Attention 5th & 6th Grade Parents
This year all of our 5th and 6th grade students will be going to camp! Sixth Grade is going this year to make up for not going to camp last year. The camp will be held at Cedar Springs in the Lake Stevens area. The camp will be 3 days and 2 nights and the cost will be $144 per student and $25 per adult. Please watch for more information to come home with your child.
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District to run a supplemental levy Aug. 17
Northshore School District will run a $12 million Supplemental Educational Maintenance and Operations Levy on Aug. 17 to sustain funding support for student learning.
The supplemental levy would help sustain-not enhance- the district's educational program. In March, the state legislature passed a law allowing communities to temporarily increase the amount of local levy support for their schools through a supplemental levy. The four-year measure would help offset statewide funding cuts by increasing the levy lid by 4%.
If passed, the district could collect up to a maximum of $12 million over four years: $4.5 million in 2011, $2.3 million in 2012, and $2.6 million in years 2013 and 2014. The district may collect only up to the amount approved by voters regardless of assessed valuation changes.
An average annual increase of $56 is projected for a $400,000 home over the four years of the measure, if passed. The overall school tax rate with the supplemental levy is projected to be $4.24 per $1,000 of assessed property value in 2011 and is projected to drop to $4.14-$4.15 per $1,000 of assessed property value from 2012-14.
More information about this measure is available on the district Web site at www.nsd.org or by contacting the Communications Department at 425.408.7670.
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Kindergarten Registration
(For Woodin families only)
Open registration for the kindergarten class starting 2010-2011 has now started.
Office Hours for registration: 9:00am - 3:30pm (special arrangements can be made if necessary by calling the main office).
What to bring:
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Proof of Residency (rental agreement, utility bill, etc...)
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Birth Certificate or Official Hospital Certificate
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Immunization Card or Record
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Home, work, and cell numbers
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Two emergency contacts names and daytime numbers, other than the parents, in case of emergency or illness
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Custody Resriction information (if applicable)
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Daycare information (if applicable)
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Name and phone number of physician and dentist.
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Math Expressions For Parents
Eduplace is a resource available to parents and families looking for additional math support for their student at home. Parents will find an eGlossary, Unit Overviews and letters, Math Background information and lots of great resources for studetns to use at home, including eGames and EManipulatives.
For more inforamtion visit:
http://eduplace.com
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Type To Learn Available At Home
Type2Learn is now available for students to download at home and log in as they would at school to continue their progress toward keyboarding proficiency!
Here's how:
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Download and install the TTL4 program to a home computer at http://ttl4.sunburst.com/ downloads (because of the size of the download, the program could take 20-25 minutes).
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Once the program is downloaded, there are instructions on the website for installation on either a Windows or Macintosh computer.
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Students login to TTL4, Type to Learn 4, using the same username and password that is used at school - an account code for the school will also be needed. Students can visit http://www.nsd.org/ttl4home to retrieve their school code.
