Happy New Year! Please note details below regarding our upcoming MLK Assembly and a reminder to discuss your service learning projects with your students. The plan is to have our Walk-a-thon reward before the assembly on 1.22. Details are below, but we will also discuss this plan at our staff meeting on Thursday 1.16.
Quick Look:
Friday January 10 | TSA Movie Night 6:00-8:30 |
Monday January 13 | If you have not done so already, please begin discussing a service project with your students. |
Tuesday January 14 | 9:30-11:30 Guest Administrator Walk Through
This was originally scheduled near the day of the power outage, so it was rescheduled. Please know that our guest administrators are looking at Domain 2 in the Leadership Framework (my evaluation rubric). This Domain covers school culture and climate. As an administrative team, we are focusing on this area and are giving each other feedback on our work as building principals in this area. There may be 1 or 2 guests in your room during this time. If you are testing, or if this is not a good time, please let me know and I will take you off the schedule. |
Wednesday, January 15 | Early Release- District Information: Student Growth Goals and Mid Year Conferences |
Thursday, January 16 | 8:05 Staff Meeting- Please come prepared to share the service project you will be doing with your class. We will go over final details for the MLK Assembly as well. Here are the notes from our Equity Team Meeting discussion regarding this service project as it relates to our book study and the MLK Holiday:
Braiding Sweetgrass- discussed the connections between the book and the upcoming MLK holiday, which often focuses on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. and acts of service that improve our community. During our MLK assembly on 1.22.25, we would like our grade level teams (or homerooms depending on teacher preference) to select one student to tell us about their service project idea. Kim had the great idea to provide a slide template for each grade level or homeroom group to fill in with the information about the project. Please label one slide with your classroom name. We all have edit access, so please only work on the slide you/your team labeled to avoid confusion.
Here are the steps that were suggested in our equity team meeting. You can choose to take or leave our ideas: 1. Talk with students about change they would like to contribute to within our community (maybe during SEL time or homeroom time). 2.Take a walk around campus and make note of things you notice (also great for practicing walking in the halls). 3. Brainstorm with students their ideas for a service project that would make a big impact, but that doesn't take a ton of time and is realistic. It may be that you decide on something that would be a big deal in the end, but that you could make a start on. If this conversation can be tied to an area of study you are already planning, that may help give the project focus. For example, Mark said they will be reading Seedfolk when we return from break. Lots of connections there! 4. Select a student from each grade or homeroom group to present the idea at our assembly on 1.22.25. 5. Do the service project and take pictures!!
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Friday January 17 | End of 1st Semester (grading window 1.17.25-1.30.25) |
Monday January 20 | No School- Martin Luther King Day Observed |
Tuesday January 21 | No School- Staff Work Day |
Wednesday January 22 | Walk-a-thon Reward Recess and Snack (2:40-2:55 on the playground) followed by the Martin Luther King Jr. Assembly (3:00-3:30 in the cafeteria)
Please have students pack up for dismissal before the assembly.
8th Grade students come to the cafeteria starting at 2:55 followed by 6th and 7th students. 4th and 5th Grade come to the cafeteria after Journey has passed your classroom (probably just a couple minutes before 3:00)
2nd and 3rd Grade come to the cafeteria after 4th and 5th Grade pass your room.
K and 1st, follow 2nd and 3rd Grade. |
Thursday January 23 | Equity Team Meeting- 8:05 in Tamara’s Room |
Wednesday January 29 | Early Release- Individual Time |
Thursday January 30 | MTSS Team Meeting- 8:05 Main Office Conference Room |
Friday January 31 | Report cards sent out |
Wednesday February 5 | Early Release- Individual Time |
Thursday February 6 | Staff Meeting- 8:05 in the Library |
Thursday February 6 | S.T.E.A.M Night (6:30-8:00 at Cascade) |
Monday February 10-Friday February 14 | Week of Kindness- Stay Tuned for Details!! |
Wednesday February 12 | Early Release- Principal Time |
Thursday February 13 | Equity Team Meeting- 8:05 in Tamara’s Room |
Monday February 17-Friday February 21 | No School- Mid-Winter Break |
Tuesday February 25 | Micaela secured funding for Taproot Theater to present two shows for us. Celebrate!! The K-5 show will be from 1:00-2:00 in the cafeteria. 4th and 5th, please leave the classroom at 12:55 2nd and 3rd, please follow 4th and 5th K and 1st, please follow 2nd and 3rd.
