Seeley Lake Elementary

EARLY RELEASE TOMORROW Reminder that school is dismissed at 12:30 tomorrow. Buses will run at this time. There will also be no STEAM tomorrow. Thank you for your support as we use this time for staff development.

Upcoming events: Thursday, Jan 26 - Early Out 12:30 pm Friday, Jan. 27 - Report cards sent home Tuesday, Feb. 7 - Girls Basketball vs MIS Tuesday, Feb. 14 - Girls Basketball vs Desmet

Please come out and cheer on our ski team! Action starts at 1!

Monday, Jan 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School Tuesday, Jan. 17 - First Day of Girls Basketball Tuesday, Jan. 17 - Board Meeting Thursday, Jan 19 - DSIT Meeting* Note Date Change Friday, Jan. 20 - End of Quarter 2 Thursday, Jan 26 - Early Out 12:30 pm

Upcoming Events: Jan. 9th - 2 Valley Stage 9:00 am Jan. 9th- 13 - Missoula Children’sTheatre (Reminder No STEAM this week) Friday, Jan. 13 - MCT Presents “Johnny Appleseed” @ 6:30 Monday, Jan 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School Tuesday, Jan. 17 - First Day of Girls Basketball Tuesday, Jan. 17 - Board Meeting Thursday, Jan 19 - DSIT Meeting* Note Date Change Friday, Jan. 20 - End of Quarter 2 Thursday, Jan 26 - Early Out 12:30 pm Important Information: 1. No STEAM this WEEK 2. We are holding a Pet Food Drive. Pet food will be donated to the Seeley Lake Food Bank for distribution. Donations will be collected in the entryway. 3. There is no school next Monday, January 16th.

Upcoming at SLE: Monday, Jan. 2 - No School Tuesday, Jan. 3. - First Day Back After Break Tuesday, Jan. 3 @ 4:00 - Ski Team Equipment Checkout Jan. 9th- 13 - Missoula Children’s Theatre Friday, Jan. 13 - MCT Presents “Johnny Appleseed” @ 6:30 Monday, Jan 16 - Martin Luther King Jr. Day - No School Thursday, Jan 26 - Early Out 12:30 pm

SLE XC Ski Program begins January 3! We will have registration and gear check-out for the Race Team and Junior Prep Team in the SLE lunch room at 4:00 on Monday, January 3. Please refer to the attached info sheet for more details about the three different ski programs! https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GTCg5k2HPJbuPT__huApjkPMMqvCgHd5/view?usp=drivesdk

Few Reminders: There isn’t STEAM or morning catchup club tomorrow. Also, tomorrow is our Christmas store. Please send you r child with a few quarters to shop for their immediate family. Thanks!

Santa is en route. Should one within 5 minutes!

Monday, Dec. 19 - Santa Fly in; Estimated landing is 1:00 pm Monday, Dec. 19 - Board Meeting Wednesday, Dec. 21 - SLE Christmas Store Thursday, Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Christmas Break Tuesday, Jan. 3. - First Day Back After Break

Lunch Change: Today will be spaghetti bake instead of soup and sandwich. We apologize for the late change! Happy Friday!

Congratulations to our Boys Basketball team on their third place finish at the Copper League Tournament!

REMINDER OF OUR EVENT TOMORROW You are invited to a Seeley Lake Elementary Informational night on Thursday, December 15th. This event will give our community the chance to discuss the great things happening here at SLE. We will cover topics like School Budget and ESSER funds (COVID money), current and upcoming building upgrades, school wide Eagle 3, bullying, safety/emergency plans and other topics. The event starts with a spaghetti feed from 5:15 - 5:45. At 5:45 any children present will head to the gym for activities, this will allow parents to focus on the informational presentation. The presentation will start around 5:50. We invite you to come and learn how our school is serving our students and community. We will have time at the end for questions. We hope to see you there! Mr. Gibbs

