The Sailor Signal
Cottage Lake Elementary - February 27, 2022
A Note from Principal Welch
Good Morning! Welcome back from our Mid-Winter break. I hope you all enjoyed a wonderful week enjoying something that fills your heart. Whether you stayed home or traveled far, we are glad to have your back.
As we close out February and open March, we are in for 6 weeks of learning until our next break. As teachers gear up for this time, I also want to ask for your support to encourage our school-wide "SAIL" behavior expectations, as well. At Cottage Lake, we:
- Show Respect
- Act Safely
- Show our Individual Responsibility
- Are Learning Ready
Before we left for break, we noticed a significant increase in behaviors that were unsafe and unkind towards others. As a reminder for all students, students should not be touching others. We saw people pushing, hitting, taking personal clothing items, and also saying unkind and hurtful words towards others. To support our learning environments, I ask for your partnership making sure each of our studnets is able to learn at school. Talking with your child and helping to reinforce our behavior expectations above is much appreciated. If you have further questions about this, please reach out.
In the coming weeks, you will be receiving a lot of information for our PTA's Run, Walk & Roll fundraiser. This is a big one for our PTA and I can't wait to celebrate each of our students! We have set the fundraiser so each student will participate in the event, in whatever way they can. To prepare for the fundraiser, please follow the directions below to set up an account with Boosterthon at "mybooster.com". I am really excited to share more about our school-wide prizes that students are working towards. Get ready for this event in the afternoon on March 17!
Thank you for your continued partnership and support. Together, we do anything.
Take Care,
~ Jen Welch, Principal
•• School News ••
Fun Run Walk & Roll
Cottage Lake families!
This Friday we will launch our Cottage Lake Fun Run, Walk & Roll and our students and staff are so excited!
Here’s what you can do to help:
1. REGISTER your student(s) on mybooster.com today. It takes 30 seconds!
2. SHARE with 5 family/friends using the SHARE tools on mybooster.com
3. GIVE a donation if you are able to give (all students get to participate in the event, regardless of financial participation)
Thank you for supporting our school - we are grateful for our amazing school community!
The CLE PTA is hosting an online auction this spring!
Do you have gift certificates, experiences, items, wine/spirits, local connections, etc.? No donation is too big or too small! We are collecting donations through March 18th. Please contact Kati Kennedy kennedy.kati@hotmail.com for more information or to donate.
Thank you for your support!
Lifted Taco Funraiser a Huge Success-Thank You
The Lifted Taco Fundraiser was a huge success! Not only was the food FANASTIC, but we were able to raise $300 for our school! There is so much we will be able to do with their donation. Make sure to tell the amazing staff and owners thank you next time you eat at their restaurant.
Thank you, CLE community for continuing to support our local businesses and school. We couldn’t do it without you.
Looking for volunteers during Morning Arrival
The duties include walking along our morning line-up lines to ensure students are safe and talking with students. We are seeing an increase in behavior right now and could use a few more bodies monitoring our lines. Please contact either Mrs. McKinnon or Mrs. Negrin if you are available and interested. Thank you!
•• REPEAT SCHOOL NEWS ••
COVID safety updates
Families can find the most up-to-date COVID health and safety information by clicking the links below.
- King County Quarantine and Isolation Guidance
- Families can access the 2021-2022 NSD COVID-19 Safety Protocols by clicking here.
- Families can access our NSD COVID-19 Data Dashboard by clicking here.
Health Check Question to review daily
Health Check Questions:
1. In the past 24 hours has the student experienced any of the following symptoms:
- Fever of 100.4 or above
- Cough
- Shortness of Breath or Difficulty Breathing
- Chills
- Loss of Taste or Smell
- Fatigue
- Muscle Pain or Body Aches
- Headache
- Sore Throat
- Congestion or Runny Nose
- Nausea or Vomiting
- Diarrhea
- Other signs of new illness that are unrelated to a preexisting condition (such as seasonal allergies)
2. Has the student had any of the symptoms of COVID-19 listed above within the past 3 days that lasted more than 24 hours?
