The Sailor Signal

Hello Sailor families,

Welcome to the final week of the 1st Quarter and the final day of October. The weather has certainly shifted to welcome fall and just before we turn BACK our clocks one hour next Sunday, 11/6. As the weather becomes wetter and cooler, do remember a coat for your student each day. If you happen to be missing a coat for your student, I also recommend you check the lost-and-found. The rack is full and we also have some coats lying on the bottom, as well.

I want to share a thank you to those parents who signed up to bring in soups or salads this past Friday for the staff to enjoy. The staff room was so cozy and the food was delicious! What a treat for all staff to enjoy. Thank you!

It was so fun to also see so many families come to enjoy the PTA Monster Mash this past Friday evening, as well. As we bring back more of our school-wide celebrations, it feels like we are certainly turning more pages to resume practices from years prior. It was fun to see students enjoying the bouncy houses, Bingo, treats, and dancing with the DJ. Thank you to the PTA for providing this fun opportunity for our families and Thank You to all the volunteers!

The newsletter below provides important information for you to read through, including information for our upcoming Veteran's Day assembly and dates and times of our Elementary Conferences, which also means we have an earlier release time than normal. Please read below to find that information and please mark your calendars now.

I would like to also share we will be welcoming the Northshore School Board and other important Administrators to Cottage Lake on the morning of November 1. The time at Cottage Lake will include a presentation about our students, staff, and school, classroom visitations, and a Round Table conversation with a group of our Sailor students. I am looking forward to showcasing our incredible school and sharing many of the aspects that make our school exceptional.

For those families who celebrate, Happy Halloween. May everyone stay dry and safe during all your festivities. We do ask that candy coming to school stays at a MINIMUM! This can be very disruptive to the learning of our students and with a high intake of sugar, most students' energy crashes shortly after, which means their learning can be impacted. Thank you for your support.

The next family newsletter will be sent out on Sunday, November 13.

Take Care,

~ Jen Welch, Principal

NOVEMBER:

• November 1 - NSD School Board & district admin visit to Cottage Lake
• November 2 - Early Release Wednesday. Dismissal @ 2:30 PM
• November 7 - Volunteer Training @ 11:30 AM
• November 8 - General Election - Remember to VOTE!
• November 8 - Veteran's Day Assembly @ 2:50 PM
• November 8 - PTA Meeting, 7:00-8:00 PM
• November 9 - Volunteer Training @ 10:00AM
• November 9 - Early Release Wednesday. Dismissal @ 2:30 PM
• November 11 - No School - Veteran's Day
• November 16 - Early Release Wednesday. Dismissal @ 2:30 PM
• November 17 - Elementary conferences. Dismissal @ 12:40 PM
• November 18 - Elementary conferences. Dismissal @ 12:40 PM
• November 21 - Elementary conferences. Dismissal @ 12:40 PM
• November 22 - Elementary conferences. Dismissal @ 12:40 PM
• November 23 - Elementary conferences. Dismissal @ 12:40 PM
• November 24 - No School - Thanksgiving
• November 25 - No School - Extended Thanksgiving break
• November 30 - Early Release Wednesday. Dismissal @ 2:30 PM

An Invitation From Mrs. Hanning, Cottage Lake’s Music Specialist:

On Tuesday, the 8th of November, we will be honoring our Community’s and Country’s Veterans and active military personnel with an all-school Veterans Day performance and assembly beginning at 2:50 PM in the gym. Families and Veterans are invited to attend!

Our 2nd and 3rd-grade students will be performing beautiful and meaningful patriotic songs to honor and show respect for our Veterans. The program will encompass singing in unison, harmony and round, choral readings, as well as dancing and solo speaking parts.

Cottage Lake students and families are all welcome and highly encouraged to extend an invite to any Veterans or active military personnel that you know to join us. We would like to have as many guest Veterans as we can get to share this experience with us!

A small reception will be held immediately following the assembly for our Veterans in attendance.

This coming Friday, November 4, is the end of Quarter 1 of the school year. With the end of a quarter, this means teachers will be preparing progress reports to go home with students to share how students are doing thus far. The progress reports will be sent home with our students on Monday, November 14. These are not as thorough as the Report Cards you will receive in early February, but they will certainly provide information before our elementary conferences in the middle of November.

Please do remember how important on-time and daily attendance is! We are setting habits of life for our students and students being at school and on-time sets each learner up for success in their learning.

If you are facing barriers that you feel the school could assist with, do reach out.

Thank you for your partnership!

With Quarter 1 coming to an end and progress reports coming home on November 14, it is then time for our fall conferences. This is a time we would like every family to come in and meet with their child's classroom teacher(s), discuss how students are doing thus far in the school year, and work together to look at goals for your student as the year progresses.

Please note that our Elementary Conferences run from Thursday, November 17 to Wednesday, November 23. On these Elementary Conferences dates, we will have an adjusted release time. On these dates (November 17, 18, 21, 22, and 23), students are released at 12:40 PM. Lunch will be served on these days and all students will have lunchtime at school.

