Principal’s Message

SUNNYSLOPE NEWS H O M E O F T H E S U P E R S T A R S

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December

3rd Health Screening

5th PTA Meeting 4:30

6th Academic Assembly 9:20am

10th Health Screening

14th Santa’s Workshop 5pm-8pm

20th Holiday Sing Along Assembly 9:20

20th Early Dismissal 12:40 p.m.

December 23 - January 6

Christmas Break

January

6th Read-A-Thon begins

17th 2nd Grade Workshop 9:20-2:15pm

20th MLK Day No School

24th Pajama Party Bingo

February

3rd 3rd Grade Museum of Flight

6th PTA Meeting 4:30pm

7th Donuts for Dads

13th 3rd Grade Museum of Flight

14th Parents Night out UKO

17th Presidents Day No School

18th No School

20th WA History Museum 2nd grade

21st Rising Star Assembly 9:20am

28th STEM Night

Dear Sunnyslope Families,

First trimester has quickly come and gone. We have worked hard as a learning community to demonstrate respectful, responsible and safe behavior

every day. It creates a positive school-wide learning environment for all

students and staff. Consequently, we have seen outstanding social and

academic gains.

I have loved watching your students engage in classroom discussions

and Socratic seminars during our new English Language Arts curriculum, Wit and Wisdom lessons. They are deepening their knowledge about big

ideas and growing in their confidence to share and justify their thinking.

This helps support strong comprehension skills.

We are working with your kiddos to develop their social-emotional

well-being through the Second Step curriculum focusing on Skills for Learning, Empathy, Emotion Management, and Problem Solving. During

Emotional Management we teach students to identify their feelings so that

they can identify solutions to solve their problems. Our counselor teaches

the statement “When you ____(behavior), I feel _____ (feeling), because _____

(reason), so what I would like is _______ (request). For example, when you say

you don’t want to play with me, I feel sad, because I want to be your friend, so what I would like is to play together at recess. Although kids certainly

don’t always get what they want, sharing their feelings helps them learn how

to handle their emotions. During problem solving we teach a four-step

process called STEP: Say the problem (without blame), Think of solutions

(safe and respectful), Explore consequences (what would happen if…), and Pick the best solution (make your plan).

Our Sunnyslope Community consistently demonstrates

wonderful citizenship during the Holiday Season. This is an opportunity for

students to learn the valuable lesson of giving to others. Thank you for your

contributions supporting South Kitsap Helpline and our Sunnyslope PTA

Adopt-a-Family program. We have also benefited from the gifts of others. A special thank you to Christ the Rock Church for continuing to offer their site

for our Kindergarten, First and Second Grade Holiday Concerts. Their space

provides ample parking, seating, and incredible sound quality for you to enjoy

the talents of your amazing children. Thank you to Christ the Rock and the

VFW for supporting our adopt-a-family program.

We wish each of your families a Happy Holiday Season. We are so

grateful to work with your children and our amazing Sunnyslope

community.

Lisa Fundane’t, Principal

1st Trimester Report Cards will be coming home with your student right

before Christmas Break!

P A G E 2

Kids’ Café News

Happy Holidays from the

Sunnyslope Lunch Ladies!

Ms. Pam and Ms. Kathy

360-443-3484 Call us with any questions.

Stars in Action!

CHECK OUT

PEACHJAR eFLYERS!

You may have noticed less flyers coming home with your student. That is because we now post all of our community/PTA event information electronically on Peachjar. If you are not signed up, signing up is simple. You may access Peachjar by going to the district’s website at www.skschools.org, click on Peachjar and follow the instructions.

