Sehome High School- Mariner Memo
Week of December 9 - 13
WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Monday: A Day
Tuesday: B Day
Wednesday: A Day
Thursday: B Day- Early Release
Friday: A Day
Sehome Drama Proudly Presents...
TREASURE ISLAND
All-District Family Night
You are invited to our first all-district family night from 6:30-8 p.m. on Monday, Dec. 9 at Bellingham High School.
We are excited to celebrate, nurture and be inspired by the creativity and individuality within all our kids.
Come join us for a dynamic guest speaker, performances and presentations from musicians and artists and clubs and activities—from the littlest elementary school choir members to to our amazing high school Robotics team and musical groups (among much more!).
We are so proud of our kids and what they accomplish every day toward all of our Bellingham Promise outcomes. We hope their creativity and passions will inspire you, too, and help you and your child see the exciting things in store for them as a student in Bellingham Public Schools as they explore, learn, perform and find their passions.
Put Dec. 9 on your calendar; we hope to see you all there!
Handicapped Parking
We ask that you please do not use the Handicapped parking to pick up and drop off your students unless you have the required placard or plates. This has become a very big issue for our students and families that need to use these spots and it is illegal to park there.
Per RCW 46.19.050, it is a parking infraction, with a fine of $450 for a person to ... exercise the parking privilege when the vehicle is not transporting the person to whom the privilege is issued."
Thank you for being courteous to other community members!
Handicap Parking
Fire Lane
Pickup and Drop Off lane
Snow/Inclement Weather Information
Dear Families,
With the change of seasons, it’s time to plan ahead for winter weather and how it may affect our schools.
This message will help you:
- update your contact information,
- find information on weather communications, and
- find your snow bus route if your child rides the bus.
Depending on conditions (which could include snow, flooding, power outages, etc.), school could:
- close for the day,
- open two hours late with regular bus routes or snow bus routes,
- open on time with snow bus routes.
Please familiarize yourself with our weather procedures here.
How can I get weather/emergency information?
Any changes to the school schedule are usually announced by 6 a.m., and we use a variety of methods to keep families informed:
- Alerts: To receive email and/or text alerts, set your communication preferences on the Skylert tab within Skyward Family Access. (Need help? Go here for step-by-step directions or call 360-676-6520.)
- Tune in to local media: 790 AM, 96.5 FM, 104.1 FM or Seattle media.
- Check bellinghamschools.org
- Check @BhamSD on Twitter or @bellinghamschools on Facebook
- Call 360-676-6400 for a recorded message.
- Call 360-647-6815 for a message translated in Español, русский, tính từ and Punjabi.
Medication at School
When a student requires medication at school, either prescription or over the counter (OTC), parents/guardians must return a completed medication authorization form with directions from a licensed health care provider (LHCP) to Sehome. One exception is that certain OTC medications that are self-administered do not require LHCP instructions, but they do require a parent/guardian to complete the medication authorization form. There is no situation that a student taking medications at school does not need a medication authorization on file.
The privilege of students self-caring their medications, whether prescription or OTC, requires students to take their medication as instructed on the authorization and being aware that they may not share their medications with anyone. Medications brought to school must be in the original prescription container or manufacturers labelled OTC container. Medication authorizations expire at the end of the current school year, or sooner as per LHCP instructions.
Link to Medication Authorization Form can be found here.
Anticipated Absence Notice
Reserving a Tutor
Sehome' s Tutoring Center is open Mondays-Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:30 in "The Hub" down on our first floor. We recruit tutors from Western Washington University and Sehome to support our students. We offer an online system to reserve free one on one time with one of the tutors, as well as open study time. We serve a healthy snack and can provide a WTA bus day pass. To make a reservation with a tutor click here or follow the directions below:
- SHS Home Page / Students Tab /Learning Center
- Scroll down to “TUTOR SIGN UP”
- Select “This is my first time…”
- Select Tutoring Subjects, Subject, and tutor’s name or “any” (The system will assign tutor)…NEXT
- Calendar “highlighted dates are available”… choose time, one block is 30 minutes, 2 blocks for one hour…NEXT
- Provide personal information …NEXT
YOU ARE DONE
The student will receive a confirmation email…also, a second email with an “assigned username and password to reserve their appointments moving forward”
QUESTIONS? ….. CONTACT MS. APT at Brenda.Apt@bellinghamschools.org
Sehome Points of Contact
Sonia Bell, Principal: sonia.bell@bellinghamschools.org
Mike Couto, Assistant Principal: A - K mike.couto@bellinghamschools.org
Bethany Barrett, Assistant Principal: L - Z bethany.barrett@bellinghamschools.org
Toni Ladner, Attendance Admin Assistant: toni.ladner@bellinghamschools.org
Catherine Romine, Principal Admin Assistant: catherine.romine@bellinghamschools.org
Heidi Schroyer, AP Testing Admin Assistant: heidi.schroyer@bellinghamschools.org
Janelle Larsen, Registrar: janelle.larsen@bellinghamschools.org
Kendra Simpson, Counseling Administrative Assistant: kendra.simpson@bellinghamschools.org
Jeff Smith, Counselor 9th Grade: Jeffrey.Smith@bellinghamschools.org
Amy Hjelt, Counselor A - G: amy.hjelt@bellinghamschools.org
Hana Schutz, Counselor H - M: hana.schutz@bellinghamschools.org
John Vandermolen, Counselor N - Z: john.vandermolen@bellinghamschools.org