and depictions of area history firsthand. Simple Song and Fisherman’s Tribute, were just two of Kevin’s creations we were able to see close up. Kevin provided our students with a very comprehensive view of places and art that we may have had some exposure to but did not have the “backstory” knowledge that so enriched our experiences. He also shared his ideas, philosophies, and “studio in your pocket,” his own personal means of recording and making personal meaning in experiencing art. Our wax creations are undergoing their transformations into bronze and we will have an update with photos in the first issue of next year’s Bear News. Thank you, Kevin, for a most memorable experience!********************************************Dear Parents and Guardians,As the school year comes to a close, we wanted to take a moment to say thanks.Thank you for sharing your pride and joy with us. We have done our best to keep your child safe and happy this school year. We have enjoyed the hugs, smiles, and kind words your child has shared with us.Thank you for supporting all of our efforts. Thank you for getting up early and driving through rain and snow to make sure your child made it to school on time, for taking time to read the forms and notes that have come home, and for reading with your child and helping them learn. And last but not least, thank you for loving your child.Linda and the staff.^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^From Our Nurse Lynne:Over 50 million Americans have had allergies at some point in their lives. Some of us experience them more than others do. Because they are so common, the effects of allergies are often underrated. It is a small consolation to those of you blowing your nose as you read this, but seasonal allergies are actually a sign of a healthy immune system, in that your body attacks an influx of foreign bodies, whether it be hay, grass, pollen, cottonwood, or any of a thousand different environmental triggers. Why some of us react to certain things and some of us do not remains a mystery. While there is a tendency to run in families, allergies are not specifically passed from parent to child.Signs and symptoms can change as you get older; age definitely affects allergies! Early childhood after the age of two and early adulthood (18-30) are the times more severe symptoms trouble us, but they can be a problem and even debilitating at any time.Hormones have some relationship to allergies, but it is a mystery exactly how. Boys develop more allergies before puberty in early childhood, whereas girls are known to have more allergies during adolescence. So, what can we do to keep our students happy and healthy and ready to learn? Primarily, find out just what they are allergic to! Testing for allergens has come a long way and is no longer a drawn-out torture of a hundred needle sticks spread out over many weeks. It may already be clear to you just what makes you miserable every Spring, but I caution you to not believe everything you think. Information really is power, and knowing your body means you can operate at your best.For example, if you know cottonwood tree pollen triggers your immune system into high gear, you can choose to not have any in your yard and limit your exposure to them elsewhere, especially when there is a breeze. If you have multiple triggers, it will improve your health a great deal to limit your time outdoors when that allergen is “on the wind.” Symptoms can be diminished by showering every evening when you get home. Leaving your clothes by the door and not into the house except straight to the laundry bin will decrease your symptoms. Doctors recommend once you know what you are allergic to, it is in your best interest to start taking your allergy medicine before your symptoms begin. Staying indoors with windows closed at peak times will help you feel better. Wearing sunglasses and a hat will also be helpful in keeping allergens out of your eyes outdoors. Many students come to school with cold symptoms that turn out to be allergies. How can we tell the difference? Occasionally, you cannot. However, generally speaking, if there is a fever and the mucus has a color to it, that is most likely a cold. If the mucus is clear and there is no fever and the main complaint is itchy eyes and nose, that is likely an allergic reaction. Allergies can go on for many weeks, whereas colds should only last a few days. Seasonal allergies are rare in children under the age of two.You are not destined to be miserable every spring! Tracking your symptoms every season will give you a lot of answers, and it will really impress your doctor and help them to help you.