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June 19,  2014

 
   

Welcome to School Beat, an e-newsletter from Seattle Public Schools that features District information, student and staff celebrations, school news and upcoming District-related events. Please share School Beat with others and send comments to [email protected]

 

Superintendent's Messages

Jose BandaEnd-of-school letter to families

Attending our high school graduations this month made me realize once again what an amazing journey both our students and families take during their 13 years at Seattle Public Schools. Whether your student just finished kindergarten or is getting ready for his or her final year of high school, I want you to know that we are committed to ensuring educational excellence and equity for each and every student. More.

 

Recommended budget released for fiscal year 2014-15

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District News

New K-5 math resource takes visual approach

A new math resource is on its way to K-5 classrooms this fall in Seattle Public Schools after the School Board approved Math in Focus, a teaching tool that uses graphic models to help students think mathematically. Math in Focus, which uses the Singapore method of teaching math, takes an approach called "bar modeling" as the primary strategy to visually depict problems.

 

� Enrollment Services closed July 14 to August 1

 

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Student Celebrations

 
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Staff Celebrations

Lawton Elementary teacher named 2015 Regional Teacher of the Year

 

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Around the Schools

 

Ballard High's Urinetown wins award for 'Best Costume Design'

Congratulations to the cast and crew of Ballard High School's Urinetown for their spectacular performance at Benaroya Hall as part of the 5th Avenue High School Musical Theatre Awards. Ballard brought home the trophy for Best Costume Design.

 

� Students, teachers to be recognized for sustainability efforts

� Women who were 6th-graders during 1955-56 at Dunlap meet annually

Ballard students 'take over' TV studio for School Beat TV (video)

School and District events calendar
If you would like to know about current special school activities, fund-raisers or other District events, visit the online District Events Calendar where you can see what's going on monthly at Seattle Public Schools. You can also search for specific events by date, school and type.  
We need your ideas
The Communications Office is always looking for stories on interesting classroom projects, inspirational people or events in our schools to share with the greater Seattle community. We often highlight stories submitted by school staff for potential media coverage as well as District and community publications. For examples of stories we have published in the past, please visit this link. We would like to hear from you. If you have a unique story to share, please send your ideas directly to [email protected] 
In the News
For a sampling of this week's local news stories on Seattle Public Schools, please click here.