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School Mission "We will strive to establish and maintain effective partnerships among staff, parents and the community. In this united effort, we will work to create and ensure a positive and caring learning environment in which all children can reach their potential. We will achieve this by promoting our firm belief that all children can learn the best educational strategies and techniques, appropriate social and problem-solving skills, and will respect the uniqueness of all people and groups. We will provide a physically and emotionally safe environment." Dial Up ISP

Discovery Elementary Welcomes You!
Rosalynn Schott, Principal

Have a wonderful Mid-Winter Break, February 15th and 16th

I wanted to let you know that voters in the Mukilteo School District will begin receiving ballots next week that will ask them to consider two school measures. Proposition No. 1 asks voters to approve the renewal of an Educational Maintenance and Operations Levy that will expire at the end of this year. The renewed levy would be in place for four years beginning in 2011 and will provide the school district with about $32 million in the first year, which amounts to about 20 percent of the school district’s revenue. The levy pays for programs that are not fully funded by the state, such as additional teachers to reduce class size, teaching assistants, sports and instrumental programs, services for special needs students, student transportation and much more. Proposition No. 2 is a Capital Projects Fund Levy that will provide $20 million over six years to maintain, modernize and renovate school buildings. It will pay for projects such as replacing roofs, improving heating systems to reduce utility bills and updating fire and smoke detector systems.

Thank you! Mrs. Schott

How Parents can Help with their Children's Homework

There are things you can do that will help your child do assigned homework and that result in learning, which, after all, is the reason for being in school.

Communicate with your child about school. This includes talking to him about his friends, activities, teachers, and assignments.

Show enthusiasm about school and homework.

Set realistic goals for your child, and then focus on one at a time.

Help your child get organized. Break down assignments into smaller, more manageable parts. Set out needed items (clothes, homework, permission slips, etc.) the night before to avoid last-minute rushing around in the morning.

Provide a quiet study corner in your home complete with paper, markers, a ruler, pencils and a dictionary.

Never do your child's homework!

Check with your child's teacher about correcting homework.

Expect, and praise genuine progress and effort. An opinion: don't praise or otherwise reward your child for doing what you and he know is expected. This practice leads you down a slippery slope, often with really bad consequences for you and your child.

Be specific when you do praise something.

Focus on your child's strengths in school.

Build associations between what is taught and what your child already knows and understands.

Incorporate concrete materials and examples whenever possible, especially with younger children. Try to help your child learn about the subject in more than one way, using as many senses as possible.

Separate your child's school weaknesses from your child. If your child fails a test, that is all the child fails. He or she is not a failure.

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Upcoming Events (click for more dates!)

February 11th- PTA Meeting-Library-6:30-8:30pm
February 11th 4th Grade Concert - Gym 1:30-2:15pm
February 12th- Early Release
February 15th-16th- No School
February 19th- Choir Performance @ Starbucks 128th Albertsons- 5th Grade Only! 6:00 pm
February 25th- Mariner Service Area Festival at Mariner HS
February 25th- Choir Concert-Gym-1:30pm-2:15pm and 7:00 pm
February 27th- Yearbook Orders Due Today!

Changing Weather!

In the event of bad weather, emergency school & transportation information is available from many sources.

• Please listen to the radio or watch TV to check for school closures & late start times.
• Check the Emergency Communication System website at: www.schoolreport.org
• Please send your student to school in proper winter attire (coat, hat & gloves).

Regular School Hours:
Please make sure your children do not arrive at school before 8:40a.m. unless they are eating breakfast. Breakfast begins at 8:35. We do not have supervision before these times and we want our students safe!

1st & 2nd Grade -8:55 a.m. - 2:30 p.m.
3rd - 5th Grade -8:55 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.

Early Release School Hours:
1st - 5th Grade - 8:55 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.

Lunch Buddies are adult volunteers who spend one lunch hour on a regular basis with a student—a child who needs positive support and could use a friend. Some of our lunch buddies come once a week, others once every two weeks. For more information on this worthwhile program, please call the school at (425) 356-1735 or e-mail Mr. Ryan!