NTPS SUCCESS Summer 2009 - North Thurston Public Schools
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<strong>NTPS</strong><br />
success!<br />
A REPORT TO THE COMMUNITY SUMMER <strong>2009</strong><br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong><br />
Committed to excellence:<br />
Providing every student the academic and life<br />
skills necessary to succeed in a diverse world.<br />
District News<br />
BOUNDARIES: In a continual effort to adjust to growth and balance enrollment in<br />
our secondary schools, new school boundary changes adopted in October 2008 will take<br />
effect this fall.<br />
NEW SCHOOL OPENINGS: Two new <strong>NTPS</strong> schools will open their doors this fall:<br />
Aspire Middle School for the Performing Arts, at 5900 54th Ave; and Chambers Prairie<br />
Elementary at 6501 Virginia St.<br />
BUDGET UPDATE: The board will vote to adopt the <strong>2009</strong>-10 school budget on August<br />
24 (public hearing August 10). Earlier this year they solicited public feedback on $4.8<br />
million in proposed cuts which will be part of the new budget. A draft of the operating<br />
budget is online and public comment is welcome.<br />
For more information on the above items, visit www.nthurston.k12.wa.us or<br />
call 360-412-4400<br />
<strong>NTPS</strong> graduates head to the future with skills for success<br />
A steady river of Timberline High School graduates<br />
robed in green satin streamed down the aisle<br />
at the Saint Martin’s University Marcus Pavilion<br />
on June 15, marking the district’s final high school<br />
graduation for 2008-09. Some students decorated<br />
their caps elaborately or wore layers of flowers<br />
and necklaces. Others skipped down the aisle arm<br />
in arm during the jovial procession under an arch<br />
of green and gold balloons.<br />
These and others from the Class of <strong>2009</strong> certainly<br />
have reason to celebrate. This year, 810 students<br />
graduated from <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong><br />
four high schools. They were offered nearly $6.5<br />
million in scholarships and will go on to many<br />
prestigious 4-year universities across the nation,<br />
as well as join the military, attend community<br />
colleges, pursue vocational degrees and apprenticeships<br />
and careers. Some of them, including<br />
South Sound High School’s Amber Campbell and<br />
Jordan Malizio, are also parents. Their children<br />
can be proud that both their moms received numerous<br />
scholarships and will be attending college<br />
to pursue careers in nursing and dental hygiene.<br />
Timberline <strong>2009</strong> graduates (left to right): Steven Svach, Brittany Berin, Jordan Bowen,<br />
Miranda King and Jared Thorne.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> is proud of all our<br />
graduates and thank their families and the community<br />
for the support they have given their students<br />
and the schools over the last year (Note: To<br />
see a list of our Top Seniors, turn to our “Student<br />
Achievement” section on back)!<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> welcomes new Superintendent Raj Manhas<br />
Photo provided by The Olympian<br />
Raj Manhas<br />
When people ask Raj<br />
Manhas why he chose to apply<br />
for <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> <strong>Public</strong><br />
<strong>Schools</strong> Superintendent<br />
position earlier this year, his<br />
face lights up with a smile.<br />
“This district has a reputation<br />
for progress, diversity<br />
and collaboration which all<br />
really attracted me here…<br />
this is where I want to be,”<br />
said the former Chief Operations Officer and<br />
Superintendent of Seattle <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> who<br />
replaces retiring Dr. Jim Koval on July 1. During<br />
his time in Seattle, Manhas helped erase a<br />
$35 million budget deficit and build community<br />
support, including more than 70 percent voter<br />
levy approval.<br />
A self-proclaimed “people person,” Manhas<br />
came to Seattle from India in 1973 to pursue a<br />
Master’s in Engineering from the University of<br />
Washington. He then built a successful banking<br />
career before moving into the public sector<br />
as Director of Operations for Seattle <strong>Public</strong><br />
Utilities. From there he was recruited by Seattle<br />
