Morning Announcements

Good Morning Swanson! Today is December 20th and it is a B Day!

• We hope everyone has a restful Winter Break! Take time to read a good book!
• Attention 6th grade students! Game Club will meet today in Room 110, Mr. Dewitt’s room. Come eat your lunch, have fun, and play games. Stop by Counseling or 110 for a pass.
• Two years ago in Visual Arts classes, Swanson artists completed a place-based design challenge to use empathy and explore what was missing at Swanson. Students designed outdoor learning and eating spaces, new field seating, greenhouses, wayfinding graphics and more! Expert industrial designers, artists and architects gave students real feedback on their work. Our Principals decided that the wayfinding graphics was the most needed item that was missing. Last year, students went back to the drawing board and refined the wayfinding designs for the school. They came up with a layers of the ocean theme for our nautical Swanson Admirals. Each grade level will have a grade level color, a layer of the ocean associated with it and sea creatures from that layer as symbols. 8th grade is Sunlight, 7th grade is Twilight, 6th grade is Midnight. This January you will see artists busy painting in the hallways to install the environmental signage. The intention is to help anyone who enters Swanson to better navigate our building. If you are interested helping us, and you are not in Art class right now, join the ART CLUB on Mondays after school in room 214!
• Attention Boys and Girls Soccer team members, and Girls Basketball team members – if you haven’t returned your jerseys to Mr. Holland please do so ASAP!
• Boys Basketball tryout schedule:
  • 6th Grade – January 7th
  • 7th Grade – January 8th
  • 8th Grade – January 9th
  • Callbacks – January 13th
• Wrestling practices begin January 6th when we return from break. All skill levels welcome! See Mr. Clements with any questions!
• Do you enjoy theatre? Working backstage to make a show happen? Sound, lights, tech, promotion, costumes, hair and makeup, stage management! We need a team of student like you to make Mary Poppins amazing. Grab a form from the back of the door of room 120. See Ms. Rosenthal with any questions.
• Admirals, the temperatures are dropping, and Wavelength is back with another exciting school contest!We invite you to capture a winter moment by responding to one of these prompts:
  • The magic of snow or snowflakes
  • Winter adventures
  • Hibernation and cozy animals
  • Winter wonder and nature
  • Winter delicacies

  Follow the guidelines outlined on this slide and submit your entry to Ms. Chiu and Ms. Field by Friday, January 10, 2025. Happy creating!

Coming Up This Week

Friday, December 20th – B Day, No After School Activities Nor Late Buses – Enjoy Your Winter Break!

Winter Break – December 21-January 5