Emerson K-12 October 2017

10903 NE 53rd Street

Kirkland, WA 98033

Phone: (425) 936-2311

Fax: (425) 936-2312

Website: http://www.lwsd.org/school/emk-12

Important Dates:

October

20th No School—LEAP Day

23rd Picture Retake Day

27th ASB Fall Dance

November

4th Daylight Savings Ends, Fall Back at 2:00am

7th Election Day—Vote!

10th No School—Veteran’s Day

15th Monthly Progress Reports Due

24th-25th No School—Thanksgiving Break

Coho Salmon Return to Emerson K-12!

Parents! Our salmon will be coming back this year! For the past few years we have been releasing Coho salmon fry in Cochran Springs Creek. It takes 3-5 years for the salmon to reach maturity and come back to spawn. So this year we may see some of them.

This is where you come in! I need parents and students to stop by the creek and check regularly for the adult salmon. This would require just taking 5-10 minutes to peer over the pedestrian bridges located on both sides of Lake Washington Blvd between Northeast 38th Place and Northeast Points Drive (see image below) to see if you can see any bright red salmon! Then please report what you have seen in the bulletin board in the hallway near the large aquarium. Or email your results back to me at jpence@lwsd.org.

Remember these important tips when looking for salmon!

Watch What You're Doing:

Tips for viewing salmon without creating problems:

* Approach a stream slowly and stand quietly at the edge. If you move quickly, salmon may assume you are a predator.

* Look for a "tail out" pool, where gravel is about an inch in diameter.

* Observe females scooping out a depression in the gravel while one or more larger males fight for position.

* Wear polarized sunglasses to cut down on glare.

* Stay out of the stream to avoid damaging salmon eggs.

* Maintain control of pets, which have been known to kill spawning salmon.

* Be respectful of private property by staying next to roads or on public property.

* Stay on pre-existing trails. Never trample streamside vegetation. This causes erosion which will suffocate eggs.

* Don't mourn for dead salmon or worry about carcasses in the stream. Decaying salmon release nutrients that become a critical part of the food chain.

The Lake Washington School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national

origin, sex, disability, age, gender, marital status, creed, religion, honorably discharged veteran,

military status, sexual orientation including gender expression or identity, the presence of any

sensory, mental or physical disability, or the use of a trained guide dog or service animal by a

person with a disability, in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy

Scouts and other designated youth groups .The following person has been designated to handle

inquiries regarding the nondiscrimination policies:

Director of Human Resources

16250 NE 74th Street

Redmond Washington, 98052

(425) 936-1266

Every Student Future Ready: Prepared for College, Prepared for the Global Workplace,

Prepared for Personal Success.

Nurses Wanted

Currently, Lake Washington School District has several open positions for RNs in Health Services. You may apply to work as a school Health Services Specialist—1:1 with a medically fragile student or as a substitute nurse. If you are a regis-tered nurse who is interested in a rewarding position working in the school dis-trict, please contact Health Services Supervisor, Molly Houtchens for more in-formation or apply online at: https://ats4.searchsoft.net/ats/job_board_frame?COMPANY_ID=00013612&APPLICANT_TYPE_ID=00000002

Coffee/Tea with Nell

If you’re interested in chatting and/or having questions answered, our Principal,

Nell, will be hosting Coffee/Tea with cookies on December 7th & 8th from 9:30-

10:30am in the Emerson K-12 Commons.

Picture Retake Day

Picture retakes will be on Monday, October 23rd starting at 10:30am in the

gym. Please return your original picture package. If you missed prep day you

will need to get your picture taken for the yearbook and your school ID card.