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veteran or military status, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, disability, or the use of a trained dog guide or service animal and

provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. Questions and complaints of alleged discrimination should be

addressed with Steve McCullough at Curlew School. 509-779-4931.

Published by Curlew School District 50

Volume 17, Issue 7 on the web at www.curlew.wednet.edu February 28, 2013

SCHOOL BOARD MONTHLY MEETING

Wednesday, March 6

4:00 in library

REMINDER No school on

Friday, March 15. This is a teacher

LID day.

BRINGING MUSIC TO THE HILLS 6 Foot Swing, a popular band from Spokane, enter-tained Curlew students Monday, February 25. Playing vintage songs from the 1920s to the 1940s, and dressed in period style, the band captured the romance, allure, and mystique of the jazz band era. It’s no wonder they’ve been named the best band in the Inland Northwest for the last five years. The con-cert was the first of four concerts for both Curlew and Republic schools, and was organized by Emily Burt and sponsored by Kinross Gold and The Northern Inn. “I’m hoping to work with Kinross to organize another concert series in the fall,” Burt said. The next concert at Curlew is March 11 with Tony Furtado, banjo player and Delta blues guitarist. The re-maining performances are listed later in this newsletter.

The Curlew class of 2015 will be hosting this years basketball alumni games! It will be held on Saturday, March 9 at the Curlew main gym. Please come out and support those past athletes who repre-sented our schools so well! There will also be a Chili Feed with homemade cinnamon rolls. Game times are: Women's’ game @ 4pm Older gentlemen @ 5:30pm Young men @ 7pm

Admission Cost: Adults $5 Students $2 Chili feed is $3

Cinnamon Rolls: $1 per roll $5/for 6 rolls $10/dozen

Thank You for Passing the Levy The Replacement Maintenance and Operations Levy passed with 59.95% of voters voting yes. This levy will provide the school district $200,000 in levy funds along with $150,000 - $200,000 in levy equaliza-tion funds for 2014 and 2015. Thanks you for your continued support or our schools! A successful community has successful schools, and we could never accomplish much as a school without the community’s support. Steve McCullough Superintendent/Principal

School Wellness

Schools that receive funding for lunch programs must have a wellness policy and a wellness plan. Wellness Week helps our school meet wellness goals. Ask your child about some of our Wellness Week activities, dis-cussions, and signs.

What Is Wellness Week?

Curlew Elementary School is participating in a national program called Fitness for Life: Elementary School. We will conduct a Wellness Week four times a year, once every nine weeks. This is our second Wellness Week of the year. Each Wednesday of Wellness Week is called Eat Well Wednesday. At school, children will do special nutrition activi-ties in the classroom, in physical education, and in the cafeteria. This week, Eat Well Wednesday focuses on the im-portance of grains for a healthy diet and limiting foods with empty calories. You might want to emphasize these nu-trition themes at home to reinforce the Eat Well Wednesday messages learned at school.

Kids Need 60 Minutes of Activity Daily

During Wellness Week, your child will perform activity breaks in the classroom. The activity theme of Well-ness Week 2 is vigorous activity. National guidelines recommend 60 minutes of activity each day for chil-dren. Some of this time should be in vigorous physical activities such as active play, active sports, active rec-reation, and active aerobics.

Cardiovascular Fitness

Cardiovascular fitness is one of the five parts of health-related physical fitness. Cardiovascular fitness is the ability of the heart, lungs, blood vessels, and blood to supply the body with oxygen. Good cardiovascular fit-ness enhances health and is needed for activities such as jogging, running, and active sports. During Wellness Week, your child will learn about the PACER, a running activity that helps students assess their cardiovascular fitness. The PACER is one of the tests in Fitnessgram, a national fitness test. To learn more about Fitnessgram, ask your child or go to www.fitnessgram.net.

Grains Are Important in Your Diet

Food is fuel for learning and moving. Foods from the grains group provide the body with carbohydrate, our main source of energy. We challenge our students this week to make half their grains whole! Help your child by offering whole-grain foods at home. MyPyramid is a nutrition tool that promotes learning about nutrition. In the pyramid, grains are represented by the color orange. Visit www.MyPyramid.gov for more.

