The San Juan Public Schools Foundation wants to congratulate the Friday Harbor High School Aerospace Design Team on their outstanding performance at the International Space Settlement Design Competition World Championship! Partnered with teams from Texas, Colorado, Pakistan, India & the UK they placed 2nd, by a narrow margin between 1st & 2nd. We are so…
From the San Juan Island School District: The Friday Harbor High School Aerospace Design Team has passed the 24-hour mark of the 42-hour International Space Settlement Design Competition world championship (ISSDC). Held at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center, the ISSDC brings in 250 high school students from nine countries to take part in an aerospace industry…
Mark your calendar! Set your reminder on your phone! July 16, 2018 is Prime Day Shopping! Did you know you can raise money for the Public Schools simply by shopping on Amazon? Just be sure to shop at the URL smile.amazon.com and choose the San Juan Public Schools Foundation as your charitable organization – it’s…
A message from the Library/Media Specialist at Friday Harbor Middle & High Schools: Dear SJPSF Board, Thank you for the most recent set of grants in support of the Friday Harbor Middle-High School library! The photo below shows many of the wonderful books that were purchased with the most recent grant. (Not all would fit…
The 24th annual Knowledge Bowl was a big success with Brent Snow emceeing the event and a packed audience of students, families, friends and teachers. The Friday Harbor High School Jazz Band opened the event as well as entertained the audience during intermission. And, the Friday Harbor Middle School PTA offered delicious baked goods throughout…
The Annual Knowledge Bowl was awesome! The 23rd Annual Knowledge Bowl was well-attended and always entertains, featuring MC Brent Snow. The participants were members of San Juan Island’s service clubs as well as 8th grade to senior students, who are required to quickly respond to questions ranging from the arts to science and math. This year,…
Last month’s Phone-A-Thon – and you! – raised $90,000 … here’s more: Dear Community Members, The San Juan Public Schools Foundation acknowledges with gratitude the outpouring of support from local individuals and businesses during our annual Phone-A-Thon in October. Pledges from individuals and businesses through our Business Partnership program totaled over $90,000 for the 2015-2016…
The first graders in Mrs. Sandwith’s class enjoyed writing for the first time in their Weekend Journals that was donated by the Foundation. Their job was to write at least three sentences about the weekend and then to illustrate. It will be a learning experience at the end of the year when the children have…
A “Thank You” follows from Beth Spaulding at Friday Harbor High School: The set of ten graphing calculators you purchased for the students in my classes are used on a daily basis. I have included two pictures of students using the calculators in Algebra 2. Thank you very much for providing this technology for the…
FHMS ROV Team strikes gold again! They took first place, for the second year in a row, in the Scout class at the MATE Pacific Northwest Regionals. Their winning entry was designed to accomplish a two-part mission: 1) Science under the ice and 2) Subsea pipeline inspection and repair. The FHHS team also competed strongly…