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Volume IX Issue 5 April / May 2014 A Publication of the Darrington School District

To: Current Resident

Darrington WA 98241

Arlington WA 98223

Non Profit Organization

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Darrington, WA 98241 LOGLOG

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District Contact Information

District Offices

1065 Fir Street

PO Box 27

Phone 360.436.1323

Fax 360.436.2045

Superintendent

Dave Holmer

[email protected]

360.436.1140

Darrington High School

1085 Fir Street

Phone 360.436.1140

Fax 360.436.1089

Principal

Dave Holmer

[email protected]

Darrington Elementary/Middle

1075 Fir Street

Phone 360.436.1313

Fax 360.436.0592

Principal

Tracy Franke

[email protected]

Instructional Support

Services

Victoria Sadusky

Phone 360.436.2150

Fax 360.436-2130

Prevention Intervention

Specialist

Gail George, CDP

360.436.1140 x 203

CCS Family Counselor (T/F)

Wendy Fallihee

360.436.1313 x 153

Food Services

Terry O’Connell

360.436.1313 x 132

Transportation

Toni Kernaghan 360.436.1518 Maintenance

Demi Ramilo 360.436.1313 x 131

Grounds

Kurt Helling

Darrington Strong

Have you felt that somehow you have been changed by all that has happened in the last 6

weeks? It seems like our community and school will be changed forever and a new normal

will emerge. We know it is not always easy to adjust or respond to so many changes. Get-

ting ourselves and our lives back in a routine that is comfortable for us takes time. The

media has one of the largest impacts not only on how disasters are portrayed, but they also

have a heavy impact on how disasters will be remembered. Perhaps you have asked as I

have “what have our kids learned and what will they remember about the events related to

22 March 2014?” Will they remember the nightly community meetings, the reports from

first responders, the boxes of donations in the community center, the media attention, gas

cards, the tears shed with family and friends, the closure of SR 530, the visits of the Gov-

ernor, or how many students and adults stepped up and found a way to help? Our students,

our kids, were there and watched this happen. Darrington’s young people, the future of our

community, have demonstrated that they are resilient and able to rebound but the impact of

this natural disaster is ongoing. How can we support them? Start by remembering to pro-

vide support and opportunities to talk. What they have learned through this disaster has

value which transcends classroom instruction. They have learned by living it. It is im-

portant that our students remember and never forget how their community was supported

and pulled together and moved forward. As that happens, they will begin to more fully un-

derstand what it means to be Darrington Strong.

Dave Holmer, Superintendent

School is

out June

13th-Early

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Superintendent and High School Principal, Dave Holmer

IN MEMORY OF OUR STU DENTS ~ KAYLEE SPILLERS & DENVER HARRIS

Apr./May ‘14 www.dsd.k12.wa.us/

A Garden

for

Kaylee

Yesterday in the garden

Where I spent a quiet hour,

A butterfly came flying by

And landed on a flower.

She was bright yellow, like the sun,

With pink specks on her wings -

A shiny, shimmery jewel

That each memory brings.

Kindergarten students

help to build a garden ded-

icated to the memory of

classmate Kaylee Spillers.

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His smile was contagious and his humor would make those around him smile & laugh!

Pop tart lover

Denver

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T H E L O G P A G E 3

In the midst of healing and understanding, wonderful things continue to take place at Darrington Elementary.

Sqord – Earlier this year I shared that our 5th grade students were participating in a program from

Snohomish County to promote youth physical activity. Recently, it was announced that our 5th grade class was

undefeated in competitions during the months of March and April for the most activity when paired up

against other schools in Snohomish County! WAY TO GO!

Dedicated Song – If you were able to attend our RAD Assembly in March you would have watched Room 5 &

7 share their knowledge of Lewis & Clark through song. Communicating through music has continued for this

class as they process the changes for their classroom and our community. With so many donating to the

school and community, the students also wanted to help in some way. With Mrs. Goheen, her son, and Sand-

man Productions, they have produced a song called “Hometown Strong”. It is dedicated to Mrs. Lester and is

available for download at http://hometownstrong.bandcamp.com/releases. There is minimum donation of a

dollar, but if you are unable to donate, click on “Contact Laura and Tim” for a free copy of the song. Through

this song, students are able to help their teacher, Mrs. Lester, mother to Denver Harris.

