There will be a school assembly on January 17th at 2:15pm, and all are welcome. The children will perform songs they have been learning in classes leading up to the assembly. They will perform again at our Dr. King Birthday Party Celebration at 7pm. Come join other Sanislo families and teachers as we celebrate Dr. [...]
The Mayor’s Office, in partnership with Seattle Schools, Alliance for Education, and Get Schooled, is running an exciting city-wide campaign to encourage students to get to school. Launched on October 3rd, the mission of Be Here Get There is to increase focus and awareness on the important link between school attendance and a student’s future [...]
Dear Sanislo Families, I’m writing to ask your help with an ongoing problem at Sanislo. Our school location creates some automatic problems for traffic flow. The street is narrow, there is very little parking space, and if you go north from the school on 21st, there is not a way to turn for a long, [...]
Hello Sanislo Families, We had a wonderful guest artist at Sanislo this week named Kent Stevenson, and the children really got a lot out of the experience. He was visiting as part of our learning and celebrating Black History Month. He’s a talented musician, and he taught each grade music, songs and stories. His lessons [...]
To keep our students safe at Drop-Off and Pick-Up time, PLEASE: • Don’t pull into the bus circle. It makes it difficult for our bus drivers and disrupts the safe loading and unloading of busses. About half of our students ride the bus to and from school. • Don’t park in front of the school [...]
The year has flown past; we’re past the first quarter point, and I feel like I have a pretty good handle on what our strengths are as a school, and where we still face challenges. One of the challenges that I’m working with currently is how to provide more support for math instruction for our [...]
As our weather turns more cold and blustery, the traffic, and congestion at school has increased. I appreciate the patience and care that all of you are showing while you’re in the landing pattern at Sanislo International Airport. The mornings are ok at this point, but I have to ask that some of you change [...]
Dear Sanislo Families, The pride that I feel for my school continues to grow as the season shifts from a new start to the routines of work and joy at Sanislo. I’m writing this as I digest a lunch shared with several Sanislo parents and children. They gathered here last Saturday to clean up, prune [...]
Dear Sanislo Families, Each day I arrive at Sanislo after a commute through Seattle and experi- ence a weird sort of juxtaposition. I leave my family and my home only to find myself arriving, after a short drive, at home with family. It reminds of a poem by T.S. Eliot that talks about traveling only [...]
Dear Sanislo Families, We have had a wonderful week opening our new school year with you and your children. I’m overwhelmed by the love and support our community has shown for Sanislo in my first days here. We have two fabulous new teachers at grades 1 and 4, and a whole new, well prepared, classroom [...]