Attention students interested in taking Running Start for the 2020-2021 school year.  

You need to fill out a Verification Form with your counselor before you can register for fall quarter classes. Please email your counselor asap with a list of the classes you wish to take through Running Start and Kamiak (if any) for Fall Quarter. Your counselor will fill out the verification form and send it back to you electronically. Please check the specific college’s Fall catalog for course options.  

If you want to take Running Start classes but do not know where to begin, see information on the Kamiak Counseling website.

UPDATE: (5/26/20) 

Graduates!  As you have heard, or read, our plans to have you filmed as you walk across the stage as your name is read was not approved by Snohomish County Health and State officials.  It is currently unknown when Snohomish County will move into Phase 2.  Per Snohomish County Health guidelines, the only way for us to create our virtual graduation video is for students to submit a photo of themselves in their cap, gown, stole, and honor cords (if applicable). 

Please adhere to the following photo guidelines so that we create a respectful and positive experience for all graduates and their families:

• Remember that you are representing Kamiak High School and Mukilteo School District.
• Smile big!
• Be professional.

• No cap decorations.
• No leis, honor cords from other schools, or stoles from other schools/military enlistment.
• No hand gestures or facial gestures.
• The DUE DATE for photo submission is Tuesday, 2 June at 5:00PM. Please submit a digital photo (regular size) to Life & Light by clicking here.
• If circumstances will prevent you from submitting a photo, please contact Dr. Kimberly Jensen no later than Friday, 29 May at 3:00 PM: jensenkj@mukilteo.wednet.edu. 

Friday, 19 June “Drive-by” graduation and photo opportunity:

We are still waiting approval for our “Drive-by” graduation plan tentatively scheduled for Friday, 19 June.  In the event that this plan is approved, it will run very similar to Cap/Gown Distribution Day.  The current plan is to assign graduates wave times based on last name; we will queue cars to distribute the graduate’s diploma and a cover; we will read the graduates name aloud; and will take a professional photo of each graduate.  For this event, students are welcome to decorate their caps (please keep it “clean” and respectful), wear leis, and wear running start or military stoles/honor cords.  Once we have approval for this event, we will send out detailed information about wave assignments and make-up sessions.  Our hope is to provide you a very memorable and celebratory event—a much deserved one!

As always, your patience is greatly appreciated.

Please review this document from our Superintendent, Dr. Alison Brynelson, regarding virtual graduation.  Kamiak High School will provide specific information regarding our virtual graduation video on Tuesday, 26 May 2020. 

There is support and community resources available to help ease the hardships that are being experienced due to Covid-19. Please reach out to Student Support Advocate, Kendra Glass, with any questions or if you would like assistance navigating any of these programs.

To check out Kamiak's last issue of The Gauntlet, click here.

After the end of their years at Kamiak, students often want to keep what they have created online for their own records. Because student accounts stop functioning after leaving Kamiak, students should consider backing up important files to personal storage if they wish to do so.

Dear Class of 2020,

While others are cancelling events, we are moving forward! Under the current circumstance we will need to reschedule our party.  Our party vendor is doing all it can to make your celebration memorable while working through financial ramifications caused by the pandemic. We are doing our best to make Kamiak’s Grad Knight happen. Unfortunately, at this time we cannot provide refunds.

As a reminder, GradKnight is a parent-sponsored event coordinated through the Kamiak PTO.  Please direct all inquiries to GradKnight2020@gmail.com. We will post any updates the GradKnight Committee requests for us to help publicize.

Your Grad Knight 2020 Committee

Go Knights!!

For students (and parents):

The past few weeks have been a chaotic and unsettling time for all of us. Students, teachers, parents, and administrators had to breathe, reflect, and organize our ideas before moving forward. Now that we have moved ahead with remote learning, you will notice more teachers offering “live” learning opportunities, typically through Zoom. For some of you, this is already causing anxiety because teachers are inviting you to conflicting Zoom meetings or otherwise asking you to do two things at once. In order to reduce that anxiety and to add some sort of order to our changing world, Kamiak is introducing a basic schedule of reserved remote learning slots, organized by class period.

Please note: This schedule does NOT mean that you will always have “classes” during each of these time slots. These times are merely reserved, should your teachers choose to host a Zoom class, schedule an online conversation, provide a live lecture, etc. You should get into the habit of regularly checking in on Google Classroom (or whatever platform for communication your teacher uses) to find out if any such events are occurring or if there is any other information you need in order to stay connected. Thank you for your patience as we navigate these new waters.

