Principal’s Message
SUNNYSLOPE NEWS H O M E O F T H E S U P E R S T A R S
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December
3rd Health Screening
5th PTA Meeting 4:30
6th Academic Assembly 9:20am
10th Health Screening
14th Santa’s Workshop 5pm-8pm
20th Holiday Sing Along Assembly 9:20
20th Early Dismissal 12:40 p.m.
December 23 - January 6
Christmas Break
January
6th Read-A-Thon begins
17th 2nd Grade Workshop 9:20-2:15pm
20th MLK Day No School
24th Pajama Party Bingo
February
3rd 3rd Grade Museum of Flight
6th PTA Meeting 4:30pm
7th Donuts for Dads
13th 3rd Grade Museum of Flight
14th Parents Night out UKO
17th Presidents Day No School
18th No School
20th WA History Museum 2nd grade
21st Rising Star Assembly 9:20am
28th STEM Night
Dear Sunnyslope Families,
First trimester has quickly come and gone. We have worked hard as a learning community to demonstrate respectful, responsible and safe behavior
every day. It creates a positive school-wide learning environment for all
students and staff. Consequently, we have seen outstanding social and
academic gains.
I have loved watching your students engage in classroom discussions
and Socratic seminars during our new English Language Arts curriculum, Wit and Wisdom lessons. They are deepening their knowledge about big
ideas and growing in their confidence to share and justify their thinking.
This helps support strong comprehension skills.
We are working with your kiddos to develop their social-emotional
well-being through the Second Step curriculum focusing on Skills for Learning, Empathy, Emotion Management, and Problem Solving. During
Emotional Management we teach students to identify their feelings so that
they can identify solutions to solve their problems. Our counselor teaches
the statement “When you ____(behavior), I feel _____ (feeling), because _____
(reason), so what I would like is _______ (request). For example, when you say
you don’t want to play with me, I feel sad, because I want to be your friend, so what I would like is to play together at recess. Although kids certainly
don’t always get what they want, sharing their feelings helps them learn how
to handle their emotions. During problem solving we teach a four-step
process called STEP: Say the problem (without blame), Think of solutions
(safe and respectful), Explore consequences (what would happen if…), and Pick the best solution (make your plan).
Our Sunnyslope Community consistently demonstrates
wonderful citizenship during the Holiday Season. This is an opportunity for
students to learn the valuable lesson of giving to others. Thank you for your
contributions supporting South Kitsap Helpline and our Sunnyslope PTA
Adopt-a-Family program. We have also benefited from the gifts of others. A special thank you to Christ the Rock Church for continuing to offer their site
for our Kindergarten, First and Second Grade Holiday Concerts. Their space
provides ample parking, seating, and incredible sound quality for you to enjoy
the talents of your amazing children. Thank you to Christ the Rock and the
VFW for supporting our adopt-a-family program.
We wish each of your families a Happy Holiday Season. We are so
grateful to work with your children and our amazing Sunnyslope
community.
Lisa Fundane’t, Principal
1st Trimester Report Cards will be coming home with your student right
before Christmas Break!
P A G E 2
Kids’ Café News
Happy Holidays from the
Sunnyslope Lunch Ladies!
Ms. Pam and Ms. Kathy
360-443-3484 Call us with any questions.
Stars in Action!
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PEACHJAR eFLYERS!
You may have noticed less flyers coming home with your student. That is because we now post all of our community/PTA event information electronically on Peachjar. If you are not signed up, signing up is simple. You may access Peachjar by going to the district’s website at www.skschools.org, click on Peachjar and follow the instructions.
