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Monday, October 18^th- No School for Students 
Teacher Work Day

Health Youth Survey for 6^th and 8^th Graders on October 19, 2021:

Our school is required to participate in the Washington State Healthy Youth Survey, which will take place at Pine Lake on October 19, 2021. The online survey will be given to students in Grades 6 and 8. The Healthy Youth Survey includes questions related to physical activity and diet, unintentional and intentional injury, substance use, sexual behaviors, abuse, risk and protective factors, and access to school-based services. Survey results are used by schools, communities, and state agencies to plan programs to support our youth and reduce their risks. Participation in the survey is voluntary and the students’ answers are anonymous.  

Parents may opt their students out of participation by calling the Pine Lake main office at 425-837-5777 or the student can opt out on the day of the survey. 

For more information about this survey, please open the link below.

Healthy Youth Survey Information for Parents and Students

Halloween Dress Up
Friday, October 29, Pine Lake students are welcome to participate in HALLOWEEN DRESS UP.  This fun school tradition celebrates our school community with creativity and fun!  Of course, students are encouraged to participate, but can also enjoy the costumes of classmates without wearing a costume.

 As you prepare costumes, please remember to use the school dress expectations as a guideline.  Additionally, no full-face Halloween masks can be worn in classes and no colored hair spray can be applied at school.  Remember, no toy weapons can accompany costumes at school. Due to Covid mitigation, masks are required when in the school building.

Fall Smarter Balanced Assessments
This fall public schools in Washington State are required to administer state assessments in English Language Arts (ELA), Mathematics, and Science.  Students will take a shortened version of the test they would have taken last spring, had state testing occurred.  All testing will be online during the school day and students at Pine Lake will use school computers for this assessment. (For students that use a personal computer at school, an ISD computer will be provided during testing.)

For our school this means:

• 6^thgrade students will take the 5^th grade Math and ELA Smarter Balanced Assessment (SBA) and the Washington Comprehensive Science Assessment. 
• 7^thgrade students will take the 6^th grade Math and ELA SBA 
• 8^thgrade   students will take the 7^th grade Math and ELA SBA 

Our school will administer these state assessments according to the following schedule: 
10/25     8^th grade SBA
10/27     8^th grade SBA Make-up
10/28     7^th grade SBA
11/1       7^th grade SBA Make-up
11/2       6^th grade SBA
11/3       6^th grade SBA Make-up
11/4       6^th grade SBA Science
11/5       All grades Make-up

PINE LAKE MIDDLE SCHOOL SPORTS UPDATE:

Fall Sports Schedule (click here)

2021 Volleyball (click here)

2021 Intramural Volleyball (click here)

2021 Cross Country (click here)

2021 Softball (click here)

Season 2 sports registration is now open! 
Season 2 starts November 8^th.  Registration closes November 3^rd

• Basketball (girls)
• Intramural Basketball (girls)
• Wrestling (coed)

What do you need to do?

• Online Sports Registration at FinalForms
• Parent and Student Acknowledgments at FinalForms
• Valid Physical Form (dated after June 1, 2021 for 6th graders; dated after June 1, 2020 for 7^th graders; 8^th graders need a valid physical).
• Upload the physical to FinalForms and retain original copy.
• Payment of ASB membership fee
• Payment of Sports fee for each Sport

Attn: Middle School parents of students participating in wrestling and basketball

Per the DOH Sports and Fitness Guidance, wrestling and basketball classify as high contact indoor sports.   High contact sports are defined as team sports with frequent or sustained contact (and in many cases, face-to-face contact) between participants.  In accordance with the most recent K-12 Covid-19 Requirements from the DOH, we require students participating in wrestling and basketball to upload a copy of their vaccination card in FinalForms.  The reason being that masks are not required for fully vaccinated athletes competing in high-contact indoor sports. Masks are not required for unvaccinated athletes competing in high-contact indoor sports if they participate in screening testing.

Have questions?  Email hoetzelk@issaquah.wednet.edu

Fun Friday Offering For Students

Laptop Support:

Picture Day Information:

Photo packages are available for sale via the Lifetouch website. Once on the Lifetouch website , the Picture Day ID number for Pine Lake’s picture day is EVTM3SP36. 

Reflections Program:
Every year the National PTA Reflections Program supports student artists. PLMS students may submit up to three pieces inspired by this year’s theme, “I Will Change The World By…”. Categories include Dance Choreography, Film Production, Literature, Music Composition, Photography, and Visual Arts.

Artwork is due by October 29th. All works are collected digitally this year. Students may email submissions to yingdance@live.com. Submissions will need to include all appropriate files, including the Entry Form. For more info, please visit https://pinelakeptsa.org/Page/Program%20Pages/Reflections

Questions? Contact: yingdance@live.com

Pine Lake Attendance:

• Email Attendance before 7:30am each day that your student is absent or send a note to the office, with the reason for the absence and parent signature, when your student returns.
• Bring a note and sign in with the Attendance Secretary for all late arrivals and early dismissals.
• For early dismissals, students should come to the office with a parent/guardian note before the start of the school day or parents can email Attendance, letting the office know of the early release. An authorized adult must sign the student out in the office before leaving. The adult may be asked to show ID and will need to be listed as an emergency contact. If returning the same day, the student must sign in with the Attendance Secretary and will be given a pass to return to class.
• For late arrivals, students should come to the office with a parent/guardian note, email or parent/guardian phone call before reporting to class.
• Make arrangements with each teacher for make-up work upon return to school.
• Obtain a "Pre-Arranged Absence Request Form" for planned absences of 3 or more days.

       Please contact Karen Hoetzel at 425-837-5701 or hoetzelk@issaquah.wednet.edu

Bus Route Information Now Available Online Via E-link
E-link, the online system the Issaquah School District uses to allow parents to look up their student’s bus route information, is now live. You can find the link on our Find Your Bus Route webpage. Please read through the login procedure on this page to find your login information. If you need help or have questions about this process you can email transportation-enews@issaquah.wednet.edu

Check the links below if your student will be participating in an after-school sport and plans to ride the activity bus home.

Route:  136  

Route: 133

Route: 139 

Pine Lake Online Store Questions:
Any questions about purchasing school items from the Pine Lake Online Store can be directed to Debi Rapoza, Pine Lake’s Book keeper, at rapozad@issaquah.wednet.edu .

Pine Lake Middle Online Store

ISD Laptop Insurance:
Families who check out a school laptop are encouraged to purchase insurance ($75 annually) to cover damage. Insurance information was provided with each computer and is also available here.