Hello Picnic Point Families:

If you have a student that will begin Kindergarten next fall, registration begins next Monday, March 6th, and on May 18th we will be hosting an Open House for all incoming Kindergarten families. More information will be available to kindergarten families as we get closer to that date.

Just in case we have another late start due to snow, please check to see where your child’s school bus will be picking up students in the morning. Go to the district website, click on transportation and then click on limited transportation routes. In a 2-hour delay, students should not be on campus any earlier than 10:40AM.

This Thursday evening the PTA is sponsoring BINGO Night in the cafeteria at 6PM, all family members are welcome, a BINGO card is two dollars. There will be prizes and food available. Please stay if your child is attending the event.

Conflict is a natural occurrence that all of us deal with from time to time---at any age. Social conflicts at school are very common, and we work hard to help children see that they can learn the skills they need to manage conflicts successfully---and to actually grow in the process. Interpersonal challenges help students find ways to listen better, work together more effectively, seek new perspectives, challenge themselves, and work intentionally on their friendship skills.

At school we work to help kids use the following strategies:

1. Take a step back to calm down their feelings before attempting to solve a problem
2. Say what they believe the problem is from their perspective
3. Think of solutions together
4. Examine what the outcomes of a solution might be
5. Choose one that both people feel good about

Unfortunately, as we head into Spring, we usually see a slight increase in social challenges. Often in grades 3-5 some of these issues really become problems over texts, chat, TikTok, Discord or other social media sites. Airing conflicts to many people online complicates problem-solving, and when students bring these problems to school, things can quickly escalate.

If your student is allowed to use social media, please be vigilant about oversight. At this age, kids aren’t mature enough emotionally to handle the pressures of negative social interactions on social media. We will continue to use problem-solving steps to help all kids learn productive ways to handle the bumps in the road we all experience. In the next couple of weeks, we will also start our annual lessons and review on Bullying Prevention and Bystander Awareness.

In this together,

Bethenee

We would be happy to take donations of outgrown clothes.

Thank you

Our amazing families helped our students collect 4339 non-perishable food items to support our neighbors. We appreciate our caring school community as well as the effort and hard work of our Leadership kids.

Thanks also goes to the Leadership advisor Mrs. Jenson. Thank you for your coordination and enthusiasm to lead the team!

For more information about who your donations supported, please visit the Mukilteo Food Bank website

Click here to join the PTA sponsored Facebook page.

Contact PTA at PicnicPointPTA@gmail.com