2015-2016 School Year Calendar

For those who like to plan ahead, here are some important dates for the 2015-2016 school year calendar:

Sept. 9: First day of school

Dec. 21 - Jan 1: Winter break

Feb. 15-19: Mid-winter break

April 11-15: Spring break

June 23: Last day of school

**Update: 
Nov. 23-27: No school Thanksgiving week. Parent-teacher conferences are usually held that Monday and Tuesday. Kids aren't usually invited to the conferences.

**Update: 
Sept. 8: New student orientation, 6:30-7:15
Sept. 22: Curriculum night, 6:30-8:00

Teacher assignments and classroom configurations

We know that new families have a lot of questions leading up to the first day of school. Please let us know if we can help answer any of those burning questions! Send us an email or leave a comment.

Many people want to know who their child's teacher will be. Note that teacher assignments are not finalized until a few weeks before school starts. You will receive a letter by mail with your classroom assignment about a week before classes start. 

For those families on the waitlist, changes are made continuously, right through the end of September. You could be offered a spot in your first choice program a few weeks after school has begun. Check your student's status at Seattle Schools Student Assignment and/or Waitlist Status.

Ms. Ayer, the principal at Daniel Bagley, recently announced some planning updates for the upcoming school year. Enrollment has increased by 25 students, predominantly in the Contemporary program. The enrollment numbers shift constantly, so the following classroom configurations are subject to change.

Contemporary:

• Kindergarten: Ms. Stone
• Kindergarten: Ms. Steele
• First: Ms. Tamura
• First: Ms. Sams (Ms. Beisel will be teaching 1.5 days for Ms. Sams while she completes her administrative internship)
• Second: Ms. Filep
• Second/Third: Ms. Scordas
• Third: Ms. Adriance
• Fourth/Fifth: Ms. Outhouse
• Fourth/Fifth: Ms. Manley

Montessori:

• Kindergarten: Ms. Richards
• Kindergarten/First: Ms. Norton
• First/Second/Third: Ms. Messom
• First/Second/Third: Ms. Green (Ms. Beisel will be teaching 1 day for Ms. Green)
• First/Second/Third: TBD
• Second/Third: Ms. Forselius
• Fourth/Fifth: Ms. Manley
• Fourth/Fifth: TBD
• Fourth/Fifth: Mr. Vonderlage

To stay connected to the Bagley community, be sure to sign up for the Daniel Bagley Families Email List (most people call it the "V-List"): http://vlists.net/mailman/listinfo/daniel-bagley-families.

Ice cream social - June 10

Welcome, new Bagley Bees!

The Daniel Bagley PTA will be hosting an ice cream social for new Fall 2015 incoming students.

Come join us for an ice cream treat, an opportunity to meet school leaders, and a chance to view some of the classrooms.

New Student Ice Cream Social
Wednesday, June 10
6-7 pm

Signs will be provided to direct you and volunteers will be available to answer questions.

Don't forget to follow this blog and school's PTA website for ongoing updates about summer playground playdates and other events.

The next new family playdates will be:

• Sunday, July 12, 2pm
• Sunday, August 9, 2pm
• Sunday, August 30, 2pm

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Art Walk (May 15th) and Book Fair (May 13, 14 and 15th)

Art Walk will be held on Friday May 15th from 6 – 8pm.


What is Art Walk? A fun family evening where you can walk the halls of Daniel Bagley and enjoy your students art work
Come early and enjoy a hot dog. Dante’s hot dog cart will be available from 5:30pm in the back of the school, by the garden - (If you arrive before 6pm please use the back entrance of the school) Bring cash, vegetarian and gluten free options available
The book Fair will be open in the library 
Food Drive to support Family Works and our backpack food program 
Raffle - Quilts from Ms. 0's Team Epic (P7) class will be raffled
Scavenger Hunt
Origami - learn the art of origami with Ms. Messom's ASP class
Can't wait to see you there!

Drop by the library after school from Wednesday through Friday (including during the Art Walk) to check out the great selection of books. 25% of sales go directly to the school library to help build its collection.

5/13 - Book Fair 3:30-6:30pm

5/14 - Book Fair 3:30-6:30pm

5/15 - Book Fair 3:30-8:00pm (Art Walk too!)

A message about Seattle Schools Open Enrollment and Assignment

Dear Seattle Public Schools family,

With Open Enrollment just around the corner, we are writing to alert you about important school assignment and school choice information. In an effort to provide quality customer service, the district has created an easy-to-use Assignment Look-Up Tool on the Seattle Public Schools Admissions website (http://enrollment.www.seattleschools.org) allowing families greater ease in identifying their student’s assigned school both this year and the next school year. As a result, families will no longer be mailed a next-year assignment letter for each student in mid-February. In the past, we took this extra step to help families transition to our New Student Assignment Plan as enrollment growth boundaries changed and while we established attendance area schools and choice assignments.

As a general rule, your student is assigned to the same school he or she is attending now. In the case of students moving up to middle or high school, students will be automatically assigned to their neighborhood school. This can be confirmed on the Assignment Look-Up Tool (available by Feb. 23) or by using our automated phone system by calling (206) 252-0212. If you would like to change your current or assigned school for the 2015-16 school year, Open Enrollment runs from Feb. 23 to Mar. 6. Full instructions on how to participate in Open Enrollment and choose a different school can be found on the Admissions website athttp://bit.ly/Apply-OpenEnrollment   or by contacting the Admissions office at(206) 252-0760. Choice forms will be available on Feb. 23. For families who applied for Advanced Learning testing, information about how to apply for a Choice school serving Highly Capable Cohort students during Open Enrollment can be found athttp://bit.ly/AdvLearningOpenEnrollment

Students affected by Special Education program changes, transportation changes due to growth boundary changes, and Advance Learning testing results will receive additional letters in the next several weeks with further information. Open Enrollment results will be sent in April.

Thank you for your support of Seattle Public Schools.

Sincerely,

Pegi McEvoy
Assistant Superintendent for Operations