Middle School Families – Please look at the "College Bound" information that was sent home a few weeks ago.

This is an amazing program that will pay for college of qualifying students, but you must apply NOW. Fami-

lies, please don’t miss out on this great opportunity.

The 8th Grade Moving Up Ceremony will be held on June 12th at 5:30 in the High School Auditorium. Students

must be passing their classes and be in good standing in order to participate in the ceremony.

Post Middle School is hosting a Unity Dance for the middle school students in Darrington and Arlington. Fly-

ers have gone home, but in case they didn’t make it there, it will be on May 22nd from 6pm to 8pm at Post

Middle School. Students are responsible for finding their own transportation to the event as it is not a Dar-

rington School District event. Donations for the food bank can be made at the door.

Celebration of Learning – We invite everyone to our Celebration of Learning on Wednesday, June 11th at

6:30. We will begin in the Elementary Gym then move to the individual classrooms.

Counseling Services – The elementary students and staff are appreciative of the support we have received.

Immediately after the slide, visiting counselors from other schools were available to our students along with

local clergy. Since Spring Break, Catholic Community Services (CCS), who provided two days of counseling

throughout the year, increased the number of days and staff available to our school and community. Along

with CCS, Providence Grief Services has been providing information and support for staff, along with class-

room activities for students. Together we are learning ways to communicate our feelings in a positive manner

and to also be respectful and supportive of each other’s feelings.

Thank You - Since the slide, many organizations have come forward to support our school. Some of the items

donated include: counseling services, books, stuffed animals, journals, ice cream, money, cards, posters, indi-

vidual gift bags for students, comfort blankets, assemblies, and even made accommodations for field trips.

We appreciate these kind acts and all the warm thoughts that have been sent to support our students and

staff during the past few weeks.

Darrington Elementary/A K-8 School, Principal, Tracy Franke


http://hometownstrong.bandcamp.com/releases



The outpouring of kindness and support from organizations/schools, individuals & students from around the state and nation has been amazing and so appreciated!

Here is a partial list of the kindness shown to our

students, staff, district, community:

Counseling support for staff & students

Banners

Cards

Assemblies

Ice Cream

School& art supplies

Books for pleasure reading

Stuffed animals

Cozy blankets

Field Day help

Money to be applied

where it would benefit

the needs of the kids

The list goes on and

on and our hearts are

filled with gratitude!

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream

Thank you to all for your thoughts, cards and support!


2013 — 2014 School Meal Costs

Breakfast Pre K-12 $1.75

Lunch Pre K-6 $2.75

Lunch 7-12 $3.00

Breakfast Adults/Guests $2.25

Lunch Adults/Guests $4.00

Breakfast Free & Reduced $0.00

Lunch Reduced Pre/K-12 .40

Milk Student .65

Milk Adult .75

ELEMENTARY K—8 IMPORTANT DATES:

May 23—NO School—Snow Day

May 26—NO School—Holiday

May 28—Inside Out (grades 6-8)

3rd & 4th Watershed visit

May 29—Science Fair

2nd & 3rd Field Trip to Padilla Bay

May 30—RAD Assembly

June 2—2nd & 3rd Field Trip to Mt. School

June 3—Sno-Isle Summer Reading presentation

June 4—K-1 Nature Day

June 5—DJAA Football Sign Ups 6:00 cafeteria

June 10—Field Day K-5

June 11—Celebration of Learning

Flying Gizmo’s Assembly K-5

Field Day 6-9

June 12—8th Gr. Moving Up Ceremony

K-1 Padilla Bay

June 13—Last Day of School / Early Release

A new option this year for free

or reduced lunch applications!.

On line applications can be filled

out through family access ac-

counts. Paper applications will

still be accepted and are available

in school offices or the cafete-

ria. One application per family.

