From the Principal’s desk…

What? It’s the end of the school year already? It went by so

fast, a blur of smiles and hugs and art shows and family

gatherings and so much more. I feel so lucky to be the

principal of a truly unique neighborhood school. A place

where difference and culture is embraced and celebrated.

East Hill is a place of hope, where students from many

different backgrounds gather together in pursuit of the skills

they need to lead lives of service and fulfillment.

We need to keep that preparation for the future going in the

summer as well. We know that while summer let’s kids

relax a bit and be kids, we also know that if they don’t read,

they will fall behind in that pursuit of skill. Students can

lose up to three months of reading progress in the summer;

in three years, that means they lose an entire year of

progress. This is not OK at a place that is about constant

improvement. We are taking action this year to combat the

summer reading slide. We have identified 200 students in

grades K-3 that we want to help catch up in reading. We

have let them pick 10-12 books to read over the summer and

we will be checking in with families to support summer

reading. In addition, we are going to coordinate reading and

book checkout with lunches delivered by the Kent School

district at three sites this summer at three sites all summer.

The schedule of lunch deliveries is attached to this

newsletter. Here is the schedule for summer lunch reading,

beginning on Wednesday, June 28th:

Every Tuesday and Thursday, East Hill staff will bring

books to Valli Kee Apartments. If you live near Valee

Kee, come get lunch and books at 12:00 on these days

(free lunch is served five days a week until August 26th

,

except the 4th of July).

Every Wednesday, East Hill staff will have books

available at East Hill (11:45) and Alderbrook

Apartments 12:45).

Come read to us! We will be tracking students who take

advantage of these opportunities, they will be eligible to win

fabulous prizes on the first day back to school!

READ THIS

SUMMER!!

The Blazer Bee BUZZ!!! East Hill Elementary

Kent, WA 253.373.7455

Dr. Brian Patrick, Principal School Website: http://www.kent.k12.wa.us/ksd/EH/index.html

Summer 20160

Blazer Bees

Be Safe Be Respectful

Be Responsible Be Here to Learn

Fondest Farewells

We want to wish the very best as they move on to their next

challenge. We are happy they are pursuing happiness in their

lives and careers and want them to know they will always be

part of the Blazer Bee Family.

Jennifer Yager will be teaching four th grade at Lake

Youngs next year. We will miss her energy, skill and

laughter, but are happy that she will still be serving

students in the Kent School District.

Danielle Johnson will be ser ving students in the

Snoqualmie Valley School District. Our loss

is their gain!

Emily Carberry (Williams) recently got

married and will be moving up north. We

wish her the best as she settles in to married

life.

Joy Thrall is moving back to Texas with her fiancé, she

will be coaching teachers in Dallas. I am pretending

she is not leaving.

Our Literacy Coach, Julia Hyres is heading south to the

Parkland School District to teach struggling readers.

She will be great at this!

Shree Coorg, a longtime paraeducator at East Hill is

retiring to pursue her art and teaching others to sing.

Students and staff will miss her tremendous positive

attitude.

Alan Lain will be star ting work on an advance degree.

We will miss his kindness and warm smile.

Claudia Johnson left us midyear , we wish her happiness

and hope she will return to visit

Our Health Tech, Tatyana Rawat has a new job. While only

here a short time, Tania has done a fabulous job. She

will be successful at whatever she does.

Tamra Himmelman filled in for Ms. Lesko and quickly

became part of the family. She is off to her next adven-

ture, hopefully flying a lot!

Thank you to our amazing PTA, to our awesome Art

Docents, and to our cool Choir, Soccer and Track

Coaches. You help to

make our school a wonderful

place to learn and play.

Kent School District does not discriminate in admission, access, treatment, or employment 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 trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Student, school district employees, parents/guardians, and community members will not be excluded from participa-tion in or be subjected to discrimination with respect to any educational program or activity. If you have any questions, please contact:

Title IX Officer Dr. Brent Jones, Chief Talent Officer 253-373-7203 Brent.jones@kent.k12.wa.us Section 504/ADA Officer Israel Vela, Executive Director 253-373-7010 Israel.vela@kent.k12.wa.us

Perfect Attendance for the Year

Students are considered to have Perfect Attendance for the Year

if they are at school on time and stay all day, every day.