<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong>. He plans to use his successful<br />
outreach techniques from his time in Seattle at<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong>, along with a focus<br />
on transparency and student achievement.<br />
“I hope to spend a lot of time listening and getting<br />
to know the different communities within<br />
the district,” Manhas said. Manhas and his wife<br />
Rana have already settled into their new home<br />
in the Jubilee community, where he looks forward<br />
to trail walks and hopefully a little gardening.<br />
“Lacey is a beautiful community and I look<br />
forward to exploring the area this summer and<br />
meeting people.”<br />
The School Board unanimously selected<br />
Manhas from three candidates after an extensive<br />
superintendent search, interviews and community<br />
input process last April. “We’re excited<br />
about the energy and diverse background Mr.<br />
Manhas will bring to our district,” said Board<br />
President Aaron Owada.<br />
To invite Mr. Manhas to a public or community<br />
meeting this summer or fall, contact Exec. Asst.<br />
Stephanie Holmstrom at (360) 412-4413.<br />
360-412-4400/www.nthurston.k12.wa.us
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D i s t r i c t N e w s<br />
School board names performing<br />
arts building after Dr. Koval<br />
Retiring Koval looks forward to time with family<br />
Timberline Chamber Choir members serenade Dr. Jim Koval at his retirement celebration on June 11.<br />
A standing-room only crowd gathered at the Lacey<br />
Community Center last month to celebrate the<br />
40-year educational career and retirement of Dr.<br />
Jim Koval. The ceremony included a personalized<br />
performance by the Timberline Chamber Choir; a<br />
humorous “roast” by colleagues Tony Hawkins,<br />
Karen Eitreim, Ed Smith and others; two official<br />
proclamations by Governor Gregoire and Lacey<br />
City Council; and the naming of the Performing<br />
Arts Center at <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> High School after<br />
Dr. Koval by the School Board.<br />
Amidst packing up his office, Dr. Koval took the<br />
time to reflect on his career at <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> and<br />
most importantly, teaching and learning:<br />
Q: What made you decide to go into teaching in<br />
the first place and what kept you in <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong><br />
<strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> (<strong>NTPS</strong>) in particular?<br />
A: In all likelihood, I made my mind up when I<br />
was in Junior High School. I had met a first year<br />
teacher when I was in the 8th grade who also was<br />
the basketball coach. I became very close to him<br />
(and remain so to this day). By the time I was ready<br />
to decide on a college, I knew it would need to be<br />
noted for its teacher education program so I ended<br />
up at Central Washington and the rest is history.<br />
As for <strong>NTPS</strong>, my wife Diane grew up here. We met<br />
in college and her desire to live in or as close to<br />
Lacey as possible made the decision pretty easy.<br />
Q: When you were a teacher, what was one of your<br />
biggest “a-ha” moments?<br />
A: I think the biggest “a-ha” moment was my realization<br />
early on that I could make a difference if I<br />
accomplished what we ask teachers to do now – be<br />
engaging, create relevancy and establish relationships.<br />
I learned that during my first year and that<br />
has carried forth throughout my career.<br />
Q: How do you think student achievement in<br />
<strong>NTPS</strong> has improved over the last 10 years under<br />
your leadership?<br />
A: I would hope we have established more relevancy<br />
and rigor for students at all levels. I believe our<br />
ability to be clear about standards across all grade<br />
levels and content areas (what we expect students<br />
to learn and demonstrate they have learned such),<br />
the improvement and enhancement of how, when<br />
and why we assess students and finally how we<br />
will use such data to improve our instruction has<br />
greatly improved student achievement over the<br />
past 10 years. But perhaps more importantly is<br />
our continuing belief that all students can learn<br />
and be successful which has made us look at and<br />
think about student achievement and instruction<br />
more intentionally than ever before.<br />