The 6-8 show will be from 2:30-3:30 in the cafeteria. Please arrive in the cafeteria by 2:30. |
Wednesday February 26 | Early Release-Individual Time |
Thursday February 27 | MTSS Team Meeting- 8:05 in the Main Office Conference Room |
LOOKING AHEAD |
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Sunday March 2- Friday March 7 | 8th Grade Camp |
Monday March 3-Friday March 7 | Spring Conferences (11:55 Dismissal) |
Friday March 14 | Class Photos (in the morning) and Electives (afternoon) |
Saturday March 29 | Auction Fundraiser at Shoreline Community College- The theme is Wolves in Wonderland |
Wednesday April 2-Friday April 5 | State Competition for TSA in Spokane |
Tuesday April 15 | Skate Night at Lynnwood Bowl and Skate (6:00 p.m.-8:00 p.m.) |
Thursday May 15 | ArtsFest and Bite of Cascade |
Wednesday May 21-Friday May 23 | K-5 Spring Camp at Camp Huston- Get in touch with our camp lead, Brandi at springcamp@cascadek8ptsa.org and keep your eye on the Wolf Howl for information!! |
Tuesday May 27-Friday May 30 | 6-7 Spring Camp (Naturebridge) |
Friday June 6 | Market Day at Cascade (2:00-3:30) |
Wednesday June 11 | Moving On/Moving Up Ceremony at Shorecrest (6:00-7:30 p.m.) This is an evening to honor all of our students to celebrate moving on to the next grade, and especially our 8th Grade students who are moving on to high school. |
*for more information, see below
COMMUNITY MEETING SIGN UP: ACTION
If you are interested in presenting a mini lesson (or a summary of a lesson you are currently working on with students) at a community meeting, please sign up here. Please complete an ELO form if you decide to present!
This is an opportunity to highlight for families the powerful instruction I get to see every day here at Cascade K-8.
REPORT CARDS: HELPFUL
Report card timeline for this year is as follows:
End of semester: Jan. 17, 2025
Window to complete grades: Jan. 17 - Jan. 30, 2025
Report cards sent home: Friday, Jan. 31, 2025
BOOK STUDY DATES: ACTION
Come prepared by reading section 1 of Braiding Sweetgrass and completing your pre-meeting questions.
Team Meeting 2 - Thursday, March 6th from 8:05-9:00 a.m.
Come prepared by reading section 2 & 3 of Braiding Sweetgrass and completing your pre-meeting questions.
Team Meeting 3 - Thursday, April 17th from 8:05-9:00 a.m.
Come prepared by reading section 4 & 5 of Braiding Sweetgrass and completing your pre-meeting questions.
LANGUAGE LINE UPDATE: HELPFUL
Alternative to Language Line - Coming in January 2025 - Shoreline’s subscription to Lingolet (which is currently being used for interpretation in our school offices) includes phone interpretation similar to that provided by Language Line at a much reduced cost. Beginning in January, district staff can use Lingolet in place of Language Line. The process will be identical to Language Line, just a different phone number and account code. Details will be coming in January. Language Line will also remain available through June 2025.
New Platform for Requesting In-House Interpreters - Beginning in January 2025 we will be utilizing a new scheduling platform for making interpretation requests with our In-House Interpreters called Propio. Propio is a scheduling system to create and manage interpretation requests at each school. Casey Baldner, Language Access Coordinator, will be reaching out to staff who schedule interpreters to provide zoom training opportunities on the Propio Scheduling Platform in the coming weeks
For students in Grades 1, 3 & 5, universal screening has been completed and further testing for eligible students will be held during Jan. 22- Feb. 14, 2025 24-25 School Rosters of Student Qualifiers for Further Testing
12/19-20/24 | Schools and families have been notified of students who are eligible for further testing (CogAT). Families must provide written consent for testing by the end of day 1/15. Rosters will be updated as consent forms are received. NO LATE REGISTRATIONS ACCEPTED. Each school has a lead proctor who will work with you to schedule dates and coordinate testing logistics.
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1/22-2/14/25 | |
mid-March | MDPC for eligibility. Notification to schools, families, and position control. Services start the following school year.
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Opt-in Testing- Gr. 2, 4 & 6-8
| Now through April families of students in Grades 2, 4 & 6-8 who wish to register for optional screening/testing will be notified via ParentSquare of the opportunity to register in January and testing will occur in March/April/May at the SLC. Middle school students will be tested in March at their schools. The lead proctor will work with you to schedule dates and coordinate testing logistics.
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GRADES 6-8 EMAIL UPDATE: HELPFUL
IT has enforced a limit to the number of people students can send a single email to. Currently the cap is 40. If students send an email to more than 40 people it will be denied. There are two primary reasons for this change - 1) Google will suspend a student’s gmail account if they send email to too many recipients in one message. This is one of their efforts to curb spam emails. 2) Students have been using long email chains to simulate unmonitored chat that has become problematic to supervise.
Unfortunately this impacts legitimate student emails sent to clubs, sports teams and other activity groups. We recommend that emails sent to large groups of students for this purpose be sent by a staff member so they will not be blocked.
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