Girls on the Run Registration opens Jan 10th, 2020

Girls on the Run is back at Sacajawea this Spring! Girls on the Run is a girl empowerment program that teaches girls important life skills while creatively integrating running and walking. This program is 10-weeks long and is for 3rd-5th grade students that identify as female. The program culminates in a celebratory, non-competitive 5K (3.1 miles) on Sunday, May 17.

Girls on the Run is for every girl – the curriculum includes adaptations for girls with sensory, intellectual and physical disabilities. Girls on the Run also provides unlimited scholarships and running shoes and sports hijabs for any girl in need. More information about financial aid can be found here. You will be able to communicate your financial aid needs and request shoes or hijabs for your girl within the online registration form.

Girl Registration opens TOMORROW, January 10th, 2020. The team size is 8-15 girls and a random lottery will be used to select the 15 girls for the team if more than 15 girls apply between January 10th-24th. The last day to sign up, if spots are still available, is March 9th, 2020.

Here are details for our 2020 GOTR team:

• SEASON DATES: March 2nd-May 18th, 2020

• DAYS/TIMES: Mondays (2:30-4:00pm) and Wednesdays (1:15-2:45pm)

• SITE LIAISON CONTACT INFORMATION: Ara Swanson Merkens (araswanson@gmail.com)

• END OF SEASON 5K EVENT: Sunday, May 17th @ Renton Memorial Stadium

• Sign up HERE on January 10th!

Please learn more about the program on Girls on the Run’s website or by emailing Ara. If you are also interested in being a practice partner, please email Ara as well! We hope that your girl will participate in Girls on the Run this Spring!

Participate in the Seattle Flu Study

You and your family can help Outsmart the Flu! Seattle Public Schools has been invited to participate in the Seattle Flu Study, which is a new effort to understand how flu spreads in our city. If you and your family live in Seattle and have one or more children who attend school, your household could take part in this community science project from the comfort of your own home.

As part of the study, you'll:

• Answer questions about your household using an electronic survey that takes about 5 minutes

• Send swabs of each person’s nose when you join the study (don’t worry; it’s quick and painless!)

• Take a home flu test if someone in your household gets sick

• Send one to three nose swabs if a person gets sick

It is important to enroll before you get sick, so if you are interested, please sign up at Seattle Flu Study. If you want more information, you can contact the study director (and Sac parent) Mark Rieder mjrieder@gmail.com.

Move-a-thon Was a Great Success!

Congratulations Sacajawea on a hugely successful Move-a-thon! We can’t thank our parents, teachers, students, community, family and friends enough for their amazing support. Whether it was cheering, running, walking or donating time and money, everyone played an important role in making this event a success.

We were able to raise almost $27,000 to help support our students and school. And, we’re hoping that with some additional company match donations, we may get even closer to the $30,000 we were aiming for! Please don’t delay in submitting your matching donation requests.

We awarded prizes to classrooms based on raising the most money, returning all of their envelopes (with or without money), and completing the most laps. Parties will be happening for the following classrooms. Congratulations again!

Fundraising Prize – will receive a pizza or ice cream party

• 1st place – Ms. Bermet with $5,156

• 2nd place – Ms. Rings with $4,472

• 3rd place – Ms. Jackson with $3,229

Participation Prize – will receive an ice cream party

• 100% participation – Ms. Teague (and raised $3,223)

• 100% participation – Mr. Norman (and raised $2,581)

Most Laps Prize – will receive an ice cream party

• 672 laps (40 laps more than the next closest classroom!) – Ms. Doss (and raised $2,466)

Let's offer a big thank you to Stephanie Henry for leading the event for the 1st time this year. Everything went as smoothly and successfully as it did because of her hard work. Thank you for your time, coordination, ideas, and enthusiasm! And of course, thank you to Laura Riley, our PTA Treasurer, who helped keep the event (and the accounting) on track. Go team!

Sacajawea's 60th Anniversary Celebration

Sacajawea Elementary School turned 60 years old this year, and our Sacajawea Elementary Alumni group hosted a Sock Hop celebration to mark the occasion. We ate, we danced, and everyone had a great time! Thank you to our musical entertainment for the evening, The Del Montes!

To commemorate this anniversary the occasion, our Sacajawea Alumni, led by Paul Herrick and Jim Blodgett, donated $1,000 to the Sacajawea Scholarship Fund. This generous gift ensures that every single child in our school will participate in every activity we have this year. Thank you Paul, Jim, and the rest of the Sacajawea Alumni.

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Holiday Giving Wreath, 2019

It is our tradition at Sacajawea to reach out during the holiday season to those in our school community who may need extra assistance in making special holiday wishes come true.

If you would like some help in providing a gift for your child(ren), please fill out a Holiday Giving Wreath form, which were sent home with all students today and are also available in the office. Please return to the office no later than Friday, November 15th. All requests are kept confidential.

If you would like to give a gift, please visit our Giving Wreath in the upstairs hallway outside of the office beginning November 22nd and sign up to give a gift! For more information, please contact Doreen Norman dnorman@seattleschools.org Main Office: 206-252-5550