Wellness Week 2 Activity Breaks

During Wellness Week 2, your child will perform activi-ty breaks in the classroom. Studies show that regular activity in the classroom promotes academic achieve-ment, good fitness, and overall good health. Ask your child about the activity that he or she performed.

Kindergarten: Frank and Franny Fitness First grade: I Can Second grade: La Raspa Third grade: Go Aerobics Go Fourth grade: Latin Aerobics Fifth grade: Tinikling Sixth grade: Salsaerobics

Curlew Elementary School Wellness Week 2 Newsletter March 4th through March 8th 2013

Empty Calories

Foods that are high in calories but have few vitamins, minerals, and other important nutrients are called foods with “empty calories.” Examples of foods with empty calories are donuts, candy, and soft drinks with sugar. You can help reduce empty calories at home by limiting the availability of these foods.

AmeriCorps Week March 9-17 AmeriCorps Works

AmeriCorps engages more than 75,000 men and women in intensive service each year at more than 15,000 locations including nonprofits, schools, public agencies, and community and faith-based groups across the country. Through AmeriCorps, members are investing their time, energy and talent in improving the lives of others and strengthening their communities. In the process, they are building a more engaged society and becoming leaders in civic life. During the week of March 9-17, 2013, AmeriCorps programs across the country will be celebrating AmeriCorps Week. AmeriCorps Week celebration is a recruitment and recognition campaign designed to bring more Americans into service, salute AmeriCorps members and alums for their powerful impact, and thank the community partners who make AmeriCorps possible. The NEW Alliance Counseling Services AmeriCorps team with Washington Service Corps Employment Security Department consist of 23 members serving across Ferry and Stevens and Okanogan Counties in schools, prevention programs, and crisis stabilization centers. At Curlew Elementary there is one member, Chyanne Jolley. What I do as an AmeriCorps member. As an AmeriCorps member I am placed at a site to serve my ten and a half month term. I serve at the Curlew Elementary School. I help the teachers when needed and I assist with the students. I spend my morning with the playful pre-schoolers. I help the teacher with anything she might need done in the classroom. I also get to work with the students, helping them count, or even write their name. My next class I help in is the 4th grade language arts. Here I get the chance to work one on one with students who do know how to write their name, instead I get to help them write short stories, or I just listen as they read me one of their favorite books. I get to watch them grow in their reading and writ-ing. It is nice to be able to watch them grow and know that I helped them get there. If you are interested in more information on AmeriCorps, joining AmeriCorps, or volunteering for any of the community service projects that the NEW Alliance AmeriCorps team participates in, feel free to ask one of the AmeriCorps members at the Republic schools or call 775-3311 and ask for Julie O’Neal.

SPRING CONCERT SERIES Sponsored by Kinross Gold & The Northern Inn

This is the remaining dates for the Spring Concert Series. As mentioned on page one of this newslet-ter the ‘6 Foot Swing presented’ the first concert to our students February 25.

March 11 – Tony Furtado, banjo virtuoso & Delta blues guitarist

May 6 – An Dochas, Celtic band with The Haran Dancers (Irish step dance)

May 31 – Blake Noble, percussive 12-string guitar and Australian didgeridoo

JACKETS FOR BUS DRIVERS Thanks to a donation from Kinross Corporation our bus drivers have reflective jackets to help improve safety for our students on bus routes. Pictured are em-ployees from Kinross, our school superintendent, and three of our bus drivers (Jim Davidson, Mario D’Lerma, and Dan Quinnell). Thank you once again Kinross for all you do for our school.

FIRST AND SECOND GRADE NEWS First and second graders have been learning a lot about place value and number sense. Our class-

room is full of amazing mathematicians who are able to regroup ones, tens and hundreds when adding or subtracting 2-digit and 3-digit numbers. Thank you, families, for supporting their learning at home by helping with homework, playing board games and practicing skip counting!