Menus are subject to change

without notice. Questions?

Call the Food Service Office

at 360-436-1313 ext.132.

Online deposits can be made

through your family access

account.


Thank you to Lisa Wright, Kim Miller & Brett Green from Hampton Lumber Mill for providing the seedlings for each student. The movie showing how the mill worked was very informative.

6th Grade Partners and Kindergarteners enjoyed a great spring

day. 6th graders traced their Kindergarten buddy using

chalk. They also wrote words to describe their partners.

Middle School students went

on a tree planting expedition at

the

Larson

Memorial

site.



Another great project in wood shop class by

Riley Brunner-a front loader. He dedicated

his project to the memory of his Aunt, Sum-

mer Raffo.

Darrington High School teachers had

a nice surprise in April when they

came back from spring break.

Premera Blue Cross donated laptops

that are HP Laptop Essentials Bun-

dle. Also Premera donated Dell com-

puters, monitors, keyboards and mice

replacing the aging computers in the

HS computer lab. Although not new

they are far better than what we

have.

Ted Neubauer and other representa-

tives from Premera Blue Cross are

pictured with the smiling HS teach-

ers and Henry Miller, DSD’s comput-

er technologist.

Darrington Day!

Come To Darrington's Annual Celebration

Of Our Heritage, Local Arts & Beautiful Outdoors !

May 31, 2014 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Coordinated by the Darrington Area Business

Association, Inc.

Live Music at Old School Park

Art Show at the Grange Free Tours of the High Tech Hampton Mill

Hand Crafted Ales and Lagers at Old City Hall

Historical Exhibits and Live Packing Animals at the Renovated Forest

Service Livery Barn

Special Events and Food at Many Darrington Businesses

Slide Disaster Memorial at the Methodist Church by Old School Park

And Much More....

For more information visit: Darringtonwatourism.com

The Art Department Thanks You

Thank you, thank you. There has been a significant donation made to the art department to help diversify the options offered

by the Darrington School District. Erin Feller, President of REF, “Thank you” for being at the fore front of the seed money to

buy the materials appropriate to get a jewelry program up and running for the high school art department. Students will now

have the capabilities to learn the nuances of designing, cutting, soldering, casting and manufacturing jewelry pieces. There has

been the purchase of a centrifuge and torch setup to be at the root of the program. Another thank you needs to be addressed to

the administration of the Darrington School District for the purchase of a new kiln. There is a surplus of clay to be found next

to the road at the 530 slide area. The art department also purchasing a new kiln for the art program. There will be a process

involved of learning to harness the intricacies of the home grown clay, but if it is not a clay body itself, it can be used as a slip

on top of the standard clay. Next year there will be more available options for the students of Darrington High School. In the

future the art program is hoping to have classes to hollow out canoes and create totem poles but for now a big logger hug goes

out to those folks that are so gracious to allow the art program to advance to a more diverse and sophisticated state.


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Pictured below are Stanwood and Darrington students hold-

ing one of the many posters made for DHS from nearby

schools. Stanwood HS students drove this poster up on Fri-

day, March 28th. DHS students and staff have appreciated

every poster, card and kindness that have been sent our way!

High school students participating in various volunteer activi-

ties and relaxing and enjoying a little time with therapy dogs

brought to DHS by Green Cross Academy.

DHS Important Dates:

May 9—9-12 Presentations completed!

May 23—No School—Snow Day May 26—No School—Holiday

May 27—All Sports sign up for 2014/2015

6pm in room 207 of the HS

May 28—Senior Banquet and Awards

June 1—Baccalaureate (non– school event)

June 5—9-12 Field Day

June—7 Commencement Exercises

June 13—Last day of school


Reminder for Parents and Guardians

The high school does not provide

student supervision prior to 7:15AM

or after 3PM.


2014 Prom:

Enchanted Forest


Important info and Dates…

—Sport Sign Up Night—

The Darrington Recreation & Education Foundation (REF) will pay for Pay to partici-

pate and ASB Cards for the 2014-2015 school year – you just need to come and sign

up!