Q: What are the biggest public education challenges<br />
facing our community in the future?<br />
A: In our community I still believe the biggest issues/challenges<br />
will be growth, an ever increasing<br />
diverse student population and fiscal matters.<br />
In the immediate future my concerns rest primarily<br />
with budget issues. As the state’s revenues<br />
continue to fall and as we look ahead over the next<br />
few years, I see continued reductions in school<br />
budgets and the implications of such. Decisions as<br />
to how to respond with fewer resources will continue<br />
to be important if we want our current level<br />
of community support to not diminish.<br />
Q: What are your plans for retirement? Do you<br />
think you’ll go back to teaching?<br />
A: My plans for the immediate future include time<br />
with family, a trip to the East Coast to visit major<br />
league baseball parks and the celebration of our<br />
40th wedding anniversary. I also envision a time<br />
of adjustment for me personally as I leave the<br />
school district and my routines that have emerged<br />
from my position and transition to a different lifestyle<br />
as a result.<br />
NTEA TEACHERS OF THE YEAR<br />
The <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> Education Assc. announced<br />
the 2008-09 “NTEA Teachers of<br />
the Year” selected by their schools for their<br />
contributions to staff and students at the<br />
NTEA’s Celebration on June 3. They are:<br />
Kevin Rus (<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong>), Phil Lonborg<br />
(River Ridge), Kim Mason (Timberline),<br />
Michael Lee (Chinook), Kristen Sprague<br />
and Quinn Crowell (Nisqually), Linda<br />
Karamatic and Chris Traber (Horizons),<br />
Nancy Hall (Lacey), Linnea Glover (Mountain<br />
View), Gail Nash (Pleasant Glade),<br />
Victoria Wilmovsky and Peggi Stuart (South<br />
Bay) and Janet Jones (Woodland).<br />
New Faces: Leadership changes at<br />
several schools<br />
Serenity Malloy from Steilacoom<br />
High School has been<br />
hired as the new Asst. Principal<br />
at <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> High<br />
School to replace Kirsten Rae<br />
who will become Chinook<br />
Middle School’s new principal.<br />
Current Chinook Princi-<br />
Serenity Malloy<br />
pal Monica Sweet has been<br />
hired as the new principal of Aspire Middle<br />
School for the Performing Arts.<br />
Paul Dean, a Timberline CTE teacher and the<br />
school’s athletic director, will replace Timberline<br />
Assistant Principal Rich Yelenich who<br />
will be the new principal at South Sound High<br />
School next year.<br />
Joyce Ott will become the new<br />
principal at Komachin Middle<br />
School. Ms. Ott most recently<br />
served as principal at Eisenhower<br />
Middle School in Everett.<br />
Joyce replaces Julie Phipps<br />
who has held that post for the<br />
past three years.<br />
Allison Shepard<br />
Allison Shepard, from Tacoma<br />
School District, has been<br />
hired as the new principal at<br />
Meadows Elementary to replace<br />
retiring principal Carol<br />
O’Connell.<br />
Multicultural awards<br />
Members of the district’s Multicultural Advisory<br />
Council (MAC) announced winners of two<br />
local diversity leadership awards. The Dick<br />
Williams award went to Yolanda Callero, a 4th<br />
grade teacher at Lakes Elementary for her efforts<br />
to promote multicultural awareness at her<br />
school through their first Multicultural Fair.<br />
Two students, Miles Coats (River Ridge) and<br />
Aubrey Owada (<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong>), received the<br />
Bonnie Evans award for making a significant<br />
difference in their school and/or community in<br />
the area of diversity and multicultural leadership.<br />
The volunteer group also announced results<br />
of the 11 MAC grants of $10,000 distributed<br />
through 9 schools. The group estimates<br />
these grants impacted 1,500 students. To serve<br />
on the MAC committee next year contact your<br />
school principal or call 360-412-4498.<br />
Congratulations <strong>2009</strong> Retirees!<br />
Joyce Ott<br />
Certified Retirees:<br />
Christine Absher (Komachin)<br />
Nancy Baldwin (Lydia Hawk)<br />
Mark Battle (<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong>)<br />
Gordon Boyd (Horizons)<br />
Gwendolyn Cruz (River Ridge)<br />
Donna Edwards (Chinook)<br />
