SILVER BEACH PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION
U p co ming Events
Girls on the Run
Over a period of ten weeks,
girls in the 3rd through 5th
grade participate in an afterschool program like no other.
The Girls on the Run curriculum
is designed to allow every girl to
recognize her inner strength. Throughout the season,
the girls make new friends, build their confidence and
celebrate all that makes them unique. The program
culminates with the girls being physically and
emotionally prepared to complete a celebratory 5k
running event. The goal of the program is to unleash
confidence through accomplishment while establishing
a lifetime appreciation of health and fitness.
Girls on the Run Spring Session
Dates: April 8 – June 7
Cost: $125 – Fee includes healthy snacks, t-shirt,
water bottle and entrance into 5K event (Scholarships
available to anyone who applies).
Time: Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:00pm – 4:30pm
Ages: Girls in third through fifth grade
Location: Silver Beach Elementary
Contact: [email protected]
More Information: http://www.girlsontherun.org/ or
www.whatcomymca.org
Good Stuff for Parents
PLLAY’s (Programs to Lighten the
Lives of Adults & Youth) next
Good Stuff for Parents class
addresses “Surviving
Adolescence...Theirs!”.
The two-hour class will be held on
Monday, April 14 at St. Luke’s
Educational Center. The guest speaker is Denny
Cleary, former Bellingham School District Counselor.
The cost is $10.00. Support a local non-profit while
gaining valuable information! For more details, contact
Vibha Gupta Mahe at [email protected] or visit the
PLLAY website at www.pllay.org for upcoming classes.
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It’s Going to Be a Book Fair
Fiesta!
The spring Book Fair will run
Friday, April 25 thru Wednesday,
April 30.
If you are interested in helping,
please email Teri Milnes at
[email protected]
SILVER BEACH PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION
Kids Night Out!
Kids Night Out is a small fundraising event to
benefit our playground. It will be held Friday,
April 25 from 6:30pm- 9:00pm.
Whatcom Middle School
Parent Night
For Parents of 5th Graders Attending
Whatcom Middle School in 2014-15
Currently, we have about $5000 in our playground
savings and we are hoping to build upon that, in
order to qualify for some matching grants. The
YMCA provides childcare in our gym for your
elementary age child(ren). Little Caesars provides
pizza or you can bring your own food. We provide
the movie; Frozen. All of this for $15-one child,
$25-two children, and $35-three children. Sign ups
will be sent home soon. Any questions contact Jodi
Haggen at [email protected].
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What does a 6th grader’s school day look like?
What is the homework load?
What are the PE expectations?
What about lockers, lunch, and lost items?
How about athletics options and sports fees?
Thursday May 15 - 6:30-8:00 pm
Whatcom Auditorium
SILVER BEACH PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION
Volunteer Appreciation Week
Volunteer Appreciation Week runs April 6- 12. It is a
time to celebrate people doing extraordinary things
through service, and that includes our ever faithful
classroom volunteers.
Volunteer appreciation week parent helpers in Ms. Lind’s
kindergarten:
Rhonda Hansen, Orly Ravitsky, Sadie Thornton, Kristyn
Than, Megan and Derek Watt, Ianthe and Tim Andress,
Holly Swanson, Stephanie Coon, Kim Caetano, Laura
Cabrera, Michelle Foy, Kim Markworth, Lisa McCoy,
Kristen Eaton
Wow! I’m lucky! That’s a long list!
This is my list of regular volunteers: Ginny and Jon
Hansen, Marcy Probst, Kjelene Martin, Ariel Massey,
Michael Berres, Megan and Jon Knutsen, Debbie Lackey,
B.J. Morgan, Amanda Voigt, Ianthe and Tim Andress,
Karin Misiolek, Christine Speyer, Tiffany Smith, Patrick
Buckley, Kelly Ortiz, Jennifer Carter, Leslie Landon Thanks a bunch! Ann Stevenson
Room 12 kindergarten volunteers are:
Teri Milnes, Roberta Owen, Lerin Swiackey, Katie Kavulla,
Erin Shaffer, Jessica Stewart, Christine Diestelhorst,
Susan Miner, Jodi Haggen, Emily Piper
Thanks, Jean Abbott
I have TONS of parent helpers and am afraid I will leave
someone off the list! Here are my regular helpers but I
also have almost every family help in other ways, like
taking work home. Is it possible to thank ALL
families for their support in the classroom?
