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ORCA

(dinner & childcare provided)

19 – Monthly Garden/Nutrition mtg 3-4:30 greenhouse

23-25 – All School Conferences No School

(Students only)

26-27 – Thanksgiving Holiday No School

THOUGHTS FROM BEN, .

Remember… ORDER your Child’s Portraits! Each portrait purchase benefits our PTSA!!

-Individual Portraits start at just $8.50

-Portrait Packages available from $25

-Novelty Items with your child’s image –gifts?

-Digital Downloads available too!

, 206-618-1280 or your class coordinator

STREET SAFETY

For the safety of the children, please do not allow your children to exit your vehicle in the street. Please

have your children use the sidewalks and crosswalks. Please do not park your vehicle in front of fire-hydrants

or crosswalks. We have two wonderful crossing guards that are helping us all learn safe habits. Thank you!

MIDDLE SCHOOL DANCE TEAM:

Middle School Dance Team! Come sign up in the main office or on the 3rd floor by Ms. Luster's office.

Practices will be Monday, Thursday and Fridays during lunch in room 301. TURN IN YOUR

PERMISSION SLIPS IN THE MAIN OFFICE. If you have questions please ask Ms. Patrice

PLEASE JOIN US FOR AN AUCTION PLANNING MEETING ON WEDNESDAY

NOV. 18th at 7:00pm in the ORCA LIBRARY!

It is time to start planning for the Spring Auction! Melissa and Holly, this year's Auction divas, want

anyone who is interested in making the Auction a rousing success, to please attend the first planning

meeting. They need to find people to take on various sub categories (see list below) and there will be a

discussion on general details.

So, whether you can take on a big job or a small one, the Auction needs YOU! The Auction helps to support many

of the programs we hold dear, so grab a friend and step up to help! Even if you just want to explore the idea of

being part of the planning, come by that night and check it out.

IF YOU CAN ATTEND PLEASE CONTACT Melissa (

mel@blarg.net ) or Holly ( hollybennett@mac.com ).

AUCTION CATEGORIES:

-FOOD -RENTALS

-INVITATIONS -FUND A NEED COORDINATOR

-I.T. PERSON w/ useable PC -DECORATIONS

-DESERT DASH -CHILD CARE: Wendy Simmons

-CLASSROOM PROJECTS COORDINATOR -VOLUNTEER COORDINATOR: Deb Koon

-PROCUREMENT: Melissa -VENUE, PERMITS & INSURANCE: Holly

THANKS! DEB KOON, Volunteer Coordinator

debkoon@comcast.net/723-7444/612-1080

                                               Orca Weekly Bulletin November 10, 2009— Page 2

FROM THE SPACE TEAM….

The Space Team works on a variety of projects throughout the year including long term projects,

short ter building improvements and support for the art department. We will keep and compile a list

throughout the year. Can you help with any of the projects below? Do you have any improvement

ideas of your own you would like to propose? Please review what’s currently in the works and contact the Space

Team with further questions. Contact info follows!

SHORT TERM PROJECTS

th Avenue needs some love before Winter sets in. We need to re-varnish the fence flowers,

take down any that are damaged and prep them for snow by raising them off the ground. In addition, the garden

beds that have been stained with a soy based stain need to be sealed for the Winter. Both of these tasks will only

take a day but will be dependant on the weather as we will need 1-2 dry days prior to doing the work.

LONG TERM PROJECTS

WEST GARDEN AREA

Last year the Space Team worked with the Garden and Safety Committees to develop a plan to transform the

garden bed on the west side of the school (facing the playground) so it will be more welcoming and attractive, but

still protected from the flying balls & kids on the playground. We really want to get that chain link fence out of

there, and replace it with a row of benches and arbors... but the first step is to plant some thorny native roses

along the school wall, to discourage intruders from breaking in to the classroom windows along that side of the

building. Right now we're working on locating a source for the plants -- anyone got any ideas? -- then we'll be

scheduling a work party to get them in the ground.

NORTH ENTRANCE AREA

Last year we submitted a project idea for the upcoming BEX Levy -- we wanted to make the North doors of the

school into the official "front" entrance (since it is the entrance most people). Currently both the official front door

(on the East side) and the North entrance are difficult to access and impossible to monitor. Elizabeth Maher had

the brilliant idea of moving the office to the North end of the hall, and redesigning the entrance to make it work

better as the school's main front door. The district consultants agreed with our analysis of the building's less-thanwelcoming

entrances, but our project didn't rise above other schools with more immediate needs like earthquake

safety and so forth. Ah well. But there are several things we can do to improve the North entry -- new doors with

windows in them, repainting the overhang, etc. We would love help refining and implementing these ideas.

We have also been asked by the Safety Committee to think about how to create a small seating area at the bottom

of the ramp (where the muddy, rocky slope is now). We'll need a little design help and some muscle to make this

happen.