Along with getting the fees paid for by coming, you will get all the paperwork for

sports for 2014-2015 school year taken care of!

Date: Wednesday, May 21st 2014 Time: 6-8 pm Location: Darrington High School (room 207)

Thank you Darrington Recreation & Education Foundation (REF) for

your continued support of Darrington Schools!

Sports Physicals

Thursday May 29th 2014 - $15 Sport Physicals at the Darrington Clinic – 1st come 1st serve start-

ing at 4:30pm – this is a GREAT deal – don’t pass this up!

Get Ready for Fall Sports...

Football

Green vs. Gold game Friday, August 29th at 7:00pm

Volleyball

LaConner at home, Tuesday, September 23rd at 5:00 and 6:30pm

Questions: please call Cory Ross (360)631-9691 or Erin Feller 360)631-1809

The Darrington High School Hall of Fame is seeking nominations and

membership.

Requirements and information can be found on Darrington High

School Hall of Fame Facebook page. Forms may be picked up at the

high school library and/or Darrington IGA. All nominations need to

be returned to:

Darrington High School,

PO Box 27, Darrington, WA 98241, c/o Sue Howard or Diane Boyd.


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Alcohol Awareness Assembly

By Shelby Stafford

On April 30th our school had a very exciting day. We only had a half day

but it was sure fun!

First off, the whole school had an assembly learning about how alcohol,

drugs, etc. can be very harmful, especially while driving.

During the assembly there was a young man and his mother who spoke

about his touching story explaining how his life was forever changed. Then,

a state trooper spoke and we heard the ways he is involved in sadly notify-

ing the families of loved ones who are injured or deceased because of drink-

ing and driving or other things.

After the assembly we were all sent to

activities where we learned how you can

be affected by alcohol. We did things

how you would while not under the influ-

ence and then learned how a person un-

der the influence might function.

Personally, I would have to say it was

a very fun day and I learned a lot. I

know what choices will be for the better.

Pictures on right depict students participating in the after assem-

bly activities.


Like other tragedies that shake our souls, we will no doubt never forget where we were or what we were doing when we heard the news about the slide.

In what seemed like an instant, our community was cut off from the outside world as we knew it. No phone, no internet, and then the realization that

530 was really covered. Early reports came in saying that one house had been lost; the grim reality followed. With the news of each person lost and

each home destroyed, grief and shock piled on.

For those who did not, or could not, go to the site, we tried to imagine the scope of damage. When the first aerial photos were released, it was still

difficult to understand the extent of devastation that had occurred. It became clearer when one could identify a small spot in the photo as a house.

What ensued at 10:38 is what makes Darrington the place that it is. Volunteer troops of all ages went to the site to help in any way that they could.

The Community Center was opened as a home base. Folks went down below, the long way, to stock up on supplies for the days of uncertainty that lay

ahead. The cooks began cooking, the organizers began to organize, the leaders tried to compose themselves to share the message. Friends anxiously

called friends. Families frantically called families. We collectively tried to make sense of what was going on. Folks from visiting agencies remarked that

they had never seen a community mobilize and take care of itself like this one. And, we collectively held each other up.

As the sun rose on a second day, shock and numbness settled over our community. Even as we created lists of missing friends and loved ones, we talked

about the slide without fully understanding its scope. This was in contrast to the following days of weighty, stifling grief.

As Darrington builds its new normal, it's the brave folks on the front line who will provide a foundation of strength. It's the counselors, clergy, and

community leaders who will help raise the walls. And, it will be incumbent upon all of us to provide cover to protect what we are re-building. Cover by way

of presuming best intentions, exploring empathy, understanding that inconveniences will happen, and by keeping our eye on the goal.

Alan Pickard, North County Services


Since the slide, Darrington School District staff has been in constant dis-

cussion with mental health workers who are experienced in working with

children and families after experiencing loss and/or a tragedy. We will

continue to provide information and connect families to resources as re-

quested. Many of our students are expressing their feelings through art-

work, play, music and writing. Although it can be difficult for others to

hear, it is an important step in the healing process.

