Seeking volunteers for HH’s young athletes!!

What? Track season is starting and we need YOU!! to help us at a couple of our meets.

Why? We need YOUR help to make two of our meets safe and run smoothly. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE!!

When? Tuesday, 5/16 @ 4:45 & Tuesday, 5/23 @ 5:15

Where? Tuesday, 5/16 @ Hollywood Hill; Tuesday, 5/23 @ Woodinville High School

How? Sign up here for Tuesday, 5/16

Sign up here for Tuesday, 5/23

If you are not already a Northshore School District approved volunteer, please CLICK HERE to become a volunteer. Thank you!

We’d like to take this opportunity to address some safety measures, procedures, and policies that affect our school community and students. As always safety is our top concern, and we encourage anyone with any questions (none too big or too small) to reach out to Dr. Cox (gcox2@nsd.org) or Ms. O’Rourke (torourke@nsd.org)

Physical Plant

Cameras

Earlier on in the calendar year security cameras were installed at various locations across campus, with the camera installation to be completed in the near future. Camera locations and views are not make public for safety and security reasons, although the location of some cameras are apparent to visual inspection. Office staff have a screen showing a continuous feed of camera views, and administrators will have access on computers and phones. Part of this project includes electronic locks on the front office door and a video intercom that can remotely open the front door for visitors (that part of the project will not be installed until the late summer or fall).

Fencing

Limiting the access points to our campus has been a priority for our safety planning. Capital Projects/District Security staff completed a plan for security fencing upgrades this fall. The plan had to first be approved by the fire marshall and then go through the required contractor bidding process. This fencing plan will make a big change to access to our campus. The black ornamental fencing (similar to the adjacent pictures, taken at Frank Love Elementary) will be installed as indicated on this diagram.

(see also the Safe Schools Advisory Report)

Training and Practice

Earlier this year, staff members learned about and practiced research-based de-escalation techniques. More recently, specific staff members who have done the full training have engaged in practicing together the techniques taught by the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI), including the physical restraints we use as a last resort. These practice sessions have tangibly enhanced both the clarity and confidence with which each individual can deploy these methods, but also the sense of teamwork and our collective capacity to coordinate action.

Building Level Procedures

Recently we have adopted a protocol to quickly and effectively communicate with the administrators entrusted with safety and security the level of urgency of requests for support. This has noticeably accelerated response times. Similarly, the staff worked together recently over the course of several meetings to form consensus on and specify exactly which types of issues should be handled by staff and which by administrators. Eliminating ambiguity and subjectivity from these decisions should also accelerate response times.

District Level Processes

Classifying Threats

5 Steps in Threat Inquiry

Threat Assessment Form

(See also Northshore Policies and Procedures 4314F1, 4314 F1b, 4314F2)

This month, students have continued learning how to show respect at school. Respect is the belief that you and others are important. Respect shows that you care about your feelings and the feelings of others. Showing others respect and understanding appropriate respect for the group dynamics is an important social skill that our students are developing.

When thinking about what being respectful looks like, it can be helpful to break it down into actionable behaviors and beliefs such as:

• Treating others the way we want to be treated

• Listening actively when others are talking

• Waiting our turn to speak

• Engage in conversation by answering questions, offering ideas, and asking questions

• Cleaning up after ourselves

• Accepting the choices that others make

• Being mindful of personal space

• Helping others through acts of service

• Using manners like saying please, thank you, and holding the door

• Playing fairly by taking turns, playing by the rules, and caring more about having fun than winning

• Believing that everyone is special, unique, and valuable

• Giving sincere compliments

• Looking for others’ strengths

• Including others and inviting others to join your group

In addition, below are a couple of ways that you can help your child show respect to others:

• Model good communication skills. When you give your full attention to your child when they talk, you demonstrate respect for them. When you reflectively listen, even when you disagree with them, it shows that you are trying to understand how they feel and care about them.

• When you experience a new place or meet new people, talk with your child about how they can show respect in those places. Help your child to notice how different spaces require different forms of respect.

Thank you for your continued partnership!

With care,

Hayley Azadmanesh

School Counselor

Before we set our calendar and budget for next year, we want to hear from YOU! Please take a few moments to fill out this survey and let us know what you'd like changed, what you'd like to stay the same, and how you'd like to be involved next year. Thank you for your time.

This Star community came out BIG on Friday, April 21 to celebrate and support the entire HHE community and we cannot thank you all enough.

Due to you all generously bidding on silent and live auction items and raising your paddles for a great cause (new risers for the music program plus funding staff needs!), we were able to reach our goals together and raise enough to support all PTA programs, events and more!

We hope to see you at our next General Membership Meeting on 5/23 @ 6:30pm in the HHE library (all are welcome!) where we will discuss the final numbers and vote on how to allocate funds raised (you must be a PTA member to vote).

None of this would have been possible without...

....the support of our local sponsors:

• Curtis Dupart, John L. Scott Real Estate
  
• Soleil Orthodontics
  
• Patterson Cellars
  
• Holley Lennebacker, Windermere Real Estate
  
• Matt Flinn, State Farm Insurance

...the generous donations of auction items from this giving community!

...and the volunteers who donated time out of their busy schedules to ensure success!

A big round of applause for ALL involved! THANK YOU!! We are grateful and promise to continue this important work for this special community - with your help, of course :)