The 100th day of school always falls in February, so we spend a day doing several reading, writing and math activities that focus on 100. This year, we wrote some fun acrostic poems and talked about things peo-ple have told us 100 times. The results were fun to read…

Things We’ve Been Told 100 Times Ben: My mom told me 100 times to pick up my toys. Emma: My mom told me 100 times to pick up my socks. Vannesa: My mom tells me 100 times to get on my coat. Bayley: My mom has told me 100 times to remember my piano bag. Aurora: My babysitter told me 100 times to not leave clothes behind the bathroom door. Madi: My mom tells me 100 times to brush my teeth. Nicholas: My parents tell me 100 times to brush my teeth in the bathroom. Kenneth: My mom says this 100 times, “Brush your teeth, brush your teeth.” Jasmine: My mom tells me to do my chores 100 times. Alexis: My parents tell me 100 times to pick up my clothes and my pants, and pj’s and get my teeth brushed. Terry: My mom told me 100 times to put my toys away. Brandon: My mom told me 100 times to pick up my room. Rivia: My mom told me 100 times to clean my room and my dad told me 100 times, “Life’s not fair.” Cloe: My mom and dad tell me 100 times to clean up the Wii. Kaidance: My parents tell me 100 times to clean my bedroom and pick up my clothes. Wyatt: My mom tells me 100 times, “I love you, over and out.” Nikolo: My parents tell me 100 times to clean my room, do the dishes and clean the living room. Logan: My mom says stop playing your videos 100 times and my sisters tell me to pick up my clothes 100 times.

Every Wednesday of Wellness Week, students will enjoy different healthy food choices. Our first week was A-Z Vegetables. Students were brave and tasted all kinds of vegetables they had never tried before.

UPCOMING SCIENCE FAIR Save the date: Friday, April 12th, Science Fair returns to Curlew. The CSCA is hosting the event. Fes-tivities will begin at 3 p.m. and end at 7. The Sixth Grade Class will be fundraising for their Science Camp experience by offering a Burrito Bar from 4:30 p.m. – 6 p.m.. The Sophomore class will running be an Ice Cream Social for desert. Watch for more information in the April newsletter. Information about the extent of your child’s involvement in the event will be forthcoming from his or her teacher.

Graduation Year: 2013

Nelson, Alora 4.000 Wheaton, Shelby 4.000 Milan, Henrik 3.757 Volluz, Amelia 3.750 McCullough, Ellie 3.529 Mumford, Brittany 3.440 Stanton, Summer 3.425 Deutsch, Jordan 3.300 Herrmann, Doug 3.286 Eberly, Rebecca 3.000

Curlew School 1st Semester Honor Roll 12/13

Graduation Year: 2016 Gillen, Sean 4.000 Poore, Kieran 3.957 Agent, Nathan 3.900 Donihue, Kammy 3.329 LaCoste, Ally 3.243 Brown, Gunner 3.200 Tresham, Daniel 3.100

Graduation Year: 2014 Chamberlin, Cole 3.957 Donihue, Talia 3.914 Miller, Natalie 3.783 Fanning,Kolten 3.557 Knopp, Denise 3.286 Goree, Alyssa 3.200 Volluz, Olivia 3.191 Knutz, William 3.143 Henric, Alexis 3.100

Graduation Year: 2015 McIrvin, Natasha 3.814 Grumbach, Coby 3.500 Gibson, Lindsey 3.486 Scott, Opal 3.450 Gibson, Haleigh 3.414 Cooper, Michael 3.333 Cooper, Carley 3.229 Fanning, Kayleona 3.186 Brewer, Tristan 3.067 Bushnell, Hannah 3.043 Elizondo, Cesar 3.017

Graduation Year: 2017 Chamberlin, Liam 4.000

Graduation Year: 2018 LaDue, Victoria 3.600 Beedle, MeganJoe 3.111 Bushnell, Isabelle 3.075

NHS – FIVE NEW MEMBERS TO BE INDUCTED Membership in National Honor Society is both an honor and commitment, but it takes more than being a good scholar to get into NHS. Members are chosen because they have also demonstrated outstanding accomplishments in character, leadership, and service. On March 7, five new members will be inducted: Raia Belcher, Haleigh Gibson, Lind-sey Gibson, Coby Grumbach, and Elli McCullough. They will join current members, Cole Chamberlin and Talia Doni-hue. In September the invitation will be open once again to join NHS. To be eligible, students must:

Be in the 10th, 11th, or 12th grade.

Attend Curlew School the second semester 2012-2013.

