Volume VIII Issue 6 June/July 2013 A Publication of The Darrington School District To: Current Resident Darrington WA 98241 Arlington WA 98223 Non Profit Organization US Postage Paid Permit #13 Darrington, WA 98241 LOG LOG the PRESENTING THE CLASS OF 2013 Back row: Ward Hoftell II, James Duncan, Nino Maltos, Eric Meece, Forrest Thompson, Aaron Jones, and Kory Lucas. 3rd row: Sara Regelbrugge, Amanda Kitz, Allison Kitz, Tori Tanner, Kendall Bradley, Patty Jones, Jordan Rumsey, and Alisa Vargas. 2nd row: Nolan Barker, Anthony Smith, Felipe Valencia, Kaleb Wyatt, Derek Holm, Tracy Tamez, and Shelby Jessen. 1st row: Dani Deardorff, Taylor La Chance, Sadie Young, Emily Kerner, Brianna Bingissger, and Sierra Shibley. Senior Presentations Senior presentations are a graduation requirement that all graduating seniors must complete and receive a passing grade to earn a diploma. This year senior presentations were held May 6th-9th. Seniors present their portfolio, compiled during their 4-years of high school, and their plans for after graduation. The presentation must be 9-15 minutes in length. Seniors, job well done, your presentations were professionally done. Panel volunteers, thank you for your valuable time, it could not be done without you. If you are interested in serving on a panel, please call the .school. www.dsd.k12.wa.us School resumes Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Enjoy summer break Derek Holm and James Duncan
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Volume VIII Issue 6
June/July 2013 A Publication of The Darrington School District
To: Current Resident
Darrington WA 98241
Arlington WA 98223
Non Profit Organization
US Postage Paid
Permit #13
Darrington, WA 98241 LOGLOG
the
PRESENTING THE CLASS OF 2013
Back row: Ward Hoftell II, James Duncan, Nino Maltos, Eric Meece, Forrest Thompson, Aaron Jones, and
Kory Lucas. 3rd row: Sara Regelbrugge, Amanda Kitz, Allison Kitz, Tori Tanner, Kendall Bradley, Patty
Jones, Jordan Rumsey, and Alisa Vargas. 2nd row: Nolan Barker, Anthony Smith, Felipe Valencia, Kaleb
Wyatt, Derek Holm, Tracy Tamez, and Shelby Jessen. 1st row: Dani Deardorff, Taylor La Chance, Sadie
Young, Emily Kerner, Brianna Bingissger, and Sierra Shibley.
Senior Presentations
Senior presentations are a graduation requirement that all graduating
seniors must complete and receive a passing grade to earn a diploma.
This year senior presentations were held May 6th-9th.
Seniors present their portfolio, compiled during their 4-years of high
school, and their plans for after graduation. The presentation must be
9-15 minutes in length.
Seniors, job well done, your presentations were professionally done.
Panel volunteers, thank you for your valuable time, it could not be done
without you.
If you are interested in serving on a panel, please call the .school.
www.dsd.k12.wa.us School resumes Wednesday, September 4, 2013 Enjoy summer break
Derek Holm and James Duncan
T H E L O G
P A G E 2
Elementary School News from Principal, Tracy Franke
We have concluded another suc-
cessful year at Darrington Elementary.
We added some exciting new things and
brought back some familiar programs.
We continued to incorporate the PAX
Good Behavior Game in some classrooms,
and will implement the program school
wide next fall. This program promotes
PAX, which means peace, productivity,
health and happiness. It is an evidence
based program that has proven to have
positive long-term impact on student be-
havior and increase the amount of time
for teaching and learning.
Many adults volunteered for our
school last year through PTSA events or
in classrooms and field trips. We appreci-
ate the time they took to enhance the
programs at Darrington Elementary. I
would also like to recognize Carol Perfect
and Bryan Stratton for their numerous
hours of volunteer time. Carol volun-
teered every morning in our library read-
ing to students and/or listening to them
read. Bryan volunteered three after-
noons a week teaching our 3rd – 5th grad-
ers how to play the recorders. This year
we also had the opportunity to have two
AmeriCorps Reading Corps Volunteer
members, Megan Kost and Alan Pickard.
Unfortunately, the federal government
will not be funding the program in Wash-
ington State next year. We will miss the
extra help in literacy that they were able
to give to our students. Together, they
logged over 3,000 hours for the year.
We appreciate the dedication of all our
volunteers for our students. Thank You! Attendance is such an important
piece of student success. This year we
had five students with perfect attend-
ance! Ian Ayers, Elrik Lynd, Sean Weary,
Marie Nemnich, and Sarah Nemnich did
not miss a single day of school last year.
Way to Go! We also recognized 14 other
students for having perfect attendance
for the second semester of the year. We
know that absences due to illness cannot
be avoided; and, we really want to thank
these students and their families for
scheduling appointments and special
events outside the school day.
There are many programs at Dar-
rington Elementary to promote and en-
courage student learning. One program
that we revitalized was Accelerated
Reader. This program challenges students
to read books at their level, and then take
a comprehension test on the computer.
Points are awarded by the level of diffi-
culty and the percentage of correct an-
swers on the test. During the spring
quarter we had 27 students meet their
goals!
The Celebration of Learning this
year highlighted learning in and out of the
classroom. The evening began in the gym
with music and then moved to the class-
rooms, hallways and library. We enjoy
closing the year with this event to look
back at the wonderful learning opportuni-
ties our students participated in: Science
Fair, two Science on Wheels programs
from Pacific Science Center: Super Cool
Science Show and Blood & Guts, Dr. Seuss
Celebration, Anti-bullying speaker Paul
Figueroa, Watershed Outdoor Education,
Author George Shannon, Cascade Valley
Germ Busters, Dr. Ryan Johnstun, Spelling
Bee, P.U.D. Assembly and Class Lessons,
Turning Leaf Productions, Music by Nancy
Rumbel and Destination Imagination.
