Interdisciplinary Learning in Action: Combining meaningful reading, writing, math and social emotional learning at QAE: What goes on at QAE each day? Here is an example of the rich learning opportunities at our school. Here are 1st and 2nd grade students reflecting on their reading using a growth mindset model, writing their reflections on post-it notes and then graphing their post-it note reflections to develop data analysis skills in math. This is a wonderful example of how QAE teachers set learning goals using our data, teachers then analyzed our data to identify specific targets in learning, and combined this work to support students with our social emotional learning goal: ![]() Lunch Update: Science in Action In response to feedback from older students, this year we aligned our lunch schedules so that students of similar age can eat and play together each day. 4th and 5th graders, 2nd and 3rd graders and K -1st graders have recess and lunch breaks together. This means that we have a large number of students eating lunch simultaneously in a very cavernous space. This gave our staff and students the opportunity to involve science to solve our noise conundrums. At first we grouped students by class while we helped students learn how to clean up their lunch area independently after eating. Once these responsibilities were mastered, our creative staff implemented responses to our sound challenges: we moved tables around so that students were sitting beside peers rather than across from peers and we faced the tables in the same direction. Then we taught the students about sound waves and explained our thinking about our cafeteria reorganization to reduce the volume. By involving students in solving the problem using science, we helped students to generate multiple solutions to our common problem. Our collaborative problem solving will continue throughout the year. We are proud of our student and staff collaboration on problem solving our real-life challenges together. Thank You, 5th Grade Leaders! 5th Grade Tour Guides: Thank you to the following 5th grade students for being Tour Guides for our Oct. 3rd visit from Superintendent Dr. Larry Nyland and Director Sue Peters:
5th Grade Greeters and Ushers for our Monthly Assembly: Fitting 18 classes into the cafeteria is a challenge this year, and we thank our 5th grade leaders for modeling and guiding younger students during our monthly assemblies:
5th Grade Jog-A-Thon Supporters: Thank you to the following 5th grade students who helped to count laps, assist runners, hand out water and cheer students on:
Questions? If you ever have any questions, please feel free to contact our school. Classroom teachers are happy to answer your questions about your child’s learning. Principal Janine Roy is happy to answer any questions parents have about our school, programs, initiatives and events. Please let us know how we can best support your child and family. Janine Roy: [email protected] QAE Phone: 206-252-1302 A message from the PTSA's Legislative Team:
Activate! Attend the Candidate Forum at Garfield High School Saturday Oct. 8th. Washington State's Constitution places supervision of the entire K-12 system with the (OSPI) Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. This election cycle there are two strong candidates who will be taking questions from the public at the Candidate Forum on Oct 8th. Your vote for OSPI truly matters to shape the future of education for funding, testing, capacity and many other issues the OSPI will oversee. Forum details: October 8th at 10am (doors open at 9:30am) Garfield High School (400 23rd Ave. Seattle, WA 98122) for potential carpool information or to write in a question to represent QAE email Christa at: [email protected] Thank you and QAE rocks! The weather was perfect on Friday for what turned out to be an amazing Jog-A-Thon! with many changes to the district budget, the PTSA was counting on $40,000 in donations, just to maintain our level of support staff and other essential programs. Our Jog-A-Thon saw students focused on their running goals as they reached out to friends and family. Thanks to the generosity of QAE friends and family we exceeded our fundraising goals and had a record year! These contributions help support programs from tutoring to art to teacher training. Thanks to all the parents and families who helped organize and make the the Jog-A-Thon run smoothly. And to all those who were kind enough to donate. And especially to all the kids (and staff) who ran their hearts out! Our 5th graders worked extra hard: serving as running mentors, course monitors, water helpers, lap markers, and more. We saw students finding their own pace, encouraging one another, recovering from setbacks, and celebrating goals hard-won. We also couldn't have done it without the generous donations from these local business who believe in support our community:
Some photos from the Jog-A-Thon below! If you have any others you'd like to share, please send to [email protected]
Weekly news from Principal Roy: PTSA Chili Cook-off: Wednesday, Oct. 5th The PTSA is sponsoring a Chili Cook-off. Join the PTSA at the Queen Anne Community Center from 5:30-8pm on Wednesday, Oct. 5th. Curriculum Night: Wednesday, Oct. 6th For new QAE families, Curriculum Night is an annual SPS evening information session for parents. This year, QAE parents/guardians will begin in the cafeteria at 6:30pm for staff introductions and an overview of our five pillars and QAE foundational elements, such as Project Based Learning (PBL), social emotional learning and innovative technology. Then parents/guardians will move to your child’s classroom where your child’s teacher will provide a presentation from the grade group team on academic programs, social emotional learning and supporting your child at home. Teachers are providing presentations planned by the grade group team this year so that parents can learn about the academic programs, activities and events that are being offered in all classrooms in that grade. We will begin in the cafeteria at 6:30 pm for staff introductions and an overview of our QAE pillars. A 20-minute presentation will be offered by each classroom teacher at 7 pm and repeated at 7:30pm to accommodate families with more than one child. Beginning at 7:30 pm, Janine Roy will be available in the cafeteria to answer any remaining questions. The PTSA will be providing childcare. More details will be available soon. QAE Updates: ![]() Jog-a-Thon Update Huge thanks to QAE parents Michele Lisenbury Christensen and Marna Metcalf. This was a highly successful event today, and we want to thank these fabulous parent organizers for this impactful event for our students. We would like to thank our generous sponsors for their donations:
Monthly Assembly: Thursday, Sept. 29th at 1:45 pm Our first Monthly Assembly was a great success! 5th grade students served as greeters and ushers, and we greatly appreciated their leadership with seating younger students. QAE Explorers were fabulous global citizens as they modeled respectful listening throughout the assembly. Our assembly focused on citizenship and goal-setting. Thank you to those parents who were able to attend. Our Monthly Assemblies will be the last Friday of each month, so our next one will be Oct. 28th at 1:30. The exact start time will be confirmed the week before the assembly. Traffic Updates:
The window for referring students for Advanced Learning testing closes October 6. Referrals in English are done online, using the Source (which is the parent portal for individual student information.) More information on the referral process and translated versions of the forms are available on the Advanced Learning site.
If you have questions, please contact Mary Mills ([email protected], 206-252-0182) or Matt Okun ([email protected], 206-252-0033). New to the Source or having trouble logging in? Check out the About Source page on the SPS site. You can also email [email protected] ![]() Heads up: registration for Fall enrichment classes begins at 10am today! Check out the Enrichment page for details on all the classes and to register. ![]() It's Sunday... Take 5-10 minutes TODAY to help your student register with PledgeStar, our new Jog-A-Thon online fundraising platform. It's SO slick and easy. Each student who has signed up and entered email addresses to request pledges from friends and family by Tuesday, Sept. 20th will receive a cool QAE prize later this week! It's going to be fun to see these prizes clipped onto backpacks and in kids' hands. Don't miss out! It's easy and will only take a couple minutes: http://pledgestar.com/qae Questions? Visit the PTSA Jog-A-Thon page or email [email protected] The first meeting of the Families of Color group is taking place on Tuesday, Sept. 20th at from 6-8pm in the QAE Library.
