Inside this issue:

Selah Middle School

Announcements 2

WE Day / Stu Cabe 3

District News 4

Health Information 5

Kindergarten Workshops 6

Students of the Week 7

MIsc. Info 8

Calendar of Events ONE HOUR LATE ARRIVAL EVERY

MONDAY

5/9/17 - SMS Music Boosters Meeting @

SMS Music Room / 7:00 p.m.

5/8 - 5/12/17 - Spring Spirit Week!

5/11/17 - The Viking Way : Best of the

Best Night Board Meeting / 6:00 p.m.

@ SMS VPAC

5/18 - 5/21 - Selah Community Days

5/23/17 - All-District Year End Choral

Concert @ SMS VPAC / 6:30 p.m.

5/29/17 - Memorial Day - NO

SCHOOL

6/1/17 - SMS Year End Band Concert @

SMS VPAC / 6:30 p.m.

6/3/17 - Selah High School Graduation

@ Sundome / 1:00 p.m.

6/9/17 - FULL DAY OF SCHOOL!

6/12/17 - LAST DAY OF SCHOOL! -

EARLY DISMISSAL

SMS

VOICE OF THE VIKING

May 2017

Spring is here, this must mean the end of the school year is near. I hope everyone had an enjoyable and relaxing spring break. Spring is always a busy time for everyone. That is no different for us here at school. Along with spring also comes the arrival of state testing. All

6-8 grade students will take the smarter balance test in math and literacy. Our 8th grade students will also be tak-ing the Measurement of Student Progress (MSP) in Sci-ence. We will be sending out more information regarding testing here in the near future. Thank you all for your par-ticipation in our spring student led conferences. We are continually impressed with the work our staff and students put into the conferences and are so appreciative of your involvement in the process. Our students will be very well prepared for their senior presentations in a few short years!! We have five weeks of school left and we are chal-lenging our students with finishing strong and focusing on their mindset. We aren ’t counting the days we are making the days count. Join us in challenging your student to stay focused on school work and finishing strong. Thank you all for our continued support.

GO VIKINGS!!!

Marc Gallaway Paul Hudson Joel Starr Principal Assistant Principal Assistant Principal

“VIKING PRIDE - Positive, Respectful, In Control, Dependable and Engaged!”

From the Desks of

Gallaway, Hudson & Starr

BHAG

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

FCCLA @

Selah Middle School Selah Middle School's FCCLA chapter is starting to make plans for next year already. We'd like to an-

nounce that we'll be sponsoring a sewing school that will meet one evening a month and focus on a differ-

ent skill/project each time. Students who sign up will learn the basics of machine operation, fiber char-acteristics and care and a variety of construction techniques including use of a pattern and rotary cut-

ter. Along with this participants will get to take part in some community service activities as well. Look

for more information at orientations in August when we'll have dates and sample projects for you to look at. Members are going to wrap up this year's success with an end of the year project.

Mrs. Urakawa’s class service pro-

ject was an after school movie.

They sold concessions and made

$166 towards helping homeless

teens!

Mr. Wilson’s advisory class collected 62 items for hospice pa-tients as part of their service learning pro-ject.

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Mrs. Steltz’s and Mr. Bennett’s advisory stu-dents conducted a “March for Animals” con-test several large boxes and bags of dog and cat food, cat litter, dog biscuits, pet toys, col-lars, and bleach (for cleaning). Ms. Fendell’s Advisory was the big win-ner.

Way to be the “Best Middle School FOR the World”

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HEY 6th and 7th graders! Packets for student

council are available in the office until May 10.

Packets need to be turned in to the office by May

11th at 7:45 am. You can help us meet the goal

of being the best middle school for the world.

Run for student council!

7th Grade Mentor

Assembly

with Stu Cabe!

Building the

World’s Best Middle

School

SMS WE Act Club took over 60 stu-dents to WE DAY in Seattle! We Day featured more than 20 famous speakers and celebrities, including Seahawks quarterback Russell Wil-son, Seahawks coach Pete Carrol and astronaut Buzz Aldrin, there were many more that inspired and uplifted students with music, dance, art and personal experiences. It was a great experience for all!

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The results of the Ben Franklin Essay Contest sponsored by the Olde Yakima Letterpress Museum in Union Gap were released yesterday. The contest involved seventh graders from throughout Yakima County and involved an essay focused on the claim that Ben Franklin should be considered a role model in today's society. The top-four placers were from our class:

1st Place - Lillian Davis

2nd Place - Kassidey Brownlee

3rd Place - Taylre Berreth

4th Place - Broke Hovsepian

All four girls will receive an award and a check made out in their name at the following event :

Ben Franklin Live!

Friday, May 12th at 6:30 p.m.

Yakima Convention Center Ballroom

Congratulations, Girls!

Film Screening Event The District Advisory Council recently concluded a book study of the text titled, “Most Likely to Succeed”. The book is a call to action for educators and communi-ties to reimagine public education to help meet the needs of today’s learner. The book is also an award winning documentary film that has been shown in schools allover the country. Later this spring, the District Advisory Council will be hosting a screening of this film for the entire Selah educational community. The purpose of this event is to foster meaningful discussion among educators, administrators, parents, and students about how current ob-stacles can be overcome and steps toward change can be taken on a local level. The hope is that these discussions will continue into next year and turn into partnerships, ideas and meaningful change to help our students be more prepared for their future.

There will be more information about the event in the weeks to come, but for now you can save the date of Wednesday, May 31st from approximately 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. At the SMS VPAC if you’re inter-ested in being a part of the conversation. More specific details, including how to RSVP, will be availa-ble soon!

For more information about the film visit MItsfilm.org or see the information here. If you have ques-tions about the screening event please speak to one of the SMS Dis-trict Advisory Council members : Roger Bennett, Christine Urakawa, and Rocehlle Cikauskas.

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Do you know children are learning from the moment

they’re born? And from birth to age 5, they learn faster than at

any other time in their lives! The Selah School District free

READY! For Kindergarten workshops show families how to nur-

ture their child’s development from birth to 5, so they succeed in

school. Call 509-698-8026 or visit READYforKindergarten.org/

selahssd for our parent workshop schedule.

¿Sabía que los niños aprenden desde el momento en que

nacen? ¡Y hasta la edad de 5 años, aprenden más rápido de lo que

nunca lo harán en su vida! Los talleres gratuitos READY! en la

Selah School District muestran a las familias cómo fomentar el

desarrollo de sus hijos desde el nacimiento hasta los 5 años para

que puedan alcanzar el éxito escolar. Llame al 509-698-8024 o vi-

site READYforKindergarten.org/selahssd para ver la programa-

ción de talleres para padres de READY! for Kindergarten.

KINDERGARTEN

WORKSHOPS

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Students of the Week

Way to Go!

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April 28, 2017

Fred Meyer Donations

We have a great opportunity from Fred Meyer to earn some funding for the Selah Middle School PTSO by link-

ing our non-profit to your Fred Meyer Rewards card. All donations are made by Fred Meyer to the PTSO just

for doing the shopping you already do.

If you have a Fred Meyer Rewards card but haven't created an online account yet, start here:

www.fredmeyer.com/account/communityrewards/enroll.

If you already have an online account click www.fredmeyer.com/communityrewards,

then select "Link Your Rewards Card Now"

Sign In and enter "94684" to find our Organization (SMS PTSO). Select "Enroll", and that's it.

Thank you for your participation! Feel free to share this with anyone else who may be interested in supporting

our kids.

After School Tutoring -

Monday, Tuesday & Thursday

Check halls for schedules!