Sherwood Forest

Home of the Archers

Alisa DeSart, Principal Tina Williamson, Office Manager Shawn Cook, Assistant Principal Gwen Pinkney, Secretary Stephanie Paradee, Counselor Sheri Borden, Office Assistant/SNA

AHHCHOO! COLD vs FLU:

WHEN to KEEP YOUR CHILD at

HOME

Although flu (influenzia) and colds are

both respiratory illness, they’re caused

by different viruses. Colds may start

with a little tickle in your throat and it

can take a few days for you to

experience the full onset of symptoms.

The flu hits hard and fast. You may

wake up feeling fine, but by the end of

the day you have a fever, chills, and are

completely exhausted.

PREVENTION

Upcoming Events:

May 9 7:00-8:00 Science Fair

May 10 Board Recognition

At TBHS 6:00-7:30

May 10 3rd Session Ready for

Kindergarten class 6:00-7:30

May 11 4:00-8:30 Math Bonanza

May 12 K-2 Track meet 3:00-4:30 pm

May 12 3-5 Track meet 9:00-2:00 pm

May 15 5th grade science SBA

May 16 5th grade science SBA

May 16 1:35 Early Release

May 17 PTA general mtg and meet

Principal Sarah Gill

May 17 5th grade science SBA

May 22 3-5th SBA ELA testing

May 24 3-5th SBA ELA testing

May 24 2018-19 Kindergarten

Jumpstart 5:45-7:30 pm

May 25 3-5th SBA ELA testing

May 28 Memorial Day – No School

May 29 3-5 SBA Math testing

May 31 3-5 SBA Math testing

May 31 Parent Volunteer Recognition

and movie night

June 2 Championship Track Meet

June 6 1:35 Early Release

June 8 PTA Carnival

June 14 5th Grade Celebration

June 20 Last day of school

Plan Mission:

In an environment of high expectations, high support, and no excuses, the staff of Sherwood Forest Elementary School will continually learn, lead, utilize data, and collaborate to ensure our scholars have a voice, a dream, & a bright future.

CONTACT US: Sherwood Forest Elementary School 34600 12th Avenue S.W Federal Way, WA 98003 (253) 945-3800

www.fwps.org/sherwoodforest

Dear Sherwood Forest Families, The month of May is here and the end of the school year is in sight. I usually look forward to the end of each school year’s fun activities, but this year they are a little bittersweet for me since we’re coming to the end of my time as principal of this great school. There is a little over a month until the last day of school. Between now and then, I look forward to making wonderful memories together and finishing this school year strong!

Meet New Principal Sarah Gill! Parents and community members will have an opportunity to meet Mrs. Gill at our next PTA general meeting Thursday, May 17th from 6:00 – 7:30 p.m. in our school cafeteria. Mrs. Gill is excited about meeting our Sherwood Forest families and I look forward to introducing her to you!

Sherwood’s PTA is an integral part of our school’s success. Our PTA assists with the

additional costs of field trips, organizing and leading events such as the carnival and book fairs

and helping our school to provide students with additional materials and supplies for their

learning. A special thank you to this year’s board members: Presidents Kari Jones and

Darianne Westcott, Vice President Vanessa Rodriguez, Treasurer Heidi Brown,

Membership Aviana Jupiter, and Secretaries Megan Mitchell and Stephanie Paradee. An

additional thank you to our PTA and parents who provided treats each day to Sherwood staff

for Staff Appreciation week (May 7 – 11). I encourage you to consider assisting the Sherwood

PTA! We always welcome new members.

SBA Testing: Smarter Balanced testing for all of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade scholars begins very soon. I am so proud of all of the deep learning of the ELA and Math standards that has taken place in our classrooms! We look forward to our student scholars doing their very best on the Smarter Balanced test! Thank you in advance to our staff members who will proctor and support SBA testing, particularly Mrs. Vukas and Mrs. Pryor. Thank you also to all of our families who will make sure that their children are here every day and on time – especially on SBA testing days!

May 15, 16, and 17: 5th grade Science 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

May 22, 24, and 25: 3rd, 4th, and 5th ELA 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.

