Parent’s Night Out

Who: All Cascadia students are welcome, as well as younger siblings 4 years old and above.

What: An opportunity to drop your kids off at school for a night out! This event is our way of saying thank you to all of the parents who volunteered at Cascadia this school year.

When: Thursday, May 24^th from 6:00-8:00pm, check in will start at 5:45pm.

Where: Cascadia Elementary! We will have a movie showing, board games, coloring pages, and recess equipment out in the courtyard.

 

Other Information:

-          There will not be dinner or snacks provided, your student is welcome to bring snacks to eat/drink during the event. Snacks are only allowed in the commons.

-          We will have activities provided but your student is welcome to bring playing cards, books, board games, any crafting supplies, but please no electronics. There is always a possibility of things getting lost, so keep this in mind when bringing items.

-          Your student is welcome to wear PJs and bring cozy stuff (a stuffy) for the movie.

-          If you are planning to bring a younger sibling, please ensure they can use the potty independently and are okay being away from parents for that long. We are expecting a large number of children to attend and it will be difficult to give one-on-one attention if a small child is scared or upset. Use your best judgement.

 

All RSVP emails must be sent to Katie Shae at keshae@seattleschools.org and submitted by FRIDAY, MAY 18^th. RSVP with your name, the names of your children, their teacher, and a phone number you will use the night of May 24^th. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask.

Thank you for volunteering at Cascadia this year, we appreciate you!

PE Update

SAVE THE DATE - YOU ARE INVITED! PLEASE COME TO WATCH OUR OPENING CEREMONY AND/OR VOLUNTEER FOR OUR 3^rd ANNUAL JUNIOR OLYMPICS THEMED FIELD DAY.

This will be held at Cascadia Elementary on our beautiful new shared field on Thursday, June 21st. Grades 4 and 5 will start at 8:25 am and end at 10:25 am. Grades 1, 2, and 3 will start at 11:30 am and end at 2:10 pm (3^rd grade will be outside by themselves as a reward for being the top donation grade level in our Halloween Candy Challenge for the last 30 minutes 1:50-2:10 pm).

We will have classes representing different countries from around the world that your children are learning about in their classes.  A parade of nations will begin from student’s classrooms and continue around the track, followed by the presentation of flags on the field. Students will wear accessories, or comfortable clothing, to represent their class’ country for the parade of nations. Our goal is to promote learning about other countries and celebrate the diversity of our world on this celebratory day. Students should wear comfortable clothing and tennis shoes for the day’s activities as well as sunscreen. Labeled water bottles are also highly encouraged on this day.

The Junior Olympic Games will consist of many stations where small groups will participate in different games and activities.

Please consider volunteering for field day to help run stations or set up and/or take down. We can’t have that fun and amazing day without you! Follow the link here to sign up through the PTA sign up genius: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f0d4daea72ba6f58-field.

Be happy, be healthy,

Mrs. Briones & Ms. Sayles

All 5th graders in Washington State take an end of Elementary School culminating Physical Education test that is reported to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Seattle Public Schools in our case. Please see the testing dates below for your individual student(s) based on their homeroom teacher. This study guide will help students be prepared for terms that they have been learning since kindergarten. The test is multiple choice and fill in the blank/short answer questions. There are 28 questions total taken over the course of 60 minutes on a computer. 

Mr. Hill - 5/9/18

Mr. Brown - 5/9/18

Weekly Update 4/19/18

Colonial Marketplace is next Friday, 4/27, from 12:00-1:30. Come join us for a 5^th grade-wide living museum of a colonial marketplace.

 

I’m very excited to announce that one of our own 5^th graders from Mr. Brown’s homeroom, Silvia, took 2^nd place at Mopop’s Write out of this World science fiction and fantasy short story writing contest! Additionally, Ava from Ms. Savage and Ms. Holman’s room took 3^rd place. You can read both of their stories, and other winning entries at,

https://www.mopop.org/programs/programs/write-out-of-this-world/

Congratulations Silvia and Ava!

 

In math, we celebrated the scale model projects yesterday and you should see some of the amazing projects. If you get a chance, stop by and take a look.

 

In science the 5th Grade Science Fair is next Wednesday. Students will be given time on Monday to put together their presentations and I look forward to seeing all the great science fair projects. As a reminder, this is in conjunction with the Cascadia Science and Engineering Night that is also on the 25th.

Colony Project

Hi Families,

Students are working on a colony project for social studies, and there is a creative component to the project. Students have free range of how to present their information, including using games like Minecraft or making movies with ipads. They will have class time the next four days to work on their projects, and they may ask for permission to bring a device, like a laptop, to work on their project here at school. It is entirely up to you whether or not you are okay with that. I will be extra vigilante about locking up the classroom, and also provide a locked draw if students want to use that as an option—but I cannot replace items that are lost or stolen.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

-Nathan

JAMS Music Program Signup

Jane Addams INSTRUMENTAL Music Placement 
Students headed to Jane Addams Middle School who plan on or think they may participate in instrumental music, please sign up for a placement audition:

Orchestra (violin, viola, cello, bass) sign up:

www.SignUpGenius.com/go/20F0B4DABA729A1F49-incoming1

 

Band sign up:

http://www.signupgenius.com/go/20f084aaea82ea7f49-incoming1/26078239

 

Students new to their instrument need not audition as they will be in beginning band or orchestra.

Questions? 

Orchestra: contact Ms. Schaefer  ecschaefer@seattleschools.org

Band: contact Deb deschaaf@seattleschools.org

 

 

Weekly Update 4/4/18

There is a so much going on in the month of April!

• Scale models are due April 16th!
• The 5th Grade Science Fair is April 25th!
• Cascadia Science and Engineering night is April 25th!
• Colonial Market Place is April 27th!
• The Colony Projects will be Presented the Week of the 27th!

Students are given time in class for all of these projects but are expected to spend time at home gathering materials and putting together presentation. Although there is so much going on, it will be a great month of really neat presentations.

Pacific marine research 

On Friday the class Is going on a boat 

 for the pacific marine research field trip. 

Parents will drive their kids to pier 66 

And at the end of the day drive them back.