Upcoming Events: Monday, Dec. 12 - Boys Basketball @ Clinton 6:00 pm (Game is vs Potomac) Tuesday, Dec. 13 - SLE Band/Choir Concert; 6:30 @ SSHS Thursday, Dec. 15 - SLE Community Informational Night 6:00 PM (More info below) Monday, Dec. 19 - Board Meeting Wednesday, Dec. 21 - SLE Christmas Store Thursday, Dec. 22 - Jan. 2 - Christmas Break Tuesday, Jan. 3. - First Day Back After Break Important Information: 1. Canned Food drive: 5th & 6th grade VS 7th & 8th grade (We welcome donations from all, students can choose to join either team) Items will be placed in Breezeway from 12/12-12/16 Winner will be announced on Monday 12/19 Please support this wonderful service !!! Food will go to our local food bank. 2. Band/Choir Concert Reminders: Student Arrival; Band kids 5:45 choir kids 6:10. Audience seated at 6:20, if possible. 3. Boys Basketball Copper League Tournament: Monday, December 12th @ Clinton 6:00pm #4 seed (Seeley Lake) vs #5 seed (Potomac) (GAME 3) Tuesday, December 13th @ DeSmet 4:00pm Winner GAME 3 vs. #1 Seed (Valley Christian) (GAME 4) 5:00pm Winner GAME 2 vs. Winner GAME 1 (GAME 5) 6:00pm Loser GAME 2 vs. Loser GAME 3 (GAME 6) Wednesday, December 14th @ DeSmet Consolation Games 5:00pm Small School Consolation (Loser GAME 4 vs Loser GAME 5) Thursday, December 15th 5:00pm Small School Championship (Winner GAME 4 vs. Winner GAME 5)

SLE has some talented young artists who are demonstrating kindness this holiday season. They have created some amazing artwork to be donated for auction to raise money for social awareness and to support families in our community as well as to pay for additional art supplies for future projects. It all started with a few students who were asked to paint positive vibes on the walls of a classroom for younger students to enjoy during lunch clubs. This eventually grew to six students meeting every Friday to illustrate their thoughts while listening to a specific genre of music (upbeat, Native American meditation, pop, calming, etc.) for a half hour. During these art sessions they seemed to learn to appreciate other’s artistic perspectives and show concern for each other’s feelings and recognize their own inner strengths and the strengths in others. As art supplies became sparse, we brainstormed ways to raise money to pay for our art supplies and to have pizza once a month. The idea blossomed into auctioning the artwork and donate some of the proceeds from the auction to social awareness activities and to assist families in our community during this holiday season. Over the past six weeks younger students would observe the older students painting and it was explained that they were painting to donate their art to raise money to assist families and to pay for art supplies. It was amazing to see many of our younger students want to participate, to follow the lead of their older peers. Once a student completed his/her art the student was given the choice of keeping their artwork or donating to help others this Christmas. Every one of these students chose to donate their artwork to help others and volunteered to paint more for donations during their lunch hour. As you can see, we have over 30 canvases of amazing art for our auction and every day a student will ask if they can paint to donate their picture. I can honestly say it has been an honor and privilege watching these students express themselves so openly and demonstrate kindness and love for others. Needless to say, at the rate of their altruism, we will be needing more art supplies. Thank you for supporting these young artists and the families in our community. Rospi Welter, SWLC School Social Worker Seeley Lake, Elementary School Please fill out the form below to bid: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWYZPPfGE34TRsA6OuQxWSx3ZT2PsWncxPPxS57DL8Vq22VQ/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0

Just a friendly reminder that tonight is our 1st and 2nd grade holiday program at 6:30. All 1st and 2nd grade students need to be at the school by 5:45. We hope to see you there!

SLE Families and Community, You are invited to a Seeley Lake Elementary Informational night on Thursday, December 15th. This event will give our community the chance to discuss the great things happening here at SLE. We will cover topics like School Budget and ESSER funds (COVID money), Current and upcoming building upgrades, school wide Eagle 3, bullying, safety/emergency plans and other topics. The event starts with a spaghetti feed from 5:15 - 5:45. At 5:45, any children present will head to the gym for activities. This will allow parents to focus on the informational presentation. The presentation will start around 5:50. We invite you to come and learn how our school is serving our students and community. We will have time at the end for a Q and A session. We hope to see you there! Mr. Gibbs

Upcoming Events at SLE: Monday, Dec. 5 - Boys Basketball vs MIS Wednesday, Dec. 7 - Boys Basketball @ Drummond Thursday, Dec. 8 - 1st & 2nd Grade Holiday Program - 6:30 pm Friday, Dec. 9 - Midterm Quarter 2 Tuesday, Dec. 13 - Band/Choir Concert Thursday, Dec. 15 - SLE Community Informational Night 6:00 PM Monday, Dec. 19 - Board Meeting

Available Position(s): As of 12/1/22 Coaching: Assistant Girls Basketball Coach: Season will start in January. Screening process will start Dec. 12th. Please stop in the office for more information and an application.

Quick Reminder, tomorrow is picture retakes. If you have questions call the school. Photographer should be there around 10.