Awake from this tragedy. I am horrified and confused.

I wonder how and why this happened.

I hear his laughter ringing through my ears.

I see his smile as he laughs at his own jokes.

I want for this to be a dream, to wake up and for this to be gone.

I am horrified and confused.

I pretend that I am having a conversation with him, it all feels so real.

I feel grief gnawing at my soul, as

I worry if he suffered.

I cry at the thought of being trapped, no way out. Trapped under a sea of

mud.

I touch the warm tears, now flowing down my burning cheeks.

I am horrified and confused.

I understand that this is a part of life.

I say that bad things sometimes happen to good people, and that every-

thing does not happen for a reason.

I dream that this never happened.

I attempt to push the memories and images of this tragedy from my mind

forever.

I hope and pray for a better tomorrow, where I am not as

horrified and confused.

Abby Johnson, 7th grade student

What Parents and Caregivers Can Do It is important for parents and other caregivers to

understand what is causing a child’s anxieties and

fears. Following a disaster, children are most afraid

that:

The event will happen again.

Someone close to them will be killed or injured.

They will be left alone or separated from their

family.

Parents and caregivers can clarify misunderstandings

of risk and danger by acknowledging children’s con-

cerns and perceptions. Discussions of preparedness

plans can strengthen a child’s sense of safety and se-

curity.

Listen to what a child is saying. If a young child asks

questions about the event, answer them simply without

the elaboration needed for an older child or adult.

Children vary in the amount of information they need

and can use. If a child has difficulty expressing his or

her thoughts and feelings, then allowing them to draw

a picture or tell a story of what happened may help.

Parents and Caregivers Can Take the Following Actions: Encourage your children to talk and listen to their con-

cerns

Calmly provide factual information about the dis-

aster and plans for insuring their ongoing safety.

Involve your children in updating your family dis-

aster plan and a disaster supplies kit.

Practice your plan.

Involve your children by giving them specific tasks

to let them know they can help restore family and

community life.

Spend extra time with your children.

Re-establish daily routines for work, school, play,

meals and rest.


Feb.-Mar. ‘14 www.dsd.k12.wa.us/

LOG Editors: Dianne Green, [email protected] / Valerie Smith, [email protected]

Darrington School District Board of Directors

Alan Pickard

Chair

Home 360.436.1800 [email protected]

Jennifer West

Vice-Chair

Cell 425.290.2021 [email protected]

Judy Nevitt, Director WIAA Representative

Home 360. 436.1711

Cell 425.239.2865 [email protected]

Erin Green, Director

360.941.3303 [email protected]

Joe Perrault, Director

[email protected]

The Board of Directors

meet at 6:30 PM, the 4th

Tuesday of each month in

the White Horse Confer-

ence Room.

(portable by cafeteria)



Darrington School District Board of Directors

The Board of Directors meet

at 6:30 PM, the 4th Tuesday

of each month in the White

Horse Conference Room.


HOMETOWN STRONG

It’s been said “when the going gets tough that the

tough get going” through the real hard stuff

hometown shaken by things unthinkable,

mountain so big that the heart is torn in two

never has their been a time as this

could anyone survive the pain

but we’re Oh so proud we are Oh so brave

We can see beyond the despair and say

we have OSO hope we have OSO love

we will stand together Hometown Strong.

Unsung heroes band together

morning ‘til night taking care of their own

neighboring towns all around would come

calling all to rise let your voice be known

working with friends through tears and prayers

we will persevere

cuz we’re Oh so proud we are Oh so brave




with destruction and confusion

we have hope in resolution

We will overcome

but the funny thing is this small town hometown

won’t give up

When all seems lost

remember we will carry on We Are

Oh so proud we are Oh so brave




We are Hometown proud we are hometown brave

We can see beyond to rebuild and say

we have hometown hope we have hometown love



A site can be set up for others directly affected by the slide.

You may contact Laura Goheen for information/assistance.


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