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Oct 6 Elementary School Curriculum Night @ 6:30pm

Oct 6 Advanced Learning applications due.

Oct 14 No School - State in-service day

Oct 25 PTA General Meeting @ 6:30 - 8 pm

Oct 26 2-hr Early Dismissal

Nov 11 No School - Veterans Day

Nov 16 2-hr Early Dismissal

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Inside this Edition

Box Tops

District News - Advanced Learning Referral Deadline Oct 6

Office Reminder - Photo I.D. required for all volunteers

Cafeteria Reminders/Volunteers Needed

Catharine Blaine PTA - Join Here

P.E. News & Schedule - wear proper footwear on PE days

Fall Enrichment Schedule

SPS Schoology/Source Family Communication Info

BOX TOPS - DUE BY OCT 28TH

HELP EARN FREE MONEY FOR BLAINE!

It's Box Tops Time again! Catharine Blaine collects Box Tops for Education to earn money for our school. All you have to do is cut the Box Tops logos from participating brands, save them up throughout the year, and send them into your child's class. This is easy, free money that goes directly to our school to benefit our kids. Save Box Tops all year long as we have two chances to earn cash per school year. Our first collection deadline is October 28th. Our goal this year is to earn $1,000, which means we need each student to collect at least 13 Box Tops over the course of the year! The more the better. Ask grandparents, aunts, uncles, friends, and neighbors to collect them too. We'll keep track and the class with the most Box Tops will earn a party at the end of the year. Check the PTA bulletin board outside the office to track our school's and your class's progress. Box Tops can be found on many popular items such as General Mills cereals, Bisquick, Betty Crocker, Annie's Mac & Cheese, Kleenex, Hefty trash bags, Ziploc bags, Land O'Lakes butter, and much more! Check the website for more infor-mation and products. http://www.boxtops4education.com

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DISTRICT NEWS/INFO

ADVANCED LEARNING START OF SCHOOL UPDATES

As school begins, the referral window for Advanced Learning eligibility opens.

This year’s referral form for students in grades kindergarten through 8th is available online via The Source starting Sep-

tember 7, 2016. Once you login to your parent or guardian source account, click on the “Advanced Learning Parent Re-

ferral” button to start the referral process. Read more about how to submit a referral on the Advanced Learning referral

webpage. K-8 eligibility testing for the 2017-18 school year begins in October. Applications for students in grades 9-12

will be available in January.

All k-8 applications are due by October 6, 2016 to determine eligibility for school year 2017-18.

SEATTLE PUBLIC SCHOOLS “FAMILY COMMUNICATION” CHANGES

Fall 2016, Seattle Public Schools is launching SchoolMessenger InfoCenter to enable families to customize how they re-

ceive communications from their school(s) and the district. Here is a link to more info on this.

CAFETERIA REMINDERS

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED/CAFETERIA REMINDERS FOR FIELD TRIPS

Ms. Toni can specifically use help on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Fridays between 11:20– 12:50. But drop-in help is al-

ways welcome. Come help serve lunch and spend some time with your student(s) too. Email Ms. Toni.

Also, Ms. Toni cannot provide any student information via phone or email. This means balances, pin numbers, etc.. You

are welcome to come in person, and she will be able to help you.

If you write a check for your student’s account, please make it out to Nutrition Services and include your student’s first

and last name in the Memo section. Checks made out to Blaine or PayPams will be returned.

Field trips: It is very important that if you need to order a sack lunch, that your student’s teacher receives the request ten working school days before the field trip date. If I don't receive it in time, Central Kitchen will deny your request and you will be responsible to provide your student a sack lunch.

Please consider joining the Catharine Blaine PTA. In addition to supporting your students and teachers, after you join you

will have access to state-wide membership benefits thru the Washington State PTA.

PTA dues can be paid on-line here. Thanks for supporting our school.

CATHARINE BLAINE PTA MEMBERSHIP

A COPY OF YOUR PHOTO I.D. IS NEEDED IN ORDER TO PROCESS YOUR VOLUNTEER PAPERWORK.

The Volunteer paperwork along with a copy of your photo I.D. is required each year you volunteer in Seattle Public

Schools. If you have already turned in your paperwork, please bring a copy of your Driver’s license ASAP so that you can

be an approved volunteer.

YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO CHAPERONE ANY FIELD TRIPS UNTIL YOUR BACKGROUND CHECK IS COMPLETED WHICH RE-

QUIRES YOUR PHOTO ID.