***PLEASE NOTE.... Wednesday, November 16 is a traditional "Early Release Wednesday," with our dismissal continuing to be at 2:30 PM.

If you have not yet signed up for a conference with your student's teacher(s), please do so ASAP. Staff have sent out sign-ups for families via email and these have also been included in their classroom newsletters to you. If you are not received information, please reach out to the office and we can work with the classroom staff to schedule the conference. I would like to see 100% of our families participating in these fall conferences.

Is it a Cold? or COVID? ... it doesn't matter! Please stay home!

Cold and allergy symptoms can be indistinguishable from COVID-like symptoms. Please keep your students home when they are ill with any symptoms.

COVID testing with a negative result is required before returning to school for all students, staff, and volunteers having any symptom(s).

If your student suffers from chronic seasonal allergies or asthma, etc. a note from your provider must be on file in the health room that confirms this condition in order for them not to be sent home when mild symptoms occur.

I would like to acknowledge those Sailors who we have celebrated over the past two weeks. Join me in recognizing:

KINDERGARTEN:

• Sloane M
• Emily K
• Julia R
• Luke S
• Harlyn K
• Ethan C
• Xander C
• Luna M

GRADE 1

• Hastings S
• Harrison N
• Cole F
• Amelia H
• Annabelle P
• Rory H
• Roland A
• John M
• Gaya R
• Akshaya C
• Kai R
• Rowan L

GRADE 2

• Ewan S
• Maayan S
• Abel P
• Russell N
• Henry F
• Violett G
• Misha D
• Analia V
• Ben N

GRADE 3

• Jaelynda H
• Winston W
• Alejandro V
• Charlotte A
• Noa R
• Madeline R
• Jackson D
• Andrei R
• Victoria P
• Lucas F
• Jonas M
• Brigid D

GRADE 4

• Quinn C
• Maleah N
• Vanessa B
• Annelise M
• Tomás V
• Julien G

GRADE 5

• Sofia G
• Paxton S
• Alice J
• Harper Z
• Alex Y
• Greyson F
• Liam H
• Meka N
• Mikko H

Way-To-Go, Sailors! Continue being Superstars!

The Department of Health (DOH) requires schools to inform families and students about COVID-19 case numbers and potential outbreaks. Over the past two weeks, there have been a total of 2 confirmed cases at our school. The accuracy of our data depends on self-reporting. Thank you for continuing to let the school know if your child tests positive for COVID-19. To view additional information, including school and district trends visit the District’s COVID-19 data dashboard. The dashboard is updated weekly on Monday evenings.

If your child is exhibiting symptoms of COVID-19 keep them home and test for COVID-19. Families can order free COVID-19 tests from the state. Together, we can keep our schools healthy and safe.

We are looking for a certified CPR instructor who is interested in volunteering to train staff members at Cottage Lake Elementary. If you are interested, please contact Nurse Brittney at bschlee@nsd.org or 425-408-4206.

Dear Cottage Lake Families

Help bring art to your student’s classroom as an Art Docent volunteer. We are in search of volunteers to assist or lead art lessons in classrooms. Help on an intermittently drop-in basis is also welcomed. Projects like clay and fused glass can only be offered to students if we have enough volunteers to support these lessons. No art background needed. Pre-made lessons are available. Coordinators will train and guide you. Please contact Buffy and Venece if you are able to help. artdocent@cottagelakepta.org.

Time requirement: 1 art lesson per month or low commitment drop in-basis

Thank you,

Buffy and Venece (Art Docent coordinators)

Welcoming volunteers into our school is an important part of our work to support our students. There are a few requirements our volunteers must follow.

• Yearly complete a new background check form
• All volunteers must complete a volunteer training with Ms. Welch, Principal
• All volunteers must be fully vaccinated.

If you have already attended a volunteer training with Ms. Welch, you do not need to attend another training. If you are new to Cottage Lake or you have not attended this training, we ask that you please attend the training before you volunteer at Cottage Lake. This training shares common information to all adults in our school and shares expectations as you work in classrooms or other supports around the school.

You do not need to register for the training. You can just show up. Below are the times we have scheduled volunteer training so far this school year. If there is not a time that works for you, please call the front office to find another time.

Volunteer trainings are scheduled for:

• November 7 @ 11:30 AM

Between August and December 2022, Interim Superintendent Tolley will be implementing a comprehensive Listen and Learn Tour.

The purpose of the tour is to introduce stakeholders, including staff, to the refreshed five-year Strategic Plan, grow Interim Superintendent Tolley’s knowledge of the District, and provide an intentional and inclusive structure for two-way communication with the Northshore School District community and stakeholders.

The Listen and Learn Tour reflects the Interim Superintendent’s personal commitment and strong desire to engage and learn from students, families, staff, and partners. Engagement will be designed to reach stakeholders whose voices have been historically underrepresented.

