Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving Day
Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies.
Grandparents & Special Friends Day!
Dear Soundview Families,
Today we held one of our favorite events: Grandparents and Special Friends Day (GPSF)! Thank you for joining us and helping to grow and strengthen our community. Thanks to faculty, staff, and volunteers for making the event successful. View photos from this joyful day above!
There will be no school next week, November 20th-24th. I wish you all a restful break as we recognize Native American Heritage Month and Thanksgiving Day. School resumes at the usual time on Monday, November 27th.
Here are upcoming events and opportunities now and through November:
The Annual Campaign runs from December 1st through the end of 2023. This school year our goal is $360,000, and our Board of Trustees has offered to match any early gifts to the school of $1,000 or more that arrive prior to December 1st! To learn more about this amazing opportunity to have your gift matched, please reach out to our Advancement Manager Ryan Wasserman HERE.
Admissions for the 2024-2025 school year are ongoing and we have received numerous responses. Our Director of Enrollment Management, Victoria Nunes, has done a tremendous job working with our prospective families. If you are speaking with your friends or family about Soundview, please remember that the deadline for sibling applications is due December 1st. The deadline for all other applications is February 2nd, 2024. For more information or questions, please contact Victoria Nunes HERE.
The deadline to download your students' school picture from Lincoln Photography is today, November 17th at midnight. The instructions for accessing pictures are listed below, and you can complete this process by visiting HERE.
Read the provided information
Click on ‘PICTURE GALLERY LINK - CLICK HERE’
Enter in your email address and your child’s secure password above
Choose a download and purchase option
The ski/snowboard bus to Snoqualmie and lessons with Issaquah Ski School are still available this year at Soundview on Saturdays throughout the winter. Registration is currently open for the upcoming season which you can view HERE.
Around the world and in different communities, November is a month of recognition and awareness:
World Kindness Day is observed on November 13th each year which provides an opportunity for people to conduct random acts of kindness and goodwill. The week is celebrated by donating books, food, or clothes to local communities and pledging to empathize with other people. Even the smallest act of kindness can go a long way, and you should never pass up an opportunity to help someone in need. You can read more about this day HERE.
International Day for Tolerance was observed on 16th November. This day is to educate people about the need for tolerance in society and to help them understand the negative effects of intolerance.Tolerance is respect, acceptance, and appreciation of the rich diversity of our world's cultures, forms of expression, and ways of being human. It is the common theme for International Day for Tolerance. You can learn more about this day HERE.
International Students’ Day is on November 17th. It’s a day when we remember the bravery of thousands of students in Prague who fought for national pride and the right to higher education. International Students’ Day is the perfect opportunity for us to pay honor to the students of the world. Students are the future, and these are the people and the minds that are going to take our countries forward. You can learn more about this day HERE.
Transgender Day of Remembrance is on November 20th. The Transgender Day of Remembrance, also known as the International Transgender Day of Remembrance, has been observed annually on November 20 as a day to memorialize those who have lost their lives as a result of transphobia. You can learn more about this HERE.
With Thanksgiving next week, I am thankful to be part of your students' educational journey here at Soundview. Our school truly represents family and community, it’s a very special place.
All the best,
Chris
Chris Watson, Soundview Head of School
One more thing…
On November 17th, 1869 the Suez Canal opened after ten years of construction and cost more than double the original estimate. Stretching 101 miles across Egypt‘s Isthmus of Suez, from Port Said in the north to Suez in the south, the waterway connects the Mediterranean Sea with the Indian Ocean. You can learn more about this HERE.
