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Announcements :: Week of January 31
Tuesday, 2/2. No School. Semester Break.
Wednesday, 2/3. 4-5:30pm. Art Supplies, Spanish Class Supplies, Food Box and Book Pick Up. Semester #2 Begins.
Thursday, 2/4. New MS Schedule starts. (see below for details)
January 31, 2021
Shuksan Families,
If you couldn't join us for the Information Night, we want all families to know this: a new class schedule begins for all students this Thursday, Feb 4.
The key changes your student will experience are:
- End times. Classes end at 2:25 rather than 12:35. All students will be expected to attend school from 9:15am - 2:25pm (M, T, Th, F).
- Wednesdays will stay the same with students participating in homeroom.
- Longer Core academic classes. Math, science, social studies, language arts are extended to 75 minutes from 40.
- Built-in Time for independent work and practice within class time with opportunity for teacher support, rather than grouped in the afternoon.
Why make this change? Specifically, we saw the need to create longer class periods so that students could engage in independent work and practice right after lessons, as opposed to waiting for the afternoon for practice. We also wanted to create more flexibility for teachers with how they might use longer time blocks, and we wanted to create a schedule that would work for both remote learning and, as conditions allow, in-person learning.
If you'd like to listen to a recording of the virtual Family Info Night on January 26 (7pm), you can find it here.
English
https://bellingham.wistia.com/medias/q9hyepmuib
Spanish
https://bellingham.wistia.com/medias/365hi8jgt8
Please contact us at any time via email or phone with questions you may have.
Sincerely,
Matt Whitten
SMS Principal
Gr8 Presentation:: Science & Malaria
All Grade 8 students will be participating in a live presentation from an infectious disease scientist, Rebecca Mandt, who studies drug resistance in malaria parasite populations.
The timing of this guest speaker ties in with the latest Engineering Internship students recently completed in which they were challenged to create a Malaria Treatment plan that minimizes drug resistance, patient side effects and cost of treatment while decreasing the malaria parasite population.
Monday, Feb 1, 2021, 11:00 AM
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Thank you, Shuksan artists, for sharing your beautiful work!
Book PIck Up
Libby
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Bellingham Community Meals began on Saturday, January 30th.
- These free meals are the last Saturday of each month from January through October.
- Due to Covid restrictions they are serving only To Go Meals from 12:30-2:30.
- Meals served at Assumption Gym, 2116 Cornwall Ave.
Ms. Cowan, Counselor
Ms. Besson, Counselor
SMS Counseling Team
Ms. Besson and Ms. Cowan are excited to connect with you and to support families and students in a variety of ways.
- Questions: schedule, community resources, or just want to chat, please contact Ms. Besson at (360) 746-4132 and Ms. Cowan at (360) 303-2818.
- Zoom counseling with students! Let us or your Homeroom Teacher know you'd like to do weekly check ins.
- Counseling referrals for Compass Counseling. Please contact us and we will walk you through a referral packet to get counseling started.
Emails:
Shuksan Middle School
Vice-Principal, Allison Chryst (Hancock)
Dean of Students, Nichole Lockhart
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/