Linnea Glover ( Mountain View)<br />
Diane Greaves ( Mountain View)<br />
Jean Havens (Pleasant Glade)<br />
Sherry Keating (Mountain View)<br />
Kathy Knobel (River Ridge)<br />
Dr. James Koval (District Office)<br />
Michael Lee (Chinook)<br />
Jim Padula (South Bay)<br />
Victoria Salzberg (Chinook)<br />
Richard Sauers (South Sound)<br />
Margaret Stuart (South Bay)<br />
Roy Shaw (<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong>)<br />
Classified Retirees:<br />
Jacalyn Lange (Olympic View)<br />
Peggy Snyder (Chinook)<br />
Sandra Narrance (<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong>)<br />
Blanche Crist (Pleasant Glade)<br />
Kathryn Komenda (Olympic View)
S t u d e n t A c h i e v e m e n t 3<br />
Students shine at state energy competition<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> Futurists: Michael Arguelles, Codi Fiman, Kathy McSorley, Sam Brazil and Thomas Larson<br />
As part of the WSU “Imagine Tomorrow” competition (www.imagine.wsu.edu), several local teams with<br />
students from <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> High School and one from River Ridge High School conducted their own<br />
extensive energy research that could help power our future. Projects ranged from a totally self-sustaining<br />
floating city to a federal aid proposal that would encourage affordable energy-efficient renovations for<br />
the average citizen. NTHS alum and Olympian environmental reporter John Dodge stopped by to interview<br />
the students after their great showing at WSU. “There’s some fear in knowing what might happen,<br />
<strong>NTPS</strong> students win state and national honors<br />
NORTH THURSTON<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Junior Mackenzie Halbert<br />
received a perfect<br />
score of 2400 on<br />
her SAT - a feat fewer<br />
than 300 achieve out<br />
of 1.5 million students<br />
who take the SAT<br />
each year! A talented violin player in<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong>’s chamber orchestra<br />
and Student Orchestras of Greater<br />
Olympia, she hopes to attend Massachusetts<br />
Institute of Technology and<br />
major in physics. Elliott Appel, a senior,<br />
recently won a national award<br />
for his essay, “Resilient Voices.” Out<br />
of 7,000 essays submitted to the national<br />
Holocaust Remembrance Project<br />
contest, Elliott is one of the 10 first<br />
place winners! The only student on<br />
the west coast to make the top 10,<br />
he received an all expenses-paid trip<br />
to Chicago in June and a cash award.<br />
To read his essay or learn more about<br />
the Holocaust Remembrance Project,<br />
go to www.holocaust.hkla.com.<br />
RIVER RIDGE<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
River Ridge Dance Team received<br />
excellent ratings in three categories<br />
at the state competition. They took<br />
home 1st place in the Color Guard/<br />
Prop Production category and finished<br />
in the top five in both the dance<br />
and Hip Hop categories. Way to go<br />
coach Aja Dale and the River Ridge<br />
Dance team!<br />
River Ridge’s Young Lee and Erich<br />
Schmitz were selected as Washington<br />
Aerospace Scholars for <strong>2009</strong>. They<br />
were among 260 talented juniors<br />
from across the state accepted into<br />
the first phase of Washington Aerospace<br />
Scholars (WAS). Also chosen<br />
for phase two, they will be among 160<br />
students who participate in a six-day<br />
summer residency.<br />
SOUTH SOUND<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
As part of the Washington State Music<br />
Mentor Program, students Mafi Su’a<br />
and D’Vante Jackson won a $4,000<br />
scholarship to Washington D.C. next<br />
year to attend the Community Anti-<br />
Drug Coalitions of America Leadership<br />
Conference. The duo wrote a<br />
song called “Struggles,” which chronicles<br />
their own life challenges with<br />
family, poverty, gambling, and jail.<br />
Su’a says that South Sound teacher<br />
Kevin Head really helped turn his<br />
life around from one of crime and<br />
delinquency to focus on school and<br />
his music. “He made me realize I was<br />
headed for a jail cell or the grave. He<br />
helped me flip my life around and say<br />
no to the wrong things.” Su’a plans<br />
to ultimately attend The Evergreen<br />
State College to pursue a degree in<br />
audio production. Jackson hopes to<br />
get a full-ride scholarship to a 4-year<br />
