SKYRIDGE MIDDLE SCHOOL 5220 NW PARKER ST, CAMAS, WA 98607

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HOME OF THE SKYHAWKS NOVEMBER 2016

Hello Skyhawk Families,

Welcome to November! Hard to believe I am saying that already, but here it is. I can’t start this month without thanking you all for your generous support of our “Drive for 20” fundraising campaign. One of the best parts of be-ing a Skyridge student is the ability to participate in one or more of our extracurricular activities. With your support of this drive, we will continue to be able to offer these opportunities to our students.

Speaking of extracurricular activities, we have kicked off our second sporting season of the school year. Our 8th grade football team ended fall as the league champions and our girls cross country team had a very successful sea-son as well, culminating in a fun race through the rain at the district meet and a solid 3rd place finish. Great job to all of our fall sports participants. The very next week we began our first winter sports season with both wrestling and 7th/8th grade volleyball getting underway. The kids are practicing hard and preparing for their season. We also have our Science Olympiad team meeting every Wednesday as well, so there are plenty of involvement opportunities for our students.

As a staff, we are continuing to build our knowledge of the growth mindset and the adolescent brain. Our teachers completed an activity during our October late starts around connecting kids to school. The extracurricular activities that I mentioned before are one way to do this, but we are also working on ways to build community within our classrooms so that students know that they are in a safe place to make mistakes and learn from them. This is some-thing that can carry over into the home. Especially with middle school students, the answer to “How was school to-day?” is often “Fine”. Try changing up the question. With my own daughters, we have begun to occasionally ask them “What mistake did you learn from today?” It not only gets away from the “Fine” answer, but allows them to see that mistakes can be a great learning experience.

This leads me back to something that I talked about last month. I would like to open up the option for parents to participate in a book study around the adolescent brain and what growth mindset looks like for adolescents. We would meet 3-4 times as a group to discuss the reading and look at some other sources of in-formation. We know that the best way to meet the needs of our kids is to work as a partner-ship with parents, so we hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity. The book is titled Brainstorm, The Power and Purpose of the Teenage Brain by Daniel Seigel. To sign up, please click here. As always, if you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Go Skyhawks!

Clint Williams, Principal

With your support, our Skyhawk Drive for 20 raised nearly $18,250 to support

over 20 ASB events and programs. This was an amazing experience for our stu-

dents and our staff and we really can’t thank you enough. Students feasted on

free popcorn during lunch on Wednesday, October 26 and will enjoy an outdoor

BBQ lunch in the spring when things dry out.

SKYRIDGE ATTENDANCE

24 HOUR PHONE LINE:

360-833-5806

Call directly to report any information regarding absences, bus

passes, and student emer-gency messages. The

voice mail box is checked frequently for messages.

Lost and Found

All items in the Lost and Found will be donated to charity over the Thanksgiving break. Think you’re missing items, check the lost and found located in the Mt. Rainier hallway outside the Library Media Center.

The Rainy Season Cometh

The rain has returned. Please be sure your stu-dent dresses for the weather on the way to and from school. In the event a jacket or sweatshirt is left behind at school; the Lost and Found can be located outside the LMC in the Mt. Rainier hall-way.

Staying warm and dry will help your student stay healthy as well. Cold and flu viruses can spread rap-idly in classrooms. Please review the Guidelines for Keeping Ill Chil-dren Home from School to prevent

the spread of these viruses. These guidelines can be found on the district website under the Parent Corner/Forms. Thank you.

REPORT CARDS

The grading period ends on December 2, 2016

Please track grades and any missing assignments

on Skyward. Report Cards will be posted to Skyward and mailed approximately one week from the end of

the grading period.

Calendar of Events

Daily calendar review is available on our website:

