Peggy Rice and Pete Barnouw (Maya's parents from J-5) will be coaching the JSIS Ultimate Frisbee team again this spring. The team is open to 4th and 5th graders.
Practices will be Tuesdays from 4:30 to 5:30pm, starting Tuesday March 4. Games will be Saturdays starting March 15 (9am). The last game will be May 17.
Cost is $25, payable to Peggy Rice. For more information, look for the flyer in the class email or in you child's backpack. Or call Pete or Peggy at 675-8544.
Go JSIS Ultimate!!!
Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Math Olympiad
This just in from our math specialist -- Margreet DeLeew. Margreet organizes this every year and I hear it's great fun!
Dear 5th Grade Parents/Guardians,
Announcing the 2008 middle school MATH OLYMPIAD
An annual event organized through the Washington State Mathematics Council
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: Many sites across the state including the John Stanford International School
Time: 8:30 to 2:00
The MATH OLYMPIAD is an opportunity for teams of students in grades 5-8 to come flex their math muscles. The contest has two sessions: session 1 – a one hour significant problem, and session 2 – five twenty minute quizzes in each of the content areas: number sense, measurement, geometry, probability and statistics, and algebraic reasoning. Teams compete against themselves for ribbons and medals – what matters is how many points the team accumulates, not how the team compares with other teams at the site.
This will be my 4th year of participating in this event, my 3rd year as a site coordinator at the John Stanford International School.
For more information on the Math Olympiad go on-line to www.sound-decisions.org/olympiad.
If you think you and your student might be interested in participating in this event please look for the registration form coming home in your child's backpack (the registration fee is $10 per student) and return it to Ms Nani. Also please let me know by e-mail: amdeleeuw@seattleschools.org.
As soon as I know how many students are interested, I will make up teams and start practicing more intensely hopefully once a week before school. This year I will enter also one 4th grade team to participate in the 5th grade Olympiad!
Margreet de Leeuw, K-5 Math specialist
Dear 5th Grade Parents/Guardians,
Announcing the 2008 middle school MATH OLYMPIAD
An annual event organized through the Washington State Mathematics Council
Date: Saturday, May 3, 2008
Location: Many sites across the state including the John Stanford International School
Time: 8:30 to 2:00
The MATH OLYMPIAD is an opportunity for teams of students in grades 5-8 to come flex their math muscles. The contest has two sessions: session 1 – a one hour significant problem, and session 2 – five twenty minute quizzes in each of the content areas: number sense, measurement, geometry, probability and statistics, and algebraic reasoning. Teams compete against themselves for ribbons and medals – what matters is how many points the team accumulates, not how the team compares with other teams at the site.
This will be my 4th year of participating in this event, my 3rd year as a site coordinator at the John Stanford International School.
For more information on the Math Olympiad go on-line to www.sound-decisions.org/olympiad.
If you think you and your student might be interested in participating in this event please look for the registration form coming home in your child's backpack (the registration fee is $10 per student) and return it to Ms Nani. Also please let me know by e-mail: amdeleeuw@seattleschools.org.
As soon as I know how many students are interested, I will make up teams and start practicing more intensely hopefully once a week before school. This year I will enter also one 4th grade team to participate in the 5th grade Olympiad!
Margreet de Leeuw, K-5 Math specialist
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Ceramics This Friday -- Help!
Brent H. needs a few parents to help with the class ceramics project THIS FRIDAY, February 8.
Help is needed for:
Set-up between 9:00 and 9:30am
Help with the class between 9:30 and 10:15am
Clean-up
Help is needed for:
Set-up between 9:00 and 9:30am
Help with the class between 9:30 and 10:15am
Clean-up
Architects for Extra Credit
Does your family know an architect? Your child can get extra credit for the Architecture project if you know an architect who would be willing to come speak to the Spanish 5th grade class about his or her work.
Architects are welcome to speak to the 5th grade class any afternoon after mid-winter break and before March 15 (double check dates and times with Nani). Their presentation should be no more than 1/2 hour including time for questions. It would be great if they could bring building models they have created.
Architects are welcome to speak to the 5th grade class any afternoon after mid-winter break and before March 15 (double check dates and times with Nani). Their presentation should be no more than 1/2 hour including time for questions. It would be great if they could bring building models they have created.
Sunday, February 3, 2008
Share Thoughts About Middle School Choice?
Has anyone gained any good information or insights into middle school programs lately? Has a particular tour inspired you or turned you off? Have you made a firm decision? What made you come to a conclusion about where to send you child to middle school?
It would be great if you could share your thoughts. Just click on the "comments" button below on this post. (I think you need to sign in to blogger, but that just takes a second.) It would be great to hear what people are thinking about as we all decide where to send our kids to school next year!
It would be great if you could share your thoughts. Just click on the "comments" button below on this post. (I think you need to sign in to blogger, but that just takes a second.) It would be great to hear what people are thinking about as we all decide where to send our kids to school next year!
Summer Spanish Immersion in Salamanca, Spain
Brent Hester received this information about a summer program for 10-14 year olds in Salamanca, Spain. Brent studied for a while in Salamanca himself and he says that the programs there are wonderful. It's a relatively pricey summer camp -- but a great one!
Click here to see the program website: http://www.tiatula.com/
Brent also sent a flyer to me, but I can't get it to post here. I'll attach it to the class email.
Click here to see the program website: http://www.tiatula.com/
Brent also sent a flyer to me, but I can't get it to post here. I'll attach it to the class email.
Spectrum Admission and M.S. Registration
If you're looking at the middle school registration forms we received, you'll notice that there are boxes to check if you're registering for Spectrum or APP. But -- the district hasn't yet mailed test results to families that would indicate if your child qualifies for Spectrum or APP!
The word I get from people who have experience with these things is: If your child took the Spectrum entrance test and you think your child may qualify for Spectrum, you should just wait a week or two for the test results to arrive (they arrive by mail, not through school). The on-time enrollment period goes through February 29, so there is time to wait a while. Then you'll know for sure whether your child qualifies for Spectrum and you can register for Spectrum classes on the enrollment form. (If you didn't wait, or if you don't want to wait, I hear that you can "amend" your enrollment application if needed, but I'm not exactly sure how that's done.)
Remember -- on-time enrollment means that your Middle School Application form has been received by the district enrollment office by February 29.
The word I get from people who have experience with these things is: If your child took the Spectrum entrance test and you think your child may qualify for Spectrum, you should just wait a week or two for the test results to arrive (they arrive by mail, not through school). The on-time enrollment period goes through February 29, so there is time to wait a while. Then you'll know for sure whether your child qualifies for Spectrum and you can register for Spectrum classes on the enrollment form. (If you didn't wait, or if you don't want to wait, I hear that you can "amend" your enrollment application if needed, but I'm not exactly sure how that's done.)
Remember -- on-time enrollment means that your Middle School Application form has been received by the district enrollment office by February 29.
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