Shuksan E-News September 30,2008

Your Shuksan Middle School E-Newsletter

September 29, 2008

School Events

Save Fuel and $$$:
If Your Child Will Ride the Bus,
Make It Count from Oct. 6-10

Important date reminder:

10/15
PTSA Meeting
Library 7pm

10/15
HIV/AIDS Awareness
Parent Meeting
Roeder Boardroom 7pm

10/17
Individual student
photo retake day

10/20
EARLY RELEASE
11:30a.m

Shuksan Events Calendar

District Events Calendar

In Brief
Hallway Expectations for students :

1. No running.

2. Keep your hands and
feet to yourself.

3. Walk on the right side
of the hallway and keep
moving between classes.

Be respectful of classes
that are in session when
you are in the halls.

Contacting Students during the school day:

In order to minimize the disruptions to the educational environment we ask that personal calls to students
be kept to a minimum.

This office staff is willing to
notify students for urgent or emergency situations
(i.e. last minute medical appointments, family emergencies, etc.).

Reminders for non-urgent situations (i.e., reminders
for students to bring school
work or band instruments
home, etc.), should be
handled at home.

Thank you
for your cooperation.

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The Bellingham School District will count children who ride our school buses during the week of Oct. 6-10. The transportation funding that we receive from Washington state for the entire school year is determined by the number of students who ride the bus to school for a minimum of three mornings (or mid-day to kindergarten) during this designated week. The state does not provide funding based on afternoon ridership. This funding is essential to help pay for your child's transportation to and from school throughout the school year.

Thank you for your support.

Changes to Basic Food Program Allow More Families to Qualify

The Bellingham School District is partnering with the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS) to help distribute important information to families in the district. More students will be eligible for free meals at school because more families will qualify for Basic Food (Food Stamps).
As of Oct. 1, the income eligibility for Basic Food (formerly Food Stamps) will significantly increase.

If your family has typically not qualified for food stamps because your family income was too high, you may now qualify. If your family qualifies, your school-aged children will automatically be enrolled in the schools' free meal program for the rest of the school year. A family with two children eating school lunch every day could save $1,000 in lunch costs over the course of the school year. Other benefits include reduced Associated Student Body (ASB) fees, athletic fees, and club memberships for the Bellingham Boys & Girls Club and Bellingham Parks and Recreation.
For details and Basic Food applications in English, Spanish and Russian: www.bham.wednet.edu/departments/foodservices/foodservices.htm

All applications must be returned to the DSHS office, 4101 Meridian St., Bellingham. Please call toll-free at 1-877-514-3663 with any questions.

Shuksan is participating in the Washington State Healthy Youth Survey on October 16, 2008. The survey is for 6th and 8th graders only. The survey is being administered by our counseling office. If you have questions, please phone Ms. Cowan at 676 6454 x 5354. You may opt-out your student by phoning the main office at 676 6454 x0. An informational brochure can be viewed at: www.hys.wa.gov/Administration/ParentBrochures.aspx

HIV/AIDS Prevention Curriculum - Fifth Grade and Middle School

Washington State law (RCW28A.230.070) requires public schools in the State of Washington to teach about the "life threatening dangers" of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) grade 5 and beyond. Information on this topic will be presented to all 5th through 8th grade students during the school year. A parent meeting for fifth grade and middle school parents to learn more about the HIV/AIDS curriculum and preview HIV/AIDS curriculum materials that will be used with students is scheduled for Wednesday, October 15, 2008, 7:00 p.m. in the Board Room at the Roeder Administration Building, 1306 Dupont Street. If interested in information regarding the fifth grade puberty unit, please contact your student's classroom teacher.
PLEASE NOTE: The law provides that, "No student may be required to participate in AIDS prevention education if the student's parent or guardian, having attended one of the district presentations, objects in writing to the participation." Based on this law, you can only exempt your student from instruction in HIV/AIDS prevention if you attend the HIV/AIDS informational meeting or review the curriculum materials, and request in writing not to have your student participate in the classroom presentation. If you are unable to attend the informational meeting, you may preview materials at your student's school or in the Curriculum Office located in the Roeder Administration Building. Interpreters are available for this meeting upon request. If you plan to attend the meeting and will need an interpreter, please contact your school secretary.

Shuksan Middle School
2713 Alderwood Ave.
Bellingham, WA 98225-1298
(360) 676-6454
wwwsms.bham.wednet.edu
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