Because learning occurs every-
where, field trips are an important exten-
sion of our classroom learning. The fol-
lowing are a few of the places students
were able to visit: Padilla Bay, Squire
Creek Alpaca Ranch, National Geographic
Program at Benaroya Hall, Woodland Park
Zoo, Weather Day & Mariner’s Game,
Squire Creek Watershed Study, Seattle
Children’s Theater, Hibulb Cultural Cen-
ter, Stillaguamish Fish Hatchery at Har-
vey Creek, and King Tut Exhibit. We
want to thank the many organizations and
individuals that help fund these special
trips for our students.
As I write this, we are still wait-
ing for the State to finalize the budget.
Even though there are unknowns, we are
still moving forward and preparing for
next year in these last few days of June.
Teachers have worked extra days to ana-
lyze data; compile and review community,
staff and family surveys; review our
Schoolwide Title I Plan; and participated
July 2013
in training for PAX Good Behavior Game, not to
mention the extra days to move classrooms so
they are ready when students return in Sep-
tember. We are also collaborating throughout
the summer to align to the Common Core
Standards in Language Arts and Math. We are
excited about the addition of the 7th and 8th
grade students to our intermediate wing. The
middle school teachers have been collaborating
and planning for a cohesive learning environ-
ment. One of the reasons I love the field of
education is the opportunity to learn something
new every day, whether it is working with new
groups of students, curriculum, or budgets. I
am already very excited for the new growth
opportunities and PAX environment that every-one at Darrington Elementary will have next
year.
School will resume on Wednesday, September 4th. Have a healthy, happy, produc-
tive and peaceful summer!
Memorial Day
2nd Grade Thoughts Memorial Day is about remembering people
that fought for our state. Men and women
died fighting for our country. A lot of people
died. The Honor from the people who fight
for our country is STRONG and we care about
it a lot! They cared about us a lot, and we
care too! Sarah Durant
Memorial Day is about remembering the peo-
ple that died for our country, and fought for
our country, and are still fighting for our
country. They want to save our country. Tia
Alexander
Memorial Day is about remembering the men
and women who fought in the war. We have
to remember the people that fought in the
war because they used part of their life to
keep us safe. They want to keep us safe be-
cause they care for us. Jesse Stewart
Memorial Day is about remembering lots of
people who gave up their lives for us and the
honor America’s warriors. This is why the
flag is very important, because it honors eve-
ryone in the war. Kenadie Hoglund
T H E L O G
July 2013 P A G E 3
MANDATORY ENROLLMENT AND
ATTENDANCE REQUIREMENTS
REMINDER….
Kindergarten—5th Grade
3 doses HepB
5 doses DTaP
4 doses Polio
2 Doses MMR
2 Doses Varicella or Doctor verifies
disease
Kindergarten must also provide a birth
certificate.
6th Grade:
3 doses HepB
5 doses DTaP and 1 Dose Tdap
4 doses Polio
2 Doses MMR
1 Dose Varicella or Parent verifies
disease
7th—12th Grade:
3 doses HepB
5 doses DTaP and 1 Dose Tdap
4 doses Polio
2 Doses MMR
Varicella recommended, but not re-
quired
Please take time over the summer to exam-
ine your child’s immunization records to see
if any immunizations are missing and/or to
obtain a birth certificate.
Students going into the 6th grade will have
received information in their report card
envelope. Kindergarten students will re-
ceive a letter over the summer indicating
what they are missing.
If students are out of compliance on the
first day of school they will not be able to
attend school.
Darrington Elementary held their 2nd annual Celebration of Learning evening.
Featured in the pictures below are students demonstrating their wax museum
project, performing in song, on recorders, and displaying classroom work. It
was a great way to wind up the year.
T H E L O G
PAGE 4 July 2013
Spring 2013 Semester 2 Honor Roll
High School
Principal’s Honor Roll 4.0
Class of 2015
Tayler Hoftell
High Honor Roll 3.5-3.99
Class of 2013
Jordan Rumsey, Allison Kitz, Amanda Kitz, and Alisa
Darrington School Board of Directors DISTRICT INFORMATION
T H E L O G
FBLA students on a field trip to Seattle
on June 11th to the Underground Tour
(pictured below) and dinner at The Crab
Pot Restaurant.
Cause for Applause!
April 22-26 was designated as Staff Appreciation Week. It is appropriate that we take time to honor the commitment, enthusiasm and hard work of our certificated and classified staff. Staff appreciation week is also a way of highlighting the variety of jobs and skills which are blended together for the day-to-day operation of the Darrington School District.
Our custodians, maintenance staff, bus drivers, food service workers, instructional aides, library assistants, secretaries, coaches, district office staff, technology department, special programs staff, teachers and administrators work together each day as a school system to provide services reaching from classroom instruction and supervision and beyond, to the library, to the cafeteria, to the ball fields, to our school buses. Many of our district staff perform their jobs day-in-and-day-out with little or no direct contact with parents/guardians or our larg-er school community. Yet without their hard work and commitment our district could not provide for all the needs of our students and staff.
Therefore since staff recognition should not be lim-ited to one or two weeks per year, I am proposing that we borrow an idea from the North Thurston School District and provide a way to give communi-ty members, parents and District staff the ability to recognize the outstanding contributions made by our employees throughout the school year. I be-lieve that recognition needs to be timely, authentic and able to reach any employee within the District. Everyday our employees do great things. Often, those contributions can go unnoticed. Not any-more!
