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Shuksan Talent Show 2020 :: Submit Your Video by May 27
Can you juggle? dance? cook blindfolded?
Send an email to Mike Kopf
Kickflips are rad!
May 17, 2020
- The Talent Show will run this year. Please watch the video above and email Mike Kopf with your questions and ideas! We would love to see a crowd of student talent videos. Submission deadline: May 27.
- Dis-dance. This happy little video will surely bring a smile to your student's face. A shout out to staff members Wendy Born, Mike Kopf and Jenny Rothnie for coordinating these fun dance moves.
While we do not have firm plans for school in the Fall, it is our major goal to connect with you and your student. We are brainstorming creative ways to celebrate our graduating 8th graders and welcome our new 6th grade families.
At any time, please send us any questions or ideas you have for connecting with you and your student.
We are here for you!
Matt Whitten
Principal
¡Tenemos buenas noticias para ti esta semana!
1. El Concurso de Talentos se llevará a cabo este año. ¡Por favor, vea el video de arriba y envíe un correo electrónico a Mike Kopf con sus preguntas e ideas! Nos encantaría ver un montón de videos de talentos estudiantiles. Fecha límite de presentación: 27 de mayo.
2. Dis-dance. Este pequeño video feliz seguramente sacará una sonrisa de su estudiante. Un reconocimiento a los miembros del personal Wendy Born, Mike Kopf y Jenny Rothnie por coordinar estos divertidos movimientos de baile.
Aunque no tenemos planes firmes para la escuela en el otoño, nuestro principal objetivo es conectar con usted y su estudiante. Estamos haciendo una lluvia de ideas sobre formas creativas de celebrar a nuestros estudiantes graduados de octavo grado y dar la bienvenida a nuestras nuevas familias de sexto grado.
En cualquier momento, por favor envíenos cualquier pregunta o idea que tenga para conectarse con usted y su estudiante.
¡Estamos aquí para ti!
Matt Whitten
Director
Questions to Ask Your Student
- What are you learning about yourself? the world? during this pandemic?
- What is the weirdest thing that ever happened to you?
- What would you send in for a Talent Show video?
Gr8 Students -- Cheer Squad Tryouts!
BPL Book Group every Wednesday at 12:30 until May 27
Only 2 sessions left! Go here for more information!!
Hey Students!! Want a pizza delivered to you?
All 6th, 7th AND 8th graders showing exceptional* effort during this time will be entered into a weekly raffle. Every Tuesday we will select 2 students/per grade for a special Friday pizza delivery.
Our winners last week were: Cynthia Neri-Gaspar, Ebonie Garcia, Stella Gaffney, Ophelia Van Leeuwen, Noah Baker and Hanna Buckner
*exceptional, extraordinary, outstanding, unusually good!
Counseling Available for Students and Families
The counseling teams at SMS are still providing services and are here to support students and families. Please reach out to us for anything you would normally seek help for. The best way to contact us is via email.
Please go here for more information from our counseling staff, Mr. Giles, Ms. Cowan and Ms. Besson.
Shuksan Middle School
Vice-Principal, Allison Hancock
Dean of Students, Dave Kish
Email: matthew.whitten@bellinghamschools.org
Website: https://shuksan.bellinghamschools.org/
Location: 2717 Alderwood Avenue, Bellingham, WA, USA
Phone: (360) 676-6454
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shuksanmiddleschool/