Please contact Mikala Woodward at 501-6904/jojoma3@aol.com & Lily Hotchkiss 252-

Thank you to everyone who participated in last month’s math challenge. From the

students who answered correctly, we’ve drawn winners. Congratulations to

Leo Scott Rifer in the K-2 grade

group and

Kristian Kottcamp in the 3-5 th grade group!

Here are the answers to the October challenge:

ND grade problem: Your calculator is broken! Only the 2, 3, 5, 6 and + keys are working correctly. How

could you get an answer of 13 to display on your calculator using only the working keys? Could you get 19?

There are several combinations that will work, but here were your most popular answers:

6900/lihotchkiss@seattleschools.org

if you'd like to help with any of these projects! Thanks

20093RD – 5th grade problem: Your calculator is broken! Only the 2, 3, 5 and 6 number keys and the operation keys (+, -, x, ÷) are

working correctly. How could you get an answer of 24 to display on your calculator using all 4 working number keys one

time with any of the operation keys?

Answer: Again, many combinations are available, but here are some of your answers:

23+6-5=24 or 2x3x5-6=24 or 3x5x2-6=24

6th– 8th grade problem: A combination lock uses three numbers from 0 to 39. It opens when these numbers are dialed in a

particular order: right, left, right. How many possible combinations are there?

Answer: There are 64,000 different combinations for the lock. In the challenge, the lock uses the numbers 0 to 39. Start

with an easier problem using 1, 2, and 3. You can count the possibilities by drawing a tree diagram. A portion of this tree

9 + 9 + 9 = 27 different combinations .

You can choose any of three numbers as a possible first number in the combination,

follow that with a choice of any of the three numbers as the second number in the combination, and finally choose any of

the three numbers for the final number in the combination for a total of 3 × 3 × 3, or 27 different combinations.

If the lock used the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4, you would have to choose from

four numbers, three different times . This would

give you 4 × 4 × 4, or 64 choices for the combination. The lock in the challenge requires that you choose from

40 different

numbers, three different times

. Therefore, there are 40 × 40 × 40, or 64,000 different combinations.

These are being distributed to families only through the bulletin

this year. To participate, print out the attached math challenge, work with your student to answer the

question appropriate to their age group, and have them turn in their answer in the box outside the

front office. Answers will be collected on the last school day of the month, and published next month.

Monday, November 16 th at 6pm in the Orca cafeteria . This is a great

opportunity to meet some of the other families that you may not know, ask questions, eat, drink and have a good time! It is

a potluck so the way we’d like to organize is by last name.

Salads/sides H-M: Main

Sweets T-Z: Drinks

If you can bring something to contribute, great—if not, no worries, we hope you’ll be able to come and share. We hope to

see you there!!!

Sam

RD – 5 th grade problem : Your calculator is broken! Only the 2, 3, 5 and 6 number keys and the operation keys (+, -, x, ÷) are

working correctly. How could you get an answer of 24 to display on your calculator using all 4 working number keys one

time with any of the operation keys?

: Again, many combinations are available, but here are some of your answers:

th – 8 th grade problem: A combination lock uses three numbers from 0 to 39. It opens when these numbers are dialed in a

particular order: right, left, right. How many possible combinations are there?

There are 64,000 different combinations for the lock. In the challenge, the lock uses the numbers 0 to 39. Start

with an easier problem using 1, 2, and 3. You can count the possibilities by drawing a tree diagram. A portion of this tree

diagram is shown below:

If you start with 1, you get nine different combinations. If you start with 2 instead of 1, you also get nine different

combinations. If you start with 3, you get nine more possibilities for a total of

9 + 9 + 9 = 27 different combinations .

You can choose any of three numbers as a possible first number in the combination,

follow that with a choice of any of the three numbers as the second number in the combination, and finally choose any of

the three numbers for the final number in the combination for a total of 3 × 3 × 3, or 27 different combinations.

If the lock used the numbers 1, 2, 3, and 4, you would have to choose from

four numbers, three different times . This would

give you 4 × 4 × 4, or 64 choices for the combination. The lock in the challenge requires that you choose from

40 different

numbers, three different times

. Therefore, there are 40 × 40 × 40, or 64,000 different combinations.

These are being distributed to families only through the bulletin

this year. To participate, print out the attached math challenge, work with your student to answer the

question appropriate to their age group, and have them turn in their answer in the box outside the

front office. Answers will be collected on the last school day of the month, and published next month.

Monday, November 16 th at 6pm in the Orca cafeteria . This is a great

opportunity to meet some of the other families that you may not know, ask questions, eat, drink and have a good time! It is

a potluck so the way we’d like to organize is by last name.

Salads/sides H-M: Main

Sweets T-Z: Drinks

If you can bring something to contribute, great—if not, no worries, we hope you’ll be able to come and share. We hope to

see you there!!!

Sam

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