May & June Newsletter - Orcas Island School District

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Third Annual Fifth Season in August! The Farm to Cafeteria Program is looking for volunteers to help slice, dice, peel, package, label and freeze bountiful summer produce from our local farms that will be used during the coming new school year in cafeteria lunches. This will occur on August 8 and 9 in the Home Ec Room at the school. If you wish to help, call Madie Murray at 3064 or email gomadie@gmail.com. News from the School Nurse Summer Health Reminders Summer vacation is a good time for parents to schedule health check-ups and immunizations. Most students entering sixth grade will be due for a tetanus booster. Many students are not up-to-date with other vaccines, especially chickenpox (varicella) and MMR (measles, mumps, rubella). For all grades, please check your children’s immunizations and schedule appointments this summer; then notify the appropriate office with updated information. State funding makes the vaccines available at low cost through the Health Dept. and local health care providers. Questions about immunizations can be directed to school nurse, Iris Graville, at 376-1592 or igraville@orcas.k12.wa.us. OICMF Festival Time OICMF Festival Time is for Young People, too! TAA DAA! The Children’s Concert at this summer’s Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival is Monday, August 15th at 1PM. It is designed especially for our youngest audience members by Teaching Artist Rachel Buchman, the Children’s Concert will feature musical storytelling, songs, and Festival music. Perfect for ages 3-7 or so, the concert is 45 minutes in length. All of our island pre-schools and youngsters are invited. A (free) courtesy ticket is required so be sure to call the Box Office and reserve yours and your youngster’s after May 25th. 376-2281.
The 2nd Annual Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival Tune-Up Session this summer is designed for young musicians ages 8-high school and who play at advanced beginner and up levels. Music students will attend a rehearsal, meet with Festival Musicians over lunch, and receive coaching from OICMF Teaching Artists. Day One, on Tuesday August 16 th , welcomes student musicians (any and all instrument background) to work with Teaching Artist Rachel Buchman. Day Two, during the second week of the Festival (and after the County Fair), will be with members of The Gryphon Trio focusing on violin, cello and piano. (Viola may be added) Dates for Day Two depend on instrument of interest. To take full advantage of Day Two with The Gryphon Trio, students need to be able to read music and be able to play at an advanced beginner or above level. Small ensembles may register as a group. Call 376-6636 to register. Musician-in-Residence Monique Mead not only gave us the gift of her time and talent during the week of April 25th, she has also given a gift of concert tickets for the young musicians she cares so much about! Monique has purchased two tickets for every concert during the upcoming Festival August 12-27 and reserved them for young musicians. Our plan is to award the tickets to students who sign up for the Tune-Up Session first. We will ask a parent or guardian to attend with each student and purchase or contribute toward the price of their ticket, creating a family evening. What a wonderful gift from our highly esteemed Musician-in-Residence, Monique Mead. If you want to say thanks to Monique directly write to her at: moniquemead@aol.com. Call Victoria if interested. 376- 6636. For more information about the Children’s Concert, the Tune-Up Session or the Festival concerts, call the Festival Office at 376-6636. Or visit www.oicmf.org. Funhouse News The Funhouse’s 10 th Annual Science Fair was a huge success! This year we had a lot of amazing entries utilizing the “How It Works” theme. We also had entertaining science demonstrations including a bed of nails, a Roman wheel and an imploding 50 gallon drum. Seattle performer Doktor Kaboom came and participated in our award ceremony. The Richie Moore Rocketship of Wonder Award winners were Aiden and Kai McGregor, Cody Johnston, and Gwydion Marreth. They built a full size trebuchet and described its mechanism. Check out the video of their amazing project. 1 st Prize was awarded to Christopher Ghazel for his project describing noise canceling headphones ($1,000 scholarship). 2 nd Prize went to Brigid Ehrmantraut for her entry about The Prisoner’s Dilemma ($650 scholarship). 3 rd Prize was awarded to Aiden Anderson for his project on pocket warmers ($350 scholarship).
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