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Parents/Guardians if you have not signed up for PowerSchool please call the
office (224-9000)or email the secretary ([email protected]) today to
get your log in and password information. You can check on grades, lunch
account balances, communicate with teachers, see missing assignments and
much more.
District News: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District is requesting applica-tions from interested persons to serve on the Budget Development Com-mittee to review development of the FY 2015 budget. Anyone interested in applying should visit the School District website at www.kpbsd.k12.ak.us, Community Interest, for an application and further instructions, or contact
Lassie Nelson at 714-8838 if there are questions. All applications must be received no later than 4:00 p.m., November 8, 2013.
Mrs. Nichols Cooking Class is still in need of kitchen utensils. If you are able to donate please bring items to Seward Middle School. If you are not sure what is needed or have questions please contact Mrs. Nichols @ [email protected]
November 3—Daylight Saving time, set clocks
back 1 hour at 2am.
November 6—Competitive Basketball Begins
November 20—Students Early release at 12:50pm
November 28 & 29—No School Thanksgiving break
General News
I N S I D E
T H I S I S S U E :
Teachers
News
2
Honor Roll 2
Silvers of the
Month
2
Nurses News 3
Sports News 3
Classroom
Visitor
3
Community
News
4
Important Dates for November
S E W A R D M I D D L E
S C H O O L
November Newsletter N O V E M B E R 1 , 2 0 1 3
P A G E 2
1st Quarter A/B Honor Roll
Silvers of the Month
Teacher News Parents/Students please take time to visit the teachers sites below. If students are absent this is
where you and your child need to check for missing assignments or communicate with teachers.
Myla Liljemark: http://e02291.blogs.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/wpmu/ email: [email protected]
Michele Walker: -- 7th: http://moodle2.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/course/view.php?id=95
email: [email protected]
Michele Walker—8th: http://moodle2.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/course/view.php?id=94
Carlyn Nichols—http://moodle.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/course/view.php?id=11938
email: [email protected]
Angie Hammer— https://ps.kpbsd.k12.ak.us/public/home.html email: [email protected]
Naomi Wade: powerwade.com email: [email protected]
Faith Ivy
7th Grade
Maddy Katsma
8th Grade
7th grade students
Maggie Adkins* Meghan Mullaly
Bijou Burnard* Cyrus Petty
Ashley Jackson* Karl Pfeiffenberger*
Chris Kingsland* Alexandria Toloff
Sadie Lindquist* Amanda Volker
Walker McKnight Riley von Borstel*
Brendan McMurray* Emilia Whitcome*
Faith Mitchell
N O V E M B E R N E W S L E T T E R
Students of the Month
demonstrate quality
character through aca-
demic achievement
and school
citizenship.
8th Grade Students
Kaylee Brockman Creeanna Whitcome*
Ashley Guernsey Joel Williams
Austin Hinton Billy Wolfe
Jessi Hood
Maddy Katsma
Megan Koster
Ayla Lapinskas
Maille Moriarty*
*4.0 Highest Honors
Nurses News
P A G E 3
Drugstore Diagnoses
A California-based company is currently working with Walgreens to provide clinician-directed lab testing a reality
to their stores. What does that mean for us? They are touting that they will be able to provide easier and cheap-
er diagnostic testing of “hundreds of diseases” to the consumers. Blood samples will be taken with a tiny finger
stick or a micro sample from traditional methods eliminating the need for larger needles and numerous vials of
blood. Test results will be sent to physicians in hours rather than days. These low cost tests will be covered by
major insurance carriers, Medicare and Medicaid.
How and where we get health care has dramatically changed just in the past decade. Technological advances have
and will continue to push even break the boundaries we thought sacred. I think, ultimately as consumers, we
Need to continue to look at all our options with a critical eye.
