This Friday, April 4th, is the middle school roller skating trip! Middle school students will be out of the building from approximately 9:30 .m. - 1:30 p.m. Students can pack a lunch or bring money to purchase items from the concession stand. Permission slips should have already been turned into Homeroom teachers. Please feel free to let me know if you have any questions. 

A couple other dates for your calendar:

• The 7th and 8th grade Improv class showcase will be held on April 9th in the auditorium
• Our next FOSB meeting will be held on April 10th at 7 p.m. in the school library.
• And don't forget that spring break is just two weeks away... April 14th - April 18th

I have been busy gathering information and learning more about all of the year-end-activities that impact our middle school students. That flurry of activities will be here before we know it!  I will compile and share a list of all of those important dates with you very soon! In the meantime, please feel free to contact me with any questions!

We now have two posters on display in the lobby demonstrating the safety improvements the city is planning on making around our school.  Brian Dougherty, our contact at the City of Seattle is tentatively scheduled to attend our April FOSB meeting to answer your questions.

NW 65th Street is about to get safer! 

The Seattle Department of Transportation is making safety improvements to our school crosswalk at NW 65th Street and 18th Avenue NW.

These changes will improve safety for everyone who uses the street. Construction is scheduled for this summer.  Here's what they're planning to do:

•  Install curb bulbs on all corners of the intersection to shorten the distance for pedestrians crossing the street.
• Build new curb ramps to make the sidewalk more accessible to people with disabilities as well as people with strollers and kids on bikes.
• Mark the crosswalks for pedestrians at each corner

This work is funded by Seattle's Safe Routes to School program, which makes it safer and more comfortable for kids and families to walk and bike to school.

These improvements are currently at 90 percent design. Construction is planned for summer 2014 during summer break.

After-school drama opportunity for 5th and 6th grade students

The Salmon Bay Drama Committee, in partnership with Jet City Improv, is organizing a six-week Improv Class for 5th and 6th grade students of Salmon Bay. Classes are two-hours long and will be held for six weeks on Wednesday afternoons after school beginning April 23. There will also be a final evening showcase, on Wednesday, June 4 at 7:00 p.m.

Class size is limited to 15 students. Spots are available on a first come, first serve basis. Registrations will be considered complete once the attached registration form and $50 fee have been submitted to the Drama Committee Mailbox in the main office. Forms may also be picked up in the volunteer coordinators' office. Deadline for registration is Monday, April 21.

Jet City Improv provides the highest quality improv training available to middle school and high school students. Students discover the basic vocabulary and technique of improv through scenes and games in a fun, welcoming environment. When students learn to improvise, they learn valuable skills such as public speaking, confidence in front of an audience, teamwork, communication, and creative problem solving.

*Note - Improv requires spontaneous responses and a comfort with unpredictability.

For more information, please contact Drama Committee co-chairs, Lori Mudge and Edith Fuchs at lorimudge@comcast.net and edith.fuchs@gmail.com. 

Well, we had a wonderful and productive work party this past Saturday!  I was really impressed

by everyone's efforts and enthusiasm!  I must say, the kids too, they were amazing and so helpful,

even a not so enthused 5th grade boy, was able to find something that, needed the assistance of an

adult, but he liked and his mood quickly changed and seeing that is what gets me excited about our 

kids having time in a garden.  Thank you so much for coming, for Jodi to suggest bringing her troop, that

made such a difference!  With that as well, I am really proud and happy to be handing down the 

"torch" to 2 new Garden Chairs, Laura and Rich, who have a 2nd and 4th grade daughters.  I love 

their enthusiasm, the love of gardening and bringing it to our kids.  Laura also has 2 high school 

kids at Ballard and is ready to inform those folks to join us, as these guys need community service hours 

too! So, man, awesome!  Then Gardening Committee is in good hands!

It was a lovely Saturday in deed.  Our Tulips came up, but sadly, they have little to no STEMS! 

Bummer! I learned that that can be caused to the cold and the fact that the growth was already 

starting when a cold freeze hit them.  So goes the life of gardening, maybe NEXT year will be different,

it can be! I'll be watching!  

Alright, this is it!, my last Garden Committee letter! I have loved every minute of volunteering with

this group. I feel like my timing is just right, I got what I wanted done, well, almost!  I forgot to divide 

some day lilies to move to the other side!  I will finish with that and then hopefully see familiar faces at the 

next Garden work party!

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April 13th at Green Lake Park. Registration will begin at 9 AM, the opening ceremonies at 9:45 AM and the run begins at 10 AM. The registration fee is $15 and we encourage signing up before the event- if you do so, you will get a FREE t-shirt! 

To register for the event please go to:

http://tinyurl.com/lyfq78e 

To find out more about Autism Speaks go to: http://www.autismspeaks.org/