Regular Volunteers:
Savita Prabhu, Kira Bravo, Misty Saldivar, Renee Reece,
Ronny Tull, Kelley Hofer, Erin Laska, Susan Wright,
Nicole Hunt, Jean (Teagan's Grandma), Dorthe Leth.
Thanks, Jamie Maupin
Ms. Walstad would like to thank:
Rose Dinneen (retired Teacher), Mary Pooleon (retired
teacher), Diane Bruland (grandparent volunteer), Carol
Graf (former Silver Beach student), Karen Bowden (SB
staff /volunteers in knit class), Derek& Megan Watt, Amy
Chamberlain, Kim Caetano, Angela Harvill, Lisa McCoy,
Sadie Thornton, Randy Skelton
From Mr. Zigulis' class:
Ana Johnson (Katie's mom), Leanne Durfee (Jake's
mom), Lyndsey Stodola (Gwen's mom), Diane
Brueland (Colin's grandma). Thanks, Matt
Here is a list of the volunteers who have volunteered
in Mrs. Macdonald’s/Mrs. Ford’s classroom:
Emi Curnow, Dayna Neal, Leanne Durfee, Jacquie
Buzzard, Melissa Jacobs, Lisa Benjamin, Jillian
Johnson, Christine Morrow, Rachael Brownell,
Megan Barry, Ruby Hansra. Thank you, Charlotte
Kim Heinke, Christine Pagels, Drew Petrou, Monica
Schneider. Thank you, volunteers! Angela Hayes.
Thank you to our Silver Beach Library Volunteers! We appreciate your willingness to locate, shelve,
dust, check in and check out books!
Suzanne Carlson, Ellen Sheen, Jodi Haggen, Teri
Milnes, Lark Gleckman, Meghan Hammer, Susan
Miner, Stephanie Coon, Sandy Hoines, Leanne
Durfee, Sheila Carson, Kim Heinke
This column would not be complete without
mentioning the efforts of our Volunteer Coordinator,
Jodi Haggen. VC is the most time-consuming
position at school. Jodi is involved in, or helps
coordinate, almost every event and activity held at
Silver Beach. We appreciate you, Jodi, and can’t
thank you enough!
SILVER BEACH PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION
T ea c h er F e atur e
This month’s interview, conducted by 4th grader
Alyssa Morrow, spotlights teacher Mrs. Ford.
cont.
What do you like most about teaching?
I love being with the children, watching you all grow and
learn new things.
What is your favorite thing about teaching at Silver
Beach?
The children and staff are amazing to work with. Everyone
is friendly, helps each other, and loves to be here.
Thanks for your insightful interview, Alyssa!
PT O T alk
Please come to the next PTO
meeting on Thursday, April 10 at
6:30 in the library.
What is your full name?
Charlotte Doris Ford
What is your favorite book genre?
Realistic Fiction
What is your favorite game to play?
Monopoly
What is your favorite thing to do?
Spend time with friends and family
Where are you from?
I was born in Texas, into a Navy family. So we moved
around a lot for my dad’s work.
Where did you go to college?
I went to Western Washington University.
How many children do you have?
I have two daughters in High School, Emily and Katie.
A son, Sean, is in fourth grade. Two dogs, Sandy and
Alice. 1 horse, Cowgirl.
What made you decide to be a teacher?
When I was younger I moved around a lot. In fourth
grade I had the most amazing teacher, Mrs. Danielson.
She was a very positive influence in my life and when I
moved in fifth grade we promised to write to each other.
We did this for many many years and she continued to
play a role in my life. Mrs. Danielson inspired me to
become a teacher.
The meeting topic will be School
Gardens. Guest speakers will be
Curtis Lawyer and Brett Mason,
representatives from our Garden
Committee, and Laura Plaut from Common Threads
Farm. They will share the draft of our project plans and
the learning opportunities a garden can provide.
