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Support Our Local Businesses Who Support Our Public Schools The San Juan Public Schools Foundation Board thanks the following businesses for their generous support of our public schools through the foundation’s Business Partnership Program. ++++++++ District Partner ($5,000) Luxel * Kings * Roche Harbor Resort School Partner ($2,500) Cask & Schooner, Tops’l Sushi Classroom Partner ($1,000) Blue Water Bar & Grill, China Pearl, Kung Fu Pizza & San Juan Island Hostel * Crystal Seas Kayaks, San Juan Property Management & San Juan Excursions * Islanders Insurance * Peace Island Medical Center * Sam & Jane Buck * San Juan Island Community

The LEO Club “roars” in support of literacy and art! The LEO Club, a youth service club affiliated with the San Juan Island Lions Club presented two donation checks to the San Juan Public Schools Foundation (SJPSF) in support of literacy at Friday Harbor Elementary School and art at Friday Harbor High School. The SJPSF helps supplement state and federal funding to provide a quality education for our island’s children through supporting the public schools with materials and supplies. On December 4th, the LEO Club presented SJPSF President Rich Meenan with a targeted donation of $600 in support of a

Looking at the eclipses of the moon at FHHS! I wanted to share these pictures with the School Foundation.  They bought this wonderful astronomy model for the eighth grade science curriculum at the end of last year, and this year we are using it!  It is really great!   These students are looking at why we get eclipses of the moon.  Thank you! Jenny Wilson, FHHS

This update was prepared for SJPSF by Derek Smith The San Juan Island School District’s Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program is wrapping up its 2015-16 academic year. We’re already planning for the coming years after many successes from the K-12 students, including teams competing in the state-wide Orca Bowl at UW and others demonstrating their underwater vehicles at FHL’s annual Open House. Formal classes offered in the first year have included: Materials Engineering using 3D printers and industry-standard Computer Aided Drafting (CAD) software; Robotics using Vex, Remotely Operated Vehicles (ROVs), and quadcopters to cover land, air, and sea;