The start of the Kindergarten school year is slightly different than grade 1-12. Please mark your calendars with the Kindergarten specific start dates:
Aug 30: First day for 1st-12th grades (no Kindergarten)
Aug 30 - Sep 1: Family Connection Conferences (no school for Kindergarten, but students attend conferences)
Sept 4: Labor Day, No School for any students
Sept 5: Half of each Kindergarten class will attend
Sept 6: The other half of each Kindergarten class will attend
Sept 7: Full classes, everyone attend school together
ESD will TEST our EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM on August 11, 2023 -
The Enumclaw School District remains committed to keeping our staff and families informed. Before we begin the 23-24 school year, the Enumclaw School District will be conducting a test of our emergency and inclement weather communications to ensure important information is received by our learning community in the event of an emergency or change to the school day.
On Friday, August 11, 2023, at 10:00 am a TEST message will be sent to all families and staff by text, email and voicecall.
If you do not receive the test by all three methods please contact our Communications Department 360-802-7109 or jessica_mccartney@enumclaw.wednet.edu to ensure you receive important notifications and information this school year!
Don't miss the 2023 -2024 school supply lists, available now! https://www.enumclaw.wednet.edu/page/school-supplies
Ballots with voter pamphlets drop today, so keep a lookout for the August 2023 Primary Election ballot in your mailbox. Ballots must be in drop boxes or postmarked by Tuesday, August 1st.
You can register to vote, update your voter information, and learn more about what's on the ballot at https://kingcounty.gov/.../current.../august-primary.aspx
EHS Drama Presents "Steel Magnolias"
It is a "black box set-up" where the audience seating is up on the stage. It creates a unique and intimate atmosphere that gets you close to the "action" however, that means we have VERY limited seating. More information is available at https://ehs.enumclaw.wednet.edu/o/ehs/article/1137338.
REMINDER
All ESD schools and the District Office will be closed on Monday, May 29 in honor of Memorial Day.
Have a safe a meaningful Memorial Day!
Friday, May 26 is a regularly scheduled Friday to make up for a snow day in January. Building release times are as follows:
- Elementary: 2:15pm
- TMMS: 1:25pm
- EMS & EHS: 1:15pm
Please take note of a few upcoming important dates:
- May 26: Snow Day Make Up for school being closed due to weather on January 5
- May 29: No school in honor of Memorial Day
- June 14: EHS Graduation
- June 19: No school in honor of Juneteenth
- June 21: Last day of school
Please contact your school building with questions specific to your students or their schedules.
Friday we had our 5th-grade Dancing Classroom's Culminating Event. What an outstanding job our students did performing in front of their parents and peers! Thank you to everyone who came out to support our students and a special thank you to the Enumclaw Schools Foundation who supported this event!
Through a reading project here at BDE, these students were able to grow this incredible pink oyster mushroom! The kids took pride in watching it grow each day for the last two weeks!
This Thursday, April 13th is our Kindergarten Music Event starting at 6:00 in the Black Diamond Elementary School gymnasium. Hope to see you there!
This Wednesday, April 12th is BDE's classroom group photo and individual spring photos.
BD PTO Meeting is Tuesday, April 11 at 6pm in the BDE Library.
REMINDER: Friday, March 24, 2023 is a regularly scheduled Friday release school day to make up for a missed day of school for snow on December 1, 2022.
Our super duper wonderful Library Paraeducator is a superstar! Mrs. Norton not only supports our library in every way, but she is the best storyteller ever! She engages the students in her story telling abilities and develops incredible relationships with her students. Thank you for all of your support!
Here at Black Diamond Elementary, we recognize our school nurse who day in and day out, serves the health needs of our kiddos! Most days she is very busy and is so patient and kind. Thank you, Mrs. B! You are awesome!
BDE is so lucky to have amazing individuals who support our school in so many different ways. Today we are featuring our General Paraeducators who assist with classroom management. They provide a positive and nurturing guide for students and attend to all of their needs. These ladies work hard as they also serve at recess, and the lunchroom, and assist the students in and out of cars before and after school. Thank you so much!
Education Support Professional Spotlight
Amber Benson, ILC Paraeducator
Although only in her second school year in the Byron Kibler Elementary Independent Learning Center, Covington native Amber Benson was made for it. In the years leading up to coming to ESD Amber worked with children: initially toddlers, then Pre-K, so an elementary ILC was a natural transition. While working with her students, Amber's love for what she does and who she works with shines through. “There is always something new [in the ILC] - the challenges and progress of the students. They each have so much more to offer than most people get to see!”
Being in the classroom has inspired her to return to complete her Masters Degree in Special Education, which coursework will begin in May.
“I am hoping to learn as much as I can, while I can before starting my Masters. My goal is to someday have my own ILC or Resource classroom,” Amber explains. Already having a Bachelors Degree under her belt, Amber seamlessly steps into the role of substitute teacher in her current, and other classrooms as needed.
A Masters Degree isn’t the only thing on the horizon for her, though. Amber will be getting married in July where she, her fiance and his two children spend as much time as possible - camping outdoors. They have planned an intimate forest campsite wedding to celebrate with their closest loved ones.
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Happy Education Support Professional's Week to our stars that shine in the cafeteria and our custodial crew that work so hard to keep our building sparkling! It truly takes a village to support our students. Thank you for your efforts as it does not go unnoticed!
Education Support Professional Spotlight
Annette Vranizan, Student Information Systems Specialist
Annette is originally from Enumclaw, and although she spent time growing up on both sides of the bridge - a true Hornet at heart - is an EHS graduate. After taking time to live and work elsewhere, she moved back to Enumclaw to raise her son and daughter in the town she loves, with family and friends close by, and getting back to being in the beautiful outdoors. When Annette’s children were young, she enjoyed volunteering in their Kindergarten classes, which led to her 15-year career in ESD.
Now, as the Student Information Systems Specialist (Skyward), Annette has done a little bit of everything: Paraeducator, Office Manager, Substitute Coordinator, Executive Secretary for Technology and Assessment. Transitioning to her current role in October, she is continuing to grow and learn new things everyday. What she does is a mystery to many, but changes and updates appear automatically in Skyward accounts, she is an important piece of that “automatic” process. Some areas she works in daily are new employee accounts, school calendars, course and grading configurations for each school year, food services accounts, student IDs, Family Access and new student enrollment configuration to name a few.
“Part of my responsibilities also include purchase order requests for Technology, where it is fun to watch innovation in the world of education. I really enjoy working with the people on our team in our district,” Annette says.
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