May 29 and 31: 3rd, 4th, and 5th Math 9:00 – 11:00 a.m. As we look ahead, there are many exciting activities happening at Sherwood Forest. The

following events could not take place without support from our staff, volunteers, and PTA:

Science Fair, May 9th Led by PTA Science Fair Chair Lauren Tomlinson

District-wide Math Bonzanza, May 11th at Sherwood Forest

PTA General Meeting and meet Principal Gill, May 17th 6:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Volunteer Recognition Celebration & Movie Night, May 31st Led by Mrs. Schoeppel & Miss Menard

PTA Carnival, June 8th: Led by PTA Carnival Chair Lindsey Francis

Yours in education,

Alisa DeSart

Principal

May 2018

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Federal Way School Board Honorees On Thursday, May 10th, Sherwood Forest will proudly honor the following

Archers for Federal Way School board Recognition:

For Goal 4 - “Mastery of All Subjects” 5th Grade Scholars: Khoi Ton & Vivian Tram

Staff Members: 1st Grade Team: Toni Cummings, Jane Ishii, Tina Leighton, Juhee Yi

For Goal 2 - “Whole Child”

5th Grade Scholars: Josiah King & Tania Rodriguez Staff Member: Christine Wahlen

Snow Make-up Day –

Tuesday May 29th

Due to the snow day on

February 22nd when school was

cancelled, a make up day has

been scheduled for Tuesday

May 29th.

Update your calendars that

there will be school May 29th.

Smarter Balanced Test Dates

Assessment (SBA) Dates for Sherwood Forest this year:

5th Grade – Science WCAS Testing May 15, 16, 17th

3rd-5th Grade – ELA SBA Testing May 22

3rd- 5th Grade – ELA SBA Testing May 24

3rd-5th Grade – ELA SBA Testing May 25

3rd -5th Grade: Math SBA Testing May 29

3rd-5th Grade – Math SBA Testing May 31 Attendance is vital on these days.

Kindergarten JumpStart Information Night

When: Thursday, May 24, 2018

Time: 5:45PM to 7:30PM (Dinner served @ 5:45)

Where: Cafeteria and Gym @ Sherwood

Why: To meet our kindergarten team, learn about next year’s program, and take home a few items to help prepare your child for kindergarten.

Battle of the Books

Congratulations to “Polar Express”,

Paola, Tania, Maddie and Calista, the

winning team from the Sherwood

Forest Battle of the Books! The “Polar

Express” competed against 23 other

Federal Way Schools on April 25th at

the District Battle of the Books

Championship. We’re proud of all of

our Sherwood Forest teams for their

hard work and commitment to reading

the sixteen Battle books this year!

Storming the Sound Sherwood Forest is participating in the “Storming the Sound” salmon program again this year, thanks to Mrs. Skahan, who is overseeing this project. “Storming the Sound” is about raising salmon, learning about the impacts of surface water pollution on salmon, and what we all can do to help prevent water pollution. Our aquarium is located in the 400’s wing. On May 11, Mrs. Skahan’s third grade class will

release the salmon “fry” (baby salmon) in the

Salmon Release Celebration at the West Hylebos

Wetlands Park, along with other schools in our

district. This program is a partnership with the City

of Federal Way and Federal Way Public Schools to

promote science and environmental education.

Federal Way Public School’s

Heroes Banquet Aurora Leal at Taco Bell is our hero at Sherwood Forest! Thank you Aurora for your contributions to our scholars of the Forest!

100% PARTICIPATION AT

STUDENT LED CONFERENCES

A BIG THANK YOU to everyone who participated in

our Scholar Led Conferences. Whether it was a face

to face meeting or a phone conference, the

important idea is to work in partnership to support

your scholar’s learning.

Counselor Corner:

Mindfulness is a term that is becoming used more

frequently in the context of counseling and schools. If

you are unfamiliar with this term and want to know

more, here is an explanation from School Counselor

Kayla Marsten:

“In our busy world, our minds and bodies can get

wrapped up in the hustle and bustle, and may have a

hard time slowing down. It is also easy to get stuck

thinking about things in the past or future, while

forgetting to focus on the here and now.

The benefits of mindfulness for children and

adults are plentiful, including decreased stress and

increased resilience. Mindfulness is bringing our

attention to our thoughts and feelings without

judgement.”

I have started incorporating more mindfulness

ideas and activities into my counseling lessons, and I look

forward to increasing this concept even more next year.

You can find more information at www.mindful.org and,

try the app, at mindful-app.com.

For more information, I can be reached at 253-945-3808.

Stephanie Paradee, Counselor

Planning Your Vacation Time for

2018-2019?

Please take the time to check the Federal Way

School District website at www.fwps.org. The

calendar for the 2018-2019 school year, with the

first and last days of school, winter, mid-winter

and spring breaks are all there.

