We are still looking for volunteers to help with the Mexican Luncheon. We are excited to celebrate our teacher's and staff with our last luncheon of the year. If you can help provide an item for our Mexican Fiesta it would be greatly appreciated! Details and slots to sign-up are included in the attached document. For any questions please email Amy Day at amyhamiltonday@hotmail.com Thank you for your support!
Monday 5/21: Flowers & "Thank You" Signs - Karen Dietrick (Signs) & Debbie Nordstrom (Flowers) Complimentary Massages for staff during lunch: WA Center for Health & Wellness Tuesday 5/22: Coffee/Espresso Cart & Pastries - Teri Jensen, Tricia Pratt, Meg Penner Wednesday 5/23: Goodie Bags in Staff Mailboxes - Maureen Hunter, Eileen Wagstaff Thursday 5/24: Mexican Themed Luncheon - Amy Day, Please click the link below to bring a dish for our luncheon. https://docs.google.com/document/d/177Pji7Pck9SqAVePpUNSXMdLvKAIfxUSBrkiL3WUpTQ/edit
SHOWCASE CHINOOK VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOOD ORDERS ARE DUE THIS WEEK MAY 21-25
Showcase Chinook, an evening where our Chinook Community comes together for dinner, performance & visual art displays, and an exciting basketball game with teams mixed of staff and students, is coming up on May 31. It is one of the few community events of the year and loads of fun for all. We need volunteers to make this night happen. There are needs great and small, before and night of the 31st. Grab a friend or two and volunteer together for a shift.
For more information and to order dinner (pre-orders only). Print this form and return to Chinook May 21-25. Dinners will be sold during all lunches, there will be a table set up for collection. If there is no table, return the form to the main office.
Help us make the last Showcase Chinook at "Old Chinook" a great one! 5:00pm...Doors Open - visit the Book Fair, view student work on display 5:30pm...Dinner is served, indoor and outdoor seating will be available 6:00pm...Student Performances and Presentations in the Cafeteria 7:00pm...Book Fair closes, Student-Staff Basketball Game starts in the Gym 8:00pm...Our Evening Comes to a Close
There are now two events in Bellevue called the Bellevue Jazz Festival...one is the Jazz Band competition hosted by Bellevue High School (this year it occurs on May 4-5) and the other is the Jazz Festival hosted by the Bellevue Downtown Association (this year it occurs on May 31 - June 2). I am writing to let you know about the second one, which has a website here:
I just received an email from them that has a great fundraising opportunity for Chinook. If you decide to purchase tickets for the Bellevue Jazz Festival, you can designate Chinook Middle School as a recipient of 25% of your purchase price! Here's how to do that:
That's it, and Chinook will get 25% of your ticket face value!
Thanks for supporting live music AND helping out Chinook!
OUTSTANDING VOLUNTEERS & LAST PTSA MEETING
The PTSA honors special volunteers and staff each year with two awards: Golden Acorn and Outstanding Educator. We need your help to identify and celebrate those people who go out of their way to make Chinook Middle School a better place, and who work so tirelessly for our children. Please use the nomination form below to share your thoughts with us. Nomination Form
Please join us for our last PTSA meeting of the year on May 30th. We will hold an election of our 2012-13 officers, discuss 8th grade graduation and award our Golden Acorn and Outstanding Educator.
Upcoming Dates
May May 21...8th Grade Celebration Planning Meeting 9am Cafeteria May 21-24 Staff Appreciation May 21-25...Showcase Chinook Dinner Pre-Order May 24...NJHS New Inductee Ceremony 7-9pm May 28-31 Video Game Drive May 29...Chinook Jazz Night, 7-9pm Cafeteria May 30...PTSA General Meeting, Election of Officers May 31...Showcase Chinook
June June 1...8th Grade Cougar Mountain/Iron Goat Field Trip June 5th...Chinook Choir Concert, 7-8:30pm, Gym June 6...Chinook Band Concert, 6:30-8pm, Gym June 8...AVID Field Trip to the Seattle Pacific University June 13...Chinook Orchestra Concert, 7-8:30pm June 14...Parent Coffee & Dinner, 6-8pm Library June 21...8th Grade Recognition Assembly, 2-3:18pm, Gym June 21...8th Grade Celebration, 6-9pm June 22...LAST DAY OF SCHOOL
NATIONAL JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY
The NJHS Faculty Council is pleased to announce that over SIXTY 6th & 7th grade students were accepted into the NJHS for next year.
The newly selected members will be having an Induction Ceremony on May 24th at 7 p.m. here at Chinook.
Wendy Powell & Camille Scalise NJHS Co-Advisors
ASB CHARITY PROJECT DONATE GAMES
For this season's charity project, Chinook's ASB Leadership Students will be helping Donate Games, a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting children with rare diseases through the collection and re-purposing of donated video games and gear. In 2010, DonateGames built operational infrastructure, granted wishes for sick children, and funded research at several leading institutions. They distributed more than $100,000 dollars to partnering foundations, research institutions, and families, and gifted more than 3,000 new video games to hospitalized children, providing them with much needed sources of fun and relief. In order to help, Chinook students may bring their video games and equipment to a donation box that will be located in the office from May 28 to 31.
A special table will also be set up at Showcase Chinook on the evening of May 31.
Spencer Weiskopf is the Chair for this project so please feel free to contact him if you have any additional questions, kodiakkorner@gmail.com We are also happy to pick up any used equipment from your home if it is too heavy to bring to school.
