Camelot Weekly Drawbridge

February 7, 2025

Dear Camelot Scholars and Families,

I am super excited for Camelot Elementary to kick off this year's Kid's Heart Challenge in partnership with the American Heart Association. Together, we have a goal to raise $5,000 to protect all hearts! Through fun activities, we are discovering ways to take care of our own hearts and brains while practicing kindness, gratitude, and learning ways to de-stress. Plus, we have a chance to earn PE equipment for our school!

There are several ways that you can get involved that involved!

Just signing up on www.heart.org/schools helps us toward our goal of having 50% of the school register to earn $500 of PE equipment!
On that site, you and your family can learn Hands Free CPR which could someday save a life!
If you choose, you can donate or share a link for family and friends to donate to the cause!

However you choose to get involved, we are excited and hope you will join us in educating the world about healthy hearts and saving lives!

Warmly,

Brooke Perry

bperry@fwps.org

253.391.7436 cell

253.945.2504 office

Dates to Remember

February

2/13 Spirit Day-Wear Red/Pink

2/13 Coffee with the Principal 8:35am

2/14 No School Mid-Winter Break

2/17 No School-President's Day

2/21 Early Release 1:50pm

2/26 Celebration Assembly-9:30am

2/28 Early Release 1:50pm

March

3/5 Class and Individual Picture Day

3/6 Camelot Family Art Night 5:30pm

3/7 No School-Teacher PD Day

3/16 FWPS STEM Night @ FWHS 6:00pm

3/14 Early Release 1:50pm

3/17 Last Day for Choice Applications

3/21 Early Release 1:50pm

3/25 Music Concert-Grades 3-5 6:00pm

3/26 Celebration Assembly-Time TBA

3/27-28 No School-Student Led Conferences

3/31-4/4 No School-Spring Break

Character Focus at Camelot for February

Extra Clothes

As we move through the school year, we kindly ask for parents/guardians to send extra clothes in your child's backpack. Accidents, spills, and unexpected messes can happen, and having a spare set of clothes will help keep your child comfortable throughout the day.

Please include:

a shirt
pants/shorts
socks
underwear

Having these items on hand ensures your child can quickly change if needed and continue their day with ease.

Thank you for your support!

Kids Heart Challenge

Dear Families,

Kids Heart Challenge starts soon, and we are proud to support the American Heart Association through this service-learning program. Students will learn how to have happy and healthy hearts and brains, while raising lifesaving donations to help others with special hearts. Plus, your family can learn the lifesaving skill of Hands-Only CPR through Finn’s Mission! Sign Up TODAY at http://www2.heart.org/goto/CamelotKnights or by downloading the FREE AHA Schools App for Apple or Android.

STEAM Booths, Workshops, and Experiences, Oh My!

STEAM Exploration Night, STEAM the Dream, is about a little over a month away. As you know, the annual STEM Exploration Night just received an upgrade and will now be known as STEAM Exploration Night – a much-anticipated improvement as we embrace the integral role of arts in fostering creativity and innovation within science, technology, engineering, and math.

STEAM Exploration Night
📅 When: Thursday, March 13, 2025
⏰ Time: 6-8 pm
📍 Location: Federal Way High School
Let us know you’re coming! Click here to RSVP

How would you like to:

Participate in a cooking workshop?

Learn the proper technique of driving a screw into wood?

Fly an airplane in a VR simulator?

Test soil to determine its mineral composition?

See how STEAM is implemented in the district by visiting FWPS school booths?

View specimens through a microscope?

Learn how to take a prototype to production?

Get advice about which courses to take to prepare for certain college degrees or post-secondary programs?

Watch the crowd-favorite scholar films at the STEM Film Festival (with popcorn, of course!)

Not only will every FWPS school showcase STEAM learning at the event, but there are also now over 90 STEAM partners signed up to make this year’s event the best in history. That means over 120 booths in total!

That’s not all! Along with event attractions, enjoy free food, convenient transportation, interpreters, an interactive online program, and fun event swag!

Be sure to RSVP now to let us know you’re coming!