Childcare is provided.
To find the minutes from February’s meeting go to the
Silver Beach website, click on the For Families tab, then
click on the PTO Sponsored Events tab.
Silver Beach 2013-14
Board Members
President- Evie Martinez
[email protected]
Vice President- Susan Miner
[email protected]"
Secretary- Robyn Johnston
[email protected]
Treasurer- Kira Bravo
[email protected]
PAC representative- Laura Lawyer
[email protected]
Volunteer Coordinator- Jodi Haggen
[email protected]
SILVER BEACH PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION
F i f th Grad e-M ad e
Wr i t i ng C ontrib utions
Dear Mrs. Talley,
I think that chocolate milk should stay in
school lunchrooms. It is full of nutrition
kids who drink it are not less healthy, and
it is much healthier than other options,
such as soda and Gatorade.
One reason why I’m pro chocolate milk is
because it has lots of nutrition. It has
vitamin A, vitamin C, vitamin D, protein,
calcium, and iron, which are a few of the
same nine essential nutrients as white milk. In the article “Pro/
Con: Should Chocolate Milk Be Allowed in Schools” it says
“Chocolate milk is not only a source of calcium and vitamin D
(among others), but for several nutrients that are in limited
supply in a child’s diet, such as potassium and magnesium.”
Also chocolate milk has 2% more iron and vitamin C than white
milk. Even though chocolate milk might not be the healthiest
drink out there, it is still almost as healthy as white milk.
Another reason is that kids who drink chocolate milk are not
less healthy than kids who drink white milk. Some kids drink
more milk when it’s flavored. In fact in many schools 6- 7
chocolate milk cartons are sold for one carton of white milk.
That means that some kids only get the nutrition from milk in
flavored milk.
Finally, chocolate milk is a lot healthier than soda and sports
drinks, which could become alternatives to chocolate milk for
kids. While chocolate milk has 22 grams of sugar per carton,
Coke has 25 grams of sugar per mini can. Plus, mini bottles of
Gatorade have only one less gram of sugar than chocolate
milk. Lastly, Gatorade and Coke do not have the same
essential nutrients as chocolate milk, including vitamin C,
vitamin A, protein, and iron (among others). Also, if we ban
chocolate milk from schools, then kids might turn to other
alternatives, such as Coke, Gatorade, etc.
That is why I think we should keep chocolate milk in school
lunchrooms. It has vitamins and other forms of nutrition, kids
who drink chocolate milk are not less healthy, and chocolate
milk is much healthier than sports drinks and soda. But it also
tastes great and kids love it.
Sincerely,
Nicky Schneider (Ms. Hayes’ class)
I think that only white milk
should be served in
schools because of all the
added sugar in chocolate
milk. Chocolate milk’s
unhealthy and it’s not
what they should be
serving in schools.
Danelle Martin from ABC News has the same
opinion, “It’s as simple as kids should be drinking
plain milk and that’s what they need to be serving
in schools.”
Chocolate milk is loaded with sugar. Did you
know that soda has 2% less sugar than chocolate
milk? It’s true! Plain milk has lots of vitamins
such as vitamin A, C, and D. It’s also a good way
to get a daily serving of dairy! A reporter from
ABC News said, “The risk of obesity later in life
starts at an earlier age than experts believed.”
So no more chocolate milk! Kids prefer chocolate
milk, and that’s a bad thing with all the added
sugar and calories.
Jamie Oliver, food critic, filled a bus with 57 tons
of sand representing how much sugar American
kids get from drinking chocolate milk a week.
Wow, that’s a lot! From the video Jamie was in a
crowd formed around him to hear, “When kids
drink chocolate and strawberry milk every day in
school they are getting nearly two pounds of extra
sugar a year.” That’s really bad for their health.
Schools sell chocolate and strawberry milk, and
because kids love them American kids drink as
many as 10- 15 cartons of flavored milk in a
week. In “Chocolate Milk is More Harmful than
Healthy” by Jonathan Smith, Ann Cooper, the
head of Nutrition Services in Louisvill, Colorado,
wants to ban flavored milk from schools. In the
article she says, “Chocolate milk is soda (dressed
up).”