What's Families of Color? A group of parents, children, caregivers, and educators who are dedicated and passionate about creating a culturally competent community. During this first meeting, we'll meet new families, talk about plans for this year and other opportunities. We hope to see you there - all are welcome! See the Families of Color page for more details. Your kids will get a few chances to flash their pearly whites on QAE Photo Day on Thursday, Sept. 22nd. A few details to help you prepare:
School Pictures Your student should have received a printed form to order photo packages from Yuen Lui on the first day of school. You can view a copy with the price list here. You have a couple options for payment: Pre-pay Online The easiest way to pay for pictures is to pre-pay online with a credit card. Go to the Yuen Lui Pre-pay for Picture Day site and enter your email address to get started. If you have more than one child, you'll have to go through the (quick) process again for each child. Then no need to worry about the form disappearing on the way to school! Return the Form You can fill out the form sent home on the first day of school or print out the PDF version here. You'll need to fill out one form for each student and include a check or exact cash with each form. Whole School Photo The tradition continues! Now that our students have settled into their routine and kindergartners have started, we'll take our annual whole school photo. We'll be taking all-school photos at 7:55am. Please plan on arriving at school by 7:45am so that we can get assembled and organized. We only have 15 minutes to take the all-school photos and don't want anyone to miss out! The first whole school photo will include parents. Then parents will step away and we'll take more photos with the students and staff. Afterwards teachers will lead students calmly into class. ![]() Our beloved unicycle club needs a little parent love for the fall session: are you able and willing to lead a Monday afternoon club with our favorite single-wheelers? Class runs October 3 through January 30 with no classes during school breaks. Please contact the Enrichment Team for more information! ![]() Now that the school year is up and running (zing!), it's time for the annual QAE Jog-A-Thon. The kids will be doing laps on Friday, Sept. 30th at the lovely Queen Anne Elementary. It's our only kid-powered fundraising event of the year and it's a ton of fun for everyone involved. New this year: Families will be able to reach out to friends and loved ones through an online system called PledgeStar. Each student will have a private online page (only accessible using your unique private link) where friends and family can learn about our amazing school and how they can encourage the student’s Jog-A-Thon efforts. The system makes it easy to ask and easy to give. Getting pledges before the event is serious business, but the day of will be fun. Every student at QAE, the teachers, and staff and a bunch of parent volunteers will be out there moving - there will be music, snacks & drinks, some friendly competition, prizes and a lot of fun and enthusiasm! Learn more about the Jog-A-Thon and set up your student's personalized page. Thursday, September 22nd, will be photo day at Queen Anne Elementary. In addition to the regular student photos, we'll be taking the traditional whole school photo.
School Pictures Yuen Lui will be taking school photos again this year. You can view a PDF with the price list. Forms were sent home in the manila envelope on the first day of school. Please return photo forms as soon as possible. Whole School Photo Traditions are important, and they will continue to evolve with our ever-growing school population each year. This year, we didn’t have a whole school photo on the first day of school as we didn’t have our Kindergarten students with us and staff were concerned about gathering over 400 children and families together on the first day with many new students and many wee ones. So we'll be doing the whole class photo on the same day as school pictures. This will allow us to have all students present and have this be a calm experience for our Kindergarten and new students as they will be more familiar with teachers, classmates and routines. And here we go! The 2016-17 school year officially begins bright and early tomorrow. We'll see you on the playground! In the meantime:
First, a correction: There will be NO all-school photo. Since kindergartners don't start until next Monday, we've decided NOT to do the traditional school photo. You may have seen an email yesterday saying it was happening. Our apologies for the confusion. We hope to schedule it sometime later in the year. Here's what will happen: 7:50am Welcome Bell - Teachers will be standing outside on the blacktop to greet students. Students can line up in front of their teacher. Please prepare your child that you will drop them off with their teacher, say goodbye and students will remain with their new teacher. 7:55am School Starts - Teachers will escort students into the building and our school year begins! 7:55am Parent Reception - A short parent reception will be held in the cafeteria (brick building). Stop by for coffee, breakfast pastries and high-fives about the school being back in session. If you haven't yet, but sure to visit the Back-to-School Checklist page to pay student fees, choose your directory preferences, and get some answers to common back-to-school questions. ![]() Twas the night before school starts ... let's meet in the park! Join us for the final summer playdate on the evening of Tuesday, Sept. 6th from 5-7pm. We'll be playing at Little Howe and will have some snacks and drinks, but you're welcome to bring your own picnic dinner. All are welcome. Look for the purple and orange balloons! Tuesday, September 6, 2016, 5-7pm East Queen Anne Playground "Little Howe" 1912 Warren Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109 Bring your own picnic dinner! Hope to see you there! The school year is almost here! The QAE Back-to-School Night Open House is on Wednesday, August 31st from 5-7pm.
QAE students and their families can learn their classroom assignments and meet their teachers and classmates prior to the first day of school. Also, be sure to stop by the cafeteria to learn more about the PTSA, purchase QAE Spirit Wear, find out about volunteer opportunities, after-school enrichment programs and more! We'll also have a balloon artist, Neema's Comfort Food truck, and an ice cream truck hanging out in the play area starting at 6pm. Have dinner and dessert at Queen Anne! Please keep in mind:
We look forward to seeing you there! If you have any questions, please contact Lindsey Carrillo at [email protected]. QAE Staff and PTSA |
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