college and double major in law and<br />
music. To learn more about the students<br />
and the Music Mentor program<br />
you can view their You Tube<br />
video at http://www.youtube.com/<br />
watch?v=asfcgVn--6Y.<br />
TIMBERLINE<br />
HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Blazer news magazine staff took 2nd<br />
in the “Best of Show” competition at<br />
the National High School Journalism<br />
Convention in May, against 3,000<br />
student journalists from across the<br />
U.S. In the Individual competitions,<br />
Madhura Panjini was the overall<br />
winner in “Newspaper Layout,”<br />
while Victoria Zoller tied with two<br />
other students for the top “Copy<br />
Editing” award. Other convention<br />
winners were Nathan Morr, Sean<br />
Van Ausdal and E.J. Hardebeck.<br />
Congrats to these students and<br />
other staff, along with advisor Dan<br />
Hardebeck. In sports, Timberline senior<br />
Cameron Peck became the 2008<br />
U.S. Junior Amateur Golf Champion<br />
and was named Rolex junior Player<br />
of the Year.<br />
CAREER & TECHNICAL ED<br />
DECA National<br />
Competitors:<br />
<strong>NTPS</strong><br />
students traveled<br />
to Anaheim,<br />
CA to<br />
compete in<br />
the DECA<br />
National Competition. Nick Barr<br />
and Elizabeth Hanson - Sports and<br />
Entertainment Management (1st in<br />
their Role Play Top 20 out of over<br />
200 teams nationally); Paul Langer,<br />
but, at the same time, it’s fun trying to think of new<br />
ways to adapt to climate change,” student Bernie<br />
Viray told Dodge.<br />
The “Eden Prime” project won the “Global Impact<br />
Award,” and included alternative forms of<br />
alternative energy and two multi-storied geodesic<br />
domes. An “Alternative Hydrogen Production”<br />
project, which combined a mechanical engine with<br />
a chemical reaction to produce hydrogen, took 2nd<br />
in the technology division and included $6,000 in<br />
prize money to be split between the students and<br />
academic advisor Rich Horger for science club<br />
activities. The statewide competition included<br />
37 schools broken down into 92 teams. Only 23<br />
awards total were given.<br />
“These kids were forward-thinking and really<br />
imagined the future as it could be,” said coordinator<br />
Kathy McSorley. NTHS was the only high<br />
school in the county that entered the contest. Students<br />
included: Team 1 (Eden Prime): Loc Hua,<br />
Bernie Viray and Daniel Mast (RRHS student);<br />
Team 2 (alternative hydrogen production): Alex<br />
Dunsmoor, Casey Pruitt, and Kyle Murphy; Team<br />
3 (Greenstead Act): Codi Fiman, Sam Brazil, Michael<br />
Arguelles , and Thomas Larson. Congrats<br />
to all!<br />
Top Seniors<br />
(3.75 GPA or better):<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong>: Elliott Appel, Ana<br />
Ordonez, Lena Macomson, Samantha<br />
Dexter, Kodi Wilson, Zak Baker, Ellen<br />
Johnson, Aubrey Owada, Marilyn<br />
McKenzie, Taylor Miller, Stacia Delimont,<br />
Christina Wichman, Seung Lee, Brittany<br />
Peterson, Patrick Dion, Andrea Solveson,<br />
Anneke Meulblok, Negheen Kamkar, Loc<br />
Hua, Tamara Lohr, Kara Fisk, Andrew<br />
Reid, Calder Russell and Andrew Jones.<br />
Timberline: Brittany Berin, Matthew<br />
Hubbard, Miranda King, Tony Nguyen,<br />
Madhura Panjini, Jessie Sheppard,<br />
Heather Orse, Alexander Kegley,<br />
Kimberly Vivian, Lindsay Keith, Nathan<br />
Morr, Sean Olson, Trevor Crump, Ronnie<br />
Hamlin, Carl Ingram, Virginia Bice,<br />
Angelica Grizzle, Kayla Graff, Andre<br />
Green, Jose J. Ortiz, Kyle Shanda, Saem<br />
Yi Pak, Daniel Fowler, Evan Pacheco,<br />
Chelsea Mercer, Brittany Pacheco,<br />
Rochelle Moore and Peter Lee.<br />
River Ridge: Bethany Jensen, Cody<br />
Miller, Gabrielle Christianson, Hannah<br />
Norby, Jimmy Kang, Anna Grzankowski,<br />
Blake Geyen, Atia Musazay, Janel<br />
Stripling, Daniel Mast, Bjornar Riley,<br />
Alisha Ghanie, Lucy Crisostomo, Cameron<br />
Tucker, Juan Martinez, Jessica Tarvin,<br />
Jacob Cuthbertson.<br />
South Sound High School (the eight<br />
South Sound students with the highest<br />
GPA): Amber Campbell, Sabrina Zamora,<br />
Jordan Malizio, Jessie Romero, Brad<br />
Hinson, Mariah King, Ariel Miller, Jesse<br />
White .<br />
Julian Jordan, and Shelby Hoover<br />
- School-Based Enterprise Academy;<br />
Coty Wargnier - Senior Management<br />
Institute; David Steger - Leadership<br />
Development Academy.