OFFICE REMINDERS - PLEASE INCLUDE A COPY OF YOUR PHOTO I.D. WITH YOUR

VOLUNTEER PAPERWORK

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P.E. NEWS

SEATTLE KIDS MARATHON - SATURDAY NOVEMBER 26TH

Ms. Pickens will again be coordinating the participation of students interested in running the Seattle Kids Marathon.

Mark your calendars and start running. More info to come…..

IMPORTANT P.E. INFORMATION

For safety and performance reasons, it is very important for students to wear appropriate shoes for PE on their scheduled days. Please check which days of the week that your student has PE class. The schedule will change each semester.

AMLANI MON, THURS, FRI

CHRISTIANSEN WED, THURS

LILY MON, TUES, FRI

UNSETH TUES, WED

ANDERSON TUES, WED, FRI

JONES TUES, THURS, FRI

SHATTUCK MON, WED, THURS

WILLETT MON, WED, FRI

ZWEIBACK MON, TUES, THURS

CRISTOBAL MON, TUES, FRI

KANG-CROSBY WED, THURS

MEGARD MON, THURS, FRI

THOMAS TUES, WED

KELLER MON, WED, FRI

MCSHANE TUES, THURS, FRI

ROTZ TUES, THURS

ROCCHI MON, WED

HANCOCK MON, WED, THURS

MERKER MON, TUES, THURS, FRI

VOIGHT TUES, WED, FRI

CLOTHIER-SHARMAN

WED

MONTGOMERY/SCURLOCK

TUES, FRI

ROGERS MON, THURS

P.E. SHOES ON P.E DAYS!

Ballard High School Playmakers Present The Foreigner

October 13, 14, 15, 20, 21, 22

Curtain at 7:30 pm

1418 NW 65th Street - Ballard High Earl Kelly Performing Arts Center

Tickets at www.showtix4u.com - Students and Seniors $10 / Adults $15

Discount Night October 20th only: Tickets purchased at the door on Thursday, October 20th, will be at a special rate. Buy one adult admission at $15 and the accompanying party is free. Buy one student or senior admission at $10 and accom-panying student or senior is free.

BALLARD HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS INFO

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FALL ENRICHMENT - UPDATE

Many classes have just begun but it’s still not too late to sign up for a few classes, including LEAP4kidz Lego using STEM

curriculum, which has announced revised class start dates of 10/12 and 10/13. Read on below for detailed descriptions

of the enrichment programs available this fall and also for the weekly schedule and room assignments. Please contact

programs directly to inquire if space is available.

After School Art (FULL)

Blaine Unicycle Club

Students learn to ride the unicycle working in small groups, with partners, as well as independent practice. We also

work on various circus arts skills including juggling, stilts, ball-walking, and other wheeled apparatus. Learning to

unicycle is a challenging skill and students learn to ride at different rates depending on their prior experience,

level of interest, and time on task. The Unicycle Club performs at special school events including Blaine Middle

School pep assemblies, neighborhood parades, as well as other special events in the Seattle area.

Catharine Blaine Cross Country Club (FULL)

Creative Coding 4 Kids

Teaching kids the joy of coding computers by helping them write their own customized computer games! Today's

computers are more like a box of crayons than a calculator. The most important traits for coding today are crea-

tivity and persistence. We teach girls & boys the fundamentals of coding by making it fun. Our non-sequential,

project-based approach wins rave reviews from parents & kids alike!

Debate Club

A fun, interactive club that uses games and other activities to teach debate. We end with an actual match! Debate

improves kids’ communication skills, critical thinking, confidence and public speaking. No debate experience nec-

essary to join! We have a club for 4th and 5th grades and for 6th and 7th grades.

Foreign Languages with Language Link, LLC

Art, music, drama and games guide the curriculum for our Mandarin and Spanish classes. We offer beginning, inter-

mediate and advanced levels in these languages from kindergarten through middle school grades. Since our fo-

cus is on oral proficiency, classes are conducted entirely in the target language so that students are fully engaged

in the language and culture they are studying.

Fueled by Yoga

Let's get bendy, go upside down and engage the natural enthusiasm of kids in this energy releasing yoga class. Clas-

ses aim to enhance your child's body awareness, balance and coordination, as well as build strength. Mind-body

activities help children develop sensory integration skills, self-awareness and self-esteem. Breathing techniques

are incorporated that help children self-soothe and regulate their minds.

Glee Club

Glee Club sings music that is uplifting, fun, age-appropriate and challenging. We sing many styles of music, learning

choreography and performance.

