Tumwater School District #33
Black Lake Elementary News
A place where we are dedicated to “Continued excellence….Continued Improvement”.
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OCTOBER CALENDAR
8th
Volunteer Training @ 6pm
In the library
13th
Spirit Week begins
14th
PTA meeting @ 5:30pm in
the library
15th
6th Grade to Rutledge Corn
Maze—evening activity
17th
BHHS Homecoming Game
Tumwater Stadium
24th
Kindergarten to Hunter’s
Pumpkin Patch
PIONEER BOWL
BLACK HILLS VS TUMWATER
7:00PM
NOVEMBER CALENDAR
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FALL CONFERENCES
NOVEMBER 3rd thru 6th
Early dismissal @ 11:55am
Sack lunches will be served.
No AM & PM Kindergarten
10th
PTA Movie Night @ 6:30pm
VETERAN’S DAY OBSERVED
NO SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 11th
18th
PTA Meeting @ 5:30pm
21st
FAMILY FEAST
26th
Early Dismissal @ 11:55am
THANKSGIVING BREAK
NO SCHOOL
NOVEMBER 27th & 28th
OCTOBER 2014
Dear Black Lake Families:
Welcome to October! Fall has crept up on us and we are quickly starting
to see the change in the weather. Our students are settling in and have
begun to get into the new materials for Language Arts and Math at all
grade levels. In addition to the new materials, our students have also had
the opportunity to visit our technology specialist a few times and are
learning how to work with new forms of technology. As we move into
our school year, here are a few reminders...
Drop off times:
 7:55am for the Highly Capable program
 8:45am for K-6
Supervision is not available before those times so please be sure to hold
your student in your vehicle until then. If your student is tardy please
send them to the office to sign in. Thank you in advance for getting your
student to class on time.
If you need to pick up your child early, please come to the school
office. Do not go directly to the classroom to pick up your child.
Students must be signed out at the school office. When you arrive in the
office, we will call your student up from class.
Visitors to BLE:
If you are a parent, visitor, volunteer, middle or high school student and
you are planning to be on the BLE campus, please remember to stop in at
the school office to sign in and put on a name badge. The safety of all
students is important to us and we want to make sure we know who is visiting our campus. Visitors are not allowed to proceed directly to student areas (classrooms, playground, pods, etc) without signing in at
the office first. In most cases, if you are dropping something off for a
student, the office will be happy to call the classroom to have the student
sent to the office to collect the item. This is least disruptive to the learning process.
Morning drop off/ Afternoon pick up:
We ask that parents wait until they are in front of school before loading
and unloading children. In some cases, parents are encouraging students
to cross the driveway or bus loading area. This is an unsafe situation. We
also request that parents do not walk through the bus loading area to pick
up children. Remember, parents needing to leave their vehicles, even
briefly, are asked to park in the slanted parking stalls nearby. We want to
keep traffic in the driveway moving efficiently. Parents are also asked to
allow their students to walk into the classroom pod area on their own.
Please leave your child at the flagpole area and encourage them to walk to
the classrooms from there. If you need to speak with your child’s teacher,
we ask that you schedule a time to meet with the teacher rather than trying
to catch them at the start of the school day. Teachers are attempting to get
students settled at the start of the school day.
- Misty Hutson, Principal
The ForKids Program is a collaborative effort uniting
local service providers, school districts and the community to ensure that children continue to receive food
outside of school. The food bank delivers food bags
each week to BLE’s counselor. Backpacks are stuffed
and every Thursday the children receive a notice that
reminds them to pick up their backpack from the counselor’s office. This ensures their privacy. If you
would like to participate in the Friday “ForKids”
Backpack Program, please contact:
Kathy Westman @ 709-7366.
Black Lake Elementary
P.A.W.S.
Personal Best
Act Responsibly
Work CooperAtively
Show Respect
Dress Code Policy Reminder
The current dress code policy regarding hats/hoods at Black Lake Elementary is: “Wearing hats/hoods at
school is prohibited. Stocking caps/sweatshirt hoods may be worn outside during inclement weather only.”
When/if students arrive at school with another cap (baseball, etc.) they will be asked to put their cap into
their backpack until the end of the school day.
INCLEMENT WEATHER PLAN
The Tumwater School District will notify the media if schools will be closed, the start of
classes delayed or school bus service altered due to weather or other conditions.
Ordinarily information will be broadcast by 6:00am and will be repeated frequently.
During inclement weather the district will try to keep bus routes as near to normal as
possible. If your street is not listed below, buses will operate normally.
Television: KOMO 4, KING 5, KIRO 7, KCPQ 13
AM Radio: KIRO 710, KOMO 1000, KGY 1240
FM Radio: KLSY 92.5, KXXO 96.1, KGY 96.9
You may also receive a telephone call from our School Messenger system. Please press 1
to receive the call.
BLACK LAKE ELEMENTARY
BLACK HILLS HIGH
TUMWATER MIDDLE SCHOOL AREA
 No service into Upper ALPINE HILLS, BROWN RD, MAPLEWOOD CT, FOOTHILL, NORTHILL.
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Stops at Park.
No service at COUGAR RIDGE ESTATES. Stops at Delphi Rd SW @ Capital Forest Dr SW.
No service on DELPHI RD NORTH OF CAMELOT. Stops at Camelot Dr SW @ Delphi Rd SW.
No service up FAIRVIEW HILL. Stops at 66th Ave @ the Bible Camp.
No service down NELS RD or KINNEY ROAD into EVERGREEN SHORES. Stops at the Blacklake
Grange.
No service on WADDLE CREEK RD to NOSCHKA RD. Stops at Lake Lucinda Dr SW @ Lake
Lucinda Ct SW
No service down SHAWN DR. Stops at Delphi Rd SW @ Shawn Dr SW.
Introduction of New Staff Members
Elliott Hedin
Mr. Hedin joins us from Yelm School District. He will be serving as our
Dean of Students and we will be sharing him with East Olympia Elementary. He will be at both schools part of each week (Wed, Thurs, Fri, Mon,
Tues at one school then Wed, Thurs, Fri, Mon, Tues at the other school). We
are so excited to have Mr.
Hedin join both teams! He has a very positive outlook and our staff and
students are already getting to know him.
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Jeanene Hill
Mrs. Hill joins us from Pioneer School District in Shelton. She will be
teaching students in 5th & 6th grade who receive LAP services for Math.
She will also be working with some students in LAP Reading and will be
supporting teachers as an instructional facilitator for Math for all grades.
We are so glad to have her on board!
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Sondra Bailey
Mrs. Bailey joins us from MTS. She will be teaching Special Education
to students in grades K-4 and 6th grade. She has two children, including a
brand new baby girl! Welcome, Sondra!
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Maureen Celle
Ms. Celle joins us in the Life Skills classroom as a Paraprofessional.
She is very excited to spend time working with our Life Skills kids and looks
forward to seeing them make progress toward their goals. She has a very
positive attitude and is a great fit for this team. Welcome, Maureen!
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Shannon Burns
Ms. Burns worked as a 1:1 impact para last year at BLE and is now a
permanent Paraprofessional with our staff. She will spend the majority of
her time working in Special Education. We are excited to have Shannon
back this year as part of the BLE team!
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