March 21, 2025

Hello Timber Wolves,

Another great week as launched into our Arts & IDEA Time and the Kindergarten and 1st grade classes started their deep expeditions into gaming and creature creations.  Congrats to the Sigma Peppa Pigs on their efforts in the Global Reading Challenge.  They competed in the Seattle Public Library’s semi-finals yesterday.  After a tie for 1st place and a very tense tiebreaking lightening round that took 14 questions, Sigma Peppa Pigs were declared the winner and will move on to the finals!  Way to go!

I want to ask for your help in a growing safety concern.  Our morning drop-off routine for families is to use our bus zone on 135th St. where Ms. Catherine greets students.  The staff parking lot and driveway are not to be used for drop-off or pick up.  We had a close call yesterday when a student was almost hit by a car who was pulling into the staff lot.  We have made partnerships with a couple of individuals with mobility issues so that they can use the handicapped spaces in our lot.  All other drivers should use the bus zone to drop-off their student or find a legal parking space in the neighborhood if you choose to walk your student in.  Let work together as a community to keep our students safe.  Do not use the staff parking lot or driveway for drop-off or pick up.  We appreciate your partnership in seeing how important this is and honoring our safety procedures.  You can see our parking and traffic plan from our Family Handbook.

Here is a bit of joy from our week: Last week we reached another school-wide PBIS goal, and our 4th and 5th grade PBIS Team members asked to see staff do some fun and silly challenges as a celebration for the school.  Yesterday each lunch session had 2 teachers face off in a Minute-to-Win-It challenge.  It was so much fun, and the excitement was incredible.  Cheering only got more enthusiastic as teachers tried out increasingly silly strategies to win.  At the end of one session a student came up to me and pleaded, “Can we please do this again?”  Ask your student about the Minute-To-Win-It challenge.  An extra thank you again to those 4th and 5th grader PBIS Team members who brought this idea to us.  Keep up that great student leadership!  I hope you have some fun and silliness in your weekend.  Have a wonderful weekend!

Principal Z