• November 11 - Veteran's Day, No School
• K-8 Student Exhibition Night, November 17
• ALICE Training and Drill
• Monday, November 21 - No OCEAN Classes

K-8 Student Exhibition Night

Thursday November 17th 5:30 - 7 PM

OCEAN portables (MB & Daniel’s classroom)

Student Exhibition night is an opportunity for students to share their home learning. Our focus this month is:

• K-8 English/Social Studies: Native American Unit

• K-5 Science: Solar System & Beyond Unit

Students should bring any material for their presentation to OCEAN before their presentation (5th-8th graders bring presentation/materials Wednesday November 16th for in class presentation practice. K-4 students should bring presentations/materials Tuesday November 15th for in class presentation practice).

Student exhibition night is an optional presentation night for students and their families. Please join us if you would like your child to practice their presentation skills in a supportive environment, want the night to be an incentive for home learning topics (everybody needs a deadline) or you’d like to deepen relationships with the OCEAN community.

If your child is uncomfortable presenting but would like to attend we can accommodate them. Options are for you or a teacher to present with them or for them to leave their work out for display or simply for them to show up and applaud others in their work.

ALICE is not a ‘fear based’ training, and no ‘scare tactics’ are ever used. The Port Townsend School District has used the ALICE protocols in our schools since 2018. Some of the concepts covered in the training include: during any kind of emergency at school, it is important to follow directions from your teacher or other school staff; here are many solutions and options when faced with an unexpected situation, including dangerous situations; and students are smart, capable and can respond appropriately in a dangerous situation to protect themselves and others. We provide age appropriate training with our elementary students learning to follow adult directions in emergencies, and middle and high school students learning how to actively follow the ALICE procedures.

We also encourage you at home to have conversations. Ask your child about the safety drills they do at school, and what they mean (fire, earthquake, evacuation, lockdown), as well as review your safety drills for incidents at your home. It is also helpful for all individuals, no matter what their age, to identify places that they think it would be safe to go during an emergency at home, at school, or out in the community.

Port Townsend School District No. 50 does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of race, creed, religion, color, immigration status, national origin, age, honorably-discharged veteran or military status, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, marital status, the presence of any sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal by a person with a disability. The district provides equal access to the Boy Scouts of America and all other designated youth groups listed in Title 36 of the United States Code as a patriotic society. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Title IX Coordinator, Darrell Thomas, (360) 379-4548,dthomas@ptschools.org

Section 504/ADA Coordinator, Shelby MacMeekin, (360) 379-4366, smacmeekin@ptschools.org

Civil Rights Compliance Coordinator, Darrell Thomas, (360) 379-4548, dthomas@ptschools.org