The South Kitsap School District provides equal educational and employment opportunity without regard to race, creed, religion, color, na-
tional origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation – including gender expression or identity, marital status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical
disability, the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Equal access to activities, facilities and program is provided to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated
youth groups. District procedure complies with all applicable state and federal laws. The Title IX Officer and Section 504 Coordinator with the responsibility for monitoring, auditing and ensuring com-
pliance with this policy are: Compliance/ADA/Title IX Coordinator: Jerry Holsten, Executive Director of Human Resources 2689 Hoover Avenue SE, Port Orchard, WA 98366 360-874-7006, hol-
[email protected] Section 504 Coordinator: Kimberly Shipp, Director of Office of Special Services, 2689 Hoover Avenue SE, Port Orchard, WA 98366 360-874-3648, [email protected]
My School Bucks is a great way to track your students lunch account! It allows you to check balance, get low balance reminders and add
payments. Go to South Kitsap School District Food &
Nutrition Services page at https://sksdfoodandnutrition.com/
Click My School Bucks; Click sign up today to create free account Enter account information as requested Add Student(s) *please note you will need the students ID number-obtainable
from the school or FNS If you have any questions please contact
Food and Nutrition Services at 360-443-3664
Playground supervisors on Halloween Sunnyslope community Veterans
Veterans Day Artwork Staff and Student Hands
Office News
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We have many field trips
coming up! Please make
sure that all permission
slips are turned in on or
before the due date. Our
school nurse is at
Sunnyslope two days a
week and all field trip forms
must be seen by the nurse
before the trip.
Did you know you can
submit an absence
request online?
The Attendance application
in Skyward Family Access
allows a parent/guardian to
enter Absence Requests if
their student is expected to
be absent from school.
NOTES FROM HOME
Please include stu-dent’s first and last name, teacher and date on notes that you send to school. This in-formation is important for the office to get the correct mes-sage to your student. Thank you!
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Arrival Time Reminder: 8:50 am is the earliest students can be at Sunnyslope (8:40 am for break-fast) This is for our students’ safety as we have no supervision.
Sign up at www.flashalert.net and review your account each year to ensure that you continue to receive messages. Skylert - SMS Messaging: A new feature in Skyward Family Access but families must “opt in”. Please update your information in the Skyward system.
The winter weather is upon us! Make sure you are signed up
for the following:
Flash Alert: This is the first place
school information is sent. It is the same source media outlets use to feed the information ticker that runs on the bottom of the screen during a newscast.
It is that time of the year again when lots of germs are making the rounds! Just a
reminder that if your student has a temperature over 100F, they are to stay home and
cannot return to school until they have been fever free for 24 hours. The same rule
applies for symptoms of gastrointestinal viruses like vomiting
and diarrhea; the student can return to school 24 hours after
their last episode. Remember to wash hands frequently and
cover our coughs! Let’s all do our best to stay healthy!
Rebecca Chandler, RN BSN
News from our Nurse
Winter Weather
Please Like us on
Facebook!
Sunnyslope
Elementary
Monitor Facebook,
Twitter, and of course our
website
www.skschools.org
Access Skyward at
www.skschools.org Thank you!
https://www.skschools.org/district/school_reports
Upcoming Events:
Nov. 18 - Dec 13th - Adopt-a-Family - Flyer went home and information on Facebook
Dec. 14th Santa's workshop with Santa pictures - possible sightings of the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who.
Jan. 6th - 17th Read-a-Thon
Jan. 24th Pajama Party Bingo
Feb. Entire Month - Penny Wars
Feb. 7th Donuts for Dads
Feb 14th UKO Parents Night Out
Feb 28th S.T.E.M Night
Join Our Team !!
We think you would be a great substitute
• Choose your own schedule
• Work with amazing staff and students
• Help us make a difference Apply online today! www.skschools.org Click on employment tab
360-874-7070
You can work in our district as a substitute para and get paid.
Thank you for participating in our Spaghetti Dinner and Auction.
We were able to raise over $10,000 for our school!!
3rd - 5th grade basketball
sign-up is open!
Boys and girls basketball will meet most Tuesdays and Thursdays after
school, starting in January .
If you did not receive a permission slip, you can pick one up in the office.
Permissions slips are due Dec 16th.
Adopt - A - Family
We are still collecting food and
household items until December
13th. With your donations, we will
be able to put together wonderful
holiday baskets for Sunnyslope
Families in need!
Thank you for your generosity.
Tanya Rickard - [email protected]
Reminder - every time you volunteer, you earn a punch to be entered in the
volunteer raffle.