Maintain a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA. This year the Curlew chapter of NHS has participated in three service activities: helping with the Ferry County Coat Drive, providing hospitality for the basketball officials, and recently hosting a joint Curlew-Republic Valentine’s dance to raise money for the American Heart Association. The chapter’s next service activity will begin March 18 with the Pennies for Patients campaign to help The Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Over the years Curlew has raised more than $5,000 for this cause. For more information about NHS, please contact advisor Connie Fletcher.

COLLEGE PLANNING DAY Interested high school students will be attending a college information day, where they will have a chance to hear from several local colleges and universities as they move through four 30-minute sessions. The event is hosted by Spokane Community College on March 27th. Students will need to be in Spo-

kane by 9 am, with the event concluding at 12:00.

ALUMNI IN COLLEGE ATHLETICS

KATIE WIMPARI Katie is in her second semester at University of Louisville in Kentucky. She is a member of the school’s track team in the javelin. Katie is doing well in her classes and made the Honor Roll for the Athletic department! Student Athletes were recognized at a home game. She is thankful for Ms. Pres-ton and the AP Chemistry class, she understands it due to the hard work from her former high school teach-er and helps fellow college students. She also men-tioned how the AP English with Mrs. Swafford helped her also with her college English. Katie is signing up for study abroad her junior year. She plans to board the "Semester at Sea" and travel around the world, working in communities and learning at sea. It is an opportunity of a lifetime. Katie also signed up at the beginning of the school year help-ing disabled students take notes during classes. She thought it would be a great opportunity to help oth-ers. Katie shares an apartment with four other girls and loves the lifestyle of having your own room/bathroom! She is cooking up a storm and loves explor- ing Louisville. Track season starts for outdoor track on March 13th. Already Louisville has done well for indoor track...Katie has been conditioning since she started school and is very impressed with how well the athletes are taken care of and are assigned work study pro-grams so you can keep up on your studies. Katie is anxious to start Javelin and see how her hard work has paid off. Follow Katie on the U of L website and look under athletes. She has already planned her Sopho-more year and is wanting to start her second year summer job for the Forest Service back at home. Thank you again to the community and school for sup-porting Katie and other students." The website to connect to Louisville womens track is: http://www.gocards.com/sports/w-track. To see Katie’s bio you can click on the Quick Link section and choose roster.

WINTER SPORTS AWARDS Winter sports participants were recog-nized at our Winter Sports Awards ceremony on February 21. Participants in the high school girls basketball, boys basketball, and cheerlead-er programs were honored. Those who won trophies for each pro-gram were: Cheerleading: Natalie Miller (Leadership) and Kaylee Wahlstrom (Best Sportsmanship). Boys Basketball: Doug Herrmann (MVP), Daniel Tresham (Most Improved), Tristen Brown (Co-Most Inspirational), Cesar Elizondo (Co-Most Inspirational), and Dalton Drennan (Free Throw award) Girls Basketball: Molly Reynolds (Hardest Worker), Denise Knopp (Most Improved), Re-bekah Eberly (Most Inspirational), Lindsey Gib-son (MVP), and Haleigh Gibson (Coaches Award).

SPRING SPORTS UNDERWAY Even with snow on the ground outside, our spring sports teams opened practice Mon-day. They will be utilizing the gyms until the conditions allow they to go outside.

Our baseball team is coached by Dave Devoe and Seth Cribby. There is 20 boys playing. The softball team is coached by Charlie Groth and Brook Swafford, and they have 20 girls participating. The track teams are coached by Duane Simpson and Kerri Miller, and they have 13 participants. Spring sports schedules are on our website under Extra-Curricular. They will be included in next month’s newsletter.

CONGRATULATIONS HALEIGH GIBSON

Girls All-Opponent Team

NE1B North Division

NOTE: We always welcome articles about our alumni that are participating in college athletics. If you have information about a Curlew graduate participating in a college sport please forward the detailed information on to Charlie Groth at the school.

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AcoustiCafé!

Thursday, February 28 Thursday, March 28

doors open at 6:30 p.m. music starts at 6:45 p.m.

Curlew School Music Building

Featuring Live Music from Curlew Music Students

Limited seating ~ Admission by donation

~ Preferred seating $5 Coffee, tea, and pastries available for purchase.

Music accessories for sale. Contact Connie Fletcher for more information at 775-2548.