3. Has the student been in close contact with anyone with confirmed COVID-19 within the last 14 days? Close contact means being within 6 feet (2 meters) of an infected person for 15 minutes or more.
4. Has the student had a positive COVID-19 test for active virus in the past 10 days?
5. Within the past 14 days, has a public health or medical professional told the student to self-monitor, self-isolate, or self-quarantine because of concerns about COVID-19?
Kindergarten Registration is Open for the 2022-2023 school year!
Spread the word!! We want Kindergarten students!!
If there are questions about the registration process, please email Mrs. Negrin (tnegrin@nsd.org) or Mrs. MckInnon (smckinnon@nsd.org).
At this time, we have scheduled two, Kindergarten parent tours. These events are geared to adults. Our dates are:
- February 15, 4:30-5:30 PM
- March 22, 10:00-11:00 AM
Families interested in attending the Kindergarten tours do not need to register. We will have parents sign-in when you arrive on campus.
We are excited to welcome new families to Cottage Lake!
i-Ready online instruction available
After your students take the new winter iReady diagnostic assessment in the areas of Math and Reading, all students have access to an individualized online instruction pathway. The pathways are created from their iReady diagnostic assessment, which highlights their successes and areas of continued development and learning.
Students access their learning pathway by logging into iReady through their Clever page.
As a guideline, we would like students to be using this online instruction between 30-45 minutes, each week, for each subject (Reading AND Math). Some of our teachers are providing some time during the school week for students to engage in the online learning, but if you are able to have your students access this learning at home, that would be great!
Last week, we had 134 students access the online learning, with 60% of students accessing it between 10-29 minutes. Our student's average score for lessons passed was 84%. This learning tool has shown it can help reduce learning gaps and increase achievement for students.
If you would like to know your own student(s) time engaged in the iReady online learning from September to current, please reach out to Ms. Welch.
Child Sick or Change of Plans After School?
If you have a trip planned and are going to be gone during school days please fill out the request for excused absence form at this link Cottage Lake Pre-Approved Absence Form
•• DISTRICT NEWS ••
•• REPEAT of DISTRICT NEWS ••
Chinese Language Program
The Northshore School District Chinese Language Program, housed at Sunrise Elementary, will welcome a new cohort of first graders in the Fall of 2022. Students in this class will have the opportunity to learn Mandarin Chinese and will spend roughly 20 percent of the day speaking, listening, reading, and writing Mandarin Chinese.
If you are interested in hearing about the details of this choice program, please join the informational meeting (held on Zoom) on Tuesday, March 1 at 6:30. Go this website, where broadcast details of the event will be posted soon.
Lunch menu changes
If you are printing out the menu at the beginning of the month, there will inevitably be changes before the month is over.
Although our department strives to make changes at least 7 days ahead, there are weeks when we must make a change with 2-3 days' notice due to delivery shortages, today we have had to make a change to Friday's menu.
For up-to-date menu information please review our menu online (see the link below).
https://www.myschoolmenus.com/instance/449/district/448/school/3797/menu/20136
Free and Reduced lunch application
Remember: families must reapply every year!
Submit a Free or Reduced-Price application.
You can also visit the Northshore Free and Reduced Priced meals website here: https://www.nsd.org/schools/get-started/food-services/free-and-reduced-price-breakfast-lunch
•• PTA News ••
March 8 - PTA Meeting
More details coming soon.
Cottage Lake Elementary
At Cottage Lake Elementary, it is our united mission to build a safe, engaging, and inclusive environment of resilient lifelong learners. In partnership with our vibrant community, we embrace our diversity and strive to foster trust and kindness.
Email: jwelch@nsd.org
Website: https://cottagelake.nsd.org/
Location: 15940 Avondale Road Northeast, Woodinville, WA, USA
Phone: 425-408-4200