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The San Juan Public Schools Foundation helps supplement inadequate state and federal funding to provide a quality education for our island’s children.
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Welcome to the The San Juan Public Schools Foundation helps to support the high expectations and accomplishments of our small public schools. Excellence Worth Sustaining!
District-wide Defibrillator training was provided for all staff through the San Juan County Emergency Medical Services (EMS), which included a donation of defibrillators for all buildings. Thank you EMS! Elementary • The FHES student council led a fundraising campaign on behalf of the San Juan Island Family Resource Center and collected $1,125.00 in a coin drive. • The Fourth grade theatre performance was “Every Day is Earth Day”. Children’s songs, dances and readings stressed the importance of stewardship for our precious earth. • Peace was the theme at the 29th annual “I Love to Read Month”. • At the 3rd grade Cultural Fair, students created posters and explored culturally representative food, games, dance and music. • Science came alive at FHES thanks to the K-12 Marine Program! Scientists from the UW Labs brought animals into the classroom and the Labs’ research vessel Centennial provided all third graders the opportunity to participate in a research project in Puget Sound. • Thanks to support from the San Juan Island Prevention Coalition and FHES PTA, the talented Seattle-based Taproot Theatre presented two anti-bullying assemblies. Students were trained to recognize the three R’s that support our anti-bullying plan: Recognize, Refuse and Report. • DIBELS, a school-wide reading fluency screening device, was implemented. Teachers use this basic screening tool to guide instruction and further assessment, and Double Dose is a pilot program that was implemented to provide targeted students with a second reading reinforcement lesson each day.
Middle School • New 6th and 8th grade MAP formative assessment was instituted for current individualized assessment of math, reading and language usage skills. • Middle school sent ASB officers and 9 student representatives to CISPIS Student Leadership program in Randle, Washington. Students gained skills in the Associated Student Body leadership, in organizing assemblies and in budgeting. • Mr. McMain’s new 7th Grade Newspaper Class now produces a school newspaper. Students are responsible for interviewing, writing articles and publishing the paper. • For the past two years the middle school has participated in the Community Spelling Bee as well as the Scripts Spelling Bee. The following students were the winners for FHMS: Kasey Rasmussen, 6th grade, first place • Each fall the 8th grade classes explore various hiking trails on Mt Baker. • Each spring the 7th grade classes explore Johns Island with a three day camping experience. • Each fall the 6th grade spends two days at Warm Beach in Stanwood, WA. During their stay they conquer the ropes course, the climbing wall and create their class cheer! • The 8th grade traveled to Vancouver Island and camped at the Sooke Campgrounds for four days. Students studied animals in the tide pools, learned about the history of Sooke, and hiked and swam. Students also investigated the Royal British Columbia Museum, viewed an IMAX film and explored Victoria in a walking tour. • The middle school band performs each holiday season, winter and spring. • In collaboration with the University of Washington Labs (K-12 Marine Program), the middle school science program studied marine animals in San Juan Island tide pools and in the classroom. • Four middle school and four high school students participated in the annual Knowledge Bowl, scoring well against community teams - the 11th-12th Grade team won in 2008!
High School • Three students presented their Service Learning Projects at a National Service Learning Conference in Minneapolis. Service Learning Projects included Wynn Barnard and Molly Taylor with a “Village to Village” project and Hannah Waite - School-wide recycling project. • The Friday Harbor High School collected approximately 2000 items for the Food Drive. • High School Teacher Jim McNairy accompanied two students, Wynn Barnard and Theo Pratt to Washington DC to take part in a panel forum with the Supreme Court Justices. • Textile class - community involvement in creation of quilts to be donated to the local Head Start • Fifty representatives of colleges, Universities programs or companies attended our high school Futures Fair • This year (2008-2009), 38% of the high school students are taking Advance Placement (AP) classes. Out of the 108 students enrolled in AP classes: ¨ 56 are taking 1 AP class ¨ 40 are taking 2 AP classes ¨ 11 are taking 3 AP classes ¨ 1 student is taking 4 AP classes Last year, FHHS had 11 students who qualified for the AP Scholar Award by receiving a grade of three or higher on three or more AP exams. We also had 3 students who qualified for the Scholar with Honor Award by receiving an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken and grades of three or higher on four or more of these exams. In addition, we had 6 students who qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction by receiving an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken and grades of three or higher on five or more of these exams. • Successes in 2007-08 sports seasons included 20 “First Team All league” selections and 30 “Second Team All league” selections, plus: ¨ 14 teams received Distinguished Academic Awards with a team GPA of 3.0 or higher ¨ Baseball placed 5th in State ¨ Golf qualified for State ¨ Boy’s Basketball qualified for tri-district ¨ Track sent 4 individuals to State • Last year (Spring 2008), the entire 9th grade participated in the WASL, and: ¨ 73% of the Freshman class met or exceeded the standard for reading ¨ 84% of the Freshman class met or exceeded the standard for writing ¨ 57% of the Freshman class met or exceeded the standard for math
• We had a graduating class in June 2008 of 56 students. 82% of the students (47) from the Class of 2008 are attending college/university/technical training. 33 are attending a school or program in Washington, 4 in Colorado, 4 in Idaho, 2 in British Columbia, 2 in California and 2 in Oregon. ¨ 35 students are attending a college or university ¨ 5 to community college ¨ 4 are attending technical schools ¨ 1 to the Art Institute of Seattle ¨ 2 students are working through an electrical apprenticeship program.
• From the Band program: In April 2008, the Friday Harbor High School Concert Band performed and were adjudicated onboard Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines' "Explorer of the Seas". In addition to earning a Superior rating, we are proud to announce we have won the "2008 Cruise Festival Overall Grand Championship Award for Concert Band Class AA." This prestigious award signifies the highest overall score in this category from all the 2008 Cruise Festivals. The large trophy is now in the high school display case. • From the Drama Program In 2008, the FHMS AND FHHS Co-Curricular Drama Programs played to literally thousands of island residents. In January of 2008, the FHHS Drama Group, under the production arm of the San Juan Community Theatre, performed George S. Kaufman's "The Man Who Came to Dinner" to sold out audiences for 4 performances, while in late March, the FHMS Players presented a hilarious version of the classic story "Pinocchio", entitled "Without Strings" to equally sold-out audiences for 3 performances on the SJCT's Whittier stage. Then, in mid-May, the FHHS Drama Group returned to the Ryan Smith Theatre in the FHHS Drama Room, to present the 6th Annual Ryan Smith Performing Arts Festival, an evening of one-Act Plays, monologues and musical performances. This show was performed in front of four sold-out audiences of 75+ per night. In the final count, more than 2,000 seats were sold to all three events. Much credit should be given to the San Juan Community Theatre for underwriting both Whittier stage performances entirely. Without their support, the FHMS and FHHS Drama Groups would be hard pressed to have such successes. This year, 2009, the FHHS Drama Group is hard at work preparing for their first musical in nearly 18 years...the hit Broadway Musical Grease, to be presented January 8-11 on the SJCT's Whittier Stage...look for your favorite 50's characters, the "T-Birds" and the "Pink Ladies" to take center stage as this cast of over 40 delights you with the classic rock tunes. This production will feature an all student live rock band and lots of surprises. Five performances are scheduled over 4 days. "Grease" is the word for 2009!
Griffin Bay Learning Center Nine graduates in the class of 2008 One graduate received a $1000.00 scholarship to a culinary arts school. This scholarship was matched with another $1000.00 by an anonymous donor. Zachary Reshovsky placed 1st in Washington State in the National Geographic Bee and then went on to compete at the national level.
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