Please consult the calendar before you make

travel or vacation plans. Vacations taken on

school days are not excused per our district

policy. We want all of our students to be here

every day. Even a few missed days can make a

difference for a student! Missed school days can

affect your child’s academic success,

relationships with peers, and make it difficult to

transition back into the classroom smoothly.

Thank you for helping us by having your child

attend every day that he/she can possibly be

present!

Warm Weather Reminders:

Water bottles are permitted with water only in

them, please label with your scholar’s name.

Sunscreen is permitted provided it is rub-on only.

It is best to put it on at home before school.

Scholars will apply sunscreen themselves, staff will not be able to help.

Scholars will keep the sunscreen; the school cannot store sunscreen.

Scholars cannot share sunscreen with other scholars.

Hello FWPS Parents and Families,

A grade is the ultimate form of feedback to a student and it must be accurate. As a result, Federal Way Public Schools (FWPS) is working diligently to ensure every

scholar’s grade is accurate.

FWPS fully embraces input from our parents and community to ensure excellence in educating each of our 23,000 scholars. Over the past two school years,

approximately 60 students, parents, teachers and principals convened to inform our current grading system. We invited our community to a parent forum held in

January 2018 to provide valuable feedback on the committee’s work. We would like to invite you to another opportunity to provide valuable feedback to

inform high quality and consistent grading practices across schools. The SBGR parent forum is June 6, 5:30pm – 7:00pm at Lakota Middle School, 1415 SW

314th St. Federal Way 98023. Light refreshments will be provided. Spanish, Korean and Russian interpreters will also be available.

If you have questions about SBGR in FWPS, contact us at (253) 945-2126 or visit www.fwps.org/SBGR.

Spanish: Hola Padres y Familias de FWPS,

Una calificación es la mejor forma de retroalimentación para un estudiante y debe

ser precisa. Como resultado, las Escuelas Públicas de Federal Way (FWPS) están trabajando diligentemente para asegurar que cada grado del alumno sea preciso.

FWPS agradece completamente la opinión de nuestros padres y de la comunidad para asegurar la excelencia en la educación de cada uno de nuestros 23,000

estudiantes. Durante los últimos dos años escolares, aproximadamente 60 alumnos, padres, maestros y directores se reunieron para informar nuestro sistema de calificar actual. Invitamos a nuestra comunidad a un foro de padres en enero del

2018 para proporcionarles valiosa información sobre la labor de este Comité.

Nos gustaría invitarle a otra oportunidad para proporcionar información valiosa para que dé su opinión a la alta calidad y a las prácticas de como calificar consistentemente a través de las escuelas. El foro de padres SBGR será el 6 de

junio, de 5:30 a 7:00pm en Lakota Middle Schol St. SW 1415 314th Federal Way 98023. Habrá bocadillos. Habrá intérpretes de español, coreano y ruso disponibles.

Si usted tiene preguntas sobre SBGR en FWPS, póngase en contacto con nosotros al (253) 945-2126 o visite www.fwps.org/SBGR .

Russian: Здравствуйте уважаемые родители и члены семей учащихся школьного округа

“Federal Way”,

Оценка- это одна из главных форм показывающих связь между пройденным

материалам и усвоенными знаниями учащимся и она должна быть точной.

Поэтому Школьный Округ “Federal Way” неустанно работает над тем, чтобы

оценки учащихся были точны.

Школьный Округ “Federal Way” желает слышать мнение родителей и

общественности чтобы предоставлять качественное обучение каждому из

наших 23000 учащихся. В течение последних двух лет примерно 60

представителей учащихся, родителей, преподавателей и директоров школ

собирались, чтобы сформировать действующую в настоящее время систему

выставления оценок. Мы приглашали родителей и общественность в январе

2018 года, чтобы ознакомить их с работой комитета.

Мы приглашаем Вас принять участие в еще одной встрече, чтобы Вы могли

высказать свое мнение и помочь сформировать качественную и упорядоченную

систему выставления оценок во всех наших школах.

Форум “SBGR”(о системе выставления оценок) состоится 6 июня с 5:30 до 7:00

вечера в школе “Lakota Middle School”, по адресу: 1415 SW 314th St. Federal

Way 98023. Будут предоставлены легкие закуски. При необходимости Вы

сможете воспользоваться услугами переводчика.

Если у Вас есть вопросы относительно системы выставления оценок в школьном

округе “Federal Way”, позвоните по тел. (253) 945-2126 или посмотрите

информацию на странице интернета www.fwps.org/SBGR