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Arts<br />
Alive!<br />
River Ridge’s “Little Women” stage<br />
crew honored: The River Ridge production<br />
of “Little Women, The Musical” won “Outstanding<br />
Stage Crew” recently at the annual<br />
5th Avenue Theatre awards. More than 160<br />
schools from all over the state participated,<br />
including Timberline High School.<br />
State Music Stars:<br />
Congrats to the following students and<br />
groups who performed recently at the state<br />
Solo and Ensemble competition in Ellensburg,<br />
including:<br />
NORTH THURSTON HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Band, Darren Johnson , Director<br />
Emily Lunbeck and Katie Sammons -<br />
small woodwind ensemble (Excellent); Jake<br />
Langston - Tuba (Excellent); Antonio<br />
Huizar - Bassoon (Excellent); Michael<br />
Arguelles - Alto Saxophone (Superior);<br />
Elliot Anderson - Oboe - (Superior)<br />
Orchestra, Grant Sears, Director<br />
Nic Peterson, Mackenzie Halbert, Ana<br />
Ordonez, and Marissa Lewis played in the<br />
small strings division and played beautifully.<br />
They received three superior ratings from<br />
the judges. Nic Peterson also played in the<br />
violin solo division and also received three<br />
superior ratings.<br />
Vocal, Randy Poff, Director<br />
A Men’s Trio: Caleb Anderton, Nolan<br />
Armstrong and Loc Hua received a 2 or<br />
excellent rating. The Jazz Choir and Men’s<br />
Ensemble received a 1 or superior rating.<br />
TIMBERLINE HIGH SCHOOL<br />
Vocal, Terry Shaw, Director<br />
The Timberline Chamber Choir<br />
scored a Superior with three 1’s<br />
Thespians qualify<br />
for nationals: Timberline’s<br />
drama<br />
program rose to<br />
the top amongst<br />
30 schools and 800<br />
drama students from<br />
across the state and<br />
Canada at Western<br />
Washington University in March, to showcase<br />
a national-qualifying musical duo team<br />
and earn a superior rating for their school<br />
play Bang Bang You’re Dead. Timberline’s<br />
Angie Sink and John Redmond, who<br />
qualified for nationals, were selected as the<br />
outstanding musical duet. River Ridge senior<br />
Henry Van Leishout also qualified for<br />
nationals in Lincoln, NE.<br />
Attention Senior Citizens:<br />
Call 360-412-4418<br />
for a Golden Passport to<br />
gain free admission to events.<br />
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C o m m u n i t y C o n n e c t i o n s<br />
Lacey Fire Department honored for<br />
lifesaving efforts at Mountain View<br />
Members of the Lacey Fire Department were honored recently at an assembly<br />
by Mountain View Elementary for their heroic efforts in reviving Phillip<br />
Peck, a third grader who had collapsed on the playground. Lacey medics<br />
used a defibrillator and CPR to resuscitate the third-grader, who eventually<br />
was taken to Mary Bridge Hospital and is now back at school with a pacemaker<br />
-- and playing four square with a vengeance. “Mountain View is such<br />
a very caring community” said Phillip’s mother, Aggie Peck. “We’ve been to<br />
a lot of schools and this one is very personal -- like a very big family. I trust<br />
sending him to school here -- he loves it!” Phillip also loved the firefighter<br />
hat given to him by the Lacey Fire Dept. As part of the ceremony, Principal<br />
Randy Weeks also recognized the paraeducators on playground duty, Jodi<br />
Boutin, Carol Brooks and Patty Parr, for tending to Phillip and supervising<br />
the other children still at recess. Since the event, many of the staff has taken a<br />
refresher course in CPR and First Aid.<br />
<strong>NTPS</strong> public employees help “Stuff the<br />
Bus” for local families in need<br />
Under the leadership of <strong>NTPS</strong> bus driver Jonni Lissner, <strong>Public</strong> School Employees<br />
of the <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> Chapter reached out to help local families as<br />
part of the 2nd annual “Stuff the Bus” campaign. Stationed in the Costco<br />
parking lot at Hawks Prairie, the group collected nearly $5,000 worth of food,<br />