After reading all of this, don’t you want to ban
flavored milk too? After all, it is very high in
calories and low in the good healthy vitamins you
need. Can you believe American children drink
57 TONS of sugar in a week? Chocolate milk is
soda dressed up. Any type of flavored milk
should not be served in any school.
By Solera Black (Mrs. Caetano’s class)
SILVER BEACH PARENT-TEACHER ORGANIZATION
Dear Mrs. Talley,
Dear Mrs. Talley,
I think we should have the privilege to keep
chocolate milk in school because it has the same 9
essential nutrients as white milk, has the nutrition
kids need for good health, and has lots of vitamins.
One reason I think chocolate milk should be allowed
in schools is that it has the same 9 essential nutrients
as white milk. For example, Mrs. Dobbins, a
nutritionist from the article, “Nutrition in Disguise”,
says ‘people who drink chocolate milk with good
nutrition are not heavier than non-milk drinkers.”
From that reason it proves that chocolate milk has
good nutrition.
Another reason is that chco-milk has the nutrients
kids need for good health. Research shows that
says Mellisa Dobbins, again from the article,
“Nutrition in Disguise”. She says that “kids meet
more of their nutrition needs and don’t consume any
more sugar, fat, or extra calories.” I think that’s good
nutrition and kids should drink choco-milk because of
that. Also, from the reason of Mrs. Dobbins it proves
that kids do get the same great nutrition as nonflavored milk.
My final reason is that chocolate milk has vitamin A,
D, and calcium. To be specific it has 10% vitamin A,
25% vitamin D, and 30% of calcium. It also has 8
grams of protein and 0 grams of total fat in one
carton! As you can see, choco-milk has great
calcium and vitamins.
Thanks for reading! As you can see choco-milk
should be allowed for kids to drink because...
It has the same 9 nutrients, has the nutrition kids
need for good health, and the good vitamins such as
vitamin A, and D. Come on now! Keep that
chocolate milk.
I think chocolate milk is very bad for
you, and should not be served in
schools. This is because it is full of
sugar, has too much salt and there
are much healthier choices.
For one reason, it has too much sugar. Now can you
imagine coming to school and seeing one of our school
buses full of sugar! Well, what if I told you one of your
students had one carton of chocolate milk every day for
one year and that is how much sugar he/she would eat?
Do you want your students that unhealthy?
Salt, salt, salt. That’s what chocolate milk has and too
much of it. 230 mg of salt, that’s in one small carton of
milk. I know too much salt can be bad for you, and I
think this is too much salt. For instance, white milk has
120 mg of salt. That 5% per carton. That is 115mg
difference between white milk and chocolate milk. If you
think that’s crazy, a mini can of coca cola has... 30 mg of
salt, that’s 1% in a mini can. We don’t serve coca cola
in school and it has less salt than chocolate milk. This
shows how much salt chocolate milk has. In this test I
was reading, schools may ban chocolate milk over
added sugar. Ann Cooper, Director of Nutrition Services
said, “It works as a treat in homes but it doesn’t belong
in schools”, and my mom doesn’t even let me have
chocolate milk at home because it has too much salt
and sugar.
One last reason is because there are much healthier
choices. Did you know that there are different types of
milk? There is rice milk, almond milk and coconut milk.
These are healthier than cows milk. I have an obvious
fat, it is that we give kids candy for lunch. Well did you
know that a carton of chocolate milk is a lot of the same
stuff as Reese’s Pieces? Just look at the graph:
Reese’s Pieces
Chocolate milk
Total Fat 15% 10g
0%
Salt
60 mg
230 mg
Sugar
22 g
22 g
Calories
210
130
Protein
5g
8g
Iron
40%
20%
From,
Sam Lindhout (Mrs. Williams’ class)
That is crazy, right? I think that this shows how
unhealthy chocolate milk is.
This concludes why I think chocolate milk should not be
in schools because of how much salt and sugar
chocolate milk has. Also, there are healthier choices of
milk. Thank you for reading my letter.
Sincerely,
Talia Sokolik (Mrs. Williams’ class)