Blue Heron Herald

Student Photos, Monday 9/18

Student photos will be taken next Monday, September 18th! Please have your Blue Heron students dressed and ready to smile for their fall photos. Pictures will be taken between first and fifth period for all students. A link to prepay for your photos can be accessed by clicking here. Prepaying for photos makes the process much faster and easier!

Healthy Youth Survey

On Oct. 13th our students in grades 6, 7, and 8 will be joining other Washington state students in participating in the Healthy Youth Survey. The survey is anonymous and optional, but we highly encourage students to participate as the goal is to provide us with vital information on our student population right here at Blue Heron. Questions cover topics such as substance use, mental health, and well-being. The results will determine what additional supports our students are needing and drive our decisions for prevention, intervention, and education lessons regarding healthy living and healthy choices to help your students grow in a positive way. Our school receives critical funding and outside services based on results from this survey.

For any families who are interested, please schedule your appointment to learn more about the important questions that will be asked. For any additional questions, please contact the school counselor, Eliza Farrell, at efarrell@ptschools.org.

Student Success Strategies

Once your child has set a short term goal, an important step is posting a reminder of what that goal is. You can help by identifying where to place this goal in writing so that your child can see the visual reminder. Post-its can be a great tool! Post it on the bathroom mirror so your child can see it each day when they brush their teeth, for example, or consider having your child put their goal on your family calendar so there can be a regular check in.

9/18/23 - Picture Day

9/19/23 - Curriculum Night, 5:00-6:00pm

10/3/23 - Human Growth & Development Information Night, more information to follow

10/4/23 - Coffee & Conversation, 8:30am
10/11/23 - Vision & Hearing Screening

10/19/23 - Parent Info Night, 5:30pm

10/23/23 - Boys Basketball season begins

10/24/23 - Picture Make-up Day

11/3/23 - End of 1st quarter
11/10/23 - Veterans Day

11/16 - 11/17/23 - 3-hour early release, students dismiss @ 12:05pm

11/20 - 11/24/23 - THANKSGIVING BREAK, NO SCHOOL

12/18 - 1/1/24 - WINTER BREAK, NO SCHOOL

1/3/24 - Girls Basketball season begins

1/10/24 - Coffee & Conversation, 8:30am

1/15/24 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day, NO SCHOOL

1/17/24 - Parent Info Night, 5:30pm

2/1/24 - End of 2nd quarter

2/2/24 - Semester break, NO SCHOOL

2/19 - 2/23/24 - MID-WINTER BREAK, NO SCHOOL

3/14 - 3/15/24 - 3-hour early release, students dismiss @ 12:05pm

4/1 - 4/5/23 SPRING BREAK, NO SCHOOL

4/8/24 - Track & Field season begins

4/19/24 - End of 3rd quarter

4/24/24 - Parent Info Night, 5:30pm

4/29 - 5/3/24 - Tales, Texts and Theater (6th Grade)

5/8/24 - Coffee & Conversation, 8:30am

5/27/24 - Memorial Day, NO SCHOOL

6/19/24 - Juneteenth, NO SCHOOL

6/25/24 - 8th Grade Day of Celebration

6/26/24 - Field Day

6/27/24 - Last day of school, 2-hour early release