EHK12 Weekly News February 12, 2021 LINK TO printable EHK12 Calendar and Handbook ** Important Dates** Feb 12 Feb SEL Survey Closes today Feb 15, 16 NO SCHOOL - Mid-Winter Break Feb 17 Equity Team at 4 pm on Zoom Feb 28 EHK12 Art Show submissions DUE March 1-5 Monthly Progress/Work Samples DUE Masks must be worn at all times when you visit campus, even if you are outside. Thank you! If there is snowy weather next Weds/Thurs, classes will still be held! Register for our great selection of Community Education Learning Sessions. Here is a video and transcript for written instructions NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO CONNECT AND HAVE FUN!!! “Recess” over zoom We know students are feeling disconnected from each other right now and want to foster some time for connection and fun. Recess will be offered once a week for each grade level band. It will be supervised and monitored by school staff, with opportunities to talk with other students and play games. The schedule is below: ● Tuesdays 12:00-12:30 grades 4 through 6 ○ https://edmondsschools.zoom.us/j/82372535517?pwd=SlVVUjJoMEJyMUt4Vm5 0cmthVWN3QT09 ● Wednesdays 12:00-12:30 grades Kindergarten & 1st ○ https://edmondsschools.zoom.us/j/84764272961?pwd=aTJuWHJMOHRxak9Ybzh6 b0wzcVhDUT09 ● Thursdays 12:00-12:30 grades 2nd and 3rd ○ https://edmondsschools.zoom.us/j/854 28532326?pwd=OHA2K2F6YlNNd3BtVlBTZUhn OUZWdz09 Middle School Lunch Hour (now through the end of the school year) UPDATED ZOOM LINK ● Thursdays 12:00-12:45 middle school (6-8) ○ https://edmondsschools.zoom.us/j/85424779660?pwd=YTJrekJ1YmtCTGNBTmg2S21ncjladz09 High School Game Time- Come hang out with your high school peers to play games, chat and connect ● Wednesdays 12:00pm-12:45pm grades 9-12 Games ○ https://edmondsschools.zoom.us/j/85805967741?pwd=STU1bjVyMlhXWnpkandUU 24yakg5QT09 ○ Monthly Movie Night! 7-12 grade students Thursday February 25th 4pm-6pm This month movie will be: Thor Ragnorak https://edmondsschools.zoom.us/j/89647577916?pwd=TWJRRFEydHk3ZC9pdERxTUdhSXI2Zz09 Sometimes it’s nice to hang out with friends and watch a movie. Grab your popcorn and tune in. ** Announcements ** Reminder: Weekly contact is required for all students next week even though it is a short week. If your student’s ONLY Certificated class meets synchronously on Mon or Tues, you will need to check in with your teacher on Wed or Thurs for attendance/weekly contact purposes. Each teacher has Office Hours - use their office hours link to check in during that time. Office Hour links can be found on the class Canvas page. Add/Drop for all classes will be closed on Friday, February 12 at 11:59pm. If you need to add or drop any classes after this point, please email Registrar Kathy at griffi[email protected] _____ Student Allocation Update for Semester 2: We have updated our Steps to Request Student Allocation Materials. Please read the S teps to Request Student Allocation Materials which contains a link to the new Google Form. WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING PURCHASE REQUESTS BY EMAIL OR WISHLIST. Purchase requests will only be accepted on the new Google Form. _____ Button Brigade: February’s theme is Black History Month. Please note that October and on activities will still be available on the website. This 24-page booklet has a variety of math, science, art, social studies, language arts, and craft activities. You can download the booklet h ere or fill in a print request with the library. Once you complete at least one activity don’t forget to send in your reflection form to receive your digital button; students who collect all buttons from November until the end of the year will be eligible to win a prize! Counselor Newsletter Feb SEL Survey An email with login information was sent recently to students in grades 3-12. We encourage students to participate in this optional survey to help the EH staff gage how kids are doing and we should be reaching out to. If your student would prefer to share their feedback via email of a mtg with a member of the counseling staff please contact [email protected] . ** EH Equity Team Update** This year, the Equity Team will be focusing on a policy audit, rewriting the school discipline policy, as well as moving forward with a Restorative Justice committee. Second