Hip Hop and Zumba Fitness

Hip Hop & ZUMBA Kids is an hour of Fun, Dance and Games! Time to let your inner STAR out, Rock the Stage and

get fit all at the same time, all skill levels welcome! Learn up to 10 different dances, emphasizing contemporary

urban styles such as Hip Hop, Reggaeton and Pop all set to a Fun and Energetic playlist! Create your own Chore-

ography, learn to break down parts of a song, add your moves to music! Perform your routines with your peers!

Become a Performer! Each week practice songs to get ready for the Stage!

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LEAP4Kidz LEGO – Explore STEM Topics LEGO® Jr Builder class from LEAP4Kidz™ offers an integrated STEM curriculum including science, technology, engineering,

math, as well as history, language arts, and team decision making to children using LEGO® bricks. This is a hands-on structural engineering class where students will build and design with Lego bricks creating things from the world around them! LEGO® Jr Engineer class from LEAP4Kidz™ offers an integrated STEM curriculum including science, technology, engineering, math, as well as history, language arts, and team decision making to children using LEGO® bricks and mo-tors. This is a hands-on mechanical engineering class where students will build and design with Legos and receive an in-troduction to levers, gears, pulleys and more using batteries and motors to bring their creations to life!

Mad Science

Looking to spark imaginative learning after school? Children engage in exciting hands-on activities, watch spectacular demonstrations, participate in inquiry-based discussions and take home things that they have made themselves like model rockets, periscopes, Mad Science putty, and more! Our hands-on, one-hour science programs are themed around a particular area of science and include such topics as electricity, magnetism, optics, biology and many more.

Camp Kindness Counts

Learn how to be a kind and mindful leader! Through mindfulness practices, teamwork exercises, and community out-reach projects we will have fun collaborating and making a difference in our WORLD and in our selves! The class will help foster positive social-emotional and leadership skills, inspire kids to positively impact their surroundings as individuals and in a group, and enable kids to actively practice mindfulness and empathy while also learning about other service ori-ented nonprofit organizations.

Play-Well Lego

Jedi Engineering: The Force Awakens in this introductory engineering course for young Jedi! Explore engineering principles by designing and building projects such as LEGO® X-Wings, R2 Units, Energy Catapults, Defense Turrets, and Settlements from a galaxy far, far away. Create motorized and architectural projects with imagination and engineering to defeat the Empire! Life-Off Lego: Do you wish you could fly? Do you dream of breaking the sound barrier, or landing on Mars? Then this camp is for you! Build LEGO models of every kind of flying machine, from wings that flap like a bird's, to P- 51 Mus-tangs, Stealth Bombers, and NASA rockets. Then discover how real-world aircraft and spacecraft actually fly!

Slapshot Hockey

You shoot, you SCORE! No longer just a game for a frozen pond, Floor Hockey is a one size fits all game of speed, coordi-nation, and thrills. Game Play and skill work to include stick handling, dodging, ball control, and of course shooting will be introduced and practiced from week to week. Learn the different ways to put a shot on goal by incorporating wrist shots, slap shots, snap shots, and the backhand. Slap Shot Floor Hockey just might be the first stop on the road to the Stanley Cup… All aboard! Every child gets an OTA H.I.G.H. F.I.V.E.S. Participation Medal!!

Songsterz – NOW OPEN TO GRADES K- 8th!

A fun and creative class where students learn about music through creating a song as a class and then each student cre-ates their own original song. Dancing, word games, rhythm games, and Native American hand drums are some of the tools we will use to learn how to create and perform a song. Students learn about microphone technique and stage pres-ence. No previous music experience required. Guitar, piano, or percussion are collaboratively added and each student receives a digital file of the end of the session performance recording of the group song and their own original song. Stu-dents can choose to create a song as an individual or collaborate with others in class.

Sound Formation Rhythm & Percussion

Hand-percussion is incredibly powerful, fun, and a great way to connect and grow with friends. You will be amazed at how your rhythm on percussion, will transfer over to piano, violin, and any other instrument. Our curriculum is simple, comprehensive, and delivers amazing results in a short time. The atmosphere is one of strategic games, enhancing crea-tivity, having fun, connectivity, growing listening ability, developing attention, and strengthening learning ability. We’ll have an incredible performance on the last day. Workbook and materials included. Our staff is compiled of outstanding percussionists, drummers, and music educators with music degrees and extensive teaching and performing backgrounds.