http://schools.camas.wednet.edu/skyridge/

Oct 31—ASB Dance 3-4:30 PM

Oct 31– Nov 4—ASB Spirit Week

Oct 31—White Out

Nov 1—Double Day/Twin Day

Nov 2—Wear Pink—Breast Cancer Awareness

Nov 3—Olympic: 6th Gr/Blue; 7th Gr/Red; 8th Gr/Black

Nov 4—Fanatic Fan—Sport Gear or Book Character

Nov 1-3—6th Gr Science Class Visitors

Nov 1– Dec 15 Hi Cap Nomination Window for Grades 2-6

Nov 3—Spirit Assembly

Nov 3 –Dec 2 Food Drives

Nov 4—7th Gr Field Trip—OMSI

Nov 5—Veterans Day Parade—Downtown Vancouver

Nov 8—8th Gr Veterans Day Choir Concert @CHS-7 PM

Nov 10—Veterans Day Assembly

Nov 11—NO SCHOOL–

Veterans Day

Nov 15—7th Gr Hearing Screening

Nov 15-17—CEF Phone-a-thon

Nov 16&17——LATE STARTS

Classes begin at 10:15 AM

Buses run 2 hrs. 15 min. later than normal times

Nov 16—HawkMart

Nov 23-25—NO SCHOOL – Thanksgiving Break

Dec 2—End of Grading Period

Dec 2—Stuff the Bus

Dec 2—Hometown Holidays in beautiful downtown Camas

NO SCHOOL

Friday, November 11

STAY INFORMED...

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Skyhawk for Drive 20 was a huge success! Thank you for your support of our ASB events and programs. Hawkmart-Teachers around the school have been rewarding positive behaviors they see by giving “HAWK” tickets (redeemable at HAWKMART) to students, helping to build a positive school community. BElieve in YOUrself Luncheons are month-ly luncheons served to students that have been nominated by their peers for showing compassion to those around them. The Crew– ASB/6th grade Mentor groups will meet again in November for a peer les-son. This will be our 3rd Mentor Lesson. This month’s lesson will be centered on Collabora-tion and Teamwork. Skyhawk Pride –Homecoming Parade

ASB Dance -Oct 31– It’s a “White Out” at our first dance. Tickets are $2/$1 with an ASB card and will be on sale during lunch and at the dance. Spirit Week-Students will compete for Spirit points by dressing for the daily theme and having grade war competitive games at the first Spirit Assembly on Nov 3. Spirit Assembly - Nov 3 –We will kick off our Holiday Food Drive campaigns where we col-lect food for families in our community. Veterans Day Assembly– Nov 10– Honoring our Veterans and their families sacrifice for our freedoms.

EAST COAST TRIP

Is your child interested in traveling to the East Coast with a group of students for a week? This 8th grade trip will be June 22-29, 2017. On this trip, we will visit Colonial Williamsburg, Washington D.C., Lancaster, PA, Gettysburg, PA, and New York City. If you missed the East Coast Trip informational meeting in October, you can email jeanette.romano@camas.wednet.edu for more information.

The Camas School District does not sponsor or endorse this event.

Holiday Greens Fundraiser to support Camas Grad Night

Partnered with Teufel Holly Farms, the Camas Grad Night committee is hoping you will order your decorative holiday wreaths and garland to support the drug and alcohol free graduation celebration for the graduates of 2017. Order online! Orders will be available for pick up on November 30 from 5-8pm at Liberty Middle School. Hurry, order deadline is November 14.

Register Your Fred Meyer Rewards Card, Earn Skyridge $$ Make your shopping count! Just in time for all that holiday baking and gift buying, please consider registering your Fred Meyer Rewards Card (usually your phone number) with the Fred Meyer Community Rewards program. Four enrollees earned us $70 in free money, so we’re eager to get more people signed up. Just enter zip code 98607 and school code 87725 here: https://www.fredmeyer.com/account/create?redirectUrl=/account/communityrewards/enroll

Hearing Screening Help Needed, Tues. 11/15

Help the school by assisting with the upcoming student hearing screening on November 15, 7:50-10:00 a.m. Sign up now: http://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c044dadac23a20-hearing1

Dinner Out @ Five Guys & Menchies, Wed. 11/16

Join us for dinner and dessert at our next restaurant event with a por-tion of the proceeds coming back to Sky PTO! We use this money on things like Staff Appreciation and staff grants, which make Skyridge a great place to be for all.

Staff Appreciation: No Tricks, Just Treats

The late start on October 20 brought with it a surprise, fall-themed Staff Appreciation treat buffet, complete with mountains of coffee pods donated by many wonderful families! We can’t thank you enough for stepping up to make our staff feel so wonderful.

Monthly Sky PTO Meetings

Our next PTO meeting will be Tues., Nov. 22, from 12-1 p.m. with Principal Williams. We won’t have one in December, but we will have one in January — an evening meeting at the new Project-Based Learning Program location. Stay tuned for the date and time!

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YOU ROCK! Our PTO asked Sky families to

bring in coffee to fuel our staff and boy, did

you respond. Thank you for your kindness,

your support, the coffee, and mostly for

your wonderful children.