semester we will be revamping the book club using the survey results to choose a book and format of the meeting. Our next book club meeting is on February 8th 1-2pm, we will be finishing up H ow To Be An Anti-racist a nd our next equity team meeting is Wednesday, February 17th from 4-6 pm on Zoom. All are welcome and encouraged to join. We would love to have your voice! Please email Nasarin at a [email protected] if you would like to join us or have any questions. ** Leadership Council Notes ** It was wonderful to see so many of you at the Forum on Thursday. We heard that many of you were able to get new information and connections to help with managing life and school during this pandemic. We have several great events coming up this month: Friday Community Social ( February 12th, 6:30 pm to 9:00 pm) - Take a break from the Corona Coaster for an evening! Pop in a movie for the littles, grab a beverage, and come hang out with us to chat and relax. Zoom meeting: https://edmondsschools.zoom.us/j/85056865989?pwd=Sm9udjBLQWJJNGFyb2NTeEh VYVdIZz09 Be A mong Us Valentine (February 14th, 7:00 pm to 9:00 pm) - Join us for another fun night of gaming and socializing. For more information and to sign up…. https://www.signupgenius.com/index.cfm?go=c.SignUpSearch&eid=08C7C1D7FECDF 962&cs=09CBBAD88FCC8B627B7A64735BCF9BCC&sortby=l.title Family Trivia Night ( Thursday, February 25th at 6:30 pm to 8:30 pm). There will be special trivia on Edmonds Heights’ history as this is our 25th year. Save the date and sign up so we know who is coming… https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0945A4AD2BA4FA7-edmonds ** District Links** ESD is now using Peachjar for all fliers. They can be viewed here ** Notes from the Principal ** This has been an incredibly challenging time for all of us. Covid closures and the disruption of the pandemic have made our lives more difficult at and away from school. On top of the pandemic, our dedicated staff has also endured much loss and heartbreak. In the past several months, many of my colleagues have lost loved ones- cousins, siblings, parents, close friends, and more. While most of these losses are not Covid-related, they are nonetheless wrenching. The loss is even more challenging given our separation, and our inability to travel and grieve in community. I am proud of my colleagues and how they have supported one another through their recent losses, most of which you may not be aware of. Like many of you this year, they grieve and carry on. AND grief isn’t “one and done”. It “ambushes” us from time to time. It forces us to pay attention. Death and loss are awkward to talk about. But we tap into the well of empathy we are gifted with and support one another during this unique time of difficulty and uncertainty. And while we know “this, too, shall pass” it is okay to feel the losses and heartaches, and to receive the loving and tender support from others. For Grief by John O’Donohue When you lose someone you love, Your life becomes strange, The ground beneath you gets fragile, Your thoughts make your eyes unsure; And some dead echo drags your voice down Where words have no confidence. Your heart has grown heavy with loss; And though this loss has wounded others too, No one knows what has been taken from you When the silence of absence deepens. Flickers of guilt kindle regret For all that was left unsaid or undone. There are days when you wake up happy; Again inside the fullness of life, Until the moment breaks And you are thrown back Onto the black tide of loss. Days when you have your heart back, You are able to function well Until in the middle of work or encounter, Suddenly with no warning, You are ambushed by grief. It becomes hard to trust yourself. All you can depend on now is that Sorrow will remain faithful to itself. More than you, it knows its way And will find the right time To pull and pull the rope of grief Until that coiled hill of tears Has reduced to its last drop. Gradually, you will learn acquaintance With the invisible form of your departed; And, when the work of grief is done, The wound of loss will heal And you will have learned To wean your eyes From that gap in the air And be able to enter the hearth In your soul where your loved one Has awaited your return All the time. Warmly, Scott .