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From Our Principal

Dear parents:

This spring the Bellevue School District is conducting an anonymous survey of all parents to gather your thoughts on how we are doing and how we can improve both as a district and at Clyde Hill Elementary. We will use your feedback on the district scorecard, to flag issues that need to be addressed, and to monitor our progress over time. Results will be published each year on the district website. In order for the survey to be reflective of all parents, we need your help. The survey will be available May 1-15, both online and with paper copies in the main office. Please look for it and be sure to fill one out. Thank you in advance for participating!

 

Christy Krutulis, Clyde Hill Principal

425-456-5001

 

Meet our Incoming Principal

As we prepare to say "Goodbye" to our wonderful principal, Christy Krutulis, we look forward to meeting our new principal, Mary Olin. If you haven't had a chance to read Ms. Olin's introductory letter, please click here to find out more about her. We will have the pleasure of meeting Ms. Olin in person at several of our Spring events, including:

Father-Daughter Dance, May 5th

Drop-Off Monday, May 6th

Mother-Son Game Night, May 10th

Drop-Off Tuesday, May 14th

PTA Board of Directors Meeting, May 23rd (1pm)

PTA General Assembly Meeting, June 4th (8am)

 

Be sure to look for Ms. Olin and extend a warm, Clyde Hill welcome to

her!

 

Service Team News from Mrs. Cowling 

Clyde Hill Service Team will be collecting pet supplies to benefit the King County Humane Society from May 6-10th. Please consider making a donation of pet food, pet supplies, such as leashes, bowls, collars or pet toys, and gently used towels and blankets. You can drop off your donations in the foyer in front of the main office. Thank you for your support!

 

Library News from Mrs. Hale

Hello Parents of Voracious 3rd, 4th, and 5th Grade Readers! 

 

You and your students may begin reading for the 2014 SASQUATCH Reading Award this spring and summer!  Our library has not yet received our order of the attached 12 titles, but get them at King County Library!  Avoid long wait lists in the fall!

 

Sasquatch Nominees 2014
Title	Author
Dead Boys	Buckingham, Royce
Mockingbird	Erskine, Kathryn
The Midnight Tunnel	Frazier, Angie
Charlie Joe Jackson's Guide to Not Reading	Greenwald, Tommy
Zita the Spacegirl: Far from Home	Hatke, Ben
Guinea Dog	Jennings, Patrick
Inside Out & Back Again	Lai, Thanhha
Liesl and Po	Oliver, Lauren
The Great Wall of Lucy Wu	Shang, Wendy Wan-Long
Boys Without Names	Sheth, Kashmira
Aliens on Vacation	Smith, Clete
The Boy at the End of the World	Van Eekhout, Greg

 

 

Also, in observation of "Children's Book Week" (May 15-19), Mrs. Hale will give one free book per student to the one Primary and one Intermediate class who have the FEWEST OVERDUE books!  Look hard and find those Clyde Hill Library books!

 

 

Backpacks and School Supplies

Do you have children attending Bellevue Public Schools who will need school supplies next year? If you qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch, you may be eligible to receive these free supplies. Congregations for Kids, a group of Bellevue congregations and area organizations, are donating these supplies.

 

To apply, please fill out the Request Form and return it to the school office on or before May 24th. No Backpacks will be given to continuing BSD students in September. You must submit an application now.

 

Only one form is needed for all of the children in your family attending Bellevue Public Schools. Backpacks and school supplies will be picked up at the school where each child will attend in September.

 

Please look for information at your child's school regarding the pickup dates in August 2013.

 

*New supplies will be given to all who qualify, but new backpacks are

now only given every other year.

 

Handy Parent Needed

We need to anchor our medication bins (48 in all) to the medication cart to keep them in place should we take the cart out during emergency evacuation procedures. We hope to have some help with this from a handy parent. Our plan is to poke 2 holes through the bottom of the bins and anchor them to the cart with zip ties, so hopefully it will be someone who has an awl or equally sharp tool. We can supply the zip ties, but would need you to provide the awl.  Contact the main office if you can help: (425)456-5000.

 

Did you know that many of our Clyde Hill parents live in District 3 and are eligible to run for this District's open School Board position?

 

The Bellevue School Board will have three open positions this year on the November 5th ballot.  Bellevue residents who live in District 3 (west-central Bellevue), District 4 (east-central Bellevue) and District 5 (south Bellevue) are encouraged to consider representing their community on the Bellevue School District Board of Directors. The Bellevue School Board of Directors is made up of five community members, one from each geographic region of the district.  Board members are elected to their district positions for a term of four years by registered voters.  In Bellevue, the School Board provides overall governance of the school district.  Its responsibilities fall into four major areas:  vision, accountability, structure and advocacy.  The filing period with King County Elections Office is much earlier than in previous years. The one-week filing period this year is May 13 to 17, 2013 - weeks earlier than the usual June filings.  What's involved?  Click here to learn more...