donations and other items for local community organizations, including the<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> Education Foundation, South Sound Reading Foundation,<br />
YWCA Other Bank and the <strong>Thurston</strong> County Food Bank. “It’s our way of<br />
giving back to the kids we see every day and those families in need throughout<br />
our community - not just Lacey,” Lissner said.<br />
High <strong>Schools</strong><br />
NTHS, RRHS, THS: 7:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.<br />
SSHS: 8 a.m. - 1:40 p.m.<br />
Middle <strong>Schools</strong><br />
CMS, KMS, NMS: 9:20 a.m. - 3:50 p.m.<br />
Aspire: 9 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.<br />
Elementary <strong>Schools</strong><br />
Time #1: 8:15 a.m. - 2:35 p.m.<br />
Horizons, Lakes, Lydia Hawk,<br />
Pleasant Glade<br />
<strong>2009</strong>-10 SCHOOL HOURS<br />
Time #2: 8:20 a.m. - 2:40 p.m.<br />
Seven Oaks<br />
Time #3: 8:30 a.m. - 2:50 p.m.<br />
Evergreen Forest, Chambers Prairie,<br />
Olympic View, South Bay<br />
Time #4: 8:45 a.m. - 3:05 p.m.<br />
Lacey, Meadows, Mtn. View, Woodland<br />
Early Release Wednesdays - All schools release<br />
90 minutes early.<br />
Kindergarten times and early release schedules<br />
are available at the schools.<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> complies with all federal rules and regulations and does not discriminate on the basis<br />
of race, color, national origin, sex, age or handicap. This holds true for all district employment opportunities. Inquiries<br />
regarding compliance and grievance procedures may be directed to the School District’s Title IX Officer, Section 504<br />
Coordinator and/or A.D.A. Coordinator, Brian Wharton, 305 College St. NE, Lacey, WA 98516-5390, 360-412-4456.<br />
We hire only U.S. citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers as per the Immigration Reform and Control Act of<br />
1986. <strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> is a drug-free/tobacco-free workplace (Policy 5258).<br />
<strong>NTPS</strong> <strong>SUCCESS</strong>! SUMMER <strong>2009</strong><br />
ECRWSS<br />
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Thurston</strong> <strong>Public</strong> <strong>Schools</strong><br />
305 College Street NE<br />
Lacey, WA 98516-5390<br />
NON-PROFIT ORG.<br />
U.S. POSTAGE<br />
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Permit No. 329<br />
<strong>2009</strong>-10<br />
DISTRICT CALENDAR<br />
SEPTEMBER <strong>2009</strong><br />
Sept 9: First Day of School<br />
Sept 16: District Early Release<br />
Sept 30: District Early Release<br />
OCTOBER <strong>2009</strong><br />
Oct 2: Teacher Professional Dev. - No School<br />
Oct 14: District Early Release<br />
Oct 28: District Early Release<br />
Oct 29-30: K-12 Conferences - No School<br />
NOVEMBER <strong>2009</strong><br />
Nov 6: End of Quarter<br />
Nov 11: Veteran’s Day - No School<br />
Nov 25: District Early Release<br />
Nov 26-27: Thanksgiving Break - No School<br />
DECEMBER <strong>2009</strong><br />
Dec 4: Teacher Professional Dev. - No School<br />
Dec 9: District Early Release<br />
Dec 21 –Dec 31: Winter Break - No School<br />
JANUARY 2010<br />
Jan 1: New Year’s Day-No School<br />
Jan 13: District Early Release<br />
Jan 18: Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School<br />
Jan 27: District Early Release<br />
Jan 28: End of Quarter/Semester<br />
Jan 29: Semester Prep Day-No School<br />
FEBRUARY 2010<br />
Feb 10: District Early Release<br />
Feb 15-16: Presidents’ Day Wknd - No School<br />
Feb 24: District Early Release<br />
Feb 26: Teacher Professional Dev. - No School<br />
MARCH 2010<br />
Mar 10: District Early Release<br />
Mar 24: District Early Release<br />
Mar 25-26: K-12 Conferences - No School<br />
APRIL 2010<br />
Apr 5-9: Spring Break - No School<br />
Apr 16: End of Quarter<br />
Apr 21: District Early Release<br />
MAY 2010<br />
May 5: District Early Release<br />
May 19: District Early Release<br />
May 31: Memorial Day - No School<br />
JUNE 2010<br />
Jun 2: District Early Release<br />
Jun 16: District Early Release<br />
Jun 23: Last Day of School<br />
1/2 Day Early Release—All schools<br />
(Last day of school subject to change due to<br />
weather or other emergency closures throughout<br />
the year)