Nurse Yoly
On Friday, October 4, 2013, home-grown adventurer Jesse Osborn visited Seward
Middle School and shared with the 8th Graders details of his summer 2013 sailing ex-
pedition through the Northwest Passage. Captain Osborn’s presentation was the capstone
to a collaborative 8th grade history and science unit developed by teachers Myla Liljemark and
Naomi Wade. In the unit, students learned about European exploration in the 1500s and 1600s
along with global warming’s impact on Arctic ice. Jesse Osborn, captain of the sailing vessel the
Empericus, returned in September from sailing the once impassable Northwest Passage which is
now navigable as a result of melting Arctic ice. With his gift of storytelling, Captain Osborn
shared details of his experiences and lessons he learned with captivated 8th graders. Throughout his stories, his message of
living life for the adventure that it is and taking school seriously (especially math class) was woven throughout. Seward Middle
School is thankful for the time Captain Osborn spent with Seward’s middle school students. If you are looking for an inspira-
tional speaker and an informative experience, track down Captain Osborn. He has a story to tell!
Saturday, November 9
Nikiski vs. Seward @ Nikiski 10am
Friday, November 15
Seward vs. Soldotna (White) - @
Seward 3pm
Friday, November 22
Kenai vs. Seward @ Kenai 3pm
Friday, November 23
Seward vs. Homer @ Seward 12pm
Sports News
Empericus Embarks on Seward Middle School
Friday, December 6
Soldotna (Maroon) vs. Seward @
Soldotna—3pm
Tuesday, December 10
First Round of borough tournament
TBA
Saturday, December 14
Finals of borough tournament @
Soldotna 10am
Seward Middle School
P.O. Box 1149
304 Sea Lion Ave
Seward, AK 99664
Phone: 907-224-9000
Fax: 907-224-9001
School Blog:
http://
sewardmiddleschool.blogs.kpbsd.k12.a
k.us/wpmu/
18th Annual PTA Wreath and Garland Fundraiser
100% of profits go directly to the school Art & Music
Programs.
24” Live Decorative Wreath has Noble Fir, Incense Cedar, Juniper Berry,
and Pine Cones, ready to hang………….$30.00
25’ Live Scented Cedar Garland, fits around the whole door…….$30.00
Printed Name____________________ Phone Number_______________
Physical Address (required for delivery____________________________
E-mail (required for pick up notification____________
_________Wreath $30.00 each, a total of $ ________
_________Garland $30.00 each, a total of $ ________ _________Additional donation for Arts Program $ ________
_________$5.00 Delivery donation for 2 or less $ __________ Mile 0 to Forest Acres
_________$10.00 Delivery donation for 3 or more $ _________ Mile 0 to Forest Acre
TOTAL Enclosed $ _________
Please mail this form and check (no cash) by Monday, Nov 18th to:
Check Payable to: Seward PTSA, Art Program P.O. Box 409
Seward, AK 99664
Delivery to Seward expected Nov. 30th or earlier. On behalf of Seward
Parent Teacher Association, Thank You!
Questions? Call Dana Paperman, 224-8297 (after 6pm)
PTA will be conducting their fall garage sale in the High School Caf-eteria on Saturday, November 2nd from 9:00-2:00. This is their prima-ry fund raiser for the annual PTA Scholarship for one (or more) of our graduating seniors. If you have items to donate, please bring them to the loading dock beginning at 3:00 PM on Friday, November 1st . Also, please be sure to go shop-ping on Saturday morning.
Seward Site Council -
Election Results Are In!
2013-14
The Seward Site Council has 5 newly elected members.
Seward Elementary Representative -
Mrs. Celeste Lemme
Seward Middle School Representatives -
Mr. Michael Moriarity Mr. Von Terry Mrs. Kelli Moore
Seward High School Representative -
Mrs. Lori Wolfe
Mrs. Stephanie Mullaly – Middle School Classified Representa-
tive (Assigned Position)
Thank you to all new and old members for their willingness to de-
vote their time and energy to our students and their education!
