Sultan InsiderWhat's Up with Staff in Our District

Annie PhilipsAnnie Philips, SES Counselor,welcomed Julian Michael to herfamily on November 15, 2019.Annie is out on medical leavethrough March 30. Both mamaand baby are well.

Katie DouglasWelcome back Katie - if onlyfor a while. Katie, former SMSand GBE Counselor, issubstituting for Annie Phillipsuntil she returns to work inMarch. Glad to have you Katie!

Teresa KeenanTeresa Keenan, 4th gradeteacher at SES returned frommedical leave on December 3.Glad to have you back Teresa!

Employee NewsHere's what is happening with some of your Co-Workers: First Issue December 2019Sultan Elementary School Focus

Welcome New Staff:Tina Thompson - Bus DriverTracy Moore - GBE paraeducatorRiley Pettyjohn - AVID Tutor SMS/SHSElizabeth Emmons - O�ce Assistant SMSJared Skeith - Special Education teacher SMS

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Writing GuruDavid Matteson, ELA TOSAloves working with Sultanstudents and teachers.

SES PlaygroundFunJD Axtman and two helperskeep students safe on theplayground.

Office Assistancewith a SmileGini Sorgen makes sureeveryone is towing the line atSES.

Just the FACTS (SES)SES has 5 very active after school clubs for students: Book Club, Stamp Club, Minecraft,Robotics, and Unicycle.Christy Neigel, Sultan Elementary School paraeducator enrolled last November in analternative route program towards teacher certi�cation. Great job Christy!Darline Frazier, Sultan Elementary kindergarten teacher, lost the battle this summer withfurniture in a truck. She is set to have surgery to repair her knee over the holidays.Wishing you the best Darline!SES playground supervisors are alert and protective of their students. A parent whoparked on the back street to watch the students on the playground was approached by JDAxtman to make sure she was a "good guy". The parent was very appreciative of theattentiveness to safety.SES parents are also appreciative of Mr. Van Orden's presence each morning. This givesparents con�dence that safety is a top priority.Brandon Neville, Special Education teacher at SES is training to be a �re �ghter. He wentto a house �re in late November and entered the home to make sure everyone had beenevacuated. Be careful out there!David Pallo, Music Teacher at SES, is the Music Director/Conductor for the MonroeCommunity Band. Check out https://www.monroecommunityband.org/ for upcomingperformances. David also plays throughout Snohomish County with a brass quintet,Tarnished Brass. In October David plays in the polka group, Bavarian Dance Band. Duringthe slower summer months, you will �nd David playing in a jazz ensemble, Monroe TinyJazz Orchestra. He ends the season at the Evergreen State Fair. All of these groups arenonpro�ts associated with the Monroe Arts Council. Rock on David!

Around Our CampusesLisa Barnhill, Sultan High School teacher, completes her coursework in special educationin December, 2019 and will receive her Residency Teacher certi�cation this spring. Lisa isone of our �ve conditionally certi�cated teachers who work very hard to complete

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classwork at night and on weekends while returning to the classroom prepared to workwith their students every day. Congrats on this great accomplishment Lisa!Jared Skeith, Special Education teacher at Sultan Middle School, has been employed as aparaeducator, coach and substitute teacher in the district for many years. He enrolled inSPU's alternative routes to teaching program to obtain teacher certi�cation and joined usin December.Congrats to all our Paraeducators who completed 7 clock hours of the 28 total clockhours required for the "Fundamental Course of Study" on November 24, 2019. The secondclass will be held on March 19, 2020 followed by 14 hours of training scheduled for the2020-2021 school year. Great job Paras!Quinn Lambert, intern at Sultan Middle School with teacher Kimbra Smith, will become asubstitute for the district this spring. Thank you Quinn for your work with our students andto Kimbra for providing her excellent mentorship.Tami Gee, SHS counselor, will be out for a medical procedure over the holidays. Wishingyou the best Tami.Tegan Yarbrough, bus driver, welcomed baby Mabel to her family on August 25. Tegan istaking some time away from work to be with her family but remains a substitute busdriver with the district.Melissa Gerry, paraeducator at Sultan Middle School, went out on medical leave in lateNovember. She is expected to welcome a baby girl to her family around December 16.

Grateful to Teach in the Year 2019This teaching contract from 1923 was shared by Anita Bickler whose aunts in Tennesse wereschool teachers back in the day. Seriously.....................

December/January BirthdaysDecember:Amber Hoffman 1, Lisa Van Orden 1, Carlene Crossman 2, Pam Whitford 8, Don Grose 9,Monique Force 10, Lynne Ott 12, Brianne Loomis 13, Melissa Jones 19, Liz Kirkman 20, DarciMurphy 23, Cyd Leahy 28, Lynn Zimmerman 28, Lori Auckland 28.January: Ellie Dimsha 2, Melissa McKay 6, Ben Murphy 7, Tiffany Kerr 8, Deborah Adolfson 9, TeresaLinder 9, Mackenzie Farmer 16, Cathy Dominick 17, Laura Howard 19, Michelle Fuller 21,Nathan Plummer 21, Nyssa Weideman 23, Amanda Clark 23, Charlie Knapp 23, Ryan Malone25, Angela Nelson 26, Dee Clarke 27, Tracy Moore 27, Cindy Broughton 31, Kimbra Smith 31

Announcements/RemindersA special thank you to John Brenning, SES art teacher for sharing all the photos for thisissue. Please share your pictures and news with cyd.leahy@sultan.k12.wa.usThe �nal board meeting for the calendar year will be Monday, December 16 at 7:00 pm.The schedule was adjusted because of winter break.For those of you needing to renew your teaching certi�cate, consider accomplishing thisover break or in January before the end of the year rush with OSPI as well as the inevitable

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craziness at the end of the school year.

Sports for the Soul“There’s nothing more important than attitude, and it’s YOUR choice.” – Mike Krzyzewski"Your attitude is a choice. You have to take responsibility for the thoughts you choose tothink. No matter what is going on, YOU get to decide whether you want to be positive ornegative. And the choice you make will determine your eventual outcome. While there aremany things you can’t control in life, you have complete control of the most important thing:your attitude."

MAKE it a DECEMBER to REMEMBER!The holidays are fast approaching and it is our sincere wish that each of you are able to spendquality time with your friends and families. Safe travels and remember in all the craziness ofthe season to take time for You!

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