Olympic Hills Families,

Our educators spent this week connecting with each other, participating on trainings, and setting up their classrooms upon returning from their summer breaks in preparation to receive your children next week. Please read emails from SPS Public Affairs with bargaining updates or find more information on the Seattle Public Schools Announcement page.

All classroom educators sent out their welcome newsletters to their families on 8/31 requesting some helpful information from you. If you did not receive a newsletter from your child's teacher, please send Ms. Gardner or I an email and we can help you. You can also call our school office (206)413-2200.

Our counselor decided to take a different position closer to home. We are currently hiring a 1.0 Counselor, please share the posting if you know of anyone that would be a great fit in our Otter Community. Posting will be open until 09/05.

Other position oppotunities at OH include: ML instructional Assistants, Nutrition Services Assitant, Special Education 1:1 IA's; communicate with Ms. Toledo or Ms. Gardner if you have anyone in mind or find the SPS posting here.

In partnership,

Mayra Toledo and Rachelle Gardner

9/07 First Day of School 1st-5th

9/12 First Day of School Preschool and Kindergarten

10/06 PTA Family Night

10/13 Open House

First day of School is September 7th, 2022

Please remember that we will release at 2:25 on Wednesday, September 7th.

Back to School Forms:

• If you would like to complete the back to school forms ahead of time, find them them in our SPS website here. Paper Packets will also be coming home on the 1st day of school.

• Your child's teacher sent a welcome newsletter on 08/31. Please let us know if you did not receive a newsletter or know who your child's teacher is.

• Students will receive a device again this year. iPads for PreK-2 and laptops for 3-5.

• Your child only needs to bring the following items to school - a backpack, raincoat, water bottle.
• If you would like to donate shared supplies, you can drop them off at the main office between 8-3. We need pencils, erasers, markers, crayons, glue sticks, scissors, tissue boxes, hand sanitizer, whiteboard markers, and notebooks.

Meals:

• All students will receive free breakfast and/or lunch meals at OH. Students will have a 4-5 digit pin, will be given by their teachers on the first day of school.
• Option: To bring home lunch.

• Boys and Girls Club is operating again this year. Learn more by clicking HERE

• We are following the Department of Health's new guidelines: we no longer have social distancing and masks are optional. If your child becomes ill with COVID, there is currently a guideline to stay home for 5 days and wear a mask when returning to school. More updates will come soon.

Family Engagement Opportunities:

• Parent Teacher Association- President Melissa Stava and Vice President, CJ Cousins, first meeting in October, membership forms will be included in the back to school packets.
• Latino Family Council- Led by Mr. Carlos Vera
• Volunteers- more information coming this fall, please see our district volunteer page for process.
• Assemblies- will be in person once per month,

• You can expect to receive an email like this one called OH Family Newsletter weekly which can be translated by clicking the tranlation icon.
• Our school webpage is currently being updated to include all of our new staff and include important dates coming up.
• Teacher communication-Teachers will be sending you a biweekly e-mail from Smore and sharing ways to communicate with them in their email.
• Students will receive a blue two pocket folder where you will see written communication from school and can also return documents.
• if you have any questions feel free to contact our school office to (206)413-2200 or email me to mesalesrojas@seattleschools.org.

Transportation:

• If you have not heard from Transportation about bus routes, please call them at 206-252-0900.
• View the video linked below to see our arrival and dismissal procedures.
• Arrival: Car Riders Drop Off in Circular Drive, Walkers Go Right to cafeteria then Blacktop
• Dismissal: Car Riders to Circular Drive, or Families can Park in Church Lot and Walk to Pod

Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Email: mesalesrojas@seattleschool.org
Website: https://olympichillses.seattleschools.org/
Location: 13018 20th Avenue Northeast, Seattle, WA, USA
Phone: (206) 413-2200