The South Kitsap School District provides equal educational and employment opportunity without regard to race, creed, religion, color, na-

tional origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation – including gender expression or identity, marital status, or the presence of any sensory, mental, or physical

disability, the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. Equal access to activities, facilities and program is provided to the Boy Scouts of America and other designated

youth groups. District procedure complies with all applicable state and federal laws. The Title IX Officer and Section 504 Coordinator with the responsibility for monitoring, auditing and ensuring com-

pliance with this policy are: Compliance/ADA/Title IX Coordinator: Jerry Holsten, Executive Director of Human Resources 2689 Hoover Avenue SE, Port Orchard, WA 98366 360-874-7006, hol-

sten@skschools.org Section 504 Coordinator: Kimberly Shipp, Director of Office of Special Services, 2689 Hoover Avenue SE, Port Orchard, WA 98366 360-874-3648, shipp@skschools.org

My School Bucks is a great way to track your students lunch account! It allows you to check balance, get low balance reminders and add

payments. Go to South Kitsap School District Food &

Nutrition Services page at https://sksdfoodandnutrition.com/

Click My School Bucks; Click sign up today to create free account Enter account information as requested Add Student(s) *please note you will need the students ID number-obtainable

from the school or FNS If you have any questions please contact

Food and Nutrition Services at 360-443-3664

Playground supervisors on Halloween Sunnyslope community Veterans

Veterans Day Artwork Staff and Student Hands

Office News

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We have many field trips

coming up! Please make

sure that all permission

slips are turned in on or

before the due date. Our

school nurse is at

Sunnyslope two days a

week and all field trip forms

must be seen by the nurse

before the trip.

Did you know you can

submit an absence

request online?

The Attendance application

in Skyward Family Access

allows a parent/guardian to

enter Absence Requests if

their student is expected to

be absent from school.

NOTES FROM HOME

Please include stu-dent’s first and last name, teacher and date on notes that you send to school. This in-formation is important for the office to get the correct mes-sage to your student. Thank you!

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Arrival Time Reminder: 8:50 am is the earliest students can be at Sunnyslope (8:40 am for break-fast) This is for our students’ safety as we have no supervision.

Sign up at www.flashalert.net and review your account each year to ensure that you continue to receive messages. Skylert - SMS Messaging: A new feature in Skyward Family Access but families must “opt in”. Please update your information in the Skyward system.

The winter weather is upon us! Make sure you are signed up

for the following:

Flash Alert: This is the first place

school information is sent. It is the same source media outlets use to feed the information ticker that runs on the bottom of the screen during a newscast.

It is that time of the year again when lots of germs are making the rounds! Just a

reminder that if your student has a temperature over 100F, they are to stay home and

cannot return to school until they have been fever free for 24 hours. The same rule

applies for symptoms of gastrointestinal viruses like vomiting

and diarrhea; the student can return to school 24 hours after

their last episode. Remember to wash hands frequently and

cover our coughs! Let’s all do our best to stay healthy!

Rebecca Chandler, RN BSN

News from our Nurse

Winter Weather

Please Like us on

Facebook!

Sunnyslope

Elementary

Monitor Facebook,

Twitter, and of course our

website

www.skschools.org

Access Skyward at

www.skschools.org Thank you!

https://www.skschools.org/district/school_reports

Upcoming Events:

Nov. 18 - Dec 13th - Adopt-a-Family - Flyer went home and information on Facebook

Dec. 14th Santa's workshop with Santa pictures - possible sightings of the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who.

Jan. 6th - 17th Read-a-Thon

Jan. 24th Pajama Party Bingo

Feb. Entire Month - Penny Wars

Feb. 7th Donuts for Dads

Feb 14th UKO Parents Night Out

Feb 28th S.T.E.M Night

Join Our Team !!

We think you would be a great substitute

• Choose your own schedule

• Work with amazing staff and students

• Help us make a difference Apply online today! www.skschools.org Click on employment tab

360-874-7070

You can work in our district as a substitute para and get paid.

Thank you for participating in our Spaghetti Dinner and Auction.

We were able to raise over $10,000 for our school!!

3rd - 5th grade basketball

sign-up is open!

Boys and girls basketball will meet most Tuesdays and Thursdays after

school, starting in January .

If you did not receive a permission slip, you can pick one up in the office.

Permissions slips are due Dec 16th.

Adopt - A - Family

We are still collecting food and

household items until December

13th. With your donations, we will

be able to put together wonderful

holiday baskets for Sunnyslope

Families in need!

Thank you for your generosity.

Tanya Rickard - fundraising@ptasunnyslope.org

Reminder - every time you volunteer, you earn a punch to be entered in the

volunteer raffle.