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Denny Meet & Greet

Newsletter — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:43:01 +0000

Denny International PTSA is hosting a parent meet & greet on Thursday, February 2nd at 7pm at Endolyne Joe’s for parents/guardians of Denny children. We would like to invite parents of 5th graders who will be going to Denny to join us.

One of the requests by 6th grade parents this year was to have something where parents could get to know each other – especially parents new to Denny. We’re hoping that by inviting 5th grade parents, they will feel more included at the beginning of the school year and not so overwhelmed.

Light appetizers will be served and Marty McLaren, Denny alum and School Board rep will be attending as well.

Denny Meet & Greet

Newsletter — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:35:32 +0000

Light appetizers will be served and Marty McLaren, Denny alum and School Board rep will be attending as well.

Furlough Day

Newsletter — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:06:25 +0000

School will be dismissed at 12:35pm at all Seattle Public Schools on Tuesday, January 24th as teachers and other staff represented by the Seattle Education Association will be taking a half-day of furlough time.

This loss of instructional time is a result of a difficult budget situation at Seattle Public Schools. Both the District and the SEA, the teachers’ union, agree that furlough days are the best way to minimize the impact to our students and prioritize classroom funding.

Students who receive bus transportation will receive rides home on January 24th three hours early, after lunch.

Please note: The January 24th date is not on the District wall calendar. We are notifying families now to ensure you have time to plan.
Additional furlough days will be held when school is not in session and will not directly impact school days for students and families.

“Be Here. Get There.” Attendance Campaign

Newsletter — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:04:11 +0000

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 success. As the school year progresses, schools, classrooms, and individual teachers and students will be awarded various prizes for the most improved attendance. Every day in school matters. At Sanislo, our most improved attendance award has gone to Mr Apostol’s 5th grade class for both October and November! They have won a trophy, pizza party and free prizes for each student for increased attendance each month.

For more information, please visit http://www.getschooled.com/seattle

New Dental Resource

Newsletter — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 17:02:59 +0000

The Center for Pediatric Dentistry provides comprehensive dental care to children, including children with special needs, and children of all ages – even before a tooth can be seen in the mouth. Dental care at the Center for Pediatric Dentistry is directed by our board certified Pediatric Dental Faculty.

Make an appointment: 206-543-5800. Visit our website: http://www.thecenterforpediatricdentistry.com/. Both our Front Desk and Clinic Staff will ask you for information that will help us provide your child with the best dental care possible. We encourage you to ask all the questions you like so we can best meet the needs of your child.

The Center for Pediatric Dentistry is a collaboration of the University of Washington and Seattle Children’s and is located at: 6222 NE 74th Street Seattle, 98115.

Dental Health Information for Children with Special Health Care Needs can be found here.

From the School Nurse

Newsletter — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 16:52:22 +0000

With traveling over the winter break and visiting family and friends and general high rioting and revelry, you or someone you love may have inadvertently picked up a case of head lice. I highly recommend that all families regularly perform weekly head lice checks at home every week. I would like this weekly check to become the normal culture for our community.

Lice do not discriminate! They will crawl onto clean heads, dirty heads, white, black, yellow, pink, green and purple heads. Heads with short, medium or long hair, heads with straight hair or large curls or small curls. Every family needs to check every person in the family every week for these creepy crawlers. If found, please treat according to trusted recommended treatments. You could consult your doctor, your pharmacist, your public health department, or your school nurse (me!). Also, inform any families or friends that have been in recent close contact, so they can check and treat if needed. Please inform the school of the recent treatment. Your information will be kept confidential. Thank you very much for your kind attention to this informative message & keep on checking! -Jacquie Bowen, RN, BSN, School Nurse

Take Advantage of your Shopping Cards

Newsletter — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:10:45 +0000

Shopping at Target for the Holidays? Enroll for free and Target® will donate up to 1% of your purchases to Sanislo Elementary when you use your card. Call 1-800-316-6142 or visit Target.com/tcoe or an in-store kiosk to sign up for the TAKE CHARGE OF EDUCATION® program.

Pick up a ‘B’ Caring Card at Bartell Drugs and they will contribute up to 4% of your purchases to Sanislo! It’s free and easy. Just register your card by calling 1-800-931-6258 or visit eScrip.com/BCaringCard.

AND please don’t forget that any shopping you do through the Amazon link on our fundraising page will benefit Sanislo as well!

Seattle School Board Survey

Newsletter — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:08:13 +0000

You are invited to take a public opinion survey about the school district and the traits you would like to see in a permanent Superintendent. Please go to: www.seattleschools.org/schoolboard and click on the link to the survey. The survey has been translated into Chinese, Spanish, Tagalog and Vietnamese. We anticipate a Somali translation to be available shortly. The Board is very interested in your opinion and hopes that you will complete the survey.

Sanislo Holiday Food Drive

Newsletter — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 17:58:31 +0000

This annual event kicked off today and will run through Friday, December 9th. All donations benefit Sanislo families identified through our school social worker, Nina Bowman. Preferred items to bring in are dry foods, rice, pasta or cereal; canned vegetables, soups or fruit; prepared foods, paper products and personal hygiene items. Please- no perishable foods (fresh, frozen, homemade, etc.) Contact Nina at nabowman[at)seattleschools[dot)org or 252-8386 with any questions. Your donation is greatly appreciated!

Friday Bake Sale

Newsletter — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:04:28 +0000

The Mothers of the Hispanic Family Committee of the Sanislo PTA sponsor a cupcake and popcorn sale every friday in front of the school. It’s very popular, and gives us all a very nice social event after school on Fridays. A regular group of women do all of the shopping and preparations for this sale, and they can use more help. You can help by joining them to frost the cakes and pop and bag the popcorn in the staff lounge at 2:45 on Fridays. You can also help by contributing some baking supplies. There is a box in the hallway near Mr. Seevers’ office, please add cake mixes, cupcake cups, frostings etc. to the box; it will save them a trip to the market.