Students who attend school every day,

for the full day, have the greatest

opportunity to learn.

East Hill Blazer Bees* Learners Today * Leaders Tomorrow

Free Preschool *** Sign-up Now Head Start & ECEAP are accepting applications for the 2015-16 school year.

Families who have children who are 3 & 4 years old by August 31st, 2016, who come from a family

of low income, or are homeless, or an income eligible family who’s child has a current IEP from a

school district, or have someone in the house receiving SSI/SSA or TANF are eligible to apply for

these programs.

These FREE programs offer quality part-day and six hour preschool classes, nutritious meals,

health & developmental screenings, family support services, and parent events, education, & lead-

ership opportunities. Some transportation services are available.

For more information or an application contact us at 253-630-9590.

East Hill Elementary

Summer Office Hours

Office is open to the public:

June 20-24 and August 12-31

8:30 am - 3:30 pm

School Starts

Thursday, September 1

9:30 am to 3:38 pm

Enjoy your

Summer!!

Tyler Hoang

Abraham Lopez-Hernandez Jr

Laila Lopez-Hernandez

Marquis Mwangi

Abigail Nguyen

Alec Nguyen

Kalvin Nguyen

Sy Khang Nguyen

Owen Ortega-Phillips

Richard Phon

David Popovych

Timothy Popovych

Erick Ramos Navarro

Kiran Sanghera

Bao Ngoc Tran

Thuy Minh Tran

*Presidential Award for Academic Excellence*

* 3’s and 4’s only * Student demonstrates responsible behavior * 85th percentile or higher on standardized test *

*Presidential Award for Academic Achievement*

* Shows strong commitment to learning * Has shown tremendous growth and improvement *

* Student demonstrates responsible behavior * Regular Attendance *

National Principal’s American Citizenship Award

6th Grade Honor Roll

National Principal’s American Citizenship Award

5th Grade Honor Roll

Isabella Melezovic Aracely Valdovino Maciel Savannah DuBois

Christine Nguyen

Savannah Dalton

Alexandra Silva Acosta

Kimberly Palacios-Aguirre

Brandon Gutierrez

Alyzai Cariaso

Jasmine Martinez

Madina Kasimov

Perla Antunez

Alex Bui

Aracely Valdovinos Maciel

Cerah Sanchez

Isabella Melezovic

Jacqueline Nguyen

Kaylyn Yager

Leslie Antunez

Nicholas Margenats

Abigail Sanchez Castillas

Alondra Venegas-Haro

L.J. Cardona

Momo Nur

Rohan Singh

Savannah DuBois

Taylor Owen

Jowan Al Hejami Sohani Choudhary

Caleb Arriaga

Patrick Lorenzo

Krish Juneja

Sukhjit Kaur

Bao Ngoc Tran

Sydney Thayer-O’Brien

Virginia Tran

Emma Cartwright

Christopher John Nguyen

Patrick Lorenzo

Jamillo Pacis

Hannah Hein

Keira Dowd

Sohani Choudhary

Yesfir Papovych

Kyla Kim

BaoChau Tran

Krish Juneja

Andy Ly

Xavier Bradley

Nadine Delean

Sukhjit Kaur

Juan Najera

Bao Ngoc Tran

Mohamud Mohamud Savannah Dalton Perla Antunez

Heart of the Blazer Bee

Citizenship Award

Criteria (must meet all criteria):

3’s and 4’s only in: Behavior, Effort, Participation and Responsible Worker

areas of 2nd Semester Report Card.