Stone Soup Theatre

In Story Drama (Grades K-2nd), new readers will find new ways of enjoying and sharing their favorite stories. Students will play theater games that will help them learn the basics of theater and acting while increasing their listening skills, confi-dence, concentration skills and ability to work together. In Fractured Fairy Tales (Grades 3rd – 8th), Helga and Olga Grime claim that they, not their brothers, are the true fairy tale writers. They… …say their brothers changed the ending, and now they want to show the world the true fairy tales, as they were supposed to be. So, they hired a rag tag group of ac-tors and this is the result!

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FALL ENRICHMENT SCHEDULE

MONDAY BEFORE SCHOOL

Mandarin Novice Mix (K – 3rd). 10/3 - 2/9/17. Class Mon/Wed. $365. Rm 137. Spanish Novice Low (1st- 2nd). 10/3 – 2/9/17. Class Mon/Wed. $365. Rm 136.

MONDAY AFTER SCHOOL

Yoga for Kids (1st – 4th). 10/03 – 12/12. $145. Location: Middle School Lounge (outside Cafeteria). Mad Science (1st – 5th). 10/10 - 12/5. $140. Location: Rm. 141. Story Drama (k– 2nd). 9/26 – 12/5. $137. Location: Stage.

TUESDAY BEFORE SCHOOL

Blaine Unicycle Club (1st – 8th). 9/13 - 6/13/17. $250/kid or $475/two kids. Location: Gym. Spanish Novice Low (K – 2nd). 10/4 – 2/9/17. Class Tues/Thurs. $365. Rm. 119. Spanish Novice Mid (2nd – 3rd). 10/4 – 2/9/17. Class Tues/Thurs. $365. Rm 138B. Spanish Novice High (3rd – 5th). 10/4 – 2/10/17. Class T/Th/Fri. $525. Rm. 136. Spanish Intermediate (4th – 8th). 10/4 – 2/10/17. Class T/Th/Fri. $525. Rm. 138A

TUESDAY AFTER SCHOOL

*FULL* After School Art (1st – 5th). 9/20 – 12/6. $180. Rm. 140A. Sound Formation Rhythm & Percussion w/Math (K – 8th). 10/4 – 12/13. $220. Rm. 125. Mixed Levels Coding (3rd – 5th). 10/4 - 12/13. $299. Location: Library. Fractured Fairy Tales (3rd– 8th). 9/27 - 12/6. $137. Location: Stage.

WEDNESDAY BEFORE SCHOOL

Hip Hop and Zumba Fitness (K – 8th). 10/5 – 12/7. $125. Location: Gym. Mandarin Novice Mix. Class Mon/Weds. Spanish Novice Low. Class Mon/Weds.

WEDNESDAY AFTER SCHOOL

Glee Club (K – 2nd). 10/5 - 12/14. $160. Location: Stage. LEGO Jr. Builder (K – 1st). 10/12-12/14. $125. Location: Middle School Lounge (outside Cafeteria). Mindful Leaders Club (k – 5th). 10/5 - 12/7. $135. Rm. 123. Catharine Blaine Cross Country Club. (k – 8th). 9/14- 10/TBA/16. $ See Flyer. Location: Discovery Park (Emerson).

THURSDAY BEFORE SCHOOL

Debate Club (4th – 5th & 6th – 7th). 10/6 – 1/26/17. $220. Rm 127 & Rm 122. Slapshot Hockey (K – 2nd/ 3rd– 5th). 9/29- 12/8. $100. Location: Gym. Spanish Novice Low. Class Tues/Thurs. Spanish Novice Mid. Class Tues/Thurs. Spanish Novice High. Class T/Th/Fri. Spanish Intermediate. Class T/Th/Fri.

THURSDAY AFTER SCHOOL

Glee Club (3rd – 5th). 10/6 - 12/15. $160. Location: Stage. Songsterz Songwriting & Performance (k – 8th). 10/06– 12/15. $165. Rm 120 Lego Jr. Engineer (2nd – 5th). 10/13-12/15. $145. 139A Studio Coding Class. (5th & 6th). 10/6 – 12/15. $299. Location: Library.

FRIDAY BEFORE SCHOOL

Spanish Novice High. Class T/Th/Fri. Spanish Intermediate. Class T/Th/Fri.

FRIDAY AFTER SCHOOL

Mixed Levels Coding (3rd – 5th). 9/30 - 12/9. $239. Location: Library. Lift Off Lego (k – 2nd). 9/30 - 12/9. $136. Rm. 139B. Jedi Lego Engineering (k – 2nd). 9/30 - 12/9. $136. Rm 135

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