• Mondays: Periods 1, 2, and 3
• Tuesdays: Reserved for special services/ Tier 3 interventions for struggling students/ staff collaboration
• Wednesdays: Periods 4, 5, and 6
• Thursdays: Reserved for special services/ Tier 3 interventions for struggling students/ staff collaboration
• Fridays: Periods 0 and 7

IMPORTANT NOTES:

• Time Limits. Based on OSPI guidelines and best teaching practices, it is suggested that direct instruction should not exceed 30 minutes per session. However, students and teachers may choose to stay on Zoom (or similar platforms) beyond the 30-minute mark to ask/answer questions or to maintain social connections with peers.
• Zoom Participation: Students are expected to participate and engage in distance learning.  Attendance for live Zoom sessions cannot be made mandatory for students, but students who cannot attend live sessions should contact their teachers to make alternative arrangements. Teachers will be prepared to present content through a variety of media/access points to meet student needs.
• Content:  Teachers are not limited to assigning/posting activities only on these scheduled meeting days or via Zoom. Teachers may post content on their virtual class platforms at any time. The above schedule is only for live teaching sessions. Students are expected to check their virtual class platforms regularly.
• Extenuating Circumstances:  Your schedules are complicated right now, and so are the schedules of our staff members. Some teachers may have extenuating circumstances that force them to host classes outside of the official schedule. Those teachers will make sure to schedule their sessions in empty timeslots. This flexibility will allow students the opportunity to participate in as many sessions as possible.

The High School and Beyond Plan (HSBP) has gone digital with portfolio instructions!

Our Spring HSBP visits were scheduled to begin in March, but as you may have noticed we have had to change our plans. Although we will not be able to visit students in their English classes this Spring, students can still work on updating their HSBP portfolio. The HSBP Office has created and invited students to join HSBP Google Classrooms. Students, should log in to their Mukilteo School District Google Classroom account and join our class! Just in case students cannot find their invite, our HBSP Google Classroom codes are:

Grade 11 (Class of 2021): tsteovy

Grade 10 (Class of 2022): nhnpc47

Grade 09 (Class of 2023): ogzbbjo

In place of in person lessons the HSBP office will create activities in our Google Classroom to guide students through an HSBP portfolio update. We recognize that students and parents are juggling many activities and class assignments during this time. If completing HSBP activities seems overwhelming, do not worry, students can take from now until August to get tasks done. We are hoping all students will accept the invitation to our Google Classroom as we will continue to use this as a resource in the future.

For an update on HSBP and Spring HSBP activities, please check out our Spring 2020 Newsletters for:

Grade 11: https://www.smore.com/78xhw (Español / Українська)

Grade 10: https://www.smore.com/zk9hg (Español / Українська)

Grade 09: https://www.smore.com/eqfr9 (Español / Українська)

As part of our commitment to ensuring access to learning for all students, we have implemented a materials distribution process at Kamiak High School. Distribution will take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays during our regular business hours (7:30 to 3:00), and students may be assigned a specific window of time to come to campus to ensure proper social distancing. If your student needs materials to engage in class, please have them contact the classroom teacher directly.  Once materials are ready, your student’s teacher will notify them when to collect materials at Kamiak. If special arrangements need to be made outside of the regular hours, please let the teacher know also. 

If your student needs a technology device such as a laptop, please contact 425-366-2100 or visit the Mukilteo School District website to complete a survey to request what your student needs. 

Students who still need a laptop may do so through the call center at 425-366-2100 or by emailingCorona@mukilteo.wednet.edu.

Four-week workshop series for Parents (7:00 pm) and Teens (6:00pm)

Thursdays: May 7th - May 28th, 2020

We invite all Kamiak teens and parents to join separate weekly Zoom calls facilitated by Cher Anderton (MSW, LSWAIC). The calls will be one hour and held separately for students and parents/caregivers. Hear from well-known Seattle-based Mental Health Therapist, Cher Anderton, as she helps our community manage in a time of high anxiety and helps students connect and parents bond. Each week Cher will center on different social-emotional topics followed by a discussion of implementation strategies, and a question and answer period. Feel free to call in to join one or all of the meetings. This is free of charge, with a maximum occupancy of 300 people.

TEEN CONNECTION : Navigating in Uncertain Times (Two-Week Series)

Dates: Thursday May 7th and 14th @6:00 pm

• Register in advance for this meeting!
• After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

PARENT SUPPORT : Navigating in Uncertain Times (Four-Week Series)

Dates: Thursday May 7th, 14th, 21st and 28th @ 7:00 pm

• Register in advance for this meeting!
• After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.

Purpose : To support students and parent/caregivers with low burden strategies to navigate current events in the best possible way.

Instructor : Cher Anderton, MSW, LSWAIC is a mental health therapist, MTSS-B/PBIS coach, Trauma Informed Practices consultant, Positive Discipline parent educator and former elementary school counselor. In short, Cher loves working with adults to grow their skill set and improve resilience and sustainability in heart-center fields of work and life. Cher is also the parent of 4 teens, one of which she and her partner adopted from foster care when he was almost 8 years old. Cher has a BA in History and a Masters in Social Work from Boston University.

For more information about the instructor:

• Refer to www.cheranderton.com
• Facebook: Cher Anderton, LLC
• Instagram: @cher_anderton

Disclaimer: While I am a licensed social worker in the State of Washington, we are not creating a client/therapist relationship with this education series. The web series, and any services associated with theseries, including but not exclusive to, open office hours, social media posts and any other form of communication are for educational purposes only.