These students went above and beyond by also doing all of these things:

Show a positive attitude toward classmates, school and community

Display an understanding and appreciation of civic responsibility

Possess strength of character and the courage to do what is right

Promote citizenship with your school or community through other activities

Kindergarten

Jaismeen Kaur

Davika Prasad

Samira Abdullahi

Yaretzi Villa

Gabriella Nyame

Rance Toole

Zainab Al Shiblawi

George Irby

Timothy Popovych

Ekampreet Singh

Sa’Mariana Reece-Goodwin

Alena Cosic

Chase Son

Gabriella Trujillo Keating

Sheyla Mariles-Hernandez

Aiden McFarlane

Kaylee Chom

Sahinoor Kandola

Alexis Caruso

Aliyah Phillips

Neo Jarret Kapileo

Kristopher Preston

Jonathan Rodriguez

Eduardo Marquez

Cinthya Rojas Alvarez

Daria Mylestorres

Jaafar Kadhim

Jose Avalos Gaeta

Minh Ly

Gabriela Oros Avila

Alayna Saelee

Rishampreet Singh

Sarah Tsibelenko

Samaiah Woods

1st Grade

Caleb Dereje

Carson Derenski

John Pilt

Ximena Castillo

Sabrina Alfonso

Cristian Bonilla Cortez

Makayla Imanene

Angelina

Khammaniphanh

Dakayla Livingston

Abigail Nguyen

Ruqaya Al Soudany

Jet Bailey

Monica Bessarabov

Emanuele Falaniko

Karanveer Gill

Teralyn Hefa

Keleesa Howard

Harmony Lathon

Melissa Lucas

Marian Mohamed

Jalen Peck

Delaney Andrews

Charles Black

Mariella Cruz

Julisa Estrella Andrade

Nikita Khitsko

Miana Leon

Diosselyn Leon Nunez

Rinta Manas

Kelmin Martinez Barrientos

Angelinda Perez

Newton Pho

Emily Valdovinos-Maciel

Teo Sanchez

Diego Alfaro-Montecinos

Ali Hough

Megan Lai

Ismael Villa Maciel

Mario Jimenez Flores

Bawi Lian

2nd Grade

Nikki Chom

Patrick Dowd

Tyler Hoang

Michael Skarin

Janney Velazquez Guzman

Marely Hernandez-

Lopez

Sy Khang Nguyen

Salmo Ahmed

Margarita Raymundo

Marina Tsbilenko

Mayar Al-Mahdawi

Haillie Espinoza

Stephany Palacios-

Aguirre

Chahatpreet Kandola

Vladimir Bezrodnyi

Karina Reshniuk

Elisia Louth

Iuliia Topova

Odelia Gyan

Amina Mohamud

Maria Patino-Perez

Divya Prasad

Hazel Herron

Deanna Dmitruk

Briana Velychko

Katelyn Louie

Isaack Valdez-

Hernandez

Amran Ali

Misk Alqaysi

Alex Arians

Dennise Arriaga

Xzavier Frazier

Nyla Lai

Laila Lopez

Angela Nguyen

Katie Nguyen

Stiffany Nguyen

Cyanni Wilson

Heart of the Blazer Bee

Citizenship Award

Criteria (must meet all criteria):

3’s and 4’s only in: Behavior, Effort, Participation and Responsible Worker

areas of 2nd Semester Report Card.

These students went above and beyond by also doing all of these things:

Show a positive attitude toward classmates, school and community

Display an understanding and appreciation of civic responsibility

Possess strength of character and the courage to do what is right

Promote citizenship with your school or community through other activities

3rd Grade

Charanay Ngau

Hannah Chi

Ketarin Manas

Angel Rodriquez-Gil

Neviah Torres

Bogdan Boychev

Devin Chhom

Daniel Scott

Allyssa Andrews

Aydan Hat

Ibrahim Mohamud

Isaiah Mon

Valeria Salgado-Hererra

Yoni Eyoub

Owen Ortega-Phillips

Harshleen Powar

Sinan Dereje

Vivian Tram

Sahraa Kadhim

Viktoriia Reshniuk

Allyssa Nguyen

Arden Dzyub

Rafael Najera

4th Grade

Kimberly Cortez

Denice Caldona

Alec Nguyen

Fnu Ramish

Shelby Pham

Ali Al Jebori

Balkhisa Bashir

Brian Ramos-Navarro

Eduard Reshnyuk

Elma Cosic

Diego Pacheco-Tamayo

Nancy Hernandez

Nathalia Acosta-Esparza

Emily Ly

Tyon Michael

Thuy Minh Tran

Aaliyah Teurn

Danilo Nunez Jaimez

Ridwa Ismael

Alanna Dietzman

Alondra Pacheco Aguilar

Christian Leon

Demitrius Carter

Ella Preston

Isaiah Bowser

Isapela Falaniko

Jaden Huynh

Jenissi Gyan

Kim Robles

Koleton Hart

Natalia Antunez-Ramos

Raeanna Mua’ava

Tate Suarez

Sakura Woods

Tommy Valerio

Vadym Topov

Porter Allred

Sarah Arzate Aguirre

Saba Eyoub

Prabhroop Gill

Harneet Kaur

Diane Lizama

Ayla Macadangdang

Taleena Michael

Gabriella Morrow

Dan Nguyen

Keila Sanchez

Sebastian Sanchez Alvarado

Kiran Sanghera

Bawi Thawng

Taylor Travis

Lyric Williams

Honor Roll

Criteria: 3’s and 4’s only in all core subjects – English Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies – 2nd Semester

Caleb Dereje

Carson Derenski

John Pilt

Sabrina Alfonso

Makayla Imanene

Ridwan Ismael

Dakayla Livingston

Jaisal Singh

Jack Yager

Jibril Aweys

Jet Bailey

Monica Bessarabov

Emanuele Falaniko

Jose Cortez Macias

Karanveer Gill

Marcel Glover

Keleesa Howard

Harmony Lathon

Melissa Lucas

Munoz

Ahmyria McGruder

Marian Mohamed

Jalen Peck

Anthony Ramirez

Jeremiah Castro

Mariella Cruz

Fethi Gebresilasse

Miana Leon

Angelinda Perez

Newton Pho

Ali Hough

Bawi Lian

Oriana Kidane

Mario Jimenez Flores

1st Grade

Ezra Mehari

Janney Velazquez Guzman

Trenton Pho

Nikki Chom

Michael Skarin

Patrick Dowd

Tyler Hoang

Harnu Kaur

Maria Bertrand

Sarah Ismail

Abraham Lopez-

Hernandez Jr

Rafed Mazban

Etienne Ngy

Tionnie Pines

Zayra Quezada

Aida Sarr

Ta’Breauna Shade-

Beasley

Linh Vo

Kyle-Jin Yi

Vladimir Bezrodnyi

Haillie Espinoza

Marquis Bowser

Karina Reshniuk

Stephany Palacios-

Aguirre

Michael Yakimov

Elisia Louth

Odelia Gyan

Arjan Purewal

Chahatpreet Kandola

Divya Prasad

Hazel Herron

Tristan Imanene

Katelyn Louie

Nicholas Chow

Alvin Nguyen

Deanna Dmitruk

Isaack Valdez-

Hernandez

Misk Alqaysi

Nyla Lai

Angela Nguyen

Katie Nguyen

Stiffany Nguyen

Gabriel Staley

Cyanni Wilson

Semarias Woods

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Charanay Ngau

Ketarin Manas

Hannah Chi

Angel Rodriquez-Gil

Allyssa Andrews

Zuriel Ceja-Nava

Aydan Hat

Sala Lologo

Ibrahim Mohamud

Isaiah Mon

Yoni Eyoub

Franklin Hatulan

Allyssa Q. Nguyen

Owen Ortega-Phillips

Richard Phon

Vivian Tram

Viktoriia Reshniuk

Kalvin Nguyen

Rafael Najera

Arden Dzyub

Joey Le

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4th Grade

Alec Nguyen

Denice Caldona

Stephanie Hinojosa Cruz

Eduard Reshnyuk

Thuy Minh Tran

Ali Al Jebori

Alanna Dietzman

Christian Leon

Koleton Hart

Tate Suarez

Porter Allred

Saba Eyoub

Khaled Gharib

Prabhroop Gill

Harneet Kaur

Diane Lizama

Ayla Macadangdang

Kevin McKinley III

Gabriella Morrow

Dan Nguyen

Kiran Sanghera

Bawi Thawng

Taylor Travis

Lyric Williams

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