The next opportunity to participate will take place Wednesday, Nov. 30 from 6-7:30 p.m. at Woodinville High School, 19819 136th Avenue NE in Woodinville.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the Listen and Learn Tour and Schedule

The District is committed to ensuring schools are safe and free of discrimination. This commitment requires us to examine and improve practices within our district, including restroom accessibility, in order to provide all students with an optimal school experience. The community is invited to learn more about inclusive restroom design, signage, and access for school modernization projects during meetings taking place between now and Nov. 3.

CLICK HERE to learn more about the Gender-Inclusive Restroom Meetings

Innovation Lab High School supports independent thinkers and doers coming together in a community to create, experiment, and learn. Academics are integrated across courses resulting in students’ deep understanding of the content and how to apply it in real-life situations through learning expeditions and class projects. Families currently enrolled in a Northshore middle or high school who would like to learn more about this choice high school program are encouraged to attend an upcoming parent/student info night:

• Wednesday, Nov. 2, 6-7 p.m. at Timbercrest Middle School Cafeteria, 19115 215th Way NE, Woodinville
• Wednesday, Nov. 9, 6-7 p.m. at Innovation Lab H.S. Great Hall, 2020 224th Street SE, Bothell
• Wednesday, Nov. 16, 6-7 p.m. at Leota Middle School Cafeteria, 19301 168th Avenue NE, Woodinville
• Thursday, Dec. 8, 6-7 p.m. at Kenmore Middle School Cafeteria, 20323 66th Avenue NE, Kenmore

CLICK HERE to learn more about Innovation Lab High School

You can stay up to date with our PTA by reading through newsletters I send, but you can also visit their website: https://www.cottagelakepta.org. We are looking for a great year of partnership ahead.

Monster Mash:

Thank you all for coming out to the Monster Mash! It was great to see the community come together to celebrate the season with dancing, bouncing, costumes and so much fun!

Thank you to the Events Committee for planning this event and an extra big THANK YOU to all the volunteers that helped throughout the evening. PTA is fully run by volunteers and we appreciate every one of you!

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Upcoming PTA meeting:

Mark your calendars for our next PTA meeting.

November 8th, 7:00-8:00 PM in the CLE Library and on zoom.

Meeting ID: 880 7598 9312

Passcode: Sailors!

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Membership Award & Monthly Membership Drawing!

In September, CLE PTA was awarded the WSPTA Platinum Membership Award. This award recognizes local PTAs, in good standing, for enrolling PTA members equaling at least 120% of their previous year’s total membership. This award wouldn’t be possible without you, our amazing members! Thank you to everyone of you who has signed up and encouraged your friends and neighbors to sign up too.

Let’s keep those membership enrollments continuing. A reminder that we have a drawing for a $30 Golden Steer Choice Meats gift card ongoing now through the PTA meeting on 11/8. All male sign-ups retroactively from 7/1 and all new sign-ups until the PTA meeting on 11/8, will be entered for a chance to win.

Sign up to join our PTA membership here.

We are bringing back potluck meals for Staff Appreciation! We’re thrilled that the school community can participate in this fun (and yummy) way to show the staff our appreciation for all they do. If you’re able to contribute, please consider signing up on the below sign up genius.

Below are the dates...

• Friday, November 18 (parfait bar breakfast during conferences, food dropped off on Thursday)
• Friday, December 16 (make your own panini lunch)

If you’re able to contribute, please click here to sign up. The next two are taking place on Friday, November 18th and Friday, December 16th.

We are excited to bring back Free Popcorn Fridays once per month! Volunteers are needed make the popcorn and pass it out during afternoon recess. We scheduled the first one for Thursday, November 10th and the next one on Friday, December 9th.

Click here to view the Signup Genius

PTA Reflections is a nationally acclaimed student recognition program to encourage artistic creativity. Students of all grades and abilities may participate by submitting original pieces of work in 6 categories (Dance, Musical Composition, Visual Arts, Film, Literature and Photography) against the theme of "Show Your Voice!"

Students will create their work of art AND write a short artist statement. Judging is based on both the artwork and artist statement.

Our PTA can send 20 Reflections art pieces plus 6 Special Artist submissions to Northshore Council PTSA in December. Those students' works of art will be celebrated at a districtwide showcase in January. Council will judge the pieces in each category and some pieces will continue onto State PTA and National PTA for further judging. Regardless of where a student places, our PTA will celebrate any student artist who submits a piece of art for Reflections.

For more information and student packets (rules and forms) go to http://www.northshorecouncilptsa.org/reflections.html (make sure you scroll down the page to see the student packet links in each category).

Pieces are due to Buffy Anson no later than November 18th by midnight.

For any questions, please contact Buffy at buffyanson@yahoo.com

At Cottage Lake Elementary, it is our united mission to build a safe, engaging, and inclusive environment of resilient lifelong learners. In partnership with our vibrant community, we embrace our diversity and strive to foster trust and kindness.

Email: jwelch@nsd.org
Website: https://cottagelake.nsd.org/
Location: 15940 Avondale Road Northeast, Woodinville, WA, USA
Phone: 425-408-4200