Greetings Emerson Community!

Happy New Year and welcome back to school. I hope your time during winter break was restful. We are excited to be back to school continuing to focus on students’ academic and social emotional growth. We know the return from break has come with its own set of challenges as our school community has been impacted by COVID. We continue to be fully committed to adhering to our district’s health and safety protocols and want to remind families of the measures we have in place to mitigate risk for transmission. www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19.

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, students will be recognizing and honoring the work of Dr. King within their classrooms. Students will learn about his life, legacy, and his impact on the Civil Rights Movement and the fight against racial injustice. In line with Dr. King’s vision, our school and district are committed to providing an equitable and inclusive education, so all students have the support and resources needed to reach their goals and dreams. To find out more about our District’s work in Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, visit https://www.sno.wednet.edu/Domain/3370.

Thank you, Emerson Community. Together we will make 2022 a wonderful year of learning and growth.

Go Tigers!

Alice Dailey, Principal Intern

Sam Hanson, Principal

Emerson Elementary School

360-563-7150

At a December 8 meeting, the Snohomish School District Board of Directors adopted resolutions to place two propositions before voters on the February 8, 2022, ballot. Voters will consider two replacement levies - Educational Programs and Operations Replacement Levy and the Replacement Levy for Technology, Safety and Facility Improvements. Both levies would replace similar levies approved by voters in 2018 and are set to expire at the end of 2022.

• Visit www.sno.wednet.edu/2022levies or click here for more information on both of these replacement measures.
• Click here to download the mailer/informational flier that was mailed to all residents within Snohomish School District boundaries.

• Updated isolation, quarantine, and testing recommendations to align with recent Centers for Disease Control and Prevention changes.
• Expanded eligibility for and activities allowed during modified quarantine in Test to Stay programs.

Information regarding the specifics of each of those changes, as well as implementation here in the Snohomish School District, are available at the district links below:

• Isolation (tested positive for COVID-19) – www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19/isolation
• Quarantine (close contact of someone who tested positive for COVID-19) – www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19/quarantine
• Test to Stay Program - www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19/testtostay
• Household Exposures – www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19/householdexposures
• Sick? – www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19/sickness
• Testing – www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19/testing
• District COVID-19 Self-Reporting Tool - www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19/selfreport
• District’s COVID-19 Dashboard – www.sno.wednet.edu/covid19/districtdashboard
• SimpleReport Rapid Antigen Testing Registration – www.sno.wednet.edu/simplereport

• With the cold and west weather, please make sure to send your student to school with a warm coat. Please remember to write your student's name on the tag in permanent marker.
• Please consider sending your student to school with an extra set of clothes in their backpack. With the wet weather outside, we have had a lot of students coming in from recess wet and muddy. We have very limited extra clothing to provide to students.
• We have had an increase in the amount of clothing in our lost and found. Please make sure to write your student's name on any clothing/water bottles/lunch boxes they take to school so we can return them to you.

Snohomish School District students who will be in the 4th through 6th grade next year and are invited to participate in the district’s 4/5/6 Elementary Highly Capable Program which provides learning opportunities around depth, complexity, and acceleration. If interested, the below dates and information are important. Students currently enrolled in the 4/5/6 Elementary Highly Capable Program do not need to complete the referral process.

• Tuesday, December 14 - Referral packets for the 4/5/6 Elementary Highly Capable Program are available at all elementary schools, online and at the Snohomish School District Resource and Service Center (1601 Avenue D in Snohomish) in English, Spanish and Russian. Referral packets can be downloaded from the district website.
• Click here to download the Elementary 4/5/6 Highly Capable Program Application Packet - English (2022-2023 School Year)
• Click here to download the Elementary 4/5/6 Highly Capable Program Application Packet - Spanish (2022-2023 School Year)
• Click here to download the Elementary 4/5/6 Highly Capable Program Application Packet - Russian (2022-2023 School Year)
• Thursday, January 20 – There will be a parent/guardian webinar at 6 p.m. on Thursday, January 20, 2022. Please click this link to join the webinar: https://snohomishsd.zoom.us/j/98618664939?pwd=Y3kzQ1kyOGI3U3lnVS93blpONE9Ddz09. Passcode: 022500
• Friday, February 11 - Completed referral packet deadline. Completed packets can be turned in at student home schools or the Snohomish School District Resource and Service Center (1601 Avenue D in Snohomish). There is a drop box at the district office. The testing dates and times can be found in the referral packet.




Questions can be directed to Linda Varner at 360-563-7296 or linda.varner@sno.wednet.edu and Julie Francois at 360-563-7258 or julie.francois@sno.wednet.edu.

• Camp Mariposa Daycamp
• Code Like A Girl
• Crossview Tutoring
• Foreign Language for Youth - Spanish, French, Mandarin and Japanese
• Girls Lacrosse Registration Snolax
• Holiday Taekwondo for Kids
• PAWS Virtual Youth Programs
• Snohomish Boys Lacrosse Spring Registration
• Strategic Kids Chess
• Strategic Kids LEGO Adventures

Fliers are typically posted on Tuesdays during the months of August through June. For additional flier program details and/or to complete a request for distribution, please click here.

The Snohomish School District does not discriminate in any programs or activities on the basis of sex, race, creed, religion, color, national origin, age, veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination: Civil Rights Coordinator, Title IX Coordinator and ADA – Darryl Pernat, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290, 360-563-7285, darryl.pernat@sno.wednet.edu; Section 504 Coordinator and Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying – Shawn Stevenson, 1601 Avenue D, Snohomish, WA 98290, 360-563-7282, shawn.stevenson@sno.wednet.edu.