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Thoughtexchange announcement What are your concerns; what do you appreciate; and what else would you like to say? These are the three questions students, families, staff and community are invited to answer when the district launches an online conversation mid-January.

 

Anyone with an email address is invited to the conversation. Thoughtexchange is the company hosting the conversation and collecting email addresses. All participant emails will remain confidential.

 

Want to share your thoughts? We are listening. Click on share your thoughts to join the conversation. 

Kindergarten registration begins earlier this year 

Although this school year is not yet finished, it is time to register for kindergarten for next fall.

 

Children who will be 5 years old by Aug. 31, 2015, are eligible to begin kindergarten in September. To ensure that teachers and classrooms are ready, district elementary schools will begin registering kindergarten students starting Monday, Feb. 2 for the 2015-16 school year. Registration materials will be available via the district website on Jan. 26 and at elementary schools on Jan. 28.

 

Initial application for tuition-based full-day kindergarten ends Friday, Feb. 6 at noon. Lotteries will be held the afternoon of Feb. 6 at schools where applications exceed spaces.

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Eisenhower Middle School students using Chrome Books in December's Hour of Code activities. Regular use of the machines before spring tests builds familiarity before test day.
What do you know about new state tests?
Information and "hands on" sample test, Jan. 21, 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Community Resource Center, 3900 Broadway, Everett.

This spring, students in grades three through eight and 10 and 11 will take different state assessments, known as Smarter Balanced Assessments. The tests are new, and the way students take the tests is new.

Click on news release for more information.

  

FAFSA season is here, and IT MATTERS!
Just going through the FAFSA process can be a game-changer for students' futures.

Get help with Cash for College. Filling out the Free Application for Financial Student Aid (FAFSA) is much easier with help. Everett High School kicked off the season on Jan. 10, but there are two more opportunities to get help filling out the FAFSA.  


Cascade High School College Goal event, Thurs., Jan. 22, 5 - 8 p.m.
Henry M. Jackson High School College Goal event, Sat., Jan. 31, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m.

 

More information available through high school counselors.  

Here come the robots! Gateway Middle School wins top trophy.
The justifiably proud Gateway Guardians stand behind their mission board after taking the Grand Champion award at the regional First Lego League competition in Shoreline. Click on news release for more information on our other schools who competed.
Jan. 13 School Board meeting

Pam LeSesne and studentThe school board will meet in regular session on Tuesday, beginning at 4:30 p.m. in the board room at the Community Resource Center located at 3900 Broadway in Everett, WA 98201.
 
You can find the agenda and other board materials online in BoardDocs.
  
Jan. 13 Board meeting topic highlights
 
TOPIC
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Review of Highly Capable and Challenging Options Program
The district's strategic plan includes targets to ensure increasingly rigorous classes are available K-12 across all schools and for all student groups. This board report follows a review of these district programs and will include next step implications for the programs.
Discussion of elementary school boundary change possibilities for fall 2015
This discussion is part of the district' ongoing work to manage student enrollment growth. Enrollment is growing across the district -- the most dramatic increases in the southern portion. This report will include a proposal for relieving overcrowding at elementary schools beginning in fall 2015. It will also include the latest enrollment projections and review of processes for a potential 2016 capital bond.
 

  

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Everett Public Schools does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, honorably discharged veteran or military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.

 

Designated to handle inquiries about nondiscrimination policies are:

Affirmative Action Office - Carol Stolz, [email protected], 425-385-4106

Title IX Officer - Randi Seaberg, [email protected], 425-385-4104

504 Coordinator - Becky Ballbach, [email protected], 425-385-4063

ADA Coordinator - Kristine McDowell, [email protected], 425-385-5250

Address: 3900 Broadway, Everett, WA 98201


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