Principal Friesen's Weekly Update, 11/15/18

Dear Sacajawea Community,

We had a great turn out at Tuesday’s community meeting with SDOT regarding adding safe walking areas on the streets surrounding Sacajawea. Want to know more or express your thoughts? You can connect with Ashley Rhead from Safe Routes to School at Ashley.Rhead@seattle.gov.

I’m looking forward to seeing you at parent conferences on Saturday, Monday and Tuesday! This is a great time to connect with your children’s teachers and learn about their progress so far this year. For more information and considerations, see my letter to parents from last week.

We won’t have a Community Newsletter next week, so here’s wishing you a Happy Thanksgiving!

In Partnership,

Rachel Friesen, Principal
Sacajawea Elementary School

Sacajawea's Annual Holiday Giving Wreath

Every Holiday Season, our school offers a Giving Wreath for those in our school community who may need extra assistance in making special holiday wishes come true. This year, we will have 39 tags on our wreath, with each tag being a special wish for a holiday present for a child.

Beginning on Monday, November 19th until Friday, December 7th, stop by the Giving Wreath, located outside of the school's office, and please consider choosing a tag to bless a child. All presents must be dropped off in the office no later than Monday, Dec.10th. Thank you!

Questions? Please email Claudine Miller at cemiller1@seattleschools.org.

School Picture Retakes on Nov. 29th

If your child was absent on picture day, a new picture package will be going home on Monday, 11/26. If your child is new to our school, you will also be getting a picture packet.

If you want your child’s picture retaken, you must return the picture package that went home. Please let your teacher know, so they will make sure that it gets done.

If you have any questions, please contact Doreen Norman at dnorman@seattleschools.org.

Book Fair 2018

Our annual book fair is less than a month away; more details will be coming home this week with your kids. As in previous years, there will be a wide range of books available to suit all tastes and reading abilities. Kids will have the opportunity to shop and purchase books before school, after school and during recess throughout the week. Please see the flyer for additional details and for specific times the book fair is open. 

We will also need volunteer help for setup, preview day, running cash registers, helping students find books and tear down. Please sign up to help using our SignupGenius list.

All profit from the book fair supports our library! For all the details, head over to our Book Fair page.

If you have questions or would like to be involved please contact Laura Riley at lkriley99@outlook.com or Janet Schertzinger at janet.schertz@yahoo.com.

Upcoming Community Events, 11/15/18

Here’s this week’s collection of upcoming community events.

1. Talking to our Kids About Race. Nov 15 at 7:00pm at Whittier Elementary. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/1130200250481866/

2. Black Violin. Nov 15 from 7:30pm–9:00pm at The Paramount Theatre. $31-$71. https://www.stgpresents.org/tickets/alphabetical/eventdetail/4148/-/black-violin

3. Invocation of Beauty: The Life and Photography of Soichi Sunami. Through Jan 6 at Cascadia Art Museum. $7–$10, Free Third Thursday on Nov 15 from 5:00pm-8:00pm. http://www.cascadiaartmuseum.org/?exhibition=invocation-of-beauty-the-life-and-photography-of-soichi-sunami

4. Book-O-Rama. Nov 17 from 10:30am–2:00pm at the Wing Luke Museum. Free. http://www.wingluke.org/book-o-rama

5. (Where) Do We Belong? Through Nov 17, Thursdays–Saturdays at Center on Contemporary Art (CoCA). Free. https://cocaseattle.org/exhibitions/2018/9/7/where-do-we-belong

6. Julefest at Nordic Museum. Nov 17–18 at the Nordic Museum. $7. https://nordicmuseum.org/julefest

7. Mariachi Huenachi. Nov 17 from 1:00pm–3:00pm at Crossroads Market Stage. Free. https://crossroadsbellevue.com/music-events

8. EMYA and SED: Courtly Dance and Music of Renaissance Italy. Nov 17 from 1:30pm–2:30pm at the Good Shepherd Center. $12/adult, $8/youth. https://historicalarts.org/event/2273516/468632091/emya-and-sed-renaissance-courtly-dance

9. Pre-Loved Judaica Sale, Havdalah and Live Jewish Music. Nov 17 from 4:00pm–6:00pm at Congregation Kol Ami. Free. https://www.kolaminw.org/events-1/pre-loved-judaica-sale-havdalah-and-live-jewish-music

10. Laying the Foundations for Talking About Race. Nov 18 from 2:00pm–5:00pm at Mount Baker Community Club. Free. https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3688477

11. Winterfest Launch Party with Northwest Folklife. Nov 23 from 11:00am–4:00pm at the Seattle Center Armory. Free. https://www.nwfolklife.org/obn/winterfest/

12. Umoja Karamu Unity Fest. Nov 24 from 6:00pm–9:00pm at the Africatown Center for Education & Innovation. Free. https://www.facebook.com/events/615536848861176/