^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Half Price Books Writes:Kids 14 & UnderRead 15 minutes a day to keep up an appetite for reading all summer long.Grown-ups may read aloud to kids who are still learning.Jump in a rocket ship and head to the stars! FEED YOUR BRAIN? & fuel the power of your imagination this summer.Use the reading log attached to this paper for June and July. Add up your minutes and have your parent or guardian initial each week. Once you've reached 300 minutes or more, bring your reading log into your local HPB store to claim your Bookworm Bucks on or before August 29, 2019.Need some suggestions on what to read? The reading recs below will send you out of this world!Picks for PreschoolersI Want to Be an Astronaut by Byron If You Decide to Go to the Moon by Faith McNultyMoustronaut by Astronaut Mark Kelly Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown Picks for Grades K - 2A Computer Called Katherine by Suzanne Slade Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyThe Moon Over Star by Dianna Hutts Aston Zathura: A Space Adventure by Chris Van Allsburg I Am Neil Armstrong by Brad Meltzer The Moon Book by Gail Gibbons Papa, Please Get the Moon for Me by Eric Carle Kitten’s First Full Moon by Kevin Henkes Picks for Grades 3 - 5Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O’Brien Star Wars Jedi Academy by Jeffrey Brown Hilo: The Boy Who Crashed to Earth by Judd Winick The City of Ember by Jeanne DuPrau Magic Tree House (series) by Mary Pope Osborne Pi in the Sky by Wendy Mass Matilda by Roald DahlThe Shadow Children (series) by Margaret Peterson HaddixPicks for Grades 6 - 8The House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer The Giver by Lois Lowry Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery Heir Apparent by Vivian Vande Velde Artemis Fowl (series) by Eoin Colfer The Red Pyramid [The Kane Chronicles (series)] by Rick Riordan The Lion, The Witch And The Wardrobe [The Chronicles of Narnia (series)] by C.S. Lewis A Wrinkle in Time (series) by Madeline L’Engle Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling The Forgotten Door by Alexander Key Skyward by Brandon Sanderson *******************************Sultan Library*July 3rd from 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. join an out-of-this-world space cadet as he shares photos of his vacation through the solar system with noisy sound effects and silly props. Open to all ages.*Blast off! Explore Summer offers a universe of stories, plus WNBA hoopsA universe of stories awaits kids ages 5 to 14 who sign up for Sno-Isle Libraries'?annual summer reading and discovery program,?Explore Summer.The "Universe of Stories"?theme focuses on space and science, said Jen Sullivan, lead librarian for student success.In addition, the?Seattle Storm?is supporting Explore Summer this year.Explore Summer launch events?are taking place at 22 community libraries from June 8 – July 13. Attendees 18 years and under can tip off their summer reading with the opportunity to receive two complimentary tickets to either the Storm’s Aug. 2 or Aug. 8 regular-season home game at Angel of the Winds Arena. A limited supply of vouchers will be available at the launch events.More information may be found at: Library –June 2019Children & FamiliesReady Readers Preschool Storytime Let imaginations run wild with fun books, sing-along songs and creative activities that prepare young minds for the adventures of reading. Craft may follow. For ages 3-5 years. Caregiver required. Supported by Friends of the Sultan Library.Mondays, June 3-24 ? 11 amLittle Science Lab In partnership with Imagine Children's Museum, join us for a weekly science, technology, engineering and math program that encourages preschool-age children to explore the world around them.Wednesdays, June 5, 12 ? 11 amAll AgesBook Sale & Bake Sale! Lots of gently used books at bargain prices and a bake sale too! (From 2-4:30 pm, fill a bag of books for only $5!) Supported by Friends of the Sultan Library.Saturday, June 1 ? 8:30 am-4:30 pm^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^Our Nurse Lynne Shares:I’m excited to announce that after a year of training, I am finally qualified to raise a puppy for Guide Dogs for the Blind (GDB). It has been an interesting journey so far, and I am very much looking forward to getting “my” puppy in June, to keep and train for the next 12-18 months. The puppy will be with me at school, usually under my desk at my feet, or in a crate in my office. If you’d like to learn more about GDB, their website can be found here: grew up in the town next to where GDB have their headquarters in San Rafael, CA. I remember seeing them often and being curious about them and what exactly they did for their visually impaired owner. When I became a nurse, I occasionally had a patient with a guide dog, and I made sure I took every opportunity to learn more about them. I have wanted to help raise a guide dog for as long as I can remember. I am so grateful to this wonderful community and Principal Jernberg for supporting this dream. Stay tuned for more information coming soon about greeting the puppy and being part of the adventure!^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Watch for the next Bear News on the first Friday in September. It will be the Yearly edition. See you in the fall. ................
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